Topics: Community Organizing

Saving Myself

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Storyteller: Maria Reyes

After severe stomach problems, Maria made a radical change to the way she eats. Now she teaches others to do so as well.

Pig Ear Memoir

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Storyteller: Meng Yu

Meng Yu narrates their immigration story through food and how they found their way to FEEST, a food justice program in Delridge, WA, and finally to a deeper understanding of their culture and the food we eat.

Find out more about FEEST! feestseattle.wordpress.com

Empty Lens

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Storyteller: Erin Phipps

This video describes a part of my story as a woman with a disablity. Please share your story with me at emptylens@gmail.com

Introduction to "Information Stories" by Peter M. Shane

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Storyteller: Peter M. Shane

This video is the introduction to a set of 12 digital narratives called "Information Stories" that appear, along with a concluding video, here.  They focus on the questions:  What's at stake when local news and information flow doesn't serve all members of a community equally well? How can people respond? 

 

AUDIO: Reclaim America, Hold Banks Accountable

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This podcast features one group of community activists headed from the Northwest Bronx in New York to Chicago for the "Showdown in Chicago," as well as the perspective of National People’s Action Executive Director George Goehl. The group, long frustrated with the bank's propensity to ignore low-income communities like the Northwest Bronx, are protesting the American Bankers Association convention and demanding that Congress create oversight, accountability and common-sense financial reform that helps the people.

So Tired

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My father worked too much in a terrible job. It made him a sad person.

Language: English

To Willie

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Storyteller: Katie Valenzuela

This is the story of a "dynamic duo" from Tucson.

I gotta feelin' everything's gonna be alright

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Storyteller: Willie Blake

This is a story of how Willie Blake grew up on a small farm with family responsibilities and made a good life for himself and his community.

Borders

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Storyteller: Khanh Pham

A meeting between her two granduncles teaches a young Vietnamese American about war and the bonds of family. She gains a more nuanced understanding of history which isn't often presented in either mainstream or Vietnamese-language media.

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