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Perlson began making documentary and experimental video in Philadelphia in the late 1980's. She is a founding member of the Termite TV Collective, an ongoing swarm devoted to the creation of alternative media. Her award-winning collective and individual work has been broadcast on PBS and cable, exhibited nationally in museums including MOMA (NYC) and the New Museum, and shown at a wide range of festivals. She has an MFA in Film/Media Arts from Temple University, and has taught at the university level for the past decade. She is currently a mother/artist in Medford, MA, where her life sequences between family, community, art and teaching is always subject to interruption.

El Comite de Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Agricolas (CATA) is a migrant farmworker organization governed by and comprised of farm workers who are actively engaged in the struggle for better working and living conditions. CATA still actively uses the bilingual video documentary in its outreach work.

The Sedgwick Cultural Center, located in Mt. Airy, the heart of Philadelphia's Historic Northwest, creates an experience that enriches the lives of individuals and of the many communities it serves. The Center's broad spectrum of performing and visual arts programs brings together people of all ages and backgrounds and gives voice and venue to both local and national artists. Drawing on teen jazzophiles from both the city and the suburbs, the Teen Jazz Workshop lovingly spotlighted in the video is one of the Sedgwick programs that create a community of artists to celebrate and advance one of the region's rich musical traditions.

Hunter Elementary School is a North Philadelphia based elementary school that educates a little over 600 students from kindergarten through 8th grade. Each summer, college interns, ceramists and high school teaching assistants load up the Clay Studio's Claymobile with tools and clay and visit area community centers, teen detention centers, schools, summer camps and social service shelters that cannot afford clay classes. The program is funded by churches, local charities, and partially by the host sites.

Margie Strosser is an award-winning producer, director and writer in television and film whose projects include the autobiographical documentary "Rape Stories," and fictional works such as "Strange Weather" and "Moon Juice." Recently, Margie was the senior producer/writer for three seasons of "Birth Day," the Discovery Health Channel's highest rated daytime show. She and writing partner Cate Wilson are currently collaborating on a romantic comedy and a psychological thriller adapted from a British novel.

The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation was created in 1984 by business and civic leader George E. Bartol III to promote cultural activities in the Philadelphia region. Integral to the Foundationís philanthropic mission is the belief that art and culture are central components of a livable community.

Thresholds in Delaware County, Inc. is a non-profit organization which teaches decision-making skills to interested inmates in Delaware County prisons by developing and maintaining a volunteer corps. Through this program, Thresholds builds a constructive relationship between the prisons and the community.

Adriana Quintero is a videomaker who also works as a production/administrative staffer for the Termite TV Collective.

Phil Rothberg is an independent film and videomaker. He also serves as Street Movies coordinator and has served as a facilitator for several Community Visions projects at Scribe Video Center.

Maida Odom was reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years, and is currently a professor at Temple University's School of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising. She is also an active member of the Scribe Video Center board of directors.

Heshimu Jaramogi , a 20-year journalism professional, is the publisher of The Neighborhood Leader and the Frankford News, two community newspapers in Philadelphia. He is a longtime broadcast journalist, producing news (WDAS, WPEN, WCAU) and public affairs (WPEN, WRTI & WHYY) programs for commercial and public radio stations in Philadelphia. This includes stints covering the city administration and City Council in Philadelphia for WDAS radio, serving as a local correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network. He also served as a local correspondent for the National Black Network and Sheridan Broadcasting Network in the 1980s. Jaramogi has worked as a public relations consultant to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and several community-based clients in Philadelphia and Chicago.