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Ready or not, Here we come - Voices of child care workers
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenWorthy Wage Campaign & Scribe Video Center
Uma Magal with Bob Hering,
If we value our children so much, why is child care one of the lowest paying professions in the country?
The Worthy Wage Campaign of the Delaware Valley is a grassroots effort to organize providers themselves to address the problem of poor compensation in child care. Started in 1991, the Campaign spearheaded the Loan Forgiveness program, organizes yearly advocacy events on Worthy Wage Day, May 1st, has done surveys of salaries and working conditions, leads ongoing training in leadership and advocacy (LEAP), organizes in the workplace in a variety of ways, and helped launch and staff Pennsylvania QUEST as a vehicle for moving forward the compensation agenda in the state.
October 4, 1998 - "Small Beginnings Can Aid Big Changes," by Gerri DiLisi, Philadelphia Inquirer
August 1999 - "Speaking Out for Us," by Cheryl L. Saunders, Worthy Wage Campaign newsletter
February 4, 1999 - Please Touch Musuem (Philadelphia, PA)
May 7, 1999 - Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (Philadelphia, PA)
International House (Philadelphia, PA)
Worthy Wage Caucus @ National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference (Toronto, Canada)
Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children annual conference (Philadelphia, PA)
Focus on Our Future (York, PA)
Center for the Childcare Workforce national conference
Salford Mennonite CCC (Harleysville, PA)
The Caring Center (Philadelphia, PA
DUTV Channel 54, Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Worthy Wage workshops in Philadelphia, Bucks County, Montgomery County, Millersville, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg
3 leadership development retreats and college courses for child care teachers
Early Intervention staff meeting (Philadelphia, PA)
Louise Thompson Patterson: In Her Own Words
Posted July 19th, 2007 by GretjenLouis Massiah and Scribe Video Center
If she had been a bigger fan of capitalism, Louise Thompson Patterson might have been a Horatio Alger heroine, lionized today as a pioneering woman of the Harlem Renaissance and a role model for both African Americans and women of all colors. Instead she put the skills and education that she fought for and won in a racist society to work for the liberation of African Americans, the US working class, and the exploited and oppressed peoples throughout the world.
ebruary 18, 2002 - Cinema on the Edge screening at Ithaca College's Park Hall Auditorium (Ithaca, NY)
- February 21-23, 2002 - Part of "Langston Hughes and His World: A Centennial Celebration," a Yale Department of African American Studies program (New Haven, CT)
- October 1, 2002 - Issues in Black Independent Cinema: The Documentary series at University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
- October 17, 2005 - Screened in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library at Emory University, followed by a panel discussion with scholars and activists, including PattersonÃs daughter, Dr. MaryLouise Patterson (Atlanta, GA)
- March 10, 2006 - Part of event focusing on the work of Louis Massiah and held at Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources (Buffalo, NY)
October 2005 - "About Arts at Emory" Artist of the Month Interview with Randall K. Burkett prior to Emory University screening of documentary
A is for Anarchist, B is for Brown
Posted July 18th, 2007 by GretjenLouis Massiah
The history of activism, particularly youth activism, in Philadelphia has roots that are long and deep -- from struggles against slavery to contemporary struggles against racism, criminalization of youth and around educational issues. A is for Anarchist, B is for Brown looks at the growing community of youth activists that has developed in this area, how they have built upon the strategies of other progressive campaigns including the Civil Rights and labor movements, and the ongoing struggles around HIV/AIDS policy.
Mr. Massiah is the founder and executive director of the Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia, a media arts organization that provides low-cost workshops and equipment access to emerging video and filmmakers and community organizations. He is an independent filmmaker who has produced and directed a variety of award-winning documentary films for public television.
September 26, 2002 - Brief mention in Philadelphia City Paper's Screen Picks column
July 30, 2002 - Philadelphia Stories 2, WYBE-TV 35 (Philadelphia, PA)
October 1, 2002 - Issues in Black Independent Cinema: The Documentary, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
January 26, 2003 - Algonquin Indiefest (Lambertville, NJ)
April 10, 2003 - Saint Joseph's University, Campion Center, "The Role of Filmmakers on Telling Community Stories" (Philadelphia, PA)
