Creating Good Jobs

April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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#6 in a series of previews for our film, currently in production.

 

 

Eli Allen has a passion for connecting people with opportunities.

As founder of Civic Works’ Retrofit Baltimore program, he sees opportunities of all sorts: to save energy and money; to learn new skills; and to have a fulfilling job that pays a living wage.

To Eli, the American Dream means access to meaningful jobs that allow people to provide for their families. Access means connecting people with opportunities that may previously have been unavailable to them.

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“We the People 2.0″ shows the power of new stories – real people who are creating a better world every day.

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A Mosaic of Connection

April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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#5 in a series of previews for our film, currently in production.

 

Jackie Carrera’s organization, Parks and People Foundation, brings people together around shared accomplishments.

to create a stronger social fabric and improve our city’s ability to take on difficult challenges.

Whether planting trees, cleaning up a stream or helping children tend a garden, Baltimoreans experience that precious connection with one another and with the earth. We feel a sense of belonging, here, amongst each other and in this place.

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Return on Investment

April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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Fourth in a series of previews for our film, currently in production.

 

Keith Losoya, founder of Waste Neutral Group, shows a whole new way of thinking about “return on investment.”

His business expands people’s ideas about food waste, helps children participate in the cycles of life, and pays dividends for future generations.

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Special shout out to the Johns Hopkins University student team behind the Leftover project. Their goal is to make a short film about the issues of food waste and compost in Baltimore restaurants. It’s a thorough, fascinating and (yes) light-hearted look at the waste scene in our city.

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A Faithful Friend

March 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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Third in a series of previews for our film, currently in production.

 

We the People take care of each other.

That’s how it is at this addiction treatment and community center in Baltimore.

“What makes Penn North so special is we’re a community, we’re a group of friends, we’re a family, doing whatever we can to provide whatever’s needed for individuals and families who show up. We’re all in it together. . . . It’s often very hard to explain or put labels on it. We just do what we do.” (Blaize Connelly-Duggan, program director)

See how the folks at Penn North are renewing the American Dream and share this story with a friend today.

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Who are “we the people”?

February 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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Second in a series of previews for our film, currently in production.

 

How would you answer the question, Who are “We the people”?

There’s a lot of hand-wringing these days about the loss of a sense of community in America.  Does “we” mean only ourselves and our immediate families? Or does it extend to our neighbors, our region, and even the world as a whole?

Three people whose work is helping to renew the American Dream give their take on “we the people.”

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The Times We Live In

February 21, 2013 By 1 Comment

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First in a series of previews for our film, currently in production.

 

If you could go back in time, what time period would you go back to?

In this clip, Thibault Manekin of Seawall Development, relates what happened when he put this question to the 12-year-old boy next to him on a long airplane flight.

The boy’s surprising answer opens up a whole new perspective on who we are in the times we live in – and what we are being called to do now.

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