We are involved with working with a film project called A Place to Stand.
A Place to Stand is a documentary film (http://kck.st/NsBX8g) about New Mexico poet Jimmy Santiago Baca and his transformation in the 1970s from an illiterate convict to a celebrated poet. Since his release, Jimmy has become one of the foremost Mexican American poets in America.
We're not viewing this as just a film. For us, this is about service. Jimmy’s memoir and poetry have inspired prisoners to leave gangs, drug addicts to stay clean, and countless others to dramatically shift the course of their lives. A Place to Stand will make his inspiring story and poetry available to many who would never find it otherwise. Free copies will be given to detention centers, prisons and schools for at-risk youth, coupled with programming designed to help people find in themselves what Jimmy found through his poetry: a place to stand in life, a sense of self-worth, and a reason to live.
If you are interested in supporting this film about Jimmy Santiago Baca's poetry, visit http://kck.st/NsBX8g
Denise and Kym
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Denise VanBriggle (CAWP-PA)
Kym Sheehan(TBAWP and FGCU-FL)
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We need your help! Eight days remain in our Kickstarter campaign. To date we have raised $36K, but we need to hit the $50K mark to achieve funding through Kickstarter. A $25 donation gets you a copy of the film for your classroom, but each pledge brings us closer to our goal. Every dollar matters. Do it now!
Special thanks to Paul Allison for hosting us on Teachers Teaching Teachers last week. The support of our colleagues at NWP means the world to us.
With gratitude,
Denise VanBriggle and Kym Sheehan
With a big 'Thank You" to everyone who supported this project, I'm pleased to report that A Place to Stand did make its target on Kickstarter and will be funded.
If you want to hear more about this project, visit this link to see an episode of TTT that features Jimmy Santiago Baca and the project as well as Denise and Kym.
Congrats to everyone associated with the project.