Rise-Home Stories is a groundbreaking collaboration between multimedia storytellers and social justice advocates seeking to change our relationship to land, home, and race, by transforming the stories we tell about them.
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For nine-year-old Alejandria, home isn’t just the apartment she shares with Mami and her abuela, Tita, but rather the whole neighborhood. Home is the bakery where Ms. Beatrice makes yummy picos; the sidewalk where Ms. Alicia sells flowers with her little dog, Duende; and the corner store with friendly Mr. Amir. But lately the city has been changing, and rent prices are going up. Many people in el barrio are leaving because they can no longer afford their homes, and “For Sale” signs are popping up everywhere. Then the worst thing happens: Mami receives a letter saying they’ll have to move out too. Alejandria knows it isn’t fair, but she’s not about to give up and leave. Join Alejandria as she brings her community together to fight and save their neighborhood!
Para AlejandrĂa de nueve años, el hogar no es sĂłlo el apartamento que comparte con Mami y su abuela, Tita, sino más bien todo el barrio. El hogar es la panaderĂa donde la Sra. Beatrice hace unos ricos picos; la vereda donde la Sra. Alicia vende flores con su perrito, Duende; y la pulperĂa con el amistoso Sr. Amir.
Pero últimamente la ciudad ha estado cambiando, y los precios de alquiler están subiendo. Muchas personas en el barrio se están yendo porque ya no pueden costear sus hogares, y letreros anunciando “Se Vende” están apareciendo por todos lados. Entonces ocurre lo peor: Mami recibe una carta diciendo que ellas también tendrán que mudarse.
AlejandrĂa sabe que no es justo, pero no está dispuesta a darse por vencida e irse. ¡Únete a AlejandrĂa mientras ella reĂşne a su comunidad para luchar y salvar su barrio.
MINE is an animated web-series that poignantly explores the timely theme of community versus individual survival, through the eyes of a teenager. Set in the near-future, this powerful five-part series transports us to BEAU VODA, a hard-fought utopian world where every aspect of life is powered by a miraculous healing water source. In the pilot episode, teenager BLAZE reluctantly steps into the esteemed role of Water Bearer with the help of their precocious sister MIA. But when the magical water is tampered with, they discover that their idealistic community may not be as magnanimous as they think.
Community organizers Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta lead us on a journey, meeting and learning from frontline survivors, first responders, and multigenerational organizers who have found creative ways to serve their communities when they were hit by devastating wildfires and hurricanes. As they capture these reflections, the people they meet are forced to put all they’ve learned to the test when confronted by new crises -- more wildfires, unprecedented earthquakes, a hurricane, and a global pandemic. BUT NEXT TIME is a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery and answers one vital question: how can we ensure that next time will be different?
Dorothea (Dot) Hawkins is a Black woman in her late 20’s living with her grandmother Mavis Hawkins in Detroit, Michigan. One day, Dot is approached by a predatory real-estate agent who presents her with a choice: to either convince her grandmother to sell her family home or to stay in their rapidly changing neighborhood and risk the consequences. DOT'S HOME is a single player video game that sheds light on systemic racist housing policies through the eyes of one multigenerational Black family navigating complex choices in the pursuit of home.
Steal Estate is an interactive web experience featuring audio storytelling and dynamic illustration that makes the case against the financialization of housing, framing the issue as an organized criminal racket that has preyed on vulnerable communities with impunity even after the 2008 financial crisis. Through a true crime format, we follow three foreclosure survivors as they get to the bottom of the intricate web of competing corporate interests, the predatory housing policies, and practices that enable them. As they discover that they are not alone, our protagonists join forces with organizers and advocates to fight back and protect their beloved communities.
