On January 20, 2010, I interviewed David Mathison, author of Be the Media, at his office on Long Island. In this part of the interview, he describes book’s three themes that are aimed at artists to help them market and retain the rights to their creative works.
This past Saturday, I attended the monthly meeting of the Long Island Breakfast Club, which describes itself as an organization providing advocacy, support, career and employment counseling, referrals with good old-fashioned laughter to prepare mature individuals for productive employment. I went to recruit interviewees for my Over 50 and Out of Work project.
Kenny Moore, a former monk and now a business consultant, spoke at the meeting on “Keeping Your Sanity, Sense of Humor and Soul — While Looking for a Job.” He was a terrific. An engaging and intelligent speaker who didn’t offer the customary advice to older job seekers.
Moore is funny, pragmatic and insightful. Check him out — he has a free online webinar coming up on March 23.
This week, I was asked to do video interviews at tonight’s Sending Our Love to Haiti benefit concert at BergenPac in Englewood. I was able to interview Dr. Jennifer Ashton (the CBS News medical correspondent), as well as Dr. David Butler, Dr. Alan Gwertzman, Dr. Timothy Finley and Dr. Josh Hyman — all of whom have recently traveled to Haiti to contribute their medical expertise and talent. What a great group of people!
Shimon Azulay of White Line Film Productions is making a documentary about tonight’s event, so stay tuned!
I’ve launched my own multimedia documentary project!
Please check it out and comment. I will be adding more video interviews this week.
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Today, my photo, Masai Dancers, won first place in the Art Center of Northern New Jersey’s 2010 Bergen County art show. The show was juried by Joan Harmon who teaches at the City University of New York, Ramapo College of New Jersey and New York University in Florence, Italy. She is also president of the Phoenix Gallery in New York City.
My photo, Masai Dancers, has been selected for the Women’s Work 23rd Annual Fine Arts Show in Woodstock, Illinois. It will be on display from March 1 until April 30.
Two of my photographs — one from Coney Island and one from Africa — have been chosen for the Art Center of Northern New Jersey’s Bergen County juried exhibition. They will be on display from Feb. 7 until March 1 .
Opening reception: Sunday, February 7 from 2 to 4 p.m., 250 Center St., New Milford, NJ
Here’s a link to a story in the HARVARDgazette today about the work Partners in Health is accomplishing in Haiti:
Medical workers gain momentum: Harvard affiliates ramp up Haitian surgical, trauma centers
My friends and I have been talking about Haiti. They are confused about where they should send their money so that it will bring relief to suffering Haitians immediately.
Partners in Health (PiH) has been providing medical care in Haiti for more than 20 years. Its original clinic, up in the mountains, was unaffected directly by the earthquake, although now people are walking up to it, carrying their injured and ill family members. PiH has facilities, supplies and medical personnel in Haiti already and has been able “to hit the ground running” in the relief effort.
Dr. Paul Farmer, the inspiration behind PiH, is a humanitarian genius. He has devoted his life to bringing modern medicine to impoverished people in nine countries, including Haiti.
I first learned about Farmer when I read Mountains Beyond Mountains, his inspiring biography by Tracy Kidder several years ago. I picked up the book because I had read Kidder’s earlier books and had decided to read more nonfiction since I had just started j-school.
The same year, out of the blue, a friend of mine gave me a donation to PiH as a Christmas gift, although she did not know that I had read Kidder’s book. Shortly afterwards, my husband and I received an invitation to a Harvard event where Farmer spoke, and we had a chance to meet him. We have been his admirers and supporters ever since.
A lucky string of coincidences!
Take a look at the Partners in Health Web site, which has been updated over the past few days to focus on Haiti, and join us!