In El Sauce, Chiquimula, a village in eastern Guatemala with no access to electricity, a megaphone is the primary way news travels. Community leader José Efraín Pérez Lorenzo uses his megaphone to call his neighbors together.
Producer - Action Against Hunger
Spurred by the pandemic, new groups of workers are pushing to form unions in activism not seen since the 1930s.
Producer - Retro Report
In Brownsville— a neighborhood disproportionately affected by both COVID and pre-existing food insecurity— Senior Correspondent Brian Vines met with the leaders of Collective Fare and Isabahlia Ladies of Elegance Foundation to learn how they’re sustaining their community through both short-term hunger and long-term food apartheid.
Producer - BRIC TV
2021 New York Emmy Nominee in the "Public Affairs Program (Series)" category
In 2020, as COVID-19 hit New York City, Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) faced an increased rise in Anti-Asian hate crimes. In response, multidisciplinary artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya partnered with the NYC Commission of Human Rights to create “I Still Believe in Our City,” a public art campaign about discrimination faced by against API New Yorkers.
Producer & Editor - BRIC TV
For wealthier white parents, the practice of smoking cannabis is becoming widely more accepted. But for poor families of color, a positive marijuana toxicology report can have life altering consequences. The New Jane Crow tells the story of two mothers who had neglect cases opened by the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) after their newborns tested positive for marijuana.
Co-Producer - BRIC TV
2021 New York Emmy Nominee in the "Societal Concerns - Short Form Content" category
Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh has coined the phrase “political hobbyism” to describe how he sees the majority of college-educated Americans engaging with politics -- as a passion-filled pastime, rather than the means to building collective power.
Co-Producer & Co-Editor - BRIC TV