Voices from LA Youth Media Lounge

Young people who attended the LA event discussed a wide range of issues in the New America Youth Media Lounge at the National Family Convention, from getting paved roads in their town to immigration issues to global warming.




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Voices from Chicago Youth Media Lounge

Young people at the Chicago event also had a lot to say about what they most wanted to see change in their community.



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More from the Convention: Jackie and Ray from El Paso

Attendees Jackie and Ray from El Paso share about their experience on Convention Day.



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Young People Speak Up at the New America Media Birmingham Youth Lounge

Young people were interviewing each other live with Flip cameras about what they most wanted to see change in their community.

Here's what some of them had to say in Birmingham.



You can see more convention coverage at New America Media, which has spent the past 9 months covering the Equal Voice Campaign.

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Huffington Post Carries Convention Coverage

We were live blogging on the Huffington Post from the convention!

Read all the posts and watch the videos here:

Third Convention Yields Ambitious National Family Platform - Attendees Discuss

Republicans and Democrats Had Their Say -- Now Hear From America's Families

Working Families Hold Own Convention - Adopt Comprehensive Plaftform

Republicans and Democrats Had Their Say -- Now Hear From America's Families

Check the Huff Post on Sunday for more Equal Voice National Convention news, and see ongoing Campaign coverage from New America Media.

Live Blogging from the National Convention on the Huffington Post

We're following Joyce Cook in Los Angeles, and blogging live to the Huffington Post.

Click here to see the first post.

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Armando Garza inroduces new Lifecaster

Sonya and her daughters talk about some of the issues families face in south Texas.



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Corey Camphor Responds to Obama's Speech at the DNC

Lifecaster Corey Camphor responds to Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.




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Joyce talks about the DNC

Joyce gives her take on Michelle Obama's speech, the pundits reaction reactions, and what appeals to her about Barack Obama.




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Lifecast - Corey Camphor, August 18, 2008

Corey Camphor talks about being pulled over by the police, and shares a family moment.



Visit our new Ning community, Lifecasting Across the Digital Divide, to see all the video posts from Corey and our other Lifecasters. You can check it out, join if you want, invite your friends, and tell us what you think about the issues facing families in America today...we'd love to hear from you!


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Joyce on the difficulties of relocating

Joyce Cook talks about trying to move her family to a safer neighborhood. She's been trying to make the move since last month, but there are many factors involved.




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Lifecasting Across the Digital Divide

We've set up a new page that allows you to easily follow your favorite lifecasters.

Click here for a sneak preview.

We'll be adding more videos -- and introducing new lifecasters -- in the coming days, so bookmark the page and check back frequently.

And, as always, take a moment to forward your favorite videos to your friends and family. We need your help to make sure the voices from across the digital divide are heard.

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Lifecaster Roderick Thomas

With limited internet access and the Navajo Nation's recent problems with satellite service Roderick has had some difficulty delivering his post for this week.

We'll hear his Lifecast later in the week, but in the meantime you can watch a short clip of Roderick talking about high school and getting his life back on track.



To see the longer version of this video, visit New America Media.


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EVAF Lifecast - Corey Camphor, August 8, 2008

In this short video Corey Camphor talks about how he saves gas on his commute to work, and feeling blessed.

Watch New Lifecasts

This week Roderick Thomas talks about the challenges his family faces in White Horse, New Mexico and Joyce Cook shares a victory from Richmond, California.

RODERICK THOMAS



Roderick Lifecasts about family struggles, and using his writing as a release from stress.

If you didn't see last week's post you can find out more about Roderick in this short video, and visit the New America Media site for even more of Roderick's story.

Journalist Holly Watt reported last week in a Washington Post article about the Navajo Nation's fight to keep its internet access from being shut down due to a contract dispute with a satellite company:

"The tribe of about 250,000 people already has lost Internet service to libraries and community centers known as "chapter houses," and has little access to cellphone service on a reservation that stretches across parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Most Internet access there is provided via satellite, which is due to be shut off. Much of the Navajo Nation is inaccessible to land lines." The loss of satellite service threatens not just the many students taking online classes and the daily communication that most of us take for granted, but access to emergency services as well.

One resident said that without satellite service the nearest place for most people to access the Internet is "about 60 miles away."

While it looks like a crisis has been held off by last minute intervention by the FCC, the situation highlights some of the problems faced by remote rural communities, including the difficulty of communicating your experience and your needs when access to the outside world is so limited and tenuous.

JOYCE COOK



Meanwhile, from Richmond, California, Joyce shares a victory in her work to create change in the California youth prison system.

Click here to find out more about Joyce and read her past posts.

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Meet Roderick Thomas

Meet Roderick. He'll be hitching a ride 60 miles each day to share his family's story through his weekly video lifecast. In this video you'll hear from Roderick and his family, and see how his participation in an Equal Voice for America's Families Town Hall meeting left him feeling empowered.



Look into my bloodshot eyes
A young Native wanna rise to surprise
As I pray every day lookin' to the sky
Hopin' to see a vision
Hard-headed me I can't listen...
- Excerpt from a piece by Roderick Thomas.

Roderick and his extended Navajo family of 12 will be Lifecasting from White Horse, New Mexico.

Visit New America Media to see a longer version of this video, and to read more about Roderick and his family.

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The Camphor Family's First Lifecast

Corey Camphor introduces himself and his family in their first Lifecast.

If you haven't seen it already, you can hear more about the Camphors in this short video we posted this past Tuesday.

The Camphors will be Lifecasting every week, so check back next Tuesday for a new post from them.

Visit New America Media to read more about the Camphors and their participation in the Equal Voice for America's Families Chicago town hall.

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Lifecast Update from Joyce Cook

Watch Joyce Cook's Lifecast video update for this week.

In case you missed them, here are Joyce's past videos:
Meet Joyce Cook
Joyce Cook Gets the Camera


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Our Newest Lifecasters: The Camphor Family

"I've taken it as a challenge not to be that man that steps away from my family, not to be that man that says 'okay it's too overwhelming, it's too much...' You can’t seek (change) outside the community – we have to seek it inside the community, and the basic structure of that community is the family. If we can focus on the family, put that structure back together, then we can see a better future." -- Corey Camphor



Meet the Camphors and their family (Jordan, 7, Ticora-Grace, 2, and Hannah, 6 months old) in this short video.

Every Tuesday you'll hear more from Corey and Tiana Camphor and their three kids as they Lifecast on our blog.

Visit New America Media to read more about the Camphors and their participation in the Equal Voice for America's Families Chicago town hall.

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Joyce Cook Gets Lifecasting Camera

This past Friday, Ketaki Gokhale from New America Media and the Equal Voice campaign delivered a Flip camera to Joyce Cook so she can start lifecasting about her experience as a single mom raising working and raising her family in Richmond, California a community just north of San Francisco.

If you missed last weeks introduction of Joyce, click here. You can also see the longer version and read the NAM article here.

Joyce and her family are one of 5 families who we'll be hearing from every Tuesday over the coming weeks.

Check back next week to hear more working family voices, and help spread their stories, perspectives and ideas by forwarding them to others.

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Equal Voice for America's Families

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