I joined the Sisi Ni Amani office staff in the early morning hours as they began their election day work of monitoring and messaging. They've created a communications headquarters at a hotel in Nairobi for safety reasons and to ensure they have access to electricity. News from the field indicates…
It's Sunday, March 3rd, the day before Kenya's historic National elections. In the past few days and weeks CNN, the New York Times, the Financial Times and others have published many misleading, sensationalist and irresponsible articles but I'm seeing a different reality on the ground. I feel little incidents of…
The Elections Approach I'm writing this entry on a beautiful Nairobi afternoon, sunny with a breeze, and just two days before Kenyans go to the polls. Driving today felt very different from other days. I heard there were large, raucous political party gatherings near the Central Business District; crowds and…
This week I met up with George at the ACREF center in Baba Dogo before going into the community to meet some of Sisi Ni Amani's partners. George and the other Sisi Coordinators have spent months identifying and cultivating relationships with the people and grassroots organizations who can be their…
Kenny has been posting Blogs during first half of his 3rd production trip for Peace in Our Pockets. He's been meeting new members of the Sis Ni Amani team, capturing pre-election preparations and toured the XYZ Show studio. Read more here.
Join us for a screening of A New Kind of Listening and Interweave performance, plus more! March 22, 4-8 p.m at the Asheville Ability Arts Fair, Lenoir-Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville, Asheville Visitors Center, 36 Montford Ave. 28801. For more event info and accessibility info visit the Ability…
Bending Sticks: The Sculpture of Patrick Dougherty is an Official Selection at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, March 12-24. Unofficial screening info: Tuesday, March 19th at the Corcoran Gallery of Art @ 7pm. The festival's official program will be announced in coming week so please visit website…
Kenny is back in Kenya for a 3rd production trip for his new film, Peace in Our Pockets. He will be following Sisi Ni Amani's peace building work up through the March 4th elections. See and read about some of his recent work at the Blog on the film website…
Last week I felt like a kid in a candy store during a visit to the set and studio of the cutting edge The XYZ Show. Puppet master and activist Tony Mboyo is one of the first Kenyans I met while working on Peace in Our Pockets. Tony moderated the…
See A New Kind of Listening, a profoundly moving film about an experimental theater group that included people with and without disabilities, then experience a performance by Interweave Asheville, Fringe Arts award-winning inclusive improv ensemble, followed by a talkback with the performers and the co-producer of the film. Monday, Feb. 25 Firestorm…