You can now watch Peace In Our Pockets on Youtube & Vimeo! We are making the film widely available to support important peace work locally and globally. There is much peace work to do in 2017 and the years ahead – – Kenyans prepare for national elections – North Carolinians…
When I'm back in the States and sitting alone in my studio, I find blogging much more challenging than when I'm in Kenya awash in new experiences. My post-production work continues as I organize footage, log and transcribe material, and assemble scenes and sequences. The screen grab below gives a…
"The Peace Room" at The Tribe I took this panorama shot with my iPhone inside room 415 at the Tribe Hotel. It was three days after Monday's election. It captures the positions the Sisi Ni Amani office team took through much of this long election week. Each team member juggled…
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…
I’ve been settling in to Nairobi life and a big time change, setting my schedule, and meeting with folks to plan for the coming weeks. The daily papers are filled with pre-election stories – post-debate analysis, Presidential running-mates debate, ICC related rulings and motions and pre-trial happenings, and regional and…