ChangeStream Media

03/07/2021

Storytellers: Don't miss this event!

Are you joining us at the Storytelling for Change Summit?

This will be an event like no other, with a stacked lineup of storytellers, knowledge keepers, poets and change makers from around the world joining us to spark our own inner wisdom at a 2-day immersive event.

What is the vision of the world we wish to see? And how does our storytelling become a vessel that takes us closer to that vision? How do we create a diverse and ethically literate storytelling future?

Join us to answer these questions, broaden our minds and share solutions that can invoke real change.

March 27 & 28, 2021, Limited Tickets Available! Register Now: http://bit.ly/PWBStorytellingSummit.

In partnership with Sony Sony - Alpha Universe Southeast Asia Adobe

Graphic Design :
Nitashia Johnson Multimedia Artist

Photography:
Nitashia Johnson
Alex King Photography
Danielle Da Silva

In the images:
Jammal Ketia
Rachel K. Drury
Enny Regal

04/09/2020

Our friends at Photographers Without Borders are offering a great pay-what-you-can series on Zoom called "Storytelling for Change." Check it out:
photographerswithoutborders.org/storytelling-for-change

Our guest for our next session of our Online Series, 'Storytelling for Change,' is world-renowned artist/photographer Brooke Shaden Photography. Join us on April 10 at 1pm EST, hosted by Danielle Da Silva.

Limitless in her creativity, Brooke believes the greatest gift an artist has is the ability to channel fears, hopes and experience into a representation of one's potential.

Register now before we hit capacity: bit.ly/PWBStorytelling

09/13/2019

Check out this grant opportunity for indigenous photographers to exhibit their work at CONTACT Photography Festival!

Help us spread the message for our CONTACT Photography Festival grant opportunity!

PWB will be supporting an Indigenous photographer or group of photographers for CONTACT 2020, Canada's largest photography festival.

This call is open to Indigenous (status and non-status First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all international Indigenous Nations) photographer candidates living anywhere in the world.

Spread the word: bit.ly/CONTACTSubmission

Taken by Stan Williams featured in CONTACT 2019.

08/29/2019

BORDER ANGELS has been advocating for migrants since 1986. Based in San Diego, but with chapters and volunteers worldwide, they are best known for water drops in the borderland wilderness where migrants die every year. In addition to providing humanitarian aid, they also run a migrant shelter in Tijuana, organize marches, and provide services for the undocumented community. We were moved by founder Enrique Morones’ stories and inspired by the dedication of the volunteers who give their weekends and risk border patrol harassment to save migrants' lives.

Above The Law by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/59503 Ft: Stefan Kartenberg (JeffSpeed68)

In the clouds by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/59123 Ft: Javolenus

08/14/2019

Border Kindness provides food, supplies, medical care, and legal assistance for refugees and migrants in Mexicali, Mexico. We spent a day with them this spring as part of our project, and were amazed at how they threw themselves into solving whatever problem came up, from delivering diapers to covering a child's dental work.

"The Drilling Begins" by ccmixter musician Stefan Kartenberg used under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license

07/27/2019

In Nogales, Mexico, a heroic binational team is providing free medical care to migrants waiting to cross legally into the US. Francisco "Pancho" Olachea Martin is a volunteer medic who has been providing free care for over 10 years with his nonprofit Panchito y su Christina. Just as need spiked with the arrival of refuge seekers from Central America, he happened to meet a new grassroots group from Patagonia, Arizona that was looking for a way to help with the crisis. Voices from the Border now works hand in hand with Pancho to provide the supplies he urgently needs to do this incredible work. They are currently fundraising for this project at https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Voices-From-The-Border

05/08/2019

Our project took us over 2,000 miles along the US-Mexico border to tell the stories of change makers like Team Brownsville, Angry Tias & Abuelas Of RGV, National Butterfly Center, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Voices from the Border, Border Kindness, BORDER ANGELS and more. Follow along on Facebook, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/ChangeStream), or our website (https://changestreammedia.org/) where you can donate to support the sharing of important stories like these.

Music by ccMixter artists Stefan Kartenberg and Alex, and freesound artist Luffy.

05/06/2019

A 36-foot-tall border wall may soon cut the National Butterfly Center in half, threatening this vital center of biodiversity and the entire Rio Grande ecosystem. Executive Director Marianna Treviño-Wright explains the consequences of walling off American access to the Rio Grande, and shares how you can help stop the wall in this video from ChangeStream Media.

Music by gurdonark and J.Lang; full credits at https://youtu.be/Ia2vbvO8Ua8

04/11/2019

The Angry Tias & Abuelas Of RGV, Texas, formed in response to the family separation crisis of 2018, and they continue supporting migrants with deliveries of material assistance, travel help at the McAllen bus terminal, and other services as needed. We were able to accompany one of the Tias, Elisa Filippone, as she made her near-daily trip from Brownville, Texas into Mexico to deliver supplies to migrants waiting to request asylum in the United States.

“Picking Fingers” music by ccMixter artist Jeffspeed68, aka Stefan Kartenberg Ft: unreal_dm (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/59513

03/28/2019

Our first video from our project! Team Brownsville is a volunteer collective in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas assisting migrants on both sides of the US-Mexico border. The US policy of "metering" the entry of asylum seekers has forced thousands of migrants to camp out on the Brownsville border bridge, waiting in a lawless limbo to plead their case.

Team Brownsville member Mike Benavides helps organize daily deliveries of breakfast, dinner, medical assistance, and needed supplies to support the bodies and spirits of those trapped in this appalling bureaucratic trap. Working with Good Neighbor Settlement House, Inc., volunteers like Andrea Rudnik help migrants who have just been released from detention facilities. Asylum seekers are met at the bus station and assisted with their travel route to reunite with family and loved ones. They are also offered backpacks full of supplies, as well as a chance to visit Good Neighbor Settlement House to rest, shower, eat and get a donated set of clothes to begin the next stage of their journey to safety in the United States.

You can support Team Brownsville's efforts on their GoFundMe page: https://bit.ly/2CKIHNC

The music in this video is courtesy ccMixter artist DURDEN:
Paper Planes - Durden ft. Airtone by DURDEN (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

03/19/2019

We have reached the Rio Grande Valley and are excited to start our storytelling project!

Our production team is currently gathering stories along the US-Mexico border, from Texas to California. We’re sharing accounts from communities who live near the border, migrants seeking refuge in the US, and organizations and activists working to help them. Over the past decade, we have collabor...

06/14/2018

Last month Sean returned to Cambodia to follow up on the education system innovators we first profiled back in 2011 --check out our blog and video showing how a rural library can transform a community!

The library is not a quiet place in Cambodia. As soon as the recess bell rings, students flood into the room, clamoring for a book, and then collapse into groups of two or three to read out loud on the floor. It was not always this way; just a few years ago there was little …

01/12/2018

Today and every day, we're sending love to the wonderful people of Haiti, including our friends at Haiti Communitere, Kouraj: LGBT Rights in Haiti / Lutter pour les Droits de la Communauté M, English in Mind Institute, and Deux Mains Designs.

Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful to be spending the day with these lovely people at Haiti Communitere.

11/09/2017

We loved collaborating with Photographers Without Borders to share stories from Sambhali Trust -" Empowering women and children in Rajasthan". Here's a beautiful short documentary they produced; it's one episode in the PWB TV series that showcases the amazing work they do all over the world.

You may recognize Parveen from a video we made earlier this year!

09/08/2017

Hacienda Merida hotel guests support local sustainability efforts just by visiting! And they can relax in dreamy hammocks like this while sipping locally sourced coconut ice cream smoothies. It's a magical place, and we're excited to share the story of their "Ecobricks" program for re-purposing plastic trash.

Thanks to CultureTrav and Visit.org for inviting us to contribute this post.

Visitors to Nicaraguan lakeside paradise help turn trash into classrooms. Learn more about these about sustainable efforts from volunteers in Nicaragua.

07/18/2017

Alvaro Molina, owner of Hacienda Merida, shares how "Ecobricks" made of plastic trash are addressing poverty, pollution, and the lack of education on the island of Ometepe. Hacienda Mérida pays locals $.50 to make each brick, providing income for villagers like 84-year-old Don Francisco, who turns in hundreds of bottles each year. The system gets plastic waste off the streets, and the bricks are good building materials for the bilingual school that Hacienda Mérida funds. Learn more about Hacienda Mérida and opportunities to volunteer with Ometepe Bilingual School at omprakash.org/global/hacienda-merida

Thanks to Alvaro for his time and hospitality. Thanks also to Yam Aisner and Jorge Angel for some of the footage that appears in this video. This video features the song "Good to Go" by Josh Woodward: joshwoodward.com.

06/10/2017

We're on our way to beautiful Ometepe to document and promote ethical, sustainable tourism practices in partnership with Visit.org and Hacienda Merida.

05/31/2017

Travel to India, Sumatra or Uganda this fall to boost your photography skills with Photographers Without Borders. Learn, build connections, and make a difference! Your program fees and storytelling efforts will directly support the community you visit.