May 2008

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Author: Ryan White, Camp Unity Documentary Project
CAMP UNITY reaches its first fundraising goal!
05.13.08 | Posted by ryanwhite | Permalink |

On May 8, after only 12 days of fundraising on IndieGoGo, the CAMP UNITY project reached its first fundraising goal of $1000! This only happened because of support from my friends, family, and colleagues who received an email about the project a few weeks ago - and I cannot thank them enough. I also can’t [...]
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Iraqi artists and singers flee amid crackdown on forbidden culture
05.13.08 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

Caroline Davies reports in The Observer:
‘Life for artists in Iraq has turned into hell. We have been forced to stay in our homes and to stop working. I don’t remember the last time I saw an exhibition, or a singer at a club, or an actor at a local theatre. All of us have been [...]
From the Core Team
Happy Mother’s Day!
05.11.08 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

Soulbird would like to wish all mothers around the world a very Happy Mother’s Day! In the United States, Mother’s Day began as an anti-war rallying cry in 1870 (the American Civil War lasted between 1861 and 1865). We salute the millions of women around the world who continue the struggle for peace and the [...]
Soulbird Profiles
May 2008 Soulbird Profile: Octav Popescu
05.01.08 | Posted by R. Timothy Brady | Permalink |

This month’s Soulbird Profile is Octav Popescu, the 2008 INKLUSIV Film Festival organizer in Bucharest, Romania.
The power of the network is in the speed and strength of its connections. The Soulbird network can be very useful in finding the ideas and resources necessary for tackling our problems…
Read the profile here.