I forgot to give my address for donations:
Heritage Education Resources, Inc.
2636 Mission Rd. #53
Tallahassee, FL 32304
(850) 580-9889
herjer@earthlink.net
In this blog post, I make an appeal. My video project, "In the Best Interest" needs your support. This project is important because it will reveal the true state of the legal and social services systems as they relate to battered women in Florida. The women's situation in Florida is not unique - - others in other states have similar stories. It is just that HER is willing to document those stories, in the voices of the women, and share them with the public.
This project will cost up to $200,000 to produce, from start to finish. Your tax deductible donation will help with filming and production, as well as research. Any amount, from $50 to $500 will be gratefully accepted.
Well, the new project is taking shape, but right now funding is the problem. I've asked for foundation support on both phases of the project: fieldwork and filming. I am receiving rejection notices from foundations, and just pray I get a nibble.
I will, however, start doing fieldwork up here around Tallahassee and the Panhandle. I can manage that on my own for now, and want to get started. My two advisors, Penny Crandall and Janet Lupher, are gathering the names and numbers of women to interview. I will have to go to DCF and the courts on my own. Well, maybe not the courts. Janet and Penny can guide me there too.
So we should be off and running by next week. I look forward to it.
A lot has happened since my last post. These Are Our Stories has been formatted and sent to the indexer, John Bealle, for indexing. I feel as if I have let something go, and look forward to Johns work.
Once the work is indexed, I can add all the front and back matter, print it all on a laser printer, and send it to University Press of America for their review. With luck, all will be all right. Then I can get the cost of the book and proceed to selling the work, 50 copies.
I feel very good about this and am excited to see what happens.
The next project is an outgrowth of These Are Our Stories. It will be a documentation project of women's experiences with the legal and social services system in Florida. It will be a state wide project, culminating in a documentary video and a book. Janet Lupher, an outpatient counselor, and Penny Crandall, a lawyer, will be helping me with this project. I am in the process of seeking funds for the first phase of the project, conducting fieldwork to collect stories and see who would be interested in being a part of the video. I expect there will be some interest here, as no one is satisfied with the legal or social services system when it comes to domestic violence. But we shall see what happens
