| Trucking, Fuel and Lives |
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Raising Burmese |
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Randy Lambson and his partner, Gail, work for a small trucking company in rural Michigan. Rising gas prices forced them and the whole company to rethink the way they operated.
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There are few schools for the estimated 1.5 million Burmese immigrants in Thailand. After the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, aid workers discovered thousands of Burmese children not enrolled in school. Learning centers were built to meet this need. This project tells the story of a teacher at the learning center and the children she took in so that they could have the opportunity of an education. |
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| Fighting the Tides |
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A Father’s Sacrifice |
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| Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina is washing away at both ends. Two streets of houses have been lost on the east end, and just last year, the west end began to be threatened. |
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Ignacio’s 18-year-old son was arrested for a misdemeanor and soon found himself in immigration detention. Ignacio struggles to raise bail while his son is in prison.
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| Phone Calls From Papi |
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A Family Champion |
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| Linzi’s husband, Domingo, was held in federal prison as an illegal immigrant for 9 months. Linzi, unable to care for her children and make a living, moves in with her mother, and tries to be brave in the uncertainty of Domingo’s detention. |
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Although she taught him how to ski, Rita Kino has never seen her son ski competitively. She traveled to the Special Olympics 2009 World Winter Games to see him race. |
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| Down the Lines |
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Why We Do This |
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| Dependent on technology developed over 100 years ago, our energy grid is in trouble. Consumption is increasing dramatically, and the construction of our power lines has fallen far behind, setting the stage for more serious and frequent blackouts in the coming years. This video was part of my contribution to Powering a Nation, UNC-Chapel Hill’s News21 project. |
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The Wake County Sheriff’s department implemented the controversial 287(g) in July 2008, and began checking the immigration status of everyone entering into their jail. Wake County Sheriff, Donnie Harrison, explains why he felt compelled to adopt the program. |
