Oct 10th, my 71st birthday, I will be the Investor Guest Speaker at the Captial For Change's Annual Meeting.

Diane Smith Introduces Me

Susan Huizenga retired into the role of volunteer Executive Director of WPAA-TV and Media Center fifteen years ago because any person or organization could be empowered using its tools…

Activist Art by ARTivists is 'justice' work. It gives voice to the silenced, or marginalized, to better understand our collective humanity and the earth we share. Its public presence provides an opportunity for conversation and compassionate change. Few artists claim this space beyond the protest signs and posters. For them and their work, we offer our brave, safe creative space in Nelson's honor.

Nelson 'Carty' Ford Memorial Gallery, to be dedicated on April 30^th, is an…

How will you spend MLK Day? Reflection is part of the process. Join in.

All ages. Not limited to Wallingford residents. You can make it a family affair. 

https://patch.com/connecticut/wallingford/contest-place-yourself-history-nodx?

The article has links to example images with excerpts from essays on created during the past two summers' youth media program at WPAA-TV.…

Creator, puppeteer, producer Anatar Marmol-Gagné, Film Director Russ Martin and WPAA-TV Artistic Director Josiah Houston bring you the World Premiere of The Superhero Within - A Puppet Film in collaboration with WPAA - TV and Community Media Center on Community Media Day Oct 20th, 8:30 pm.

The show is designed to address the need for 'active shooter training for Pre-K to Grade 5 in a non-scary way.

Anyone can view this film at noon or 9 pm via…

Design for sales and/or educators with a dedicated page.

Here is our 1st exploration of the interactive video apps use for #TheGreatGive. #ThegreatGive06492

https://wpaa.tv/promo/

Unaccompanied children refugees arriving in American is not a new immigrant story. In this 2017 Interview, remaster for podcast, Terry Gomez Lombardi speaks with Georgian Lussier, MidLifeMatter Host about her personal Operation Pedro Pan story.…

Congratulations to Laura Barberia winner of both the Funniest Video and Audience Choice Award in the #WPAATV coVIDEO 3-Minute Movie (Or Less) make a movie challenge. She will be spending $75 in prize money at The Eatery,  She was referred to the contest by Lee Cruz. 

It is not in the cloud anywhere so the poem is elusive at the moment. It was a bit of a study of Thomas Paine and my questioning of 'What America Means to Me"? The answer I recall as "It is both sides of the coin - that I come to make - that makes America Great. "

Now I am not sure how I would define both sides. Instead, I share an image and the phrase currently on my heart.…

#in2languages #en2idiomas is a Language Literacy TV initiative for persons learning English or Spanish which uses world, technology, arts and health news produced by German Broadcast TV Deutsche Welle in consecutively published segments Weekdays and Saturday, midday on WPAA-TV in Wallingford.

For those without cable TV, programs are concurrently streamed on the Internet at on wpaa.tv here…

--- Who From Wallingford will choose to join? 

Blog post on WPAA.TV website:

http://wpaa.tv/i-choose-daily/

This show is an organic conversation between individuals interested in peace and wholeness within themselves and our community at-large. Contributors will examine the knowing of Truth, encountering new information, the risk of absolutes and conditions within human.kind.both that help get us beyond conflict.

Finite experiences will be shared. Journey stories. Inquiries. Sources. Exploration of “being” in the world. Balance. Connection.

Five diverse individuals came together…

Are you a media maker interested in public service?

WPAA-TV in Wallingford CT may be expanding services - if the right individuals reach out to us - to be either part-time evenings Video Support Techs and/or Unpaid Interns for college credit.

 This volunteer run organization serves the residents and organizations of Wallingford and nonprofits serving New Haven Area and CT filmmakers (criteria applies). 

If you are interested in serving the residents of…

Producers of Community Media invest themselves: Some to make-a-difference. For Community Media Day Oct 20th WPAA-TV is honored to announce the that local Producer Georgian Lussier is being recognized for her investment in informing her viewers as recipient of the Rika Welsh Award from the NorthEast Region Alliance for Community Media

LOCAL TV HOST…

Some rules are meant to be broken to protect your personal space.  In this regard I have learned from teachers who assume Avatar identities to communicate with friend in social media.  

I have done the opposite.  At this time tweets from @FreemanWPAATV are mine and I do 99% of the Outreach communication from the organization I manage under this pseudonym. I also wear the costume at community events to increase our awareness with the next generation.…

Work Life balance is even more challenging if you work in a non-profit that you are passionate about: And work-life balance is a personal responsibility --- right?  In my paying day job I was totally out of balance and the old habits are not easy to shed in my encore choices. 

So I will travel to #NHV from #w06492 to stretch my mind today at The Writer's Circle. 

Before doing so let me share a good read on What is Productivity:  …