On March 9th, 2011 members of the Young Entrepreneur Council spoke at the FEGS Entrepreneur Event. They discussed their business experiences, debunked business myths, what they would change if they could do it over, their biggest business failures, and took audience questions.
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Steven contacted me last week to show me his new blog Our All American Dream. He found himself unemployed and looking for a shared sense of community, connection, and experiences with his fellow unemployed brethren. Here is a small quote from him relating to the the American Dream-
“The indignation over “My American Dream” is beginning to fade. The dream of my grandparents and parents. The dream that said if you worked hard, did well you would get ahead. The dream that said if you saved you would be able afford a home, provide for your family. The anger over that dream is all but gone. There is nothing to replace that dream, it is just simply gone. I no longer know if that is a good or a bad thing anymore. I guess it is just one of those things you begin to notice as life runs its course.”
Please check out his blog for more info about him and his experiences.
On Oct 30, my good friend and fellow filmmaker Randy Calderone joined me in attending the Rally to Restore Sanity. Randy is a very talented photographer and filmmaker and was one of the photographers who hung his work at the “One American Dream?” fundraiser in June. You can see more of his work on his website or at Aspect Change where he is a featured photographer.
While at the rally, Randy took some great stills of the interviewing (as well as the people spelling out American Dream… which maybe the DVD cover…). Check them out-
I met Matt on the National Mall after the Rally to Restore Sanity on Oct 30 and I feel that he deserves his own post.
First how we met him. As Randy (another filmmaker and great friend who was helping me since Keith still lives in SF) were interviewing another group we noticed a group of young adults with letters on their shirts, the combination of the ones we could see were starting to spell out two very familiar words. When I approached them and asked what they were spelling, Matt told me “the American Dream”. Now that’s something we have to get on tape.
As some of you may now, I have spent the last two weekends of October in Washington D.C. attending and interviewing people at two very different rallies. The main motivation for me going was the question “why has the American Dream become a political issue?”.
In today’s political and social environment, especially after the midterm election, this is a very hot issue. The midterm election brought about a change in government, whether you like the new House’s ideology or not, they are the new leaders until the next election in two years. Their policy decisions effect everyone of us economically, socially, and politically. This can have a direct effect on you being able to achieve your American Dream or the past government could have had that effect and this is one step in to help you on your path to achieve your American Dream. It depends on what your political views are.
Keep reading & watch some videos from the rallies
We met Joseph, Megan, and Bones in Kansas City, MO where they were taking a break from their travels. They were three very interesting people with a cool take on life. While some people wont agree with their lifestyle, they are living their dream.
Now that I am finally settled, or mostly, in New York production is being ramped up. I will be posting more and more short clips from the people we talked to along our journey in June and people we talk to going forward. Production is starting back up, more info to come later. Until then, here are three clips of people we talked to in New Orleans- Jonathan, Dustin and Shaun.
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Here is an auditory treat from our filming in June. Tyler Stark aka Fritzo of the Bring it Back Tour, who we have filmed extensively with so far, freestyles about the American Dream at the 2010 Van’s Warped Tour in Mountain View, CA.
Art & Kevin talk about their American Dream. These are small bits from their entire interview which is hopefully going to be a piece of the final film.
Christopher:
Success means making your world the one you want.
