After a long wait here is the first teaser trailer for “One American Dream?”. I hope you enjoy it!
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YEC at FEGS
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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Suze Orman on the American Dream
Last week financial guru Suze Orman was on WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s program Roundtable to discuss her book and the American Dream today.
WAMC: Suze Orman – The Money Class (2011-04-08).
Since she is a financial advisor, and a pretty brash one at that if you have ever seen her show, her angle is mostly on the financial aspects of the American Dream. She says the new American Dream is more focused on living within our means but meeting our needs, not to buy a huge house if we cant afford it. Her interview here is focusing on how to do that from credit scores, to investments, to money planning.
Its definitely a worth while listen (and remember to support you local public radio station so programs like this can continue!)
Selling the American Dream
This is a recent cover story from the SF Bay Guardian titled “The American Dream, for sale”. It talks about a little know immigration program called the EB-5 visa.
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Our All American Dream
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.
Obama invokes the American Dream in the State of the Union
Last night, President Obama invoked the American Dream at the end of the State of the Union. Here is what he said-
Thanksgiving
This week the majority of us are preparing to stuff our faces with turkey, stuffing and pie and this makes me think about the American Dream. What Thanksgiving has turned into, or always has been depending on your reading of history, is the epitome of what the American Dream stands for.
The history of Thanksgiving, the one we were all told in school, is that when the Pilgrims arrived they had a lot of trouble adapting to the New World. Luckily there were some merry Native Americans here to help them farm the land, hunt native game and over all be cool neighbors. Then at the end of the harvest season the Pilgrims and their new homies gathered around the table and had a little party to be thankful for all that they were shown and given.
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Randy’s stills from the Rally to Restore Sanity
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-
Amorphous not Vacuous
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.
Politics Politics Politics
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
