PCN's Pacific Northwest Chapter has released the completed videos from their weekend workshop on digital storytelling. Here are links to the videos, all created by members/leaders of groups in the Pacific Northwest.

In The Real Oregon - Umatilla-Morrow Alternatives, Frank describes why he founded this Eastern Oregon group that develops leaders and works to end discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, or HIV status. http://pcn-nw.blip.tv/file/1416656/

Letter from a Marine Mom is "open letter" to an Iraqi child, where an American mom explains how the actions of her son in a firefight have connected the two of them to each other. Her son and her family have been changed by his experiences in Iraq. http://blip.tv/file/1243116

In No Place, Maria shares her experience as a young immigrant caught between the country of her birth (Mexico) and the country she has grown up in (the U.S.) and how the DREAM Act would enable her to achieve a long-term goal: completing college.  http://blip.tv/file/1390807

In Waddah's story, Barriers, he talks about his journey from Palestine to Portland, and the many barriers he has faced along the way as a Palestinian immigrant who uses a wheelchair. http://blip.tv/file/1412529

In Elena's story Every Child Matters, Elena shares her passion about the harsh conditions faced by Idaho's youngest members of the farmworker community. http://blip.tv/file/1404339

In Sheila's story, Activist, Sheila explains struggling against segregation as a child, her current work to end racial profiling in Portland, and why she proudly wears the label "Activist." http://blip.tv/file/1404234

In Jaime's story, Destiny, Jaime talks about his own experience as a young immigrant and how it led him to work helping other immigrants and farmworkers with their housing. http://blip.tv/file/1391023

In Abel's story, Something Special, a young Latino man talks about his change from getting in trouble to finding his voice as he gets involved with PCUN, Oregon's farmworker union.  http://blip.tv/file/1415455

In Community Alliance of Tenants, a member/volunteer explains how CAT helped her when she was having trouble as a renter, and the sorts of problems she now helps other tenants with as a CAT volunteer. http://blip.tv/file/1416565

All these videos are available on our blip tv channel: http://pcn-nw.blip.tv/