{"id":6,"date":"2023-09-09T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2025-05-09T03:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:09:19","slug":"literacy-for-environmental-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/09\/literacy-for-environmental-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Storytelling: Literacy for Environmental Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LEJ is 20!\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MU_UBsDoJM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">In 2018, I directed a 10-minute film about Literacy for Environmental Justice\u2019s fight against environmental racism in Bayview, a frontline neighborhood experiencing the ongoing impacts of redlining and industrial toxicity. The film was strategically showcased at LEJ\u2019s 20th-anniversary gathering to <strong>boost supporter engagement, inspire donors, and build community awareness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#94c6a0;color:#fffde8;font-size:16px\"><strong>Ethical Storytelling Behind the Scenes<\/strong><br>In preparation, I attended weekly work days in LEJ&#8217;s native plant nursery, Bayview Environmental Justice Task Force Meetings, air quality monitoring work days, and collaborated on scripts with program directors and youth eco-stewards. Moving at the speed of trust, I developed all interview scripts, conducted welcoming interviews, operated camera and audio gear, edited the film, and gathered consent on final edits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, I directed a 10-minute film about Literacy for Environmental Justice\u2019s fight against environmental racism in Bayview, a frontline neighborhood experiencing the ongoing impacts of redlining and industrial toxicity. The film was strategically showcased at LEJ\u2019s 20th-anniversary gathering to boost supporter engagement, inspire donors, and build community awareness. Ethical Storytelling Behind the ScenesIn preparation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":925,"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.reneearhodes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}