BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1511@meaningfulmovies.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T203000 DTSTAMP:20241021T180832Z URL:https://meaningfulmovies.org/events/stories-of-us-camp-second-chance-6 / SUMMARY:STORIES OF US: CAMP SECOND CHANCE DESCRIPTION:Join us in person for this important film about our local unhou sed community.\n\nIn this powerful award-winning film\, director Melinda R aebyne embeds herself one winter at one of Seattle’s homeless camps\, Ca mp Second Chance\, challenging public ignorance and humanizing a populatio n that locals would rather neglect\, sharing with you some of their person al stories and her actual experience of what it’s like to be homeless. B y putting faces to the statistics and a voice to their stories\, she human izes a population in ways that allow viewers to see themselves and better relate to a neglected and often “forgotten population.”\n\nWhat’s po ssible when society’s “forgotten population” decides to beat the odd s and instead of putting hope into a broken system invest their hopes in e ach other\, using the pains of their past to be the fuel that drives them to create a better tomorrow. Camp Second Chance is an encampment founded b y the homeless to foster an environment that allows them to become product ive people in society. “Stories of Us” are their stories and ours\, on e of triumph\, showing us that the power lies within our own willpower not to just survive but to thrive.\n\n“Stories of Us” was awarded the Tur ner Legacy Award by Meaningful Movies Project in 2020 and the Audience Cho ice Award at the Tacoma Film Festival.\n\nCost: This is a free event\, how ever\, donations to support the program are greatly appreciated.\nTime: D oors open at 6:30\, viewing starts at 7:00\n\nWestside supports masking\, provides spaces for social distancing\, and is wheelchair accessible.\n\nT here will be a discussion following the film to answer questions and to ga in more insights from our speakers.\n\nSpecial Guests: Melinda Raebyne\, D ain Norman\, and Dax Foxx.\n\nBIOS:\nMelinda Raebyne is an award-winning T aiwanese-American filmmaker based in Tacoma\, WA. As an independent filmma ker\, Melinda works intentionally with communities to share local stories that have global resonance and impact. Her award-winning films include Ell os Gritan Libertad (They Scream Freedom)\, Stories of Us: Camp Second Chan ce\, and Asylum. An advocate for independent filmmaking\, she is affiliate d with the Meaningful Movies Project and Washington Filmworks and has rece ived a Firelight Media Spark Fund grant.\n\n \;\n\nDain Norman is a si nger/songwriter\, multi-instrumentalist\, and audio producer. His songs ca n be heard on the radio in Washington\, Europe and Australia. In 2013 Dain arrived in the PNW with only $15\, he lived in his car and street-perform ed to get by. Since its founding in 2015\, Norman’s Tacoma-based band Th e Chrysalis Effect has released its full album “Lantern” and toured th roughout Washington and Oregon. They are working on their second album\, S hades of Blue.\n\n \;\n\n We are delighted to have Dax Foxx join the p anel conversation and speak to some of the misconceptions about those expe riencing homelessness. Dax was formerly homeless and now has a non-profit focusing on helping homeless youth and young adults in Pierce County secur e stable housing. She provides a personal perspective along with showing w hat’s possible when given an opportunity to thrive. Her non-profit “Th e Power of Two” provides support to our homeless youth by helping them g et access to the right services that will place them on a path to long-ter m success. Helping the Homeless Population with Our Programs (thepowertwo. org).\n\n \;\n\nSPONSOR:\n\n\nWestside Unitarian Universalist Congrega tion is a welcoming home for spiritual seekers to gather and find companio ns for life's journey. Rooted in values of community\, transformation\, pl uralism\, and justice\, they seek to be a hub for connection in the broade r West Seattle neighborhood.\n\n\n\nThis event was made possible by a gran t from the City of Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture! Thank you City of Seattle! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meaningfulmovies.org/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/09/Stories-of-US-walking-in-snow.jpg CATEGORIES:West Seattle MMP LOCATION:West Seattle\, WA\, 7141 California Ave SW\, Seattle\, WA \, 9813 6\, United States GEO:47.538652;-122.387552 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7141 California Ave SW\, Se attle\, WA \, 98136\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=West Seatt le\, WA:geo:47.538652,-122.387552 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR