RICK TURNER, founder and director of the Meaningful Movies Project, passed away in December 2016. Rick was passionate about and tirelessly committed to the vision for Meaningful Movies: educating people about social justice issues by showing free documentary films, while at the same time building bonds between people by promoting community discussion. In the last years of his life, Rick was Meaningful Movies’ full-time volunteer.
Over the course of 14 years, Rick’s vision, commitment, hard work and financial support expanded this organization from one venue to 22 venues. In 2016 alone, the venues screened 160 documentaries with over 8,000 people in attendance.
The Meaningful Movies Project requests your help to sustain and grow this important community-building tool. Funds are needed to pay for basic expenses – city and state business and license fees, website maintenance, website hosting and software subscriptions, essential equipment for new venues, etc. – as well as to hire an employee who can take over much of the work that Rick was performing: supporting new venues that are waiting to come on board, providing operational support to existing venues, managing the weekly eNews, updating the blog, and managing our website, among other things. Rick was doing all of this and more.
Your donations will help us continue our mission to use the power of social justice documentary film and community discussion to organize, educate, advocate and build positive and meaningful community. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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