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NLE Media Productions is proud to be associated with The World Arts Foundation, Inc’s annual tribute to the legacy, memory and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Last year we had the honor of shooting some of the footage for this event.  We have recently compiled footage shot by the video team from last year’s production in preparation for the 2008 event.  We have linked a 5 minute version as well as a 22 minute version at the bottom of ths blog entry.  We have been fortunate to work with Mr. Ken Berry and Mr. Michael “Chappie” Grice of The World Arts Foundaton, Inc in preparing these videos.  Some of the philosophy and motivation for this special event is included in the following excerpts:

“Keep Living the Dream; The American Dream of Freedom” is an educational, cultural arts, and historical event designed to serve and inspire local, state, and regional communities through community participation in the 6-hour live program. Our live audience, media broadcasts, and print media coverage ensure maximum exposure.

Emphasis is placed on:

1. Illuminating the contributions of Dr. King through the arts.

2. Coordinating an artistic vision into a community event.

3. Showcasing local and regional talent by featuring civic and community leaders, educators, dramatic vignettes and performance pieces, music, dance, and authentic cultural presentations.

4. Creating positive opportunities for children, families, and volunteers to engage and work together.

5. Building community cohesiveness and pride.

6. Distributing bone marrow and other health information and collecting blood for/by The American Red Cross.

7. Donating canned food to the local food bank.

8. Providing an opportunity for local civic and social organizations to display products and information to improve the quality of life for all community members.

“Keep Living the Dream” is now recognized as the largest tribute in the State of Oregon and has official designation from the National Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission.

See the video:  http://nlemedia.com/MLKT.wmv    (22 minute version) or, http://nlemedia.com/MLKTmini.mov

View Tech Rehearsal 12/08/07:  http://nlemedia.com/MLKTech.wmv

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I have know Sunshine Dixon for a little more than a year and a half now.  If anyone was ever gifted with a name that fit their personality, it is Sunshine.  When she enters a room, the light comes on and regardless of what the day has been - it is new and fresh and bright.  An artist of many talents, she dedicates herself to the task at hand.

From her biography we learn the following:  Sunshine Dixon is a community visionary gifted to find new ways to live outside of the box. She continually uses her creativity to help others move towards their dreams. As an author, spoken word and visual artist this native Oregonian sees herself as a agent of change. She named and co-directs the Art of Change Gallery which is housed downtown in the United Way building at 619 SW 11th.

As a visual artist her powerful works represent the places where she lived, worked, and played: the South; northwestern cities, principally Portland and Seattle; and the Bahamas. Religious subjects, jazz clubs and women are overlapping themes in her work. Sunshine also makes forays into abstraction, with dance associations, and themes of motherhood.

NLE Media Productions hosts a webpage on our site dedicated to “The Art of Change Gallery“:  http://nlemedia.com/UnitedWay.htm

Here are some links to video we have of Sunshine & her work with United Way:  Sunshine  and Art of Change

We have more video of Sunshine and the Art of Change Gallery at:

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You can see other work we perform by going to:

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One year ago this month we started posting videos of our Small Business Forum on the net.  This month and next we are taking time off as we prepare and engage ourselves in a caravan to Boise, Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon, The Grand Canyon, Zion, Sidona and all places between.  So we have put together a list of speakers we have had over the last year.  It is not a complete list by any means, but it represents the kind of subject matter near and dear to the Small Business Forum.  We start with the first part of Anne E. Denecke’s keynote address from April 2007:

Anne E. Denecke;  Dr. Laura Torgerson;  Renee Mitchell;  Stewart Kent;  John Doherty;  Shareefah Abdullah

At NLE Media Productions we offer many services including the editing that was done in the videos shown on this blog. For more details on what we can do for your business or organization:

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This forum is all about lifting up small businesses–profit or non-profit. So you can somewhat understand the excitement generated when we were fortunate enough to have Renee Mitchell as our keynote speaker.From her bio we learn:“S. Renee Mitchell is an award winning columnist for The Oregonian, a performance poet, playwright, MBA-trained entrepreneur, graphic designer, artist, jewelry maker, school volunteer and an inspirational public speaker. In May, she was flown to New York City to receive an Ida B. Wells Bravery in Journalism Award for her community work advocating for domestic violence survivors. To read more about the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century, check out www.womensenews.org . Recently, Renee helped create an innovative project to educate and empower African and African American women and their children. She will talk to us about The Healing Roots Village and engage us with a brief performance of her poetry, put to music.” .” thehealingrootsvillage@blackmail.com.” Renee’s presentation was on helping small businesses get media attention. She focused on 6 criteria a story needs in order to be newsworthy: “Timeliness”; “Novelty”; “Consequence”; “Human Interest”;“Prominence”; “Proximity”. Please watch the video and download the PDF files.   See the Video             View the PDF

.”Contact:www.nappyrootspress.com                        nappyrootspress@blackmail.com

Our next speaker, Naim Hasan, is a photographer I met at United Way’s “Art of Change Gallery” first Thursday event last July. You can see his work displayed in an interview I did for that event:   http://nlemedia.com/SunshineDixonWeb.wmv     He had a wonderful story to tell about how he came to be doing photography for a living. Please view the attached video: Naim Hasan VideoContact: Naim@n2htec.comwww.n2htec.comI have been planning for some time now to bring together authors for the purpose of sharing insights, stories and the kinds of issues surrounding writing and publishing. In fact one of the forums coming up will be devoted to this subject. We were very fortunate to have James Gordon show up and speak to us about his passion. Although he and I share the same last name, and have Irish and Scottish roots, we are not relatives. His roots also go back to Egypt. I believe mine go back to Guiness (I‘ll have that in a frothy pint, thank you.). Nevertheless, we both share a passion for publication, production, promoting and composing. See his video: James GordonSee the PDFContact:Gorentine@yahoo.comwww.gordonenterprises.netPamela Weatherspoon spoke to us about her organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters. NLE Media Productions supports through our Small Business Forum groups like this because they deal with the fabric of our community. We have been graced by organizations like the Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sisters of the Community and United way of the Columbia-Willamette. Building up the community takes many hands and voices. Pamela spoke eloquently about this organization and her own background. She is a vibrant and courageous spokesperson: see the video see the PDF Contact: pamela.weatherspoon@bbbs.org                  www.bigbrothersbigsisters.orgThere is this magnificent building on MLK Jr. Blvd. that my wife, Carol and I have admired for some time now. The name on the building at 6360 NE MLK Jr. Blvd is “henry V”. Many who were at this forum had also seen and admired the building, but none of us knew what it was all about. Thank goodness Bridget Sullivan spoke at our forum. She is a producer for henry V and they are all about media and production. But Bridget is also part of the BigBrothersBigSisters organization. You can see her video presentation here: Bridget SullivanContact:  Bridget.Sullivan@henryVevents.com          www.henryVevents.com  Big Brothers & Big Sisters is in need of voluteers for “Earth Day”  see:        http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/vol/214104990.html Lastly, what would one of these Small Business Forums be without live commercials for our sponsor, Hannah Bea’s Pound cake & More, LLC? With a 255 pound “certified” ham as emcee, what would you expect? See the “live” commercial: HAMThat’s it for August. Wait till you see what we have planned for our September 27^th Small Business Forum. We’re not telling–you’ll have to be there.