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Job Discrimination
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From: Miles Eddy
Psychiatric Survivor and Human Rights Activist, Mary Van Pelt, speaks about job discrimination, holes in the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the power of self-disclosure.
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Alamosa Salmonella/Water VIP Press Conference Sound Bytes Gov Ritter, etc.
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Alamosa has water advisory because of Salmonella Outbreak. Gov. Ritter, Senator Salazar and other VIPS hold Press Conference March 22, 2008 in Alamosa. SOUND BYTES.
My Pink Easter Dress
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From: Miles Eddy
Storyteller Mary Van Pelt remembers shopping for a special dress, her fear of the big city, and receiving gentle guidance and love from her Grandmother.
Appreciating Wildfire Fighters, Meto Vega
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Wagon Train
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From: Miles Eddy
Sound Rich Journey on a traditional wagon train in North-Central Nebraska.
Dead Man Walking Play Project Show
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From: Miles Eddy
The Dead Man Walking Play Project in Alamosa, Colorado engages the local community about a national issue; the death penalty. Includes reactions from the cast, crew, and ...
Dead Man Walking Play Project News Summary
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From: Miles Eddy
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Tough Kitty Essay w/Short Interview
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From: Miles Eddy
How it feels to give away a kitten to the Animal Welfare Society.
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Psychiatric Survivor and Human Rights Activist, Mary Van Pelt (www.maryvanpelt.com), speaks about invisible social barriers and the contrast between physical disabilities and psychiatric disabilities.
Transcript
Show Me The Way
I didn’t know the girl in the wheelchair, but I felt myself standing up for what I believe in, crossing an invisible social barrier as I walked toward her. Our eyes met and she smiled as I reached for her hands. We danced as I gave her momentum to roll toward me, away from me, and then spin in circles.
A few years earlier, on a different dance floor, I’d watched a stylish woman wearing a short skirt and stiletto heals spinning a man in his chair. It was that memory, that image that showed me the way. I knew I could dance with a wheelchair bound person, and it didn’t require six weeks of complicated lessons. Lessons, where despite my best effort, I can never get my hips, shoulders, hands and feet coordinated in rhythm with the music and my partner.
There is a field of nebulous unknowns that can keep a person from crossing invisible social b...
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