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Do 1 Thing Animated Short Trailer - Do1Thing to Help Homeless Youth

Pasquale Chieffalo, a graduate student in the Communications, Design & Technology department at Parsons, The New School for Design produces short animated promo for the Do1Thing project. Chieffalo animated the short as well as composed original music for the project. Using Aftereffects software to convey a simple but clear message, Do1Thing to help homeless youth. A NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION www.do1thing.org There are more homeless people today than at any previous time in U.S. history. Right now, more than 1.3 million of them are children. Do1Thing is our call to action to make a difference. We believe that by focusing our efforts on highlighting 1 Cause while asking people to do 1 Thing for that cause, great change will come. More than 30 Pulitzer-prize winning photographers and some of the most recognized names in photography have come together to put a “face” on teenage homelessness while asking you to put a “face” on activism and do 1 thing to help. Why focus on teenage homelessness? Three out of every 10 homeless adults admit to a history in foster and with 25,000+ children “aging out” of the foster care system each year, many will end up experiencing homelessness. The issues surrounding homelessness are gigantic. The solutions offered are endless. But what if everyone did 1 thing on 1 day to help this 1 cause? PROJECT PARTNERS It is the goal of Do1Thing to not only raise awareness for teenage homelessness, but also to promote and support the work of those non profits who have a long history of providing education, health care, job training and temporary housing to them. Through sustainable projects they are moving children from a life on the streets to permanent housing and a future. We are proud to partner with the following organizations. Covenant House International www.covenanthouse.org The largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter and other services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth. Stand Up For Kids www.standupforkids.org Their mission is to help homeless and street kids. They do this, every day, in cities across America through volunteers who go to the streets in order to find, stabilize and otherwise help homeless and street kids improve their lives. All facets of their mission are guided by the mandate that their volunteer’s tell kids they care about them and then, at every point, prove it. Do1Thing is a project of The Heart Gallery of New Jersey, a unique not-for-profit dedicated to raising awareness about foster children available for adoption. Through the volunteer efforts of some of the country's most prestigious photographers, portraits are taken that help capture the individuality and spirit of each foster child who is eligible to be adopted. www.heartgallerynj.org To view more of Pasquale Chieffalo's work, visit his website: http://www.pasqualechieffalo.com/
Homeless Teens at Covenant House Houston Share Their Stories

Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist David Leeson filmed homeless teens at Covenant House in Houston as they shared their struggles of life on the street. Filmed for Do1Thing (hyperlink to www.do1thing.org), Leeson introduces us to teen after teen, as they tell their heart wrenching stories as they are thrown into adulthood. For more about David Leeson go to www.davidleeson.com
Photojournalist Nina Berman on Do1Thing.org

Nina Berman is a documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape. Her work has been extensively published, exhibited and collected, garnering praise in both the art and journalism communities with awards from the World Press Photo Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Open Society Institute documentary photography fund. Her first monograph, “Purple Hearts – Back From Iraq” a collection of portraits and interviews with U.S. soldiers wounded in the war, was published by Trolley in 2004 and received wide acclaim. The book was made into a feature length documentary film by the same name and was screened worldwide. Her work on wounded veterans has continued and her 2006 “Marine Wedding” portrait that shows a severely disfigured marine with his young bride on their wedding day is considered to be an iconic image of life during wartime. Her work has been the subject of several solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in New York, Chicago, Washington D.C. and throughout Europe. She is on the faculty of the International Center of Photography in her hometown of New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Chicago and her masters from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. For more about Nina see http://www.ninaberman.com. For more on the Do1Thing project, visit http://do1thing.org
NEW JERSEY: Louissa

Homeless mother and child staying at Raphaels Life House. Produced by Ed Kashi http://edkashi.com/
Do1Thing Featured on Fox News in Houston

Photographer Robert Seale appears on Fox News in Houston talking about the Do1Thing project. http://do1thing.org
Newark 2/14/09

Do1Thing comes to the Covenant House in Newark, NJ. do1thing.org
Washington: Dennis Molino, Age 20

Dennis Molino is a 20 year old living in Seattle, WA. After losing his parents to addiction and violence, he bounced around the foster care system before being "aged out" when he turned 18. As recently as a month ago, Molino was living on the streets, sleeping in cars, on couches, and anywhere else he could find warmth and shelter. Thanks to help from the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, he is now living at their local youth home, where he participates in educational and employment workshops. Molino has a job at a local fast-food restaurant, and plans to get his G.E.D. and pursue a future in culinary arts.
NYC: Marc Asnin: 9/11, personal values and Do1Thing

Documentary photographer Marc Asnin describes the effect of coverng the 9/11 attack on New York and how it forced him to reprioritize his values. In an extended and candid interview with Do1Thing co-founder Najlah Feanny Hicks, Asnin says giving back to the community through his photography is now more important for him, both personally and as an example for his his kids. Asnin has been working as a documentary photographer for more then thirty years. His work has appeared in countless publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, TIME, the New Yorker, Mother Jones and LIFE. www.marcasnin.com Produced for the Do1Thing project, http://do1thing.org
NYC: David Bergman: Lightning strikes twice

David Bergman is best known for his sports photography and his coverage of rock'n'roll bands, most notably the Canadian group Barenaked Ladies. In this interview he recalls how two of his images impacted the lives of the people he photographed. The first, a Nicaraguan hurricane survivor photographed for a newspaper, the other a teen hoping to be adopted, photographed for the Heart Gallery of New Jersey project. www.do1thing.org www.davidbergman.net www.heartgallerynj.org
NEW JERSEY: Raphael's Life House

Produced by Ed Kashi for the Do1Thing Project http://do1thing.org http://edkashi.com/

Articles

Meaningful Art: Envisioning Change

Artists have played a great role in this election by raising awareness about the voting process and helped to define the candidates’ public images.