http://voicesofuganda.org Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:06:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 After Kony Poster http://voicesofuganda.org/uncategorized/after-kony-poster/ http://voicesofuganda.org/uncategorized/after-kony-poster/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:29:35 +0000 http://voicesofuganda.org/uncategorized/after-kony-poster/ http://voicesofuganda.org/uncategorized/after-kony-poster/feed/ 0 Panel — Filmmaking and The Art of the Cause (Video) http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/panel-filmmaking-and-the-art-of-the-cause/ http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/panel-filmmaking-and-the-art-of-the-cause/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:59:31 +0000 http://imagelight360.com/staging-hope/?p=170 Digital Hollywood Content Summit
May 5, 2009
Santa Monica, California

The Art of the Cause: Plains, Grains and Automobiles Filmmaking through Social Networking Tools.
Micki Krimmel, Founder Sugar Packet, Inc, Mickipedia.com
Robert Bahar, Emmy-winning filmmaker, Made in L.A.
Melissa Fitzgerald, Actor & Filmaker, The West Wing, Voices of Uganda
Marc Morgenstern, Executive Director, Declare Yourself
Juan Devis, Director of Production, KCET New Media
Charles Annenberg Weingarten, Founder, Explore.org
Brian Sirgutz, President, Causecast , Moderator

]]> http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/panel-filmmaking-and-the-art-of-the-cause/feed/ 0 Humanitarian, social activist and actor Melissa Fitzgerald delivered the 81st commencement address at Chestnut Hill College http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/humanitarian-social-activist-and-actor-melissa-fitzgerald-delivered-the-81st-commencement-address-at-chestnut-hill-college/ http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/humanitarian-social-activist-and-actor-melissa-fitzgerald-delivered-the-81st-commencement-address-at-chestnut-hill-college/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:52:10 +0000 http://imagelight360.com/staging-hope/?p=167 Humanitarian, social activist and actor Melissa Fitzgerald delivered the 81st commencement address at Chestnut Hill College on Saturday, May 17. Ms. Fitzgerald, best known for her role as Carol Fitzpatrick on the award-winning television series, The West Wing, addressed the largest undergraduate graduating class in the history of the College. The College awarded 237 bachelor’s degrees, 195 master’s degrees, and 18 doctoral degrees during the ceremony. During the commencement ceremony, Ms. Fitzgerald was presented with the Chestnut Hill College Medal. Her grandfather, James McCullough, 30 years earlier received an honorary degree for his contributions to the College as one of the first lay board members. Read Full Story Here at Chestnut Hill College Newsletter

]]> http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/humanitarian-social-activist-and-actor-melissa-fitzgerald-delivered-the-81st-commencement-address-at-chestnut-hill-college/feed/ 0 Northern Uganda: The Biggest Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis (Huffington Post) http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/northern-uganda-the-biggest-forgotten-humanitarian-crisis-huffington-post/ http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/northern-uganda-the-biggest-forgotten-humanitarian-crisis-huffington-post/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:46:43 +0000 http://imagelight360.com/staging-hope/?p=161 In 2006, I had the opportunity to go to war-torn northern Uganda with International Medical Corps, joining a field team working with malnourished children and their mothers in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps. Before I left, I did a tremendous amount of research. I felt prepared. But nothing could have prepared me for what I saw when I arrived in the camps. They were overcrowded, unsanitary and dangerous, with little access to clean water, food, or electricity. I am sure many of the people I met and worked with that summer are no longer living. Read Full Story Here at HuffingtonPost.com

]]> http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/northern-uganda-the-biggest-forgotten-humanitarian-crisis-huffington-post/feed/ 0 100 YEARS OF HONORING WOMEN: MELISSA FITZGERALD (enoughproject.org) http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/100-years-of-honoring-women-melissa-fitzgerald/ http://voicesofuganda.org/staging-hope-in-the-media/100-years-of-honoring-women-melissa-fitzgerald/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:28:09 +0000 http://imagelight360.com/staging-hope/?p=152 March 8 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. To commemorate the achievements and ongoing challenges women face in some of the world’s most devastating conflicts, Enough is publishing profiles each day this week of women doing exceptional work to end atrocities and support survivors in Congo, Sudan, and LRA-affected territory.

Melissa Fitzgerald has held roles for the theater, film, and television. In this profile, Fitzgerald explains how her passion for acting and for community service came together when she first visited northern Uganda, sparking a lasting commitment to raise the profile of the devastating effects of the Lord’s Resistance Army on communities across central Africa. Most recently Fitzgerald produced and served as co-artistic director for “Staging Hope: Acts of Peace in Northern Uganda,” a film about the collaboration between a group of U.S. actors and Ugandan teenagers in creating a theater program.

Read Full Story Here at EnoughProject.org

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