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TS20-27 Gaia and LA’s feature film, BIRTHMARK.

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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guests Angel Hamilton and Lester Alfonso, on-air June 30th

We all have some kind of Birthmark we have and look to as our identity.

Private may not be the opposite of Public. What is arts-creation combined with social science research? Auto-ethnography, creative anthropology, and other research methods in BIRTHMARK.

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ANGEL HAMILTON emerged from the video aisles at Blockbuster where she worked as a clerk (obtaining valuable research) and dove right into assisting to remount Global Visions Documentary Festival in Edmonton. A graduate of Anthropology at Trent University, she worked as a producer’s assistant at Red Storm Productions and Purple Productions in British Columbia and then went on to obtain a certificate in documentary production at Capilano University Bosa Centre for Film & Animation. Her passion for food justice was sparked by working with the Britannia Community Centre to help mount the Stone Soup Food Film Festival. She directed personal films and produced a number of student productions before moving back to her hometown of Peterborough in 2012 where she co-founded Media Arts Peterborough to produce a web series called WHAT IS ART? about local artists. A three-time honoree of Trent Film Society’s Snowdance Film Festival, she maintains a passion for transformation through creative response and she works invisibly in the background facilitating art and expression in all forms. Most recently, she worked as a co-producer on  Lester Alfonso’s creative nonfiction project BIRTHMARK. She is also the co-producer for the documentary project CIRCUS BOY that premiered at ReFrame Film Festival 2020 These days, she’s exploring new ways to tell stories through video projection art. She is working on Mystery Father for the summer of 2020 and will be released online on her website.

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Awakened to the power of moving images by Spielberg’s Jaws as a kid, LA was transformed by Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil when he saw it as a film student at York University. Best known as a filmmaker and a multi-media artist. His award-winning films include Twelve, for the National Film Board of Canada, about twelve Canadians who give advice to their twelve-year-old selves, Trying to Be Some Kind of Hero, a documentary tracing the footsteps of his missing grandfather, and This City Has Wings with timeless portraits of random passers-by as angels.

Lester Alfonso (LA) also creates podcasts, takes 35mm photographs, plays the ukulele, and constructs site-specific multi-media installations for festivals and performances.

In May 2019, he was a finalist in the Peterborough Arts Awards for the Mid-Career Artist category in Media Arts, he received the Public Energy Performing Arts Silver Jubilee Award for outstanding contributions in its first 25 years, and he updated his collaboration with Deepti Gupta’s performance and choreography of Static, then — mashed-up 25 years of dance footage for the afterparty.

In autumn of 2019, his first full-length feature film, BIRTHMARK, received a Making a Difference Award — Honourable Mention from Comfest Global Film Festival where it screened for a Toronto audience for the first time and screened at Bagnani Hall at Trent Univesity accompanied by a speaker’s panel of university professors.

In 2018 he performed a live film mix with the Art of Time Ensemble, created a site-specific video spectacle that transformed Peterborough Public Library for Artsweek, and premiered BIRTHMARK his first feature-length creative nonfiction film.

LA is an accomplished Photographer who insists on shooting only 35mm film. He is also producer and host of UKE BOX, the all-ukulele radio show, and the creative nonfiction podcast called SoundProof. He continues to teach his Creative Nonfiction Filmmaking Workshops.

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TS 20-26 Alyssa Bigham on the CaringBridge Project.

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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Alyssa Bigham, on-air from June 16

My cousin-in-law Darius Brubeck was struck down with Covid 19, isolated from everyone, fighting for his life, the CaringBridge kept us informed daily as to his progress, which was comforting and very supportive. This kind of serves creates a connection to our loved ones no matter where they are and they are a service of love and caring.

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From the launch of the very first CaringBridge site, we’ve been working toward a single vision: a world where no one goes through a health journey alone. In order to turn this vision into reality, we’ve made it our mission to build bridges of care and communication providing love and support on a health journey. 

Alyssa Bigham is a Development Officer at CaringBridge and has been in the nonprofit industry for over 10 years. A sociology graduate from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, a passion of hers has always been helping others. On the fundraising team at CaringBridge, Alyssa and team members strive to keep CaringBridge online, free, for anyone who needs CaringBridge anywhere during a health journey. 

Alyssa first started using CaringBridge for her family when her father was battling brain cancer in 2010. When a position on the fundraising team opened, Alyssa pursued and joined the team in 2015. When Alyssa isn’t working at CaringBridge she enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs in Minneapolis, MN.


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TS20-24 The Need for African American Children’s books

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Their Story Matter with Sara Troy, and her guests, Erica Ramsey-Bowen, and Barrett Clemmensen Powell, on-air from June 9th

We speak to the lack of representation of Black children in books as bright, adventurous and capable children. What do they have to be inspired by when they do not see themselves in any books?

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“From both my personal experience as well as data compiled from various sources on the subject, it has been demonstrated time and time again that from an early age, children infer from the lack of diverse protagonists that there is a limitation to their abilities and potential. If the sight of the white cisgender Christian able-bodied protagonist keeps appearing in the majority of children’s books (and for me, particularly in fantasy literature), then there is an unspoken understanding that children of color, children who identify as a gender other than a cisgender male, children who are of a different religion than Christianity, and children who are differently-abled ARE NOT SEEN.
Every year, an infographic is produced and shared showing the statistics for diversity in this country compiled by Sarah Park Dahlen and every year, children of color consistently have a much smaller percentage of children’s literature starring THEM vs books with a hero who is white, male, Christian, heterosexual, BUT there are ALSO MORE books featuring an animal as the protagonist versus children of color, or another gender, or religion or physical ability. 
So, just to be clear, a polar bear or a talking cat OR a naked mole rat can get more validation, if you will, of their abilities to be the hero in life than any of these other groups of human children.
And last but not least, let’s examine this from the flip side: from the white, cisgender, male-identifying, Christian, physically-abled point of view if you are accustomed to literally seeing yourself as the hero and focus of most adventures, would that not shape your attitude towards the worth of others different than you that you never see in those same pages? It’s no wonder there is a broad unspoken assumption of that white male able-bodied Christian is always to be on the pinnacle, the indisputable top of the heap.

AK20-21 Allowing Things To Fall Into Place a Faries Tale.

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TS20-25 April Mahoney on Being a Black Woman in America

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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest April Mahoney, on-air from June 9th.

What is it like living in America as a Black woman?
We sit down with April Mahoney to hear her lived experience and ask how we can each play a part in dismantling racism and prejudice against Black communities.

April Mahoney—hailed as San Diego’s Poet Laureate—is a native of Los Angeles, CA, and the founder of A Good Person Productions. She began writing poetry at the age of eight and has since been published in the International Library of Poetry Anthology. A celebrated BlogTalkRadio personality, April is also the winner of numerous radio and print ad contests. She is the author of three books: Small Statements That Mean a Lot, Utter Magic, and Rico the Seagull: Making the Best Out of a Mess.

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Ms. Mahoney is a dynamic producer and entertainer, captivating sold-out audiences with her spoken word artistry at venues across New York, Los Angeles, and San Diego, earning rave reviews. She has also graced the stage as part of Carnival Cruise Line’s guest entertainment lineup. A former chapter president of Toastmasters International, April has delivered hundreds of motivational speeches and presentations. In addition to her writing, she actively supports several non-profit organizations and has launched numerous entrepreneurial ventures in her beloved city of San Diego, CA.

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TS20-22 Dispelling The Myths of Long Term Care

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Their Stoy Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Sara Finkelstein, on air from May 26th

Some Americans falsely think that Medicare will pay for Long Term Care.  Medicare does pay for some home health care, but it is limited.  Americans who want to avoid becoming a burden to their children and protect their Retirement Nest Egg will do some Long Term Care Planning.

I grew up in NY and decided to move down to FL in 1990 in search of sunny year- round weather and an attractive housing market. My dad and his wife had already made the move and when I visited them I fell in love with FL.

I joined the insurance and financial field in 1996.  I was securities licensed and in 2008/2009 after the stock market crash, I decided to focus strictly on “safety and guarantees”.

I specialize in helping individuals with their Medicare plans.  People become eligible for Medicare when they turn age 65.  There are 10,000 people turning 65 each and every day and they get bombarded with mail and phone calls about Medicare.  My husband, Paul Finkelstein, and I do educational workshops for Medicare.  He likes to refer to us as “Mr. and Mrs. Medicare”.

 
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But USA Medicare is just one part of healthcare costs in retirement.  The other part is Long Term Care.

I enjoy helping individuals plan for their financial future with Peace of Mind and guaranteed lifetime income.  For the purposes of this interview, I am focusing on the topic of Long Term Care.

While I was in my 30s I had to move my mother down to FL as she needed help.  She ended up living in Assisted Living for 6 years, followed by 2 years in a Nursing Home.

The light bulb went off for me and I realized the importance of planning for my own future potential need for Long Term Care.  The statistics of needing care is very high: 70% of people over the age of 65 will need Long Term Care at some point.  That’s 2 out of 3!  Some will need it for a short period of time, others for several or many years.

Most individuals are not planning for this probability.  For several reasons:

  1. They don’t think it will happen to them.
  2. They think that their children or spouse will take care of them.
  3. They think it’s too expensive.
  4. Some mistakenly think Medicare will cover it.  (Medicare covers some home health care and Skilled Nursing Facility)
  5. I’ve heard the craziest answers, but they are all excuses

In my field (insurance and financial services) we plan for the “what ifs” in life, because we know its better to have a plan in place, instead of dealing with a crisis.

I like to spread the word of Long Term Care Planning because it could wipe out a whole retirement nest egg that one has been working towards and saving for.

What people gain by working with me is:  Peace of Mind, protecting their retirement nest egg for the purpose of what it was intended for – their Golden Years, maintaining their dignity and control over what happens to them when they do need Long Term Care, and leveraging their dollars for Long Term Care.

FREE GIFT: Audience can request a report,  “What You Need to Know About Long Term Care” delivered to their email.  They can call or text me at 561-302-5760, or call toll free at 844-453-1419 and I’ll be happy to send it over. Or they can email me at Sara@SignatureAdvisoryGroup.com

They can also request a FREE strategy session for Long Term Care or a 2nd opinion as to what they are currently doing in regards to their Nest Egg.

In 2018 I published my first book, “Wi$dom for Women – Discover The Challenges You Must Overcome to Live The Life and Retirement You Deserve”.  This book has a whole chapter devoted to Long Term Care.  It is available on Amazon.

Born in Israel and raised in New York Sara grew up working in the family business.  She relocated to Southeast Florida in 1990 in pursuit of gorgeous weather.

Sara joined the financial arena in 1996.  Her financial industry experience encompasses employment with a major insurance company, banks, and a boutique money management firm.  Her knowledge, gained from different angles, has proven to be advantageous in helping clients reach their financial needs, goals, and dreams.

Helping individuals keep their financial promises to their families is a commitment that Sara made and everything she does in her practice serves to uphold that commitment.

She published her first book, “Wi$dom for Women, Discover the Challenges you Must Overcome to Live the Life and Retirement You Deserve” available on Amazon ($18).

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