Not In Our Town returned to Sacramento. In this city, we have documented communities coming together after synagogue arsons and Sikh shootings, and yesterday we were invited to share our most recent PBS film, Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness, as part of the city's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations.
MLK Day: Lift Every Voice was sponsored by the Crocker Art Museum and included a music-infused celebration.
200 gather for screening of Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness at Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum.
Not In Our Town Executive Producer Patrice O'Neill
Blog
December 28, 2011 - 12:04pm
In 2011, communities stood up—together—against hate and intolerance. The year began with the outpouring of support after the shooting of U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and was marked by incidents in Elk Grove, Calif., Joplin, Mo., Berea, Ky., Mount Dora, Fla., Jackson, Miss., Concord, N.H., and Norway. Through Project Kesher, 20 cities in the former Soviet Union participated in Not In Our Town activities.
As we embark on the new year, we remember those who stood up for their neighbors. Thank you for helping us stop hate, together.
December 26, 2011 - 2:06pm
Each year at Hanukkah, Not In Our Town remembers its beginnings. More than 15 years ago, a year of racist violence came to a head one bitterly cold night when a brick was thrown through a six-year-old Jewish boy's bedroom window, where he had placed the family's Hanukkah menorah. The town rose as one to say, Not in Our Town, and a national movement was born.
That story was told in our first PBS film, Not In Our Town. Dozens followed, as our team traveled the country documenting the stories of community after community rising up against hate and prejudice with courage and persistence.
December 22, 2011 - 2:00pm
A woman attends the vigil honoring Marcelo Lucero. Featured in our film, Light in the Darkness, which premiered nationally on PBS in September.
At a moment when our country is deeply divided and facing financial stress and crisis, we need the narratives that can lead us away from blame and scapegoating toward the better angels of our nature.
We share stories about people like you who are willing to stand up for their neighbors. Our goal is to support the amazing force of people who stand up to hate and intolerance and work to create better, safer, more inclusive places for all of us to live together.
December 19, 2011 - 10:30am
“As I watched this documentary unfold I found myself riveted to the screen. It deals with social issues that I hold dear, specifically how central a community can be for making changes. It restored a feeling of optimism in me to see how a community coming together can turn a frightful act into a hopeful new beginning.” — Berenice Pliskin, Artist After viewing Farmingville, a 2004 PBS documentary about the hate-based attempted murders of two Mexican day laborers on Long Island, New York artist Berenice Pliskin felt moved to depict the town’s conflict as a vibrant painting.