stories of the men and women of south africa that we know and love today but the one thing the try me is to make the photograph nelson mandela but i was tall and sundry it was never going to happen this country you know we were p the program dr perkins women i was asked to talk about the significance of where we opened up something like this and they have been a diamond in the growth in terms of getting these young people not only that they have never had before when you think in terms of the population that was recruited the population was we could have from these young kids from girl field and franklin high school they are in d c our youth violence prevention initiative but they are so happy to be doing something wait until you see what they have accomplished this is how it works nothing like this this is just their form of artistic expression and what are cooing eight tale of two cities this two city interpretation of these photographs and more is through the lens through drawings graphics that they wanted to express because you have to keep in mind these young people are a second generation of refugee immigrants they have  and also it's difficult for us as a parent and has done immigrant to get out along with this system because we have been grown back home with a different culture so for our kids it's hard to grasp in between two cultures between the program or the media and community as far as community all the causes that we've been involved with that we've supported you hear people saying support this cause support this support these people support these things the things that you care about and media as far as media goes that's been a really important role in my life i have a passion for media i'm currently an intern at microsoft and the media literacy the access to resources that what i've been able to have through this program is insane all the software all the classes we've learned from basic things from using office which was eight years ago and now we're editing videos on  can do for a community has done so much for me and i'm not as involved now as i was at what used to be don't have as much time and i kind of regret that but i also feel that there's a younger people who need it more than i do get more out of the program than i do so instead of me being involved in this program i can help lead and i can help other people take advantage of these opportunities because not everyone can be doing the things that we do they're selected spots for programs resources that are out there and we want to keep doing that so continue to support him r t and i want to see the product of what  terrace together with the fine arts department seattle university we've done something that none of those agencies alone could do we've created a really great six week program soon to be a seven week program for area youth ages thirteen to eighteen to create videos and make photographs to learn communication visual communication skills and documentary skills and to really provide a venue for their community i guess with terrorists to voice their ideas opinions and concerns about the redevelopment something that is going to really touch everyone in seattle but expression of those living in some terrace so it's through this kind of community collaborative e through the enormous efforts of teachers that just went over there volunteers like josh and zachary sitting right up there and countless others from university unitarian church and from grant providers like humanities washington  neighborhood matching c l university that allow us to really learn strong communication skills and also to be advocates for their own community so i think you're going to meet a couple of our youth today and we're going to see a couple of our films we've made a total of twelve and as these youths choose their own topics based on conversations they've had with community residents with area agencies with seattle housing authority with city government official officials such as sally clarke they choose their topics from from the conversations that they have so truly i think that this archive that we're creating and we hope to do it for the next fifteen years this archive that we're doing and that we're creating we hope will enter into the dialogue continuously as a community voice regarding this giant undertaking thank there in about the redevelopment and this project not only was it a great place to learn technical skills such as how to use a camera and how to use the software but it also taught us skills such as how to connect to the community and how to so we are in the middle of phase two project right now where we have identified five hundred thirty nine units in the community will be relocating based on their personal preferences and so people are choosing every location option some are deciding to remain on site some are choosing to go to other units at seattle housing authority and some now i thing i'm happy about that had to be devolved man not because i don't live where i'm living but i'm hoping for the king of what's going on people smoking around and running around i hope that it will change because there are more other people come and more out of the business then pay attention to more security and what people do are out i think it's to me it's more about the mixed president because maybe it will it will change the stereotype people have about just of saying that it's a ghetto place maybe it would change the concept of people thinking negative thing about yes like i would love to  see the path where children play change what i mean by that not by devolving them but by people not coming from outside and smoke you can weed when kids are just there so i hoped i would change and that's what i'm looking opportunity to move to a home near by the school of their some residents who love the community they want to remain also i it's really depending on the family's preference on what it is that they would like to  the last fourteen years it was very beautiful you feel tranquility you feel peacefulness and there is a lot of diversity around saw it it's one of the most beautiful places to live hopefully if the succumb stance will allow us hopefully we'll come back but the diversity we have now i don't think we will have it because of modernity and a lot of people are living so hopefully we'll come back hopefully we are already moving and we move to rainier vista it was a decision with me and my wife and yes we decided and then it's a beautiful place also and then we'll just reality came and we were told just  special to the little ones and the sign of the stress is crystal clear they are riding on the walls we're going to miss and stuff like that so it will be tough to are just to that new environment way it is a good idea because the houses are old and when it comes to money when it comes to twenty first century this house is in need to be upgraded saw we don't have anything else but the reality is knocking the door and it's time for residents is a question while they receive what they need one thing is for sure on no matter what results of this major change the face of seattle will be changed forever i'm jane kurtz and i am a children's book author i have published thirty one books and i'm so proud of the house because it was very difficult my latest book just came out in september when i was growing up in ethiopia i didn't have any television in fact i didn't even have a radio but of course here in america television and media of all kinds those are the things that shape our children's lives here in the united states media here is the way that so many people have a voice that they're able to talk about what is important to them that they're able to discuss their community issues that they are able to express themselves and also that they can understand that when we express ourselves other people are listening so it's so important what youth media is doing children and young people need to grasp the power of media and be able to use it in ways that are good ways that will build up their families and communities i hope that you will really encourage your children to calm and be part of the journalism classes i hope that you young people will come engage and will tell your stories and will give your opinions and ideas because it's a wonderful thing having a voice you have important things to say we all have important things to say these days the media that's how we all have a way to say the things that are on our hearts so come to classes tell your opinion be part of things it's the way the e u will be able to have an impact on the world and there's nothing more powerful than that my fact my anniversary twenty four years was last week with their beautiful but that wasn't her and so when we did the twelfth man flag whether sandy they messed up was known sandy for over thirty years by the way she's she's the best truly special person but it is my family i don't know if they really appreciated that one or not but it does take perseverance to get someone like that might like my wife and which is a lot what you talk about the bad ones all the time i just but to go find the good ones in is a little tougher and we're pretty blessed in the seahawk organization to have guys like doug baldwin and golden tate i think something that's really changed this organization is a guy like russell wilson russell wilson is the face of this organization and he's everything that he claims to be and he walks the walk you are a fantastic role model you want to know how to become successful in life all you have to do is watch how he grew up that man got up at five thirty six o'clock every morning to go and work on a craft and he wanted to be a professional football player quarterback his dad got him up and they were said the lark and i think that's what it was so i've been really blasted to do a lot of that and i just tell people this is and you heard that from doug baldwin i believe it's really about being passionate and what you do you guys were fortunate that you got to be a part of something and go down the seahawk facility interview some great people he worked with found the hard work this research i mean that takes a lot of time right to write it all down  broadcast the other listener are pretty and post game show on the radio we we get a lot of compliments on how we connect and it's all because it's what we love to do it's nothing more difficult than that but i will tell you got to be you're going to be told no a lot a lot take no as your opportunity to reflect it don't take it personal this is a if you're if you want to get into this field there to be told no more than to be told yes and most people you get discouraged with that i've always taken it as my opportunity to reflect and say why did they say no what do i need to know what's the constructive criticism behind that how am i communicating and so when when i this is in our life writing a paper doing this during a speaking engagement always know the beginning and the end so when you did this today you knew the beginning the beginning of the seok organization he knew the end was in between i want to see can make up but you'll remember but it's so important writing a paper anything you want to do in life speaking knowing what's the beginning and what the close this you can do that in fifteen seconds in radio we have to communicate a lot in a very short amount of time a lot of people ramble they're looking how  i in this speech how do i in what i want to communicate and that is the kiss of death and it's a kiss of death in a paper it's a kiss of death if you're putting together a documentary that's a kiss of death when you're doing a presentation wasn't department when i first started it didn't exist everything was run out of the public relations department and then as years went on there was such a need for doing things in the community so i guess what you'd say it's a charitable it's a charitable arm of this of the team so basically what we do in the community comes through our department it's not just school visits and hospital visits but we just this past weekend had the american red cross at our game raising funds for the relief efforts in the philippines and dug baldwin one of our players a wide receiver he's got family there his maternal grandmother so it's that's exactly what sports does it brings people together it brings pride for the community and there's so much more that the players do i mean their role models whether there's been that discussion are they role models but i believe they think they are two and the kids looked up to them and they emulate and they do what they do and if the player goes into the school and talks about how important education is and reaching goals i think the kids listen more than they would to a normal person there's just something special about having a player come in talk to so i think that we  i was inducted to the pro football but after that what did you benefit from owning the seahawks well the biggest benefit we didn't we didn't really plan on it being a financial success necessarily but we sure had a so how do you think that practice went on today i thought it went really well it will really well we were trying to critique something before we start off on saturday but getting to the point where we were able to to build our chemistry in in our momentum so we're excited about the season  athletes you're athleticism is something that you will not hang on to you know as you get older so but your brain you always have that so it's a learn as much as you can you know really focus and in school and  you know along with school that's where you develop good habits habits that will help you later on in life rather it's you know college or your job or are at home in your family life all right thank you