I produce videos documenting live events and exploring history. See below for a sample of my work.
same day videos
As a member of the communications team at a national labor union, I filmed and edited same-day videos on labor actions and other events. See below for a few examples.
Over 100 Housing Works staff members walk off the job to demand a union in their workplace.
Union hosts a citizenship application workshop for immigrant members and their families
A coalition of NYC elected officials deliver a letter to Housing Works CEO Charles King urging him to voluntarily recogize his workers’ demand for a union.
A coalition of labor unions march on the Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island demanding that the company restore an employee who was fired after organizing a union with his coworkers.
Staff members from Housing Works go the National Labor Relations Board office in Brooklyn to file for a union election.
Food workers for the City University of New York discuss the job instability they face and deliver a letter demanding better conditions to their employer.
At a rally for H&M workers in Manhattan fighting for a union contract, several NYC politicians express their support.
At the ceremony for the bill signing of NYC’s ‘on call’ scheduling ban, a retail worker explains how the legislation will bring more stability to her job.
In October 2016, a bus of volunteers travelled from NYC to Philadelphia to door-knock and get out of the vote ahead of the election.
history videos
In my role creating social media content for a national labor union, I produced videos on the labor movement in the United States.
In the 1930’s, the mostly female workers at Woolworth’s in Detroit joined the rising tide of labor activism throughout the city by staging a sit-down strike and demanding a union.
Martin Luther King, Jr had deep ties to unions and the labor movement as he fought for civil rights and economic equality.
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