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Crowdfund UC Davis thanks all of the donors who gave to this important project in February. This campaign has closed, but we are grateful for your support!
Despite its reputation as a global leader on the environment, California has some of the most polluted cities on the planet. Kettleman City is one such place, where a cluster of birth defects a decade ago led residents to fight for and win an historic civil rights agreement with the state to figure out how a toxic waste dump, agricultural pesticides and diesel fumes are affecting the health of their community.
To bring this story into focus, we’re making a documentary about the research resulting from the civil rights agreement, which the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center is spearheading. The film features one of UC Davis’s most promising, young scientists – sociologist Clare Cannon – and her relationship with environmental justice activists in the small, farmworker community.
Clare’s independent research project seeks to better understand the environmental factors related to the health problems residents have been experiencing in Kettleman City. Through her work, we’ll see connections between the environment, community-engaged scholarship and public policy that have potential for longstanding change.
Emmy-winning filmmaker Paige Bierma is directing the documentary. Weaving together science, art, action and policy, Bierma’s film will serve as a guide for communities and scientists working together. We plan to distribute the film via PBS and YouTube, serialize it through a podcast and create webisodes to use in training workshops for researchers and activists.
The documentary’s title Power Equals Work Over Time references physics, as well as the way science and grassroots movements typically play out in real life.
ABOUT THE FUND
The UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center believes science is more powerful when it translates into public health policies that improve the well-being of our communities. This film project aims to be a catalyst helping researchers, activists and policymakers share ideas and work together to solve some of our state’s most vexing environmental health problems.
Gifts to this fund will go toward finishing the film and paying for workshops where scientists and community members can collaborate.
Your gift of $25 will help our film crew make their way to and from Kettleman City to talk with residents and activists. Receive a sticker from the film to decorate your hydroflask!
Your gift of $50 will support our film crew’s time to develop a compelling story through interviews, filming, and editing. Gifts of $50 will receive a download of our documentary and supporting educational materials as well as a sticker from the film.
Your gift of $100 will support deeper engagement with researchers and activists to strengthen our storytelling. Gifts of $100 will receive a film poster signed by the filmmaker, as well as a download of our documentary and supporting educational materials.
Your gift of $500 will fund the translation of our film into Spanish. Receive all the bonus gifts of other contribution amounts, plus acknowledgement of your support on our website.
Your gift of $1500 will allow for maximum creativity, careful editing, and beautiful graphics in post-production. Gifts of $1500 will receive all the bonus gifts of other contribution amounts, and recognition as a supporter of the film in all materials.
