Co-Producer Bob Ridgley and I are receiving the Mayor's Arts Award for our work! What an honor!
Students Say "Best film I've ever seen!"
From a time when the young were heroes ...
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Receiving Bellingham's Mayor's Arts Award for CHILDREN OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
APRIL 2016
Co-Producer Bob Ridgley and I are receiving the Mayor's Arts Award for our work! What an honor!
Co-Producer Bob Ridgley and I are receiving the Mayor's Arts Award for our work! What an honor!
WEBSITE is now "LIVE"!
APRIL 2016
It took a full month but we finally have a working website and people can purchase the film on-line. I thought making the film was hard but I must say, I have a new respect for people who make websites for a living. Reading and writing CODE is not for the faint of heart! I know, I almost fainted more than once during the process.
It took a full month but we finally have a working website and people can purchase the film on-line. I thought making the film was hard but I must say, I have a new respect for people who make websites for a living. Reading and writing CODE is not for the faint of heart! I know, I almost fainted more than once during the process.
IT'S OFFICIAL! Now We Can Do the National Release!
MARCH 2016
After paying the photo licensing, we can now work on the National Release for Children of the Civil Rights. Check out our full plan for the life of this film.
After paying the photo licensing, we can now work on the National Release for Children of the Civil Rights. Check out our full plan for the life of this film.
Oklahoma City's Museum of Art FILM HOUSE Features Children of the Civil Rights.
MARCH 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016, my parents and I bundle ourselves up, step out into that Oklahoma wind and head downtown Oklahoma City. Ayanna Najuma, one of the original sit-inners joins us. We are screening Children of the Civil Rights documentary film right in the heart of where many of the sit-ins took place. It was magical.
Saturday, March 19, 2016, my parents and I bundle ourselves up, step out into that Oklahoma wind and head downtown Oklahoma City. Ayanna Najuma, one of the original sit-inners joins us. We are screening Children of the Civil Rights documentary film right in the heart of where many of the sit-ins took place. It was magical.
CHICKASAW NATION Donates $2,500 and Ends Our Campaign for the Final $11,000!
MARCH 2016
We are so excited to announce that all the photo's licensing for Children of the Civil Rights is complete! What a journey!
February 2015, we owed $33,000 for photo licensing.
March 2016, we completed our final payment
Thanks to our special donors.
RATED 4.9 out of 5 for Learning Experience at the Multicultural Education Institute
MARCH 2016
I am thrilled! I screening the film and gave a short presentation to Teachers attending the Multicultural Education Institute conference. Here are some things they said.
Inspiring and amazing film!
Wonderful.
Excellent. An important film. Should be in every school.
Great documentary!
I have shown "Eyes on the Prize" for decades and consider myself well read. Never heard
of OKC sit-ins. Thank you!
Impressive. Great.
Amazing film! Thank you for sharing your passion.
It was great to see the video.
I learned a lot. I never knew about this.
It was interesting learning about the Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma. Something that I had next to no knowledge about.
She is well-versed in the topic.
What an inspirational history to share. Thank you for this work.
Made me want to continue learning more!
Ms. Clifford is doing important work, teaching people about an often overlooked but incredibly important part of Oklahoma History.
Very interesting - I learned some new things.
It's a great documentary film.
I would like for my students to view this as many are Hispanic and need to see how change can take place without violence.
This was Amazing! It is so awesome and neat to hear a local story and helps us connect deeper.
Great documentary!
Tulsa Students and MAKE A VIDEO Thanking the Sponsors!
FEBRUARY 2016
There is nothing like knowing the impact of this film and panel presentation has on students than hearing about it from the students themselves. Tulsa students put together a video sharing their thoughts after seeing Children of the Civil Rights documentary film. Check it out!
There is nothing like knowing the impact of this film and panel presentation has on students than hearing about it from the students themselves. Tulsa students put together a video sharing their thoughts after seeing Children of the Civil Rights documentary film. Check it out!
Friday, April 29, 2016
Mid Del Public Schools VIDEO TAPED Our School Presentation
FEBRUARY 2016
Mid-Del Public Schools video taped the presentation. You can see it by visiting our website. Joyce Henderson was the song leader during the sit ins. Fifty plus years later, she leads the new generation in Freedom songs. We all sing along!
Mid-Del Public Schools video taped the presentation. You can see it by visiting our website. Joyce Henderson was the song leader during the sit ins. Fifty plus years later, she leads the new generation in Freedom songs. We all sing along!
"BEST THING I"VE DONE .." Superintendent at Mid-Del Public Schools
FEBRUARY 2016
It's the final day of February and Joyce Henderson, Joyce Jackson, Bill Clifford (Dad) and I meet in Midwest City to present to ninth grade students from three high schools in the Midwest City / Del City Public Schools. So far, this presentation has been my favorite one. Maybe I am finally getting comfortable doing this. It was a magical day for all of us.
At the end, Superintendent Rick Cobb said, I think this is the best thing I've done so far in my seven months as Superintendent. Dr. Cobb is an award winning blogger. Check out the blog he wrote after our presentation!
It's the final day of February and Joyce Henderson, Joyce Jackson, Bill Clifford (Dad) and I meet in Midwest City to present to ninth grade students from three high schools in the Midwest City / Del City Public Schools. So far, this presentation has been my favorite one. Maybe I am finally getting comfortable doing this. It was a magical day for all of us.
At the end, Superintendent Rick Cobb said, I think this is the best thing I've done so far in my seven months as Superintendent. Dr. Cobb is an award winning blogger. Check out the blog he wrote after our presentation!
VAUGHN HAGEN CPA sponsors Millwood Public Schools Presentation
FEBRUARY 2016
Thanks to Vaughn Hagen, CPA ...
We volunteered time to present at Millwood Public Schools in Oklahoma City.
Afterwords, the school showed "Children of the Civil Rights" to their students in classrooms.
2200 NINTH GRADE STUDENTS Bus Down to Circle Cinema for Screening & Presentation
FEBRUARY 2016
It took five days giving a morning and and afternoon presentation each day but we shared the film with 2200 ninth graders from Tulsa Public Schools! It was fantastic!
Superintendent Deborah Gist introduced the series to Tulsa Public School students.
The kids respond so well to Congressman John Lewis's words of wisdom.
I begin the talk with sharing what its like to make a film.
Then the students ask questions from some of the original sit-inners.
We end the presentation singing freedom songs, which the kids continued singing on the buses back to school.
Mary Jane Snedecker Director of Social Studies for Tulsa Public Schools was critical in helping me put this program together. (Seen here with Ayanna Najuma, one of the Sit-inners.
Our crew!
Receiving Midwest City DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD at Annual Breakfast
JANUARY 2016
I received the Midwest City Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award this January for "Children of the Civil Rights" Documentary Film. What an honor! We got there at 7:30 in the morning for the MLK breakfast ceremony and the place was packed!
Plus Dad and several of the Oklahoma City sit-inners received a resolution from one of OK Senators!
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Special Donors / Planning Next Screening in Home Town of ARDMORE OKLAHOMA
NOVEMBER 2015
Travel can get expensive so I do my best in keeping cost low by staying with friends and family when I can. A special THANK YOU to long time friend and film supporter Dee Anne Ayles. And yes, that dinner was as delicious as it looks! Dee is an outstanding cook!
I also want to thank my parents, Bill and Sue Clifford, who always welcome me with a smile. On my last day in Oklahoma, my parents and I traveled down to my hometown, Ardmore Oklahoma. In Ardmore, Mom & Dad visit with the Blackwoods - some of our oldest family friends. I've known Beth, Leslie and Jennifer Blackwood, their daughters, since second grade. Beth and I were in the same grade. She is a sponsor for the film at the Key Grip Club level!
While Mom & Dad visited with the Blackwoods, I meet with Leila from the Goddard Center. The Goddard Center is sponsoring a free community screening of "Children of the Civil Rights" Thursday, January 21, 2016. This event starts with a reception at 6pm and film screening at 7p so ...
THREE FOUNDATIONS IN TULSA will Fund School Screenings & Presentations to All Ninth Graders!
November 2015
I AM THRILLED!
A special thank you to three foundations and to their immediate staff helping us put this programing together: Dennis Neill, Ben Stewart and Bill Major.
Beginning 2015 We Needing $33,000 for Archival Photo Licenses - NOW DOWN TO FINAL $11,000!
November 2015
The first two weeks of November are spent in Oklahoma fundraising and setting up school visits. We are still in the process of raisng that final funds to purhase archival photo licensing rights. We started out owing $33,000 and have whittled it down to the final $11,000. Several fundraising packets are delivered. Follow up takes place through the end of this year.
Screening CHILDREN OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS at the Pickford Film Center's Doctober Film Fest
OCTOBER 2015
The very next day after giving our presentation to social studies teachers all across Oklahoma, I fly home in time to attend the final screening Sunday, October 25th, at the Pickford Film Center. Co-producer Bob Ridgley presents with me and it's so much fun! His sister Lola and his niece Alice arrive from Tacoma and surprised us both. What a treat!
The very next day after giving our presentation to social studies teachers all across Oklahoma, I fly home in time to attend the final screening Sunday, October 25th, at the Pickford Film Center. Co-producer Bob Ridgley presents with me and it's so much fun! His sister Lola and his niece Alice arrive from Tacoma and surprised us both. What a treat!
Presenting at the OKLAHOMA COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES with Joyce Henderson and Bill Clifford
OCTOBER 2015
At the end of the third week, Joyce Henderson, Bill Clifford (my father) and I present to teachers arcoss the state at the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies Conference. Teachers love meeting some of the original sit-inners, taking their lunch hour to ask more questions from those who lived the experience.
In New Orleans Exhibiting at the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Conference
OCTOBER 2015
Between film screenings in St. Cloud Minnesota, my sister Mary and I walk through beautiful parks down by the Mississippi river. Saturday night, Dad joins us and we watched a wonderful musical that Mary's friend choreographed.
The trip goes by fast. It's already time for me to leave. The next leg of the trip I fly straight to the other end of the Mississippi. The Shereton in downtown New Orleans is where I exhibit next. It's the National Association of Multicultural Education conference - N.A.M.E. for short.
I arrive in New Orleans early afternoon and my hotel room overlooks the Mighty Miss. Outside it's front doors, the French Quarter sits right across the street. Art and history... here I come!
Beignets and chicory coffee; street entertainers; policemen on horseback conducing their daily rounds and checking in with patrons at local bars; delicious gulf coast shrimp with cheese grits; street cars traveling to and from the garden district...all a delightful bonus! I have the afternoon to roam around before setting up the booth the next day.
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