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Live from the Reel Engagement Workshop!

May 27, 2010 BY Molly Murphy

I’m here at the Reel Engagement for the Energy and National Resource Revolution workshop where exciting things are happening.

Natalie Difford of Chicken & Egg Pictures and Emily Verellen of the Fledgling Fund have been catching some of the excitement on their blogs, Facebook and Twitter pages.

In this video, Emily asks Lora Smith, the Appalachian Regional Coordinator for the fantastic film, Deep Down, what sustains her activism.

You can watch and read more here:

C&E Blog: http://chickeneggpics.blogspot.com/
C&E Twitter: http://twitter.com/chickeneggpics
Fledgling Fund blog: http://www.thefledglingfund.org/blog/

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