2017 will be a loud year (Get your voice)


Brave New Films

We will not shut up anytime soon. Right now, the most dangerous thing would be our silence. Can you imagine what would have happened if last month we had stayed quiet when Trumpcare threatened to take healthcare away from 24 million Americans? If on Tuesday we didn’t call out Spicer for his historically ignorant comments? If we gave up on transparency to our President’s potential conflicts of interest and remained silent when he refused to release his tax returns?

We will not be silent, and we’re not going away.

 we are taking to the streets to #resist by participating in Tax Marches all over the country, and as documentary storytellers, we’re using our expertise to document and sustain this movement. Will you resist with us?

We just released Tax Dodge, to mobilize activists and educate audiences about Trump’s failure to hold his Wall-Street friends accountable while screwing the rest of us. We reached 180,000 people in the first 24-hours, and we need your help to continue this work.

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Will you donate $5 a month to sustain the impact of our work?
We’re well on our way to 1,000 monthly subscribers by Tax Day, and together we’re building a community of monthly donors using film to agitate audiences to action. Become an Agitator today with a monthly donation of $5, and you’ll receive a subscription membership to Brave New Films.

What does it mean to be an Agitator? It means you will be helping to produce compelling video campaigns that put a human face to policy, give a voice to the voiceless, and challenge silence by calling for action.

Campaigns like:
Tax Dodge: The Carried Interest Loophole. A short impact film that serves as a tool for organizing and agitating audiences to action. Exposing Donald Trump and the carried interest loophole, just another example of his hypocrisy and failure to hold his Wall-Street friends accountable while screwing the rest of us. This film is mobilizing activists for this weekend’s Tax March. Featured on Huffington Post, and Yahoo.

Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda. We are helping educate audiences with a step-by-step guide on how to take the most important actions and navigate the political world to make sure your voice is heard. 500,000 people have already downloaded this guide. This film was shown on CNN as part of a story on the movement.

Will you become an Agitator today and donate $5 a month? We’re building a community of monthly donors using film to agitate audiences to action.

 Thank you for your support.

Jim Miller, Executive Director
Brave New Films

P.S. Find a Tax March near you by clicking here.

Eye on the Amazon


Trouble for Oil in the Peruvian Amazon?

Reports of oil companies leaving the Peruvian Amazon made weekly headlines in March, providing encouragement to those of us who love the Amazon and know that humanity must move away from fossil fuels. In addition to the announcement by two oil companies that they will abandon drilling projects in important oil blocks, a Peruvian court annulled a controversial oil contract within indigenous territories for lack of proper consultation.

Of course, all this news comes on the heels of a disastrous 2016 for the Peruvian Amazon, dominated by repeated reports of oil spills along the Northern Peruvian Oil Pipeline. The year culminated in three and a half months of indigenous mobilizations that forced an extensive series of agreement with the national government. At the same time, over the course of 2016 some fifteen oil block contracts ended. While oil continues to be a major threat to the Amazon and indigenous peoples, these developments might be indicative of a positive trend.

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services


Public Health Emergency. Resilient People. Healthy Communities. A Nation Prepared.

HHS sponsors new Zika diagnostic test, boosting national testing capacity

Today, BARDA announced that it is supporting a new automated laboratory test for Zika that could produce results in just 58 minutes.  This new diagnostic test will greatly enhance our domestic testing capacity and speed the availability of test results to  help more people know whether they recently have been infected with the Zika virus. Learn More >>

Zika

Watch, Listen and Learn:  Regional Emergency Coordinators

Regional Emergency Coordinators (RECs) serve as ASPR’s boots on the ground, helping state and local partners prepare for the health effects of disasters before they strike, overseeing federal response teams in times of crisis, and helping communities recover when the disaster passes. Watch as Kevin Horahan, Deputy Division Director of the ASPR/OEM Partner Readiness and Emergency Programs, explains how RECs make a difference before, during and after a disaster.  Learn More >>

YouTube: Regional Emergency Coordinators

How forming a neighborhood sports team improved community resilience and national health security

Looking for a way to rally your community to improve resilience? Try forming a neighborhood sports team!  Learn how the connections that some families made while playing ball helped them come together and help each other in the wake of the 9-11 attacks. Learn More >>

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The Disaster Distress Helpline

Depression is common in disaster survivors and responders, but talking can really help. Before a disaster strikes, find out how the Disaster Distress Helpline can help you or other people in your community cope. Learn More >>

Disaster Distress Helpline. Phone: 1-888-985-5990

Disaster Behavioral Health: Federal Response and Assets

Disasters have psychological, emotional, cognitive, developmental & social effects on survivors and responders. Learn how federal partners work together to respond and help people cope in the wake of disasters.  Learn More >>

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