VERMONT WORKERS' CENTER - PUT PEOPLE FIRST!
Website: www.strengthofthestorm.org
On Saturday January 28th, the stars of the new film “Strength of the Storm”--the first feature-length movie made about about Tropical Storm Irene’s impact on Vermont--will join the Vermont Workers’ Center and filmmaker Rob Koier for the film’s premier at the Old Labor Hall in Barre, Vermont.
WHAT: “Strength of the Storm” Premiere. Premiere of first film about Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont.
WHO: “Strength of the Storm” stars, filmmaker Rob Koier, the Vermont Workers’ Center, and dozens of Vermonters whose lives were impacted by the storm.
WHEN: Saturday January 28, 2012, 5:00pm until 8:00pm
WHERE: Barre's Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite Street , Barre, VT *Great photo opp with “Strength of the Storm” stars. The stars of the film will be available for interviews at the premiere. *
CONTACT: James Haslam, (802) 272 0882, james@workerscenter.org
“Strength of the Storm” tells the moving story of how a group of mobile home residents in Duxbury, Brattleboro, and Berlin came together to rebuild their lives and fight for their rights after they lost everything in Tropical Storm Irene. The film weaves together footage of the flood with interviews captured immediately after the flooding in mobile home parks across the state.
For “Strength of the Storm” star Sandy Gaffney, who lost her mobile home in Weston’s Mobile Home Park in Berlin, the film is a call to action, “after everything that happened, we realized that we have to come together to “Put People First” in Vermont--we have to organize--we can’t let our most vulnerable neighbors continue to suffer like we did after the storm.”
Like Gaffney, Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, sees the film as "an inspiring example of how people can come together in the face of tragedy to organize for real change.”
To find out more about the film and filmmaker Rob Koier, and watch the trailer, visit www.strengthofthestorm.org. The Put People First Campaign is a grassroots organizing campaign of the Vermont Workers’ Center to put human rights and the fundamental needs of Vermonters and our communities first.
Find out more at www.workerscenter.org
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