Every 3rd Sunday in September - Next Day: Sunday, September 16, 2007
 
 
"How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people…. Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable."
- Robert McAfee Brown

   
 
 

Quotes from the Judges

K –12 Finalists

  • Marty Cain, “Fahrenheit 05344: The Independent of Spirit Marlboro, Vermont”
  • Margaret Couper’s Third Grade Class “Our Neighborhood” Colorado Springs, CO
  • Domenick Cucinotta, “My Town” Gibbstown, NJ
  • Daniel Hourihan, Cabot, VT
  • Greg Karlin & Jacob Winograd, “My Neighborhood” Mohegan, NY
  • Johnnie Morgan IV, "What My Community Means To Me", Los Angeles, CA
  • Loretta Sanchez, “What Does Your Neighborhood Mean to You?” Bangor, MI
  • Nicole Shimizu & Stevenson Elementary, “Our Neighborhood” Bellevue, WA
  • Ryne Tremmel, “Home Is Where the Hartland Is” Hartland, WI
  • David Ward, “A Place to Call Home” Lakeland, FL


Adult Finalists

  • Riley Harmon, “Heartland” Shawnee, OK
  • Kai Holmes, New York, NY
  • Chelsea Manifold, “What It Means” New York, NY
  • Andrew Money, "OTR" (Over-the -Rhine) Cincinnati, OH
  • Jeremy Osborn, “Retention” Newark, OH
  • Alecia Tatum & Ghetto Film Institute, “Blue Flame: Warning” Bronx, NY
  • Peter Wilson & Kristin Miller, “Neighborhood Boys” Reynoldsburg, OH



 
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  finalists
  quotes from the judges
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