New Campaign: ReachOUT

[royalartisan]

Hey Everyone !

My name is Rachel King and I would like to partner my budding PaintedBlind®™ organization up with SoulForce to create an activistic ad campaign, which I am officially calling ReachOUT™. By partnering together, we will be made more visible as an activist group.


The purpose of this campaign is to promote the awareness of the suicide stats among LGBTs nationwide and to encourage the successful Outings of those who are battling depression because they are in the closet.


I have prepared two video montages based on the famous film version of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour as a promotable advertising tool.



ReachOUT™ is all about helping LGBTs accept themselves and be welcomed into the SoulForce community. There is hope here, and I believe that in coming together and creating an effective campaign (which I would like to bring to various Pride Celebrations over the course of the 2008-2009 year), we will be able to keep ReachOUT™ going for many years to come.

I would like to create a sister site to SoulForce whereby more information about ReachOUT™ can be accessible to anyone who is interested in volunteering so if you are able to help me by providing free or inexpensive webhosting, I would appreciate your email at: royalartisan@live.com.


Here is the first ReachOUT™ psa/ad montage, which can be viewed at:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=33013892

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsUt1lARlxU



Thank you for your time !


There will be more information to share as I develop this campaign.

In the meantime, have a butcher's at our site...it's not much, but it's something !

http://www.freewebs.com/paintedblind

[Gennee]

I saw the youtube presentation from the website. I saw this on LOGO several months back. It shows you what hate and silence can do. I am with a grassroots organization to create independent media for poor and working people. One thing that's need is perhaps an independent media for LGBT people.

I wish you the best with your campaign. If I can be of any help please let me know.

Gennee

[royalartisan]

Wait. You saw MY presentation ? Or do you mean The Children's Hour ?




I haven't given anyone permission to use it, but I would if they wanted to.



Thanks ! I'd love anyone who can to just...spread the word and post that video everywhere they can think of posting it. It's just an awareness campaign right now.

[Gennee]

I viewed 'The Silent Hour' on myspace.

Gennee

[royalartisan]

Oh ! Great ! Thank you !

[Gennee]

When I saw this on LOGO, there were documenting how gay and lesbian people were being treated in the movies over the years. I took particular note of the 1950's and 1960's when being gay in society meant that you were less than a person. It made my blood boil because no one has the right to treat someone like that. I'm a quiet person by nature but whenever I see that I must speak out.

Gennee

[royalartisan]

Was it The Celluloid Closet ?? That was a good one.

I'm trying to get as many people as possible to post that video I've got around the web....draw some attention to the PaintedBlind ReachOUT effort..

[hippie4lyfe]

best of luck on your efforts.

[Gennee]

Originally Posted by royalartisan

Was it The Celluloid Closet ?? That was a good one.

I'm trying to get as many people as possible to post that video I've got around the web....draw some attention to the PaintedBlind ReachOUT effort..

I don't remember but it made an impression on me.

Gennee

[royalartisan]

Hmm ! Well, that's a great thing then !


I'm still working on having some t-shirts made.