On this page you will find our calendar of events, useful links, press releases, and breaking news from The Elfenworks Foundation and supported and related philanthropic organizations. Photo albums documenting many of these events are also available online. Find more events and a discussion of how to raise awareness on our event calendar page.
Media Alerts
A Countdown to 'Hope Takes Flight': ‘10.9.8…’ that's the date…
2nd Annual ‘In Harmony with Hope’ Awards [press release]
2nd ANNUAL ‘IN HARMONY WITH HOPE’ AWARDS WILL GO TO DR. LOIS LEE OF CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT & DR. JACK MCCONNELL OF VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE
On 10/09/08 at 7pm Pacific Time, America will experience another moment of hope as the 2nd annual Elfenworks Foundation awards celebration, ‘Hope Takes Flight’ takes place at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA. The show will honor 2008’s ‘In Harmony with Hope’ Awards winners, and will be a multimedia event incorporating photography, film, and live musical performances celebrating the ripple effect of pathfinders who are changing the lives of the poor, marginalized and neglected here at home. [read more...]
[event page] • [press release]
The Elfenworks Foundation and Campus Moviefest announces
winners of new film category focusing on creating
awareness for domestic poverty issues. [press release]
Elfenworks Social Justice Category at World’s Largest Student Film Festival Brings
Students Nationwide ‘In Harmony With Hope’
In New York City’s Hudson Theatre on Saturday, May 3, The
Elfenworks Foundation (TEF) along with Campus MovieFest (CMF) recognized top student filmmakers from across the country for their visions towards eradicating domestic poverty. The winners of the new Elfenworks Social Justice category were announced at CMF’s national grand finale, with all winning movies set to play during Virgin Atlantic flights throughout the summer.
[Campus Movie Fest detail page] • [press release] • [youtube]
'Pathways' Magazine features essays by Top Presidential Contenders
[press release]
Clinton, Oboma and Edwards essays launch inequality.com / domestic poverty onto public agenda
San Francisco Chronicle
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Feature Article! * We are living in a new economy with new risks, new anxieties, and unprecedented levels of inequality, and Pathways is
dedicated to making sense of this new world and devising policy that is tailored to it," notes David Grusky, Director of
The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality and one of the senior editors of Pathways.
"We invited the top Presidential candidates as of early November - Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Guiliani, McCain, and Romney -
to discuss whether a new war on poverty should be fought. Although none of the Republican candidates took up the challenge,
the three top Democratic candidates have come out with aggressive statements that push the debate on poverty and inequality
policy forward."
[inequality.com] •
[Stanford/Elfenworks harmony page] •
[press release]
New book Tracks of Hope offers call and response to Americans
in remembering the nearly 37 million who live in poverty this holiday season [press release]
Streaming Interviews:
Democratic TV
• Artivist!
Labor Review
Urges us to wage a 'new, smart war on domestic poverty' as we enter a New Year
Using original music, film, and now with the release of Tracks of Hope, the written word,
The Elfenworks Foundation continues its mission of placing domestic poverty at the top of the public's agenda through unconventional and
creative means. . .
[book details] •
[view book preview] •
[online bookstore] •
[Amazon kindle e-book] •
[press release]
"Faces of Poverty" Selected for Artivist and Calgary Fringe Film Festivals [press release]
The Elfenworks Foundation partners with Campus MovieFest and creates 'How To' for Poverty Awareness Events
Film Helps Launch the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality.com
NEW YORK (October 2007) - The Elfenworks Foundation recognizes film as an effective medium for
change and announces the new film Faces of Poverty, produced by the San Damiano Foundation,
has been accepted into the 4th Annual Artivist Film Festival Friday, November 9 in Hollywood. . .
[Our film] • [your poverty event] •
[Campus Moviefest] •
[Concert for Hope}
[photos] •
[press release]
'A Concert for Hope' Launches Inequality.com and Domestic Poverty on to Public Agenda
[press release]
Call-to-action generated by Stanford / Elfenworks in effort to awaken national community to poverty cause
On Thursday, September 6, 2007 the mission of helping to bring domestic poverty to the top of the American public's agenda was officially launched with 'A Concert For Hope' at Stanford University. Co-sponsored by The Elfenworks Foundation, the event celebrated the opening of the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality and their site Inequality.com, and also served as a call-to-action for the Silicon Valley community and beyond to take on the pressing issue of domestic poverty
as has been done with the issue of global warming.
[Stanford event page] •
[Stanford/Elfenworks harmony page] •
[photos] •
[press release]
Elfenworks Foundation announces new film, partnership with Campus Movie Fest.
Partnership will Bring College Campuses Nationwide 'In Harmony With Hope'
[press release]
New Category At World's Largest Student Film Festival To Focus On Domestic Poverty Solutions
Elfenworks Foundation has announced a new film, "Faces of Poverty" and plans to work with Campus Movie Fest (CMF) to create a new
category for this year's contest beginning in August. The category will be a 'call and response,' calling thousands of students at
colleges around the country who participate in CMF's moviemaking events, to visually capture the stories of those individuals/groups
responding to the issue of domestic poverty 'right next door.'
[Faces of Poverty film detail page] •
[Campus Movie Fest detail page] •
[press release]
Burlingame-based Elfenworks Foundation Contributes to Local Causes &
Events as Part of Larger Domestic Poverty Initiatives
[press release]
Taking their national agenda to a local level, The Elfenworks Foundation, a Burlingame-based
organization focused on affecting real change in regards to the pressing issue of domestic poverty,
is 'giving back' and contributing to numerous causes in the San Francisco and Peninsula area, including
poverty education, law enforcement, school safety, law enforcement, and providing matching funds for backpacks
filled with school supplies.
[Stanford event page] •
[Stanford harmony page] •
[photos] •
[Golden Gate Univ. harmony page] •
[DeMarillac Academy harmony page] •
[Local Churches harmony page] •
[Local Law Enforcement harmony page] •
[press release]
Elfenworks Foundation Unveils In Harmony With Hope and Elfen Works Awards
[press release]
Honors Those Working to Shine Light on Domestic Poverty; Honorees to include Rosalynn Carter, Dr. Paul Farmer
Annual 'In Harmony With Hope' Awards to honor individuals/organizations working to make a difference in key areas of:
education, social justice, healthcare, sustenance, or nonviolence. Award will be given out at the opening celebration of Stanford's inequality.com.
We will also be taking nominations
for 'Elfen Works' Awards, as a way of raising awareness about less-known individuals/organizations who have been innovative in their local communities through their commitment to helping alleviate
the effects of domestic poverty.
[awards detail page] •
[press release]
Elfenworks Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism Named
[press release]
Endowment To Saint Mary's College of California Set To Help Take Financial Accountability Worldwide
Elfenworks Foundation has granted an endowment to the College's Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism to further its research on institutional investors and corporate governance. In recognition of this generous support, the center's
name will become the Elfenworks Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism.
[initiative detail page] •
[press release]
2007 80th Birthday Tribute - Documentary Film [press release]
Internationally Renowned Violinist Celebrates 80th Birthday -
Countless Friends and Fans Join in Commemorating Violin Icon Aaron Rosand with Tribute Concert,
Film on YouTube, Downloadable Podcast -- City of Philadelphia and Town of New Canaan Recognize Rosand
With Honorable Citation / Proclamation
Now on YouTube, the aptly titled "VIOLINS & CIGARS" extends birthday wishes to this beloved classical hero,
with the mighty redwoods serving as a symbolic backdrop of his powerful and enduring career. The video,
produced and directed by Elfenworks Foundation CEO Lauren Speeth
with additional cinematography and editing by Elfenworks Foundation film team member Tim Schaller, is also available as a
downloadable podcast on the client's website.
[aaronrosand.com] •
[YouTube] •
[press release]
Musician Seeks to Heal on New CD Release [press release]
Piano Jazz Phenomenon Tammy Hall Seeks to Comfort and Heal on New Album 'Rejuve'
Check your NPR station in February '08 for
a Marian McPartland Piano Jazz featuring Ms. Hall
All-Original Music To Comfort, Inspire and Encourage; In Partnership With the Northern California Division of The
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a Body And Soul Magazine Editor's Pick !...
[project page] •
[tammyhall.com] •
[Leukemia-Lymphoma Society] •
[Package of Prevention] •
[press release]
Upcoming events calendar
By being aware of holidays, designated awareness days (and weeks and months), Congressional timetables, and even Hollywood agendas, you can tailor marketing, public relations and advocacy initiatives to topical issues. Take some time to review our Elfen Event Calendar see how many inventive connections you can make. ...and contact us if you'd like your event added (sorry, no regional events, events of national and international scope only).
 Elfen Event Calendar |
| Documentary Photos |
Elsewhere in the News - Stories & Trends
Updating the federal poverty measure - Source: San Jose Mercury News
Stanford University scholars are working to create a more accurate way of measuring poverty than the federal government formulas in place since 1963. The only factors that have been used to determine the federal poverty index are income, family size and family composition. The proposed Stanford poverty index would also account for government benefits, such as food stamps and tax credits, and expenses, such as child care and heating bills... [more]
A plan to end homelessness that may work - Source: San Jose Mercury News
The honchos for helping the un-housed in Santa Clara County have a bold new plan to end homelessness...
to revolutionize the way government and other agencies work to get those without homes into housing for good. The commission wants to move
away from relying on one-night shelters. Instead, the idea is to get the hard-core homeless
into permanent housing while providing help for mental illness, addiction and other problems
that keep them trapped outside. . .
[more]
Stanford Center goes to Press to Battle Poverty - Source: San Francisco Chronicle
With the economy eclipsing the Iraq war as Americans' top concern this election year and the gap between rich and poor at its widest in 80 years, the timing of a new magazine on economic inequality seems right on the money.
Timely, too, are the contributors. The inaugural issue of Pathways. . .
[more]
Stanford Magazine Explores Poverty, Inequality - Source: Palo Alto Online
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama talk about how to fight poverty in Pathways, a new magazine published by Stanford University's Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality...
[more]
Inequality Center Launches - Source: Stanford Daily News
The war on poverty has a new arsenal: Stanford's recently-launched Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (SCSPI), which opened this fall as part of the Stanford Challenge.
"The Stanford Challenge is all about rededicating the University, orienting it to solving the
world's problems," said SCSPI Director David Grusky, a professor of sociology...
[more]
Stanford's new goal: Rethink poverty - Center Hopes to Spark a National Discussion - Source: S.J. Mercury News
David Grusky thinks it's time for a revolution in how we think about poverty, just as Silicon Valley helped transform how society thinks about green issues. . .
[more]
Angela
Blackwell Speaks on Poverty - Source: National Public Radio - Marketplace
Finally, a couple of presidential candidates are talking about poverty, and the American people are wondering what took them so long.
More than three-quarters of all Americans support housing, minimum wage, child care and tax policies that reduce poverty . . .
[more]
Professor David Grusky
hopes to build a "clearing house" for data on poverty, inequality.
Source: Stanford Daily News
With a web-based center for trend data, journalists, politicians, and policy makers at all levels could have immediate access to a wealth of information, making it possible to monitor poverty and inequality just as easily as monitoring economic output.
Grusky says that this access is necessary now, because his generation dropped the ball on poverty and inequality. As a consequence, he says, every American loses, not just those afflicted by these diseases. In addition to seeing the existence of poverty and inequality as moral problems, Grusky argues that they create huge externalities through raising crime rates and increasing the national health care bill, among other things. In other words, they affect the bottom line and should be treated accordingly. Grusky hopes that his work can help prepare the next generation to face the looming spectre of poverty and remove this social blight.
[Stanford article] •
[Stanford inequality.com] •
[Stanford harmony page]
President Carter's First Online Chat, Discusses Anti-Malaria Efforts
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine hosted a first-ever Online Chat with Nobel Peace laureate and
former president Jimmy Carter to discuss "The Ethiopia Campaign" on June 28th 2007.
Anyone online could type in a question regarding the efforts against malaria in Ethiopia, and they were answered one by one in an
informative and engaging chat.
[chat transcription] •
[Smithsonian article] •
[CarterCenter.org] •
[Carter Center harmony page]
President Carter
Wins GRAMMY (Best Spoken Word) - Our Endangered Values
Source: The Book Standard
Former President Jimmy Carter won the Spoken Word Grammy for Our Endangered Values, and, in a rare situation,
shared the award with actress Ruby Dee and her late husband, Ossie Davis, for With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together.
Carter is the second former U.S. president to win the award, as Bill Clinton has also won the award previously.
[article] •
[cartercenter.org] •
[Amazon reviews] •
[NPR review] •
[Carter Center harmony page]
