CIRE Foundation
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service are the things which renew humanity.
Community Issues Requiring Education Seeking to enhance the lives of all people through the creation of media and programs designed to inform, educate and enlighten the public about issues of social concern.
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CIRE Foundation has teamed up with the extordinary filmmaker, Jane Cantillon andher documentary, "The Other Side: A Queers History's Last Call".
In the film, The Other Side, Cantillon interweaves personal interviews and archival footage, including various performances at the piano bar. The film captures candid stories, humorous and frightful, from bar patrons who share their tales about what it was like to be gay in the ’40s to the ’70s. They recount their personal experiences of raids and entrapments at the bar by the LAPD, including at the bar. Lives were ruined for simply going out to a bar and meeting up with friends. These much-overlooked history lessons on L.A. nightlife and gay culture must not disappear after the very last-call at The Other Side.
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The Revelation
What if being who you are
meant losing everything you had?
There are people who live everyday with a secret that threatens their relationships, their careers, and their self-worth.
These individuals face an uncertain future, knowing that if they ‘come out’ they will be labeled as evil, or a sinner, or even an agent of satan!
Feeling isolated with no one to trust, they are at a crossroads of choosing a life that meets the expectations of others or being true to their own beliefs. They are pastors and ministers, preachers and priests who chose a life of ministry but are now atheists - preaching a gospel they no longer believe.
The Revelation is a documentary that explores the trials of pastors who still deliver Sunday sermons, visit the sick and elderly, but who wrestle with their new found disbelief.
Risking the love of their family, the trust of their friends, and the faith of their followers, these clergy allow us to record their journey as they reveal their true selves - will it be a personal Revelation or a public Armageddon?
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Help us reach our financial goal at Kickstarter.com
No amount is too small.http://kck.st/TheRevelationDoc
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OUT in the Cold
Award winning documentary that explores the issue of homeless LGBTQ youth on the streets of America.
Starting in 1998, Eric Criswell began volunteering on the streets of Denver and working with the homeless population. Frustrated by the lack of resources and general awareness about the problem of gay youth on the street, he began work on "OUT in the Cold" to tell the stories of those who have been rejected by their family, community and society.
Partnering with Martin Bedogne, the documentary explores the issue throughout the United States - taking the viewer on a journey through the streets of Los Angeles, the alley's of Denver and the corn fields of Indiana.
In cooperation with the Matthew Shepard Foundation, CIRE created an Educational Action Packet inspired by the documentary to be used in high schools, universities and community centers to raise awareness and action about the gay teens thrown away in the alley's and streets.
CIRE partnered with Alexandria Gibson to create a compelling photo exhibit that highlights the plight of children surviving on the street. This powerful presentation travelled internationally and was featured in the California State Capital Building Rotunda in 2002.
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Believing in the vision and inspiration of Edwin Santiago to have 101 friends, colleagues, family members and acquaintances contribute their time, money and resources to construct and stock a public library for school children in Bulacan, Philippines.
Edwin wanted to continue his parents' humanitarian efforts and established 101 Heroes Foundation because of the strong correlation between illiteracy and poverty. By providing books, computers and other learning resources, the Foundation believes it can bridge the gap between the advantaged and the disadvantaged - with education and access to information we can empower all children!
On February 26, 2010 the Pendleton Goldman Learning Center opened 2 years ahead of schedule and 600% bigger than we had initially planned!!
The library was completely stocked with a variety of books, computers and learning stations. During the opening ceremony we distributed 1,000 brand new t-shirts to all the kids and had a party for 1,400 children and 80 teachers. It was truly an amazing ceremony that will help change lives forever!
101 Heroes is now planning to build additional educational buildings in Bulacan and expand the Library project to other impoverished villages in the Philippines and internationally.
For more information, please visit www.101Heroes.org
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