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Tomorrow, January 9th, 2009 there will be a Strike Against Crime organized by Silence Is Violence.

at 10am there will be a Peace Motorcade starting at North Clairborne Ave. and Gov. Nicholls St. It will be led by Nakita Shavers, sister of musician and bandleader Dinerral Shavers who was murdered in the week before Helen's death.

at noon on the steps of City Hall there will be a Victims Memorial where the names of all New Orleanians lost to homicide in the last year will be read.

at 6pm there will be a procession and vigil for Ja'Shawn Powell. Gather at New Hope Baptist Church, 1807 La Salle St.

Even if you cannot participate, people are encouraged to wear red on Friday to show your respect for victims of violence and your pledge to work toward peace in New Orleans.

This from the Flaherty Seminar website:

The Flaherty is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Leo Awards:

For Excellence in the Field of Exhibition, Distribution or Programming: Filmakers Library - Sue Oscar & Linda Gottesman

For Excellence in the Field of Filmmaking or Producing: Barbara Hammer.

We will also be presenting the Samu Award to the late animator Helen Hill, whose films convey a universal message illuminating our growing sense of world community.

The 2008 LEO AWARDS will be presented on Monday, November 24, 7:30 pm at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The celebration will include presentation of the awards, as well as, clips from the Filmakers Library collection, a short film by Helen Hill, and Barbara Hammers' films, Sanctos and Vital Signs.

As part of the Siren Nation festival here, there will be a screening of 10 short films by Helen Hill.

The Films of Helen Hill
Monday Nov 3rd, 7 pm
Hollywood Theater, Portland OR

Read more about it at Just Seeds

Tonight the CBC is doing a piece on Helen and Paul tonight at 9pm.

Here is the link to the show synopsis

The episode will be available on-line for at least a week, I will post the link to the video when Fifth Estate makes it available.

It has been a year, and I don't know what to say. We still miss you, Helen.

There has been quite a bit of news lately as the anniversary of Helen's death approached, please check out the news/articles section to see.

I know some people are planning small tea parties today in Helen's memory. If you have some time with friends, give them a hug, a cup of tea, and perhaps some vegan cakes and cotton candy.

Also, for those in New Orleans, WYES channel 12 will be showing the Southern Lens documentary on Helen's life at 9pm. There will be a repeat showing next week.

Take care, be good to yourselves, and give someone you love a hug today.

Animator and Halifax resident Heather Harkins was announced as the winner of the first Linda Joy Media Arts Society Helen Hill Animated Award.

click here for the CBC story and here for the AWN story

This Wednesday at 7pm, The Helen Hill Animated Award will be awarded at Eyelevel Gallery, 2063 Gottingen St. in Halifax.

Please see the article in the Chronicle Herald for more information.

South Carolina ETV made a film about Helen earlier this year, and it will be offered up for PBS stations across America to pick up.

This is a note from Amy Shumaker who headed up the making of the film:

Here is the information to share with Helen's friends in other cities so they can ask their public television station to carry the program. It's important for them to act now!!!The way this works is that the PBS station records the show from the satellite and schedules it. Most stations will be finalizing their January schedules and possibly working on Feb. now. The program will be available to the stations for broadcast until 1/30/12

INFO:

The following South Carolina ETV program featuring Helen Hill's life and work will be offered to public television stations across the U.S. by NETA (National Educational Television Association). To see if your local station is a NETA member, please go to www.netaonline.org

Info for TV station: The NETA feed to record via satellite is scheduled on Sunday, November 25 @ 20:00 - 21:00

Helen Hill: Celebrating a Life in Film
The hour-long documentary is a loving look at the Columbia, South Carolina native and filmmaker who was tragically murdered in her New Orleans home in January 2007 by an intruder. Weaving together interviews with close friends and family members and many of her animated films, the program creates a touching snapshot of Hill and many of the pivotal moments in her life, while also offering a unique retrospective of her work.

For more info about the program, contact Amy Shumaker - shumaker@scetv.org.