JCCC Midwest Litter Fest And Pick Up America (Advocacy Journalism)

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Sustainability Requires Direct Action! PERSPECTIVES: To bring awareness of roadside litter, Johnson County Community College (JCCC) joined "Pick Up America" and Kansas City area volunteers during the September 24, 2011 Midwest Litter Fest. The groups picked up trash and recyclables along a 45-mile stretch of roadway from Roeland Park to Lawrence, Kansas. Lily Berman, Pick Up America's Director of Community Outreach, stated, "Picking up trash is not the easiest task. It's something that's really physically strenuous; it's really emotionally challenging to see our country completely covered in plastic." "Three Pick Up Artists" represented Team JCCC: Kris Mo, Bea Sanders, and Jay Antle. They traveled on foot from the front of the college entrance, west along the north side of College Blvd. towards Renner Blvd., collecting trash and recyclables along the team's 2.2 mile-long designated litter pick up route. The entire event collected approx. 450lbs of trash and recyclables with the college team collecting two bags of trash and one bag of recyclables. ADVOCACY JOURNALISM: Inspired by the trio's direct sustainability actions, on October 30, 2011 I retraced one mile of Team JCCC's path, picking up additional trash and recyclables: Three volunteers and a photographer can make a difference! LINKING & EMBEDDING DISPLAY LICENSE: Third parties may link to this video's official URL. If and while this video's embedding feature has been activated by its author, parties who respect artists' and journalists' creative & intellectual property rights are granted a non-exclusive, limited right to "embed" (rather than "copy") this video in its entirety and without any modifications or additions to their non-commercial web and/or social media sites. Derivatives and all other rights are reserved with the author. This license is subject to change at any time and without notice. Contact the author to secure additional rights. "The Hill Media" is an independent JCCC student-produced video perspective. It is not affiliated with the "Campus Ledger" or JCAV. Enter "CampusLedger" or "JCCCvideo" in YouTube's search box to view officially produced JCCC (student) media. Visit www.JCCC.edu/journalism to learn more about JCCC's Journalism & Media Communications program. Visit http://www.jccc.edu/sustainability to access information on JCCC's Center for Sustainability. Visit http://youtu.be/h2eUS6vgoFQ to watch JCCC's Sustainability Expo & Dinner video. the_hill ...we're un_official. info(@t)thehillmedia(.d0t)c0m "Three Pick Up Artists": --Featuring Jay Antle, JCCC Professor Kris Mo, JCCC Student Bea Sanders, JoCo Resident --Photography & Production Aneal Vohra, JCCC Student --Pre-Production Assistance Mackenzie Clark, JCCC Student Video & Stills Registered Copyright © 2011 Aneal Vohra (eCO#116e & eCO#117e) avohra(@t)stumail(d0t.)jccc(d0t.)edu info(@t)thehillmedia(.d0t)c0m