Konnie Chameides
Konnie is a southern Jew transplanted as a Yankee. He is a former Canvass Director
for US PIRG and campaign manager for an independent, locally based political
party. He gives anti-racist and anti-sexist trainings to activist, student,
and non-profits organization and has led successful fair labor and voting rights
campaigns. In 2002, Konnie began working as a youth media educator in Poughkeepsie,
NY, teaching video and media literacy. He is co-author of “Stick It to
the Manarchy” and a contributor to Yalla Yalla. In 2003, Konnie
started working on Young, Jewish, and Left, seeking to understand
how his Jewish identity intersects with his politics, family history, culture,
and gender expression. He is currently the movie curator at Time & Space
Limited in Hudson, NY.
Irit Reinheimer
Irit is a visual artist and activist. She graduated from the
State University of New York at New Paltz with a BFA in Sculpture. Reinheimer
assisted Amy Trompetter in building over 40 life-size puppets for the production
of “The Barber
of Seville,” and later performed in the production at St. Ann’s
Warehouse in Brooklyn. She co-created Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls
Will Be. . . a coloring book, published by Soft Skull Press in 2004.
She began learning video when teaching youth stop-motion animation and mini-movies
at Children’s Media Project in Poughkeepsie, NY. She lives in Philadelphia
and has been active in labor, feminist, anti-war, and queer movements for the
past 10 years.
This project is possible because of the 100+ people who have offered their time, resources, and money.