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Update #10: As promised - Solidarity Forever
Here you go, as promised, we sang for you!
Thank you for getting us to our goal!
And double thanks to Jonathan, Micah, Patrick, Ben, Hilary and Rob for singing along.
Solidarity forever,
Love, Sam and the Wisconsin Rising crew.
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Update #8: Thank you and some fun analytics
We are so thankful we reached our goal on Kickstarter!! Thanks so much to all of you for getting us here!
If you know people who wish to donate in the future they may do so at my website http://sammayfield.com
Here are some analytics from our Kickstarter campaign
http://towardfreedom.com/americas/2689-connecting-the-movements-filmmaker-sam-mayfield-discusses-wisconsin-rising-documentary
http://politicsoftheplate.com/?p=1174
http://www.progressive.org/wisconsin_rising_needs_support
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/01/11240/filmmaker-seeks-support-wisconsin-rising-film
http://www.alternet.org/story/153751/wisconsin_rising%3A_grassroots_documentary_film_follows_the_people%27s_movement_in_madison_from_revolt_to_recalls/comments/
http://vermontdailybriefing.com/?p=1656
http://www.bethkanter.org/mediamakers/
http://filmcourage.com/content/wisconsin-rising
http://towardfreedom.com/special-reports/2676-wisconsin-rising-new-documentary-on-peoples-movement
http://wort-fm.org/
http://matthewf.net/2012/01/17/the-matthew-filipowicz-show-episode-83-with-nan-levinson-and-sam-mayfield/
http://www.7dvt.com/2012mountaintop-film-festival
http://www.7dvt.com/2012vermont-documentarians-want-wake-audiences-one-sundance
We look forward to keeping you posted and thank you again for getting us here!
Love, Sam and the Wisconsin Rising crew
Update #7: 21 hours left - Solidarity sing along coming Monday!
Hi Wisconsin Rising backers!
We did it! We made our goal and have 21 hours to spare!
Thanks for you energy and support in getting us to this point. As promised, since we made our goal by the end of the day yesterday we are going to sing Solidarity Forever for you! I'll send you the video after we shoot it Monday. My office mates and the Wisconsin Rising are really amazing singers, you'll love it!!!
We hope to keep the momentum going from yesterday's success and still bring in funds from people like you who wish to help roll out this important story! We have 21 hours left!
If you know people who want to give but have not done so yet, now is the time to nudge them!
Thank you Thank you Thank you!
Sam
Update #6: We are just over $1,000 away!
Backers,
We are so close! Only $1,000 away to reach our goal of $40,000.
If we reach our goal by the end of today, I will make a short video of me, my office mates and the Wisconsin Rising crew singing the famous union anthem, "Solidarity Forever".
Please post to your Facebook page. If you are not a Facebook user please email your networks personally, it makes a huge difference.
We can do this!
Can't wait to show off our amazing singing skills!!
Love,
Sam
Update #5: 1 million signatures to recall Walker and 3 days for Wisconsin Rising!
Congratulations Wisconsinites on collecting and delivering more than 1 million signatures to recall Scott Walker! What an amazing effort and gorgeous symbolic gesture!
Speaking of amazing efforts....We have just 3 days left to fund our documentary, your documentary, Wisconsin Rising! We are feeling really good but there is still sweat on our brow to make it to the home stretch.
Yesterday more than 30 of you upped your pledges by $10 or more. Thank you very much for the boost!!
If you are thinking about boosting your pledge or sharing the link with your friends and family now is the time! 3 Days left!
Love,
Sam
Update #4: 4 days left, $9,000 to go!
We are 76% funded.
Here are ways you can help:
Up your pledge $10. This will get us to the home stretch! (Many of you have already upped your pledge! thank you!)
Send the link to five friends
Post to Facebook and Twitter
Get one friend to pledge!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/385001342/wisconsin-rising
We have received really great press over the last 5 days - You can view articles at the links below.
Thanks to everyone for helping get us this far, I hope together we can get all the way to $40,000!
Today is a HUGE day in Wisconsin. Recall signatures are getting handed in to the Govt. Accountability Board - Democrats will have six weeks to hold a primary, followed by an additional four weeks until a general election against Gov. Walker would take place.
Rock em sock em!
Love, Sam
Links to Wisconsin Rising press
http://www.progressive.org/wisconsin_rising_needs_support.html
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/01/11240/filmmaker-seeks-support-wisconsin-rising-film
http://towardfreedom.com/special-reports/2676-wisconsin-rising-new-documentary-on-peoples-movement
http://www.alternet.org/story/153751/wisconsin_rising%3A_grassroots_documentary_film_follows_the_people%27s_movement_in_madison_from_revolt_to_recalls/comments/
http://vermontdailybriefing.com/?p=1656
http://www.bethkanter.org/mediamakers/
http://filmcourage.com/content/wisconsin-rising
Update #3: 10 days to go! Lets make it happen
There are ten days left to fund Wisconsin Rising! Thank you for so many encouraging notes! We are 38% funded!
Today there are 1,505 people who "like" our project. We are feeling really excited and inspired about this. However there are only 302 backers at this hour. If we can reach out to those other 1,203 people and beyond we'll be well on our way to reaching our goal!
Please help by spreading the word to your friends, family, co-workers, off spring, grocer, cab driver, union brother or sister, list serves, share on facebook and tweet it to the moon.
We are unstoppable another world is possible!
Thanks for backing and thanks for helping spread the word.
Love,
Sam
Update #2: We are a staff favorite and among the most popular this week!
Greetings backers!
I am really happy to report that Wisconsin Rising is one of the most popular projects this week at Kickstarter and we are also a Kickstarter staff favorite!
I am delighted with so much of your feedback.
I have heard from teachers, parents, media makers and many others who support this project and want to see it shine!!!
I hope you will continue to help spread the word to your networks and please continue to contact me if you have any questions or ideas!!
Thank you for getting us over to 18% of our goal already!
We have 16 days left to meet our goal!!!
ox
Sam
Update #1: Day one - update
Thank you backers!!! Together we have raised 8% of our goal in the first 24 hours!!! This is a great start! I have heard really positive feedback from people all over the country who hope we reach our goal and are able to share this story.
Please know that your endorsement is absolutely the most important thing you can do for this project. Please email your friends and family, tweet it loud, post it to Reddit, share it on your blog and, as many of you have already done; please continue posting to Facebook.
Thank you so much for your energetic contributions thus far!
Sam
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 21.
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As a $10,000 backer, you will receive any and all of the above mentioned rewards, PLUS an Associate Producer's credit at the end of the film, PLUS an early screening of Wisconsin Rising and dinner with the director or a member of the production team in your city. Help make this movie!
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If you have interest in being an Executive Producer please contact me. EP credit will be given to those contributing greater than $10,000. Thank you!
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Sam Mayfield is a video journalist and documentarian.
She has filed video reports for Democracy Now!, Free Speech TV, GritTV, The Uptake, Towardfreedom.com, and other progressive media outlets.
You can see some of her work here - http://www.sammayfield.com/
In 2010, Sam made the 26-minute documentary “Silenced Voices," the story of a young migrant farm worker killed while working on a Vermont dairy farm. The film has been screened throughout Vermont at film festivals, in schools, libraries, and community centers, and currently acts an education tool for the Organization Migrant Justice.
http://www.vtmfsp.org/node/72
Ms. Mayfield is dedicated to making media that challenges the existing corporate media paradigm and that sheds light in dark places.
i got uncomfortable watching this video. Can't wait to see the doc!
you guys are awesome!
How can I receive the words to that song? Its great!