The Listening Tour
Celebrating Community
About this Event
The Listening Tour is a program of Queens World Film Festival that brings people together to video tape their thoughts on Hope and Resilience. The program launched in September 2021 and has produced over 60 segments featuring community members who are often not the first to be asked for their opinion. All of the segments are archived at Queens Memory Project and our subjects include a 5th grade Inclusion Class, staff from deli’s that fed us throughout the pandemic, community organizers, maintenance staff, 8th grade environmental activists, and many others. Join us as we listen to our community members.
September 27, 2024
7:30 pm at the Local
1302 44th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101
Cash Bar – Happy Hour Prices All Night!
Free popcorn, chocolate, open mic, vintage festival t-shirts for sale!
Alan Wong
“I just hope for something better.”
Hunter Semler
“Hope is a violent thing. It’s a form of resistance.”
Dominick Cruz
“Hope is about striving for whatever you want in life.”
Amia Kea’La – Vyshay
“I think that hope is another word for motivation.”
Isabel Calderon
“Hope is a way to keep yourself positive regardless of the situation.”
Thiraphong Jaula
“We hold onto hope so that we won’t give up on whatever we want to accomplish.”
Dalonte Feastor
“Hope is like a tiny little bit of faith.”
Kendric D. Brown
“Hope is whatever helps push,…wheel you through the hard times.”
Erin Feeley
“Resilience is someone’s journey through the hardships they have faced.”
Dr. Sayed
“Resilience only exists if it is tested.”
Kahlo Cuervos
“A lot of hope is like choosing to give yourself things to look forward to.”
Jordy Antonio
“I just hope for more unity and peace and humanity.”
Eve Henderson
“Resilience is the fact that you can adapt to your situation, you can bounce back and regain a sense of self….and wholeness.”
Norma Hyatt
“Hope is good health, good mind, loving, and caring and understanding people. That’s it.”
Queens World is made possible, in part, by funding through New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan and the Department of Youth and Community Development and in part from Resorts World Gives, the corporate philanthropic program encompassing all charitable giving by Resorts World New York City.
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Queens World Film Initiative, Inc. programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan and the Department of Youth and Community Development.
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