Archives: Jeanne Ferris

California Ethnic Media Awards-WINNER!

June 7, 2021 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.

Look Ma!! I made it to the finalists—actually, I am a winner! So utterly grateful to have been awarded this Special Commendation by a jury of distinguished academia and veteran journalists. Thank you to Ethnic Media Services and California Black Media. I am honored. And thank you eternally to Terria Smith, editor extraordinaire at News From • Read More »

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WOW! We made it to 2021!

March 23, 2021 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. Pass the butter. Masks are still on, people are running for the COVID-19 vaccines. Moderna or Pfizer? That is the hot question right now…a new contender is on the horizon: Johnson & Johnson. One shot stop. Prefer that because I HATE needles. Won’t even watch it on movies and they love • Read More »

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Happy Birthday, Lorna!

July 12, 2020 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.

July 12, 1941  ~ September 14, 2018 Dear Mom, I hope where-ever you are, you’re in your favorite color, red, dancing to your favorite music: reggae. May your feet be young and your heart care-free. May you be light as a feather with the weight of pure gold and sparkling diamonds on your wrists, fingers • Read More »

Parallel Worlds – A “Zoom” Event

June 19, 2020 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.

A collaboration between the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, the Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center and the Manzanar National Historic Site, made possible by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Education Program administered by the California State Library.   PLEASE JOIN US!! Blessings, J

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Monarchs in the Garden

May 28, 2020 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.

Hope and renewal is visiting me in the garden. A reminder from nature that life is transformation and time is a season that continues despite human intervention. With hope and faith, I look forward to the future through the lens of nature. Be healthy,  be kind to one another, and fly above the discord. xo, • Read More »

Happy Birthday Dad!

March 5, 2020 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.

Robert Joseph (mustache) March 5, 1936 ~ July 25, 2018 You loved the standards sung by Frank Sinatra. Your favorite song was “My Way”. I can still remember waking up to Peggy Lee singing, “Is That All There Is?” And Petula Clark. And Neil Diamond. I think you wanted to be Neil Diamond. Those “Hot August • Read More »

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Happy 2020! May your visions be crystal clear.

January 15, 2020 | By Jeanne Ferris | No Comments | Filed in: Jeanne Ferris.

  2020 San Diego International Film Festival Ambassadors with Tonya Mantooth, Executive Creative Director & CEO, Stephanie Inscoe, Festival Producer & Eva Maria, Festival Manager Here’s to another stellar year of films with social impact and powerful perspectives. Please join us at the Film Insider Series, Movies at the Bay, and the super fun Film • Read More »

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