An immersive seminar by Azra Isakovic on Project Golden, a platform created for the purpose of telling immigrant stories through engaging media such as 360 virtual reality. During the seminar, Azra will discuss her life story, career beginnings, and her work on Project Golden. There will also be a screening of her VR film Vendor Power.
We showed our first VR film Vendor Power at the CA Dreamin' event.
On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII) brought together nearly 300 people for the conference, California Bold: Leading Policies and Movements for Immigrant Integration. The conference was an opportunity for people to come together from community-based organizations, governmental agencies, funders, civic leaders, and others to celebrate the work that has taken place across the state, discuss what needs to be done to defend current policies while developing new ones, and identify opportunities to deploy new strategies with the state and beyond.
Project Golden had a pop up at the conference showcasing the first VR film Vendor Power about the deep fight to legalize street vending. Many advocates and immigrants saw the film, including Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Hundreds of people came to the Watts Winter Wonderland to celebrate the festivities with their families. We were happy to be a part of that thanks to Council Member Joe Buscaino.
We showcased our VR trailer to the Harbor City Community.
We participated at Council Member Buscaino's annual Wilmington Tree Lighting Ceremony at Wilmington Square. Live performances entertained the crowd all evening while local community organizations provided free crafts, cocoa, cookies, pictures with Santa and us. We showcased the trailer to our project in VR.
