Some of the stories I would love to work on are “Borders of Belonging”, “Lead in the Lehigh Valley”, “Criminal at the age of 5”, “Urban Desert” and “Bad to the Bone.” Everyone came up with amazing ideas that it was hard to narrow it down to five stories. “Borders of Belonging” is something that I rarely hear people talk about, especially in the Lehigh Valley. I believe the Latino voice needs to be heard in a place where you don’t see an abundance of Hispanic and Latino communities. “Lead in the Lehigh Valley” is a good topic because I’ve never really heard about it and some Pennsylvania cities have some of the highest levels of lead poisoning in the country. Lead poisoning greatly affects people living in poverty and worsens their living conditions. It’s a factor that keeps them in a cycle of poverty which is something that could be further explored in a film. “Criminal at the age of 5” is a pressing issue that needs to be talked about now. We need to have the voices of DACA recipients heard because unlike citizens who can vote for the next Senator or voted for the current President, we couldn’t. It’s a minority group that didn’t need to be attacked in the first place and should be given a platform to talk about the complexity of this issue. We need to put faces and stories behind just “DACA.” “Urban Desert” and “Bad to the Bone” are topics that are necessary to keep talking about but they need to be narrowed down. What about the food scarcity in Bethlehem? As we get further into the semester I think we need to focus each topic so every narrative could be more powerful. We could create a change with all of these stories.
