The Secret Life of Antlered Girls

We want to see your homemade video recording your walk home from public transportation at night. We’re looking for raw footage so no worries about having video editing skills. We’re hoping to receive this by March 15, 2007, please see below for submission info. Here’s the regs:

1) you identify as a woman, transgender (m or f identified) or gender-queer individual.

2) you must live in the NYC area, in one of our current or upcoming service areas*

3) you have access to a digital video recorder - we have limited availability to lend equipment.

4) at the beginning of the video, please have the camera focused on you in a well-lit place (be sure you’re not back-lit!) for 30 seconds while you say your first name, the neighborhood you live in, and the station/subway or bus line you are walking from. please describe your walk home and any safety issues (i.e. “I live 8 blocks from the 6 train at Brook Ave. I do not feel safe walking down the quickest route home late at night because of X, Y, Z so I take a longer route home”, etc.)

5) be with a friend to record the route that might be not the safest if you were by yourself, especially late at night. if your walk home is poorly-lit, feels unsafe/questionable, please record this. We’re looking for the stark reality of what you face getting home at night.

6) you can be walking (and your friend recording you, as you are walking) or you can be the one recording the video as you are walking. Be sure to walk slow enough that the camera is steady/doesn’t bounce too much and feel free to talk about how you feel about the safety in your neighborhood, getting home late at night, the cost of living in NYC etc.

7) the video should be 2 - 10 minutes in length and submitted to us in mpeg4 format**

…so WHY are we doing this? We are looking to create a composite video based on what our Riders experience and how they feel at night as they make their way home. Because YOUR physical safety is an issue we care about. Because limited funds mean that many can’t always afford a taxi home and walking from public transport isn’t always a safe option. Because RightRides is trying to expand to serve more neighborhoods and YOUR VIDEO will make a profound, visual impact on potential funders who are interested in supporting this program. We need money to expand and your participation and video can go a long way!

Please email us with the subject: VIDEO to let us know you are participating and we’ll help answer any questions you may have.

Please feel free to forward to anyone interested. Thank you for helping us make RightRides possible!
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*RightRides currently serves:

Brooklyn: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Boerum Hill, Bushwick, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Gowanus Canal, Greenpoint, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Red Hook, Williamsburg

Manhattan: Chinatown, East Village, Lower East Side

Queens: Long Island City

RightRides would like to expand in 2007 to these neighborhoods:

Bronx: Melrose, Mott Haven, Port Morris, The Hub

Brooklyn: Sunset Park

Manhattan: East Harlem, Harlem, West Harlem, plus all neighborhoods 23rd Street and south.

**Please email us for specific instructions on how to get the file to us. We can also accept DVD’s of your video, but please email us with the subject: VIDEO for more info.