From the Los Angeles TimesPomona students have everyone's ears nowThanks to a speech by President Obama, a class video on the effects of the recession, 'Is Anyone Listening,' has the nation talking.
By Seema Mehta
March 13, 2009
These students, all 17, and 14 of their classmates tell their tales in "Is Anybody Listening?", a nine-minute video made by students at Village Academy High School in Pomona. The production quality is minimal; students speak directly to the camera in front of a blue background, laced with footage of foreclosed homes, abandoned storefronts and others advertising going-out-of-business sales.
But the tales of families dealing with the economic crisis are deeply personal.
This week, in his first major speech on education since taking office, President Obama described the video and spoke directly to the Pomona students.
"I am listening. We are listening. America is listening," the president said. "And we are not going to rest until your parents can keep their jobs, your families can keep their homes, and you can focus on what you should be focusing on: your own education."
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