jesikah maria ross co-founded and directs the Art of Regional Change, a UC Davis program that brings scholars, students, and artists together with community groups to collaborate on media arts projects that strengthen communities, generate engaged scholarship, and inform public decision-making.
ross is an educator, media maker, and community cultural development practitioner. She recently co-directed Saving The Sierra: Voices of Conservation in Action, an award-winning multimedia project that uses public radio, the Web, and citizen storytelling activities to document community efforts to conserve the culture, economy, and environment of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California.
Her last film, MAQUILAPOLIS (Sound Recordist, Community Engagement Director) made in collaboration with workers in Tijuana’s assembly factories, aired nationally on PBS in October 2006. ross co-founded the National Association of Media Arts & Culture’s Leadership Institute, helped birth KDRT 95.7 LPFM, launched the Bioneers Reel Change Youth Media Program and designs participatory media projects for organizations in Europe, Africa, and the United States.
ross got her start in community media at Davis Community Television, and was a member of the KDRT Working Group that helped launch KDRT. She lives in Davis, CA.
I interviewed her Wed., May 12, 2010.
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