14Aug 2016 by Kevin Walker No Comments

Mickle Communications Travels To Peru To Document Human Trafficking

Blog, Documentaries, Featured
[caption id="attachment_1532" align="alignnone" width="1136"] Students in Peru wait to play in a game of soccer[/caption] Mickle Communications brought to light the problem of human trafficking in our documentary "Human Trafficking in the Heartland.  Now we're continuing the conversation by spending time in Peru with Voices4Peru, an organization of students from Pleasant Valley Community School District working to engage and empower the lives of individuals, families, and teenagers from Las Lomas Ventanilla. Harry Walker, head of photography and video for Mickle Communications spent the last week in Peru talking to people involved with and affected by human trafficking. In an effort to further the conversation started with Human Trafficking In The Heartland, we hope to shed more light on the subject of children sold into a life they would never choose for…
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05Jun 2016 by Mike Mickle No Comments
Sometimes You Have to Force The Conversation

Sometimes You Have to Force The Conversation

Documentaries
[et_pb_section admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_video admin_label="Video" src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5CyknLpga0" src_webm="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5CyknLpga0" image_src="http://dev.micklecommunications.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IfYouOnlyKnew.png"] [/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] When something is described as an epidemic, it should have the spotlight shone on it. If that epidemic is affecting children in our community and beyond, we need to shout it from the rooftops. No one enjoys talking about suicide. Perhaps that’s why many of our neighbors suffer in silence. Maybe that’s why more of our children are taking drastic measures to escape the pain and darkness that envelopes them. Most definitely, it’s a reason to force the conversation. Tackling the issue of teen depression and suicide isn’t easy. Nothing worthwhile normally is. I remember getting the call from a local school, asking if we could help spread the word about the prevalence of depression…
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