Donate to video and editing equipment we need right now





During the eviction of #ows at Liberty Square, I was surrounded by 2,000 militarized NYPD riot cops, 3 LRAD’s, and the most significant surveillance technology I ever seen. I was scared shitless sitting there with 200 protestors, facing the inevitable beat down, abuse and arrest of us all. The police made if clear for 2 hours that anyone who stayed would face the NYPD’s show of force. Even journalists were threatened with losing their media credentials if they stayed and filmed.

I wasn’t scared because of the possibility of being arrested, beaten, or maced. I was scared because my phone was dead and I couldn’t stream live video or tweet to the world what was happening. My SD cards were running low and I didn’t have a good camera lens to capture all the action in the low light. I still did it to the best of my ability, working with what I had only to be physically dragged out of there by 2 NYPD Sergeants who saw me film the whole incident.

I got out safely and immediately went back home to work on the only footage captured inside Liberty Square, footage the world was waiting to see. Unfortunately, my laptop is nearing its end and when I went to edit the footage, I couldn’t see the video, only the audio, and when I went to render/export, it took 10 hours to complete. The video then took 12 hours to upload because of the slow internet speed at my house. By the time it was finally uploaded, the video everyone was looking for was already out of the 24hr news cycle.

Its not easy to do this with no sponsors, products, or advertisements, but we never cared because we never did this for the money. We don’t ask for much at We Are Change, we never really do, but if we can get the proper equipment for the job we can give back more to you.

Money raised will go towards the following video and editing equipment we need right now:





Price: $1,926.00 Redrock Micro DSLR Field Cinema Deluxe Bundle v2

Price: $1,549.00 ASUS G74SX-A1 17.3″ Notebook Computer (Black)

Price: $719.00 Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Canon APS-C DSLRs

Price: $579.00 Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Lens

Price: $499.00 Manfrotto 501HDV Head w/546B 2-Stage Aluminum Tripod System

Price: $499.00 Sony UWP-V2 Wireless Handheld Microphone Package (30/32 – 566 to 590MHz)

Price: $189.99 Western Digital 2TB My Book Essential External Desktop Hard Drive x2

Price: $137.99 Energizer Energi To Go XP18000 Power Pack for Laptops

Price: $102.99 ($30/ month) Samsung LC11 4G LTE SCH-LC11 Verizon Mobile Hotspot

Price: $99.95 Bescor LED-70 Dimmable 70W Video & DSLR Light

Price: $39.95 Transcend 32GB SDHC Card X2