3: where do we go? PART 2

5: going home

Returning to Talent for a picture of recovery. Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis Sound editing and original music: Tejas Leer Heyden Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth  Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University. Special thanks: Susannah Cole, Mark Yaconelli, friends, family, community

4: what is fire?

Fire as a tool for cultural empowerment and ecosystem health in the Klamath-Siskiyous. Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis Sound editing and original music: Tejas Leer Heyden Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth  Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University. Special thanks: Debra Whitall and Allie Rosenbluth

3: where do we go? PART 1

PART 1 The Almeda Fire, from the Bear Creek Greenway. Local efforts to support unhoused neighbors in the immediate aftermath. The City of Medford raids a mutual aid camp at Hawthorne Park. Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden Music by Simon Ficker Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University. Special thanks: Derek DeForest and Jayden Becker

3: where do we go? PART 2

PART 2 Harm Reduction and mutual aid in the Medford area following the fires. The City of Medford passes a camping ban, making it a misdemeanor to use a tent in public. Hopes for a more compassionate Rogue Valley. Written and recorded by Ro Ruikis Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden Music by Simon Ficker Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth  Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University. Special thanks: Derek DeForest and Jayden Becker

2: what do we do? PART 2

PART 2: what comes after How locals sprang into action in the immediate aftermath of the Almeda Fire. Fire survivors struggle to get FEMA aid. Written and recorded by Isabella Ro Ruikis Sound editing: Tejas Leer Heyden Music by Simon Ficker. Outro music in part 3 by Jeffrey Thielsen Project management by Susannah Cole and Mark Yaconelli at the Hearth Shaping Ash is funded by the Ford Family Foundation, the Hearth, and the lab of Professor Frank Chaplen at Oregon State University. Special thanks: Sara Cervantez and Hector Flores