I am so inspired by this project, and I hope you will be too. If you are in Boston/Cambridge area, please support the movie's Premiere. About Lemonade, the Movie: More than 130,000 advertising professionals have lost their jobs in this Great Recession. Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative in advertising are forced to be creative with their own lives. Monday, 11/30 7:00 PM, premiere for movie Lemonade at the Brattle Theater Cambridge, MA In addition to the movie, creator Eric Proulx is writing a book as well. Here is his call for submissions: "Lemonade, the book will assemble a collection of essays from people telling stories of reinvention in their own words. Only this time, I don't want to limit it to the advertising industry. Imagine all the inspirational personal triumphs that arose after the auto industry crash. Think of all the school teachers, engineers, and finance professionals who have found their life's work thanks to being downsized. Those of us in advertising provide just one, very sheltered viewpoint of what's possible in unemployment. If you lost your job but found your calling, Eric wants to hear from you:"You can submit a simple abstract of your experience, or an entire 1k - 3k word essay. (I want this to be more about the quality of your story and less about the quality of the writing. If your story is inspiring enough, we'll get it written.) Here are the general guidelines for your submission: It can be a 1-paragraph abstract, 3000-word essay, or anything in between. But is has to communicate your inspirational post-layoff story.The submission must be an original, unpublished work.There's no submission fee or cash prize. This is simply a forum to tell your story and inspire others who need to hear it.All entries become the property of Please Feed The Animals and Fighting Monk, Inc (the legal entity for my business).I want to be ambitious about getting this completed. So all submissions must be received by November 30. Please email submis...
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More than 70,000 advertising professionals have lost their jobs in this Great Recession. Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative i...