Serviam Media, Inc. is a non-profit,
charitable, educational corporation formed for the
purpose of creating non-commercial, educational programming
and digital media to inform, inspire and empower diverse
audiences. The name Serviam means "I will serve."
The company partners with organizations, institutions,
and individuals throughout the nation to produce non-commercial
films, websites and companion curriculum materials
that will foster human understanding, multi-cultural
appreciation and positive interaction in a variety
of community settings.
Our educational projects aim to support
conflict resolution, promote personal responsibility
and foster civic engagement. Outreach initiatives
accompany each project, ensuring sustained involvement
from the communities we serve.
Serviam Media is
a small company with a large impact.
Find out who
makes it happen.
The Serviam Mission:
Serviam Media, Inc. is a nonprofit
company dedicated to funding and producing noncommercial,
educational media projects for national broadcast,
educational, and online distribution, and the development
of innovative Community Outreach initiatives.
Project components include:
Documentary Films for
national public television broadcast
Cutting edge, award-winning projects
of the highest production quality (widescreen format,
Filmlook ® formatting) distributed through international
partners for broadcast, educational versioning,
and home video and DVD distribution. Check out our
original programming!
Innovative Community
Outreach Initiatives
Projects designed with a coalition
of national partners meant to implement social change
in diverse communities, stemming from specific projects
and centered on coordinated national broadcasts.
Curriculum Development
Each project includes an educational
version of the documentary film, packaged with Facilitation
Guides, Lesson Plans, and Study Projects, developed
in partnership with other national organizations.
Content-Rich Companion
Websites
Extensive, educational, online
resources designed to complement broadcast and outreach
content, including links to other resources.
National Partnerships:
Strategies for Success
Our projects are always collaborative
efforts, brought about by a carefully selected coalition
of national partners, including: the National Conference
for Community and Justice (NCCJ), the National Study
Circles Resource Center, and many other groups,
specifically chosen for each individual project.
New Project Ideas
If you have an idea for a Serviam
Media partnership project, get in touch! Click the
"Contact" tab above.
Sharon K.
Baker - Founder and Director
Daniel Collins
- Outreach Director
Elizabeth
Lockman - Program Director
Julie Pfeifenroth
- Technology Director
Board of Directors
Community Advisors
Sharon Kelly
Baker - With the founding of Serviam Media, Inc.
Sharon Baker formalizes a life long interest in serving
community through the media arts. For thirty years,
Ms. Baker has created award-winning documentary films
and public affairs programs focusing on a range of
critical social issues that include domestic violence,
homelessness, literacy, substance abuse, race relations,
conflict resolution and civic engagement. Her work
has netted her prestigious industry awards, among
them the national Gabriel Award and the Christi Award
for service to community through the arts. Sharon
has traveled throughout the US and around the world,
recording the words and images of people from all
walks of life. She has worked in Western Africa with
President Jimmy Carter to document the eradication
of Guinea Worm disease, and in China to document village
elections. "I have never met a person with whom I
could not converse and discover common ground, regardless
of language." Ms. Baker says, "Problem solving begins
with conversation."
As Director of Serviam Media, Inc.,
Sharon and company now create new media initiatives
that utilize film, websites and companion curricula
to bring essential and timely subjects to the national
community. "With the right strategies, the media can
be used to reach and engage new and under-served audiences-particularly
young people--and to foster grassroots participation
in activity that promotes positive social change."
Her personal volunteer activities include board memberships
with organizations promoting AIDS awareness and children's'
mental health.
Daniel R. Collins
is a published poet, performing musician, and accomplished
professional writer; a master of the skills of communication.
A graduate of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York,
Dan has a BA in Creative Writing (an "Independent
Studies" major that incorporates sociology and documentary
photography), and his professional experience includes
journalism, photography, graphic design, publicity
writing, grant writing, screenwriting and script editing.
A life-long believer in the arts as
an agent of social change, Dan was transformed by
his viewing of the documentary film series "Eyes on
the Prize" as a youth in rural Maine, and has since
pursued the study of social justice, multicultural
education, grassroots political movements, and cultural
phenomena while maintaining the constant practice
of personal and professional writing. Dan is a researcher,
script writer, editor and publicity writer for TELEDUCTION,
Inc., and handles outreach communications, online
content, and grant-writing for Serviam Media.
Elizabeth Lockman
is pleased to put her various professional and personal
experiences to work, playing an instrumental role
in bringing outreach projects such as With All Deliberate
Speed: The Legacy of Brown v. Board and the Hearts
& Minds Film programs to fruition.
Fueled by a personal interest in multiculturalism,
tolerance, social justice and non-profit service,
with a commitment to these ideals inspired by her
daughter, Sophie, Elizabeth looks forward to getting
more involved in the community through the fulfillment
of Serviam's goals of achieving broader historical
understanding and social awareness, fostering dialogue
between society's many disparate groups. She hopes
that accomplishing this essential work locally will
ripple outward to the world at large.
Elizabeth graduated from New York University's
Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with a concentration
in film and linguistics. Her years in New York brought
her a wide range of professional experience, including
working with Nickelodeon Studios, Lions Gate Pictures,
and Simon & Goodman Picture Company.
Julie Pfeifenroth has traveled
internationally as a sound engineer and videographer,
and is an Emmy- and Gabriel Award-winning editor.
A graduate of the University of Delaware, she has
been the Senior Editor for all major Serviam Media
broadcast projects. Julie is an expert at her medium,
a master of the technical and aesthetic skills that
are essential to stay at the cutting edge of the ever-evolving
standards of today's film industry.
Order any program in our pipeline, and
you will have a chance to witness her technical skills
and creative finesse!
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Board of Directors
Anne
E. Eidschun, CLU, ChFC, CFP - Client Relationship
Manager, McBride Shopa & Company, P.A.
Thomas H. Kelly, Ph.D
(Board President) - Chief Sustainability
Officer (CSO) & Director of the Office of Sustainability
(OS) University of New Hampshire
Peter McCarthy - Retired President & VP/Public
Affairs Atofina Chemicals Foundation
Janine Salamone, Esq. - Partner; Potter, Anderson
& Corroon Law Firm
John Taylor - Executive Director; DE State
Chamber of Commerce, Public Policy Institute
Frank Vanderslice - Media Instructor; Delcastle
Technical High School
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Community
Advisors
John Baker - Executive Director, AIDS Delaware
Ralph Begleiter - Dist. Journalist in Residence &
Rosenberg Prof. of Comm., UD
Theodore Blunt - Former President, Wilmington, Delaware
City Council
Patrick Carroll - Director of Development, Delaware
Humane Association
Chris Coons - County Executive, New Castle County
Sherry Dorsey - President/CEO, Sisters With A Purpose
(SWAP) Productions, LLC
Sue Early - Managing Director, Rehoboth (DE) Beach
Film Society
Susanne N. Fox - Professor of History and American
Studies, Wesley College
Steve Gonzer - Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education
Committee
Regina Kerr Alonzo - Executive Director Emeritus,
Public Allies Delaware
Leland P. Kimball, III - Producing Artistic Director,
OperaDelaware
Pamela Leland - Former Director, Nonprofit Community
Resource Center
Dr. Paula J. Malone - President, Wings Foundation
Ginny Marino - Executive Director, YWCA of New Castle
County
Jack Markell - Treasurer, State of Delaware
Joshua Martin - Partner, Potter, Anderson & Corroon
George Meldrum - Nemours Foundation
Sally Milbury-Steen - Executive Director, Delaware
Pacem in Terris
Dr. Donald A. Parks - Professor & Director, Schwartz
Arts Center/Gallery, DSU
Rob Rector - Instructor - Delaware Technical &
Community College
Laura Scanlan - Director Emeritus, Delaware Division
of the Arts
Fred Sears - President, Delaware Community Foundation
Christine Tate - Coordinator of Academic Studies,
Delaware College of Art & Design
John H. Taylor - Executive Director, Delaware Public
Policy Institute
Michael Waite - Programming Director, WJBR 99.5
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