Marketing & Publicity / The City of Gardens Collection
It has been quite exciting executing the marketing and publicity campaign for “The City of Gardens Collection”. As for the eight months since the campaign started, There has been more interest during this time period than any other during my whole career.
The publicity has been more cost effective and has made major connections with politicians, community leaders and institutional heads. There has been nothing less that at least acknowledgement of who I am and what is my goals amd intentions.
Being at least acknowledged is a major accomplishent for it paves the way for the remainder of the series, thus increasing the contact list. Every name included on the list is one more step closer to achieving these goals.
There has been a lot of things happening lately all at the same time. There has been the marketing and publicity campaign for the book series as well as a whirl-wind of activity trying to finish the second book in the series by October 19th, 2009.
This is a lot of work for one person to accomplish, but is not imposssble. There has recently been a major victory in finding material provided by the homeless people of Victoria who are receptive to participating in a interview to have their stories told to a world audience. They are the ambassadors of the street community around the world.
Their words will become the voice of the most vulnerable from nation to nation here and across our oceans. This books series proudly boasts itself as a street-level publication. Through decades of being neglected, ignored and silenced by society, the most needy will be given a platform to stand tall and to have their voices finally heard.
This is only the beggining of the seven year project and it is off to a great start. This series has the potential of becoming the nation’s guide to eliminating homelessness in Canada and perhaps around the globe. Victoria, BC, Canada will become the core of a world movement fighting the affects of mental illness, addiction and homelessness.
It is certainly has nothing to do with making money or becoming successful in the literary world as it is more important that their voices will break the silence and finally be heard.
Some closed minded people will choke on these words, but they have to come up for air eventually. That first breath may leave a bad taste in the mouth, but there is nothing else left to do than to take action now rather than later. This book series will be the icebreaker connecting countrys’ around the world thus provoking them to stand up and be counted.
This small city of Victoria, BC will become the guiding light for others to follow. The book series will act as a permanent record and case study for generations to come. This documentation will freeze seven years of our history and mark this time as one of the most important moments of our very own being.
Everything emminates from our citys’ downtown core. If thes conditions are visible to the eye, it is safe to say that there will be very hard times yet to follow for that city. Some cities that once had the world reputation of being the most socially damaged city of the world have made a 360 degree turn for the better. Now the eyes are on the City of Victoria, BC, Canada.
This historic time our our history will be recorded from the blood of our most vulnerable. The series will put faces to these statistics, counts and reports. To understnd the full intentsity of this crisis we must open ours hearts and minds. I am only a messenger of this truth. The most accurate gage of these truths come from the mouths of our most vulnerable, we must open our hearts to the truth.
“The City of Gardens Collection” is not intended to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. This could be taken as a warning shot over your head, your next move will determine your fate. The ball is in our court, we have to decide quickly of what to do next. We can either act now or cower behind our shame.