We are the Greenhorns

 
 
 
 

We share a curiosity and a drive to venture into new territory to help fix problems that are tearing at the fabric of our communities. Starting with the U.S. Postal Service.

With the Postal Service in danger of running out of money fast, we Greenhorns are focusing our efforts to help save this treasured pillar of American democracy. The USPS belongs to all American citizens. ​We Greenhorns believe a strong public postal service is our democratic right and essential to our communities and our democratic process. As storytellers, we’re trying to get the word out to protect and enhance these services now and for generations to come.

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Liza Barrie

Liza is a strategist and campaigner who spent more than two decades leading communications and partnerships at UNICEF. Prior to that she worked in China for more than ten years. Liza’s small town post office is one of her favorite places.

 
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Art Jones

Art is a writer, director and producer at Great Jones Productions, making films that make change. His projects focus on prison reform, social change, rare diseases and upstarts with a righteous cause. He professes an abiding love for the Post Office and invests heavily in Forever stamps.

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Antonio L. Arroyo

Antonio is a veteran sound mixer and sound editor.  He has worked on everything from independent features to network television shows.  An armchair political theorist and policy analyst, he is using this time of change to reinvent himself and return to the activism of his youth.

 
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Peter Bull

Peter has written, produced and directed documentaries for PBS, ABC News, CBS News, Netflix and cable TV. He directed the feature doc "Dirty Business: 'Clean Coal' & the Battle for Our Energy Future" and was senior producer on the PBS series NOW with Bill Moyers and the CBS series Whistleblower. His favorite people-watching spot? On long lines at the post office.

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Pascal Akesson

Pascal is a filmmaker who believes in stories that change life trajectories and amplify voices. When he immigrated to America as a young man, he relied on the post office to deliver the crinkly blue airmail letters to the Swiss relatives he’d left behind.

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Fredric King

Fredric King is a filmmaker and social entrepreneur. When not making movies, Fredric is making concrete in Haiti to aid in rebuilding efforts. After directing the documentary HAITI REDUX, about reconstruction efforts after the 2010 earthquake, Fredric conceived, formed and launched the Haitian American Reconstruction Partnership (HARP) to affect positive social change.

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Genine Babakian

Genine is a writer/editor/blogger who tinkers with articles, speeches, reports and, for fun, fiction. She worked as a reporter in Moscow for ten years, during which time she received ONE of the hundreds of letters her friends and family mailed to her.

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Cristiana Lombardo

Cris is documentary producer working on a PBS series by day and her own online store by night. Not only does she depend on the USPS to deliver packages for her retail business, she still sends snail mail!

 
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Joe Foley

Joe is a cinematographer, writer and film professor who fell in love with the Post Office at the age of seven when he had finally saved up enough allowance money in order to get a subscription to Highlights magazine (the one from the dentist's office). The first week of every month he and his sister sat on the front steps waiting for their postman Stephen to bring the newest issue. He still believes that 06040 is the very coolest zip code.

 

Contributors

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Adam Ninyo

Adam Ninyo is a filmmaker, photographer, and writer who is finishing up his first narrative feature film. He Stands by Your Mail because he believes that affordable and accessible communication by mail is an integral part of the First Amendment.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Victoria Bruce

Victoria is a documentary filmmaker and author who fell in love with the Post Office while writing her 2018 book, Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society. This true story of murder and mafia opened her eyes to the rich history and super-sleuthing of Post Office Inspectors, and made her a dedicated fan of the USPS and the brilliant  things it brings to us all.


 Special Thanks

Our logo: The Greenhorns thank the talented GERARD BABAKIAN for designing the stellar SBYM logo and contributing it to the cause.