Dallas Fashion Project

Items

• Ken Currin, Clip 9
  Ken Currin discusses attending Frack Free Denton workshops, wife handing out fliers, the work of being active
• Ken Currin, Clip 8
  Ken Currin discusses enjoying being civically engaged through conversations with local officials and those running for office, wanting Denton to remain livable and keeping its identity, current efforts to connect parks
• Ken Currin, Clip 7
  Ken Currin discusses feeling passion for movement against fracking, issues finding him and finding Denton, sense of town and community pride
• Ken Currin, Clip 6
  Ken Currin discusses Adam Briggle and Ed Soph asking for Greenhouse to serve as Frack Free Denton meeting site, reasons for taking on the risk of taking a stand with the movement, Denton Chamber of Commerce challenges in balancing national stance with local members' stances, seeing fracking within city limits as non-partisan issue
• Ken Currin, Clip 5
  Ken Currin describes difficulty of adding patio to restaurant and surprise how easy it seemed for fracking site to be added within city limits, especially with health implications
• Ken Currin, Clip 4
  Ken Currin dicusses learning about fracking sites near friends' houses
• Ken Currin, Clip 3
  Ken Currin discusses watching fracking sits flood into Denton County and then being shocked when moved into city limits
• Ken Currin, Clip 2
  Ken Currin describes going to UNT and studying journalism and working as freelance writer, then started a family and decided to start a restaurant called Greenhouse near downtown Denton, talks about changes in Denton and responsibility to local community
• Ken Currin, Clip 1
  Ken Currin, describes his biography, moving to Denton to attend North Texas State University, marrying woman from Denton and starting a business, living in Denton for past 40 years
• Ken Currin, Interview Introduction
  Introduction to interview with Ken Currin
• Amber Briggle, Clip 8
  Amber Briggle discusses early awareness of fracking in 2009 with Bonnie Brae St. site, muses about whether would have moved to Denton if had known impact of fracking on community, early formation of Denton Drilling Awareness Group and meetings in home, creating mayoral forum with Mark Burroughs, working behind-the-scenes, transition from seeking compromise to seeking ban
• Amber Briggle, Clip 20
  Amber Briggle discusses the day that her husband Adam Briggle was arrested for civil disobedience at a fracking site, the importance of their partnership
• Amber Briggle, Clip 19
  Amber Briggle summarizes issues discussed in interview, commitment to sustainable energy and current natural gas energy facilities in Denton and continued activism with that development
• Amber Briggle, Clip 18
  Amber Briggle discusses activism in relation to her two children, taking them to rallies and city council meetings
• Amber Briggle, Clip 17
  Amber Briggle discusses abundant work with transgender advocacy and Adam Briggle's continued work with environmentalism and Green New Deal
• Amber Briggle, Clip 16 and second intro
  Introduction to second portion of interview with Amber Briggle; discussion of activism with fracking inspiring fearlessness with current work with gender equity and transgender accessibility
• Amber Briggle, Clip 15
  Amber Briggle discusses her current work with transgender activism inspired by the experience of her son Max, local activism serving as training or preparation for her current work with gender equity activism
• Amber Briggle, Clip 14
  Amber Briggle describes balance between elected officials and the people in a democracy and when activism is needed
• Amber Briggle, Clip 13
  Amber Briggle describes Adam Briggles disappointment in working with environmental lobbyists like Earthworks and ban still not being upheld, the Denton community is stronger and more empowered through the history of the ban
• Amber Briggle, Clip 12
  Amber Briggle discusses relief following vote and ban passing, lawsuits following the Denton vote, thinking that state politicians would not challenge local control, continuing to work with Planning and Zoning Commission, passage of HB-40, then Denton removing ban
• Amber Briggle, Clip 11
  Amber Briggle describes night of local vote, seeing abundant yard signs suggesting ban would pass, sleeping away from home on election day, watch party at Dan Silverleaf with Adam Briggle conducting interviews and Amber celebrating
• Amber Briggle, Clip 10
  Amber Briggle speaks of feeling threatened as the movement amped up, having nightmare about house "fracturing," family security concerns and support from Denton Police Chief Lee Howell
• Amber Briggle, Clip 9
  Amber Briggle discusses astroturf organizations, activism happening on grassroots level, hosting meetings at home
• Amber Briggle, Clip 7
  Amber Briggle describes the joy she felt serving as a member of city government
• Amber Briggle, Clip 6
  Amber Briggle speaks about compartmentalizing her work as a commissioner and a private citizen