We’re making a movie for the National School Scrabble Association. The action began last weekend at the National Championship in Providence, Rhode Island . See the winners in the last photo.

Most teams had a custom designed Scrabble themed shirts. This was my favorite.

Rachel puff painted her name around her hat in letter tiles. She didn’t take the hat off the entire tournament.

This team lost in the finals. They’re both geniuses. The boy on the right talks like Baby Stewey from Family Guy.

This is Joel Sherman, the second best scrabble player in the world.

This is Joe Edley, the best Scrabble player in the world.

This is Henry Joost, he has been to the School Scrabble Championship 3 times .

This is Bradley and his Dad/Coach. Bradley is 11 and nationally ranked among adult Scrabble players. He was upset in the semi-finals by the eventual winners.

Fun facts about Joey. He’s 14 and ranked even higher among adults than Bradley. He finished second the last two years and was heavily favored to win this year. He and his teammate lost in the semi-finals, but Joey took it really well. His uncle is David Schwimmer .

Armuchee Elementary School in Texas sent this team. We interviewed them all at the same time and asked them to spell their favorite Q words without U’s.

This is me, through Ed David’s camera.

And here are our champions. They’re going to be on Jimmy Kimmel soon to talk about life and Scrabble and having tons of money.

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Henry’s tent.  Shelter Island, NY.

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My mom, visiting me at summer camp.  1992.

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from Henry to his Dad, years ago.

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From an article about stalled building projects in NYC….

There’s an actual article about Rebecca Schiffman, whose video you can see in our “music videos” section.

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Ed David bravely got on the back of Nev’s motorcycle to get some shots for a new video we’re making with Mono for Harvard Business School.    How exactly does this shot fit in?  You’ll just have to wait and see.  We drive to Boston today and we’ll be shooting on campus all week.

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Why, you ask?  Because our intern, Raella Rothman is famous.  She’s being featured in a documentary about 6 word memoirs, as part of a series about “cool happenings in New York”.

How does it feel to be in a Japanese doc?  “It’s less tangible because it’s not broadcast in our country.  But it’s awesome.  I like that it’s Japanese TV because my face will be in Japan before I am, and I’ve always wanted to go.” - Raella

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The poetry slam was a success.  The kids performed with great confidence and passion,
and brought tears of inspiration to a packed audience.  Thank you, to the youth of LOVE who organized and performed.
The merchandise sold well too…

Thank you Carlton DeWoody and Sara Rossein for your artwork.  If you’d like to buy a button, send me an email.

go love.

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An event starring and hosted by the youth of Leave Out ViolencE.   Our favorite community organization…

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