ABOUT THIS FILM
Against The Current: Searching For Good Trouble volume 1:
Professional sailor and advocate Marie Rogers talks about the importance of diversity in sailing, as she steers the groundbreaking crew of Good Trouble through the challenging 2023 Transpacific Race, forging a path for black women and women of color in the professional sailing realm.
Our Film's Initiatives
Including Oceans And Roads Joint Effort With SAIL ORO
Fundraising for Completion of Film Documentary Series
Join us in the pivotal phase of completing
"Against The Current: Searching For Good Trouble." We are on a fundraising mission to capture additional vital footage that will enrich the narrative of our series, along with supporting comprehensive post-production editing. By supporting our film series, you are navigating this passion project closer to global impact and awareness.
Fundraising for Festival Submission & Attendance
Our journey doesn’t stop at just the completion of the series - your contributions will also help us to submit and attend various national and global film festivals, magnify our reach and amplify the powerful message of diversity and inclusion in the sport of sailing as well as other water sports.
Film Fundraising Link:
We are proud to use INDIEGOGO, a woman founded and led crowdfunding company as the platform for fundraising our short documentary film series. Founded in 2007, Indiegogo is one of the top crowdfunding platforms for filmmakers as well as entrepreneurs. You can find our fundraising page when we launch on Nov 14th!
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Against The Current: Searching for Good Trouble
Oceans And Roads Initiative
One of Oceans And Roads’ main initiatives is to forge powerful partnerships with non-profit organizations like Sail ORO that focus on providing unique opportunities to young people by giving them exposure to travel and water sport activities that may have been ordinarily beyond their reach. By aligning our efforts, we are able to offer scholarships and provide opportunities that empower women, women of color, and individuals from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, to explore, learn, and competitively participate in offshore sailing.
We passionately believe in broadening horizons by showcasing relatable role models who reflect the identities and stories of those we aim to inspire. By exposing participants to people who look like them or come from similar communities, we ignite sparks of encouragement and enable them to go beyond conventional boundaries and dive deeper into the realm of possibility. This collaboration is more than an alliance; it's a shared journey of breaking barriers, and making sailing a universally accessible and celebrated sport.
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Sail ORO Initiative
The experience of offshore sailing creates a potential life-changing opportunity. This unique program is designed to introduce a more diverse group of individuals to the world of yacht racing. recruitment, education, and training of sailors in the sport of big boat offshore sailboat racing. Recruits of all backgrounds are eligible: however, an emphasis will be placed on those of lower income, traditionally excluded (i.e., by race, gender, or religion), and underprivileged status.
Offshore Racing Outreach does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. Sail ORO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Visit Sail ORO Page
Joint Scholarship Program
Oceans and Roads is honored to collaborate with Sail ORO in inaugurating a series of scholarships aimed at empowering women, women of color, lower-income individuals, and other diverse communities with limited access to offshore sailing opportunities. For every dollar given toward the fundraising of the film a percentage will be given toward the Sail ORO non-profit fo create combined Oceans And Roads scholarship sailing and swimming lessons awards. These scholarships are designed to dismantle barriers, offering unprecedented access to education, training, and competitive participation in the sport of sailing. With your generous support, we can expand our outreach, connecting with communities previously untouched by the world of sailing, and nurture new, diverse talents who had never before imagined sailing to be within their reach.
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