When Nidia's interview was later transcribed, along with twenty-five of her peers, I felt even more dismayed as I read over the text versions of these conversations. The vibrancy of the interviews all seemed somewhat bland on paper. The twenty-five individuals suddenly merged together in a sea of Palatino twelve and eight and half by eleven papers.

Upon looking at the reams of stapled transcripts, I realized that I would have to do something different, both to honor and to understand what was taking place in the Valley. I would need to take a more multidimensional approach to learning about a multidimensional process, the process of individual development.

I returned to the Valley this year, armed with a video camera and a vague notion of somehow incorporating some of the sounds and images I was observing into my research.

My written thesis is an attempt to explore how people change through their involvement in Valley Interfaith in order to understand the larger issues related to individual and community development.

This website is another exploration of how people change through their involvement in Valley Interfaith. But it's also an exploration of the use of media as a means to capture, understand, and present these changes.