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Building Bridges and Healing Divides with the Black 14

Season 3

Building Bridges and Healing Divides with the Black 14 | Arts & Comms: Behind the Stories Season 3

BYU School of Communications students and faculty worked together to create a magazine and film documentary about the Black 14’s history and humanitarian efforts. The Black 14 created the “Mind, Body and Soul Initiative,” a program that fights food scarcity, and partnered with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to provide food for communities nationwide. The BYU School of Communications’ documentary is being used across the nation to show how race, gender and religion can be catalysts of connection rather than fault lines of contention. Watch the original documentary and read its accompanying Daily Universe article here.

Featured Individuals

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Abby Gunderson

Abby Gunderson graduated BYU in April 2023, majoring in journalism. She interned with Trove Brands where she did product videography and post production work. After graduation, she plans to work in video production and build a freelance editing portfolio and clientele. Her ultimate goal is to make documentaries.
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Carly Wasserlein

Carly Wasserlein is a senior majoring in journalism and Middle East studies/Arabic. She works for Universe Live and participates in the Middle Eastern Studies Student Association. Her future goals include working on documentaries or joining the U.S. Department of State.
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Elisabeth Ahlstrom

Elisabeth Ahlstrom graduated in June 2023 with a degree in journalism with emphases in sports and broadcast and a minor in business. She recently moved to North Carolina to work for Fox Sports. She is currently working on a life story documentary about her grandparents.
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Edward L. Carter

Edward L. Carter is an attorney, journalist and professor of communications. He currently serves as director of the School of Communications and was previously the Associate Dean in the College of Fine Arts and Communications.
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