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STUDENT
DIVERSITY EDUCATION PROGRAM
As part
of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, the American Jewish Committee
is pleased to present FILMTalks!,
a unique student prejudice-reduction education
program, free to area high school students.
Designed
to stimulate thought and generate discussion, FILMTalks! challenges
youth to confront prejudice and combat bigotry. Bringing together
600 students from public and private schools, FILMTalks! gives
participants the opportunity to begin developing the skills
necessary to enhance intergroup communication, to promote
intercultural understanding, and to foster respect for diversity in
their schools and in our community.
The
goal of FILMTalks! is to use film as a vehicle to engage students in
discussions on issues of bigotry, intolerance and prejudice. Through
film students will be given the opportunity to find their voice on
these issues in a hands-on, participatory, creative and
non-threatening manner. The program will encompass both a "town
hall meeting" and small discussion groups. All small discussion
groups will be lead by peer facilitators. A group of students from
participating high schools will be trained as the peer facilitators
for this event. These students will participate in a series of
trainings to prepare them for the FILMTalks! program.
For
more information or to enroll your school in FILMTalks!, please
contact Shmuel Rubinstein, FILMTalks! Coordinator at 206-622-6315 or by email at:
Shmuelajc@hotmail.com
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