Reporter and Half the Sky: Developing Hope from Knowledge
Reporter and Half The Sky: Developing Hope from Knowledge
Co-presented by the Skirball Cultural Center and Facing History and Ourselves
Workshop on Sunday, January 22, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
How do we engage young people to develop empathy, care, and concern for people outside their immediate environment? Participants in this one-day workshop will consider the ways individuals and groups construct their universe of responsibility. The workshop will use Teaching Reporter, the study guide created by Facing History and Ourselves to accompany the documentary Reporter—which focuses on New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof’s efforts to raise awareness about atrocities in the world—as well as the Skirball exhibition Women Hold Up Half the Sky, based upon Kristof’s critically acclaimed book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, written with his wife and fellow journalist, Sheryl WuDunn.
At the workshop, participants will view Reporter in its entirety, consider the role of the media in shaping our opportunities for involvement, and visit the exhibition Women Hold Up Half the Sky to explore the larger themes of oppression and opportunity while learning more about maternal mortality, domestic violence, and human trafficking in our world today.
To register, visit www.facinghistory.org/workshops.
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