On Saturday, October 16, we offered a free professional development program for educators in collaboration with WHYY and ITVS Community Cinema. Read a review of the program here. 
Exploring Media Stereotypes in the Classroom
After completing this workshop, teachers:
Following the workshop, we participated in the ITVS Community Cinema screening of Reel Injun at
6:30PM at WHYY.
Program facilitators included: Renee Hobbs, Nuala Cabral, Henry Cohn-Geltner, Sara Zia Ebrahimi, Yvonne Fulmore, David Cooper Moore, Natasha Ngaiza, Stephanie Palmieri, Craig Santoro, Laura Stephenson, Tanya Jackson. Astin Sullivan was the press photographer and blogger.
This was a FREE workshop for educators
who teach students in grades 4-12 and college. This
workshop qualifies for Act 48 Teacher Training Credit.
Complimentary dinner was provided.
1. Gain knowledge
of the ethical dimensions of authors, audiences and subjects in
documentary and non-fiction genres
2. Learn strategies for using
critical analysis activities with younger students.
3. Understand
how media shape our understanding of people and cultures of the world
4. Understand
how race and gender identity are constructed through media genres,
narrative conventions, and visual standards
5. Implement learning
activities to help students represent themselves and others in socially
responsible ways