“The Problem with Apu” Documentary Screening + Panel Discussion

Event Details:
Wednesday, November 7th 12:50pm
Brooklyn College (CUNY)
148 Ingersoll Hall
2900 Bedford Avenue
New York, NY 11210
https://bctvr.org

Event Description:
We’ll be screening the documentary for Brooklyn College students and faculty, then convening a panel discussion about it right after.

Contact Information:
Katherine G. Fry
Department Chair

Twitter:
@bctvrmedia

Propaganda Workshop: Visual Storytelling and Persuasive Technique

Event Details:
Tuesday, November 6th
Jacob Burns Film Center
New York, NY
www.burnsfilmcenter.org

Event Description:
Teachers that are part of the JBFC’s professional development community will dedicate one lesson plan during MLW to an application of the “Image, Sound, and Story” curriculum to media and propaganda. The JBFC is designing the lesson plan based upon a workshop it offers about visual storytelling and persuasive technique.

Contact Information:
Adrienne Frank
Education Outreach Coordinator

Twitter:
@jbfc_ny

Media Literacy, Youth Engagement and the Midterm Elections

Event Details:
Friday, November 9th, 8:30 AM
Reuters
1 Times Square
New York, NY

Event Description:
The majority of the U.S. midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of 100 seats in the Senate will be up for election. These elections will have serious implications for the U.S. moving forward. Just two days later, on November 9, 2018, we will be bringing together journalists, educators and students to discuss the results of the election and to ask important questions. What have we learned since the 2016 presidential election about how elections are covered by the news media? Did the fake news phenomena have an effect on the midterms? Were voters more savvy and more media literate? Did social media continue to play a significant role? We will hear from journalists who covered the elections and students who voted for the first time.

Contact Information:
National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
mciullalipkiN@namle.net

Documentary Screening: “The Problem with Apu”

Event Details:
Thursday, November 8th, 7:00 PM
Howard University
525 Bryant Street NW
Washington, DC 20059

Event Description:
Sponsored by truTV and the National Association for Media Literacy Week, Howard University will screen “The Problem with Apu” followed by an in-depth panel discussion featuring some of today’s race and media scholars.

Contact Information:
Jasmin Goodman
jasmin.goodman@bison.howard.edu

Twitter:
#TheProblemWithApu
#ApuHU