Who: All teachers and their families are welcome
Where: Richmond Hill High School
When: Thur. Feb. 10th at 4 pm
Why: To strengthen your abilities to work with prejudice of all sorts in your school
Refreshments provided
Presented by Paul Saltzman, director of the film, who will lead the discussion after the preview on how the learning experience of the film can be transferred to our schools. Mr. Saltzman worked for a summer in 1965 registering black voters in Mississippi and latterly became a film maker. He revisited Mississippi 3 years ago to see how things had changed and found that some schools still had separate proms for their black and white students. With some significant support and participation from actor, Morgan Freeman, the film was created and has been screened at film festivals including the Sundance Festival in Colorado. The film portrays both black and white students and parents struggling with an issue that has been in their small town forever. It’s an awesome documentary!
However the great strength of this presentation is the discussion afterwards on moving beyond prejudice led by Mr. Saltzman, who is a very effective leader. Last June at Dr. G. W. Williams, Paul and his wife, Patricia, presented to over 350 students and staff. After all the inevitable questions about Morgan Freeman and how the film was made, Paul very skilfully turned the conversation to looking at prejudice of all sorts that occurs in our schools and society. Colour, race, new immigrant, economic and special education issues that students felt, were touched on during our discussion. He gives some ideas on next steps using this film. It was a magic time.
I strongly support the work that is being done by Paul Saltzman and invite you to this event which will give you some ideas for both Black History Month, but for much more.
This event is being sponsored by the Human Rights Committee of OSSTF District 16 | 
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