The Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public interest law center with the mission to increase justice in Georgia through law and policy reform and community engagement, is hosting a free screening of the episode Segregated City: The Fight to Desegregate New York City Schools from the new TV series “The Weekly” from The New York Times.
The screening event will take place 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at Landmark’s Midtown Arts Cinema, 931 Monroe Dr NE, Atlanta.
This event is expected to bring together concerned community members, policy makers, and advocates to learn more about how to make schools more equitable, particularly through the mechanisms of school discipline and the juvenile justice system. Rubye Sullivan, Senior Associate for Education Achievement at The Annie E. Casey Foundation, will present data from Changing the Odds report on addressing inequality in Atlanta.
Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion of experts on schools and justice for children, including: Fulton County Juvenile Court Judge, Jason Esteves (Board Chair, Atlanta Public Schools), Maribel Bell (Director Office of Student Discipline, Fulton County Schools), and moderated by Michael Waller (Georgia Appleseed Interim Executive Director).
About the Segregated City: Two teenagers — one black, the other white — growing up a few miles apart have had two very different experiences in the New York City public school system. The gap in the quality of their education has likely put them on unequal paths for the rest of their lives. Reporters Eliza Shapiro and Nikole Hannah-Jones follow a group of students fighting for a better, more just education in a new episode of “The Weekly.” Nikole sits down with the schools chancellor, Richard A. Carranza, who says he’s on a mission to finally integrate the city’s schools.
Although the event is free, ticket reservations are required. Organizers suggest a donation of $25 (or any other amount) to support Georgia Appleseed’s work. This event is in collaboration with Working Films, Fulton County Juvenile Court Pathways Committee, the Georgia Education Climate Coalition and Georgia PTA District 10.
Reservation: bit.ly/Jan16Film
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