AFMI Education: AFMI goes to school
AFMI Education serves as an umbrella for a number of activities aimed at reaching out to communities throughout the United States through film and film education. These include year-round screenings of Arab films at middle and high schools, including bringing the Arab Film Festival to schools, and focused exhibitions at colleges and universities.
Few venues provide Americans, and especially Arab-American youth, with an alternative to the prevailing, monolithic images depicting Arabs as violent people, trapped in victim/victimizer cycles as shown through the lens of mass media. As a result, the American public is left with a very limited understanding of the various cultures and complexities found in the region and its people.
AFMI Education: AFMI goes to school
AFMI Education serves as an umbrella for a number of activities aimed at reaching out to communities throughout the United States through film and film education. These include year-round screenings of Arab films at middle and high schools, including bringing the Arab Film Festival to schools, and focused exhibitions at colleges and universities.
Few venues provide Americans, and especially Arab-American youth, with an alternative to the prevailing, monolithic images depicting Arabs as violent people, trapped in victim/victimizer cycles as shown through the lens of mass media. As a result, the American public is left with a very limited understanding of the various cultures and complexities found in the region and its people.
Be the Change
Young people from Arab, Muslim and Middle Eastern communities are particularly vulnerable to the effects of racial and religious prejudice, and the scarcity of positive images of their heritage in the popular media only exacerbates the problem.
In order to shift this narrative and empower our youth, an integral part of AFMI is its unparalleled educational opportunity that addresses both the need to educate the public and empowers Arab American youth to understand and connect with their heritage and culture.
Be the Change
Young people from Arab, Muslim and Middle Eastern communities are particularly vulnerable to the effects of racial and religious prejudice, and the scarcity of positive images of their heritage in the popular media only exacerbates the problem.
In order to shift this narrative and empower our youth, an integral part of AFMI is its unparalleled educational opportunity that addresses both the need to educate the public and empowers Arab American youth to understand and connect with their heritage and culture.
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