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Curriculum Corner Vol. 6
Be our friend... preview our new films... health observance days...
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Make Scenarios USA your friend
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Our social media networking sites are up and
running- so come be our friend on Facebook,
MySpace and Youtube; and follow us on Twitter!
Just click on these buttons:
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Preview our new films
Our three new films on masculinity are now
available for
preview
. What better way to educate youth on
the issues they face today than with films
created by
youths themselves?
These three films (Bitter
Memories,
MANchild, and Misunderstood)
speak
volumes on the masculinity role that young men
face
today, such as issues around dating,
responsibility, economic survival, and
gender-based violence.
All Scenarios
USA films come with a lesson plan and
Behind the Scenes documentary.
Buy films here
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Health observance days: March
Check out these films that all address sexual
orientation in honor of Expect
More: National LGBT Health Awareness
Week (March 8-14):
Who
I Am, directed by Jesse
Peretz (The Ex); winner of the
Audience Award at the 2008 Miami Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival; Provincetown International
Film Festival;
Chicago Reeling Festival.
Just
Like You Imagined?, directed by
David Frankel (Marley and
Me).
Lipstick,
directed by Michael Apted (Rome,
What About Brian?).
Find out how
you can Expect More: here.
Check out our award-winning film Reflections,
directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
(Secret Life of Bees) in honor of
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day (March 10). In this film
three best friends learn to take the risk of
HIV/AIDS seriously as they navigate romantic
relationships in an urban environment mired
in economic strife, drugs and limited
options.
Find out
how you can promote awareness about the day
here: here.
Buy films here
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Scenarios USA at a conference near you
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Announcing our Curriculum Corner contest winner!
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How gender issues impact us all...
In our last newsletter we challenged you with
this prompt:
Share a moment from your life when you
felt you were being treated in a certain way
specifically because of your gender. How did
that make you feel?
BR won a set of
our 3 new movies with this
response:
"It sounds almost trivial
in the retelling, but it hurt enough at the
time that I can still call up the feelings. I
was walking down the hall in 6th or 7th grade
when a boy I didn't know asked me in a
belligerent tone with a curl of the lip, "Why
do you carry your books like a boy!?" I had
really never noticed that all the girls
hugged books to their chests and the boys
walked with them comfortably under one arm.
But you better believe I hugged them in front
of me from that day forward."
How do you think this event made BR feel?
Have you ever had a similar experience? We'd
love to hear from you...
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For our friends in San Diego
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Enter our new Curriculum Corner contest!
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We're often asked what keeps
Scenarios USA running. For us, it's the
opportunity to make a
difference in the
lives of youths who participate in our
programs and
watch our films.
Now we want to know what makes
Scenarios USA a valuable program to you. How
have
you seen our films or our curriculum impact
the youths you work with?
For a chance to win THREE films of your
own choice, let us
know about a specific situation our films or
our curriculum have shaped the lives
of the
youths you are involved with.
Respond by March 5th and you could walk
away with 3 free films! The
winner will be announced in next
month's
newsletter.
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Featured partner of the month
Safe Schools Coalition
The Safe Schools Coalition is an
international public-
private partnership in support of gay,
lesbian, bisexual
and transgender youth, working to help
schools - at
home and all over the world - become safe places
where every family can belong, where every
educator
can teach, and where every child can learn,
regardless of gender identity or sexual
orientation.
For more info please visit their website.
Good luck with the contest and see you next
month!
Best,
Ernestine
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Phone Number:
866.414.1044
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