Community Conversations
Exploring Issues of Civic Responsibility
Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation present a series of community-wide dialogues across the US. Prominent scholars, authors, filmmakers, and policy leaders will speak and participate in discussions about civic engagement, individual and collective responsibility and tolerance.
March 1, 2012 In The Warmth of Other Suns, Wilkerson tells one of the greatest under-reported stories in American history about a time when some six million black Americans fled the American South for an uncertain existence in the urban North and West. Their leaving became known as the Great Migration. Inspired by her own parents’ migration, The Warmth of Other Suns is the story of three who made the journey, of the forces that compelled them to leave and of the many others—famous and not so famous—who went as far as they could to realize the American Dream. Read Facing History's interview with Isabel Wilkerson |
March 7, 2012 March 8, 2012 Join us for a preview screening and conversation featuring Bully, the first feature documentary film to explore “a year in the life” of bullying in the United States. From the first day of school through the last, the film intimately follows the lives of a few of the many courageous kids and families bullying affects each day. The film captures the distress of bullying victims, the frustration of their parents, and in some cases, the overwhelming grief when bullying ends a life. The event will include a panel conversation featuring Lee Hirsch, director of Bully and Emmy award-winning filmmaker. Facing History is an educational partner for the documentary and will publish a facilitator’s guide to accompany it. Bully premieres in select theaters March 30. |
Highlights from Past Community Conversations | |
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and co-author of Half the Sky Daniel Goldhagen, author of Worse Than War Judy Shepard, author, activist, and mother of Matthew Shepard Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of Half the Sky Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health Lisa See, author of Shanghai Girls Authors Alex Kotlowitz and Sonia Nazario, in conversation about immigration Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund and author of The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small Marco Williams, director of the documentary film Banished Mona Golabek, author of Children of Willesden Lane and concert pianist Film as a Catalyst for Social Change | Don Cheadle & John Prendergast Azar Nafisi, of Reading "Lolita" in Tehran: A Memoir in Books San Francisco, November 9, 2006 Taking an Active Role in African Affairs, with Romeo Dallaire Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement and Today, featuring Terrence Roberts, Judith Vecchione, & Sandra Robbie Marco Williams and Whitney Dow, documentary film directors of I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education Courage and Rescue During the Rwandan Genocide, featuring Paul Rusesabagina Transformation in a Time of Democratic Fever, featuring Justice Albie Sachs and Vanessa James Fallows, national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly The Role of Media in a Democracy, featuring Jerry Mitchell Responsibility and Choice in our Global Community, featuring Carl Wilkens Escape from Slavery, featuring Francis Bok
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About The Allstate Foundation
Established in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent, charitable organization made possible by subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL). Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the country, The Allstate Foundation brings the relationships, reputation and resources of Allstate to support innovative and lasting solutions that enhance people’s well-being and prosperity. With a focus on teen safe driving and building financial independence for domestic violence survivors, The Allstate Foundation also promotes safe and vital communities; tolerance, inclusion, and diversity; and economic empowerment. For more information, visit www.allstatefoundation.org.
For information about Community Conversations, email info@facing.org.
