Screening.

My group finally has got the wheels rolling on our project and I’m very excited J Our screening date is set for Wednesday April 25 from 5-7pm in the Utopia Center. In the beginning, it seemed like things were going to run very smoothly for our group because we had had the contact made with the group we were working with. The only part of the CRAFT model we had left was action, and the we believed the rest would follow. Unfortunately, the process ending up taking a much longer time due to unforeseen circumstances, i.e. the boys school schedule, our availability, and moving around my other group’s schedule. Because of all these problems, and the deadline quickly approaching, I posed the idea of doing a screening of The Boys of Baraka. This way, everyone in the group could feel a bit more connected to our project. Now, we are in the process of advertising our event and coming up with questions for our discussion after the screening.

In addition to showing The Boys of Baraka, I will be showing my piece on the work I’ve done with the Boyz 2 Men group. I think these two pieces together could set up a really awesome conversation about the education system in the US. I'm thinking of stressing the importance of groups for young minority students who are dealing with a system of inequality in the education system. It will still hit on the achievement gap, but instead of focusing on the negative I want to shed light on the positive programs that are out there and that can be developed to help minority students. As for my independent research project, my focus of research has shifted as a result of this class. Working on my research and being in this class have really been nice complements of each other :)

I’m excited for our screening next week J