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Follow on Google News | W.K.Kellogg Foundation backs Racial Equity Film/Dialogue ProjectWorld Trust of Oakland, CA is developing a racial equity film/dialogue project, Cracking the Codes: Race & Relationships in the 21st Century. It will receive major funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Major funding for the project comes from a $200,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich. “This project is designed to deepen and shift the framing of racial disparities in this country, “ said Shakti Butler, PhD, director of the film and executive director of World Trust Educational Services. “The current conversation is not only shallow, but actually harmful. We continue to primarily focus on individuals, when institutional and structural inequities are the bigger problem. We live in a time when we cannot afford to squander our national treasure -- the minds and hearts of people.” “Like our previous projects, The Way Home and Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible, this new project fills a gap in racial equity training and education. Organizations are seeking tools that will provide their students, staff and communities with a deeper understanding of systemic inequity that will drive cultural change and be expressed in policies, services and other forms of democratic action,” says Butler, “Cracking the Codes: Race & Relationships in the 21st Century will inspire accountability and a passion for racial justice in many thousands of students, teachers, faith-based organizations and leaders in our country.” The film itself features a critical mass of moving personal stories from leaders in the racial justice movement such as anti-racism activist Tim Wise, spoken word artist Ise Lyfe and scholar Joy Leary. Stories are intertwined with theater, dance and other art forms to link the personal impact of racism to larger, institutional manifestations in health, education and the judicial system. Like all films developed by World Trust, Cracking the Codes will be supported by a post-screening conversation guide designed to elicit dialogue that moves viewers from the emotional impact of the film to transformative learning and engagement. World Trust is also developing a web-based curriculum of learning modules that Cracking the Codes participants will be able to work with over time after the initial film/dialogue experience. “People often ask us, ‘Where do we go from here? How can we effect change in our organization, or in our community?’ By providing a deeper understanding of the system, developing skills in communication and healing, and teaching the fundamentals of democratic movement building, this curriculum will prepare change makers to act,” said Dr. Butler. “It is our hope that this transformative learning program will help move the conversation about race, acknowledge the systemic inequities, and begin to change these systems that all too often, hold children back from reaching their full potential,” said Dr. Gail C. Christopher, Vice President, Program Strategy at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Cracking the Codes: Race & Relationships in the 21st Century film/dialogue project -- DVD, conversation guide and website -- will be available to educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups and communities in 2012. World Trust Educational Services is a nonprofit organization formed in 1987 to eliminate racial injustice through transformational education. Its documentary films are designed for dialogue and engage thousands of new people in racial justice each year. For further information about World Trust, please visit www.World-Trust.org. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, established in 1930, supports children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Grants are concentrated in United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Southern Africa. For further information on the foundation, please visit www.WKKF.org. # # # The mission of World Trust Educational Services is to eliminate racial injustice and build community through film and dialogue. World Trust has produced three landmark documentaries and engages thousands of people through its films and seminars annually. End
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