Join the UMOJA Media Project and the Institute for Urban and Minority Education for a viewing of a youth produced documentary video, “UMOJA We Are One: Creating Peace in Our Community”, a project of TRUCE, the award-winning youth arts program of the Harlem Children’s Zone. The video chronicles the relationships between African immigrants and African Americans in Harlem, exploring the tensions, struggles, issues and the opportunities of the multicultural activity through the eyes of the youth.

Following the half-hour video, the youth producers and community members will moderate a student panel highlighting the issues raised in the documentary, discovering how young people are a primary resource to address the complex issues such as immigration rights, the right to education and civil liberties. After the student panel, participants will attend the first two breakout sessions. Each breakout session will highlight a particular topic related to the UMOJA video.

Breakout sessions provide a forum for Supplementary Education Programs (community, cultural, health, religious, and recreational organizations) to discuss their work and share resources while allowing participants to exchange ideas and information.

Breakout sessions will be facilitated by teams of students from TRUCE. The first breakout session will be a working lunch beginning at 12:30 p.m. The second breakout session will begin at 2:00 p.m. Each breakout session will suggest one “Call to Action” that will be shared at the final large-group session at 3:00 p.m.

Schedule: December 9, 2006

10 am - 10:30 Participant Arrival, Registration, Refreshments
10:30 am-10:45 am - Welcome, Overview
10:45 am - 11:15 am - Viewing of UMOJA!
11:15 am - 12:00 pm - Student Panel Q&A
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm - Mission: Call to Action
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm - Breakout Session I - Working Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Breakout Session II
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm - Call to Action!