St. Philip's School in partnership with KERA will sponsor screening and discussion group around the PBS series, Race Matters

Race Matters, a series that addresses our views as a society on race and ethnicity will be screened on Friday, January 9 and Friday, January 16 at St. Philip's School and Community Center. High School and College students will view Part I of the series and discuss the impact of race on Friday, January 9 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. On Friday, January 16, an adult panel discussion and screening of Part II of the series will begin at 6:30 p.m. This effort is a collaborative partnership between St. Philips School and Community Center and KERA to assist in creating tangible solutions with the goal of making our communities better.

(PRWEB) January 2, 2004 --
Race, race, race, scares 'em to death. If theyd dealt with it and been honest, we wouldnt have the problem we have now. But, no, they figured its better just to slide it under the rug and it will go away.
But its not going to go away."
Rick Givens, Chatham, N.C. County Commissioner

Screening and Panel/Discussion Group:
Youth            January 9th, 6:30-9 pm at St. Philips School and Community Center
Adult             January 16th, 6:30-9 pm at St. Philips School and Community Center

Summary:   Matters of Race is a four-part exploration of the world in which a new generation of Americans now find ourselves. Three years in production, Matters of Race allows its stories to unfold and the communities it explores to change in an unprecedented, sometimes uncomfortably intimate way. Combining the very best aspects of the explosive reality TV" trend with the thoughtfulness and scholarship that is the hallmark of our public television system, Matters of Race challenges our conventional ideas about race, about power, about our society. From New York to Los Angeles and Honolulu, Hawaii to the Whiteriver Apache Reservation in Arizona, the stories at the core of the films are about the personal relationships as well as the structures and institutions that shape, maintain and challenge the reality of race in America. As Angela Oh, a civil rights attorney interviewed in the series explains, What is being presented here is a question and a challenge that calls for creating something that never existed before and yet takes from all of what there is in the experience of the American people. Were not going back to anything. As much as we must pay attention to our history, we cant live in it. We have to live with it."

The goal of the screening and panel discussions are to provide an ongoing forum that is dedicated to making a difference in the area.

St. Philip's School and Community Center is a school serving over 200 students ages 3-6th grade as well as a community center that provides a quality, holistic education as well as comparable social services for the area.

Committed to making a difference, St. Philip's hosts the annual Destiny Awards each March to celebrate individuals, corporations and organizations that are devoted to celebrating diversity. This year's speaker is Juan Williams, author, commentator, and NPR Senior Correspondent.

For more information about St. Philip's, The Destiny Awards, or programs offered by St. Philip's, please contact Froswa' Booker-Drew, Director of Communications at 214-421-5221.
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