April, 2021 1 EDUCATION NEWS Sesame Street in Communities Trainings WXXI Education and our partners are hosting a series of Sesame Street in Communities trainings for local early childhood providers. WXXI and our partners are hosting a series of Sesame Street in Communities trainings to provide an overview of the website, resources available to support families and children, digital and hands-on activities, ways to integrate Sesame resources into current learning spaces, and an opportunity for early childhood providers to receive Sesame materials for their families. We will also provide an opportunity for participants to be connected with their local library for additional resources and programming available in their region. Where: All trainings are being held virtually via Zoom Who: The trainings are appropriate for those who serve children ages 3 to 6 years old. early childhood classroom educators and staff school counselors childcare center staff and providers home childcare providers and staff early childhood after-school and out-of-school educators and staff homeschoolers parents and caregivers community educators Registration: To register for individual sessions, visit https://wxxi.org/highlights/2021/02/sesame-street-communities- trainings. Registration is being done via Eventbrite. Once registered, you will receive a Zoom link for the session. Each session has a unique Zoom link. Certificates of Training/Professional Development Credits: All participants will receive a certificate of training showing their professional development; the certificate will show NYS CTLE and OCFS credits. WXXI Public Broadcasting Council and the CALL FOR Little Theatre are proud to sponsor the ENTRIES! Rochester Teen Film Festival, a collaborative, HEY TEENS! juried media competition for youth (13-18 years SUBMIT old) in the Rochester region. Submissions are YOUR FILMS open now through June 21st. Filmmakers can win the Philip Seymour Hoffman Award, which honors the late Academy Award-winning actor. The annual award goes to the teen whose film is chosen as “Best of Fest” and was established in association with the Hoffman family. The event showcasing the winning films will tentatively take place August 5 at 5:30 p.m. at Visit: The Little Theatre. https://wxxi.org/ With support from teenfilmfestival 2 Celebrate Earth Day 2021 with WXXI Education & Inventing Tomorrow Virtual Educator Training Join WXXI Education and Inventing Tomorrow for a free virtual training to support Science and STEM learning. The training will including new curricular materials from Inventing Tomorrow, and shared creative ways and resources to integrate environmental education and conservation projects into your learning space. Participating educators will receive free Science materials and 2 hrs of PD credit. Training Details When: Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 4 p.m. ET via Zoom Who: Anyone who serves and supports 7-12th grade youth (Educators can include: classroom teachers, school support staff, after-school and out-of- school staff, librarians…) Register Via bit.ly/InventingTomorrowWXXI or scan QR code This workshop is presented by WXXI Education with support from Impact Media Partners, LLC. The WXXI, Little and CITY Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council is charged with overseeing the development of the organization as a leader in the community on issues of racial Diversity, Equity, Inclusion equity. Council Leadership: The Council will be co-chaired by a member of the Board and a member of the staff, supported by Sesame Workshop continues its major the Chair of the Board and the President & CEO. Council Members: The Council will include members of the commitment to racial justice with new WXXI, Little and CITY Staff, WXXI/LTFS Board of Trustees, resources and content called "Coming Trustee Council and Community Advisory Board. Together" to help families talk to young children about race and identity. FREE LOCAL EVENTS https://www.wxxi.org/bh/education/coming-together- sesame-street-resources-racial-literacy Community and College Gospel ExplosionChoirs from various local colleges as well as community choirs will come together to put on a show. 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, April 4 - First Genesis Baptist Church, 292 Hudson Ave. Call for Artists—6 x 6 through April 10— Rochester Contempary Art Center (ROCO)- 137 East Ave., Rochester— Rochestercontemporary.org FOR MORE EVENTS VISIT City Newspaper at https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/ On-air & Video On-Demand Resource rochester/EventSearch? Collections: Visit WXXI’s Black Heritage & Culture site for Remember when folks used to talk about being "post-racial"? programming and videos on-demand for grown-ups Well, we're definitely not that. The Code Switch Podcast Team and older students https://www.wxxi.org/bh are a multi-racial, multi-generational team of NPR journalists fascinated by the overlapping themes of race, ethnicity and culture, how they play out in our lives and communities, and Visit https://www.classical915.org/topic/classical- how all of this is shifting. musicians-african-descent. Listen to Episodes On-Demand and Subscribe to the podcast.—https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/ Highlighted programming WXXI-HD PROGRAMMING - April 2021 Jazz: Our Language (1924-1928) - Saturday, April 3, 2021 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm—As the stock market continues to soar, jazz is everywhere in America, and now, for the first time soloists and singers take center stage, transforming the music with their distinctive voices and the unique stories they have to tell Down a Dark Stairwell airs 4/12 at 10 p.m.—chronicles the tragic shooting in Brooklyn of Akai Gurley, an innocent Black man, and the trial of the Chinese American police officer, Peter Liang, who pulled the trigger, casting a powerful light on the experiences of two marginalized communities thrust into an uneven criminal justice system. Unmarked From Reel South—Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 5:30pm - 6:00pm—Vast amounts of African American gravesites and burial grounds for enslaved persons have been disappearing over the years and with them personal connections unless these locations are restored. Evening With: B.B. King airs 4/16 at 4-5 a.m.—Barry Gordy airs 4/23 at 4-5 a.m.—Colin Powell airs 4/30 at 4-5 a.m. Flight to Freedom parts 1 &2 airs 4/21 3-5 a.m.—tells the complete story of the underground railroad. Host Cicely Tyson narrates this profile of the people, places and events behind one of the most remarkable yet largely untold chapters of American history. WORLD-TV is pleased to announce the return of Eyes on the Prize -the seminal series on the history of the American civil rights movement-to the channel's schedule beginning April 4, the anniversary of Martin Luther King's 1968 assassination. For more programming visit the WXXI Monthly Program Listings at https://www.wxxi.org/listings 3 PBS Books HEMINGWAY Book Club Conversation PBS Books is proud to announce a Book Club Conversation on Ernest Hemingway, in conjunction with the new PBS series, HEMINGWAY, premiering April 5- 7 at 8pm ET. We are encouraging people across the nation to read a book written by Hemingway in March, watch the HEMINGWAY documentary, and then join us for a virtual book club conversation with the filmmakers the following day, April 8 at 8pm ET. RSVP: Webinar The NOVA Science Studio is a program that aims to Registration - Zoom empower youth — especially those that are underrepresented in STEM — to tell engaging science communication stories about the issues that matter to them. NOVA Science Studio | NOVA | PBS the award-winning science series NOVA, produced for PBS by GBH Boston, announced the launch of NOVA Science Studio, a new national program to teach and engage young people through an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on science communication, digital media literacy, and video production. PBS NewsHour EXTRA recently debuted Journalism in With a goal to empower youth with the skills to tell engaging Action—(journalisminaction.org) - a new educational website stories about science through short-form videos and create a for middle and high school students designed to teach platform to amplify the voices of young people who have been important media literacy skills and the history of journalism in traditionally underrepresented in science Communication, America. Based on primary sources from the Library of NOVA Science Studio will give students exposure to a wide Congress, students dive into 10 key moments in history using range of careers in journalism, media production, and STEM. fun, interactive tools to explore how journalists made a The program will run now through June 2021. difference in people's lives and helped bring about civic change. Readers Are Lifelong Learners! Sign up here Welcome to Journalism in Action! Mailing List & The most powerful ways to encourage young readers are also Feedback (google.com) to learn more about the site and the simplest: talk with, listen to, read to, and write with your receive updates on how we can help young people connect the kids. When you engage your kids in conversation about the past to important events today. world around them, you're planting seeds of knowledge that will help them grow. Explore the collection: Growing as a Reader | PBS KIDS for Parents: https://www.pbs.org/parents/growing-as-a-reader Starting Your Podcast: A Guide For Students Thinking about starting a podcast with your students? This might be the year to do it! It could be a great asynchronous assignment or project that students work on while at home. Podcasts come in all shapes and sizes. That's good news for you, because it means that you have lots of room to be creative and make something you're excited about. WXXI Education created a list of public media resources https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/662070097/starting-your- that are available in multiple languages. podcast-a-guide-for-students This list of resources has been curated by WXXI Education and is a working list.