March, 2021 EDUCATION NEWS Sesame Street in Communities Trainings Fri, 04/30/2021 (All day) 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. CALL FOR WXXI Public Broadcasting Council and the Little Theatre ENTRIES! are proud to sponsor the Rochester Teen Film Festival, a HEY TEENS! collaborative, juried media competition for youth (13-18 SUBMIT years 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 Visit: take place August 5 at 5:30 p.m. at The Little Theatre. https://wxxi.org/ teenfilmfestival With support from 1 VIRTUAL SCREENING & Lesson WXXI HOSTS A VIRTUAL SCREENING OF Plans from Finding Your Roots PBS’S FINDING YOUR ROOTS AND DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON TRACING AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. ET WXXI Education and the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County’s Local History & Genealogy Division will host a virtual screening of clips from the PBS series Finding Your Roots followed by a panel discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities for African-American families tracing their lineage. The virtual event is on Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. ET. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about local resources and hear from experts and genealogy enthusiasts on how to start an ancestry journey. The event is free, WXXI Finding Your Roots: wxxi.org/roots but registration is required at: http://bit.ly/FindingYourRootsWXXI Corporate support for FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., Season Seven is provided by Ancestry and Johnson & Johnson. Lesson Plans On Family History Put U.S. History in Support is also provided by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Context: Focused on genealogy studies for people of Carnegie Corporation of New York, Candace King Weir, The Zegar FamilyFoundation, Lloyd Carney Foundation, and by The Inkwell color including resources for schools to assist students in Society and its members Felicia A. and Benjamin A. Horowitz Fund; conducting family history. On-demand interviews and Demond Martin; Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal; Jim and Susan video clips with people that have faced challenges and Swartz; Anne Wojcicki; John and Jennifer Fisher; Fletcher and Benaree Wiley; Gwen and Peter Norton; and Darnell Armstrong and traced family history and dealt with what they uncovered Nicole Commissiong. Major support is provided by the Corporation for in their family histories Public Broadcasting and PBS. https://wxxi.org/roots/story/educational-resources Anti-racism and promoting diversity learning resources PBS Playlist Race & Racism in America On-Demand PBS continues to provide programming on-air and on- demand regarding race, racism as resources for everyone to educate themselves and continue the conversation on all the ways that inequality in America shows up in everyday life. Systemic Racism in Housing: PBS LearningMedia East Lake Meadow: A Public Housing Story Collection PBS LearningMedia has a wide range of learning resources for students in grades 7-12th grade, focused on public housing and civil rights. East Lake Meadows, the public housing project opened by the Atlanta Housing Authority in 1970 and demolished a generation later, and provides resources to understand housing policy and racism. Resources on Race, Racism, Civil Rights, Current Events, and more WXXI Education staff collected resources from PBS LearningMedia to support educators and families while discussing the following topics: race, racism, protesting, civil rights, Black history and historical individuals, bias, past and current events, and more. Resources for Young Children on Race, Racism, and more WXXI Education staff collected the following resources to support families and educators of young children as they talk, watch, read, and learn about race and racism. On-Demand: PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and Racism Watch On-Demand: PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and Racism is a special co-viewing program for families with young children to watch and discuss together. The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special - On Demand Watch the Sesame Street special The Power of We anywhere, anytime on-demand thanks to the PBS KIDS Video Player. 2 The WXXI, Little and CITY Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Council is charged with overseeing the development of the organization as a leader in the community on issues of racial equity. Race in America: WORLD Video On-Demand Collections: Council Leadership: The Council will be co-chaired by a member of the Board and a member of the staff, supported by the Chair of the Board and the President & CEO. A collection of films by and about individuals in the Black community across the country on topics Council Members: The Council will include members of the current and historical. WXXI, Little and CITY Staff, WXXI/LTFS Board of Trustees, https://wxxi.org/bh/worldondemand Trustee Council and Community Advisory Board. FREE LOCAL EVENTS CommUNITY Arts & Wellness Festival March 5-7, 2021 | Online | FREE musicians and poets, Underrepresented voices a platform https://artsandwellnessfestival.wordpress.com/ events FOR MORE EVENTS VISIT City Newspaper at https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/ On-air & Video On-Demand Collections: rochester/EventSearch? narrowByDate=Today&sortType=title&v=d Visit WXXI’s Black Heritage & Culture site for programs, education resources and videos on-demand for grown-ups and older students https://wxxi.org/bh Remember when people used to talk about being "post-racial"? Well, we're definitely not that. The Code Switch Podcast Team Visit https://classical915.org/topic/classical- are a multi-racial, multi-generational team of NPR journalists musicians-african-descent fascinated by the overlapping themes of race, ethnicity and culture, how they play out in our lives and communities, and how all of this is shifting. Listen to Episodes On-Demand and Subscribe to the podcast.— https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/ Highlighted programming WXXI-HD PROGRAMMING - MARCH 2021 3/9 at 8 p.m. - American Masters “How It Feels to be Free” - Explore the lives and trailblazing careers of iconic African American entertainers Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier, who changed American culture through their films, fashion, music and politics. 3/11 at 8:30 p.m.—American Experience “Voice of Freedom” - Explore the fascinating life of celebrated singer Marian Anderson. In 1939, after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall because she was Bla) - ck, she triumphed at the Lincoln Memorial in what became a landmark moment in American history. The Black Church: This is Our Story (encore presentation)—airs 3/21 and 3/28 at 1 p.m.—Retrace the 400-year-old-story of the Black church in America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., exploring its role as the site of African American organizing, resilience, autonomy, freedom and solidarity. Sundays at 10 a.m. on WRUR-FM 88.5—Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was This six-part series tells the story of radio’s role in the 20th century transformation of the African-American community. First aired in 1996, the specials have been reformatted into six hours for 2021. Original host Lou Rawls guides us, with new narration from original producer Jacquie Gales Webb. Through interviews, historical air checks, comedy, drama, and music, the series reveals the remarkable correlation between milestones of Black radio programming and African-American culture. Among other topics the series explores the role of radio during the great migration of Blacks from the South, trail-blazing Black DJs and stations, and Black radio during the Civil Rights movement. 3 GRAMMY Museum® Announces GRAMMY In The Schools® Fest An official GRAMMY Week event, the four-day virtual GRAMMY In The Schools Fest, taking place Monday, March 8, through Thursday, March 11, 2021, celebrates music and music education. As the world is forced to rethink learning in the COVID era, it’s more important than ever to establish music as a cornerstone of a well-rounded education. To that end, the GRAMMY Museum (opens in a new tab) is leading the charge. During GRAMMY Week this year, the Museum will kick off GRAMMY In The Schools Fest(opens in a new tab) (GITS Fest), a four-day virtual festival running Monday, March 8, through Thursday, March 11.