The Screenings

Host Your Own Screening
Hosting a Youth Camera Action screening is a great way to spread the word about the School to Prison Pipeline and the over-policing of New York City Schools. You can screen one of the films or all three. A screening can be in a classroom, an auditorium or your home. It’s all up to you.

Here’s how to make it happen:
1. Set the date and place.
Find a location for your screening. It can be in your home, at school, at your workplace, a community center or a religious institution. Then choose a date and time when the space is free.

We’ll send you the YouthCamera Action DVD, a School to Prison Pipeline Toolkit, Criminalizing the Classroom reports, Know Your Rights with Police in Schools palm cards, handouts on the School to Prison Pipeline and the Student Safety Act, the Youth Camera Action Screening Report Card and Youth Camera Action Screening Checklist.

2. Contact us.
Contact us at 212-607-3388 or youthcameraaction@nyclu.org to tell us the date, time and location of your screening. We’ll send you the YouthCamera Action DVD, a School to Prison Pipeline Toolkit [The Toolkit.YCA], Criminalizing the Classroom reports [nyclu.org/policinginschools], Know Your Rights with Police in Schools [http://nyclu.org/node/1360] palm cards, handouts [School to Prison Pipeline Fact Sheet.STPP ]on the School to Prison Pipeline and the Student Safety Act, the Youth Camera Action Screening Report Card and Youth Camera Action Screening Checklist. We can also help you with the planning. Make sure you contact us at least three weeks before the screening.

3. Publicize the event.
Your event can be big or small, public or private. Contact any friends, family, classmates or coworkers you want to come. If it’s a bigger event, make an announcement at school, during community meetings and after religious services. Make sure you have fliers with the date, time and location of the screening to distribute and post around your neighborhood, school and job. Also post the event on your website, MySpace or Facebook page, and to email listservs. With your permission, we’ll post your screening on our website, too.

4. Make the most of the screening.
Make sure your event features plenty of thought-provoking discussion. Try one or two of the sample activities on page 10 after the film. Devise your own activities. Make sure you discuss solutions to the School to Prison Pipeline. You can also invite a speaker—one of the filmmakers, an NYCLU organizer or a community figure—to discuss the issue.
Pass out information on the School to Prison Pipeline and the Student Safety Act. You can download handouts at www.nyclu.org/schooltoprison. Give your audience at least one concrete way to take action.

5. Tell us how it went.
Fill out a Youth Camera Action Screening Report Card and tell us how many people came, what films you screened and how the discussion went. Mail the Report Card to Youth Camera Action, NYCLU, 125 Broad St., 19th Fl, New York, NY, 10004. Email photos from your screening to youthcameraaction@nyclu.org.

Screening Materials

Planning
Youth Camera Action Screening Hints (PDF)
Youth Camera Action Screening Checklist (PDF).
Youth Camera Action Screening Report Card (PDF).

Handouts
School to Prison Pipeline Fact Sheet (PDF)
A Look at New York City School Safety (PDF)
Student Safety Act One Sheet (PDF)
Student Safety Act Post Card (PDF)

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