EP 43 - Perspectives on Peace: Education & Empowerment in the Syrian Refugee Crisis; Sept 26

Conversations from the Leading Edge

This month's episode features the talk that followed a set of short documentary film screenings focused on Education and Empowerment in the Syrian Refugee Crisis, the first of AC4's 2nd annual Perspectives on Peace series. The films for this screening included two videos from Capture the Moment: Mobiles for Education competition, sponsored by Their World, and featured the short NY-Times Ops-Doc "Another Kind of Girl". The talk was led by Dr. Felisa Tibbitts of Teachers College and includes presentations by four panelists, including: community artist and filmmaker, Laura Doggett; Global Social Impact Director at Sesame Workshop, Nada Elatter; Co-Founder of NaTakallam, Aline Sara; and Director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School, Professor Bruce Usher. Please note: videos that were included in the program, including those during the presentations, are not included in this audio. The Q&A portion that follows the presentations is unedited. For more info about the event: http://ac4.ei.columbia.edu/events/perspectives-on-peace/education-empowerment-in-the-syrian-refugee-crisis/ Release Date: October 2016.