Welcome to the new Global Connections blog on International Education Washington. We will regularly be posting great opportunities for students who have earned or are interested in earning the Global Competence Certificate. First opportunity: watch the PBS documentary film Lives, Not Grades.
The film is available to stream on PBS for free: (Preview | Full Film (1 hour)) The American Romanian Cultural Society (ARCS) is offering an online Q&A featuring Emmy Awarded director Daniel Druhora, cinematographer Teodora Totoiu and moderated by Radu Smintina, ARCS board member and education coalition manager at OneAmerica. Sign up for the Q&A here.
About the documentary
A team of USC college students travels to Moria Camp in Greece, known as “the worst refugee camp on earth,” to design and build innovations that can improve the lives of the refugees fleeing wars and natural disasters. (Preview | Full Film (1 hour))
Connecting this to your Global Competence Certificate Portfolio
Students: Here are some additional resources to help you research and reflect on the global issue of refugees. Questions? Contact us at intledwa@gmail.com.
Background on the Lesbos Refugee Camp:
- https://www.npr.org/2021/12/05/1061607883/pope-francis-lesbos-greece-refugee-crisis
- https://www.rescue.org/country/greece
- https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/05/world/pope-francis-greece-migrants
Refugee Issues Connected to SDGs (UNHCR):
Questions to Reflect on:
- What challenges do individuals and families face within refugee camps? How are these challenges being addressed?
- What innovative solutions are recommended by students at USC? Do you think they will be successful? Why or why not?
- How do individuals in the film communicate ideas with diverse groups of people?
- How might you “take action” locally or globally to support refugee populations?
- Aside from conflict, what are some of the other reasons why people might be displaced and become refugees?
- In your opinion, what responsibility does the international community have in supporting refugee populations?
About the Romanian Film Festival 9th Edition
The American Romanian Cultural Society (ARCS) is offering the 9th edition of the Romanian Film Festival titled Homelands, reflecting on this year’s current events, while celebrating the power of film to map out new meanings into a world where people have been displaced by wars, economic crises, political instability, and natural disasters. The internationally acclaimed movies featured in our carefully curated selection, covering all forms and genres, as well as our film related events with special guests, will redefine our sense of homelands and belonging, in relation to our families, neighbors, countries of origin, and, by extension, to our planet itself. As Daniel Ursache’s poster illustrates, movies remain, year after year, our main path and answer, when everything else seems out of place.
Learn more:
THE ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL, 9TH EDITION: “HomeLands”
WHEN: NOVEMBER 11-27, 2022
WHERE: Northwest Film Forum, Nov. 11-13 and Nov. 18-20 Online, Nov. 11-27
