Library live-streaming canceled; join us at OPRF
Three years ago, Academy Award-nominated director Steve James filmed a year in the life of a dozen Oak Park and River Forest High School students. Due to overwhelming response and limited resources, we have canceled our plans to live-stream at the library. Please join us at Oak Park and River Forest High School in support of this community-wide event.
7 pm:
Sunday, August 26
Tuesday, September 4
Monday, September 10
Monday, September 17
Monday, September 24
Monday, October 1
Monday October 8
Monday, October 15
Monday, October 22
Sunday, October 28
Oak Park and River Forest High School Auditorium
201 N. Scoville Ave., Oak Park
Free admission, all welcome
Conversation, resource guides
Participant Media has created an America to Me Real Talk Guide (pdf), as well as episode guides, with tools to help anyone lead a watch party and host candid conversations about race, equity, and education. To access the series to host a watch party, discussion leaders will need to subscribe to STARZ. Download the guides, check out a glossary, and more »
Want to learn more about local racial equity efforts in Oak Park and River Forest? Download the Success of All Youth Guide to Equity Resources (pdf) »
In the news
- The New York Times (August 24, 2018): “‘America to Me’ Is a Searing Lesson in School Inequity“
- The Washington Post (August 24, 2018): “You’d think this Chicago-area school could close its race gap. A new TV series tries to find out why it can’t.“
- WGN News (August 23, 2018): “A look at the new docu-series focusing Oak Park River Forest High School”
- Chicago Tribune (August 20, 2018): “Behind the scenes of docuseries ‘America to Me,’ about racial inequity at Oak Park and River Forest High School“
- Chicago Tribune (August 14, 2018): “‘It’s not just a challenge for Oak Park’: Lake Theatre packed for screening of Starz series on OPRF“
