One girl with courage is a revolution.
\nRichard Robbins, Director, 2013\u00a0
\nUSA | 101′ (English)
\nCRS Community Films and\u00a0Think Act Change NYC\u00a0invite you to screen\u00a0GIRL RISING,\u00a0a new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.\u00a0Afterwards, we’ll discuss some ways you can get involved with the partner NGOs (see below) to improve educational opportunities for girls around the world.\u00a0Leading the Q&A will be\u00a0Lindsay Morris\u00a0from the GIRL RISING team!\u00a0
\nTickets are $10 and only\u00a0purchasing online here\u00a0guarantees you a seat.
\nCate Blanchett (Haiti), Priyanka Chopra (India), Selena Gomez (Sierra Leone), Anne Hathaway (Afghanistan), Salma Hayek (Peru), Alicia Keys (Cambodia), Chlo\u00eb Moretz (Egypt), Freida Pinto, Meryl Streep (Ethiopia), and Kerry Washington (Nepal) narrate this inspirational profile of nine girls from across the globe who vow to get an education despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their paths. From Cambodian orphan Sokha to Nepalese composer Suma and nomadic Indian Ruksana, each of these girls has an incredible story to tell as they strive to get a proper education, and realize their true potential. In hearing those stories, we discover how a single girl with drive and determination can become the catalyst for positive change on a global scale.
\nEach girl is paired with a renowned writer from her native country: Marie Arana (Peru), Edwidge Danticat (Haiti), Mona Eltahawy (Egypt), Aminatta Forna (Sierre Leone), Zarghuna Kargar (Afghanistan), Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia), Sooni Taraporevala (India), Manjushree Thapa (Nepal), and Loung Ung (Cambodia).
\nGirl Rising also features Freida Pinto and Liam Neeson, with original music from Academy Award-winner Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe.
\nGirl Rising is the centerpiece of 10×10, a global campaign to educate and empower girls. The executive producers of Girl Rising are Tom Yellin, Holly Gordon, Paul G. Allen and Jody Allen. Girl Rising booked an exclusive nationwide engagement in 169 Regal Cinemas April 19-25, 2013.\u00a0
\nWebsite and teaser trailer:
\nhttp:\/\/10x10act.org\/girl-rising\/
\nAbout 10×10\u00a0
\n10×10 was founded by award-winning journalists at the Documentary Group and Vulcan Productions, along with strategic partner, Intel Corporation. 10×10 is built on a foundation of partnerships with NGOs, corporations, policy makers, and grassroots organizations \u2013 all working to change minds, lives, and policy.
\n10×10\u2019s coalition of NGO partners include a high-impact network of champions and leaders in girls\u2019 education. These organizations provide life-changing services to girls every day, and are among the best practitioners of their kind. They include:\u00a0A New Day Cambodia,CARE USA,\u00a0Girl Up\/UN Foundation,\u00a0Partners in Health,\u00a0Plan International USA,\u00a0Room to Read, and\u00a0World Vision.
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About CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Social Activism
\nAs you may know, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is a center for the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles (ACIM). Many people see the Course as being solely about changing the mind rather than behavior, about finding peace in one\u2019s own mind by accepting external circumstances (as being unimportant, indeed unreal) rather than trying to change them. However, the Course also says (in an earlier edition) that once your mind returns to love,\u00a0
\nYou now share my inability to tolerate the lack of love in yourself and in everyone else, and must join the Great Crusade to correct it. The slogan for this Crusade is \u2018Listen, Learn, and Do.\u2019 This means Listen to My Voice, Learn to undo the error, and do something to correct it. The first two are not enough. The real members of my party are active workers. \u2014 A Course in Miracles Urtext (T-1.26).
\nTherefore, we at CRS actively support all forms of social action that are motivated by love and the goal of undoing the obstacles to love in the world. That starts with changing our own minds by returning our own thoughts to love and then spreads when we help others to do the same.<\/p>\n
Learn moreThink Act Change Web Site
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