WALK ON MY OWN is screened and discussed hosted by the United Nations Association of New York at the Dolby Screening Room. The conversation revolved around human rights issues and more specifically, Ndèye Fatou Fall’s short film. Her documentary depicts life in a small village in Senegal that abandoned the traditional practices of Female Genital Cutting and child marriage in order to promote both education and empowerment.
The International House in New York, NY screens the world premiere of WALK ON MY OWN. The screening is followed by a panel conversation about cultural shifts in Senegal with Holly Carter (executive director and founder of BYkids), Molly Melching (founder and creative director of Tostan) and Naima Dido (program director at Seed Program International).
SXSW EDU Panel, “Rikers: An Education Through Film,” on I COULD TELL YOU ‘BOUT MY LIFE at the Austin Convention Center on March 5th, 2019. The panel includes Michael Martin (filmmaker), Messiah Ramkissoon (artist, mentor, and advocate at Friends of Island Academy), and Holly Carter (founder and executive director of BYkids). The team was joined by Sammy Chadwick (BYkids Board member).
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Michael Martin’s I COULD TELL YOU ‘BOUT MY LIFE is featured in a Metro New York article. Read article here
Holly Carter is the guest speaker at a Rotary Club meeting in New York City and speaks on the topic of teaching empathy and globalism through film. Holly is honored to be invited to speak by President Theodore Perednia and Executive Director Andreas Runggatscher. It is a delight to meet members and share BYkids’ work.
Denver Frederick, host of The Business of Giving on AM 970, has a conversation about the work and impact of BYkids with Holly Carter. Denver says, “we occupy a world where people who are living a problem are rarely if ever heard, and when they are, it’s typically through the voice of some adult. But what about the children who have grown up in these circumstances? What does the world look like and feel like from their perspective? The organization that is bringing us the personal stories of these young people in a very creative way, so we can better understand the world around us, is BYkids. And it is a delight to have with us this evening their founder and executive director, Holly Carter. Good evening, Holly, and welcome to The Business of Giving. INTERVIEW HERE
Join us at the upcoming screening and panel discussion of I COULD TELL YOU ‘BOUT MY LIFE at the Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street) on Thursday, February 7 at 6:30 to kick off their Activist series. BYkids youth filmmaker, Michael Martin, shares his story about life on and after Rikers at age 17. The screening will be followed with a conversation: Art and incarceration, with New York-based artists Onyedika Chuke, Sophia Dawson, and Messiah Ramkissoon about the power of art – including film, painting and sculpture, and spoken word – to address the ongoing crisis of mass incarceration. Buy tickets here
María Ceballos Paz, who told her story with the help of BYkids in her documentary DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED, is featured in Nobel Peace Prize-winning Malala Yousafzai’s new book, WE ARE THE DISPLACED: MY JOURNEY AND STORIES FROM REFUGEE GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD, María has a whole chapter. Read the interview
Holly Carter screens MY BEAUTIFUL NICARAGUA and talks about teaching empathy and global citizenry to students as a keynote speaker at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills’s World View conference. The 2018 K-12 Global Education Symposium is organized by Charlé LaMonica and her amazing staff and is attended by 300 teachers from North Carolina. Holly was honored to be introduced by North Carolina’s Teacher of the Year, Freebird McKinney.
