BYkids is thrilled to have Nina Damiecki from the Ross School with us for two weeks. We look forward to collaborating on screenings in the future and thank you for your invaluable help.

BYkids is invited to Seth Godin’s weekend brain fest, where we met 80 inspirational change makers.

POET AGAINST PREJUDICE screens as an Official Selection at the Hollywood Short Film Festival.

Holly Carter takes Jayshree Janu Karpade and Faiza Almontaser to Qatar! The Doha Film Institute presents both FIRE IN OUR HEARTS and POET AGAINST PREJUDICE as part of the Education Above All event at the 2nd annual Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Doha, Qatar. Both Faiza and Jayshree present their films to packed theaters. http://on.fb.me/1BPRsBx

BYkids is delighted to be working with two extraordinary college students in the new position of Junior Executive Producer. Isabelle Wheeler from St. Andrews and Rebecca Celli will work to produce two of our new films for Season 2 for PBS.

The Independent Film Project and the United Nations host a screening and panel discussion of POET AGAINST PREJUDICE in Brooklyn as YOUTH VOICES: PROMOTING TOLERANCE THROUGH STORYTELLING. http://bit.ly/1tUPbk2.

Meanwhile, FIRE IN OUR HEARTS screens at the Virginia Film Festival; for the Brearley Upper and Middle Schools in NYC, organized by intern, Jennah Gosciak; and our filmmaker, Jayshree Janu Khardade, is in India continuing to make history: http://bit.ly/1xNj1oL

In our ongoing partnership with the Adelaide Australia Kids Film Festival, POET AGAINST PREJUDICE screens at their annual festival.

Trichen Lhagyari and Holly Carter screen MY COUNTRY IS TIBET to the full student body (over 700 people) at Loomis Chaffee. Thanks to Alec McCandless, Center for Global Studies and everyone at Loomis.

BYkids screens HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT to more than 400 K-12 educators at the plenary of the 17th annual World View conference at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. World View equips K-12 and community college educators with global knowledge, best practices and resources to prepare students to live in an interconnected and diverse world.

POET AGAINST PREJUDICE screens at five New Jersey schools. For Anti-Bullying Week BYkids partnered with Flomo and Bergen County’s school system and police Department to screen to over 2,000 kids with impactful panels discussions after each screening. Join the dialogue and tell us YOUR story: http://on.fb.me/1FOjsmo.

Partnering with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, BYkids hosts the world premiere of POET AGAINST PREJUDICE on the anniversary of 9/11 at Lincoln Center with a live feed of the film and panel discussion about bullying and Islamophobia with Faiza Almontaser to over 5,000 students. The positive impact is overwhelming from teachers and students. http://bit.ly/1qJOvtz.

BYkids attends the Clinton Global Initiative as a 2014 Member and presents the Commitment to Action to find and fund five new BYkids films for Season 2 on Public Television. http://bit.ly/1wKMvlY