BYkids screened FAITH’S WORLD and discussed the film and models for civic engagement with the film and educational resources with student leaders from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey from the Civic Engagement in the 21st Century: Leadership and the Challenge of the Engaged Citizen program. We discussed the universal needs of being seen and heard despite our visible and invisible disabilities, as well as the worry of a parent about their kid’s future when they are gone.
Brian Mateo, Bard’s Associate Dean of Civic Engagement and BYkids Board member, said, “students were able to explore how to tell their own stories with Holly Carter, executive director of BYkids, as well as learn more about living with cerebral palsy through the film FAITH’S WORLD.”