Aveson Global Leadership Academy (AGLA) continued its relationship with The Righteous Conversations Project last June when eight high school students attended a week-long workshop at Harvard-Westlake School. Aveson’s entire high school was encouraged to apply and Trey Carlisle, Matthew Martinez, Jake Fernandez, Kali Van Dusen, Arine Esaian, Lilia Pankers, Purag Moumdjian and Milo Schureman were selected to represent their school.
During the workshop, a total of 34 students collaborated with filmmakers and Holocaust survivors to produce six Public Service Announcements tackling such topics as Education Reform, Bullying, and Technology.
On March 18, 2014 The Righteous Conversations Project held a PSA Gifting Ceremony and Screening. Each of the Public Service Announcements were officially “gifted” to different non-profit organizations, including the Museum of Tolerance, Heal the Bay and our very own Aveson Charter School. Our Global Competency Coordinator Tom Hyatt accepted the PSA “Re-Invent Education” for Aveson; Purag Moumdjian spoke on behalf of the creative team which included Milo Schureman, Jake Fernandez, Matthew Martinez and Lilia Pankers. Kali Van Dusen also spoke on behalf of her and Arine Esaian's creative team, gifting their PSA “Disconnect to Connect” to the National Day of Unplugging. Trey Carlisle's team produced “Open the Door” which was gifted to the Megan Meier Foundation.
Re-Invent Education:
Disconnect to Connect:
Open the Door:
“Disconnect to Connect” was recently accepted into five film festivals: Sun Valley Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Harvard Westlake Film Festival, Los Angeles Student Media Film Festival, and the International Youth Film Festival, where it was featured as a "showcased" film.
Congratulations to all of our talented and hardworking students!
Photos courtesy of The Righteous Conversations Project. To see more photos from the Gifting Ceremony, click here.
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