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We Save Them...They Save Us
IRC Community Collaboratives + Children's Media Workshop Special Thanks / Impossible Without: Quoc Nguyen, IRC Community Collaboratives |
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WE SAVE THEM...THEY SAVE US
A project of Community Collaboratives for Refugee Women and Youth of the International Rescue Committee and the Children’s Media Workshop (www.mediadivide.org) |
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| Refugees, aged 14 to 18, now living in Utah are using digital cameras and technology to express their feelings concerning their new surroundings. The immediacy of visual communication heightens the perceptual skills of these youth are and their message is clarified. The work is not simply about them, it is about their relationship to American popular culture. The average American teenager watches over three hours of television a day. In many ways these refugees provide us with fresh insights into how we live, shining light on our strengths and weaknesses. As they become/are Americans, they are empowered by their awareness and can provide a much needed infusion into our commercially driven popular culture. We save them / they save us. A breath of fresh air. |
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John Schaefer, Director, Children’s Media Workshop |
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