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4-H Conversations on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4-H teen leaders from Buffalo and Lackawanna are committed to improving their communities. One way they believe our communities can improve is by talking about experiences of discrimination and social injustice. The videos below were developed by 4-H teens, in partnership with adult leaders, to engage in important, and sometimes challenging, conversations around racism and other forms of discrimination.
Who We Are: Youth Perspectives on Modern Discrimination
The 4-H Youth Community Action Network (Youth CAN) teen leadership group at Global Concepts Charter High School created this documentary to share perspectives of young people who experience discrimination and offer solutions for how we can all work to overcome stereotyping.
Conversations on Black Lives Matter
The series of videos, “Conversations on Black Lives Matter,” was created by teen leaders during the summer of 2020, after the murder of George Floyd. The teens used the LARA (Listen, Affirm, Respond, Add) method to develop the scripts in a way that aimed to create space for having a respectful dialogue. We invite you to check out the LARA method handout as well as the discussion guide as you watch the videos.
LARA method - http://ccecolumbiagreene.org/resources/test
Conversations on Black Lives Matter Video Discussion Guide
Discussing “All lives matter”
This skit is about two people disagreeing about the statement Black Lives matter in comparison to “all lives matter.” At the end, the person who initially disagreed comes to a point where he agrees that, yes, Black Lives Matter.
Responding to someone saying “Black Lives Matter” shouldn’t exist
This video is about two people having a discussion about violence that happens in the black community and violence from the police. These two are not the same.
How to respond to, “Why are so many Black people looting?”
This is a conversation between two individuals with different perspectives about the Black Lives Matter movement. The purpose of this conversation is to tackle the misconception of associating the Black Lives Matter movement and looting as one universal picture. Though the conversation was engaging, there is still a division between both perspectives.
How to respond to “The protestors deserved to get arrested”
This video is a conversation between a Black Lives Matter protestor and a bystander while another Black Lives Matter protestor is getting arrested. The bystander wants the protesting to stop in his neighborhood.
Last updated April 5, 2024
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