Friends
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We’re excited to announce a special week-long theatrical run for “Race to
Nowhere” at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater!
“Race to Nowhere” will open Friday 12/2 with showings four times
daily through the weekend, and three times daily Monday through Friday.
Purchase tickets online or call (510) 465-7586 for showtimes.
** About the Film **
Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have
been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that
students aren’t developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to
do what’s best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic in
our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged,
stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and young people
arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.
Race to Nowhere is a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to
challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to
become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.
In a grassroots sensation already feeding a groundswell for change, hundreds of
theaters, schools and organizations nationwide are hosting community screenings
during a six month campaign to screen the film nationwide. Tens of thousands of
people are coming together, using the film as the centerpiece for raising
awareness, radically changing the national dialogue on education and
galvanizing change.
Featured in the film:
* Dr. Madeline Levine, Clinical Psychologist and author of the best-seller, The
Price of Privilege
* Dr. Wendy Mogel, Clinical Psychologist and author of The Blessing of a
Skinned Knee
* Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, Adolescent Medicine Specialist, The Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia
* Dr. Deborah Stipek, Dean of the School of Education at Stanford University
* Dr. Denise Pope, Co-Founder, Challenge Success, Stanford University
* Sara Bennett, Founder, Stop Homework
* [Plus students and teachers, including some from Oakland Tech]
