Congrats to four of our International Congress of Youth Voices delegates — Emma Lorenceau, Sean Farrelly, Anika Hussain, and Sarah Sobka — who appeared at the Equality Festival in Ghent, Belgium. They spoke about the Congress, about youth activism, and about misconceptions about their generation. I’m so proud of these people. They are so poised and kind and open and they fill me (and you, and all the Belgians who saw them) with hope. At the end of the festival, they were each given a plant (a smaller version of the ones you see behind them). Not sure how they got them on the plane, but that is not my concern. Congrats, guys. -D.E.
TO BE DESTROYED | WORLD PREMIERe!
To Be Destroyed is a documentary that follows author Dave Eggers as he meets with students and teachers in the Rapid City, SD school district where his novel The Circle was pulled from shelves along with works by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Chbosky, Bernardine Evaristo and Imbolo Mbue. Through footage of heated school board meetings, community rallies and interviews with locals, we learn how these books were designated “to be destroyed."
This film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Learn more and buy tickets here!