Summer is in full swing, and kids are deluged with marketing messages from amusement parks to blockbuster movies...Come join Shaping Youth for TWO showings of Consuming Kids at 5pm and again at 7pm on July 31 to test out ‘prime times’!! (many voted for weekend timeslots and an ‘earlier option’ due to wee ones, so we’re testing RSVP headcount!)

The screening will be followed by a discussion featuring Amy Jussel, Founder & Exec. Director of Shaping Youth, and it’s a great chance to chat in a small, intimate setting with large ideas and thought leaders.

Since it’s summer, we’re also ‘testing’ the idea of ‘teens in training’ to babysit younger siblings on site upstairs while you enjoy the popcorn and the show. Let me know if this appeals.
We're excited to continue hosting our monthly community screenings of the critically-acclaimed new film Consuming Kids, an eye-opening account of the pervasive and pernicious effects of children's advertising on the health and well-being of kids.

The film is produced by the Media Education Foundation and features the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood staff and Steering Committee, and is completely FREE and open to the public.

Amy is actively seeking youth interested in service credits and internships to explore the positive aspects of media as well as trend-tracking the negative behavioral cues, so come one come all! (parent volunteers too!)

Amy will also share info gleaned from the last CCFC summit where she led a workshop with colleagues including CCFC director Dr. Susan Linn, author of Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood.

Feel free to bring squirm-free sibs and kids that would benefit from this movie message too, as age appropriate. Hope to see you there!

P.S. If we have enough interest in a double-feature format, we'll also be screening "Where Do the Children Play?" the pbs documentary to add a dose of eco-literacy into the mix and get thinking about summer fun outdoors!

HOSTED BY: Shaping Youth.