You are invited to attend the premiere screening of our new retrospective documentary It’s STILL Elementary, with GroundSpark's Executive Director Debra Chasnoff, the film's Academy Award®-winning director. After the film there will be a Safe Schools Symposium with a panel discussion with leaders in the safe schools movement, including Eliza Byard, Interim Executive Director, GLSEN; Brian Ellner, Senior Counselor to the Chancellor, New York City Department of Education; and Celia Oyler, Professor of Education at Teachers College of Columbia University.

Please join us as we take stock of the progress that has been made since our groundbreaking film It's Elementary – Talking About Gay Issues in School was released over 10 years ago.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Corwin Center Auditorium, Horace Mann Hall
Teachers College of Columbia University
West 120th Street and Broadway
New York, NY

6:00 pm Doors open for reception
6:45 pm Film screening
8:00 pm Panel discussion

The event is free and open to the public. Identification required. Reservations are encouraged and can be made through www.groundspark.org or by calling 1.800.405.3322.

Co-sponsored by The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Family Project.

It's Elementary was the first documentary film to make the case that all children are affected by anti-gay prejudice and that all adults have a responsibility to address it. The film helped fuel a national movement by providing educators and parents with inspiring examples of how schools could be inclusive and pro-active in talking to children about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Hailed as “a model of intelligent directing” by International Documentary, The San Francisco Examiner said the film “could become one of the most important films ever devoted to lesbian and gay issues.” It’s Elementary continues to spark dialogue and change all over the world.

The new companion documentary, It’s STILL Elementary, follows up with the original participants and explores the impact It’s Elementary had on their lives. It looks at what happened when the film was screened across the country, and is a call to action for parents and educators to continue working for safe, inclusive schools.