Monday, April 25, 2016

Coming Together Film Screening & Discussion: "Just a Piece of Cloth" at the Jones on May 12

 From Coming Together: 

 

Join us on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the Woodbury Room for the next film in this ongoing film and discussion series that may education, touch your heart, and inspire you to action to help dismantle racism.  A facilitated discussion will be held after the screening.

 

Just a Piece of Cloth is a documentary that unravels stereotypes perpetuated by the mainstream media about Muslim women.  It is a film about Muslim women, the hijab, and other issues of Islamophobia and racism.  A facilitated discussion will follow the screening.

 

Free and open to the public.  For more information, please contact Janet Ryan at 413/259-3223

 

This film series is co-sponsored by the Jones Library and Coming Together.  More information about Coming Together can be found at http://www.coming-together.org/.