Broadcast Premier of 'Broken Places' on PBS [pbs.org]

Thank you so much for bringing this wonderful documentary to our attention. I will use it in a course called "Violence in the World of Children" that I teach every semester (on-line) at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia!  The film has relevance to a couple of particular areas of the course. One has to do with 'social maps' - and understanding the connections between children's experiences of the world around them and the paths their lives take within these environments. One of the assignments has students 'interview' themselves and someone 30 years different in age to explore links to family, peer groups, schools, neighborhoods, communities, religious institutions, mass media, social media and how these links influenced their lives. Another assignment has students read about ACES and take the ACE Survey. They also learn about Developmental Assets  (Search Institute) and complete a survey to learn about the links to positive supports in their lives as children. Students then link their results on the surveys (their data point) and how they relate to ACES and Developmental Assets larger results.

This film will provide other reference points for these to class assignments! A great learning tool. I might also use it in a project I am working on to bring discussions of "human dignity' to our local school system!

All of this work involves the importance of personal stories and connecting to ones story and sharing the stories of others!!

Thanks again!