The FINAL speaker of the Parenting in a Pandemic Speaker Series brought to you by Sixth District PTA on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 starting at 6:30 PM.
Join in for an evening with Erin Gruwell & The Freedom Writers Foundation to learn about “Creating Cultures of Acceptance, Compassion, and Integrity. They will also highlight the topics of mental illness and addiction, and suicide awareness and prevention.

In a scene from the hit movie Freedom Writers, a film based on Erin Gruwell’s experiences as an English teacher to inner-city Los Angeles youth, a Latino student is drawing a derogatory picture of a fellow black student. Intercepting the racial correspondence, Gruwell is reminded of a caricature she had seen from the Museum of Tolerance—Holocaust propaganda of a Jew made to look like a rat. Drawing parallels between her students’ ignorance and the prejudice of the Nazis, Gruwell captures the attention of her class by pointing out the seriousness of their actions and the implications that can follow.

In a thought-provoking presentation, Gruwell explores the very situations that have led us towards conflict in the past and how tolerance and understanding could have prevented such negative outcomes. A true proponent that one person can make an extraordinary difference, Gruwell inspires us all to embrace the concept of changing lives by creating a culture of acceptance, compassion, and integrity.

Register today for this virtual presentation. The first 500 will be able to join the webinar. All others will have to watch the live stream via YouTube.