molly secours (lecture topics)

Listed below are selected lecture/presentation topics available from Molly Secours. Additional topics may be requested.
Tiptoeing Around Diversity
	How tiptoeing around diversity perpetuates misunderstandings, grievances, inner-office conflict and discriminating practices. View the brochure. (You will need a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file.)

Whispering Black
	How white-washing racial discussions perpetuates the myth of race. View the brochure. (You will need a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file.) Downloadable Poster

The Film and Lecture Series consists of the screening of one of Molly Secours' films, followed by discussion of the film and the issues it addresses. Films designated as YVTV were created under Molly's Youth Voice Through Video program, co-founded with the Oasis Center, and made possible in part by a grant from the George Soros Foundation.

College On The Brain
	April 2007: Wrote, produced, directed and edited a 30-minute documentary highlighting the economic, social and racial inequities at a local high school in East Nashville and how a group of youth took matters in their own hands by joining forces with a committed high school principal. Their mission was rather than beating the odds, to actually change them.

Faces of Tenncare: Putting a Human Face on Tennessee's Health Care Failure
	March 2006: Wrote, produced, and edited a 13-minute short documentary which explores how the loss of medical coverage has emotionally, physically and financially devastated the lives of thousands upon thousands of Tennesseans. The short film features portraits by photojournalist Joon Powell, narrated by Minton Sparks with vocals and music by Maura O'Connell, John Prine and Steve Conn.

A Way Out (YVTV)
	July 2005: Produced, co-directed and edited a 17-minute Youth Voice Through Video (YVTV) narrative. The piece explores the dilemma of a talented basketball player pulled between the influences of a classmate who has succumbed to the temptations of easy money and a studious friend who offers to help him boost his grades for college.

A Conscience Decision (YVTV)
	Spring 2004: Produced, co-directed and edited a 15-minute narrative with youth which takes a peak at teen romance and what might happen when the proposition is made to "take the relationship to the next level."

Welcome To My Hood (YVTV)
	June 2003: Produced, co-directed and edited a 21-minute documentary in conjunction with juvenile court ordered at-risk youth and Genesis Mentors. The youths invite us into their homes and their worlds to inform us and challenge our assumptions as we hear from them about the challenges facing them on the street, in their neighborhoods and in their homes.

Deadly Silence
September 2003: Co-wrote, edited, and produced a 9 1/2-minute video addressing the impending execution of death-row inmate Philip Workman and his appearance before the TN State Clemency Board where evidence of perjured eyewitness testimony was presented and ignored.


White-Washing Racial Prejudice The racist language of history and the "code speak" used by whites to perpetuate the system of white privilege. Includes 10-minute video.
The Bootstrap Fallacy How political conservatives slash social programs by advocating the popular myth that everyone must "pull themselves up by their bootstraps." Who has the boots and what about the broken bootstraps?
Welcome to My Hood: Arts and Activism How art can be used to affect social change and public policy. Includes 21-minute screening of Secours' documentary "Welcome to My Hood."
What Color is the Jailhouse? Minority youth and the juvenile justice system. Video screening optional.
Straight Talk About Race - A Dialogue in Black and White Secours teams up with scholar and racial dialogue facilitator Dr. Jacqueline Wade to encourage an honest discussion of racial equity in the workplace.
White Like Us Secours teams up with author/speaker Tim Wise to identify the unearned and unfair advantages of being white in America.
Should America Pay? Dr. Ray Winbush and Secours address issues cited in Dr. Winbush's much talked about book pertaining to the raging debate over slave reparations.