We’ve got an amazing panel following this Saturday’s 8pm screening of award-winning Rafea: Solar Mama. Join us for an engaging conversation with director Mona Eldaief, Kellie Terry-Sepulveda of The Point CDC, Diana Mao, Co-Founder and president of Nomi Network, Sonia Russell of Cultivating Our Sisterhood International Association and Jose Made of Accion.
BDC is proud to partner with the New York City Coalition Against Hunger to screen A Place At The Table on Wed., My 29, followed by a panel with New York City Coalition Against Hunger Executive Director Joel Berg, POTS (Part of the Solution) Executive Director Christopher Bean, Just Food Board Member Karen Washington & Chef Marion Williams from Wellness in the Schools
Advance tickets and info here: HERE.
Rafea: Solar Mama | Saturday, May 11, 8pm
Panel Discussion with Director Mona Eldaief, Kellie Terry-Sepulveda of The Point, Sonia Russell of COSIA and Jose Made of Accion.
Rafea, an illiterate Bedouin wife and mother from Jordan, is chosen to participate in a six-month program at India’s Barefoot College, where she and other Third World women will be trained as solar engineers. With a resentful husband threatening her future, Rafea struggles to negotiate the gap between modernity and tradition as her confidence grows through camaraderie with her fellow students and she masters the skills that could bring electricity and unprecedented employment to her village.
Advance tickets available Here
Students tickets for $5 can be purchased at the door. Free for 18 and under.
We’ll be kicking off an excellent month of events next Saturday, May 11, as we screen the powerful Rafea: Solar Mama. See you all soon!
