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Please see below for currently scheduled public screenings of By Design: The Shaping of Nashville Public Schools. Seating is limited, so make sure to RSVP if you would like to attend.

Make sure to check back here for information as additional screenings are scheduled.

Thursday, March 3, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Johnson Center theater, Belmont University | Hosted by Belmont University Department of Social Work, Q&A to follow film | RSVP not required

Saturday, March 26, 2022 | 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Southeast Branch, Nashville Public Library | 5260 Hickory Hollow Parkway #201, Antioch, TN 37013 | Hosted by MNPS Parent Advisory Council (PAC), discussion to follow film | RSVP

Saturday, April 23, 2022 | 10:30 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | East Branch, Nashville Public Library | 206 Gallatin Avenue, Nashville, TN 37206 | Hosted by MNPS Parent Advisory Council (PAC), discussion to follow film | RSVP

By Design: The Shaping of Nashville's Public Schools is a documentary produced by the Nashville Public Education Foundation examining historical moments of public schooling in Nashville dating back to the 1800s. The film is intended to educate city leaders and the community about how public policy and community priorities have formed the basis for the city’s current education system, and to generate awareness and advocacy to stimulate policy solutions for a better public school system where all students thrive.

By Design: The Shaping of Nashville's Public Schools has been produced by NPEF in collaboration with education experts, leading historians, community and state leaders, and students from defining moments in Nashville’s public-school history. Among those featured in the film are:

Dr. Linda Wynn, Assistant Director for State Programs, Tennessee Historical Commission
Dr. Ansley Erickson, Historian and Author of Making the Unequal Metropolis
David Ewing, Historian
Governor Phil Bredesen, former Nashville mayor and Tennesseee governor
Judge Richard Dinkins, Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge
and five of the original 16 Black students who desegregated  Nashville schools in 1957

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WHAT'S NEXT?

Ready to take action? By Design: The Shaping of Nashville's Public Schools explores key moments in our city's history that led to the school system we know today. The film intends to educate the community in order to jumpstart important solutions-driven conversations on how we can collectively work together to create a just, equitable system where all students thrive in school. Download our Action Guide to help you get started.
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We hope you will join us in the important next steps to help raise awareness of our city’s rich history of public schooling and how we can use our collective knowledge to take action as a community. We invite you to host a viewing and discussion of the film with your friends, family, coworkers, and others in your community. Use the links below to access the film on Youtube and to download our Watch Guide to help jumpstart your post-viewing conversation.
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