November 10, 2011
Free Minds was honored to partner with the Benevolent Media Festival and American University’s Center for Social Media to host a screening of the powerful new documentary The Interrupters, the moving and surprising story of three “violence interrupters” in Chicago who with bravado, humility and even humor try to protect their communities from the violence they once employed. Following the film, Free Minds Co-Founder and Executive Director Tara Libert moderated a panel of local leaders Mark Timberlake, Michael Mattocks, Eddie Ellis, and Brian McEwen, joined by Free Minds members Michael, Gerald, and Darius—seven individuals working to interrupt the cycle of violence in DC.
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