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Stevie
Wonder Joins The Foundation To Launch National Campaign On Ethnic Tolerance
World-renowned
recording artist, Stevie Wonder and Music impresario, Russell Simmons,
will join with The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
to launch a landmark national campaign to promote ethnic tolerance and
combat the outbreak of ethnic profiling in the aftermath of the terrorist
attacks upon our nation. The campaign will be a comprehensive initiative,
using public service announcements and published
materials to appeal to Americans to recognize the strength that comes
from sharing our similarities and differences. The published materials
will consist of a specially developed curriculum/teacher's guide on ethnic
tolerance for high school students across the nation: and a pamphlet on
how to promote tolerance that can be used by community leaders, civic
groups, political clubs, rotary clubs, etc.
The nationally televised public service announcement will feature Russell
Simmons, Foundation President Rabbi Marc Schneier, and young students
from a variety of different ethnic and religious backgrounds. The
PSA will show, at its conclusion, a toll-free number and The Foundation's
website address for viewers to obtain the guides and/or the pamphlets.
It will air on Time Warner Cable (CNN, TBS, TNT, Lifetime, VH1, MTV, ESPN)
and on ABC national network.
The Foundation's research staff and a team of scholars and experts from
New York University's Department of Applied Psychology are producing the
special curriculum/teacher's guide and pamphlet. The guide is intended
for use in high school classrooms for a one to two week period, and will
adhere to New York and California State teaching standards. The
Foundation will rely on its extensive relations with Congressional leaders,
their distinct staffs, and local school boards to distribute the guides
and pamphlets to high schools, community groups, and other interested
organizations from around the country.
"The national campaign is perhaps one of the most important undertakings
in the history of this organization", said Rabbi Marc Schneier, President
of the Foundation. "It's origins are a direct outgrowth of
the founding principles of FFEU, with a purpose further galvanized by
the tragic event of the recent terrorist attacks on our nation",
he said.
Copyright
© 2005 The Foundation For Ethnic Understanding
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding was founded in 1989 by Rabbi Marc
Schneier and the late Joseph Papp. We are committed to the belief that
direct, face-to-face, dialogue between leaders of ethnic communities is
the most effective path toward the reduction of bigotry and the promotion
of reconciliation and understanding.
1 East 93rd Street, Suite #1C
New York, New York, 10128
ffeu@ffeu.org
(Tel) 917-492-2538, (Fax) 917-492-2560
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