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Film club on the importance of media literacy

  • It’s important to have media literacy because the media we digest and how we understand it dictates how we interact with the world around us.

    Amani Jones-Embry, White Mountain Apache Tribe

  • Media literacy is imperative to comprehending socio-cultural nuance in storytelling and recognizing/identifying patterns in ourselves + the world around us - enabling us to absorb and apply lessons learned to our lives.

    Koa Bylilly

  • Especially in this new generation, it is important that we encourage young people to reflect on the media they are consuming on a daily basis. It is important to empower young people to be informed and engaged in media without allowing it consume their entire being.

    Tallulah Ortiz, Comanche Nation

  • Resilience and representation of Indigenous communities

    Winona Miller, Navajo

  • As native youth, using meaningful and useful ways to provide our unique perspectives and represent our culture is important.

    Kyla Dayon, Hopi, Cheyenne, Arapaho

  • Media has taken the front seat in what most people view. Having the knowledge of. Media literary will make you that more in-tuned with today’s trends and what’s happening.

    Jeanette DeDios, Jicarilla Apache