Advocate: Discussion Guide Using This Guide

Using This Guide

In this collection:

Film Summary

Using This Guide

Letter From The Filmmakers

The Film: Participants and Key Issues

Background Information

Discussion Prompts

Resources

Credits and Acknowledgements

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This guide is an invitation to dialogue. It is based on a belief in the power of human connection and designed for people who want to use Advocate to engage family, friends, classmates, colleagues, and communities. In contrast to initiatives that foster debates in which participants try to convince others that they are right, this document envisions conversations undertaken in a spirit of openness in which people try to understand one another and expand their thinking by sharing viewpoints and listening actively.

The discussion prompts are intentionally crafted to help a wide range of audiences think more deeply about the issues in the film. Rather than attempting to address them all, choose one or two that best meet your needs and interests. And be sure to leave time to consider taking action. Planning next steps can help people leave the room feeling energized and optimistic, even in instances when conversations have been difficult.

For more detailed event planning and facilitation tips, visit communitynetwork.amdoc.org.

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About the author:

Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown is an Assistant Professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work and teaching address feminist and queer theory, migration, transnational feminist solidarity, and settler colonialism. Brown's writing has appeared in Feminist Theory, Political Theory, International Feminist Journal of Politics, and Global Networks. She is working on a book manuscript about migrant care and domestic workers in Palestine/Israel. She is a co-host of the Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast with a transnational listenership across the humanities and social sciences.

Siddhant Issar

Siddhant Issar is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His writing has been published or is forthcoming in Contemporary Political Theory, The Black Scholar, Public Seminar, and an edited volume on Rosa Luxemburg. He is also a co-host of the Always Already Podcast. Issar is currently working on his dissertation, which thinks with the Movement for Black Lives to develop a critical theory of racial capitalism.