Event

Think Small : NEW YORK

Featuring a film screening of the inspirational and award winning documentary "A Small Act" directed by Jennifer Arnold

Open bar and light food

After 2pm on Thursday, Oct 21st, you can only purchase tickets at the door - $25, please bring cash.

Sewing items from the Takaungu Sewing Co-operative will be on sale along with jewelry made by women in Uganda and sold through the organization Beads for Life,

Check out the XO laptops from One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) that our 5th and 6th graders are now using and see the terrific art they have created with them,

Dumbo retailers Bread and Butter, DUMBO General Store and Superfine are sponsoring food and drink for the evening,

All proceeds support the students at Vutakaka Primary and Junior Schools in Takaungu, Kenya,

You will leave this amazing space feeling inspired.

powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Dumbo, F to York Street, 2/3 to Clark Street, A/C to High Street)

Contact: Jen Hill 347-330-2670

When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but years later she does. Now a Harvard graduate and a Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations, Chris Mburu decides to find the stranger that changed his life. Inspired by her generosity, he starts a scholarship program of his own and names it for his former benefactor.

Using a strong narrative, the film interweaves seemingly separate lives into a cohesive whole. With clarity and grace, A SMALL ACT, bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create.

Official selection for 2010 Sundance, Los Angeles, and Edinburgh Film Festivals.