Welcome to the Community Connections Project (CCP) outreach page for:

The CCP is supporting AFGHANISTAN UNVEILED through a variety of community and classroom engagement activities and resources with the television broadcast on the PBS series Independent Lens, November 16, 2004 at 10:00pm. Check local listings.

Get involved! Email outreach@itvs.org.

Filmed by the first-ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this uncompromising film reveals the effects on Afghan women of the Taliban's repressive rule and of the U.S.-sponsored bombing campaign. Leaving Kabul for the first time and traveling to rural regions of the country, the filmmakers present footage of women whose lives have been decimated by recent events.

The ITVS Community Connections Project (CCP) is partnering with organizations to run a community engagement campaign which reaches out to:

• Public policy makers, including elected officials and government agencies that monitor the Afghan peace and democracy process
• Peace, human rights and women’s rights organizations
• Faith-based congregations, particularly within the Muslim community
• Students in women’s studies, public policy, international affairs, political sciences, Middle East and Asian studies departments.
• International non-governmental relief agencies and institutions such as the UN, World Bank and IMF
• Associations for Women journalists, Afghan refugees, immigrants and cultural organizations

The goals of the outreach and education campaign are to:

• Educate U.S. audiences about the ongoing struggles and emerging opportunities for Afghan women
• Remind U.S. policy makers about responsibilities to support and promote women’s rights and self-determination in post-war Afghanistan
• Expose high school and college students to the challenges faced by women during Afghanistan’s democratization process
• Provide Afghan refugee and immigrant organizations with tools to educate their communities about women’s changing roles in Afghanistan
• Encourage U.S. media workers to provide support and solidarity for the rights of women journalists in Afghanistan

All materials are available to our national and local partners and public television stations at no cost. These include:

• Press Release
• Project Overview (PDF)
• Discussion Guide (PDF)
• National Partner List
• Activity Event List
  Read about the outreach events happening near you.
• Lesson Plans
• E-Postcard (Right- or control-click to save to your computer)
  With show description and broadcast information
• Companion Website at pbs.org
• Outreach Activity Evaluation Form
  Use the evaluation form to measure and share the success of your activities and projected outcomes.

With the support of national partners, public television stations and regional organizers, we want to make a difference in your community by:

• Sponsor preview screenings and complementary activities on the issue of women in Afghanistan
• Run educational workshops for U.S. policy makers on current conditions for women’s rights in Afghanistan
• Incorporate the film and the corresponding viewer guide into classroom activity and university forums
• Sponsor forums on the role of women in journalism in Afghanistan and other post-conflict societies