This month on WORLD, watch films that highlight our individual differences, reminding us of the very vulnerable, yet rewarding, human experience.
Dyslexia Awareness: How Storytelling Brought the Fight out in Anna Willis-Collier
After telling her story on Stories from the Stage, storytelling coach Anna Willis-Collier shares more about coming up against intolerance encountered by people with dyslexia.
No Longer Invisible: The Disability Community During COVID-19
When the pandemic created alternative work environments globally, employees with disabilities, especially those with invisible disabilities like mental health conditions, are now being more widely recognized and accommodated within the workforce.
Deej
DEEJ is the story of DJ Savarese, a gifted, young writer and advocate for nonspeaking autistics. Once a “profoundly disabled” foster kid on a fast track to nowhere, DJ is now a first-year college student who insists on standing up for his peers: people who are dismissed as incompetent because they are neurologically diverse. Will Deej be able to find freedom for himself and others like himself?
The Latino Factor: Impact on Boston and Beyond
Did you know that if U.S. Latinos were a country, their GDP would be ranked seventh in the world? Latinos are the second-fastest growing population in the country over the past decade. Join award-winning journalist Jorge Quiroga and guests to discuss the impact of Latinos in America on voting, the political stage and in the workforce. Presented by GBH/WORLD Channel and the Latino Equity Fund.
FEATURES & HIGHLIGHTS
Our full line-up of programming this month covers topics from ability in the workplace to identity, including a new season of Stories from the Stage and our collection of Latinx stories. Explore more with our October Viewer’s Guide, adding new voices to the conversation around diversity during Global Diversity Awareness Month.
We continue to amplify the Latinx community with Hispanic Heritage Month films, featuring the premiere of America ReFramed’s FIVE YEARS NORTH and upcoming Oct. 27th panel discussion with award-winning veteran journalist Jorge Quiroga and guests about the impact of Latinos in America on the political stage and in the workforce.
Plus, explore a new slate of Discover Your World programming, offering science, history, culture, social justice and international news content every weekday from 2pm to 5pm ET for those who love learning.
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Read an exclusive Q&A with investigative journalist Phillip Martin to learn more about the experience that led him to become the decorated reporter he is today, as told in Stories from the Stage: Newsworthy.
When the pandemic created alternative work environments globally, employees with disabilities, especially those with invisible disabilities like mental health conditions, are now being more widely recognized and accommodated within the workforce.
When the Dominican Republic strips citizenship for anyone with Haitian parents, young activist Elena becomes the face of the struggle to remain in the country built on the labor of her ancestors.
As the U.S. continues to fight COVID-19, vaccines have become the most efficient way of curbing the virus, but a hesitancy in Americans to get vaccinated threatens to delay the process.
In THE GOOD ROAD, hosts Earl Bridges and Craig Martin trek around the world to meet people who are making a difference in their communities.
Two transgender best friends celebrate their thirtieth year of friendship.
Decolonizing Mental Health calls for a redress of ways we define and treat mental health.
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