Through the guidance of our advisory board and a diverse group of educational and community leaders, we have partnered with a remarkable group of organizations in a joint effort to use QUESTIONING FAITH to make a difference in people's lives. Our partners currently include:

American School Counselor Association (ASCA): the national organization representing the profession of school guidance counseling, ASCA focuses on providing professional development of counselors across the country, enhancing school counseling programs, and researching effective school counseling practices. In their mission to promote excellence in professional school counseling and to the development of all students, ASCA has offered to participate in pilot screenings of QUESTIONING FAITH, to provide feedback about students in crisis, to help develop curriculum and study guides for the film, and to help us distribute it to their nationwide network of counselors.

The Association for Religion and Intellectual Life (ARIL): a global network for people of faith who are committed to making the connections between intellectual and spiritual life in the parish, the academy, and beyond. ARIL looks forward to using QUESTIONING FAITH to further their commitment to bringing people together across lines of difference around issues of common concern. They will showcase the film at their interfaith symposia, introduce it to a global audience by way of their Cross Currents magazine, and offer a link to their highly innovative web-site.

The Bonner Scholars: a program of the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation that offers scholarships to economically disadvantaged students at colleges nationwide in exchange for their participation in expansive community outreach and organizing efforts. In recognizing the need of their students to comprehend and appreciate diversity in faith and other perspectives, Bonner will include our film in their scholar-training programs.

Foundation for Better Health Care (FBHC): an institution with the mission to educate and empower all members of the health care community to work for and provide the best possible health and patient care. FBHC sees QUESTIONING FAITH as one of its projects to sensitize health care providers to the needs of religiously diverse patients as well as a crucial study in the effect of health crises on the spiritual lives of patients. FBHC and River Films will distribute this film to FBHC constituents at hospitals and health care centers around the world and include it in FBHC symposia and workshops as a tool to open up dialogue on the spiritual lives of patients.

The Jewish Community Centers (JCC) / HILLEL: a national network of community centers designed to create environments for Jews to come together from all walks of life for learning and fellowship. JCC plans to organize screenings of this film to further explore and promote diversity, a primary interest, as well as to conduct workshops on faith in the face of tragedy. HILLEL, the college and university branch of the JCC, will incorporate QUESTIONING FAITH in their continuing efforts to educate and strengthen Jewish communities on campuses nationwide through the acceptance and appreciation of difference.

Mixed Greens: a multimedia company devoted to supporting and promoting artists and filmmakers. Through a variety of services and media including the internet, television, film, and print, Mixed Greens helps these artists exhibit their work and expand their careers. Through the use of its website and an extensive distribution campaign, Mixed Greens with River Films will reach out to museums and arts organizations throughout the country as venues for screenings and discussions of QUESTIONING FAITH.

National Black Women's Health Project (NBWHP): a national advocacy and wellness education organization that aims to improve the health of black women everywhere and to empower black women to become active participants in the creation of healthy lifestyles. As a trusted forum for black women to discuss personal issues, NBWHP is in a crucial position to extract significant themes from the stories of two main characters in QUESTIONING FAITH who are African American women. Through the NBWHP's nationwide chapters, website, and video library, QUESTIONING FAITH will be used as a catalyst for discussion among the thousands of black women who endeavor to come to terms with spiritual and health issues.

National Council of Churches (NCC): an organization charged with encouraging nationwide discourse on religious diversity and theological concerns. NCC has endorsed QUESTIONING FAITH and its interfaith coordinator plans to bring the film to member churches in a continuing effort to provide study resources, promote and participate in other religious communities, and facilitate inter-church accord.

National Prison Hospice Association (NPHA): an organization that promotes hospice care for dying inmates. To help further their goal to support and assist corrections professionals in the development of high quality patient care procedures and management programs, NPHA looks forward to using QUESTIONING FAITH in their many educational programs, from organizational conferences to on-site prison presentations and hospice training programs.

Rainbows: a worldwide organization with over 8000 sites that provides curricula and training for the establishment of peer support groups for children, adolescents, and adults who are grieving due to a death, divorce, or other painful family transition. In their search for media that meaningfully addresses issues of family bereavement, Rainbows has embraced the film for use in its counseling programs.

The Temple of Understanding: a global interfaith association of the United Nations' Economic and Social Council that promotes interfaith dialogue and education internationally. The Temple of Understanding has endorsed and plans to use QUESTIONING FAITH in a range of their programs, such as regional college conferences; symposia like the North American Interfaith Network Annual Conference and the Parliament of the World Religions; United Nations educational events; and in an annual course on spirituality and different religious traditions co-sponsored by Auburn Seminary and the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute. As well as using our film in workshops and educational events, they will promote it through their international newsletter and on their PBS news-format program.

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS): a national peer support organization for those suffering the loss of a loved one in the armed forces. Citing the dearth of media comparable in scope to our film, TAPS will incorporate this project into its many programs and services offered for education and counsel around issues of grief.

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