One great way to educate and mobilize family, friends, and colleagues around the defense of affirmative action is to host a house party. With the videos in hand, resources from the website, and some snacks, you can turn a casual gathering into an opportunity to make real change in your community.
What you'll need:

1. A working DVD and TV monitor or laptop computer to screen the videos.
2. Copies of the Affirmative Action DVDs, which can be obtained here.
3. Copies of Fact Sheets and any GET INVOLVED pages from the website that might interest your group.
4. Snacks - or organize a potluck!

Hosting the Screening
1. Test the DVDs on your player to make sure the audio and video quality are glitch-free.
2. Set out snacks for your guests. Play some fun, positive music to set the mood.
3. Gather people around the television. Explain what motivated you to host the house party. Be brief, but speak from the heart. If you are hoping to gather donations or signatures for a specific candidate or effort, be clear about that in your invitation and reiterate that goal at this point.
4. If the group is a mix of people who are not all acquainted you may want to ask everyone to introduce him or herself and say why they came and what they hope to learn.
5. Explain that the Affirmative Action Videos were produced by Firelight Media, an award-winning independent nonprofit production company dedicated to telling stories of people, places, cultures and issues that are underrepresented in the mainstream media. Stop the music, dim the lights, draw the blinds, and play the videos.
6. Open the room for discussion. You can pass out the Fact Sheets at this time. *
7. After viewing and discussing the videos, pass out the TAKE ACTION sheets and discuss them as a group. If you are part of a campaign or organization now is the time to encourage the group to take collective action. If not, you can simply allow individuals to act on what they saw in ways that make sense personally.
8. Thank the group for their time and commitment to social justice. Inform your guests about how they can obtain copies of the video so that they can host their own house party. Turn the music back on and allow time to socialize.

* Another option would be to invite a representative from one of the groups listed in the resource section of the website to attend the house party and answer questions after the screening.