GOSSETT BRINGS MESSAGE TO HART HIGH ACTOR TELLS WHY TOLERANCE IS VITAL.Byline: CONNIE LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer NEWHALL -- Spreading a message of tolerance and cultural awareness, legendary actor Louis Gossett Jr. spoke to students Monday as the culmination of Black History Month celebrations at culturally diverse Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
Hart students also watched "Windows," an award-winning short film co-starring Gossett as an amputee am·pu·tee n. A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation. veteran who finds solace in an unsuspecting friend. Gossett said the film deals with wars and how different types of conflicts affect people. "It's about more than world wars," Gossett said. "It's about finding other ways to communicate with each other rather than violence." Tenth-grader Spencer Monhein called the 15-minute film powerful and said he appreciated its message of tolerance -- something he feels his school has also been carrying out in the last month. "The school is doing a pretty good job at having us learn about black history. The month now makes sense to me when before it didn't." Hart was named a Zero Hour school by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Commission on Human Relations human relations npl → relaciones fpl humanas for promoting cultural awareness through positive student activities after some racially fueled confrontations last year on campus. The Emmy- and Oscar-winning Gossett, who became a Broadway star in his teens and soon tripled as a star in feature films and television, told students about his personal commitment to cultural awareness. Sporting a black T-shirt marked with the word "Eracism," Gossett explained that his newest project is a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. foundation that is planning to send African-American youths involved in gangs to Africa to learn about their history and culture. "The message is to teach young people that there is no race or religion above any other so that there can be a level playing field See net neutrality. ," Gossett said. Hart Principal Gary Fuller said that is the message he hopes his students get out of the school's Black History Month activities. "We are one family," Fuller said. Gossett stressed that while viewing oneself as part of one human race is important, minorities should concentrate on learning their own history -- often skipped in history books, television and film. "I call this Operation Catch-up," Gossett said. "The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. is about to be the cutting-edge diamond of diversity in the world, so we need to have this knowledge of self." connie.llanos@dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- ran in SAC edition only) Emmy- and Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. talks to students at Hart High School on Monday about his latest work, an award-winning short film called "Windows." (2 -- ran in Valley edition only) Actor Louis Gossett Jr. talks to students at Hart High School on Monday about his short film called "Windows." David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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