Screening To Action Large Community Event Agenda
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3Screening to Action Large Community Event Agenda
This agenda is designed for a group of twenty to hundreds of people. Use this to host
a 2.5–3 hour screening and conversation for a coalition, a leadership summit, or a
community-wide gathering.
The goals of this agenda are to
Build relationships among participants
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Consider building a “walk and talk”
Learn about the obesity epidemic
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into the agenda to integrate
Share information about existing community efforts
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physical activity into the meeting.
Determine community priorities
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Identify action steps
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Feel free to use your own language and context when asking questions. The statements
below are only suggestions for how your discussion may flow.
Welcome
15 min
Welcome everyone and do introductions of key participants
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Briefly review goals of the screening and dialogue
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Please see Facilitator Tips on page
Establish ground rules
19 for suggested ground rules.
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Share our experiences
Invite participants to discuss these questions with the person sitting next to them.
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10–15 min
Briefly describe what brought you to this meeting.
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Obesity can be a challenging topic to discuss. What makes it hard to talk about
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weight and obesity?
Invite several people to share highlights of their discussion with the whole group.
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Watch The Weight
Introduce film
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of the Nation™: Part 4
HBO created The Weight of the Nation™ a 4-part documentary to confront America’s
obesity epidemic in order to help us
20–70 min
Learn more about America’s obesity epidemic.
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Screen chapters 1 & 11 from The Weight of
Hear what communities around the country are doing to change things.
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the Nation™ Part 4: Challenges (18 min).
Spark ideas for what we can do here.
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If you have more than two hours,
consider showing additional
chapters or all of Part 4 (68 min).
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The Weight of the Nation™ Screening to Action: Quickstart Guide
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