Georgetown University To Host Project Rebirth 9/11 Anniversary Symposium: 'Film and Understanding Our Common Bonds of Loss'

Georgetown University To Host Project Rebirth 9/11 Anniversary Symposium: 'Film and Understanding Our Common Bonds of Loss'

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- "Project Rebirth", a documentary film project chronicling the strength of the human spirit coping with disaster in the aftermath of 9/11, is pleased to announce that its partner, Georgetown University, will host a two day-symposium marking the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. On September 11, 2008, Project Rebirth will form the centerpiece for panels organized by Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. On the evening of September 10, Georgetown's President Jack DeGioia will host a screening of a 30 minute selection of Rebirth's film for key Georgetown and Rebirth supporters, followed by a discussion and question and answer session with Rebirth's Founder and Director Jim Whitaker and President DeGioia, who sits on Rebirth's Board of Directors.

The two panels on September 11 will cover, "The Power of Film to Share Universal Loss" and "Coping with Violent Loss, Our Common Bonds of Grief," and will comprise leaders in global efforts to cope with and bridge the worst results of inter-religious and inter-cultural divides. Further details regarding the Berkley Center's symposium can be accessed at http://141.161.5.130:3005/events/1413

If you are interested in attending any of the events, please contact Sara Isaacs at (212)346-1482 or sara.isaacs@projectrebirth.org.

Project Rebirth's Founder and Director Jim Whitaker commented, "My team's work is focused on creating our documentary film about the efforts of the people and community of New York to cope after 9/11. Our documentary film will be released in 2010, and we will continue to film the rebuild of the World Trade Center site until it is complete. Rebirth's resources are focused sharply on completing our long term commitment to telling the stories of our subjects and their community, and capturing living history before it is lost. Thus I am particularly grateful to our partners at Georgetown for applying our film and film archives for powerful programs like the Berkley symposium that align with and complement Rebirth's mission to honor and remember 9/11."

About Project Rebirth

Project Rebirth is a chronicle of the strength of the human spirit coping with disaster: the aftermath of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center. As a feature-length documentary combining time-lapse photography with intimate stories of ten people coping post 9/11, it is recording the minute-by-minute redevelopment of the WTC site and represents the first long term film record of ten people dealing with grief and trauma. Proceeds from the "Project Rebirth" documentary will be reinvested to endow a Project Rebirth Center for victims of and first responders to events of traumatic loss. The Project Rebirth Center will meet an urgent need to improve the specialized care and support needed during and after major disasters.

Project Rebirth is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported by the generous contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations.

To learn more about how you can support our film and philanthropic efforts to honor those who suffered through 9/11 and those who sacrificed -- and the many who continue to serve in response to 9/11 -- please visit www.projectrebirth.org.

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