Cultural Event 3

My last cultural event that I saw was the Dreyfuss Initiative. It was very powerful and inspiring but also very alarming. Dreyfuss was extremely informative of the urgency in installing American Civics back into the schools for our children to learn. I found it kind of scary when he said "I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on the story of America... and our kids won't know how great of a country we had." I also found it very interesting on how he spoke of our children becoming more and more uneducated or "stupid" and "ignorant" as he referred to them frequently as generations pass by. I also thought it was great how he spoke of the way our country has lost it's way through corrupt corporations claiming to be capitalists and politicians claiming that they speak the truth. Dreyfuss desperately tries to convey the importance of educating yourself and stop listening to the untruthful media outlets. I thought it was interesting how he was explaining to a questioner how Viacom who owns CBS can tell CBS they wish not to be investigated therefore controls what the media outlet relays to the people and that this happens with all media outlets. In the end of his speech he says that there are 75 theaters in the country that he would like to reach about having an American History play and that he's contacted 25 so far and gotten all 25 to be on board. This play on American History can be written by anyone and will be picked to be used and the winner gets $300,000. He also asked everyone to donate money to his organization and to help educate not only our children but the cynical adults who may have given up on saving the history of America feeling it is a lost cause. He quoted Jimmy Stewart from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington saying, "Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for". Alarming, yet inspiring, to say the very least.