93Queen: Strategies for Change Across Cultures

Using the documentary film 93Queen, which follows the early days of the first all-women Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) corps in a Hasidic Jewish community in New York City, students will learn how a group of trailblazing women faced resistance but succeeded in changing their community from within by founding Ezras Nashim. Within the context of the importance of tradition and respect for custom within the Hasidic Jewish community, students will explore the universality of the women’s journey to create change and establish a new expression of faith in a culture that may be unfamiliar, in order to appreciate the magnitude and groundbreaking work of these women.

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