08/30/2026
Why Dead Poets Society for a community movie night?
Because at its heart, this film is about finding your voice, noticing the people around you, and recognizing that our choices matter.
Those ideas are also at the heart of Green Dot.
Green Dot is The S.A.F.E. Center’s evidence-based violence prevention program. It asks us to pay attention to the moments when something doesn’t feel right and reminds us that we each have options for responding.
Sometimes that means being Direct and saying something. Sometimes it means creating a Distraction that changes the situation. And sometimes it means Delegating by finding someone else who can help.
You don’t have to be fearless. You don’t have to have the perfect words. And stepping in doesn’t always mean confrontation.
Dead Poets Society explores what happens when people feel pressure to stay quiet, follow expectations, or ignore what they know and feel. It also asks us to consider the influence we can have on one another and what can happen when someone chooses to speak, listen, notice, or act.
That’s where this movie and Green Dot meet.
Violence prevention doesn’t begin only after something terrible happens. It also happens in ordinary moments, when people choose what kind of friend, classmate, coworker, neighbor, or community member they want to be.
So on September 29, we’re inviting our community to come watch a great film, learn a little more about Green Dot, and maybe leave thinking differently about those everyday moments.
🎬 Dead Poets Society
📅 Tuesday, September 29
🕖 7:00 p.m.
📍 The World Theatre, Kearney
🎟️ FREE and open to everyone
This evening is made possible through funding from the Arthur Klinkacek Community Enrichment Fund in support of our Green Dot prevention program.
Free-will donations to our Drive Hope Home Campaign and donations of paper products for The S.A.F.E. Center will also be welcomed, but neither is required.
Bring a friend. Bring a student. Bring a coworker. Or bring someone who has never heard of Green Dot.
Carpe Diem. Sometimes the moment to make a difference is simply the one in front of us.