Events

« Week of March 21, 2010 »
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21 (event) "Crude" Film Screening Start: Mar 21 2010 7:30 pm Please join us for a screening of "Crude." The film documents not only the devastation Chevron (then Texaco) has wrought on the region, but also the communities’ 16-year struggle for justice in the Ecuadorean court system. The feature will be shown outside if good weather prevails so bring blankets and chairs for comfort; or indoors if conditions don't allow where setting will be provided. The show starts at 7:30pm with music videos, short documentaries and viral vids with the main attraction beginning at 8:00pm to be followed by open discussion. All are welcome as the event is free and open to the public.	22	23	24 (event) "The Price of Sugar" Film Screening Start: Mar 24 2010 7:30 pm Austin Amnesty International group shows a documentary that raises key questions about where the products we consume originate and at what cost? In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. Narrated by Paul Newman, "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to fight for their basic human rights.	25 (event) CANCELED - "Miami Model" Film Screening Start: Mar 25 2010 7:30 pm Join us for the Indymedia documentary "Miami Model" screening. The film explores the tactics employed by law enforcement agencies during demonstrations in Miami, Florida relating to the negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) trade agreement in November 2003. The term "Miami Model" refers to the distinctive features of crowd control technique used in Miami, which included large scale pre-emptive arrests, heavily armed sometimes unidentifiable law enforcement, the collection of intelligence from protesters, and the "embedding" of corporate media with the police. Miami-Dade State Attorney Kathy Fernandez Rundle responded to allegations of police brutality saying "The police were very professional, very controlled... I think we have a model here for the rest of the world to emulate in the future when these sort of events take place."	26 (event) Loose Lips Queer Open Mic Start: Mar 26 2010 7:30 pm The Queer Sol Collective presents Loose Lips: Speak out, Lash out, Act out. Loose LIps is a Queer open mic night hosted by Austin based arts collective, Queer Sol. Come support local poets and musicians and queer artistic expression. Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all come with an open mind and ear. Sign up begins at 730, Show at 8. All donations from the event will go to the Queer Sol collective, a multidisciplinary artist collective founded by Queer People of Color to explore our diverse abilities, and share our experiences. Queer Sol seeks to provide a safe space for queer identified people of color and their allies to meet, dialogue, connect, and enact social change through artistic means. Meet us in the MWB backyard and feel free to BYOB!	27

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