Sister networks/happenings around the area

Stuff happening down the road (27) in Lansing @ the Northstar center:

Tuesday April 14 @ 6 pm

Screening of Slingshot Hip Hop

Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.

Tuesday April 21 @ 7 pm

The Role of Art in Social Movements: Justseeds/Visual Resistance Artists’ Cooperative Tells Their Story

Come out to hear Detroit’s Bec Young and Lansing’s own Dlyan Miner unfold the history of Justseeds and sketch out their viewpoints about art as a tool for movement building.

Justseeds/Visual Resistance Artists’ Cooperative is a community of artists who believe in the power of personal expression in concert with collective action to transform society. They are a decentralized and democratically organized group, spread across a dozen cities, who produce individual fine artworks, collective installations and print portfolios, and regularly create illustrations, posters and design work for social justice organizations and causes.

Saturday April 25 from 9 am-noon @ Gone Wired Cafe

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for NorthStar Center

Please come out and support us by eating some pancakes. It’s $5 for kids, $8 for adults at the door. The money will go to paying our bills at NorthStar.

This is happening today on campus…maybe folks could go armed with quarter sheet fliers!:

Two documentaries for Pride Week

Two short documentaries, “Trevor” and “Freeheld,” will be shown today (April 16) at 2 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Auditorium, followed by discussion. These documentaries focus on the challenges faced by the LGBT community. A reception will follow in the Multicultural Education Center, Bovee University Center 125. This event is part of Pride Week and is co-sponsored by the Office of Gay and Lesbian Programs, Gay Straight Alliance and SBAC. (Submitted by: Sarah Avery, Multicultural Education Center, phone 7318, wojto1sa@cmich.edu).

Also:

The award-winning documentary “FLOW – How Did a Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water?” will be shown on Sunday, April 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the Park Library Auditorium on the CMU campus in Mt. Pleasant.

The movie documents the world-wide water crisis, focusing especially on India, Africa, China and Michigan. The Michigan part of the film arises from citizens’ opposition to the Nestle Waters/Ice Mountain extraction of public waters from Mecosta county. The film sheds light on the World Bank’s involvement in water privatization and water-for-profit.

As an expression of environmental concern, this documentary is sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Michigan University, the Mt. Pleasant Area Diversity Group, the Multicultural Education Center at CMU and the Michigan Citizen for Water Conservation. Admission is free and everyone who is concerned about the future of our water supply is invited to attend.

For more information, please contact Dr. Gisela Moffit at 989-772-1602 or via email: moffi1g@cmich.edu.

Flow is amazing. Everyone needs to see this, it is vital.

Aah! I saw part of Flow in my social problems class. I will tell people.

FREE SOUP…maybe if a few of us go, too, we can ask some challenging questions/pass out quarter sheet fliers.

Soup and Substance: Answering the Nation’s Call to Service

Join us from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in the Bovee University Center Gold Room for a hearty bowl of soup and warm bread and consider the question: Are you ready to serve? Speak with panelists who successfully integrate volunteerism, service-learning and civic engagement into their roles as students, educators, administrators and staff. Imagine new ways to integrate service into your own role and take away the tools to inspire and organize yourself and others. Open to campus and community. For information and registration click here. (Submitted by: Christina Wickham, Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching, phone 6411, wickh1cl@cmich.edu).

Women’s Aid Service and a Yard Sale!!!
As you begin your Spring cleaning, please consider donated your unwanted, unused, and unneeded items to Women’s Aid for resale at a yard sale to be held on May 21–22, 2009 in conjunction with the Highland Festival. Please call at 989-773-7960, 989-773-7950, or drop a note at Woman’s Aid Service, P.O. Box 743, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48804 to tell us what items you are planning to donate.

Here is some information on the “Journey For Forgiveness” march that I mentioned the other night.

whitebison.org/wellbriety-journey/index...

Conference for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Organizers of May 1st Marches from Los Angeles, San Antonio, New York, Chicago, Detroit, etc.
will gather in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday June 13 & Sunday June 14, 2009

Dear Activist:

After the great success of the May 1st marches which were held in over 100 cities, Latinos United in Michigan invites all activists of the

Immigration movement to participate in the “Conference for Comprehensive Immigration Reform” which will be in Detroit, Michigan on

Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14. The purpose of the conference is to democratically discuss the steps to be followed in order to

accomplish objectives for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and which are suitable to the needs of immigrants. Taking into account

the expectations created by President Barack Obama in his declarations about Comprehensive Immigration Reform and the current political,

social, & economic conditions. We need to acknowledge the necessity to continue our quest to democratically pursue the fulfillment of our

objectives. For those activists who wish to attend the “People’s Summit” (national event), on Sunday June 14 we will have a tour of the city of Detroit.

Detroit has been devastated by the economic crisis, social, energy, environmental ills, etc (Ironically, this crisis was caused by the same forces

that oppose Comprehensive Immigration Reform) At the end of the tour, we will join the “People’s Summit”. In this event we will state our

position with respect to Comprehensive Immigration Reform before other groups of activists who will meet here in Detroit to participate in

this event.

For more information call or write to Latinos United of Michigan:

Ignacio 313 575 4933 laborexchange@aol.com, Rosendo 313 580 5474 rosendo@luum.org

Respectfully,

Rosendo Delgado (313) 580 – 5474
Ignacio Meneses (313) 575 – 4933
Latinos Unidos/United de Michigan

www.luum.org/1.html

Isabella County to support ‘Journey for Forgiveness’

www.themorningsun.com/articles/2009/06/...