Naniola Productions in partnership with Mercy Corps Action Center to End World Hunger and Columbia University Medical Center Office of Government and Community Affairs presents the third annual Food For Thought Film Festival 2009; a showcase of films about our life sustaining resources: FOOD and WATER.
The festival begins on April 11, 2009 at the Action Center to End World Hunger downtown with a reception featuring locally made products begins at 8:30pm on April 11, 2009, and conclude on April 18, 2009 at the Columbia University Medical Center Alumni Auditorium uptown.
The Whiteside Forum presents: "Crisis: Global Hunger"
Moderator: Dr. William Parsons
Professor, Chair of Political Science and Leadership Studies at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
Keynote speaker:
John M. Staatz
Professor, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI speaking on
"Food Security: Why are so many people hungry in the world, and what can be done about it?"
Panel and speakers:
John E. Peck
Executive Director, Family Farm Defenders, Madison, WI
Members of the National Family Farm Coalition, members of La Via Campesina, and their allies will take to the streets below the Chicago Mercantile Exchange at 11am on April 17th to protest the violations of the rights of peasants and agricultural workers due to the dramatically increasing liberalization of the world's food system.
Naniola Productions in partnership with Mercy Corps Action Center to End World Hunger and Columbia University Medical Center Office of Government and Community Affairs presents the third annual Food For Thought Film Festival 2009; a showcase of films about our life sustaining resources: FOOD and WATER.
The festival begins on April 11, 2009 at the Action Center to End World Hunger downtown with a reception featuring locally made products begins at 8:30pm on April 11, 2009, and conclude on April 18, 2009 at the Columbia University Medical Center Alumni Auditorium uptown.
Come view the screening of this 2009 Academy Award Nominee for best documentary feature, followed by a panel discussion with the Garden Farm leaders, Rufina Juarez and Tezozomoc.
This free event is sponsored by
The Public Health Institute,
The Oakland Food Policy Council,
The Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, and
The California Food and Justice Coalition.
www.immigrantsolidarity.org/calendar/Calendar.php
click on May 1 to see dates, times and locations of rallies and events.
WE ARE ALL HUMANS! NO ONE IS ILLEGAL!
A national day of multi-ethnic unity with youth, labor, peace and justice supporters in solidarity with immigrant workers--to build a new immigrant rights and civil rights movement!
Please wear a white T-shirt.
Platform for legislative reform includes:
-- a plan for legalization without condition for undocumented immigrants,
-- speedy family reunification,
-- civil rights and humane immigration law,
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
www.greenfestivals.org
Ph; 877-727-2179 x 300
As we approach the end of Obama's first 100 days, grassroots groups working in solidarity with Latin American and the Caribbean will come together to assess the recent history of U.S. trade policy toward the region, and to construct an agenda for the future that places the rights of people above profit.
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
www.greenfestivals.org
Ph: 877-727-2179 ext 300
Co-op America's Green Business Conference precedes the festival on May 13-14. www.coopamerica.biz or call 877-727-2179.
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
www.greenfestivals.org
Ph: 877-727-2179 ext 300
Co-op America's Green Business Conference precedes the festival on May 13-14. www.coopamerica.biz or call 877-727-2179.
