March is Women’s History (“Herstory”) Month. Check out this annual event at the Loft Cinema in celebration of women during the entire month. It’s also Girls’ Day today in my Japanese culture, when we honor the girls in our families (Carolyn’s note).
Tuesday, March 4 at 7:00pm
General Admission: $10 • Students: $5, www.lunafest.org, spencerl@email.arizona.edu
To purchase tickets in advance call WOSAC at (520) 621-5656. Advance tickets are not available at The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.
Carolyn Classen
Premiere of Tucson Homeless Youth Project film
Homeless Youth Project film – Tucson (from youtube.com)
About 70 people attended the premiere film screening today at Armory Park Center, 220 S. 5th Avenue of the new Homeless Youth Project film produced by Pan Left Productions and the Carlos G. Figueroa Foundation. I’ve posted above the URL link to this 30 minute film for viewers to see and share with others. M/C Brian Flagg of Casa Maria Kitchen encouraged everyone present to continue to support the good work done by several agencies in town:
Our Family, Youth on Their Own (YOTO), Tucson Youth Development, Wingspan, Primavera, many of which had tables at this event. There was also a table with B/W photos entitled “The Forgotten Ones” of homeless individuals/camps taken by Master Photographer Anselmo Rascon, who was present.
Ward 3 Councilmember Karin Uhlich welcomed everyone and said that more needs to be done in helping the poor and homeless in Tucson, that we need to “listen to the poor, homeless” because we are “not doing enough”.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival continues in Tucson
Don’t despair is you missed the first 3 films from this provocative film series on Feb. 8, 18, 24. See listings below for the remaining 6 films through April 7. The first one was a documentary about the work being done in the “Deep South”(Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana) for those diagnosed positive with HIV, with limited resources, which my husband and I viewed at Casa Libre en la Solana.
From Loft Cinema website (note that only the last film is at the Loft, be sure to note the locales around town):
MONDAY FEBRUARY 8 – MONDAY, APRIL 7 | FREE SCREENINGS!
THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE ARIZONA HUMANITIES COUNCIL
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival bears witness to human rights violations and creates a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people.
Each year’s traveling festival showcases films from the London and New York Human Rights Watch Film Festivals. The Loft is proud to present 9 of these films to audiences in Southern Arizona.
Additional funding provided by Ventana Charitable Foundation, The Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, University of Arizona School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and The Aurora Foundation of Southern Arizona.
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Tall as a Baobab Tree
• One showing only! Monday, Mar 3rd 2014 at Boys & Girls Club, Holmes Tuttle Club house, Pueblo Gardens Park, 2585 E. 36th St.
Tall as the Baobab Tree poignantly depicts a family struggling to find its footing on the edge of the modern world fraught with tensions between tradition and modernity.
Former Mayoral candidate Mary DeCamp to march to Washington, D.C. for climate action
Carolyn’s note: I did publish this earlier on Feb. 26 in the previous Blog for Arizona site (but it disappeared into cyberspace when we switched to this new platform, so I’m re-posting.)
The Great March for Climate Action starts TODAY on March 1, 2014, in Los Angeles.
From http://climatemarch.org/:
“The goal of the Great March for Climate Action is to change the heart and mind of the American people, our elected leaders and people across the world to act now to address the climate crisis.
On March 1, 2014, hundreds of climate patriots will set out from Los Angeles, CA, walking 3,000 miles across America to Washington, DC, inspiring action to resolve the climate crisis. This will be one of the largest coast-to-coast marches in American history.
Marchers will be expected to adhere to a strict code of non-violence according to the principles employed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. An addendum that explains this in greater detail will be provided before the march starts next year. Also, we will provide mandatory non-violence training at the start of the March.
The March seeks to build the broadest possible public consensus and is focused strictly on the climate crisis. Marchers will, of course, have their own personal stories and perspectives. However, it is important that we stick to the core message, in unison, with our words, signs and public presentations.
We plan to govern the March through a “city council” of marchers elected by marchers. At times, we will employ a “town meeting” style of governance involving the entire marcher community, with a simple majority vote to make a decision”.
Homeless Youth project documentary on March 2
Posted by Carolyn Classen
Press release:
The Homeless Youth Project is a project of Pan Left Productions in partnership with The Carlos G. Figueroa Foundation. We have created a documentary to inform the people of Tucson Arizona of the realities of what homeless youth have to deal with in order to survive on the streets. This documentary and it’s screening will hopefully encourage them to get our youths off the streets into housing with services.
Homeless Youth Project Documentary Screening will be held in the Armory Park Ballroom, 220 S 5th Avenue from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.The Itinerary for the event will be:
Welcome, Karin Uhlich (Ward 3 Councilmember)
Host Brian Flagg
Doug Davis & Indic Soul
Screening: Homeless Youth Project
Diana V Figueroa, CO-Founder The Carlos G Figueroa Foundation
Ron Austin, Co-Founder The Carlos G Figueroa Foundation
Appetizers
Wellness Clinic, Healer Heal Thy Self
Mtro Anselmo Rascon Photographic Exhibition: The Forgotten Ones
Background Music, Larry Loud (Piano)
Preview Clip Shelter: Homeless Voices in Tucson Documentary, Tina
Huerta, Producer, Editor