film fest june 19 and 20 nyc

Dear Friends,

Please save the date for Friday, June 19th @ 7pm and Saturday, June
20th @ 2pm for the Youth Producing Change Screening, as part of the
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. Celebrate the work of
these young filmmakers from around the globe and learn about the
issues that are impacting them (homelessness, child labor,
immigration, access to water, poverty, violence and more).

We are also very excited to be offering a special ticket deal: BUY ONE
TICKET ~ GET ONE FREE to the YPC screenings (including the world
premiere and reception)! In addition we will also be hosting an
exclusive press conference for members of the press and youth media
organizations to meet and interview the Youth Producing Change
filmmakers. Tickets Now on Sale at: www.filmlinc.com


We hope that you will pass this information along to students,
colleagues, friends and parents at your school, organization and
community. More information is soon to follow, but please feel free to
contact me if you have any questions or are interested in attending.
I look forward to seeing you all there!

All the best,
Cynthia
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Cynthia Carrion
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Youth Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 917-447-0991
Fax: 212-736-1300
Email: carrioc@hrw.org
Film Festival: www.hrw.org/iff

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Sixth Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference!

Host: NYC Grassroots Media Coalition
Date:Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Time:7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:NACLA office
Street:38 Greene Street, 4th floor (corner of Grand Street), SoHo

Come out and help organize the most important media gathering in NYC! Get to know grassroots media makers and social justice organizers from around the city while working to change our city's media landscape. Network, learn about media, and make friends!

We're looking for people to join our core organizing team. Starting in January, you'll work closely with staff and other organizers to make this the most diverse and exciting GMC yet. We particularly need people with event organizing, design, and web skills, but we welcome everyone. So come & learn about the organizing process and meet the rest of the group.
The NYC Grassroots Media Conference organizing committee actively seeks participation from different ethnic and racial backgrounds, sexual orientations, classes, and physical abilities.


Phone: 8023098146
Email: jbatten517@gmail.com

Pregnant Man Gives Birth to Baby Girl

The pregnant man who conceived a child after a gender-reassignment operation has apparently given birth to a healthy baby girl.

“She’s really cute, really pretty,” a source told ABC News.

Thomas Beatie, 34, told People magazine that he had given birth at a hospital in Bend, Oregon on Sunday. “The only thing different about me is that I can’t breastfeed my baby. But a lot of mothers don’t,” he said, adding that he planned to publish a book about the experience this autumn.

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Venezuela Documentary

NO VOLVERAN - The Venezuelan Revolution Now

Cool documentary on what's going on in Venezuela.

Radical Tufts Journals

TPAN member Roger Winn made this find on eBay of a radical Tufts journal from 1971 called Collective Effort. Here is the description:

This issue of Collective Effort is an attempt to begin to fill the political and social void that presently exists at Tufts. By raising many of the vital questions now confronting the radical movement, it is hoped that the journal will stimulate interest in the formation of collectives on campus. Toward this end, Collective Effort is designed to aid in the development and discussion of radical social critique and action. Only the general outlines of a political position appear in this first issue as we feel the need for larger and more collective deliberation. Thus we urge sympathetic and interested persons to join with us to write, rap and act.

Includes article by Dave Garson, professor of Political Science Dept at Tufts. General sense of this magazine is how to differentiate between Liberalism and Radicalism - moving beyond liberalism.

We can now add Collective Effort to the list of radical Tufts journals that have been published including The Meridian, Submerge (1996-1998), and Radix (2001 - 2005). A new Tufts journal that some have implied is the next heir to this legacy is The Forum, a publication of the Tufts Democrats. Though I have not yet seen a copy of it, it is described to be partisan, not ideological. This is a distinct departure from other Tufts journals of The Left and it may narrow the range of topics & opinions expressed in the new journal. Lets hope not & encourage the progressive wing of The Forum.

Women and Environments Magazine

This looks like an interesting magazine for those interested in how feminism and environmental issues connect: Women and Environments International Magazine. I'd be interested in hearing what others think of it: www.weimag.com.