Constitutional Convention

For TPANners in the Bay Area, you might be interested in a conversation to include human rights in the US constitution hosted by Sociologists Without Borders. Registration is $15-30 sliding scale. View the post on my website for more info.

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

UNC Sit-In

Notice regarding a sit-in at UNC-Chapel Hill:

Hi everyone,

It is our fifth day sitting in the administration building... in 10 minutes the building opens (woohoo!) and we can get a little fresh air.

We have set up a wordpress for updates and more information (it's a work in progress, but all the basics are on there): http://dsp4unc.wordpress.com/ Please check there for continuing updates.

Also, our lovely campus newspaper the Daily Tar Heel, printed some ridiculous articles about the sit-in... They're not bad so much as just ridiculous. I like how people who have never organized are advising us on tactics. This is the longest sit-in since the 1993 sit-in for the black cultural center, and seriously, this is what they come up with? Why not ask the thousands of people who support us and actually know what's going on? Sigh. If yall can write letters to the editor, we'd be much obliged.

Also, for local Triangle folk, letters to the editor to any of the local newspapers would be very very helpful for us.

http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2008/04/21/University/SitIn.Protest.Outlasts.Weekend-3337801.shtml

http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=cffff17f-9a67-4880-9490-ab718ac69211

Peace and solidarity,
the members of the occupying force

--
Salma Mirza
UNC-CH History, Class of 2008
Cell: (716) 432-1576, E-mail: salma@unc.edu[15] Organizer for Student Action with Workers
224 FPG Carolina Union, C.B. # 5210
http://www.uncsolidarity.org/
http://www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org/

Kuumba Lynx: youth ed/hip hop/social justice/Chicago

Kuumba Lynx, Chicago Hip Hop Initiative & Connect Force present:

Uptown Hip-Hop Arena
featuring BGirl Power

Saturday July 21st 10am-4pm
@ Truman College 1145 W. Wilson
The Uptown Hip Hop Arena Summer Fest

FREE!!!

[INFO: 773-550-3849 773/550-4229]


Hip Hop Arena Stage Battles:
1. Baddest Burner (graff wall)
2. Shorty Duwop (18 and under breakin battle)
3. Phatest Poetics (poetry/rhymes/rap --theme of the piece must celebrate womyn!)
4. Freshest Female Footworker
( All battlers must register by 11am in order to participate.)
5. Toughest Trick (Skate competition)

ALSO:
• Urban Arts workshops
• food
• children's activities
Two Stages featuring: FOOTWORKKINGS, Full Effect, Rod Stars, E-Luv, Amina, AquaMoon, FM SUPREME, and more tba

kuumbalynx@yahoo.com Or call 773-550-3849/4229
Interested performers should call 773-550-4229
Vendors call 773-878-4646 ask for Denice

This KL Cultural Event is a collaborative project with
Hip-Hop Initiative B Girl Power and Aqua Moon with
support from Neighborhood fests, Wilson yards, and
Chicago Original

Larger Fest Features:
• Hip Hop Arena w/ Kuumba Lynx & Hip Hop Initiative
• Health Fair w/Weiss Hospital
• All day performances and entertainment
• Rumble on the Lake--Karate tournament
• Children's Activities: petting zoo, Brookfield Zoo characters & carnival games
• CO-ED B-ball shootouts
• Skate ramps w/Relate Skate, Wilson Yards, UPRISE & Chi Original
• Illinois State ID van
• Food
• Farmer's Market
• Free Manicures & Pedicures
• Vendors

Main Stage Performances Include:
• Margaret Murphy Quartet
• Alisa Simms
• Princes of Futa
• Sound Investment
• Jessie White Tumblers

Hip Hop Arena Stage Battles:
1. Baddest Burner (graff wall)
2. Shorty Duwop (18 and under breakin battle)
3. Phatest Poetics (poetry/rhymes/rap celebrating womyn!)
4. Freshest Female Footworker*

*All battlers must pre-register w/ Kuumba Lynx.

Other Exhibitions & Workshops by FootworKINGZ,
Urbanized Music, FM SUPREME, Rod Starz & Full Effect

Sponsors:
City of Chicago, CTA, WBBA-AM, Chicago Tribune , WEISS Hospital, Chicago Hip Hop Initiative, Relate Skate, COEDS, Comcast, Truman College, Rumble on the Lake, B-Girl Power, UPRISE, Chicago Original,
Aqua Moon, Connect Force & Wilson Yards