film tonight, corp docu on 15th; Forums, 9/11 art event on 11/6, corp. book; MORE2 Annual Mtg on 3rd
Dave
FW: [SRBofAS] Mumia: Case for a Reasonable Doubt 7pm Tues Nov 1
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Subject: [SRBofAS] Mumia: Case for a Reasonable Doubt 7pm Tues Nov 1
This week our 7pm Tues documentary is about Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981. There were many irregularities in the trial, and many consider him a political prisoner.
Cathy Burnett of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will help facilitate the discussion.
This case has been in the news recently. On October 11 the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a petition by the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office challenging a federal court ruling granting Mumia Abu-Jamal a new death penalty hearing.
In an editorial on October 13, The Philadelphia Inquired wrote that even though there was solid evidence that Mumia had shot the police officer who died and should be behind bars, capital punishment is “a flawed system that serves as no deterrent, wastes vast public resources, and risks the worst form of injustice: the execution of someone who - unlike Abu-Jamal - actually proves to have been wrongly convicted.”
http://allsoulskc.org/events/tuesday.php
The All Souls Documentary Series is resuming on an alternate week basis during November. Featured are three documentaries on the theme "Truth and Justice?". Each screening is followed by a facilitated discussion. Admission is free. The public is welcome. The documentary begins at 7p.m. Our series emphasizes quality films with social justice themes that rarely make it to conventional movie theaters.
Tuesday, November 1: "Mumia: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?"
John Edginton o 1997 o 74 minutes
Because of the recent execution of Troy Davis, we are having a repeat screening of a documentary shown at All Souls in June, 2007 about another long-term death row inmate. Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was convicted and sentenced to death for the December 1981 murder of a white police officer. The trial was marked by controversial prosecutorial and defense tactics, perceived irregularities in the evidence, and charges of racism. Mumia is one of the country's best-known death row inmates whose conviction has been protested by many activists who consider him a political prisoner. A member of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will help facilitate the discussion.
Tuesday, November 15: "Hot Coffee: Is Justice Being Done?" Susan Saladoff o 2011 o 88 minutes
The McDonald's coffee case has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America's legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts? Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to the woman who spilled coffee on herself in 1992 and sued McDonald's. The filmmaker spent twenty-five years practicing law, representing injured victims of individual and corporate negligence. She includes three other cases to support her position that the aim of "tort reformers" actually is to shield corporations from accountability and responsibility for negligence.
>>>A member of the Kansas City Chapter of Move to Amend will help facilitate the discussion.
Tuesday, November 29: "Scientists Under Attack: Genetic Engineering in the Magnetic Field of Money" Bertram Verhaag o 2009 o 60 minutes
When scientist Arpad Pusztai reported that genetically modified (GM) foods caused serious health problems in rats, he was a hero at his prestigious UK institute -- for two days. But after two phone calls (apparently) from the Prime Minister's office, he was fired, gagged, and mercilessly attacked. When UC Berkeley professor Ignacio Chapela discovered GM corn contamination in Mexico, he too faced a firestorm of distortion and denial that left him struggling to salvage his career. Is the biotech industry trying to "engineer" the truth and hide things from the public?
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http://allsoulskc.org/sunday/forum.php 10 a.m., Bragg Auditorium
The Forum, Kansas City’s longest ongoing conversation, has offered a platform for the discussion of significant issues since 1943. Guest speakers typically focus on issues of political, social justice, moral, educational and artistic significance. Each presentation is followed by questions and discussion.
Nov 6 Impacts of Climate Change on Kansas and Missouri --Nathaniel Brunsell
Was the recent record heat and drought in our region a fluke, or climate change in action? Dr. Brunsell is an Associate Professor in K.U.'s Department of Geography and part of the Atmospheric Sciences program. He has written several journal articles on precipitation and land surface interactions related to Kansas, the Missouri River Basin and the Central Plains Region of the U.S.
Nov 13 Missouri River Flooding of 2011 --Jud Kneuvean
A slow-moving flood through the central United States dominated the summer of 2011, from the national border into Kansas, after record snowfall in Montana, record rainfall in May, record amounts of water intentionally released from major Missouri River dams, and levees sadly breached and collapsed. Jud Kneuvean, chief of the Emergency Management Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will discuss details of the extraordinary flood that will require years to fully understand.
Nov 20 Inequality in the U. S. --David N. Smith, PhD
Warren Buffet says that we shouldn't be coddling billionaires like him. Why do people in the United States tolerate so much inequality, economic and otherwise, in our society? Professor Smith is Associate Chair of the Department of Sociology at Kansas University in Lawrence. He studies social inequality and the psychology of inequality.
Nov 27 Independent Media and the Journalism Crisis --Tom Klammer
The founding fathers understood that democracy cannot survive without an informed public, so they actively supported journalism with postal subsidies. In the United States today, corporate control is causing a collapse of journalism, and that constitutes a crisis for democracy. Tom Klammer of KKFI's "Tell Somebody" radio, will describe how we got to the current crisis, debunk notions of the internet as cause or remedy of the crisis, and discuss possible solutions including the need for taxpayer subsidies and the role that community media can play.
http://allsoulskc.org/events.php
Exploring A Peaceful Future Ten Years Later-A Community Gathering Renewed
Sunday, November 6, Bragg 5:30 Reception/Art Exhibit 6:30 Presentations
In response to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a follow-up forum event, will feature presentations by leaders from our diverse cultures, faiths and community. The 2011 event is co-sponsored by All Souls, the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council and Cultural Crossroads.
Witness the art display Ten Years After 9/11: Walking the Path to Peace and Security, a program of the American Friends Service Committee and the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council. The project involves panels of artwork by various faith traditions, expressing an interpretation of the theme. Many of the artists will be on hand during the reception to explain their faith's concept and imagery and to answer questions about the art, the symbols and their faith's viewpoint on this issue.
Nature Lovers’ Book Club
Alternate Wednesdays, Nov. 16 & 30, Dec. 14 & 28;6:30-8:45. Meeting Room at All Souls.
Convener: Patricia Brown at pbb...@sbcglobal.net to register.
Text: Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back, by Thom Hartman. Sponsored by KC MoveToAmend in addition to the Sierra Club and All Souls Green Sanctuary.
Midtown Electronic Waste Collection Event
Saturday, Nov. 7, 8:30 am—1:30 pm
Volunteers needed, food provided
Contact lea...@maincor.org
Safely dispose of your electronic waste (computers, TVs, etc.). No more cathode tubes in the earth!
http://www.more2.org/ Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity
http://www.more2.org/2011/09/annual-public-meeting/
Annual Public Meeting 7:00 pm Thursday, November 3, 2011
Pleasant Green Baptist (340 David L Gray Ln, KCKS)
Come take your ”Place at the Table.”
· MORE2 Leadership will talk to our public officials about jobs, food access, transit, and other issues of our metro area.
· Our work has culminated into our realization that we all should get a “Place at the Table.”
· Listen to stories of people affected by our policies and add your voice to the many.
Who Gets a Place at the Table? editor on 08 Oct 2011
MORE² joined 15 other cities on October 4th at Berkley Riverside Park in Missouri and 87th & I35 in Kansas to call for more jobs and to present a study by the Transportation Equity Network. The study called The Road to Good Jobs: Making Training Workpresents the first-ever compilation of data from all 50 states on their use of on-the-job-training and apprenticeship programs to boost job access for minorities and women in the federal highway construction field from 2008-10.
This article in The Kansas City Star says the MORE2 plan is a national model: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/04/3186950/missouri-workforce-plan-considered.html#storylink=misearch