forums, films, services that may lighten/enlighten your November

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Sunday, November 8 - 10:00a.m.      A Bright Spot in Urban Education - Jon Richard
KIPP schools are succeeding at educating low-income minority students. One of these free public charter schools now teaches about 200 fifth through seventh grade students in Kansas City’s urban core. The school’s leader, Jon Richard, will talk about what KIPP is doing for kids in KC.

Sunday, November 15 - 10:00a.m.       What the Chinese Think - Patrick Randolph
The growing role of China globally makes our evolving relationship with this nation more important than ever. UMKC Law School professor Patrick Randolph has been a visiting professor and lecturer at Chinese universities. He’ll talk about what the Chinese think about the economy, Taiwan, human rights and other issues.

Sunday, November 22 - 10:00a.m.      Is Network TV Serving the Public? - Charles Davis
Does TV news serve the public or its investors? What don’t the networks tell us? Discussing these and other questions will be Charles Davis, executive director of the Freedom of Information Center and a journalism professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

 

 

 

http://allsoulskc.org/newsletter/09nov.pdf  Each documentary begins at 7 pm and is followed by a facilitated discussion.  Admission is free, with donations appreciated.

November 10: Special Presentation by Dan Spigel Countering Hate Through Films, with film clips from House of the Generals

The speaker will discuss ways to counter hate through film. He will show clips from his movie, House of the Generals, based on the lives of his mother and her family who lived through the Russian Revolution, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and the Holocaust.

 

November 17: What Would Jesus Buy?  Rob VanAlkemade • 2007

As an antidote to the start of holiday shopping, watch a subversive performance art group bring its anti-consumption message to consumers. Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir are on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse.  The film also delves into issues such as the role sweatshops play in America’s mass consumerism and Big-Box Culture.

 

 

 

http://allsoulskc.org/sunday/services.php
"Meanings of America" - Rev. Lee Devoe  November 8 - Services at 8:45 and 11:15
Veterans, and their families, are caught more intensely than the rest of us in America’s schizophrenia about her role in the world. On this Sunday before Veterans Day, we will consider the many meanings of America as a country and as a citizen of a global community.

"Veils and Revelations"- Rev. Vern Barnett  November 15 - Services at 8:45 and 11:15
With advances in mathematics, neurology, ecology, and other fields, is it now possible, in the spirit of the Sufis, to explain why we can’t really explain anything? Barnett, All Souls member, has written the “Faiths and Beliefs” column for The Kansas City Star since 1994. Before launching interfaith work in 1985, he was minister of Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church.

"The Audacity of Hopelessness" - Rev. Lee Devoe  November 22 - Services at 8:45 and 11:15
As we celebrate the bounty of this Thanksgiving season, we will explore the spiritual practices of hope and hopelessness, and the cultivation of a sense of gratitude that lasts through every season of the year and the heart.