Fwd: Get informed, get involved: R2K Freedom Week begins!

[Mark Weinberg @ AIDC]

R2K Freedom Week events 27 April - 3 May 2012

GET INFORMED, GET INVOLVED, SPEAK UP »		R2K Freedom Film Festival
Friday marks the start of South African "Freedom Week" – 27 April (Freedom Day), 1 May (Worker’s Day) and 3 May (World Press Freedom Day). We are hosting public meetings, debates, and film screenings in celebration of the hard-fought battles to secure our freedoms, and to reflect on the ongoing struggle for social justice. Please support the events and tell others: raise your voices for the right to know! read more FREEDOM DAY - FRIDAY 27 APRIL 2012   GAUTENG (9am-3.30pm): “Speak out on Secrecy” – public meeting in Kliptown. VENUE: Soweto Kliptown Youth, 29 Station Rd, Kliptown   KZN (9am-12pm): “UnFreedom Day March” – we are joining a march to City Hall. VENUE: Starts at Botha/King Dinuzulu Gardens, Durban.   WESTERN CAPE (9am-12pm): “Speak out on Secrecy” – public meeting in Langa. VENUE: Ikwezi Hostel, Zone 27, Langa RSVP and invite others on Facebook PRESS FREEDOM DAY - THURSDAY 3 MAY 2012 EASTERN CAPE (1pm-2pm): Launch of R2K "Info Is Power" Radio Hour. VENUE: Radio Grahamstown (102.1FM)   KZN (12pm-1pm):  Panel debate on Media Freedom. VENUE: Arthur Smith Hall, DUT City Campus, Durban.   KZN (12.30pm-2pm): "Fighting for the Right2Know" – public seminar on the Secrecy Bill, the Intelligence Bill and other threats to access to info. VENUE: Centre for Civil Society, MT Building, UKZN, Durban.   WESTERN CAPE (4pm): Film Screenings: "The Most Dangerous Man in America” (followed by discussion with Ivor Powell, investigative journalist) and "Samstaan Again" (A short documentary about a small-town newspaper which rallied people together to fight Apartheid). VENUE: The Labia Theatre, Orange St, Cape Town.   RSVP and invite others on Facebook HELP SUPPORT THE R2K-KZN FUNDRAISER The Right2Know coalition in KZN cordially invites you to its fundraising dinner on Friday 4 May 2012. This event aims to raise vital funds to continue mobilising communities to fight for their right to know! Time: 6.30pm for 7pm Venue: NMJ Islamic Centre, Hendry Rd, Overport Tickets: R250 per person, R2500 per table To support this event as an individual or a business please contact Eric on 082 924 9822 or eric...@ovi.com.   Connect with us on Facebook   Follow us on Twitter		The R2K is hosting a mobile film festival in Cape Town as part of its national "Freedom Week". All the films will be accompanied by a brief discussion with R2K activists on the Secrecy Bill and other threats to our freedoms today. Any donations raised will fund further mobilisation for the R2K. 4pm, Fri 27 April “Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony” VENUE: Labia Theatre COST: R30 (fundraiser) 12pm, Sat 28 April “Flow: For the Love of Water” VENUE: Andile Nhosa School Hall, Mandela Park 11am, Tues 1 May “The Trouble with Truth” VENUE: COSATU Rally, Good Hope Centre 4pm, Tues 1 May “The Imam & I” (Followed by discussion with activist Zackie Achmat) VENUE: Labia Theatre COST: R30 (fundraiser) 6pm, Wed 2 May “The Battle of Hangberg” (followed by discussion with the filmmaker) VENUE: Mannenberg People’s Centre 7pm, Wed 2 May "Wikileaks, Wikirebels” VENUE: Rooftop Cinema, Penthouse, Long St COST: R20 (fundraiser) 6pm, Thurs 3 May “The Most Dangerous Man in America” (discussion with Ivor Powell, investigative journalist) and "Samstaan Again" VENUE: Labia Theatre COST: R30 (fundraiser) about the films FIND OUT MORE Gauteng: Call Bongani 071 043 2221 KZN: Call Nosipho 072 541 8282 Western Cape: Call Nkwame 078 227 6008 Eastern Cape: Xola 073 550 1949 Other provinces: Murray 072 672 5468

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