SOME EVENTS FOR PROGRESSIVES IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES and Canvass-158

[Bob Bender]

SOME EVENTS FOR PROGRESSIVES IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES-158   Monday October 6, 7 p.m. Advocacy & Activism: Catalysts for Social Change Public lecture and panel discussion presented with Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age 2001-2012, Ritter Art Gallery through October 25. Doris Sommer, Director, Harvard Cultural Agents Initiative Jane Caputi, FAU Center for Women Jay Critchley, Provincetown activist and multimedia artist Fred Fejes, FAU School of Communication and Multimedia Studies Kate MacMillan, FIU Department of Journalism and Broadcasting Moderator:  Michael J. Horswell, FAU Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature FAU University Theatre Boca Raton www.fau.edu/galleries: 561-297-2661   - - - - - - - Thursday October 9, 6:45 p.m. How Climate Change is Affecting Floridians and What Can be Done Now We are the first generation to feel the impacts of climate change, and the last generation that can do something meaningful about it. A public presentation will describe how climate change is already affecting Florida, details of the Federal Climate Action Plan, and what can be done now to change the outlook for Florida.  “This is the moral issue of our time and we have a choice. Are we going to let the effects of climate change destroy our homes and way of life as we know it, or are we going to stand up together and stop it?” said Rev. CJ McGregor, Minister of First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches, co-sponsor of the presentation, together with Organizing for Action Palm Beach County/Treasure Coast.  First UUPB Ministers Hall 635 Prosperity Farms Road North Palm Beach Ample parking. A community dinner is offered at 6 pm for $10/person and reservations for the meal are required.  Contact the church office at 561-627-6105 to reserve.  Contact: Marika Stone, Environmental Justice Team, yogim...@gmail.com, 561-625-8753   - - - - - - - Thursday October 16, 7 p.m. Panel: Everything everGLADES An in-depth discussion on ecology, sustainability, social justice and the arts in the Everglades. This public program is presented in conjunction with Common Ground: Artists in the Everglades presented in the Schmidt Center Gallery from September 20 – November 5, 2014. Moderator: Patricia Widener, Ph.D., FAU Associate Professor, Department of Sociology Panelists: Dale Gawlick, Ph.D., FAU Professor and Director,  Environmental Science Program and Department of Biological Sciences Max Kirsch, Ph.D., FAU Professor, UNESCO chair in Human & Cultural Rights, Department of Anthropology  Steve Traxler, Senior Biologist, US Fish& Wildlife Service  Tim B.Wride, William & Sarah Soter Curator of Photography,  Norton Museum of Art  Adam Nadel  FAU University Theatre Boca Raton ##################################### Friday, October 17, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sunshine Seminar First Amendment Foundation, League of Women Voters and Society of Professional Journalists present Barbara Petersen – Sunshine Overview and Legislative Update -Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine Laws. Members of the Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee – Open Government, First Amendment and Media Law Topics Fees: Foundation Members $15; LWV Members $20, Students $10, Non-Members $30 Hosted by South Florida Sun Sentinel, 333 SW 12th Avenue, Deerfield Beach 33442 800-337-3518;www.floridafaf.org ##################################################### Saturday October 18, 6-9 p.m. Community Forum on the Homeless Hate Laws in the City of Fort Lauderdale Virtually every voice opposed to Fort Lauderdale's Homeless Hate Laws, from homeless people to local mainstream journalists, has been shut out and ignored by the public officials who are creating these terrible policies, We invite everyone to participate in a democratic forum where all voices can contribute to real solutions to homelessness and bad city policy. Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs will be providing free food (which anyone is free to enjoy and also contribute to) and will also be facilitating the discussion. Groups and organizations are encouraged to have representatives speak on their behalf. Music and a brief introduction to homeless issues are also on the agenda. Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft Lauderdale 3970 NW 21st Avenue Oakland Park 33309 For further information on Fort Lauderdale Homeless Hate Laws, as well as on this forum, please see homelesshatelaws.blogspot.com If you or your group would like to be listed as participating in the forum, or if you have a serious proposal for fighting the criminalization of homelessness in Fort Lauderdale, you can contact us through the Homeless Hate Laws website at homelesshatelaws.blogspot.com or on the Facebook event page for the Forum: facebook.com/events/450213525118915/ Sunday October 19, 2-4 p.m. League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County, Voting Rights Coalition, and Healing Justice Taskforce of Boca Raton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY: Why 1 in 10 Voting-Aged Floridians is Not Allowed to Vote The policy of disfranchising a significant percentage of the population undermines the democratic fiber of our republic. This symposium gives concerned citizens the opportunity to learn more about voter suppression. Rev. Harris Riordan , UUF of Boca Raton: Welcome Priscilla A. Taylor, Mayor of Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners: How the Disfranchisement of Former Felons Affects Our Community Jessica Chiappone, Vice President of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition: The Reality of Being a Felon in Florida Geoff Kashdan,Voting Rights Coalition: Restore the Vote Mark Schneider, Board of ACLU of Florida: Florida’s Executive Clemency Process Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton 2601 St. Andrews Boca Raton   CANVASS For some years, Jerry Levy and I have been putting out “Some Events for Progressives in Broward and Palm Beach Counties” (EFP). We are now resuming publication. If you have not already done so please help us streamline our database management by replying to this canvass, as follows: To unsubscribe, please return this noted “unsubscribe”. 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