May Forums, MADP tonight
Dave
http://allsoulskc.org/category/sunday-forum/
You are invited to join KC’s longest running conversation (7th decade!).
Catch it Sunday mornings at 10 am, or the reruns on KKFI. We live in a world where media markets have highly segmented pockets, but The Forum continues to offer you a place where you can directly meet and interact weekly with an impressive array of leaders and speakers who care about and are engaging with you in your local community.
This past Sunday was an interesting Forum on corporate personhood (with the Exec. Dir. from ACLU and from Move to Amend). Friends of the Building Sustainable Community listserv may note below that Richard Mabion’s forum was inclement weather rescheduled to the 19th.
Angry White Men with Guns” with Leonard Zeskind -May 12
Leonard Zeskind is president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and author of Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream (FGS 2009). An internationally recognized authority of racism, anti-Semitism and far right social movements, Leonard will discuss the current upsurge in “gun rights” activity, describe Tea Parties and various other organizations involved, and analyze the underlying causes and motivations of this “angry white men” phenomenon.
“How to Help Low-Income People Care about the Environment” with Richard Mabion -May 19
Richard Mabion is a Principal at J. Gordon Community Development, Inc. and a grass-roots environmental activist in Kansas City, Kansas. He will present his philosophy of environmental organizing among low-income communities and will recount his experiences with an ongoing project for energy efficiency and conservation in KCK. (This forum was re-scheduled from a snowy March date.)
“Issues, Values and Art” with Julian Zugazagoitia -May 26
Dr. Julian Zugazagoitia became the director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on the first of September 2010. An international scholar with a passion for the arts, he has journeyed around the globe as a consultant, curator, and director for renowned museums and organizations such as UNESCO. Through his work, he’s come to appreciate the significance and value of art to the human condition.
Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Tuesday May 7, 6:30pm, All Souls
Featured speaker: Rev. R. Stan Runnels, ordained priest of the Episcopal Church for thirty years. He has served parishes in the dioceses of Mississippi and West Missouri, and is serving currently at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Day School at 40th and Main. Early in his ministry he served about four years as a volunteer chaplain at Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. A good portion of that time, he was the only minister serving the inmates and staff of the prison’s “Death Row.” This is a free event and open to the public. All are welcome.