“Confessions of a Pulpiteer” ~ Starring Lee Boek ~ Saturday, March 7th, 8:00 PM ~ Unitarian Society in Santa Barbara
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ACTIVIST SUPPORT CIRCLE ~ Wednesday, February 25th, 7:00 PM ~ Special Guest Speaker Eric Mann ~ Friends Meeting Hall - 1440 Harvard Street, Santa Monica
ACTIVIST SUPPORT CIRCLE TO HOLD
FOURTH ANNIVERSARY PUBLIC GATHERING
Wednesday, February 25th - 7:00 PM
Friends Meeting Hall
1440 Harvard Street, Santa Monica
Special Guest Speaker
Eric Mann
Longtime activist, organizer, community leader, author & KPFK FM Radio host of Voices From the Frontline
The purpose of the Activist Support Circle monthly gatherings are to:
· Guard against activist-related burnout.
· Share activist-related frustrations and fears, as well as hopes and aspirations, in a supportive, safe environment.
· Turn feelings of despair into feelings of empowerment.
· Learn helpful coping skills and ideas from other like-minded supportive activists.
The gatherings are free and there is free parking on-site.
For further information contact Jerry Rubin:
(310) 399-1000
JerryPeaceActivistRubin@earthlink.net
Association of Raza Educators Education Conference ~ Saturday, February 28th, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ~ Santee Education Complex - 1921 S. Maple Ave., LA
Association of Raza Educators Education Conference - A.R.E.
"Rethinking Social Justice in Education:
Ser Pueblo, Hacer Pueblo, y Estar Con El Pueblo"
Saturday, February 28th
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Santee Education Complex
1921 S. Maple Ave., Los Angeles 90011
Phone: (323) 602-3531 - Email: razaeducators@yahoo.com
3rd Annual A.R.E. Conference in Education
Raising Political Consciousness through Education:
Effectively starting & sustaining an ARE Chapter
Juan Orozco, ARE Statewide Council
Mariana Ramierz, ARE Statewide Council
Miguel Zavala, ARE Statewide Council
Hacer Pueblo in Higher Education
Edelina Burciaga, University of California, Irvine
Irene Vea, University of California, Irvine
Karina Cuamea, University of California, Irvine
Infusing Curriculum with Action and Critical Thinking Skills:
Chicano/ Latino Theatre at Evergreen Valley College
Lisa Edsall – Giglio
Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA
Film: Voices from War
Peter Dudar, Arlington West
Culturally Responsive Teaching:
The Raza Perspective
Javier San Román, Association of Mexican American Educators
Rethinking the “Line Between Us”:
Bringing History Alive in the Classroom
Bill Bigelow, Rethinking Schools magazine
Teaching through Lies:
Critical Ideological Literacy and Corporate Rap
Patrick Camangian, University of San Francisco
A Revolutionary Pedagogy: Going Beyond the
Classroom and into Our Communities in Search of True
Liberation
Sakeenah Shabazz, A.R.S.O. African Revolutionary Student Organization
Jonathan Flores, M.E.Ch.A_Lincoln High School
PANEL: 1948 to 2008: 60 years of Occupation,
Oppression and Ethnic cleansing in Palestine
Pouneh Behin & Suzie Abajian
The Politics of Education and Community Empowerment:
How To Struggle, How To Win
Aremi Lopez & Maria Ochoa
Association of Raza Educators, San Diego Chapter
A Barrio Pedagogy: Identity, Intellectualism, Activism, and
Academic Achievement through the Evolution of Critically
Compassionate Intellectualism
Sean Arce, Tucson Unified School District
Augustine Romero, Tucson Unified School District
Mujeres de Maiz: Harvesting Hope and Healing in Your
Community Through the Arts
Felicia Montes, Mujeres de Maiz
Mass Appeal: Creating Community Ciphers and
Fostering Youth Action in Our Classrooms
Tan Laurence, Joanna Alatorre, Elizabeth Silva, and Beverly Castillo
Watts Youth Collective
Deconstruction of the Colonized Mind Through
Critical Media Literacy
Ernesto Bustillos, Coordinator of the Raza Press and Media Association
Teatro For Your Pueblo
Rosa Gonzales & Luís ‘xago’ Juárez, headRush
Association of Raza Educators, Oakland Chapter
Patricia Isasa’s Fight for Social Justice:
Argentine Torture Survivor Speaks, excerpts from El Cerco
Patricia Isasa
RAZA SI PINTAS NO! EDUCATION, NOT INCARCERATION!
From the School Hall to Juvenile Hall, The Criminalization
of Raza Youth Under Colonial Education Institutions
Francisco Romero, Chicano Mexicano Prison Project
PANEL: Military-Education Industrial Complex
Marisela Guzman, Jefferson HS grad, Veteran, AFSC
Arlene Inouye, CAMS
Kiki Ochoa, ARE San Diego
Jonathan Flores, MEChA de Lincoln HS, Somos Raza, San Diego
The Struggle Within The Struggle, La Mujer
Magdalena Montrond & Jennifer Astudillo, Somos Raza San Diego
Social Justice in Elementary Education
Carolina Valdez, Association of Raza Educator, Los Angeles Chapter
The Role of Public Education in our Society
Edin Barrientos & Danny Monterroso, Coalition for Educational Justice
A-G Electives as a Practice of Freedom:
Creating and Implementing A Chicana/o Latina/o
Studies Class and Program at your High School—An
Intimate Portrait of Raza Pedagogy in Pomona, Califas
Cati de los Rios, Pomona High School & The Eastside Café
Zapatismo: Creative Resistance and Lessons Learned
Olmeca, Artist in Rebellion from Los Angeles
PANEL- Surviving the Neo-Colonial School District:
Black Listed Teachers Speak Out!
Amitis Motevalli
Marisol Alba
Karen Salazar, Association of Raza Educators, Los Angeles Chapter
Sakeenah Shabazz, President,
African Revolutionary Student Organization
Donaldo Macedo, Professor,
University of Massachusetts
Omali Yeshitela, Chairman,
African People’s Socialist Party
People’s Weekly World Presents “THE PROGRESSIVE OSCARS ~ Monday, February 23rd, 7:00 PM - At the Los Angeles Workers Center ~ With Ed Rampell & Bill Meyer
People’s Weekly World Presents
THE PROGRESSIVE OSCARS
THE PROGIES
With Ed Rampell & Bill Meyer
Monday, February 23rd, 7:00 PM
At the
Los Angeles Workers Center
1251 South St. Andrews Place, Los Angeles 90019
$5 Donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
More Information call: 323-733-3415
Website: http://politicalfilmcritics.blogspot.com/
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2008 PROGIES NOMINEES FOR BEST PROGRESSIVE PICTURES
1. THE TRUMBO: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE PICTURE is named after Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, a member of the Hollywood Ten, who was imprisoned for his beliefs and refusing to inform. Trumbo helped break the Blacklist when he received screen credit for "Spartacus" and "Exodus" in 1960.
MILK
CHE
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
THE VISITOR
WENDY AND LUCY
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
2. THE GARFIELD: The Progie Award for BEST ACTOR is named after John Garfield, who rose from the proletarian theatre to star in progressive pictures such as "Gentleman’s Agreement" and "Force of Evil," only to run afoul of the Hollywood Blacklist.
SEAN PENN (Milk)
FRANK LANGELLA (Frost/Nixon)
BENICIO DEL TORO (Che)
JOSH BROLIN ("W.")
RICHARD JENKINS ("THE VISITOR")
3. KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For BEST ACTRESS. Named for Karen Morley, who was driven out of Hollywood in the 1930s for her leftist views, but who maintained her militant political activism for the rest of her life, running for Lieutenant Governor on the American Labor Party ticket in 1954. She passed away in 2003, unrepentant to the end, at the age of 93.
ANGELINA JOLIE (Changeling)
MICHELLE WILLIAMS (WENDY AND LUCY)
SALLY HAWKINS (Happy-Go-Lucky)
KATE WINSLET ("REVOLUTIONARY ROAD", "THE READER")
MELISSA LEO ("FROZEN RIVER")
4. THE RENOIR: The Progie Award for BEST ANTI-WAR FILM is named after the great French filmmaker Jean Renoir, who directed the 1937 anti-militarism masterpiece "Grand Illusion."
STOP-LOSS
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
WAR, INC.
BODY OF WAR
THE LUCKY ONES
5. THE GILLO: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE FOREIGN FILM is named after the Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo, who lensed the 1960s classics "The Battle of Algiers" and "Burn!"
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
CHE
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
THE COUNTERFEITERS
THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION
6. THE DZIGA: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE DOCUMENTARY is named after the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov, who directed 1920s nonfiction films such as the "Kino Pravda" ("Film Truth") series and "The Man With the Movie Camera."
BODY OF WAR (Phil Donahue)
TROUBLE THE WATER
TRUMBO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
RELIGULOUS
7. ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: Named after brutally slain young actress, Adrienne Shelly. For the movie this year most opposing violence against women.
CHANGELING
BEFORE THE RAIN
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL
GRAN TORINIO
8. LA PASSIONARA AWARD: For the most positive female images in a movie, and in light of the historically demeaning portrayal of women in movies.
CHANGELING
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
TROUBLE THE WATER
FROZEN RIVER
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
9. OUR DAILY BREAD AWARD: For the most positive and inspiring working class images in a movie this year.
KIT KITTREDGE
GRAN TORINO
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
TAKE OUT
THE GARDEN
10. THE ROBESON AWARD: Named after courageous performing legend, Paul Robeson. The award is for the movie that best expresses the people of color in light of the historically demeaning portrayal of them in films.
MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
CADILLAC RECORDS
EXILES
TROUBLE THE WATER
BALLAST
11. THE BRANDO: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE FILM ACTIVIST is named after Marlon Brando, who starred in movies such as the Black power-themed "Burn!" and 1987’s anti-apartheid "A Dry White Season," and championed underdogs like the American Indian Movement offscreen.
SEAN PENN
DANNY GLOVER
JOHN CUSACK
SPIKE LEE
ROBERT GREENWALD
12. THE TOMAS GUTIERREZ ALEA AWARD: Named after the late legendary Cuban filmmaker. For best depicting mass popular uprising or revolutionary transformation in a movie.
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
CHE
CHICAGO 10
HUNGER
DEFIANCE
14. THE SERGEI: The Progie Award for Best Progressive LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT is named after the Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, who created Russian revolutionary classics such as 1925’s "Potemkin" and 1927’s "10 Days That Shook the World."
PAUL NEWMAN
JEAN-LUC GODARD
KEN LOACH (UK)
HARRY BELAFONTE; DANNY GLOVER
15. THE LAWSON: The Progie Award for BEST ANTI-FASCIST FILM this year, is named after screenwriter John Howard Lawson, one of the Hollywood Ten, who wrote Hollywood’s first feature about the Spanish Civil War, 1938’s "Blockade," with Henry Fonda, and anti-Nazi movies such as 1943’s "Sahara," starring Humphrey Bogart.
VALKYRIE
DEFIANCE
GOOD
BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
THE READER
16. THE MODERN TIMES: The Progie Award for Best Progressive Film SATIRE is named after Charlie Chaplin, who made 1936’s "Modern Times" and 1940’s "The Great Dictator."
FROST/NIXON
W.
RELIGULOUS
WAR, INC.
WALL-E
17. THE ORSON: The Progie Award for BEST OVERLOOKED OR THEATRICALLY UNRELEASED [seen at festivals, or on TV or DVD only] Progressive Film is named after actor/director Orson Welles. After he directed the masterpiece "Citizen Kane" Welles had difficulty getting most of his other movies made.
The Real Great Debaters
24 City
A Time To Stir
Fields Of Fuel
Wings of Defeat
18. THE LORENTZ: The Progie Award for Best ENVIRONMENTALIST film is named after Pare Lorentz, who directed the Depression era classic documentaries "The Plow That Broke the Plains" and "The River."
THE GARDEN
THE HAPPENING
WALL-E
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Flow: For Love Of Water
19. THE PASOLINI: The Progie Award for Best PRO-GAY RIGHTS Film is named after Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who directed 1964’s "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Decameron" and "The Canterbury Tales" in the 1970s.
MILK
CHRIS & DON
NO REGRET (KOREAN)
THE SECRETS
SAVE ME
20. THE LENNON: The Progie Award for Best Progressive MUSICAL OR FILM ABOUT MUSIC is named after peace activist and musician John Lennon, who co-starred in the 1967 satire "How I Won the War" and the 2006 doc "The U.S. vs. John Lennon."
ANITA O’DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER
CADILLAC RECORDS
WAR DANCE
THE GITS
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
HALL OF SHAME
Slumdog Millionaire
The Dark Knight
DARK STREETS
NOBEL SON
CHE
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES
HOUSE OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES
DOUBT
YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
AN AMERICAN CAROL
MILITARY RECRUITMENT ADS IN THEATRES AND ON TV
RICK WARREN’S VIDEO on his church’s website the week of Dec. 21.
For more info please see: Website: http://politicalfilmcritics.blogspot.com/
“Uncommon Courage” ~ A Special Evening with Patricia Isasa, Demissie Abebe, Jim Lafferty, Jose-Luis Orozco ~ Saturday, February 28th, 7:00 PM ~ The Church In Ocean Park
School of the Americas Watch-Los Angeles, Palisadians For Peace & The Church In Ocean Park Invite You to a Special Evening Uncommon Courage Patricia Isasa Saturday, February 28th - 7:00 PM Church In Ocean Park 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica 90405 Fresh Tamales for Sale at 6:30 PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Guest Demissie Abebe Executive Director of TASSC (Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International) Mr. Abebe was tortured after he tried to expose corruption in an agency responsible for development and assistance to the poor in his native Ethiopia. MC Jim Lafferty Director of the National Lawyer’s Guild LA; Host of “The Lawyer’s Guild Show” - Thursdays at 7pm on KPFK; A Fellow of the Institute for the Humanities at USC; A national leader in the anti-war and social justice movement in the U.S. for nearly 50 years. Music Jose-Luis Orozco $10 Requested Donation (No one will be turned away for lack of funds) For more information: 310-573-1901 - ulisandra.paz@verizon.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Argentine torture survivor Patricia Isasa has fought for justice and transparency for 30 years. Patricia was abducted by the military and police in her native Argentina when she was only 16 years old. She was tortured and held for over 2 years at one of the 375 clandestine detention and torture centers set up during the dictatorship. Unlike so many of the disappeared. Patricia survived and was released (1979). She then compiled complaints to be presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, which was about to visit Argentina. She was again abducted with another 30 men and women. She was released after 3 days, but was one of only 4 to survive. Due to her exhaustive research her torturers were put in jail and are awaiting trial. Even after receiving death threats in recent years, she has continued to work tirelessly and courageously to bring her perpetrators to justice . After constant postponements in the trial date, Patricia expects to finally be able to testify in her case this summer. www.soaw.org Media Sponsor cid:image001.jpg@01C9716F.8A948EB0 KPFK 90.7 FM Radio
