From the category archives:

2008 Spring

!Salud! Film and Discussion with Dr. Marty Schotz and Nancy Kohn

Event info: Friday 24 October 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Find out what puts Cuba on the map in the quest for global health â€¦ Cuba has trained more than 30,000 medical doctors from over 68 countries, including 100 from the United States, for free. Now they are working with the poorest of the poor all across the globe. Learn about their battle for [...]

Tagged as: Cuba, health care

“There Are No Illegal People” with photojournalist David Bacon

Event info: Tuesday 9 September 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants, with David Bacon â€œDavid Bacon is the conscience of American journalism; an extraordinary social documentarist in the rugged humanist tradition of Dorothea Lange, Carey McWilliams, and Ernesto Galarza.â€ â€”Mike Davis, author of No One Is Illegal Jamaica Plain has a rich history as a “landing pad” [...]

Tagged as: art, capitalism, community, economics, immigration, politics, race in America, social movements

A Report from New Orleans: 3 Years Later

Event info: Friday 27 June 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

“14 Hands, 7 Toolbelts, and 1 New Orleans Family: A Report Back from Post-Katrina Louisiana” Did you know that, since Hurricane Katrina, Boston-area building trades people have made several trips to rewire and replumb flood-damaged homes on the Gulf coast? In fact, a crew of seven local electricians, plumbers, and carpenters just returned from [...]

Tagged as: community, New Orleans, race in America, report-back, service

Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times: Amy Goodman, David Goodman and You

Event info: Friday 16 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! visits the Jamaica Plain Forum on Friday, May 16th at 7:00pmÂ This event is a Fundraiser for the Jamaica Plain Forum. Tickets are $5.00 Doors open at 6pm, event begins at 7pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis Tickets are on sale at Rhythm and Muse (470 Center [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, community, economics, local hero, media, militarism, politics, social movements

“New Year Baby” Documentary Screening and Discussion

Event info: Friday 30 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In NEW YEAR BABY, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and why her family’s history had been buried [...]

Tagged as: militarism, peace, reparations, social movements, South East Asia, war

The Defining Moment for Climate Change with Bill McKibben

Event info: Sunday 8 June 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist Sunday, June 8th, 7:00pm Read Bill’s most recent article on Alternet.org As a part of our continuing series on climate-change, join the Jamaica Plain Forum for a conversation with Step-It-Up! global warming activist, Bill McKibben after the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon and 1st annual Green Roots Festival. Bill McKibben is [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, DIY, environment, greening, social movements, urban sustainability

“Unnatural Causes” Film Screening at English High School

Event info: Thursday 1 May 2008 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Thursday, May 1st:Â 6:00pm – reception, 6:30-8:30 – screening English High School Community Center, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain Refreshments will be served. “Unnatural Causes” is a documentary series that explores the racial and social inequalities in health. Please come to a special Jamaica Plain neighborhood viewing of the episode “Place Matters.” English-to-Spanish translation available. [...]

Tagged as: community, feedback, health care

Hillary Jordan, Author of “MUDBOUND” (Reading)

Event info: Friday 2 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

â€œThis is storytelling at the height of its powers: the ache of wrongs not yet made right, the fierce attendance of history made as real as rain, as true as this minute. Hillary Jordan writes with the force of a Delta storm.â€ â€“ Barbara Kingsolver Please join us for an intimate reading with Hillary [...]

Tagged as: art, author's reading, history, race in America

Building a More Equitable Community/Creando una Comunidad Equitativa

Event info: Saturday 17 May 2008

Save the date! Saturday, May 17, 2008, English High School The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation invites you to join us in a day speakers, workshops, and films exploring what the Jamaica Plain community currently looks like, and what kind of a future we envision for our neighborhood. JAMAICA PLAIN IS AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE. [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, local

The Global Warming Cafe: Concrete Steps to Decreasing your Carbon Footprint

Event info: Saturday 29 March 2008 – 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Please note that the day and time of this event is different than other Jamaica Plain Forum Events Saturday, March 29th from 1:00-5:00pm If you were not able to RSVP for this event, please come!Â We still have plenty of space for you! Scientists overwhelmingly agree that human activity is dangerously warming the earth. [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, economics, greening, local, politics, social movements, urban sustainability

“Who Owns the Water? The Global Grassroots Fight to Take Back the Tap” with Maude Barlow, Canadian Anti-Corporate Water-Rights Activist

Event info: Sunday 2 March 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

â€œThe global water crisis is one of the most serious issues of our time. Maude Barlow is an outstanding leader who has pioneered people’s and nature’s right to water for the last decade. Blue Covenant will inspire civil society movements around the world.â€ â€“Vandana Shiva, physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, and author of Biopiracy and Stolen [...]

Tagged as: climate, commons, social movements, water

“A Dream in Doubt” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 18 April 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

It was the first hate-based murder in the wake of September 11, 2001–one of thousands of reported and unreported hate crimes in the years that followed. The victim: a turbaned Sikh man in Mesa, Arizona, where his family had sought religious freedom, searching for the American Dream. Meet a family still determined to believe in [...]

Tagged as: militarism, race in America, reparations

“King Corn” Potluck (6:30) and Screening (7:30)

Event info: Friday 14 March 2008 – 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Thanks to the resounding response from parents, our childcare slots available for this screening are now full.Â Join our email list to stay updated on future events with childcare! Join us for this potluck (at 6:30), documentary screening (at 7:30), and discussion with “King Corn” subject Ian Cheney. Have you been wondering why Americans are [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, environment, food, greening, social movements, urban sustainability

“Iron Ladies of Liberia”

Event info: Friday 22 February 2008 – 6:00pm to 6:01pm

Due to inclement weather, this event is being postponed. Please check this website for further updates, or join our email list for the most current information. Catch it on WGBH stations: Wednesday, March 19, 8 – 9pm, WGBH WORLD Sunday, March 23, 9 – 10pm, WGBX, Chanel 44 Sheâ€™s already overcome tremendous obstacles to become [...]

Tagged as: Africa, gender, militarism, peace, politics, social movements

Defending Kids from Corporate Marketers

Event info: Friday 8 February 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

In a world where we increasingly see marketing in every nook and cranny, it is not surprising that there are advertisements targeted to children. However, what is surprising is the extent and reach of that marketing. For example, current statistics show us that children see more than 40,000 commercials on television, contributing to a [...]

Tagged as: kids, marketing, parenting