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Africa

“Taking Root” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 17 April 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

TAKING ROOT tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy-a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.

Tagged as: Africa, community, environment, greening, Singing, social movements

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“Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North” Documentary Screening and Filmmaker Discussion

Event info: Sunday 8 March 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary “Traces of the Trade,” with filmmaker and JP-resident Katrina Browne. Featured on PBS and at the Sundance Film Festival, this film recounts Browne’s inquiry into the DeWolf family, her forefathers and the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.
“Traces of the Trade” follows ten DeWolf descendants [...]

Tagged as: Africa, local, reparations, slavery, wealth

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“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

She’s already overcome tremendous obstacles to [...]

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

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“Bearing Witness in Darfur: Who Will Be My Sister’s Keeper?”

Event info: Thursday 29 November 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, Sanctuary
6 Eliot St. (Across from the Monument)
Since her first visit to southern Sudan in 2001, Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, co-pastor of Jamaica Plain’s Bethel AME Church, knew that she wanted to stand in solidarity with the women of that country. She had served as a medical missionary during several [...]

Tagged as: Africa, economics, genocide, politics, report-back

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