2008 Voter Registration
Voter Registration! Come get prepared to have a voice in the 2008 Presidential Elections. Starting at 5 p.m. 40 Leon St. at the John D O’Bryant African American Institute, Boston. Elections give us a chance to choose who runs this country, including our neighborhoods. Our collective voices will be heard, but only if we vote. For more information contact taylornoel lecooper@gmail.com. Sponsored by The Northeastern Black Student Association, Northeastern University.
FRI., NOVEMBER 9
Filmmakers Collaborative Upcoming Screening: “The Price of Sugar”
Directed by Bill Haney. Produced by Eric Grunebaum. Co-written and Edited by Peter Rhodes. Narrated by Paul Newman. Kendall Sq. Cinema, Cambridge. November 9-15. On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which end up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere’s poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where our responsibility lies. Please go to http://www.landmark
theatres.com/market/Boston
/KendallSquare
Cinema.htm for ticket prices (prices are $10 and under) and show times.
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SAT., NOVEMBER 10
Free Jingling Snowflake Workshops
Project Artists Dianne Zimbabwe and Wendy Ellertson invite artists of all ages to create and carry a Jingling Snowflake in the 2008 First Night Parade. Free Saturday workshops take place at Hawthorne Youth and Community Center, 9 Fulda St. in Roxbury on November 10, November 17, and December 1 from l0 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Space in workshops is limited; call 617-427-0613 to register.
TUE., NOVEMBER 13
Teens Present “Community Voices” Photo Essay
on Health Disparities in Boston
The Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service (CCHERS) at Northeastern University is sponsoring a presentation of “Community Voices: A Photo Essay on Health Disparities in Roxbury” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute at Northeastern University. The presentation will showcase the students’ photography, writing and research on health disparities. A reception will follow the presentation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Katherine Rushfirth, CCHERS Project Coordinator, 617-373-5787 or k.rushfirth@neu.edu.
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