Filmmakers Len Morris and Robin Romano will discuss child labor around the globe tonight at 7.30 pm in Memorial Hall on the UNC campus. This lecture is free, open to the public, and will include never before seen footage of the conditions in which children labor so the rest of us can have carpets, coffee, and--in the US--fruits and vegetables. These are award-winning filmmakers doing front-line activism--worth the trip in to town.
You can meet the filmmakers at a reception celebrating Robin Romano's photographs this afternoon at 4 pm; room 039, the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in Graham Memorial.
Any of you who watched The End of Suburbia recently should be ready for this: tomorrow is Car Free Day! If you pledge to go car free on the NC Car Free web site you can win a prize, and everyone is invited to Weaver Street Market to celebrate Car Free Day. (Considering that it's Thursday at 6pm, car-free is about the only way to get to WSM anyway.)
On September 22, 2005, Orange and Durham County citizens in North Carolina will join over 1400 cities and towns throughout the United States and 37 other countries in celebrating World Car Free Day. We'd like you to join the celebration! http://www.gocarfree.com
There will be an event at Weaver Street Market from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Car Free Day (Sept 22) with information about public transportation, carpooling, biodiesel, Village Project Concept Plans for Carolina North, and more!
Chapel Hill is at risk of losing one of it's most dedicated, inspiring, and historic leaders. I just got the following message about former Chapel Hill Town Council member, UNC professor, local civil rights agitator, and tireless activist for peace and justice all over the globe Joe Straley.
Friends of peace with justice,
The seeds of hope and the struggle for justice and peace continue in us and all who share the struggle as Joe Straley departs.
- jerry
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:33
Subject: Please keep Joe and Lucy in your hearts.
Dear friends and neighbors,
Joe Straley is in intensive care. His blood pressure is very low. Kidney function is poor. All his children have arrived.
There is little that can be done. The time for a lot of help will be when Lucy is alone.
Please keep Joe and Lucy in your hearts.
Joan Garnett
Forum for Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen candidates at Carrboro Town Hall
Guest Post by Tom Jensen
The Carrboro Sierra Club Candidates Forum is tonight at 7 PM in the Board Room at Carrboro Town Hall. The forum will start with 75 minutes of questions for Aldermen candidates, and conclude with 45 minutes of the Mayoral candidates.
We will be taking questions from the audience, so if you have anything you want asked but can't be there feel free to post here and I will add it to the pool of possible questions.
This is the first opportunity to see the Carrboro candidates face off, so you should all either come or watch it live on the People's Channel!
Tom Jensen is a Senior at UNC on the Sierra Club Political Commitee. He is also the chair of Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill.
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