FREE DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

GRANITO DE ARENA

MONDAY OCTOBER 23RD

@ 7:30 @ THE SUB THEATER

DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TEACHER'S MOVEMENT IN OAXACA WILL FOLLOW

SPECIAL GUEST: DR. LOIS MEYER

Description: For more than 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance. 'Grain of Sand' is the story of that resistance -- the story of hundreds of thousands of public schoolteachers whose grassroots, non-violent movement took Mexico by surprise and who have endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle to defend public education.

SPONSORES BY SOLAS

FAVELA RISING

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

OCT. 6TH , 2006.

7:15 P.M.

@ THE GUILD

TICKETS: $5

Favela Rising is an important reminder of how human beings can unite to effect grass-roots social change...

PLOT DESCRIPTION

This documentary follows one man's efforts to better his own life and the community he calls home. Anderson Sa grew up in the ghettos of Rio de Janeiro (known locally as "favelas"), where drug dealing, gangs, corrupt police officials, and violence were a common part of daily life. However, Sa came to realize that the life he was living was a dead end, and gave up selling drugs and gang life to become a community activist. Sa also had musical talent, as did a handful of like-minded friends, and together they began fusing the energy and immediacy of hip-hop with the hypnotic grooves of reggae, creating a new sound called afro-reggae in the process. Favela Rising follows Sa and his comrades as they share the story of his violent past, his vision of a better future for the favelas of Brazil, and the crucial message behind their music.


SPONSORED BY TERCERA RAIZ AND CO-SPONSORED BY SOLAS

This Friday SOLAS Brown Bag

October 6th, 2006

12-1 (noon) @ the LAII (801 Yale NE)

SOLAS Brown Bag

Speaker: Albino García

Community Organizer & Religious Leader

The Life Story of Albino is inspiring and powerful!

Lunch will be served