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5/9 Javier Jimenez on Guatemalan Fair Trade Coffee

WHAT:

Javier Jimenez on Guatemalan Fair Trade Coffee

WHEN:

6 p.m. Friday

May 9

WHERE:

Third Street Stuff
257 N Limestone

Lexington

Free and everyone is welcome.

DETAILS:

Moya Hallstein (who lives here in Lexington and is recently back from Guatemala) and friends are holding an event for a member of one of the communities that she visited in Guatemala. His name is Javier Jimenez. 

Javier and about forty families have formed a cooperative, have bought a plantation, and are producing fair trade organic coffee and macadamia nuts. See the link below for more information about the cooperative. 

Mr. Jimenez is bringing a PowerPoint presentation and he is open to share the information with any group or individuals that are interested on learning about their work.

Sponsor:

Comunidad Nueva Alianza

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Moya Hallstein

KET Film: Appalshop Film 'Sludge' to Air

WHAT:

Currently on KET

Appalshop Film 'Sludge' to Air on KET'S Kentucky Channel

WHEN:

Premiers:

1:00 pm Sunday

May 11

WHERE:

KET KY Channel

KET HD KY - Insight Cable 192

KET HD KY - Insight Cable 918

DETAILS:

Appalshop's documentary film "Sludge" will air four times in May across the Commonwealth on Kentucky Educational Television's (KET) Kentucky Channel. Shortly after midnight on October 11, 2000, a coal sludge pond in Martin County, Kentucky, broke through an underground mine, propelling 306 million gallons of sludge down two tributaries of the Tug Fork River into the Big Sandy. The Martin County sludge spill killed all aquatic life along 30 miles of river, damaged municipal water systems, and caused millions of dollars in property damage.

Appalshop filmmaker Robert Salyer follows the government agencies and community members through their clean up efforts and their attempts to understand the causes of a disaster thirty times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Filmed over four years, the documentary chronicles the aftermath of the disaster, the Mine Safety and Health Administration "whistleblower" case of Jack Spadaro, and the looming threat of coal sludge ponds throughout the Appalachian mountains.

Sludge is scheduled to air on KET's Kentucky Channel:

• Sunday, May 11 at 1:00 pm

• Friday, May 16 at 7:00 pm

• Saturday, May 17 at 12:00 am

• Saturday, May 17 at 2:00 pm

Noted Kentucky historian Loyal Jones described Sludge as "A shocking documentary.… [T]he film leaves this viewer with the conviction that without a public uprising, state and federal governments will stand with the energy corporations against the safety and welfare of citizens."

Sludge is available on DVD from Appalshop (800-545-7467 or www.appalshop.org/store.htm). Appalshop is a non-profit multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of Appalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books. Since 1969, Appalshop has remained dedicated to the proposition that the world is immeasurably enriched when local cultures garner the resources, including new technologies, to tell their own stories and to listen to the unique stories of others.

SPONSORS:

Kentucky Educational Television

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

viewerservices@ket.org

(859) 258-7000

7/2 Lexington Network Film: The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez

WHAT:

Lexington Network's Summer Film & Discussion Series

The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez

WHEN:

6 p.m. Wednesday

July 2

WHERE:

Lexington Central Public Library

140 E. Main St.

Lexington

Free & open to the public

DETAILS:

The Lexington Network presents an award winning documentary film about the first combat casualty of the Iraq War, who was also an undocumented immigrant and green card soldier. The film raises provocative questions about immigrants and immigration, third world poverty, green card soldiers, street kids, our role in the third world and the nature of heroism. It is the story of one person's ability to survive. Born in one war, Gutierrez died in another.

What is a hero? You decide. Discussion and reception following the film.

LEXINGTON NETWORK MISSION STATEMENT

The Lexington Network is an organization of individuals proactively engaged in raising awareness and understanding of Lexington's diverse community. Through dialogue and commitment to service and educational projects, we pledge to maintain an active presence on: issues that divide us, issues that concern us, and issues that face us.

The Lexington Network hosts discussion forums and special events focusing on issues of racism and discrimination.

SPONSORS:

The Lexington Network

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Loren Drzal

(859) 543-2809

5/10 Mother To Mother - Spring Luncheon - Judge Goodwine to Speak

WHAT:

MOTHER TO MOTHER ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON

Judge Pamela Goodwine speaking on

“Overcoming Life’s Obstacle Course” 

WHEN:

Noon - 3 p.m. Saturday

May 10th

WHERE:

Woodland Christian Church
530 East High Street

Lexington

COSTS:

Tickets are $5 per person.  Please make reservations at (859) 269-8207.

DETAILS:

Mother to Mother of Lexington, Inc. is hosting their annual Spring Luncheon. Our guest speaker this year is Judge Pamela Goodwine,  who will be speaking on "Overcoming Life's Obstacle Course."

A fabulous meal is to be provided by DaRae and Friends Catering of Lexington, Kentucky.

Please let us know if you require child care.

SPONSORS:

Mother to Mother of Lexington, Inc.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dona Renfro

(859) 278-1558

5/13 EEOC presents an E-RACE Open Forum

WHAT:

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) presents

E-RACE Open Forum

Eradicating Racism And Colorism from Employment

WHEN:

12 - 2 p.m. Tuesday

May 13

WHERE:

University of Kentucky

Student Center

Room 230

Lexington

Click here for a map.

Refreshments will be served. 

Open to the public, but you must RSVP by 5/2/08 to Toni Ahl (502) 582-5839 or email Marian Ahl.

DETAILS:

On February 28, 2007, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), launched a national initiative to bring a fresh, 21st century approach to combating racism, which remains the most frequent claim filed with the agency. The initiative, E-RACE (Eradicating Racism And Colorism from Employment), is an outreach, education and enforcement campaign to advance the statutory right to a workplace free of race and color discrimination.

The Louisville Area Office of the EEOC invites you to the first statewide open forum on the E-RACE Initiative on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. at the University of Kentucky in Room 230 of the Student Center.

There will be an interactive panel with audience participation on various aspects of the Initiative. We will also discuss recent studies showing how some employers make selection decisions based on names, arrest and conviction records, employment and personality test and credit scores—all of which may disparately impact people of color.

The E-RACE INITIATIVE urges us all to understand and address the multifaceted and complex nature of racism in the 21st century so that discrimination doesn’t rob our nation of the contributions that a diverse population can make.

SPONSORS:

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Louisville Office

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marian Ahl.

(502) 582-5839