Wednesday, January 25
6:30 pm
339 Lafayette St.
(buzzer #11)
MANHATTAN, NYC
(corner of Bleecker & Lafayette Sts.)
The Socialist Party National Office invites you to join us at a forum:
After Katrina: Solidarity Not Charity, Reclaiming the Gulf
Wednesday January 25, 2006
6:30 – 9 PM
Screening:
A Corner of Her Eye
MiniDV, 18 minutes
An intimate and spooky portrait of three brothers visiting their father in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi who take on Hurricane Katrina as a fun challenge and find themselves fighting for their lives.
Watch trailer
with a report on New Orleans from
A national dialogue on racism, poverty inequality and injustice began
after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. While FEMA and the Red Cross failed
at providing immediate support for Gulf “refugees”, community-led
projects like the Common Ground Collective have continued the work of
rebuilding the Gulf offering mutual aid and support from volunteer
medical and health providers, aid workers, community organizers, legal
representatives and people from all over with broad skills from all
walks of life.
Speakers:
Sean White: volunteer with the Common Ground Collective. Sean has been
at the Common Ground Collective since September and will have a slide
presentation on the Common Ground Project. Sean is an
anti-authoritarian/ anti-capitalist activist and organizer and a
member of the Socialist Party.
Konrad Aderer: documentarian and producer of Life or Liberty, Farouk
Abdel-Muhti: Political Prisoner and other human rights films. Konrad
has a short video of Katrina and will speak about his experience
during the hurricane. A ten-minute excerpt will be shown from his documentary A Corner of Her Eye.
Others Speakers TBA
Moderated by Greg Pason, National Secretary Socialist Party USA
339 LAFAYETTE ST. (buzzer #11) MANHATTAN, NYC
(corner of Bleecker & Lafayette Sts.)
Info: gpason@… or
212-982-4586
Subway B,D,F Broadway/Lafayette stop or 6 train to Bleecker
