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RVML Resource Center 2002-2007 Calendar Archives 20 September 2007, Thursday |
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Free Video: "Grassy Narrows"
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: RVML Event Center - 258 A St, Ashland
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Free Video: "Grassy Narrows"Donations Appreciated!
Video Description:
Our traditional values and culture are suffering and are headed towards extinguishment. This land and the forests that are an integral part of it have sustained our people for time immemorial. We watch as they disappear on the backs of logging trucks to paper mills all over the continent." Joe B. Fobister, a Grassy Narrows business man and community leader, in a letter written on March 21, 2002, to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
The First Nations community of Grassy Narrows in Northern Ontario's boreal forest has fought for decades to stop multinational logging companies from clearcutting their traditional lands.
Grassy Narrows has seen its traditional subsistence way of life devastated by massive deforestation, ecological damage and toxic pesticides left by logging companies. Weyerhaeuser, the biggest lumber company in the world, is buying up the ancient hardwood forests of Grassy Narrows "forests clear-cut over the objections of the community" and converting them into building products for the U.S. housing industry. Weyerhaeuser purchases the wood for these products from Abitibi and markets these products as "environmentally friendly."
In December 2002, community members at Grassy Narrows established a blockade on a logging road in their territory, sparking the longest-standing and highest-profile indigenous logging blockade in Canadian history. However, clearcuts still take place -- Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi refuse to respect the community's right to self-determination within their traditional territory. This July, busloads of activists from around North America will gather in solidarity at Grassy Narrows to help uphold the blockade.
Director David Clement's "As Long As the Rivers Flow: The Grassy Narrows Blockade Story," tracks Grassy Narrows' continuing battle to save its native lands from two of the world's largest lumber companies, Abitibi and Weyerhaeuser. The documentary is approximately 55 minutes, shot by Thunder Bay Indy Media. It includes interviews with community members, footage of clear-cuts, the blockades, protests and rousing visits to Canadian government officials.
You can watch a clip from the documentary by searching http://www.youtube.com/ for "rainforest action network"
For much more info on the Grassy Narrows First Nation community's struggle against logging giants Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi, go to www.freegrassy.org
Contact: Liisa Wale at l_wale@yahoo.com
More Info: http://www.freegrassy.org
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RENT RVML's LECTURE HALL: The 1,000 Sq.ft. presentation area is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible with full audio-visual capabilities available. Eighty folding chairs can be arranged in different configurations for meetings, lectures, and gatherings. -$15.00 per hour, 2 hour minimum. http://www.rvml.org/contact.shtml
RE-Generation Discussion Series
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: RVML 258 A Street UPSTAIRS, Suite 7
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RE-Generation Discussion Series: Idea Forum for the Next GenerationAlternative dialogue for people 18-32 - EVERY THURSDAY 7:30-9:30pm
30 - 60-minute video or lecture presentation followed by interactive discussion.
FREE ADMISSION
Location: RVML 258 A Street UPSTAIRS, Suite 7
Description:
Interesting people, fascinating information and "extra-ordinary" conversation in an open and friendly atmosphere.
In this interactive forum, participants gain an ever-broadening understanding about leading-edge, new paradigm ideas shaping the world's future. In contrast to a typical discussion forum, participants are encouraged to explore ideas from a metaphysical perspective, where no idea is too far-out!
What is our purpose for existence? Where did we come from? What are our ways of knowing? What is the triune nature of mind? What is the future?
Note: Intended for participants 18-32 years-old only.
Facilitators' Biographies:
JAELLE DRAGOMIR currently teaches writing, public speaking and spirituality courses at Southern Oregon University. Prior to coming to Ashland in the summer of 2004, she was on staff for the Kucinich Presidential Campaign, organizing in Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida and Oregon. Before blazing the campaign trail, Jaelle taught Communication courses and worked for human rights in a variety of arenas across the US and in Nepal.
Jaelle is a published writer and an award-winning news broadcaster. Her poetry, nonfiction articles and humorous fiction stories have appeared in many local and international publications. Jaelle is a consultant for professors, U.N. diplomats and fellow writers.
Jaelle holds an MA in speech from the University of Hawaii and has completed her course work towards a PhD. in political communication from the University of Washington. Her academic writing focuses on spirituality, inter-personal and inter-cultural communication.
DOMINIC ALLAMANO is a passionate and potent voice of the emerging visionary generation, inspiring others to shine their light brightly by boldly and humbly shining his. Since his late teens, when he began to see clearly following life altering physical trauma, he has focused his energies in two interrelated realms. The first is the realms of experiential education and explorations of the embodiment of consciousness, while the second is in a deep exploration of the sociological and systemic elements of the dominant world culture. The merging of these two realms has allowed him to perceive many of the key patterns and dynamics that define today's world and hold the promise for tomorrow's.
He feels called to be as a midwife to the emerging culture, assisting both in its birth and development as well as in the navigation of the unforeseen consequences of humanity's past choices, which are defining the context for that emergence. Through extensive travels and speaking around the Pacific Northwest he has aligned with an inspired network of allies with whom he is crafting new paradigm networks and tools like the WorldCrafter's Network (http://www.worldcrafters.org) and CultureSeed (http://www.cultureseed.org) to support the emergence of this new culture.
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RVML's VISION STATEMENT: "Our ability to discern truth is enhanced by exposure to a broader perspective on the human experience. By integrating new truths into our awareness, the expansion of knowledge in the collective mind advances the evolution of human consciousness."
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RENT RVML's PRESENTATION FACILITIES: The 1,000 square-foot (15'x65') presentation area is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible with full audio-visual capabilities available.
Eighty folding chairs can be arranged in different configurations for meetings, presentations, video screenings or other events. $15.00 per hour. Includes free e-mail and web-calendar advertising. Other publicity and production services available.
More information: http://www.rvml.org/contact.shtml
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