ITVS Community Cinema Screening
"A Village Called Versailles"
(shown with Vietnamese subtitles)

with Director, S. Leo Chiang, IN PERSON!

About the Film
Welcome to Versailles, New Orleans—home to the densest ethnic Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. For over 30 years, its residents lived a quiet existence on the edge of New Orleans. But then came Hurricane Katrina, the immense garbage piles and the shocking discovery of a toxic landfill planned in their neighborhood. Watch as they fight back, turning a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance to build a better future.

Presented by WHYY and ITVS in partnership with Asian Arts Initiative, Boat People SOS, Scribe Video Center and the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition, Inc.

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open 6:30pm)

This was just made a feature at Philly IMC:

--Brewerytown Organizers Threaten to Boycott Rita's Water Ice

by Al Alston, African American Business and Residents Association | 05.18.2008

On May 15, 2008, community members in Brewerytown, held a meeting to create a preliminary plan for how to address the imminent opening of a Rita's Water Ice franchise at 2829 W. Girard Avenue. The attendees were responding to eight years of frustration over the way Rita's handled the rape of an 11-year old African-American girl by two white Rita's employees at Veteran's Stadium in 2000. Neither Rita's nor its new franchise responded to recent attempts by the community to obtain more information about Rita's actions after the rape or why they still have not accepted a level of moral responsibility for the child victim of their employees.

Read the Letter Brewerytown Community Members sent to Rita's Water Ice here:

http://nyc.indymedia.org/media/2008/05//97282.pdf

Temple University Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) and Philly Jobs With Justice is asking for your support and solidarity.

RALLY/PRAYER CIRCLE
On December 11, 2007 from 3:00PM-4:00PM at Temple University (Sullivan Hall, 1330 W Berks St).

Temple Student Labor Action Project will gather to recognize International Human Rights Day and continue the escalation of tactics aimed towards the Temple Board of Trustees and Temple President, Anne Weaver Hart.

We have yet to get a straight answer from Temple administration about our demand for 5 sick days.
http://media.www.temple-news.com/media/storage/paper143/news/2007/09/11/...

Since then we have had a series of meetings:

PICO is an awesome organization and notice, they never use the "P" word. :) MDC.

Online Communications/writer specialist
PICO National Network

Date Posted: November 8, 2007

Who we are: PICO is one of the largest, most diverse grassroots community organizing networks in the United States, working in 150 cities and 18 states, and in Central America and Rwanda. PICO’s mission is to teach ordinary people the tools they need to improve their communities and transform society. The PICO network includes 53 affiliates, representing more than one thousand religious congregations and one million families. PICO affiliates have led successful campaigns to expand access to health coverage, improve inner-city public schools, reduce youth violence and create affordable housing.