Horrified by mountain top removal? Then come watch "Coal Country".

The film gives you a dramatic look into modern coal mining and the impact on communities in Appalachia. You will get to know working coal miners along with activists who are battling coal companies.

This will also be a great opportunity to talk with the filmmakers and learn about the people in the communities being affected by the coal extraction and use in Appalachia.
 
WHEN: Thursday, October 29th
TIME: 7:30pm
WHERE: Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA
COST: Free
RSVP: http://action.sierraclub.org/BrynMawrCoal

Sponsored by the Southeastern Group of the Sierra Club

Questions call 215-508-3310

From Clean Water Action

As if I wasn't already excited enough about this Friday's 13th Annual Clean Water Action Party on Boathouse Row, we have something new on offer this year. Environmentally inspired artwork. I have to confess, I'm blown away by what's been offered.

I met Dave Holley at InLiquid's Art for the Cash Poor this summer and started talking to him about the work of Clean Water. He got really excited, so when I told him that I was looking to spotlight an artist's work as it relates to water, he said he was in.

I had no idea what impressive work I was in for.

Dave got to work and became inspired by Hiroshige's famous "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa." Using a method that very much squares with the type of issues Clean Water espouses, he found a used sail to work on and began applying recycled magazine and other images to it, using the colors in what he found and painting over the top. Creating this amazing painting/sculpture that will debut this Friday at the Annual Auction. So you should come. You should see the whole piece. The image above is just a detail. You know you want to see it all at once. So RSVP now.

More details about the event in the jump!

Formed in January 2008 by Ayuda Community Center, the Hunting Park Civic Association is a collection of over seventy neighbors, business owners, and civil servants coming together to develop neighborhood-based solutions to community concerns. The Civic Association meets on the second Tuesday of every month for about two hours, often with about half of that time given to a guest speaker and the other half dedicated to discussion about how residents can improve the community.

In March of 2009 we were pleased to have Philadelphia District Attorney Candidates Seth Williams and Brian Grady share with us on the duties of the District Attorney and their qualifications for the job.

"This government, using corporate media, is laying the groundwork for a murder"

--Journalists for Mumia Abu-Jamal releases a new EDITED video of the Dec. 4 "Murdered by Mumia?" press conference

(VIEW PARTS ONE AND TWO)

January 22, 2008, Philadelphia, PA- Temple President, Ann Weaver Hart, like many American’s on January 21 was ready to celebrate the legacy of Reverend Martin Luther King. In recognition of the civil rights leader President Hart planned a big event in the Student Activities Center on Temple Campus. Unfortunately, the one thing that she hadn’t planned on was real, live civil rights activists showing up at the event.

Activists from the community organization Jobs with Justice arrived early at the event and began leafleting and talking with people as they entered the auditorium. The activists claim that Temple University is responsible for the poor compensation, working conditions and workers’ rights abuses of 250 security guards on campus. The 95% African-American work force is subcontracted through the AlliedBarton company.

The activists have been waging a campaign since 2005 to win improvements for the workers.