The next Social Justice Night:
6:00-10:00pm
Tuesday, June 24 2008
RISD CIT building, Room 103
169 Weybosset Street
(Downtown, not on the main campus.
Next to American Apparel, across from the JWU green)

Schedule:
6pm: Socialize, get settled.
7pm: Documentary screening.
7:10-9:30pm: Facilitated discussions and report-backs.
9:30pm: Announcements.

7pm
We are going to pick up from last month by showing:
Violated: Guilty though Proven Innocent
A short documentary about sentencing reform produced by the RI Family Life Center (That there were technical difficulties screening at AS220)

7:10pm
Facilitated small group discussions:
Discussion leaders will introduce themselves, audience members choose what they're interested in. Exact schedule will be finalized based on turnout, something like two 40 minute blocks of four discussions. Each block followed by report-backs to the whole crowd.

-Jonny Skye Njie - School reform.

-Peter Hocking - Tensions between colleges and Providence residents.

-Margaret Middleton - Skillshare for women on making cloth pads.

-Bruce Reilly - Arts and social change.

-Alex Svobda - Movement building.

-Nick Horton - Discussion of documentary.

-Ben Jones and Luke Kraffft - Providence activist website.

-Several more awaiting final confirmation

9:30pm
Ending with a period of open announcements.
~1 minute each.


Lots of free food, snacks, beverages, coffee, throughout the night.

The space fits 100 people in chairs, has a projector, and is air conditioned. We arranged the free use of the space through the RISD Office of Public Engagement. The event is otherwise unaffiliated with RISD.

In having this series of events in a different location every month, we hope to challenge biases and foster connections between varied communities. To help do that we attempt to identify and create dialog about existing discord between communities. This month we are acknowledging and discussing some of the tensions between college students and other city residents.

Looking forward to an inspiring night of movement building,
SueEllen Kroll atlas_bower@hotmail.com
Mike Eng meng@recycleabike.org
Luke Kraffft luke@danky.com

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