NOTICE: This page will be a day-by-day listing of events of interest to Florida progressives, as they occur both within and outside the state. Visitors who are aware of any upcoming events are encouraged to submit information to jerry@sunstateactivist.org, including contact information and a website reference if available.
SSA CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Monday October 13: Gainesville FL:
FILM SCREENING: "AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR"
At the Death House Door is the story of the death penalty in the state of Texas, told from the perspective of Pastor Carroll Picket, who served as the death house chaplain at the infamous Walls prison unit in Huntsville, Texas for 15 years. Picket presided over 95 executions, including the world’s first lethal injection. After each execution, Pickett recorded an audiotape account of his trip to the death chamber.
Donations appreciated
Time: 8 PM
Location: Civic Media Center - 1021 West University Avenue, Gainesville, FL
More info: (352) 373-0010 www.civicmediacenter.org
Film info: http://www.ifc.com/atthedeathhousedoor
Saturday October 18: Tampa, FL:
"THE DANGERS OF FREETHINKING WOMEN"
Toni Van Pelt, director of the
Center for Inquiry’s Office of Public Policy, will present "The Dangers of Freethinking Women," with emphasis on the struggle for women’s suffrage in the United States to the call for Equal Rights in the U.S. Constitution in our current era. Focus will be on the brave women of the times— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emma Goldman, Ernestine Rose, Jessie Ackermann, Matilda Joslyn Gage, to name a few—who struggled fiercely against religious oppression to ultimately secure political and civil rights for all women.
RSVP due on Oct. 14, noon. Admission after that period will be $10 for all members of CFI who didn't RSVP; and will be $10 for non-members (including lapsed members).
Time: 11 AM
Location:
CFI-Tampa office, in the Bridgeport Center: 5201 West Kennedy Blvd., Ste. 124 - Tampa, FL
More info: http://www.centerforinquiry.net/tampa
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/tampa/events/
Wednesday October 22: Sarasota FL:
FILM SCREENING: "ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE"
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss & examine the mix of businesses, politics & ideology that is the mainstream media.
FREE, but donations are appreciated
Time: 7 PM & 8:30 PM
Location: Big E's Coffeehouse2805 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL
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More info: imc-sarasota-film@lists.indymedia.org
Film info: www.theyesmen.org
Monday October 27: Gainesville FL:
FILM SCREENING: "INDEPENDENT INTERVENTION "
“Independent Intervention” is an award-winning documentary about the US Media coverage of the war in Iraq. Focusing on the human costs of war, this film contrasts the corporate mass media’s coverage of the invasion of Iraq with independent reports of the brutal realities on the ground.
Donations appreciated
Time: 8 PM
Location: Civic Media Center - 1021 West University Avenue, Gainesville, FL
More info: (352) 373-0010 www.civicmediacenter.org
Film info: www.independentintervention.com
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