[Peace] IDF Human Rights Film Series Continues w/ Farmingville!

[Jen Tayabji]

AWARE is a cosponsor.
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THURSDAY!

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"Farmingville"

Part of IDF Human Rights Film Series

Thursday, October 4, 7-9pm

First Floor, IDF**

Free Admission and Snacks

http://www.prairienet.org/idf/filmseries.html

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It's time again for our semi-annual Human Rights Film Series! The Human
Rights Film Series is an opportunity for campus and community members to
come together to view and discuss films pertinent to those issues that
face us all. Following each film, there will be a discussion facilitated
by a local campus or community member who has expertise on the topic of
the documentary. The films will be shown using IDF's high-quality
projector and large screen. Snacks and refreshments will be available!

This fall, we have organized an exciting film series focused on
immigration, one of the most important issues facing our country today.
The film series continues on October 4th with "Farmingville."

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FARMINGVILLE

Thursday, October 4  @ 7pm

It's a familiar story: an influx of illegal immigrants crossing the border
from Mexico to do work the locals won't; a flourishing "low-wage" labor
market that depends on them; rising tensions with the resident Anglo
population; charges and counter-charges of lawlessness and racism;
organizing and counter-organizing; then a violent hate crime that tears a
community apart. But this isn't the story of a Californian, Texan, or
another Southwestern town. It's the story of Farmingville, New York. It's
a complex, emotional portrait of an American town in rapid transition from
a relatively homogeneous community to a 21st century village. The
co-producer wrote, "This is the latest battle over the American Dream, one
that puts every American town on the front line of deciding just who
shares--and who controls--that dream."

Ricky Baldwin will facilitate the discussion following the film. Ricky is
active in the local community. He is a member of AWARE and Central
Illinois Jobs with Justice. He has also worked with the Coalition For
Immokalee Workers.

For more information: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/farmingville/index.html

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UPCOMING FILMS:

LETTERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
Thursday, October 11 @ 7pm

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The IDF would like to thank this semester's cosponsors: Activist Forum;
Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE); Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort on
Campus; Central Illinois Jobs with Justice; Channing-Murray Foundation;
Community United Church of Christ; International Socialist Organization;
La Casa Cultural Latina*; School for Designing a Society; South Asian
Collective; Students for Social Equality; United Students Against
Sweatshops; University YMCA; Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting; and Vietnam
Veterans Against the War (CU chapter).

The IDF would like to thank La Casa Cultural Latina for their generous
sponsorship.

The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is a pioneering peace with justice
campus ministry and non-profit organization located on the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. For more information about the film
series or the IDF, please contact us at (217) 352-8721,
idf at prairienet.org, or visit our website at http://www.prairienet.org/idf.

**The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright streets in
Champaign. It is only 2 blocks from the U of I Quad and on several CU-MTD
bus routes. Limited free parking is available. The film series is
wheelchair accessible.

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Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF)
610 E. Springfield Ave.
Champaign, IL  61820
Office Hours: Mon - Fri from 12-5pm
(217) 352-8721 | idf at prairienet.org
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