[Peace] THURSDAY! Human Rights Film Series Concludes with "Letters"!

[Jen Tayabji]

AWARE is a cosponsor of this series!

THURSDAY! THURSDAY!

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"Letters From The Other Side"

Part of IDF Human Rights Film Series

Thursday, October 11, 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 will conclude on October 11th with "Letters From The Other
Side."

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LETTERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Thursday, October 11  @ 7pm

"How many more deaths does it take for the U.S. government to do
something? Let it be on their conscience that since our tragedy many more
have died and many more will die," says Laura in a video letter to the
U.S. government, speaking about her husband who died trying to cross the
U.S./Mexico border to search for work. This film interweaves video letters
carried across the border with the intimate stories of women left behind
in post-NAFTA Mexico. LETTERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE paints a complex
portrait of families torn apart by economics, communities dying at the
hands of globalization, and governments incapable or unwilling to do
anything.

Rev. Mike Mulberry, pastor at Community United Church of Christ, will
facilitate the discussion following the film. Rev. Mulberry has spent time
working in Oaxaca, Mexico. He is also one of the leaders of the New
Sanctuary Movement in Champaign-Urbana (http://www.prairienet.org/cu-nsm).

For more information: http://www.sidestreetfilms.com/

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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
www.prairienet.org/idf