[Peace] Film: "Troop 1500" / a unique Girl Scout troop unites daughters with mothers who are serving time for serious crimes / Tues Dec 6 / Champaign Library / 6pm

[Karen Medina]

Film: "Troop 1500" At Hilltop Prison in Gatesville, Texas, a unique
Girl Scout troop — Troop 1500 — unites daughters with mothers who are
serving time for serious crimes, giving them a chance to rebuild their
broken bonds. Facing long sentences from the courts, the mothers
struggle to mend their fractured relationships with their daughters.

6 pm Tuesday, Dec. 6
Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Robeson Rooms A & B

* A screening with a post-film, audience-driven discussion about the
local relevance of the issues raised in the film.
* Free and open to the public.
* A sign-language interpreter will be provided for the discussion for
the hearing-impaired and the film will be shown with
closed-captioning.
* A WILL Community Cinema Screening event.