I suggest folks watch the half dozen 1 min video trailers to this film.
This looks like a powerful presentation by young homeless folks in their own words.
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There was no aggression or show of force during Portland's march on May Day 2013 and no arrests were made at. At the same time in Seattle the police there were throwing flash bang grenades at protestors who blockaded Seattle's city streets with overturned newspaper racks and trash cans, temporarily bringing the machine to a halt.
Video Premier Free Showing 5.1.13: Project Viewfinder - homeless young adults sharing
(PORTLAND, OR) - THE NORTHWEST FILM CENTER proudly presents the premiere
screening of PROJECT VIEWFINDER, the culminating work of a four-month
mentorship program for homeless young adults. The film will be screened
on Wednesday, May 1 at 6pm in the Northwest Film Center's Whitsell
Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum. Admission is free to the
public.
PROJECT VIEWFINDER, the culminating work of a four-month
mentorship program for homeless young adults. The film will be screened
on Wednesday, May 1 at 6pm in the Northwest Film Center's Whitsell
Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum. Admission is free to the
publ
The Northwest Film Center announces:
The Free Premiere Screening of
"Project Viewfinder"
May 1, 2013 @ 6PM - In the Whitsell Auditorium, located in the Portland Art Museum.
May Day Evening - come see these videos after the march -
PROJECT VIEWFINDER began in January 2013 after the Film Center
sought out young adults transitioning from homelessness to
self-sufficiency that were interested in learning media production
techniques. Working three days per week and led by School of Film lead
faculty member Bushra Azzouz and supporting filmmakers, the project
empowers participants to tell their stories using the medium of film.
PROJECT VIEWFINDER is endeavoring to engage the Film Center's School of
Film with underserved members of our community, seeking to enact change
on a direct level.
"I appreciate that Project Viewfinder could see us, the homeless,
and say, 'We see value in these youth, right here in our own city.'"
says participant Antwoine Thomas. "I want the world to hear the message I
have to relay and hopefully consider it."
The evening will consist of short films, made by the participants,
about the myths and realities of homelessness along with interviews and
footage of their experiences and struggles. The event will begin with a
5pm reception celebrating the accomplishments of the filmmakers. The
films will be followed by a Q&A with the participants.
This project was inspired by the uplifting story of Hazel Malone, a
School of Film student who, mentored by our faculty, turned her life
around from one of homelessness to one of hope, joy, and creativity. Her
story was first told last year in a short film made for the Film
Center's 40th Anniversary Gala. (80 mins.)
IRAQ 10 YEARS LATER: Tuesday March 19, 2013
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY, VISIBILITY ACTION
TO MARK 10 YEARS SINCE INVASION OF IRAQ
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
3:30-5:30 PM: Visibility Action: "US Out of Iraq"
at SW Broadway & Morrison
7 PM: Cathy Breen, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, "Eyewitness 10 Years Later: What Iraqis Are Saying"
First Unitarian Church-Eliot Chapel 1011 SW 12th https://www.facebook.com/Average.JoeAnybody
U.S. politicians have cried wolf over austerity long enough for the public to ignore them. A perfect time, then, for politicians to actually unleash the wolves. Barring an unlikely last minute deal, here's a short list of some of the massive, national bi-partisan-created austerity cuts, according to the New York Times. - 600,000 food stamp recipients will be cut from the program - Massive education cuts. According to President Obama: Once these cuts take effect thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off and tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids. " - $12 billion in Medicare cuts (more to come after 2013) - Federal funds to state governments will be cut, creating even more deficits for states and municipalities, and thus more localized cuts (the states have already made austerity cuts of $337 billion!)
- Also, 700,000 jobs are expected to be loss, while 70,000 kids are also expected to be kicked off of Head Start
And this is just for 2013. The current plan for the austerity "sequester" cuts is $100 billion of federal cuts every year for ten years, equaling massive cuts to jobs, Medicare, education, and completely destroying federally funded social programs.
Will it actually happen this time? The Solution is for the Richest of the Rich to pay their fair share,
then the fiscal cliff will disappear, no cuts will be necessary, social programs will remain intact, and
we can face the future with courage, determination, and a framework for success.:
see this article by Shamus Cooke:
U.S. politicians have cried wolf over austerity long enough for the public to ignore them. A perfect time, then, for politicians to actually unleash the wolves. Barring an unlikely last minute deal, here's a short list of some of the massive, national bi-partisan-created austerity cuts, according to the New York Times.
- 600,000 food stamp recipients will be cut from the program
- Massive education cuts. According to President Obama: Once these cuts take effect thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off and tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids. "
- $12 billion in Medicare cuts (more to come after 2013)
- Federal funds to state governments will be cut, creating even more deficits for states and municipalities, and thus more localized cuts (the states have already made austerity cuts of $337 billion!)
- Also, 700,000 jobs are expected to be loss, while 70,000 kids are also expected to be kicked off of Head Start
And this is just for 2013. The current plan for the austerity "sequester" cuts is $100 billion of federal cuts every year for ten years, equaling massive cuts to jobs, Medicare, education, and completely destroying federally funded social programs.
Will it actually happen this time? The New York Times reports:
In private, Capitol Hill staff members and members of Congress have admitted that there are no viable plans on the horizon to delay or offset the cuts.
The finger pointing in Washington, D.C. has already reached a crescendo, with the perverted logic being that, if both parties are to blame, it's really no one's fault. In reality Democrats and Republicans created these "sequester" cuts, and they can just as easily undo them with a snap of the finger.
Both parties are choosing not to delete the cuts. They just don't want political responsibility for the fallout, which many economists have predicted will push the U.S. economy over the edge into official recession.
Obama has predictably blamed the Republicans for this mess, even though he personally began this process by creating the "deficit reduction commission" that helped shape the cuts (keep in mind there is zero debt crisis that calls for such drastic measures).
Obama could also just as easily appeal to the American public — over the heads of congressmen — to demand that the cuts be shelved forever. Instead, he's proposing a "grand bargain" deal that he knows the Republicans won't go for.
What's in Obama's grand bargain deal? According to the White House website:
- $130 billion in "savings" [cuts] to Social Security, by implementing a "superlative CPI"
- $35 billion in "savings" [cuts] to the retirement of federal employees
- $400 billion in health care "savings" [cuts], much of it Medicare cuts.
...
If Labor and community groups united in a demand of 'No Cuts, Tax the Rich' and organized massive mobilizations, there would be a very different public debate happening right now. It's not too late for these groups to tear themselves from the jaws of their attackers.
This is a video with clips taken from the recent 2.14.13 unpermitted
One Billion Rising March in Portland. The police
treated the unpermitted marchers peacefully and with respect. (this time)
In contrast: There are out-takes added from May Day 2012 and from the N3
Austerity march in 2012, both unpermitted marches, where
folks who were protesting were then pepper-sprayed, blocked and tackled by
the police. [while in the street trying to march]
There is
also a short out-take from 2008 when the police took my camera,
whereupon I filed a lawsuit and changed the policy regarding filming the
police in public. I got my camera back, plus $3,000 in lawyer
fees and a token 100 bucks for my trouble.
The point
of this video is to highlight the peaceful marches along with those where
there has been an uncalled for resort to violence orchestrated by the
police, which usually is "justified" by them and the corporate press: using words like
public safety, anarchists being involved, etc. The video from
Veterans Day highlights the "A" word concerns expressed by Officer
Friendly, inches from my face. Th police were there, for the possible
unpermitted Veterans march which did not occur.
The money
paid for police services related to unpermitted marches could
be used for better things, especially considering the lawsuits and off-shift salaries, including OT pay. Rather than
wasting this time in using violent tactics which risk "public safety," everyday people
want better policing. The citizens do not want anyone hurt. When police hurt and threaten demonstrators exercising their constitutional rights, there is no need for this sort of violence at non-violent public demonstrations that don't have a permit. The violence must stop.
Though its hard to believe, it's been one year since the initial OWS
Occupation started a mass movement of the people. At one time, we had
the largest of them all here in Portland. Occupiers took to the street
in unison with injured and fired Colombian workers who have been
exploited by GM and are now in 412 days of Occupying, sewing their
mouths shut in a hunger strike.
Report-Back
On 9/17, Occupy Portland and many other local
organizations such as PCASC, Witness For Peace and Portland Jobs With
Justice joined forces to rally and march in solidarity with Colombian
workers who are in a hunger strike and have been fired from their jobs
in a General Motors affiliated manufacturing plant after recieving
injuries which occured on the job. This day was also chosen as it is the
one year anniversary of the Occupy movement which has helped create an
outlet for upset Americans to voice their frustrations. A crowd of about
200 people were present for this action and it made its way to a Chevy
dealership where protesters delivered a memo to be given to GM
headquarters. The peaceful march and celebration ended in St. Francis
Park, part of St. Francis Church, where Occupy Portland now operates.
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NEXT Human Rights Commission Meeting
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
4-6:30pm
421 SW 6th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204 ========================================
This is video footage of the complete (full) march & rally on 7/27/12
Anaheim
solidarity / police accountability rally and March in Portland Oregon
on Friday afternoon - this march goes down MLK street then back to the
NE Police Station:
This college class was in the south park blocks in Portland Oregon on May 13
2008 They were ...sharing.... exploring....inspiring... peace, love, community, ...
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