Invisible War (2011), an Academy Award-nominated documentary, will be shown for free this Saturday morning, April 20, 2013,  at 10 AM at the Kentucky Theater.  This film documents the lives of women and men who have been sexually assaulted while serving in the U.S. military.  Several of the survivors have roots in Kentucky, and some of them will be at the screening to answer questions.  Come out, see the film, hear their stories.

Sponsored by UK Arts and Sciences, Anthropology, English, History, WRD (Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media), American Studies and the Center for research on Violence Against Women (CRVAW)

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a non-profit environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor oil refineries and chemical plants. The Bucket Brigade helps communities hold these industries accountable for pollution by providing assistance with community organizing, education, media outreach, and gathering evidence against industry, including training communities to use an EPA-approved “bucket” to conduct air sampling in order to document toxic air pollution.

Please join us on April 3 & 4 to hear representatives from the Bucket Brigade discuss their environmental justice work.

PUBLIC TALKS:

Wednesday, April 3, 6:00 pm

Student Center Room #111

Thursday, April 4, 3:30 pm

White Hall Classroom Building #231

Ronesha Johnson is a community member from Shreveport, LA and Environmental Justice Corps fellow with the Bucket Brigade.

Kristen Evans, MA joined the Bucket Brigade in 2011, working with Residents for Air Neutralization before she started the Bucket Brigade's Art-to-Action program.

These talks are part of the American Studies Program’s Environmental Justice Speaker Series.

Co-sponsored by American Studies, Appalachian Studies, and the Student Sustainability Council.

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a non-profit environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor oil refineries and chemical plants. The Bucket Brigade helps communities hold these industries accountable for pollution by providing assistance with community organizing, education, media outreach, and gathering evidence against industry, including training communities to use an EPA-approved “bucket” to conduct air sampling in order to document toxic air pollution.

Please join us on April 3 & 4 to hear representatives from the Bucket Brigade discuss their environmental justice work.

PUBLIC TALKS:

Wednesday, April 3, 6:00 pm

Student Center Room #111

Thursday, April 4, 3:30 pm

White Hall Classroom Building #231

Ronesha Johnson is a community member from Shreveport, LA and Environmental Justice Corps fellow with the Bucket Brigade.

Kristen Evans, MA joined the Bucket Brigade in 2011, working with Residents for Air Neutralization before she started the Bucket Brigade's Art-to-Action program.

These talks are part of the American Studies Program’s Environmental Justice Speaker Series.

Co-sponsored by American Studies, Appalachian Studies, and the Student Sustainability Council.

Set in a fictional hill-domain resembling our own Appalachia, Ancient Creekfollows the struggles of native hill folk against colonialist invaders. The hero Jack, familiar from the Jack tale tradition, is the fugitive leader of the people's revolt and the nemesis of the King. Wounded survivors of the revolution find solace and healing on Ancient Creek where old Aunt Haze is the guiding spirit. This edition also includes essays about the story by Jim Wayne Miller, Kevin I. Eyster, Annalucia Accardo, and Dee Davis, founder of the Center for Rural Strategies, who will be joining Gurney at the event.

Location: 

882 E High St

Lexington , Kentucky 40502