Tuesday, April 8, 2008
V to the 10th Screening of NO!
A documentary by Aishah Shahidah SimmonsPlease join us for a FREE screening!
APRIL 8, 2008
7:00 pm
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70113
Produced and directed over a period of eleven years, seven of which were full time,
NO! explores the international reality of rape, other forms of sexual assault and healing
through the first person testimonies, scholarship, spirituality, activism, and cultural
work of African-Americans. This groundbreaking, award-winning documentary also
explores how rape is used as a weapon of homophobia.
VIEW THE NO! TRAILER NOW!
"If the Black community in the Americas and in the world would save itself,
it must complete the work this film begins."
-- Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, The Color Purple
"This well-done documentary had a powerful impact…the post-viewing community
discussion was so inspiring that the National Sexual Violence Resource Center
designated showings of NO! in community settings as the Featured Event for its
2007 National Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign."
-- Karen Baker, LMSW, Director, National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Monday, April 7, 2008
ITVS Community Cinema Screening
KING CORN
by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney
SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008
6:00 PM
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70113
FREE Admission
Two recent college graduates embark on a mission to see where America's food comes
from by growing it. In the rural town of Greene, Iowa, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis plant a
single acre of the nation's most powerful crop and then set out to follow it to America's
tables. But when they learn what their harvest is destined to become, Ian and Curt realize
their experiment has gotten out of hand. (90 minutes) A short discussion will follow the
screening.
Speakers:
Ashbell McLeevn (Award winning Chef & Television Personality), David Aman (Filmmaker & Chef)
Greta Gladney (Upper 9th Ward Farmers Market) and more!
Hosted by the CHARITABLE FILM NETWORK, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Public Broadcasting Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Independent Television Service.
Friday, April 4, 2008
V to the 10th - Wine Tasting and Silent Auction
PLEASE JOIN USFRIDAY, APRIL 4
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Craige Cultural Center
1800 Newton Street
New Orleans, LA 70114
$10 Admission
Music by:
Orleania String Quartet and Zion Trinity
Performances by:
Sunni Patterson and Asia
Hosted by:
Craige Cultural Center
Common Ground Health Clinic
Ovah Da Rivah Folk Life - A Creole Village
Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited - Community Women's Education Center
Auction is cash or check only
Proceeds will benefit the New Orleans Women's Shelter
For more information call (504) 655-0390
Thursday, April 3, 2008
COME CANVAS WITH EVE ENSLER FOR V DAY!
Please join Eve Ensler, the Katrina Warriors Superlove Council, and meet the newest Katrina Warriors as we rally together for the last time before V DAY weekend.
We need your help to get the word out about V DAY!
Saturday, April 5th
10:00 AM
Meeting Site:
Hands On New Orleans, 4153 Canal St.
For more info, please, visit:
http://handsonneworleans.org/
Or contact:
Geneva Marney
kwfvolunteers@gmail.com
PH 504 483 7041
Thank you so much & we look forward to seeing you on Saturday, dressed in your pinks!!
-KATRINA WARRIORS SUPERLOVE COUNCIL & V-DAY
www.vday.org
www.katrinawarriors.net
