Goodbye Potluck for Jimmy Schmidt and Andrea Costello

 

Andrea and Jimmy are leaving Gainesville to move to DC. National Women's Liberation and the Civic Media Center are honoring them for their dedication to the movement in Gainesville and wishing them the best with their move to DC and their future movement work there.

The party will be potluck style, so please bring food and/or beverages to share.

Cost: 
Free, donations appreciated
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Organizer Training

In the democratic spirit of the slogan "Every member an organizer!" the IWW's Organizer Training provides workers with the basic skills and strategies needed to organize at their jobs. The training covers the basics of building an organizing committee, reaching out to coworkers through one-on-one meetings, and building strength up to the point of going public with a union. Learn to organize in your workplace through discussion with experienced organizers, workshops, role playing, and other exercises.

The training also provides a foundation in U.S. labor law. The training provides workers with the direct action tactics they need to assert their rights on the job, with or without union representation. Trainers tailor the training to cover the industries that the attendees are employed in.

Attendance at both days is highly preferable, since the second day builds upon the previous day's instruction. However, participants will still learn valuable skills and tactics, even if they are only able to attend one day of the training. Email gainesvilleiww@gmail.com or call (904) 315-5292 to register in advance for the training

Bagels and coffee, as well as a lunch will be provided on both days. A vegan option will be available. Training materials will also be provided.

The IWW, founded in 1905, is a radical rank and file union open to all workers, regardless of occupation or employment status. Gainesville General Membership Branch of the IWW meets on the 1st Sunday of each month at 7pm at the Civic Media Center. To learn more about this local branch of the IWW, visit their website at http://gainesvilleiww.org/.

Cost: 
$15-20 donation for weekend
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

"Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark"

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark is a television documentary. This film follows the events of the 2011 Bahrain uprising. The film was aired on August 4, 2011. It is one of the few available film documentations of the uprising and the ensuing crackdown on the protest movement. The documentary follows activists, physicians as well as average Bahraini people. This protest movement has been widely ignored by the main stream media but this Al Jazeera film achieved to win the Foreign Press Association Documentary of the Year award in London, the George Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism and the Scripps Howard Jack R. Howard Award for Television Reporting.

Run Time: 51 mins

Cost: 
Free, donations appreciated
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

Gainesville ISO Presents: "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975"

Using a combination of found 16mm footage shot by Swedish filmakers, music, and contemporary audio interviews with artists, activists, musicians, and scholars, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement from 1967 to 1975. The film includes appearances by Stokey Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Emile de Antonio, and Angela Davis. Commentary throughout the film is provided by Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis, Robin Kelley, Abiodun Oyewole, Sonia Sanchez, Bobby Seale, and Questlove.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 was the winner of Swedish film awards for best music and best editing. Run time: 100 min

Further information regarding The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 can be found at:

http://blackpowermixtape.com/

The Gainesville International Socialist Organization (ISO) is committed to building an organization that participates in the struggles for justice and liberation today--and, ultimately, for a future socialist society. The ISO meets every week at the University of Florida Classroom Building, 105 NW 16th Street, Room 210 -- Across University Ave. from Library West.

Cost: 
$5 donation requested
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

Music with Kathleen Taylor and Jim Lundy

Join the CMC for a Saturday evening of music with local artist Kathleen Taylor and traveling artist Jim Lundy from Charleston.

Kathleen Taylor is a Gainesville singer/songwriter who plays acoustic guitar and sings folksy original tunes in a style that builds on deep folk roots and incorporates a little bit of Appalachia, a little bit of Texas, and some indie/alt-country stylings as well. Check her out online at http://www.kathleentaylormusic.com

Jim Lundy is a poet, singer/songwriter, essayist, and jack of all trades living and working in Charleston, SC. He is the immediate past president of the Poetry Society of South Carolina, the oldest state poetry society in the country, and longtime host and curator of Monday Night Poetry & Music, a weekly open mic event for poets and songwriters now in its 8th year. His brand new album, “Don’t Believe Every Story You’re Told,” is a funny, insightful, and often poignant collection of original Americana. His work has been favorably compared to Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, and Bob Dylan in a recent review in the Charleston City Paper.

Doors open at 9 p.m.

Cost: 
$5, donations appreciated
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

Queer Reading Group Discussion of ZAMI: A New Spelling of My Name

 

Please join the Gaynesville Queer Reading Group to discuss Audre Lorde's "ZAMI: A New Spelling of My Name," a biomythography of this groundbreaking poet's life.

The Queer Reading Group meets every month to discuss a book (or other form of writing) that relates to queerness, including history, theory, fiction, and so on. The intention behind the Queer Reading Group is to bring together people who would like to talk about these issues with other people, some of whom may have an academic background and some of whom may not.

The Queer Reading Group meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Civic Media Center.

Cost: 
Free, donations appreciated
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

"The Healthcare Movie"

This documentary provides the real story of how the health care systems in Canada and the United States evolved to be so completely different, when at one point they were essentially the same. Most people under the age of 50, in both countries, are not aware of the intensity of the political struggle that led to the universal medical care system in Canada. Nor are they aware of the public relations campaigns, still active today, that have been prevalent in the United States since the early 1900’s to dissuade the public from supporting national health care.

 
Produced by Canadian/American couple Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg, The Healthcare Movie reveals the personal and emotional impact on Canadians who now have access to universal health care because of the heroism of people who took a stand nearly 50 years ago. It also reveals the continuing struggle in the United States between the fear of government intervention and the right to quality health care for all people.
 
The Labor Party is a political party of, by and for working people. The group believes that on issues most important to working people – health care, the right to a job at a living wage, and the rights to organize, bargain and strike – both the Democrats and Republicans have failed working people. For more information, go to www.floridalaborparty.org/alachua or email aclp@floridalaborparty.org.
 
Run Time: 65 minutes
Cost: 
$3-5 suggested donation
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

CMC Book Sale

The Civic Media Center is having a Book sale on Saturday, May 5 from 12 p.m. to 6p.m.

The Civic Media Center recently received an enormous donation of books so we are having a book sale to give people an opportunity to enrich their personal libraries, while we raise some funds so we can pay our bills. Anastasia Books in St. Augustine, Florida is reducing their stock and has donated books to benefit the CMC. The books are new, used and in excellent shape.

We will also be selling some of our duplicate, rejected or purged books from the CMC shelves. Thanks to many generous book donations, our shelves are filling up and we need to cull some books to make space for more great new stuff that's been donated.

We also recently received a donation of an eclectic variety of CDs. All CDs and paperback books are only one dollar. Hardback books will be two dollars.

Hopefully it will be one happy madhouse of a day. This is a rare opportunity to take a piece of the CMC home with you, so come be part of it.

Cost: 
$1 per CD or Paperback Book, $2 per Hardback Book
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

"The Iron Wall"

 

 

Join us for "The Iron Wall," a documentary about the establishment of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The Iron Wall follows the timeline of the settlements and examines their effect on the peace process, featuring interviews with noted peace activists and political analysts, both Israeli and Palestinian, including Jeff Halper, Akiva Eldar and Hind Khoury. The film also covers the controversial construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier.

Run Time: 52 mins

 

Cost: 
$3-5 suggested donation
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event

Home Van Pet Care Project Anniversary Documentary Screenings

 

The CMC will screen two documentary films, “Cardboard,” and “Carbon for Water,” on Monday, April 30, at 7pm. This screening is co-sponsored by Home Van Pet Care Project, Inc., and Cinema Verde Environmental Film & Arts Festival, as part of the fifth anniversary celebration of Home Van Pet Care Project, a local non-profit group that supplies pet food to homeless and low income people.

“Cardboard,” (10 minutes) was written and directed by High School Freshman Tara-Nicole Azarian, who received an award at this year’s Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival. This docu-drama asks, “If faced with adversity, what would you do to keep your family together?”

“Carbon for Water,” (22 minutes) relates to water issues everywhere. In our own community, hundreds of individuals and families, some of them living with beloved companion animals, live homeless and without running water. The filmmakers, Evan Abramson and Carmen Elsa Lopez introduce audiences to the inspiring people of Kenya’s Western Province who face extreme hardships in their lives and explore one company’s innovative solution for improving the health of millions of Kenyans and the environment in which they live.

 

Cost: 
$3-5 donation requested
Where: 
Civic Media Center
Past event
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