This week: Films for Action is back with radical inspiration for economic survival, car-free commuters get revved up about bus cuts, Planned Parenthood delves into "Sex and the Media" and radio host Amy Goodman fires up the indy masses against evil news conglomerates.
Another group caught up in the Missouri fusion center controversy, the Constitution Party's platform calls for the protection of life, marriage and the original intent of the Founding Fathers. The group holds a Kansas City chapter meeting tonight at 7 at the Liberty Landing Club House.
Films for Action is back tonight with The Take, a documentary about radical Argentinians reclaiming abandoned factories and running them without corporate oversight. Part of the $3 charge for the 7 p.m. screening at Liberty Hall in Lawrence will be donated to the new Solidarity Center.
The 2009 general election in Lawrence is just a week away. The local Voter Education Coalition hosts a Q&A forum for city commission candidate from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lawrence High School.
To save $7 million, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority is poised to slash service to 24 bus routes. Those who commute sans car can weigh in at two public hearings this week. The first is Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Mohart Community Center. The second is Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the ATA's office.
On Saturday, Planned Parenthood hosts a workshop aimed at getting mothers and daughters to talk candidly about touchy subjects like Sex and the Media, Contraception and Safer Sex. The event, geared for girls aged 12 to 15 years old and their maternal figures, runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Patty Brous Center. It's free but RSVP to 913-312-5100 or ppkmeducation@ppkm.org by Wednesday.
Enough is enough! That's the rallying slogan for New Tools organizers' first Village Forum. The New Tools group was established by Mayor Mark Funkhouser to dream up novel ideas to revive the city's economically distressed areas. From 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the Southeast Community Center, community members are invited to build the effort's foundation by helping to brainstorm a list of the challenged neighborhoods' assets.
Meet the woman behind the morning news show that never fails to question authority: Democracy Now. Amy Goodman is both an award-winning journalist and author of several books, including "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them." She's in town on Sunday for a KKFI benefit, speaking at 1 p.m. at the IBEW Local 124 Hall.
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I live in Lenora Ks. And our neighbor whose dog was shot in the city limits by a city council member on Thursday last week Dog was shot by a shotgun 5 times before the animal finally dead. Scaring many local residents including children living nearby. Owner needs info as to who and where to go to get legal help. This should be persued since we have a law now in our state. To make him pay for such an in humane act.
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