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Cesar E. Chavez Community Action Center




	Social Action & Civic Engagement

	2008-2009 : Social Justice Events Calendar

	Tent City America Thursday November 20th, 2008 8:00 am - 8:00 pm You are invited to see how students define poverty today and how this issue affects communities. Tents will be on display at the Tommie Smith and John Carlos statues. An evening program will commence at 6:00pm which will include: Spoken Word Artists Community Speakers Musical Performances Movie Clips from "Waging a Living, Dos Americas and Troubled the Water"

	2007-2008 : Social Justice Events Calendar

	SUPER TUESDAY: MARDI GRAS February 5, 2008 This year, Mardi Gras falls on Super Tuesday, where 24 states will hold caucuses or primary elections to choose their presidential candidates. What better day than Mardi Gras/Super Tuesday to highlight the importance of getting out the vote and supporting New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The SJSU students hope to send a loud message to the nation and to the presidential candidates. 9 am–noon: Politically-themed mask making and sign making (in support of HR 4048) on the 7th Street Plaza sponsored by the Cesar Chavez Community Action Center 11:30 am: Meet at the Smith/Carlos Statues; begin procession around campus. Bring signs, masks and costumes 12:30 pm: New Orleans cuisine at the barbecue pits on the 7th Street Plaza 4:00pm-5:30 pm: "American Blackout" (video on Black voter suppression), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Library, Room 225 7–9 pm: ""The History of New Orleans from the Bottom of the Gumbo Pot," presentation by Dr. Steven Milner, Chair of African-American Studies; SJSU student report out of the current state of New Orleans based on their recent NOLA trip, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Library, Room 225

	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: A conversation with the United Nations Wednesday February 6, 2008 2:30PM -4:30PM Building BB 2nd Floor Conference Room (across from the Housing Village) Join a LIVE webcast with top UN representatives! The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and the entire world’s leading development institutions. They have come together in an unprecedented effort to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.

	Community Cinema Screenings “BANISHED” Thursday February 21, 2008 7:30pm-9:00 PM MACLA's Castellano Theater (510 S. First Street) A hundred years ago, in communities across the U.S., white residents forced thousands of black families to flee their homes. Even a century later, these towns remain almost entirely white. BANISHED tells the story of three of these communities and their black descendants, who return to learn their shocking histories. What can be done to redress past injustices? What is the ongoing impact of the expulsions on families and communities today? By introducing these families and the white communities who forced them out, BANISHED raises the question of responsibility for past wrongs and what is involved in righting them. Visit the CCCAC for Free movie passes. The CCCAC community cinema project is collaboration with GenerationEngaged, MACLA, and ITVS. Films are screened the 1st Tuesday and 3rd Thursday of the Month at SJSU and MACLA, respectively.

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