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e-culture: Films and Discussions on Immigration and Globalization, Latin America, and More
September 12, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
-Topical Films at Havens Center
-World Cultures Film Series
-2006 Travel Series Schedule
-Casino Tours - No More!
-About this Email Newsletter
Welcome back! We hope you had a great summer. The Houston Institute for Culture was on the road with our annual Camp Dos Cabezas and a series of digital storytelling workshops we offered in the Southwest.
We planned a great series of educational programs and events for the fall. We also took some time to examine our mission and the growing demand for social innovation in a world that is terribly out of balance. We will offer more information about that in the near future as we prepare to launch two major initiatives later this fall. Please stay connected as we will invite everyone to work with us to implement solutions in our region to the root causes - the limited distribution of ideas and the limited distribution of wealth - of most all the problems in communities throughout the world.
We worked over the summer to establish a partnership with the Havens Center at 1827 W. Alabama Street. We invite everyone to join us there this fall for a series of films on important and timely concerns. The site of our new office, like our past office in the Village, will be a place where people can make themselves at home and get involved in discussion and action on important topics. The series begins with films on immigration and globalization, and will continue with films throughout the fall on indigenous peoples and environmental issues, as well as consumer issues and history of religion and politics in Mexico.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
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Topical Films at Havens Center
Films on Immigration and Globalization begin this weekend.
Houston Institute for Culture, the Havens Center and Nuestra Palabra on KPFT will present a series of films on immigration and globalization from Friday, September 22 through Sunday, September 24.
The films are free; screenings begin at 7:00pm, followed by audience discussion at 8:00pm.
On Friday, September 22, The Other Side and Oaxacan Hoops will examine the conditions immigrants face and the communities they leave behind.
On Saturday, September 23, the films Mexico City: The Biggest City and Pavements of Gold will survey the effects of globalization and urbanization on Mexico City and Lima, Peru.
On Sunday, September 24, the films A World Without Borders: What is Happening with Globalization and Cochise County USA: Cries from the Border will look at various perspectives on borders, free trade and migratory labor.
Arrive early for free refreshments and conversation.
The Havens Center is located at 1827 W. Alabama St. Parking is available across the street and at the St Stephens Episcopal Church at the corner of Woodhead and Alabama.
The film descriptions and a map are on line at:
http://www.houstonculture.org/film
Listen to Nuestra Palabra, Tuesdays, 7:30 - 8:30pm, on KPFT, 90.1FM
http://www.nuestrapalabra.org.
More information about future film series can be found on line:
http://www.houstonculture.org/film
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World Cultures Film Series
We will present a free film series on Latin America in conjunction with the University of St. Thomas Modern and Classical Languages Department. The Other Side and Oaxacan Hoops kick off the series on Thursday, September 21.
The films will be shown in Malloy Hall at the University of St Thomas. The free screenings begin at 12:30pm, followed by audience discussion at 1:30pm.
The film descriptions are on line at:
http://www.houstonculture.org/film/06fall_stthom.html
Future film screening dates:
Tuesday, October 24, 12:30-1:30pm
Mexico City: The Biggest City and Pavements of Gold
Thursday, November 16, 12:30-1:30pm
Mexico: Rebellion of the Weeping Women
More information about these films can be found on line:
http://www.houstonculture.org/film/06fall_stthom.html
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2006 Travel Series Schedule
We have a great series of cultural exchange and educational travel events planned for the upcoming year, including tours of Indigenous Mexico, Cane River Creole National Heritage Area, Christmas in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival featuring "Mekong River: Connecting Cultures", the Land of Enchantment and Yellowstone, the world's first national park.
To learn more about these great educational adventures, please see: http://www.houstonculture.org/travel
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Casino Tours - No More!
Are you tired of receiving special offers from Houston Institute for Culture for Louisiana Casino Tours? So are we! We are joining a national effort to fight fraudulent email and server abuse. It is called the "Sender Policy Framework to Prevent Email Forgery".
Organizations like ours and many of yours out there suffer from mass marketing scammers who seek to use the credibility of our organizations to entice consumers in their schemes.
We have put into place a series of protections on our server, but that doesn't fully limit abuse of email addresses that pass through other servers, even if they have our name on them. Others need to implement similar protections.
Please have your organization's technology experts and ISPs consider using the Sender Policy Framework resources, found on line at: http://www.openspf.org
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About this Email Newsletter
The e-culture newsletter is provided to community members who have requested it, as well as Houston Institute for Culture volunteers and collaborators on beneficial programs. The newsletter features Houston Institute for Culture events and activities, as well as community and cultural activities throughout the region. We attempt to highlight events and organizations that resemble the educational mission of Houston Institute for Culture, as well as promote diverse interests.
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Thank you for supporting great educational and cultural activities.
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M a r k @houstonculture.org
Houston Institute for Culture
Havens Center
1827 W. Alabama Street
Houston, Texas 77098
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