6th Annual Cesar Chavez Community Supported Justice Potluck

[ March 30, 2012; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join us for our annual Cesar Chavez Community Supported Justice Potluck!  We have quite the evening planned! Friday, March 30, 2012 St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center, 3333 Squalicum Pkwy., Bellingham ,WA 6:00-8:30 pm COST: A healthy potluck dish and $5 solidarity donation. NO DESSERTS. Once again, Community to Community leaders invite all of our friends and supporters [...] [...]

International Women’s Day, March 8, 2012

[ March 8, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] For International Women’s Day, we will be screening the documentary, Miss Representation.   The film explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence.  You don’t want to miss this film!!!  We will follow this powerful film with a group discussion led by a [...] [...]

Ritual Punishment and Power: Making Sense of Mass Incarceration, March 8, 2012

[ March 8, 2012; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] With SpearIt, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law Thursday, March 8, 2012 Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth Street, Bellingham, WA 4pm – 5:30pm Donations gladly accepted; to benefit Community to Community, Whatcom County ReEntry Coalition, The Latino Equity Initiative Community to Community, Whatcom County ReEntry Coalition and The Latino Equity Initiative, will be hosting a community [...] [...]

“What’s Bad in Doing Good in Africa?”

[ February 15, 2012; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Wednesday, February 15, Noon-1:30, Fairhaven College Auditorium Fairhaven College and WWU Diversity Fund are pleased to bring Yomi Durotoye to next week’s World Issues Forum. Yomi Durotoye, Director of the African Studies program, Wake Forest University in North Carolina   The constructed image of Africa as a luckless and helpless continent forever in need of foreign aid unjustly ignores [...] [...]

The Pipe-Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

[ February 25, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]  The Pipe (2010/UK/80 min) An Irish village challenges a Shell Oil pipeline that would disrupt farming and fishing. Saturday, February 25 7 pm Fairhaven College Auditorium:FREE [...]

Ten Conditions of Love-Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

[ February 25, 2012; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Ten Conditions of Love (2009/Aus/53 min) A Uygher leader fighting against Chinese government for her people’s rights. Saturday, February 25 3 pm Fairhaven College Auditorium:FREE [...]

The Dark Side of Chocolate-Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

[ February 25, 2012; 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. ] The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010/Den/46 min) Investigates how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the global chocolate industry. Saturday, February 25 1:30 pm  Fairhaven College Auditorium:FREE [...]

The Dark Side of Chocolate-Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

[ February 24, 2012; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010/Den/46min) Investigates how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. Facilitator: Sehome High school Global Awareness Outreach Club and a representative of Theo Chocolate of Seattle Friday, February 24 7 pm Sehome High School Library:FREE [...]

Monster Salmon-Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

[ February 23, 2012; 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]   Monster Salmon (2010/USA/30min) Underscores potential dangers in development of transgenetic foods. Thursday, February 23 12 pm & 6 pm Northwest Indian College Cultural Learning Center (Log Building):FREE [...]

AbUSed-Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival

[ February 22, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] AbUSed (2011/USA/72min) Probes the implications of a mass immigrant raid/deportation in Iowa. Facilitator: TBA Wednesday, February 22 7 pm Fairhaven College Auditorium:FREE [...]