The Date: Saturday, March 27th!

Place: Olin Center at Augustana College, Rock Island, IL 733 35th St.
(Olin is the white building south of 7th Ave. set back between the Denkmann building and the science building)

Time: Doors open at 10, the first movie rolls at 10:30. At 2 PM Ange Glade presents a workshop on film-making

Admission: Free

Movie Schedule: 10:30 Fresh
Movie Schedule: 12:00 No Impact Man
Movie Schedule: 2:00 Dirt
Movie Schedule: 4:00 A Sea Change
Movie Schedule: 6:00 Coal Country

Snacks and beverages will be available throughout the day. Donations appreciated.
More information at: www.augustana.edu/x12049.xml All are welcome – we hope to see you there! And please help spread the word to your colleagues, friends, and anyone who wants to learn more about the environment!

Join us at a Coffee Party USA meeting Saturday March 27 from 10 am – 11:30 am at the Bettendorf Public Library. We will meet either in Dewey’s Cafe or a one of the
meeting rooms, depending on the number of people in attendance. Check us out at: www.coffeepartyusa.com

Social Justice Movie Night Friday, March 19th at 7 pm, we will be showing the newly released film “Seneca Falls” by filmmaker Louise Vance.

This film is brought to you by the QC National Organization for Women and The Women’s Issues Forum of Progressive Action for the Common Good in Celebration of Women’s “Herstory” Month of March.

Go to our Movie Page for more info.

Watch the trailer at  www.senecafallsfilm.org

Alternative Transportation for the Future – The Quad Cities Transportation Advocacy Group (QC TAG) is hosting a public input forum at the Rock Island Library on Thursday, March 18 from 6:30-8pm.

Every five years, the Quad City Area updates the Quad Cities Long Range Transportation Plan. The update process reflects on changes in our transportation system and solicits input on what is needed in the future. Bi-State Regional Commission hosted two public input forums back in February.

Alternative Transportation for the Future provides another opportunity for the public to participate in the planning process. The forum will focus on transit services and bicycle and pedestrian facilities/capacities. QC TAG will gather input from the forum and present Bi-State with responses.

The forum is free and open to the public.

Charlie King and Karen Brandow will be in Concert Friday, March 12, starting at 7 pm at the Broadway Presbyterian Church, 710 23rd St., Rock Island.

Start your evening at 6:30 and shop for Guatemalan weavings and jewelry from Jeanne Nakamaru!

This concert is a fundraiser for the Centro Maya Project, to help families and children who attend a school for children with disabilities in San Juan La
Laguna, Guatemala.

Donation of $10 requested at the door. OR send your check for advance tickets at $8 each donation to:
Casa Guanajuato – (Centro Maya Project in memo line)
c/o Thomas
1000 21st St
Rock Island IL 61201

Now is the time for the BIG PUSH for health care reform and WE NEED YOU!

PLEASE, if you can, give up one lunch hour to be part of the action — and maybe get your face on YouTube! Yes, this event will be VIDEOED FOR YOUTUBE!

This Thursday, March 11, 11:30 AM, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 501 – 7th Ave., Rock Island, the Health Care Reform Forum of Progressive Action for the Common Good and Campaign for Better Health Care (CBHC) will be holding a “die-in” with the simple message that “Health Care is a Moral Value”

We need participants to arrive at 11:30 for a “rehearsal/run-through”. We want this to be a large turn-out event, so spread the word… we welcome all Iowans & Illinois residents!

We ask all who come to wear black, or at least dark, clothes, and we encourage members of the clergy to wear clerical garb (black with clerical collars, in most cases). We will have some printed signs and stickers with the common message, but hand-lettered signs WITH THE WORDS (“Health Care is a Moral Value”) are also welcome. (The idea is to get uniformity.)

We expect this event to finish no later than 12:30. Participants should park in the church lot behind the church and enter the parish hall on that side of the building. There are signs to follow.

We can’t wait to see you there!