Cong Peiwu is one of the most important figures making sense of America for China’s leaders. And he’s coming to Indy to hear what we think about the elections. Join him for a breakfast discussion of the American presidential campaign and Indiana’s local elections.
If a country is endowed with an abundance of natural resources, you might think it’s lucky. Wrong, it’s cursed. If you’re a country that has been given a lot of stuff, it means your people are poor, your government is corrupt, you are prone to civil wars … and it just gets worse when wealthy outsiders try to “help” you. Ask Scott Pegg if there is any solution for resource-cursed countries besides destroying their oil fields.
Rachel Sparks and Rachel Goble from the Sold Project (www.thesoldproject.com) will preview their documentary “SOLD: Thailand” prior to its national release. Hear how these two young women are not just sounding the alarm on child sex trafficking, but helping to empower others in the fight for justice and children’s rights.
Rarely have relations between Europe and the US been so strained, rarely has trans-Atlantic cooperation been so important. Will it change with a new President? What if it doesn’t? A German insider shares his perspectives.
“Golda’s Balcony” is an affectionate portrait of the larger-than-life Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, a complex one-woman play, takes a dramatic look at history, idealism and power. In connection with the performance by the Civic Theatre, Middle East expert Pierre Atlas will give a talk about Golda Meir.
The Holy Dove Foundation in Indianapoolis takes Hoosier civic and religious leaders for tours of Turkey. Hear a panel of Holy Dove alumni discuss what they experienced, what it shows about Turkey, and what it says aboiut interfaith dialogue in Indianapolis.
An amazing story about the U.S. Cold War era pilots who participated in an airlift (including candy for the kids) to help the blockaded West Germans survive after coming under Soviet control. Author Andrei Cherny was the youngest person ever to be a White House speechwriter.
The year is 1952 and Eleanor Roosevelt is running for president against Dwight Eisenhower. Voters question whether a woman can be commander-in-chief during the Korean war and the KKK plots to assassinate her. An expert on leadership and politics, Robin Gerber will talk about the startling similarities between her new novel and the actual presidential election of 2008.
A nominee for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award, Beaufort is a dramatic film that chronicles the final days of an Israeli army unit’s tense, painful withdrawal from a strategic bunkers inside a 12th century Crusader fortress near the Lebanese border.
Child trafficking is recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of a child (any person under the age of 18) for the purpose of exploitation either within or outside a country. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 1.2 million are children trafficked annually … some of them in Central Indiana. We have to do something.
NUVO gives Provocate 2007 Cultural Vision Award
Provocate featured in Indianapolis Monthly
"Award combines film, activism: Festival to recognize social justice of Sept. 11, Congo in discussions,"
Indiana Lawyer April 16, 2008 ... on Provocate's Eric Parker Social Justice Award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival