Craig Auchter of Butler University used to hang out with Sandinistas … he ought to be particularly well-equipped to talk about why Latin America has been electing socialists to power. (more…)
The Eric Parker Social Justice Award honors a film that confronts the audience with urgent social problems and inspires innovative solutions. After watching the winning entry, you will be unable to see the world in the same light, and unable to resist the hope that these conflicts can some day be overcome. (more…)
This could be good. An open forum with local business professionals. Identify and discuss the most pressing commercial global trade issues of today. Learn from others with subject matter expertise. It will only be as good as what the copmmunity puts into it. (more…)
With the largest population of refugees from Darfur living in the US, you’d expect Fort Wayne to be a seedbed of ideas and activities to help that strife-town chunk of Sudan. And you’d be right. Mastora Bakhiet explains the latest initiative to be launched from Darfur Central. (more…)
This Weekend Workshops of the Indianapolis Peace Institute will address the history and background of Burma’s humanitarian crisis, as well as provide an opportunity to examine the impact of refugee resettlement in the Indianapolis community. (more…)
Get it? “Whirled Peas” and “World Peace”! The idea is that these near-homophones may be more closely linked than you’d think. Will eating fresh and local contribute to defusing global conflicts and crises? We’ll see. (more…)
Are you looking for locavores? Then come to the “Premier Educational Event for Food Consumers, Small Farmers, Gardeners, and Energy Users Who Want A More Sustainable Lifestyle,” the place to go for a taste and feel of what Bill McKibben and Michael Pollan will talk about when they come to later. (more…)
יום השואה , יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה
means “Holocaust Remembrance Day,” a day set aside for remembering the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. In Israel, it is a national memorial day; in Indianapolis it is an opportunity for the entire community to come together to reaffirm that we can’t keep letting genocide happen. (more…)
For an idea of what Jesus would do about illegal immigration, just read the New Testament. Pretty doubtful he’d be talking about evicting the poor and vulnerable. Of course some might say it’s also doubtful Christ would be considered a Christian today. Maybe a diverse panel of religious and political leaders can help make sense of this puzzlement. (more…)
Through the presentation and analysis of literature and film, conversation among medical students and healthcare practitioners might help recover personal empathy by not only evoking emotion and conscience, but also by deepening moral imagination. This talk will discuss specific examples of literature and film that might bring about the development of empathy while suggesting a connection exists between imagination and empathy. (more…)
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
