Growin’ It:
Food, Jobs and Justice
a free, all-day forum
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
1- 5:30 pm
Register here.
WHY and the Media Studies and Film Department of the New School proudly sponsor their annual anti-poverty forum featuring journalists, advocates and grassroots organizations. This year's forum — "Growin’ It: Food, Jobs and Justice " — will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 1-5:30 pm, at the New School’s Theresa Lang Community and Student Center (55 West 13th Street) in New York City. The event is free and open to the public.
The event will begin at 1 pm with Stories from the Frontline. The journalists on this panel have covered some of the biggest news events from all corners of the world. They will discuss the obstacles, heartbreaks and triumphs they have encountered; and also examine the media's role in encouraging social responsibility. The panel will be moderated by Laurel Touby, founder of Mediabistro.com. Panelists include 2005 Harry Chapin Media Awards winners Emily Hanford, an independent radio producer, Francine Orr, a photojournalist with the Los Angeles Times, and P. Sainath, of The Hindu; and Tim Scheld, news director of WCBS News Radio
The second panel discussion, beginning at 2:45 pm, is Growing Justice: Social Entrepreneurship. The panelists will discuss how their organizations are seizing opportunities others miss by improving systems, inventing new approaches and creating sustainable solutions to change their communities for the better. The panel will also examine social enterprise and the possibilities it holds as an emerging concept in the non-profit world. The panel will be moderated by Ian Marvy of Added Value. Panelists include 2005 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners Kathleen McKenna of Haley House, LaRhonda Ealey of Jubilee Homes and Bich Ha Pham of Hunger Action Network of New York State.
The final panel, called India: Challenging Rural Poverty, will begin at 4:15 pm. About 35 percent of India's population – more than 300 million people - are considered food-insecure, hungry or malnourished. The rural poor in India are marginalized by the global economy and oppressed by the upper class, landlords and corrupt government officials. At the grassroots level, the rural poor are fighting back with initiatives for education, economic justice and food security. Journalists, advocates and grassroots leaders will provide eyewitness accounts of rural poverty and social change in India. The panel will be moderated by Rhadhika Lal, of the United Nations Development Program. Panelists include Abraham George, pioneering humanitarian and author of HCMA finalist India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty; and Sainath, who has been recognized for his reporting on farmers’ suicides in India. Also invited are Yudhvir Singh, leader of the BKU Farmers Movement; and Smitu Kothari, a political advocate, educator and author.
All speakers are subject to cancellation.
Directions:
Take the 1,2,3 to 14th Street and get out at the 13th Street exit; or take the F or V to 14th and 6th Ave and walk down one block; or take any east side train 4,5,6,N,R,Q,W to Union Square and walk over.
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