FREEDOM RIDERS

Cost: FREE!

Tuesday 1/27: 7:00pm

Chronicles the story behind hundreds of civil rights activists called the Freedom Riders who challenged the racial segregation of the American interstate transport and by traveling together in small interracial groups and sitting where they chose on the buses and trains to demand equal access to terminal restaurants and waiting rooms, and to bring racial segregation national attention.

 

WEEKLY TED TALK – A garden in my apartment

Cost: FREE!

Wednesday 1/28: 12:00pm

Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles — researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at the optimal system. Call it distributed DIY. And the results? Delicious.

 

TIME AS MONEY

Cost: $8.00

Wednesday 1/28: 7:00pm

A detailed portrait of communities using time banking to meet the needs of everyday life, this movie was made using time banking and barter rather than money.

 

INEQUALITY FOR ALL

Cost: $8.00

Thursday 1/29: 7:00pm

A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, this film features Robert Reich-professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet member-as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy.

 

FIXING THE FUTURE

Cost: $8.00

Friday 1/30: 7:00pm

In Fixing the Future, host David Brancaccio, of public radio’s Marketplace and NOW on PBS, visits people and organizations across America that are attempting a revolution: the reinvention of the American economy. The film highlights effective, local practices such as: local business alliances, community banking, time banking/hour exchange, worker cooperatives and local currencies.

 

SHIFT CHANGE

Cost: $8.00

Saturday 1/31: 7:00pm

Tells the little known stories of employee-owned businesses that compete successfully in today’s economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces. Such firms tend to be more profitable and innovative, and more committed to the communities where they are based. Yet the public has little knowledge of their success, and the promise they offer for a better life.

 

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