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«Saturday April 18, 2009»
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Event Description:

April Palestinian Film Festival held at the Rice Media Center

Friday April 17th:
Space Exodus by Larissa Sansour 2008 5 m
Salt of this Sea (Milh Hadha al-Bahr) by Annemarie Jacir 2008 109 m
Director Annemarie Jacir and Lead Actress Suheir Hammad in attendance
Reception hosted by NAAP-Houston
Venue: Rice Media Center

Event Sponsor:
Houston Palestinian Film Festival

Event Website:
www.hpff.org


Start: 8:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Event Description:

ICE holds immigrant families at the T. Don Hutto family detention center. Before the successful legal action by the ACLU in the fall of 2007, children wore prison garb, and were denied adequate schooling, health care, and recreation. Despite some important improvements made as a result of community organizing, the fight is not over. Hutto remains a medium security prison managed by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a for-profit adult corrections company. Incarceration of infants and children cannot be allowed-- even with the "privacy curtains around toilets" mandated in the ACLU settlement.

Event Sponsor:
UH SDS / LULAC / Grassroots Leadership

Event Website:
grassrootsleadership.org/


Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Event Description:

Youth Voices Benefit Concert with kayumanggi, Kiawitl Xochitl and Trio Nazim

7:00-10:00pm, Saturday, April 18, 2009
The Artery
5401 Jackson at Prospect
Houston, TX 77004

Please join us for a Youth Benefit Concert with kayumanggi Pinoy Rock Band (Philippines), Chicana MC Kiawitl Xochitl (aka Lady Binx) and Trio Nazim (traditional music of Kazakhstan). Suggested donation is $5-10.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Institute for Culture

Event Website:
www.houstonculture.org


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