The Shocking Truth about Chocolate: March 14
Please join the WSU YDS and Wichita DSA March 14 at 7:00 p.m. for a screening of the newly released documentary,
The Dark Side of Chocolate. Room 101, Lindquist Hall, Wichita State University.
The DarkSide of Chocolate reveals new evidence that child labor and human trafficking continue in the cocoa fields
for millions of children, nearly a decade after the major players in the cocoa industry promised to resolve these problems.
After the film, we will discuss the issues and take action to end the exploitation of children in the cocoa fields and ensure
that cocoa is a source of joy for all children.
The screenings are organized by the International Labor Rights Forum and other organizations that are part of the Raise the Bar, Hershey! Campaign, which is pressing chocolate manufacturers to end exploitative child labor in the cocoa fields. Filmmakers Miki Mistrati and U. Robin Romano have generously made the film available for screenings.
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Socialism: WTF?
TUESDAY MARCH 8 at 7:00 PM Lindquist Hall Room 417
WSU Young Democratic Socialists
ACTING OUT: Peace Day at the Ulrich
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2 P.M.
Families participate in artistic activities encouraging acceptance and understanding. Create an art project for the global art installation One Million Bones, silkscreen a t-shirt, listen to P.E.A.C.E. participants read essays on tolerance and Wichita Youth Peace Movement participants slam poetry. Sponsored by the Ulrich, Wichita Peace and Social Justice Center and Youth Peace Movement.
MARCH 16 KOSE Lobby Day in Topeka
KOSE will be joined by its allies to lobby for essential public services and to oppose attacks on the rights of workers to free speech and collective action. Yes, we have our own little Scott Walkers in Kansas. If you are interested in attending and would like to carpool, call Darnell Johnson at 816-446-2632.
March 19 March to Defend Human Rights
When: March 19th, 2011, 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Where: Kansas State Capitol (300 SW 10th St, Topeka, KS)
On Saturday, March 19, 2011, please join Kansas Equality Coalition, the Topeka chapter of the NAACP, and the Topeka Center for Peace and Social Justice in an action to defend the civil rights of all Kansans. We will be marching on the Kansas state Capitol to protest Governor Sam Brownback's threat to dissolve the Kansas Human Rights Commission, and to condemn his plan to politicize enforcement of our anti-discrimination laws.
KEC is currently working on our latest version of a bill that would include sexual orientation and gender identity in the Kansas Act Against Discrimination. If Governor Brownback has his way, not only will their efforts be dealt a critical setback, but the civil rights protections gained by all minorities will be in jeopardy.
First passed in 1953, Kansas' anti-discrimination laws have, for decades, been enforced by the non-partisan, independent KHRC. Governor Brownback's plan to abolish the KHRC could set enforcement back to where it was in the 1950s; his goal of transferring KHRC's responsibilities to the Attorney General could turn protection of our rights into a game of political football.
Together, we can deliver a message to Governor Brownback that fair-minded Kansans refuse to turn back the clock on nearly 60 years of civil rights progress.
The march will begin at the Monroe Elementary School, the location of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, 1515 SE Monroe, in Topeka, at 12 noon on the 19th. The march will proceed to the south steps of the Kansas State Capitol for a rally.
KEC chapters will be working with our NAACP counterparts, in cities where both organizations have a presence, to arrange carpools and bus transportation.
Be there! This could be the most important civil rights demonstration in Kansas in many years, and we must all be a part of it.
If you are willing to drive your reliable vehicle to the demonstration, please contact Thomas Witt, Chair, Kansas Equality Coalition Mobile316-683-1706Chair@KansasEqualityCoalition.org
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Reading Group
Want to learn more about critical issues from a democratic socialist perspective? Interested in discussing issues with like-minded progressives. Then the new Wichita DSA reading group might be just the thing for you. Sometimes we read books, sometimes pamphlets, sometimes articles. Regardless, its educational and fun.
We meet normally meet the fourth Saturday of the month at 12:00 noon at Riverside Perk, 1144 N. Bitting
2010 January-March
Jan 22, DSA The Social and Economic Bill of Rights
Feb 26 Erik Olin Wright, Envisioning Real Utopias
March 26 Erik Olin Wright, Envisiong Real Utopias, Part II
More about the reading group
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