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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in a colorful wrap skirt, blouse and turban, stands in a crowd with her arms raised in, dancing with women around her
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ITVS Community is proud to support IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA with Community Cinema screening events and materials in support of its national broadcast on Independent Lens on March 18, 2008.

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PAST EVENTS
Arizona
Phoenix
Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM
The Heard Museum, Steele Auditorium
2301 N. Central Ave. (Central & Encanto)
California
Hayward
Monday, February 18, 2008 at 8:00 AM
MI 3015, California State University, East Bay
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
Oakland
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Oakland Museum of California, James Moore Theatre
1000 Oak St.
San Diego
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 6:30 PM
San Diego Public Library
820 E St.
San Francisco
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM
San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St.
West Hollywood
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Pacific Design Center - Silver Screen Theater
8687 Melrose Ave.
Colorado
Denver
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Starz Film Center
9th St. and Auraria Pkwy.
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Busboys and Poets (DC)
2021 14th St. NW
Speakers: TBA
Washington, D.C.
Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Busboys and Poets (VA)
4251 S. Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA (Shirlington Village)
Speakers: TBA
Washington, D.C.
Friday, February 22, 2008 at 4:45 PM
School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Howard University, Blackburn Center
2400 Sixth Street, NW
Georgia
Atlanta
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Decatur Public Library
215 Sycamore St.
Atlanta
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 7:00 PM
The Carter Center
One Copenhill, 453 Freedom Pkwy.
Speakers: Siatta Scott-Johnson
Jonathan Stack
Rev. William Harris
Augustine Konneh
Tom Crick (Moderator)
Idaho
Boise
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 5:30 PM
State University Student Union Building, Jordan Ballroom C
Speakers: Former Boise Mayor Carolyn Terteling
Pocatello
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Idaho State University Pond Student Union (Bengal Theater)
Illinois
Chicago
Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Speakers: Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Martha Biondi, Professor of History and African American Studies at Northwestern University;
Lynette Jackson, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and African American Studies the University of Illinois at Chicago;
Prexy Nesbitt, speaker and educator on Africa, foreign policy, and racism.
Louisiana
New Orleans
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Speakers: Jerald L. White, Charitable Film Network
Greta Gladney, The Renaissance Project
Other speakers TBA
Massachusetts
Boston
Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St., Copley Sq.
Speakers: Torli Krua, Board of Directors- Friends of Liberia, Founder -Universal Human Rights International
Quipu Mai Yuan- Liberian Political Activist
Isaac Bantu- Freelance Journalist for the BBC African Service, President/Executive Director of the US-based Mano River Media Forum (MARIFO)
Jamaica Plain
Friday, February 22, 2008 at 7:00 PM
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
6 Eloit St.
Michigan
Detroit
Friday, March 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E Warren
Speakers: TBA
Grand Rapids
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Theatre
41 Sheldon Blvd. SE
Missouri
St. Louis
Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Missouri History Museum
5700 Lindell Blvd.
New York
Ithaca
Friday, February 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Henry St. John Building - Suite 103
301 S. Geneva St.
New York
Monday, February 25, 2008 at 7:00 PM
New York City Baha'i Center
53 East 11th St.
Saratoga Springs
Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry St.
Oregon
Portland
Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 8:00 PM
St. Johns Cinema and Pub
8704 N. Lombard St.
Speakers: Doris Ammons, member of Portland's Liberian Community
Evelyne Ello Hart, African Women's Coalition
Jessica Quarles, MPH and Senior Program Director for HIV/AIDS, Mercy Corps
Irene Tinker, activist and scholar, Liberian Women's Market Fund
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 6:00 PM
National Constitution Center
525 Arch St.
Washington
Seattle
Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave. at Pike St.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 7:30 PM
UWM Union Theatre
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee
Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 7:00 PM
America's Museum of the Black Holocaust
2233 N 4th St
Sheboygan
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 7:00 PM
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Ave.
      
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