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ITVS Community, The Green Belt Movement, The Nature Conservancy and 350.org are proud to support TAKING ROOT with Community Cinema screening events and materials in support of its national broadcast on Independent Lens on April 14, 2009.

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Community Cinema Screenings:

PAST EVENTS
California
Eureka
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Morris Graves Museum of Art
636 F St.
Speakers: Hermine Amoussou, Anthropology Lecturer, Humboldt State Univesity
Hayward
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Hayward Public Library, Main Branch
835 C Street,
Oakland
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Oakland Museum of California, James Moore Theatre
1000 Oak St.
San Diego
Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM
San Diego Public Library
820 E St., Auditorium/3rd floor
San Francisco
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 6:00 PM
San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco
Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Coffee to the People
1206 Haight St.
San Jose
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM
MACLA Castellano Theater
510 South 1st St.
West Hollywood
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Pacific Design Center, Blue Conference Center
8687 Melrose Ave.
Colorado
Denver
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Starz FilmCenter
900 Auraria Pkwy.
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th St. NW
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Florida
Miami
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th St.
Georgia
Statesboro
Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Kbob Kelly's
516 S. Main Street
Statesboro
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM
The Mud Shack
19 Courtland Street
Idaho
Boise
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 5:30 PM
BSU Student Union Building, Lookout Rm.
University Dr. at Lincoln
Pocatello
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 5:15 PM
ISU Pond Student Union, Bengal Theater
S. 8th Ave. at Red Hill Rd.
Illinois
Chicago
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Evanston
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Reeltime, Evanston Public Library
1703 Orrington Ave.
Speakers: journalist, Margaretta Garechu
Indiana
Indianapolis
Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM
KI EcoCenter (317 Media Cafe)
159 West 28th Street (28th and Capitol)
Louisiana
New Orleans
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Loyola University, Monroe Hall Room 157
6363 St. Charles Ave.
Speakers: Monique Harden, Attorney & Co-Director, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
Dr. Karen Reichard, Director of Loyola University's Women's Resource Center
Maryland
Baltimore
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 5:30 PM
University of Maryland School of Law
500 W. Baltimore St.
Ceremonial Moot Court Room
Speakers: Professor Sherrilyn Ifill, University of Maryland School of Law;
Professor Jane Barrett. Director, Environmental Law Clinic;
Professor Paula Monopoli, Director, School of Law Women, Leadership & Equality Program;
Lynn Pinder, Environmental Activist and Youth Organizer.
Massachusetts
Boston
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St., Copley Sq.
Jamaica Plain
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM
First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU
6 Eliot St.
Speakers: Audience Participation and Reflection
New Bedford
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
Speakers: Gloria Williams, Executive Director YouthBuild
Michigan
Detroit
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Charles Wright Museum of African-American History
315 E Warren
Grand Rapids
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
41 Sheldon Blvd. SE
Missouri
Kansas City
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 12:00 PM
University of Missouri, Kansas City
104 Royall Hall
800 E. 52nd St.
St. Louis
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Missouri History Museum in Forest Park
5700 Lindell Blvd.
New York
Ithaca
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Henry St. John Building - Suite 103
301 S. Geneva St.
Corner of Clinton St. & Geneva St.
Saratoga Springs
Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry St.
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Open Eye Cafe
101 South Greensboro St.
Pennsylvania
Braddock
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Braddock Carnegie Library
419 Library St.
Glenside
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 7:15 PM
The Chat, Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Rd.
Philadelphia
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 7:00 PM
WHYY Civic Space
150 N. Sixth St.
South Carolina
Charleston
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Charleston County Public Library
68 Calhoun St.
Texas
Houston
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Rice Cinema
University at Stockton, Entrance #8
Speakers: Dr. Kairn Kleiman- Professor at the University of Houston
Stephanie Burchard- Ph. D student at Rice University
Barry Ward- Executive Director for Trees for Houston
Utah
Salt Lake City
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM
University of Utah
200 South Central Campus Dr.
Washington
Seattle
Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 12:00 PM
SIFF Cinema in the Nelsholm Family Lecture Hall on the lower level of McCaw Hall at Seattle Center
321 Mercer St.
Tacoma
Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Pacific Lutheran Univeristy
1010 122nd St. S., Ingram Hall, Rm. 100
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:00 PM
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Ave.
Sheboygan
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:00 PM
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Ave.
      

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