February 1 –
7 p.m
Papers: The Story of Undocumented Youth”
"Papers" is the story of undocumented
youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal
status. 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from
high school without “papers. ” These are young people
born outside of the United States who were educated in American
schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home and
who, upon high school graduation, find the door to their future
slammed shut. It is agains-t the law to work or drive. It is difficult,
if not impossible in some states, to attend college. They live
at risk of arrest, detention and deportation to countries they
may not even remember. Currently, there is no path to citizenship
for these young people. Community organizations around the country,
including here in Champaign-Urbana, are working to change immigration
policy on behalf of these young people.
Members
and friends of Unitarian-Universalism are frequently in the forefront
of movements promoting peace and social justice, human rights,
and the preservation of the earth's environment.
All social justice events are free
and open to the public.
Gasland March 7 –
7:30 p.m.
"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history
has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed
drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing
has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath
us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to
lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey
uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently
drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able
to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the
many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called
GASLAND.
All
social justice events are free and open to the public.
