Events

To Abbie With Love, a celebration of Abbie Hoffman, will be airing on WCCA TV13 Friday, February 9, 10:30am.

OK, now is the time to get the word out. Next weekend (February 9-11) Screamers will be shown at the Showcase Cinema North in Worcester and YOU need to get the word out to everyone to go see the movie.

The information about the movie and the theatre are below. Please get the word out to friends and family to support this movie.

George Aghjayan, chairman Armenian National Committee of Central Massachusetts

http://www.screamersmovie.com/

Showcase Cinema Worcester North 18 135 Brooks Street Worcester, MA 01606 508-853-4000

Documentary feature examining why genocides keep occurring -- from the Armenian genocide in 1915, to the Holocaust, Bosnia, Rwanda and now Darfur -- through the eyes and music of the Grammy award-winning rock band ?System of a Down,? based in Los Angeles, whose members are all grandchildren of genocide survivors. As the band tours the world and touches on the locations and stories of genocide in the last century, the film follows the personal story of the lead singer?s grandfather, a 96-year old survivor of the Armenian genocide, one of the few remaining survivors from his village in Turkey. With the arguments of Harvard Professor Samantha Power, the personal stories of survivors from Armenia, Rwanda and Darfur, policy critics and whistleblowers ? the ?screamers? ? the film targets the problem of genocide denial, with specific reference to the Turkish government?s current campaign to stop its citizens from discussing the genocide. When the band arrives back in the United States, they confront the hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy in the debate on genocide recognition, with Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, actively blocking a vote in Congress. Through the band?s efforts to get Dennis to ?Do the Right Thing? and Power?s thesis that America?s interest has always been to stay neutral, no matter how wide-scale the carnage, the film shows how successive Presidents and corporate interests have conspired to turn a blind eye to genocides as they are happening ? whether it be Iraqi Kurds in the 80s, Rwanda in the 90s or Darfur today. After the Holocaust, we may say ?never again? -- but we don?t mean it.

To be held at the Worcester Public Library, Banx Conference Room, 1st
Floor, 3 Salem Square, Worcester MA 01608

In partnership with The Harvard School of Public Health and The
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Worcester MassCONECT, a Common Pathways Work Group, will hold a forum to discuss best practices in effective communication of cancer, and health-related issues for Media experts and Non-Profit organizations

*A Group Discussion will be lead by Expert Panelists including:*

* */Harvard School of Public Health Professor Vish K. Viswanath, Ph.
D. /*
* */Christina O’Neill, Executive Editor of the Worcester Business
Journal/*
* */Mauro/**/ DePasquale, Executive Director of WCCA TV 13/*

*Program Highlights include hands-on training sessions *

*Attendees will receive a Certificate of Participation *

*Lunch will be provided*

We hope to see you there!

*/Please R.S.V.P. to:/*

Clara P. Savage, Ed.D
Common Pathways Coordinator
Central Massachusetts Center for Healthy Communities
44 Front Street, Suite 280
Worcester, MA 01608-1733
(508)438-0515 x15