The Green House Collective: June 2009

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

WARDANCE this Thursday

Hi Loves,

This week we will be showing the incredibly powerful film "Wardance." If you haven't seen this film, we hope you can make it. The film documents a group of young children from the Acholi tribe in Northern Uganda as they leave their rural village for the first time and make their way to the National Music Competition in Kampala, the capitol of Uganda. The film weaves a history of the violent longstanding genocide they have been forced to endure. This is the most powerful film I have seen in a long time!!!

To learn more about the film, check out www.wardancethemovie.com

What: War Dance
When: This Thursday, June 10
Vegan Potluck at 6, Film at 7
Where: The Green House Collective
4407 SE Tibbetts
* Off buslines 14, 75, 9, 4, and the Clinton St Bikeway!

See you Thursday!!

In Peace, Love, and Solidarity,

The Green House Collective

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDER

Workshop/Movie Nights @ The Green House

Vegan potluck and community gathering @ 6:00, workshop/movie begins promptly at 7pm

6/4/02 Screening of "As We Forgive," a glance at a reconciliation process that took place in a village in Rwanda in response to the 1994 genocide.

6/11/09 Screening of War Dance, a powerful and very beautiful film about the genocide in Uganda.

6/18/09 Nonviolent Communication Workshop, an overview and basic skill building workshop.

Green House Book Club (NEW!):
3rd Sunday of each month from 5-7(ish). (CURRENTLY ON HOLD)

Spanish Potluck Dinner Nights at the Green House
1st Sunday of each month 6pm-? (CURRENTLY ON HOLD)
Come to speak/to learn Spanish, bring a vege Spanish/Latin American style dish, and others who speak/want to learn Spanish. All levels welcome!!!

Other Great Events in PDX

6/6-7 - 6th Annual June Bug Jamboree Festival http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earth_community_alliance/

6/11- Rhoda Moore on Ecologically Friendly Public Policies and Infrastructure in Germany www.whitefeatherpeace.org

6/11- Picket Sign Party for Gay Rights www.radicalwomen.org

6/17 - The Future of Communities in Portland at Peninsula Park www.whitefeatherpeace.org

6/24- Department of Peace Workshop www.whitefeatherpeace.org

6/27- Special Video Showing for LGBTQ Month: Outrage 69 IndyMedia.org

Safer Space Policy

The Green House is a nonviolent community committed to raising awareness about social issues, deconstructing oppression, and inciting action while building a diverse and collaborative community. In the effort to create a safe, constructive, and collaborative community any behavior that demeans, marginalizes, or threatens people will not be tolerated. Examples of this are offensive remarks related to a person’s gender, age, sexual orientation, race, culture, physical ability, mental health, general appearance, political association, income status, health, etc. The Green House is a safe space where people of all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, genders, and identifications can come together to engage in an empowering community environment that recognizes our differences as well as our shared experiences as historically disenfranchised communities. We continuously work to be welcoming, engaging, and supportive, and in doing so work to create a space where people can be support for each other while being themselves. As a safe space, there is no tolerance for violence, sexual, physical, and/or mental abuse, domination, coercion, discrimination, or oppressive language and/or behavior. The Green House is a Hate Free Zone! Those unable to maintain respect for diversity and who engage in oppressive behavior will be asked to leave in order to ensure the safety of everyone in the space. In the event that you feel unsafe, please talk to one of the Green House core members in whatever way you feel comfortable...we want to ensure the green house is a safe space...no questions asked.

The Green House Collective

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

WARDANCE this Thursday

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