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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

FINDING OUR VOICES IN MEDIA

Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009
Time: 2:00-4:00 P.M.
Place:Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno
2672 E. Alluvial Ave.
Clovis, CA

Communicating Critical Ideas: Finding Our Voices in Media and in Public a workshop with University of Texas Journalism Professor Robert Jensen. Effective communication is crucial for political activists, whether the channel for the message is a television news show, the op/ed page of a newspaper, a speech at a rally, or a one-on-one conversation. In this workshop, Jensen will reflect on the elements of effective communication common to all those settings and then move on to offer reflections on public speaking, tips for working with the mainstream media, and thoughts on the opportunities of independent media.

Discussant: Dr. Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and board member of the Third coast Activist Resource Center.

Co-sponsored by College of Arts & Humanities, Associated Students Inc., Mass Communication & Journalism Department, Communication and Women's Studies Department at California State University Fresno; Fresno Center for Nonviolence, Peace Fresno and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
Club President: Roxanne Villaluz lokaane3@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

For more information contact Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu; Dan Yaseen at 559-251-3361 or danyaseen@comcast.net.

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to the Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community, at no charge. In addition, CineCulture is offered as a 3 unit academic course in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department. MCJ 177T [Fall CLASS Registration # is 7696 and the class time will be 5-7:50]

For further information, contact Professor Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu.

ABE OSHEROFF: ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE THE OTHER STILL DANCING

Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
Time: 4:30 P.M.
Place: California State University, Fresno
McLane 121

Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave The Other Still Dancing: (2008). Producer Robert Jensen.

Most people knew Abe Osheroff as an activist -- from the frontlines of the Spanish Civil War to the picket lines of the U.S. labor movement, from the struggles for civil rights in Mississippi to the work for human rights in Nicaragua. For most of his 92 years, Osheroff threw himself into the fray with rare energy and enthusiasm. In this documentary, Osheroff reflects on the meaning of that activism and the ideas that animated his actions. A truly organic intellectual, he shares the wisdom built up over a lifetime of commitment to the "radical humanism" that defined his politics and philosophy. 46 min.

Co-sponsored by College of Arts & Humanities, Associated Students Inc., Mass Communication & Journalism Department, Communication and Women's Studies Department at California State University Fresno; Fresno Center for Nonviolence, Peace Fresno and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

For more information:
CineCulture Club: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
Fresno Filmworks: http://www.fresnofilmworks.org/
Club President: Roxanne Villaluz lokaane3@csufresno.edu
Faculty Advisor: Mary Husain mhusain@csufresno.edu

A CRITICAL LOOK AT PORNOGRAPHY

Date: Friday, May 1,2009
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Place: California State University Fresno
Education Building, Room 170.

This is a FREE event.

The topic of Dr. Jensen’s lecture will be, “A Critical Look at Pornography," followed by a screening of the film, "The Price of Pleasure." Director/Producer Miguel Picker and Chyng Sun.

Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has become one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries in the United States. At the same time, the content of pornography has become more
aggressive, more overtly sexist and racist.

The film paints both a nuanced and complex portrait of how pleasure and pain, commerce and power, and liberty and responsibility are intertwined in the most intimate aspects of human relations. Going beyond the debate of liberal versus conservative so common in the culture, the film provides a holistic understanding of pornography as it debunks common myths about the genre.

ADVISORY: “The Price of Pleasure” includes sexually explicit images. Film is 56 min long. No one under 18 should be in the audience. Although those explicit images have been digitally blurred, some viewers may find those scenes difficult to watch.

Co-sponsored by College of Arts & Humanities, Associated Students Inc.,
Women's Studies, Mass Communication & Journalism Department, and
Communication Department and at California State University Fresno;
Fresno Center for Nonviolence, Peace Fresno and Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom.

For more information contact Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu; Dan
Yaseen at 559-251-3361 or danyaseen@comcast.net; Don Friesen at
dfriesen0@gmail.com.