The First Rainbow Connection
The First Rainbow Connection November 23, 2019, Potluck at 6:00 PM, Film at
7:00 PM at the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham NY,
across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House.
In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form a multi-ethnic coalition with the Young Lords Organization and the Young Patriots. Banding together in one of the most segregated cities in post-war America, the Rainbow Coalition changed the face of 1960s Chicago politics and created an organizing model for future activists and politicians
7:00 PM at the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham NY,
across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House.
In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party began to form a multi-ethnic coalition with the Young Lords Organization and the Young Patriots. Banding together in one of the most segregated cities in post-war America, the Rainbow Coalition changed the face of 1960s Chicago politics and created an organizing model for future activists and politicians
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow.
For more information call 518-794-3048. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
For more information call 518-794-3048. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
The River and the Wall - Dec. 7
“The River and the Wall” Screening Saturday, December 7, 2019, Potluck at 6:00 PM, film at 7:00 PM, in the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham, NY, across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House.
The River and the Wall follows five friends on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands as they travel 1200 miles from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico on horses, mountain bikes, and canoes.
Conservation filmmaker Ben Masters realizes the urgency of documenting the last remaining wilderness in Texas as the threat of new border wall construction looms ahead. Masters recruits NatGeo Explorer Filipe DeAndrade, ornithologist Heather Mackey, river guide Austin Alvarado, and conservationist Jay Kleberg to join him on the two-and-a-half-month journey down 1,200 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.
They set out to document the borderlands and explore the potential impacts of a wall on the natural environment, but as the wilderness gives way to the more populated and heavily trafficked Lower Rio Grande Valley, they come face-to-face with the human side of the immigration debate and enter uncharted emotional waters.
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow.
For more information call 518-794-3048. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org