Saturday, October 3, 2009

Fwd: Save the date



Save the date to come to downtown Lowell and see:

At Home in Utopia [2008]

Thursday, November 19 / 6:30 p.m. (Refreshments), 7 p.m. (Screening)

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center
246 Market Street
Free admission

What does it take to get housing that's good for our children? What does it
take to build a community where we want to live? Does it take a movement?
During the 1920s, thousands of immigrant factory workers managed to build
cooperative apartment houses that they owned and ran themselves. When they
were hit by the Great Depression, they fought alongside others to win the
social safety net that we are now in danger of losing. The film "At
Home in
Utopia" tells their story.

Join a dynamic panel discussion following the film with the following Guest
Panelists: Michal Goldman, Filmmaker; Bob Forrant, Professor/Regional
Economics and Social Development; Lindolfo Carballo, Community Action to
Support Affordability (CASA)

For more information on the film visit:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/athomeinutopia/


--
Professor Robert Forrant
Dept. of Regional Economic and Social Development
Center for Family, Work and Community
www.uml.edu/Centers/CFWC/
500 O'Leary Library
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, MA 01854
978-934-2904

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