The WSU Vancouver Spring 2005 Honors Lecture Series on "Globalization ofHomelessness and Poverty" presents Mark Lakeman, representative from TheCity Repair Project in Portland, who will discuss "The Village Lives"on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Multimedia Building, Room 16.This series features hopeful ways to address social problems in ourcommunity and the world. For more information about the City RepairProject, see: http://www.cityrepair.org/
Seriously, if you get the chance, check this lecture out. Mark spoke to my American Studies course last spring, and I did a photography project on the City Repair Project last fall. I can tell you wholeheartedly that they do some really amazing things in the community. If you have the time, go to the lecture to see what they're about and what they're doing.
I would attend if I could, but a few VanCougar staffers, along with Brian and I, are heading to San Francisco early tomorrow morning for a national journalism conference.
-Matt
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City Repair Project on satellite tv.
Tuesday, January 9, DISH Network will show Episode 92 of "Perils For Pedestrians".
Contents of Episode 92 (2004):
--We drop in on the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC.
--The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has a new Active Living by Design program.
--The City Repair Project works at the community level in Portland, Oregon.
--We learn about the rideshare program for Salem, Oregon.
--We talk with a former Salem Mayor about the failure to finance the Sidewalk Construction And Maintenance Program (SCAMP).
DISH Network Channel 9411 -- The Universityhouse Channel
Tuesday -- 9:30 pm Eastern, 6:30 Pacific
Episode 92 is also available on Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2665908390406135101
Note: Public access cable channels are showing different episodes than DISH Network.
Thank you.
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