65°F2:55 AM What: 99% Spring Direct Action Training
When: Sunday, April 15th, 10:00 - 5:00 PM
Where: 3813 Taylor Blvd., Louisville, KY 40215
Do more than rake leaves this fall! Learn how you can address climate change in your own backyard when Bellarmine University hosts “When Spirit Meets Action: Working Together In Response to Climate Change” this coming Monday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. in Frazier Hall. The program will feature activist Julia Butterfly Hill.
For weeks, the Occupy Wall Street movement was frustrated by what seemed to be a news "blackout" by major media organizations. By last week, the movement had broken through to the point that it and the economic issues it brought back into public debate had become the number one story in the news media.
Much of the coverage, however, has been about the typical news "angles". By necessity, news media with limited time or space can only intersperse occasional sound bites from actual protestors into the narration provided by their reporter.
The University of Louisville will mark the end of its “Week Without Violence” with a candlelight vigil and march around campus this coming Tuesday, September 27 as part of its annual “Take Back the Night” event.
It’s right there on the flyers: Music, Art, Activism. There’s a ton of great music at the festival this weekend ranging from big name acts to promising new bands to a live marching band - but what about the other two thirds of the festival?