DJPC’s 2015 Summer Salon Film Series Documentary screening and discussion of: CANCION DE BARRIO (with English subtitles) is a musical documentary directed by Alejandro Ramirez Anderson, presenting the experience of the first two years of the “Never Ending Tour”, which, since 2010, the singer/composer Silvio Rodriguez has performed in Havana’s poor neighborhoods and throughout Cuba. … Continue reading July 16th Salon Documentary: Canción de Barrio
June 18th Salon documentary: Split Estate
DJPC’s 2015 Summer Salon Series Documentary screening and discussion of: SPLIT ESTATE is a compelling Emmy Award winning documentary that shows the dirty side of hydraulic fracturing and natural gas, an energy source the industry touts as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. See the conflicts and human consequences typical of the extraction industry whether … Continue reading June 18th Salon documentary: Split Estate
DJPC Salon & AFSC/CFIR Skill Share
DJPCers: We are teaming up with American Friends Service Committee’s project Coloradans for Immigrant Rights (CFIR) for our monthly Salon, on February 17. Please note it is a new day (Tuesday, not Thursday), a new place (901 W. 14th Avenue) and a new time (5 – 7 PM, not 7 – 9 PM). You won’t … Continue reading DJPC Salon & AFSC/CFIR Skill Share
October 16th Salon: PERU IN PERIL
October Salon Discussion Series 2014. Peru in Peril by the Peru Delegation (Jane Covode, Lynn Holland, Steve Piper, Kathryn Rodriguez, and Jerry Stookey ) The Peru delegation went to Cajamarca in July 2014 to witness firsthand the human rights abuses surrounding Newmont’s proposed Conga Mine. The Chaupe Family of Celendin, Peru Thursday, October. 16, … Continue reading October 16th Salon: PERU IN PERIL
Documentary Salon: “Thirst”
DJPC’s 2014 Summer Salon Series presents the documentary film: THIRST directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. 62 minutes THIRST takes a piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water…from bottles to tap. Don’t take water for granted! it is a dwindling natural resource: the Blue Gold of … Continue reading Documentary Salon: “Thirst”
Documentary Salon: “Gold Fever”
DJPC’s 2014 Summer Salon Series Documentary screening of: GOLD FEVER witnesses the arrival of Goldcorp Inc to a remote Guatemalan village. 500 years after the conquistadors invaded, and still reeling from decades of US-backed repression, the Mayans of San Miguel Ixtahuacán find themselves on the front lines of an increasingly globalized world. Thursday, June … Continue reading Documentary Salon: “Gold Fever”
September 19th Salon on Newmont Mining
DJPC Salon on Peru, January 17th
Salon Discussion Series by Tarun Gudz
DJPC’s 2012 Salon Discussion Series “We celebrate each victory with our Guatemalan brothers and sisters, mourn the losses, and always remind ourselves that the fight will continue.” Tarun Gudz Join CAMINOS’ most recent accompanier, Tarun Gudz, as she tells the compelling story of human rights struggles and victories in Guatemala… Paxia Restaurant 40th Ave. and … Continue reading Salon Discussion Series by Tarun Gudz
Salon Discussion Series on Mining & Indigenous Rights
DJPC 2012 SALON DISCUSSION SERIES PRESENTS MINING & INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN HUEHUETENANGO, GUATEMALA by Pascual Bernabé Velásquez Pascual Bernabé Velásquez, a Q’anjob’al Mayan, is a city council member of San Juan Ixcoy and a representative of the Departmental Assembly of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. This Assembly has sought to make Huehuetenango a “Mining-Free Territory” and now struggles … Continue reading Salon Discussion Series on Mining & Indigenous Rights