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PREMIERE: Infection in Our Healthcare System, August 27th

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:44pm
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This Friday August 27, Media Mobilizing Project is premiering "Infection in Our Health Care System" as part of our launch of MMP TV. The event is taking place at Freedom Theatre in North Philadelphia.  The hour-length investigative report focuses on the experiences of poor and working people within a health care system that places profit over people. Spanning from Pottstown to northeast Philadelphia, the report tells the story of workers struggling for dignity and communities fighting for survival in the face of corporate and university greed. The launch of MMP TV also marks an important moment for Philadelphia's media landscape. At a time when the freedom of the Internet is in jeopardy and our mass media is increasingly consolidated offering the perspectives of the wealthy and well-connected, MMP TV is  made by, for and from the perspective of the majority poor and working class communities of Philadelphia and beyond. It tells the stories that FOX News and the Philadelphia Inquirer will not tell, giving voice to those that have long been silenced. Come celebrate the launch of Media Mobilizing Project Television:

When: Friday, August 27th, 6:30 p.m

Where: Freedom Theatre, 1346 North Broad St (At Broad St and Master St)

SCREENING: "Driving the American Dream" and "YO! Taxi" This Friday

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 11:04am
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This Friday at 7pm join us for a screening of two important independent films about the life, work, and organizing of taxi drivers in Philadelphia. 

 

Taxi drivers are 60 times more likely to be assaulted or killed on the job than people in any other occupation. The Unified Taxi Workers Alliance (UTWA) has led the charge to make sure all people who come in contact with the taxi industry -- whether drivers or passengers -- are afforded the rights they deserve as human beings.

 

With landmark legislation in front of the PA House of Representatives to ensure workers compensation for drivers injured or killed on the job there couldn't be a more important time to watch and learn from the stories of drivers across our city. 

 

Come to Scribe Video Center at 4212 Chestnut St, 3rd floor on Friday June 11th, at 7pm to watch.

 

And if you can't make the screening, make sure you support the work of taxi drivers and sign on to the petition for workers compensation.

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