Source: Susan Allen, 785-532-6444, slallen@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415, abadeker@k-state.edu
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
BRAZILIAN MUSICIANS TO ACCOMPANY K-STATE'S FALL NONVIOLENCE RALLY
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University's seventh annual Campaign for Nonviolence Fall Rally, Sunday, Aug. 26, will include Brazilian musicians Banda AfroReggae as well as "Favela Rising," a documentary about life in a Rio slum that features the group's music.
The film is the second in the free Movies on the Grass series that highlights contemporary social issues. The rally, sponsored by K-State's Campaign for Nonviolence, will include tables offering information about campus social justice, health and nonviolence groups. The tables will be along the sidewalk from the K-State Student Union to the Coffman Commons. They will be available between the music and the film, which will be shown at the Coffman Commons.
The music will start at 6 p.m. on Bosco Plaza in front of the Union; the film will begin around 8 p.m. or dusk. In case of rain the concert will move to the Union Ballroom and the screening will be in Seaton Hall's Foerester Auditorium.
AfroReggae members also will take part in events Monday, Aug. 27, including morning master classes and workshops. A 7:30 p.m. lecture in Forum Hall at the Union is open to the public.
Just before the movie, the 2007 Be the Change awards will be presented to volunteers who have been leading the K-State Women's Center's noontime yoga sessions for several years. Recipients are Carol Gould, Diana Knox, Emily Ragan, David Mitchell, Joyce Yagerline, Sue Brown and C.P. Ward.
The Movies on the Grass series is sponsored by K-State Libraries-Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center, the College of Arts and Sciences, the provost's office, the Women's Center, the Campaign for Nonviolence, the International Activities Council, Kansas Natural Resources Council and area merchants.
Each film starts at dusk, around 8 p.m. each Sunday, preceded by an hour or so of events, raffles, prizes and music. The rain location is Foerester Auditorium. More information is available at http://www.k-state.edu/moviesonthegrass
The remaining films in the series include:
Sept. 9: "Maxed Out" looks at credit card use and debt and how the modern financial industry works.
Sept. 16: "Yesterday," an Oscar nominee in 2005 for best foreign film, is the story of a woman, Yesterday, and her 7-year-old daughter, Beauty, and how they cope in a remote area of South Africa.