An interview with Michigan State University professor Susan Bitensky on corporal punishment.
MediaMouse.org interview Susan Bitensky, a Michigan State University law professor who has written on corporal punishment. Bitensky was in Grand Rapids, Michigan to speak at the Institute for Global Education’s (IGE) annual meeting.
An interview with birth activist and noted author Suzanne Arms. In the interview, Arms discusses the importance of changing how we view birth in our society and culture.
An interview with birth activist and noted author Suzanne Arms. In the interview, Arms discusses the importance of changing how we view birth in our society and culture.
An interview with animal rights activist Gene Baur. Baur is the co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, the leading farm animal protection organization in the United States.
An interview with animal rights activist Gene Baur. Baur is the co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, the leading farm animal protection organization in the United States. In the interview, Baur talks about the treatment of animals in industrial agriculture and the need for a change in how people think about animals
Baur spoke at Calvin College at a lecture sponsored by Students for Compassionate Living.
A video from a protest outside of a Grand Rapids, Michigan Starbucks store. Baristas and allies were protesting Starbucks’ union-busting campaign.
A video from a protest outside of a Grand Rapids, Michigan Starbucks store. Baristas and allies were protesting Starbucks’ union-busting campaign:
An interview with Dr. Malo Hutson on urban sustainability and the Green Revolution.
On June 19, the Grand Rapids, Michigan community-based organization Our Kitchen Table (OKT) hosted an event at the Southeast Farmer’s Market on urban sustainability. OKT invited Dr. Malo Huston with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (www.rwif.org) to talk to the community about “Urban Sustainability and the Green Revolution. MediaMouse.org was able to sit down with Malo and do a short interview.
In this lecture, author and host of the daily television and radio news program Democracy Now! Amy Goodman talks about the struggles of ordinary people who are “standing up to the madness.” A fundraiser for Mediamouse.org, the talk was part of Amy Goodman’s 2008 book tour celebrating the release of her third book, Standing Up to the Madness, and the 12th anniversary of Democracy Now!.
In this lecture, author and host of the daily television and radio news program Democracy Now! Amy Goodman talks about the struggles of ordinary people who are “standing up to the madness.” A fundraiser for Mediamouse.org, the talk was part of Amy Goodman’s 2008 book tour celebrating the release of her third book, Standing Up to the Madness, and the 12th anniversary of Democracy Now!. Recorded May 10, 2008 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In order to spark some interest in the Amy Goodman fundraiser for Mediamouse.org that is happening on May 10, here is a video of Amy Goodman’s last lecture in Grand Rapids (when she spoke at Fountain Street Church):
Also, as a reminder, Amy Goodman will be speaking on May 10 about her new book,
Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times:
Saturday, May 10, 2008
7:00pm (Doors at 6:00pm)
Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ
4010 Kalamazoo Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508
*** Doors open at 6:00pm, Goodman speaks at 7:00pm. Admission is a sliding scale of $5-$25 for Mediamouse.org. Please bring cash, we cannot accept credit card and/or check payments. ***
Grand Valley State University (GVSU) hosted Comic Journalist Joe Sacco at the UICA for a talk on his work on March 26. Sacco is the acclaimed author and illustrator of several award-winning works of graphic journalism, including Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, War Junkie, and The Fixer. Sacco’s work examines its subjects from a uniquely insightful perspective, hard won from his firsthand experiences in some of the most war-torn regions of our world. Media Mouse had an opportunity to interview him about his work.
A video documenting the March 15, 2008 protest in Grand Rapids, Michigan demanding an immediate end to the US occupation of Iraq. The protest was organized by ACTIVATE (Grand Rapids SDS).
A lecture by author and professor Robert Jensen on pornography and sexual violence. The talk is based on his book Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity:
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