The Office of Multicultural Affairs presents Johanna Bermudez Ruiz' film Vieques: Un Pueblo Forjando Futuros /An Island Forging Futures, on Monday, October 6, at 7:00 p.m. in Textor 103. This 17 minute documentary film demonstrates part of the peaceful resistance movement against the U.S. Navy bombing practices on the island of Vieques, a sister island of Puerto Rico.
Longtime activist Mary Anne Grady Flores will lead a discussion about the film as well as share her experiences of joining a delegation in May 2000, where she participated with hundreds of other Puerto Ricans acting as human shields to prevent the bombings in Vieques.
This event is free and open to the public. Any questions, please contact Sue Van De Voorde, Office of Multicultural Affairs, at 274-3654.
Contributed by Sue Van De Voorde
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20031003094926283