[ThirdCoast] - "Combatting Human Trafficking" with Karen Countryman-Roswurm

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Tuesday, October 30, 12 - 12:30 pm
Rally for the Trial of the Century
	This open mic rally is to support a  <https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit/>l <https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit/>awsuit originally filed in 2015 <https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit/> by 21 youth against the federal government (Juliana v. U.S.). Their complaint asserts that, through the government's affirmative actions that cause climate change, it has violated the youngest generation’s constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, as well as failed to protect essential public trust resources. 
Location: Williamson County Courthouse on Georgetown Square, 710 S Main, 78626

Tuesday, October 30, 6:30-10 pm
Checkpoint Nation
	Texas Observer reporter Melissa del Bosque <https://www.melissadelbosque.com/> will discuss her article “Checkpoint Nation” with Harper’s Magazine associate editor Rachel Poser. The article, a collaboration between the two magazines, examines the border zone—a buffer of about 100 miles that runs along any U.S. border—where U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been given the freedom to trample on constitutional rights in the name of security.
	The event is free but space is limited. More information and RSVP online <https://www.texasobserver.org/harpers-observer-reading/>.
Location: North Door, 501 Brushy St., Austin, 78702

Thursday, November 1, 6 - 8 pm
Film Screening: "Speciesism: The Movie"
	A young man investigates the world of factory farms and encounters a political and intellectual movement that considers animals as important as humans.  Trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJYzia6KUbs
Location: Asian American Resource Center - Meeting Room 8, 8401 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78754

Friday, November 2, 7 pm
“Combatting Human Trafficking” with Karen Countryman-Roswurm
	Karen Countryman-Roswurm <https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences/socialwork/FacultyAndStaff/countrymanroswurm.php>, founder and Executive Director of the Center for Combatting Human Trafficking <http://combatinghumantrafficking.org/>, will discuss her work with homeless, runaway, and “throwaway” youth and the problem of domestic minor sex trafficking. Countryman-Roswurm is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Wichita State University in Kansas.
	More information on the Facebook event page <https://www.facebook.com/events/288894618626181/>, or contact Morgan Lairdmorganlaird at utexas.edu <mailto:Lairdmorganlaird at utexas.edu>.
Location: University United Methodist Church <http://www.uumc.org/>, 2409 Guadalupe, Austin, 78705

Saturday, November 3, 2-4 pm
Young People and Voting
	A panel will discuss how to increase voter participation among young people. Panelists will include Grant Loveless, member of the ACC District Student Government Association, Maya Patel with TX Votes at UT Austin, and others involved in education. 
	The event is sponsored by Common Ground for Texans <http://cg4tx.org/>, a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Austin.
Location: Old Quarry Branch Library, 7051 Village Center, Austin

Monday, November 5th, 6:30 pm
Language Justice, a Community Conversation with Indigenous and Asian-American activists 
	The Austin Language Justice Collective will host an event with Anh Ly, a senior at UT-Austin and language justice researcher and activist, who will present her insights on the experience of speakers of Vietnamese in Austin, and Odilia Romero and Janet Martinezare leaders of the indigenous-run organization, the Front of Indigenous Binational Organizations in Los Angeles, who will discuss organizing for language rights in Los Angeles since the 1990s.
Location: Friends Meeting House, 3701 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Austin, TX

Thursday, November 8, 5:30-7:30 pm
Screening of "Dirt Rich"
	This new documentary demonstrates that regenerative agriculture and reforestation are needed to ensure a global food supply and to mitigate climate change. A panel with the filmmaker will follow. 
Location: F.W. Olin 105 on Southwestern University, Georgetown 78626

Monday, November 12, 4-6 pm
Law and the Reproduction of Food Poverty
	Tomaso Ferrando, a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol, will speak on “Law and the Reproduction of Food Poverty.” Author Raj Patel from the LBJ School of Public Affairs will respond to Ferrando’s talk.
	More information online <https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/event-type/law-production-inequality/>. 
Location: Sheffield-Massey Room in Townes Hall (TNH 2.111), University of Texas School of Law, Austin


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In Solidarity,
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