Tulsa Peace Fellowship

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free film @ Circle Cinema, in Tulsa

Event Details

free film @ Circle Cinema, in Tulsa

Time: February 16, 2009 at 6pm
Location: Circle Cinema, Whittier Square, Mid-Town Tulsa
Street: Lewis & Admiral
City/Town: Tulsa
Website or Map: http://www.americanidealistmo…
Phone: 918-592-3456
Event Type: panel, discussion, film, screening
Organized By: www.circlecinema.com
Latest Activity: Feb 13, 2009

Event Description

2/16/09 --
AMERICAN IDEALIST: THE STORY OF SARGENT SHRIVER--
FREE-w/guest speakers.

Show times yet to be announced

Film addresses the Peace Corps, VISTA, Community Action, Head Start, Legal Services for the Poor, Youth Corps, Job Corps, and more. Sargent Shriver invented a string of social initiatives that shaped an era and dared millions of young Americans to live out their ideals. Those who knew him—Bill Moyers, Andrew Young, political commentator Mark Shields, and so many others—have spoken of Shriver in the same breath as Martin Luther King, Jr., calling him a visionary of deep humanity who helped create a more just society.

American Idealist brings Shriver’s story to life in a powerful 90-minute depiction of practical activism, it offers a hopeful vision of what this nation could be and could do, based on the experience of what it once did when pushed by the civil rights movement and guided by social justice impulses of the movement to help the poor and the homeless.

"American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver" depicts the early years of the Kennedy administration, when a young generation was inspired to public service through non-military programs Shriver helped develop and manage. It was a period of intense social change and hopefulness.

These programs provide an alternative for America's youth, laying out alternative directions for high school leavers and setting university graduates on the path to fulfilling careers.

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Comment by Tony Nuspl on February 13, 2009 at 11:12am
Q & A with guest speakers -
former Peace Corps volunteers, Kerry Wiens, Sarah Wiens, Donna Litwack, & former Tulsa Mayor Rodger Randle.

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