7/22/15 Minutes: Copy Machine, Sama, Fall Calendar

Events in April 2025

Movie Night: Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media

In attendance: Jackson (secretary), Ty (moderator)
Start time: 7:00 PM

1. Event Review – We showed 416 on Saturday night. Turnout was a bit low, but the discussion was very good.

2. Upcoming Event – Trekkies For Humanism returns this Friday. We’re ready for it. We’ll be sure to plug it on Facebook in the next couple of days.

3. Reimbursement – Jackson bought some new dry-erase markers for the house, as ours were dried out. We reimburse him $3.21 for the expense.

4. Copy Machine – We still need to replace ours. Jackson will see what he can find locally. We’re thinking we have a budget of around $200.

5. Sama – The concert/discussion is coming up fast! Sammi reports he is nearly done with our flier. Jackson will be making the Facebook event at the conclusion of the meeting tonight, and will also be sending Sama another follow-up email.

6. Fall Calendar – Ty still needs some digital files to build the calendar; he’ll need to contact Ashley about that.

Meetings are returning to Monday nights at 7 PM. Open hours will not return for fall.

Will we continue to run Trekkies For Humanism?

September
Thu, Sep 10, 7 PM – LSH meeting
Fri, Sep 11, 7 PM – Movie Night: Anarchism in America
Sat, Sep 19, 1-3 PM – What is Gentrification? discussion
October
Sat, Oct 3, 7 PM – Movie Night: Food, Inc.
Mon, Oct 12, 5 PM? (Federal Building) – Anti-Columbus Day protest
Sat, Oct 17, 1-3 PM – Why protest? (Title TBD) discussion
November
Sun, Nov 8, 5 PM – Movie Night: Reds
Sat, Nov 21, Time TBD – Transgender Day of Remembrance panel discussion (Title TBD)

Discussion tabled for the night. We hope to finish the calendar next week.

Tabled: Fall calendar, Facebook usage?

Meeting adjourned: 8:25 PM

11 Movie Night: Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media Movie Night: Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm April 11, 2025 Our April movie will be the 1992 documentary _Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media_, directed by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick. Noam Chomsky is a world-famous activist/academic who has spoken and written extensively about human rights, propaganda, and imperialism. The film's name is borrowed from Chomsky's most important book about the corporate media, which he first published in 1988 with co-author Edward Herman. The documentary is partially biographical on Chomsky, with the filmmakers following him around the world. But the film is largely a visual adaptation of Chomsky and Herman's book, using their "Propaganda Model" to expose the double standard in U.S. media coverage of human-rights abuses around the world, and how this bias serves the interests of the American Empire. While we strongly recommend the film, we must also acknowledge that it is nearly 3 hours long. While the visual editing is much more interesting than most documentaries of this kind, we know it may be too much for some of y'all to sit through. Please note that we will be starting at 6 PM (an hour earlier than our typical movie nights), and we will be taking a 10 minute intermission about halfway through the film. Discussion will follow the film. We would also like y'all to know that we will be doing another event exploring Herman and Chomsky's "Propaganda Model" on Saturday, May 17th, from 1-3 PM. Stay tuned for more information about that! As always, this event is free and open to the public. The Black Cat House welcomes all ages, and is a drug and alcohol-free venue. To help keep everyone safe and healthy, we ask that all guests wear face masks in our space. We are wheelchair accessible. More