From Loft Cinema: http://www.loftcinema.com/endbullying

Saturday, April 28th at 10:00 am
Free Admission

In honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding presents “Step Up, Speak Out, End Bullying: PSA Showcase and Awards”.

The Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding wants to find out what your solutions to bullying are and to share them with Southern Arizona. They are inviting you to take part in their Public Service Announcement contest by creating your own 30-second video PSA with the theme “Step Up, Speak Out, End Bullying.”

Cash and prizes are up for grabs and the winning PSAs will be aired on local television and converted to radio format. It’s your chance to Step Up, Speak Out and End Bullying.

Those entering are encouraged to have fun with the process, to be creative and to choose positive, nonviolent solutions for dealing with this issue. Good luck and thank you for joining us as we continue to strive for the end of bullying.

For details about submitting a PSA, go to www.endofbullying.com

A Project of the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding in Collaboration with:
Cox Communications, Pima County Attorney’s Office, Homicide Survivors, So. AZ Center Against Sexual Assault, Our Family Services, Tucson Unified School District, Community Partnership of So. AZ, Wingspan, and the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind.

update: Take the Civility Pledge & notes from this PSA event (click here).

FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Pima Community College – West Campus
Center for the Arts Proscenium Theatre
2202 W. Anklam Rd.

Wed. April 18, 2012 5:30-9:00pm

Join us for a free film screening of the film “Sex and Money” and an interactive panel discussion. Refreshments will be provided.

Sex trafficking and forced labor are a reality on a national and local level. Learn more and find out what you can do to stop these crimes and help victims of trafficking.

Panelists will include representatives from Streetlight Tucson, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Task Force, and Southern Arizona Against Slavery.

Hosted by PCC SSSO (Pima Community College Social Services Student Organizations)

Sponsored by Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA) & West Campus Student Life.

To register go online to: http://pccssso-htaforum.eventbrite.com.

I’m reading an advance copy of “All Woman & Springtime” by Brandon Jones, about 3 North Korean young women (some teenagers) sold into sexual slavery in South Korea. They become prostitutes, perform internet dancing in the nude, or are forced to “service” men at bars/nightclubs. They have no choice due to threats of physical violence or fear of immigration problems and return to forced labor camps in North Korea. It is a very disturbing subject, and this gripping novel brings out the horrors of it very well, and the differences between communist and capitalist countries.

March for Children 2011 — April 1, 2011
9:30 am – 12:00 pm

7th Annual Kick Off for Child Abuse Prevention month

Rally and press conference to be held at University Physicians Hospital (UPH), followed by the march to the Pima County Juvenile Court. “The March for Children was originally conceived as an event to bring light to the issue of child abuse and to recognize those on the front lines fighting to prevent it.”

Event begins at the UPH at 9:30 am located at 2800 E Ajo Way, Tucson. The march leaves the hospital grounds at 10:30 am headed to the Pima County Juvenile Court located at 2225 E Ajo Way, Tucson.

An event to help create a prosperous, innovative, and healthy county that is invested in child development, in child abuse prevention, and in providing resources that increase protective factors allowing parents to raise happy, healthy children.

Sponsored by Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Pima County Juvenile Court, and Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA).

Refreshments, speakers, information booths and awards at juvenile court.

For more information, please visit the March for Children website at www.marchforchildren.webs.com. Email contact: marchforchildren2011@pcjcc.pima.gov.

Having served as a CASA and on the Foster Care Review Board in the past, I well know the importance of this 7th Annual March and the work done at all these agencies. Please attend & support their efforts to eliminate child abuse.

Contact at PCJC:
Joellen Brown
Dependency Data Specialist
Pima County Juvenile Court
520/243-2243, joellen.brown@pcjcc.pima.gov