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What:The 6th Annual Juneteenth Celebration
Music, food, African and Afrocentric vendors, games and other activities will take place in honor of Juneteenth. Long celebrated among African Americans, Juneteenth observes the end of slavery in the United States, said to have occurred two months after the end of the Civil War, when word of the Confederate surrender finally reached the furthest corner of southern Texas.
Date: Saturday, June
Sponsors: African American Arts Institute, Alan Blankstein, Community and School Partnerships, IU Main Library, Ivy Tech State College, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Facilities Coordinator Office, Neal-Marshall, Black Culture Center Library, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Union Board.
Planning Committee members: Oyibo H. Afoaku,Deloice Holliday, Lorenzo Dilworth, Mrs. McCoy, Mary E. Tourner, Charles Syke, Debra Vance, Redgina Norris, Michael,, Bridavsky, Marsha Bradford, Parwana Noorzad, Mrs. Kante, Stephen A. Johnson, Juliet, Glen-Callender, Danyale Ellis.
For more information:http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/juneteenth/
JULY

What: Latino Summer Festival 2004
The Festival will provide a venue for local Latino artists and community members to showcase their traditions and talents. It will also provide an opportunity for organizations and service providers to reach the Latino population of Bloomington, and to promote cultural awareness.
Date:August
Place:Karst Farm Park, 2450 S. Endwright Rd, Bloomington
Sponsors:
For more information CLICK Contact Tyler Ferguson at MonroeCountyParks and Recreation, 349-2956 by e-mail at tferguson@co.monroe.in.us or Marma File-Muriel at City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department, 349-3465 by email: murielm@bloomington.in.gov
September
What: Lotus World Music Festival
Downtown Bloomington comes alive in September for five days of international music and art during the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. The festival serves up something for everyone: Latin, African, Celtic, Middle Eastern, Asian, American "roots" music (including folk, blues, bluegrass, and Cajun), and a world of culturesin between. Since 1994, the festival has hosted more than 1,100 performers from 20 U.S. states and more than 50 countries in fulfilling the mission of the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation: to create opportunities to experience and celebrate the diversity of the world's cultures through music and the arts.
Date: September
Place: Downtown Bloomington Indiana
For more information: http://www.lotusfest.org/
What: Soul Food Picnic
The Bloomington Black Business and Professional Associates Inc. is hosting its annual Soul Food Picnic on Sept. It is looking for Monroe County people of all ages to sing, dance, act, play an instrument or read poetry during the event. The theme of this year's Soul Food Picnic is "diversity."
Date: Sept.
Time
Place: Karst Farm Park
Sponsors: The Bloomington Black Business and Professional Associates Inc
For more information: Interested parties should call Sojourner Manns at 336-2916, or e-mail: sojmanns@hotmail.com.
What: Festival Latino
The festival is a free outdoor concert and community gathering open to the general public and held every year in Indiana University's Dunn Meadow. Festival Latino features live Latin music, authentic food, cultural outreach activities, interactive booths, and much more! The festival is a great opportunity to enjoy the beautiful summer weather with family and friends while celebrating the Latino culture in a setting that brings together Latinos and non-Latinos alike, from both the IU and Bloomington communities.
Date: September
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Place: Dunn Meadow, Indiana University, Bloomington
Sponsors: Latino Enhancement Cooperative, La Casa Latino Cultural Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Commission on Multicultural Understanding, McDonald's, FASE Mentoring Program, Monroe County YMCA, The CommUNITY Education Program.
For more information
What: International Mongolian Festival
The purpose of this festival is to introduce the culture and plight of Mongolia to the public. The Chamtse Ling Temple was built as a place where people of all faiths and all cultures can gather together to plan deeds of compassion and wisdom, rather than acts of war and violence. It is open to persons of all cultures and dedicated to the promotion of world peace and harmony.
Date: September
Place: Tibetan Cultural Center and the Chamtse Ling Temple
Sponsors: Tibetan Cultural Center, Mongolia Society, Indiana University, Lotus Festival and Culture Fest
For more Information: http://tibetancc.com/events/2004/imf2004.htm
What: Bloomington Multicultural Festival
Set to the backdrop of the Lotus World Music Festival, the 2004 Bloomington Multicultural Festival will celebrate - through entertainment, food and activities - the diverse populations living in Bloomington.Included in the festivities are delicious international and ethnic foods prepared by Bloomingfoods - where festival-goers can sample foods from around the world - and a children's activity tent, with plenty of fun and educational opportunities for children to explore the wonders of diversity.A varied line-up of musicians, dancers and performers will enliven the Courthouse stageand delight the Festival audience.
Date: Sunday, September
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Place: The Courthouse Square in downtown Bloomington
Sponsors: City of Bloomington, Indiana University, the Monroe County Community School Corporation, Ivy Tech State College-Bloomington, and Monroe County Government.
For more information: CLICK or email Marsha Bradford at bradform@bloomington.in.gov

THE SIMPLY LIVING FAIR: An Exploration of Sustainable Living, September, Third Street Part, 349 S. Washington Street, Bloomington, IN http//www.simplycsl/fair

WMM FILMMAKERS GET OUT THE VOTE!
At a time when women have more political influence than ever, millions of women still aren't exercising their right to vote--nearly 22 MILLION single women did not vote in the 2000 election. Women Make Movies filmmakers are seeking to reverse the trend by encouraging women to get out to the polls this November!

One Vote, a 6-minute film produced by Donald Goldmacher (Ruthie & Connie: Every Room in the House) and co-directed by Deborah Hoffmann (Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter) and Frances Reid (In the Best Interests of the Children) aims to spur women into action by presenting the political attitudes, feelings, beliefs and desires of women across the country.

WMM filmmaker Charlotte Lagarde's (Heart of the Sea) Voting in America project is a series of short films, each exploring a unique aspect of what keeps Americans nationwide from voting in greater numbers. These ten short pieces offer compelling insight on this important issue.

Film still from Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders, the powerful story of women who fought for voting rights for African Americans in the 1950s and 60s.

For more information on One Vote, including how to buy or download the film, please visit www.onevotefilm.com.

For more information on Voting in America, visit www.votinginamerica.org

Poets for Peace presents informal and formal poetry presentations in conjunction with Poets Against the War and other peace organizations.When we meet we share our own own or another's poetry, read from the Poets Against the War Anthology, Peace Poets at Green Dove and around the world, short poetic essays, tell stories or sing songs with themes of non-violence, tolerance, war, and peacemaking, or come just to listen. Discuss current peace related poetic events. All interested in peacemaking are welcome. Free. If you have questions about Poets for Peace or would like to make arrangements to be a featured reader, please contact mailings@greendove.net. Poets for Peace usually gathers the second Friday of every month.

XXI CENTURY - The Last Empire
an independent documentary film featuring: Chomsky, Zinn, Goodman and many others. A real independent documentary film by Gabriele Zamparini & Lorenzo Meccoli
There are years when nothing happens and then days that change the course of History. From September 2002 to May 2003 we met with intellectuals, journalists, university professors, writers, historians, political analysts, international observers, human rights organizations, civil rights fighters, religious leaders, peace and anti war activists, asking questions to understand these years in which we are living and try to put together the many pieces of a complicated puzzle. The picture that comes alive is - to paraphrase James Baldwin - "longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it".
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