Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action: 2014

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Hogarth Center Film Series

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action will be hosting three film screenings in the Castle at Manhattanville College in Purchase,NY starting February 26th at 7 pm. (Everyone welcome!! Free.refreshments.) (see flyer, below)

Wed, Feb 26th 7pm: LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.

Feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 years.

Wed, March 5th 7pm: PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG

Interviews, archival footage and home movies used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger. (IN MEMORY OF PETE, WHO DIED THIS JANUARY. HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CONNIE HOGARTH CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION)

Wed, March 19th 7pm: GASLAND #2.

The definitive documentary on HYDROFRACKING ('FRACKING); Documentary presents the gas industry's myth of natural gas as clean and safe; presents fracking wells as leaking over time, contaminating
water, air and endangering the earth's climate with the potent greenhouse gas, methane.

For info, call the Center: 914 323 7156.

Monday, February 17, 2014

Wed, Feb 19 >> One Billion Rising: Stop Violence Against Women Now!

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action is sponsoring an event on at the Berman Student Center, Manhattanville Campus, Purchase,NY

We call for a Stop to Violence Against Women!

It will be a wonderful night of spoken word, films, dance, talks and
refreshments---and at 5:30 PM, a candlelight vigil starting at the Castle to kick off our
event

Cosponsored by Black Student Union and Duchesne Center (for info, call
the Center, 914 323-7156)

The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action

The Manhattanville College Departments of Sociology and Political Science work closely with the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, which is located in the Gallery of Founder’s Hall.

The Center’s mission is to help the next generation of college-educated activists acquire, in the course of their undergraduate training, the practical skills and knowledge necessary for work in some field of social change. Recently retired after 23 years as Executive Director of the Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC), Connie Hogarth is recognized throughout the metropolitan area and the nation as a leading activist in various struggles for peace and justice.

The Center runs a lecture series and a mentoring program, supports student research and publishes a student-edited journal devoted to social change, helps locate internships and employment, and runs workshops in public speaking, the use of computers, fund raising, media access and organizing.

About Connie Hogarth

CONNIE HOGARTH

Director, Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action at Manhattanville College
Founding Member and Steering Committee Member, Climate Crisis Coalition

Connie Hogarth is a lifetime peace, justice, anti-nuclear and environmental activist. As co-founder and executive director of Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC) for 23 years (she has been executive director emerita since 1996), she was actively organizing for the shut-down of Indian Point nuclear power plants. Ms. Hogarth is a current member of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), and continues to work for the shut-down of Indian Point. In 1998, Manhattanville College established the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, which Ms. Hogarth now directs, dedicated to training students to move from academics to social activism. She is a founding member and serves on the steering committee of the Climate Crisis Coalition in Lenox, MA. She has been active in the local NAACP, the Mid-Hudson Progressive Alliance, Lower Hudson Valley Civil Liberties Union and the Beacon Sloop Club. She serves as a committee person on the Fishkill Democratic Committee and is a member of the Dutchess County Democratic Committee.