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Garbage Dreams Events Make People Look At Garbage Differently: San Diego
In sunny San Diego, California at the San Diego Public Library, Garbage Dreams was the best screening of the season according to our partners at the library. It was the biggest audience so far, and we had an excellent speaker follow the film who kept more than half the audience in their seats for Q&A. The film presented a wonderful opportunity to discuss grassroots activism and how to mobilize now on recycling issues in San Diego. We had press coverage from the the San Diego Reader.
Michael Wonsidler, who works for both the local county waste department and Zero Waste San Diego a local grassroots group that advocates for increased recycling awareness and better alternatives to current recycling practices, spoke following the film. His combined knowledge of government action and grassroots perspective made him the perfect speaker to engage the audience in meaningful discussion about the issues presented in Garbage Dreams. The audience truly benefited from discussing the film afterward with an expert in the recycling field right here in San Diego where we may not quite have garbage dreams, but we’re certainly dreaming about recycling more and more.
Donate Life California and ITVS Partner for D TOUR Community Cinema Screening
Currently there are more than 100,000 people waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, of which 20,000 on the wait list live in California. Due to a lack of donors, 18 patients die every day awaiting a second chance at life.
Donate Life California and ITVS have recently partnered to spread awareness about organ donation for the upcoming Community Cinema screening of D TOUR in Oakland, CA at 6:00 PM, September 23, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. The film chronicles musician Pat Spurgeon’s search for a living kidney donor and the challenges associated with finding a viable match.
Taking a few minutes to register as an organ and tissue donor can mean a lifetime to someone else.
For those living in California, register on the Donate Life California Web site >>
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