COCC Hosts Film: “The Cherokee Word For Water”

When:
February 24, 2016 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Where:
Hitchcock Auditorium, Pioneer Building on the Bend Campus
2600 NW College Way
Bend, OR 97701
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
541-318-3782

To honor the work of nonviolent social justice advocates during the Season of Nonviolence, Central Oregon Community College is hosting a showing of the film “The Cherokee Word for Water” on Monday, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 22, in the Community Room on the Madras Campus. It will also be shown from 3 to 5 p.m on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Hitchcock Auditorium, Pioneer Building on the Bend Campus.

“The Cherokee Word for Water” tells the story of the work that led Wilma Mankiller to become the first modern female chief of the Cherokee Nation. Based on the true story of the Bell Waterline Project, this film depicts the struggle of a rural Cherokee community in the early 1980s to bring running water to their families by using the traditional concept of ‘gadugi’—working together to solve a problem.

Since 2009 COCC has been recognizing the international commemoration of the Season of Nonviolence that honors the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. COCC also honors the work of Cesar Chavez and Chief Wilma Mankiller during this time. The annual series of events highlights the work being done globally as well as locally to foster equity and justice for everyone. The aim is to inspire campus and community participants to become involved in their communities to make Central Oregon a safe and respectful place to live, work and learn.

The event is free and open to the public. For information, call 541-318-3782.

In advance of college events, persons needing accommodation or transportation because of a physical or mobility disability, contact Joe Viola: 541-383-7775. For accommodation because of other disability such as hearing impairment, contact Anne Jenkins: 541-383-7743.

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