On Friday, June 29th, the Faith and Spirituality Working Group will partner with the Decolonize to Liberate Working Group in showing and discussing the film “I AM” at the First Parish in Cambridge, 6-8PM, easily accessible from the Harvard Square T-stop, on the corner of Mass Ave and Church St., enter through the far door on Church Street and ring the bell at the inner door for entrance.

I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” “The Nutty Professor,” and “Bruce Almighty.” However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.

Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a small crew to film his adventures, Shadyac set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment. Meeting with a variety of thinkers and doers–remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, academia, and faith–including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch – Shadyac appears on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig. An irrepressible “Everyman” who asks tough questions, but offers no easy answers, he takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways. The result is a fresh, energetic, and life-affirming film that challenges our preconceptions about human behavior while simultaneously celebrating the indomitable human spirit.

Info on the movie: http://www.iamthedoc.com/

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Student activists in Mexico have asked for international shows of solidarity around the world to call attention to the attempts by the conservative PRI party to rig the July 1st election.  PRI corruption includes connections to narco-trafficking and the destruction of indigenous communities as well as increased wealth inequality and violent repression of dissent.  The present movement gets its name from a demonstration in which 131 university students interrupted a staged photo – op and forced the PRI candidate to hide in a bathroom.  Since then, thousands of Mexicans have declared “Yo Soy 132” – I am #132.

This demonstration will be for the benefit of the Mexican activists who need to know that the world is watching the election with them.  We will meet outside the Mexican consulate.  Signs will be provided, and an experienced Mexican activist will speak briefly about the movement.  The main goal is to get some quality pictures and videos to send to the activists in Mexico for their use.  Therefore, we ask that you arrive on time, by about 4:30-4:445 we hope to shoot pictures and video with as many supporters as possible to forward to Yo Soy 132 in Mexico.

Also please note that some earlier fliers for this even had an old address from the consulate which is no longer correct; the consulate is located at 55 Franklin St. in the financial district.