on July 29, 2013. (http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/movies/blackfish-a-documentary-looks-critically-at-seaworld.html?_r=0) The New York Times follows it’s review of Blackfish with an article about the debate. “Should some of the most social, intelligent and charismatic animals on the planet be kept in captivity by human beings? Now the issue has been raised with new intensity in the documentary film ‘Blackfish’ and …
On July 21, 2013, NPR’s Weekend Edition interviewed former Sea World trainer John Jett and Gabriela Cowperthwaite about Blackfish. Listen to the story at www.npr.org.
We are happy to announce a brilliant new speaker, Elissa Washuta. Elissa Washuta is an active member of the Seattle literary community, and she serves as adviser and lecturer for the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. In her talk, The Twilight Series: Native Image and Myth, Elissa says that when young women are asked …
John Jett of Voice of the Orcas was interviewed on Nightline in this segment about Blackfish. Watch the segment “Should Killer Whales Be Tourist Attractions?” at ABC News website.
On July 20, 2013 Russell Glasser participated in FtBCon, a free, online conference organized by the Freethought Blogs network. He moderated a panel call ‘Evangelical Atheism’, joined by radio veteran Jamila Bey and “Quiverfull” survivor Vyckie Garrison. http://freethoughtblogs.com/axp/2013/07/20/open-thread-on-ftbcon-panel-evangelical-atheism/
We’re pleased to bring on board two new speakers, Russell Glasser and M. Nicole Nazzaro. Russell Glasser is a long-time fixture in the atheist community who is reaching out to mainstream audiences with a talk about the misunderstandings and persecutions that atheists in America face. M. Nicole Nazzaro is a fitness speaker with a personal …
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We’ve gotten two new videos in from events in May: author Arianne Cohen talked about The Sex Diaries Project on Campus at Clark College: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/arianne-cohen/?post_type=speaker-videos and filmmaker Eli Kimaro talked about gender violence and her documentary A Lot Like You at Edmonds Community College: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/eliaichi-kimaro/?post_type=speaker-videos Enjoy!
We’ve got two new speaker videos up on our website: Dave Montgomery giving the keynote address at the No Till on the Plains conference in January, and Socheata Poeuv addressing Texas Tech University in April. Enjoy!
Dr. Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine, spoke recently at the Sacred Heart School in Roslindale, MA about his experiences in the civil rights movement and his role in the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AR in 1957. Check out a nice report on his visit by Wicked Local Roslindale: …
Filmmaker and activist Socheata Poeuv’s recent visit to Texas Tech University, hosted by the Vietnam Center and Archive has been written up in the Daily Toreador: http://www.dailytoreador.com/lavida/article_68d614e4-ae2b-11e2-913b-001a4bcf6878.html Video from the event is coming soon!