CKCPJ Voices Series 2014: Book group discussion of The Rich and the Rest of Us

Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice invites you to join us in the discussions about Kentucky's current minimum wage and what a Living Wage would mean.  

Join in our book group discussion of The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto by Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. 

Facilitated by Dr. Melynda Price, Robert E. Harding Jr. Associate Professor of Law, UK

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Wild Fig Bookstore, 1439 Leestown Road

Appalachian Forum with talk by Fran Ansley on Labor Organizing in Appalachia

Please join the UK Appalachian Center at an Appalachian Forum with Dr. Fran Ansley, Professor Emeritus of law at the University of Tennessee Knoxville on Wednesday, November 5, 2014.  Dr. Ansley will give a talk entitled Telescoping Movements, Telescoping Time:  Five Decades of Looking for the Labor Movement  through an Appalachian Lens in the Niles Gallery from 3:30 to 5 p.m.  This is a part of the Appalachian Forum Speaker Series on Civil Rights, Labor and Environmental Movements in Appalachia.  The event is free and open to the public.

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Niles Gallery

Film Screening and Discussion of "Anne Braden: Southern Patriot" with Mimi Pickering

Appalachian Forum with Mimi PickeringPlease join the UK Appalachian Center for an evening with Mimi Pickering as part of our Appalachain Forum Series on Appalachian Labor, Civil Rights, and Environmental Movements.  This is a free and public screening of "Anne Braden: Southern Patriot" followed by a discussion of the film with the Director and Producer of the film, Mimi Pickering.  The event will be held in Memorial Hall from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2014.

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Memorial Hall

Women In China's Heroin Trade: A Niche Market Perspective

 
Zhang's three-year field study encountered numerous female entrepreneurs in the heroin trade in southeast China. Many of them were found in prisons serving long sentences, while others were doing small time drug trade on the street as a means to sustaining their own addiction.
 
Drawing on data from a survey of 297 convicted female inmates and in-depth interviews with more than a dozen of active drug dealers in an urban setting, this presentation explains women’s participation in this illicit enterprise, and how gender plays a meaningful role in gaining market share and even strengthens a female dealer’s position in an illicit business that is dominated by men elsewhere in the world.
 
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Niles Gallery
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