*To: Lower Mainland Locals, Area Councils, Regional Council members, Union School and  UDP Participants, Education Committee, Human Rights Committee, Vancouver Regional Women's Committee, Vancouver Regional Office* (apologies for cross-postings)

Join the PSAC Education Committee and Human Rights Committee for dinner and a film screening to celebrate Black History Month [flyer attached below]

DINNER & FILM SCREENING OF THE ROAD TAKEN – A PORTRAIT OF BLACK SLEEPING-CAR PORTERS

February 13, 2007

catered dinner @ 5:30 PM

film showing @ 6 PM

PSAC Vancouver Regional Office,

200-5238 Joyce Street

11/2 blocks south of skytrain station

Film introduction by Irma Mohammed, BC Federation of Labour Director of Education and Black labour activist.

Film:  

The Road Taken: A nostalgic ride through history, this film documents the experiences of Black workers who worked as sleeping-car porters on Canada’s major railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s.

“I think the story of the porters is a story of the pain and the beauty of survival.” – Clifton Ruggles (teacher and artist whose father was a sleeping-car porter)

All members are invited to this forum. Please RSVP by Feb. 7th to Amal Rana, 604.430.5631 or ranaa@psac.com as a catered dinner will be served.

Amal Rana
PSAC - BC Regional Education Officer
tel: 604.430.5631
fax: 604.430.0451
toll free: 1.800.663.1655
ranaa@psac.com
www.psacbc.com  www.psac.com

Poster of Event Black History Month Forum