WILLIAMSTOWN FILM/EVENT: FIXING the FUTURE

Fixing the Future is an important documentary that will spark ideas & dialogue for your community. 

Location: Images Cinema, Spring St.  Williamstown

Date/Time: Thursday September 20th,  4:00pm

Cost: Free      (see event sponsors below)

Film

Followed by a Panel/Audience Discussion

Followed by a Social Gathering/Continued Discussions with light snacks next door at the Red Herring Restaurant (Information tabling by several organizations)

Panelists:
Alice Maggio, New Economics Institute, BerkShares
Julie Lineberger, Business owner, board of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility 

Jonathan Secor, MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, DownStreet Art
 David Mangun, former pastor 1st United Methodist Church, and a driving force behing thefounding of Ecu-Health Care in North Adams.

In Fixing the Future, host David Brancaccio (of public radio’s Marketplace and NOW on PBS) visits locations across America that are using sustainable and innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity, inspiring hope and renewal amidst economic collapse.

The film highlights effective, local practices such as: local business alliances, community banking, time banking/hour exchange, worker cooperatives and local currencies.

Following the film there will be a panel/audience discussion.

Fixing the Future Trailer - 4.5 minutes (Documentary and Panel) from JumpStart Productions on Vimeo.

•  Organized by: New Economics Institute, Experential Education at Williams, Northern Berkshire Transition, COOL Williamstown, and others TBA

To help with the planning of this film showing, contact:

Jay Walsh  jaywalsh@usa.net

Wendy Penner wendypenner@hotmail.com

For more information about the film visit: http://fixingthefuture.org/.