Panels and Workshops

Weaving Worlds of Tradition and Industry
Intimate conversation exploring the challenges and adaptations to sustaining and evolving traditional, Navajo lifestyles in the face of global market conditions imposed on the rug weaving industry. This panel follows the screening of Weaving Worlds by Bennie Klain plays on Saturday, April 18 at 2:00pm at The Screening Room, 127 East Congress.

Participants:
Bennie Klain is a founding partner of TricksterFilms, where he oversees all artistic decisions in development and production. Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Klain began his media career as program director for public radio and anchor for Navajo language newscasts. He co-produced the acclaimed documentary The Return of Navajo Boy (AIFF, 2000). He is the Native programming liaison for the annual Ciné las Américas film festival in Austin, Texas. Klein earned a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin.

Nicole Horseherder is a Dine’ weaver and community advocate who was awarded the Michael S. Currier Environmental Service Award for environmental organizing. She and her husband founded To’Nizhoni Ani to protect land and groundwater from mining operations. She is also a member of the Black Mesa Weavers for Life and Land organization and works with her grandmother and aunts on producing high-quality, churro wool. She works as a program director for the Piñon Unifed School District and lives just east of Black Mesa with her husband, three daughters, and son. Horseherder earned her B.A. in Family Consumer Science at the University of Arizona and an M.A. in Linguistics at the University of British Columbia.

Moderator Ceci Garcia is a noted artist, arts educator, community activist, and founding member of Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop, a Latino based non-profit artist cooperative.

Sponsored by Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop

Saturday, April 18, 4:00 p.m. - Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop
Free admission

Fighting For Marriage Equality
Forty-three states have enacted statutes restricting "marriage" to two persons of the opposite sex. Of these, 26 states have adopted constitutional amendments to prohibit same-sex marriage.

A lively bunch will discuss strategies for marriage equality activism. The discussion leads off with the political musical stylings of the Raging Grannies.

Participants:
Buck Bannister is co-founder of the grassroots LGBTQ activists group Rainbow Foot Soldiers. His activist background includes the South Carolina Gay & Lesbian Pride Movement and the local Rapid Response team for Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign. Bannister was elected to the South Carolina Democratic Party Executive Committee in recognition of his work on the campaign.

Ray Green and Kathy Green define themselves as "the straightest people on the planet;" but they are among the most tireless supporters of marriage equality.

David Rothmiller, writer and director of for my wife..., has worked on television, video, and film projects for over 15 years. He wrote and directed "behind the scenes" videos, PSAs, and promos for pop star Jewel. A member of the WGA, he has sold two screenplays.

The panel sponsored by Wingspan will follow the screening of "for my wife..."

Sunday, April 19, 3:00PM – Crossroads Festival, 4811 East Grant Rd.
$8 admission includes screening.

The Quantum-Brain Phenomenon: Documenting the Psychic Realm
Have you ever felt as though you have psychic abilities? Can people read minds or look into the future? Is the mind powerful enough to heal the body without conventional medicines? Do "mind over matter" and "remote viewing" really occur?

Panelists will discuss their own experiences with the mystical phenomena that made them believers. They will also answer questions from the audience. Attend the session and open your mind to possibilities not yet universally accepted in the medical world.

Panelists include:
Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery at The University of Arizona and teaches courses on health psychology and mind-body-spirit medicine. He is also a professor in Psychology and Psychiatry at Yale University and the director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health.

Renée Scheltema has worked for Dutch television for 25 years as a director, producer and camera-person. She currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa.

Catherine Yunt is a professional astrologer and is currently mentoring and teaching classes in psychic development.

Panel will follow the screening of "Something Unknown Is Doing What We Don’t Know".

In affiliation with Arizona Health Sciences Center Medical Television & Teleconferencing

Saturday, April 25, 3:00PM – Crossroads Festival, 4811 East Grant Rd.
$8 admission includes screening.