NYCLU update
Check Project Nada for the NYCLU update on the new threat to Muslim citizens, immigrants and visitors in the U.S.
November 2002
November 7
Starting from November 7, Raccoon is continuing the movie series
presentations in RACCOON SPACE. Other than just classics of pre-conflict
Yugoslavia, the selection will include current cinema productions from all
corners of the region as well as some interesting documentaries depicting
events of the past decade.
November 14Raccoon presentation at the UN NGO/Mental Health-Workgroup for refugees, migrants and victims of torture conference at 2 pm.
November 23Roundtable with Bogdan Denitch: Democratization - the rise of the nationalist parties and prospects in former Yugoslav states, 6:30 pm: nationalist parties are on offensive amidst attempts on denazification in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia; Bogdan Denitch is Professor Emeritus of Graduate
Program in Sociology at CUNY Grad School, President ToDa (Center for
Transitions to democracy in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia), and President of the
"Socialist Scholars Conference in New York" Democracy Watch:
Following organizations provide independent elections monitoring in the emerging post-Yugoslav societies:
September 26
Raccoon on ABC's Nightline. The Nightline will air an UpClose piece on Raccoon's board of director's Selma Subasic's story from her war time Tuzla.
September 11
On the tenth anniversary of massacres in Srebrenica, that had turned the tide of international response to the war in Bosnia, Republika Srpska police turned away a bus with Bosnian Television crew from Sarajevo and a bus with women peace activists from Belgrade's a group dedicated to non-violence movement on their way to Srebrenica. With the help of Sarajevo based women organizations this rememberance will be repeated, this time in Sarajevo, on the sad anniversary of the September 11 tragedy. Raccoon contributed to that happening. "There were 9,000 soldiers killed in Srebrenica in
the eyes of the U.N. soldiers, who were supposed to
protect them. But they didn't do shit. It's like watching
those airplanes bang into the World Trade Center
and not trying to save those people." - Danis Tanovic, Academy Award winner, Directors World, March 25, 2002
September 14
Saturday, 4:00-8:00pm: talk about WORK OPPORTUNITIES for people from the Balkans who lost their jobs
and about changes in their IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS and about other kind of
needs due to September 11 tragedy.
September 16
Are you interested to learn our language?
Come to the RACCOON space on September 16th at 6.30 pm to talk about this
unique opportunity that Raccoon will offer this fall: language classes. Register for classes here. Recommended reading: Thomas F. Magner, "Introduction to the
Croatian and Serbian Language." (1996 ed, Penn State Univ. Press), $25, amazon.com.
August 2002
August 21
The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Inc. and
RACCOON, INC at Athens Square Park, 30th St. & 30th Ave., Astoria, NY (subway N to 30th Avenue), from
7:30pm - 8:30pm present: music show with Alp Disiacik - saz, vocals; Adam Good - oud; Bridget Robbins - ney; Timothy Quigley - percussion. You will also learn about RACCOON project plans and work of RACCOON theater group.
August 8, 6 pm
Repetition of the July 19th Open House for Ethnic Media and Community Leaders. ALL INVITED. Hopefully, there won't be a thunderstorm this time. Report from Srebrenica by Indira Kajosevic. Q&A session about Project Nada and implications of post-9/11 America on the life of immigrants. Screening of French documentary in Bosnian language with English subtitles: Que Vivent Les Femmes (That the Women Live) by Laurent Becue Bernard - a chronicle of three young women survival of war in Bosnia.
July 2002
THE BALKAN THEATER GROUP READY TO ROAR AGAIN! We are pleased to announce that The Balkan Theater Group will be meeting again, this time with the goal of creating our own play.
July 19, 6 pm
Open House for Ethnic Media and Community Leaders. ALL INVITED. Report from Srebrenica by Indira Kajosevic. Q&A session about Project Nada.
June 2002
June 28, 6:30 pm
For the closure of 2002 Human Rights Watch Film Festival Raccoon presents two Emmy Awards winning, Nestor Almendros Human Rights Award winning documentary Calling The Ghosts, by Mandy Jacobson, preceded by short documentary by Mark Landsman, Letters From Peje. Following the screening, marking a year of Slobodan Milosevic's transfer the The Hague, there will be a discussion with directors joined by Fred Abrahams, fresh from The Hague, where he testified against Slobodan Milosevic at the ICTY (he used to write reports about Kosovo for Human Rights Watch) and Thomas Keenan, the facilitator of Justwatch. Raccoon will serve refreshments and hors d'ouvres.
June 7, 7 pm
Screening of documentary about the war in Kosovo: Women, the Forgotten Face of War by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir, Rockefeller Media Arts Fellows. Conversation with directors after the screening.
Filmed in Albanian language with English subtitles.
Rave party at 10 pm.
Women of Podrinje, Sarajlic Zejneba and Avramovic Stanojka, winners of the award Voice of Courage, in Raccoon's Space with Indira Kajosevic and Dusanka Miscevic: click for picture.
May 2002
25
Memorial Day: remembering 1995 Tuzla massacre, remembering Dan Mladosti. Screening of the Academy Award Winning film No Man's Land by Bosnian film director Denis Tanovic. Courtesy of BATV-NY. Starts at 7 pm.
Film is in Bosnian with no English subtitles.
Introducing Project Nada: reaching out to those in our community who were affected by the September 11th tragedy.
April 2002
no special events this month
March 2002
The Web Site of the Month: The Collapse of Tito's Yugoslavia: A parallel interview (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) with three
respected historians -- Latinka Perovic from
Belgrade, FRY; Ivo Banac from Dubrovnik,
Croatia; and Dubravko Lovrenovic from
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- on the
dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, its
wars, and the new states that have emerged
from Tito's Yugoslavia.
[All pieces in RealVideo format streaming at
45k and lasting approximately 50 minutes
each.]
February 2002
No special events. Refer to our weekly schedule for regular programs. Subscribe to our mailing list for updates and the movie selection.
January 2002
8
The Goddess workshop with the Interfaith Minister and Poet Ms. Eileen Mahood-Jose will take place in the RACCOON Space on
the first Tuesday of each month, from 7 until 9 p.m. The first workshop will take place on January 8th, 2002.
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Based on a true story, "Balkanized at Sunrise" follows the 1997 misadventures of Joe Tripician, an American EMMY-award winning producer and science-fiction writer hired by Croatian government to pen the biography of Franjo Tudjman, Croatia's then President (draft version title: "In Tito's Shadow").
See Joe navigate between toadying government aides, lying politicians, harassed dissident journalists, and Croatian and Bosnian women looking for a quick visa in this fascinating political, moral, and sexual exposé. Starts at 7 pm
Joe Tripician is the president of digital media company iStream TV. He is also the author of "The Official Alien Abductee's Handbook" (Andrews and McMeel $7.95) - a book about UFOs with a sense of humor. It's the perfect antidote to "Making Contact." Any book with a parody song called "Abductee in the U.S.A.," to the tune of the Sex Pistols' classic "Anarchy in the U.K." scores big points. Check here for the event report.
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