"This is [Not] Who We Are" Free Film Screening - RSVP Required
Sun, Jun 11
|Erie Community Center
RSVP directly here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-is-not-who-we-are-tickets-590744220867 A viewing of the film for "This is [Not] Who We Are" at the Erie Community Center. This event is part of the Town's Juneteenth celebrations.
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Time & Location
Jun 11, 2023, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Erie Community Center, 450 Powers St, Erie, CO 80516, USA
About the Event
RSVP directly here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-is-not-who-we-are-tickets-590744220867
https://www.thisisnotwhowearefilm.com/
Join Being Better Neighbors, the Town of Erie, and the High Plains Library District on an afternoon playing a local film. The event will be limited to 200 people on a first come, first serve basis.
Excerpt from the film:
Boulder, Colorado, prides itself on being beautiful, welcoming, and inclusive. However, in 2019, racially-charged and dangerous policing involving a Black university student made national news. The documentary film, This Is [Not] Who We Are, explores the gap between Boulder’s self-image and the more complex lived experiences—both historical and contemporary—of its Black citizens.
Black people have lived in Boulder continuously for nearly 150 years, but their history is not well known. Black families faced discrimination in housing, employment, education, health care, criminal justice, and social activities. By the 1920’s, Boulder had become a rallying point for the Ku Klux Klan. In the 1970s employment and housing…