Media

Series

The Wire - HBO series set in Baltimore. http://www.slate.com/id/2149566/

Simon has said that despite its presentation as a crime drama, the show is "really about the American city, and about how we live together. It's about how institutions have an effect on individuals, and how ... whether you're a cop, a longshoreman, a drug dealer, a politician, a judge [or] lawyer, you are ultimately compromised and must contend with whatever institution you've committed to."

Films

The Class (Entre les murs) - 2008, France

“The Class” isn’t directly about civil unrest and French identity as a republican ideal, though these issues run through it like a powerful current, keeping the children and adults (and the filmmaking) on edge.

Documentary

Black Gold - Documentary about Fair Trade coffee.

[http://onelightcinema.com/2008/03/06/abdallah-of-mile-end-3/ Abdallah of Mile-End: a short docu by my friend Adam Shamash. This film won the People’s Choice award at Radio Canada International’s Digital Diversity competition on the theme of Immigration. (Magda)]

Books

Here is the book that I raved about in class. Enjoy! Book Review of Bryan W. Barry, Strategic planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations Love Janet

The book that I have finished reading: WILD FIRE: ART AS ACTIVISM edited by Deborah Barndt-- Magda

News

http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/barack-obama.htm - Biography and overview of how Obama "organizes between." DavidM 22:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

http://policywiki.theglobeandmail.com - the G&M's "Public Policy Wiki" DavidM 22:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

We'd like to try and open that process [government policy] up a little, and this is our attempt to do that. One of the benefits to the Internet is that it lowers the barriers that can prevent people from discussing these kinds of important topics, and allow them to provide their thoughts about the direction the government should take.