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Last month, we participated in the second @AtlJewishFilm Fest on Campus, which featured the film "East LA Interchange." Ethics & the Arts Program Director @carltonmackey introduced and led the post-film Q&A with filmmaker Betsy Kalin. . . More about the film: East LA Interchange tells the story of working-class, immigrant Boyle Heights, the oldest neighborhood in East Los Angeles. Targeted by government policies, real estate laws, and California planners, this quintessential immigrant neighborhood survived racially restrictive housing covenants, Japanese-American Internment, Federal redlining policies, lack of political representation, and the building of the largest and busiest freeway interchange system in the nation, the East L.A. Interchange. The documentary explores how the freeways – a symbol of Los Angeles ingrained in America’s popular imagination – impact Boyle Heights’ residents: literally, as an environmental hazard and structural blockade and figuratively, as a conversational interchange about why the future of their beloved community should matter to us all. @atljewishfilm #atljewishfilm #atlantajewishfilm #eastlainterchange

James Felton Keith of @thedataunion spoke today about the ethics of Big Data, a resource that we all create but only a select few profit from. How can we, the creators, benefit from the sales of our data to corporations? Is our data an extension of our selves? So many great topics and more on the ethics of #bigdata - check out The Data Union for more info. @jamesfeltonkeith #data #datascience #gdpr @carltonmackey

We recently hosted the debut Atlanta screening of Power Lines, a @ForageFilms short documentary directed by @EmoryUniversity alum Laura Asherman. The post-film discussion was especially insightful! Thanks to all who came out to learn about #PlantVogtle and support local, investigative filmmaking. Learn more at @PowerLinesFilm or powerlinesfilm.com!

Last month we hosted the debut Atlanta screening of Power Lines, a @ForageFilms short documentary directed by Emory alum Laura Asherman, which was followed by an insightful panel discussion. Thanks to all who came out! Find more information at @powerlinesfilm or powerlinesfilm.com. #plantvogtle

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ethics-arts-activism in 2016-2017 Groups, UHI November 29, 2016May 17, 2018 76 Words

UHI Project Gallery

15292622_10205820173182910_1352311845_o — “This is the Seeds of Change Mural… This was taken as we were crashing the Super Giant Garden and morphing it into 2 other gardens.” – Dr. Aidman

p1120488 — Community Garden Member

Community Garden Members

A sign at UHI

Hannah Higgins (Emory student)

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