Subject: RE: We need help up in Eau Claire Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:51:30 -0500 Message-ID: <BDD0A3EABE40F04A8C7200805EDE5A6A02DE9838@PEPSI.uwec.edu> From: "Richmond, Rick" <rrichmon@uwec.edu>
TAUWP (AFT Local 3535) will be happy to co-sponsor this screening. I
suspect there will be other community organizations that will be
interested in additional showings - either during or after the week of
November 13. I'll contact the Eau Claire Area Labor Council about that.
Rick Richmond
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Subject: RE: We need help up in Eau Claire
I've read about this film previously. I think we should sponsor
it--and if we want to do so I'm sure PSA would be glad to co-sponsor
with us, even make most of the arrangements.
Bob
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Subject: FW: We need help up in Eau Claire
Sponsor?
Pam
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Subject: We need help up in Eau Claire
Greetings All:
I'm a Field Producer in Wisconsin for the coming film: WAL-MART: The
High Cost of Low Price. We need your help! Someone needs to make sure
there is a screening of this film in Eau Claire. There is no
sociological phenomenon quite like Wal-Mart. The attached press release
gives you more information. Also see the websites: www.walmartmovie.com
<http://www.walmartmovie.com/> and www.bravenewfilms.org
<http://www.bravenewfilms.org/>
Tomorrow on Good Morning America, there is going to be a segment on
China. On Thursday, there is going to be a segment on Wal-Mart's role
with China.
I'm contacting interested students,student organizations, and faculty at
UW Eau Claire that may be interested in hosting a screening of this film
that is to be free for the public. This can be either on or off campus
or BOTH. Any group can do this, or better yet several groups can team
up and host it together. The key is to open it up to the community at
large and... Promote! Promote! Promote! You can order a bunch of
books on the Wal-Mart phenomenon and have a book table as a fund raiser
for your group. Have the UWEC band play, host a post-screening town
meeting and invite local experts on this topic. Have fun with this and
organize it the way you want. Let me know and I will do what I can with
publicity posters etc.
It is no secret that when students get fired up about an issue, they
will get the word out. As most of you know, there is yet another
Wal-Mart Supercenter going up in the town of Plover. There was a
contentious fight over this issue locally. The time will soon be coming
when Stevens Point will be looking at another one of Wal-Mart's "dark
stores." There are now approximately 370 "dark stores" all across the
county, and 31% of these stay that way for 3 years or more. Wisconsin
now has more than 39 Wal-Mart Supercenters and more are being planned.
Why is this even important? Well for one, we have a national trade
deficit that is approaching $700 billion dollars. Wal-Mart is way out
in front of anyone else when it comes to importing Chinese and other
foreign goods into this country. Your children's children won't be able
to pay this off if we keep heading in this direction. Also, Wal-Mart is
a company with a poor environmental record and an even poorer employee
rights record. WM is now facing the largest class-action lawsuit in
history because of discrimination towards women employees. Now Wal-Mart
is salivating over getting into the banking business.
We need to reach the people who are "addicted to low prices." They
can't help themselves. Remember: "Friends don't let friends shop at
Wal-Mart."
Thanks,
Tom Boese
Field Producer - Wisconsin
Brave New Films
www.walmartmovie.com/ <http://www.walmartmovie.com/>