BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10388-2934b60524ce9eabfca08bc7bad1a6ca@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260412T130652Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T190000 SUMMARY:Intersections Sustainable Films - Saving Juliette/Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities DESCRIPTION:\nSaving Juliette (2022\, U.S.\, 39 min.) + Wastewater: A Ta le of Two Cities \; (2021\, U.S. 22 min.) + post-film discussion\n\n When it rains water falls from the sky\, soaks into the ground or runs a long the surface to a sewer\, and then flows into rivers and the sea. Si mple\, right? Wrong. For far too many people globally\, the water cycle is interrupted by a lack of access to clean drinking water and/or protec tive wastewater infrastructure that safely moves the water away.\n\nThis pairing of films explores issues of water justice&ndash\;what happens w hen people cannot rely on the movement of water in their communities. An d while Sarah Franke&rsquo\;s \;Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities&nbs p\;shows how differently two neighboring Alabama communities experience runoff\, with communities of color bearing the brunt of injustice\, Evey Wilson Wetherbee&rsquo\;s \;Saving Juliette \;shows that even w hite\, middle class communities are increasingly in jeopardy of losing a ccess to safe water systems\, as the community of Juliette\, Georgia con fronts the political power of Georgia Power to prevent proper oversight of toxic waste threatening town wells. In both stories\, communities are galvanized to confront injustice and to find allies who can help make c lean water and wastewater a right for all\, regardless of race\, class\, or location!\n\nFollowing the film screening\, we will host a post-film discussion panel about a lack of water justice and access to safe drink ing water and wastewater infrastructure\, including the ways this access does not fall neatly along socioeconomic lines. \;\n\nThis event is put on by Penn State Sustainability and the Penn State Water Council\, with support from the CLA Sustainability Council.\n\nFor more details: h ttps://events.la.psu.edu/event/intersections_saving_juliette_wastewater/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Saving Ju liette (2022, U.S., 39 min.) + Wastewater: A Tale of Two C ities  (2021, U.S. 22 min.) + post-film discussion

When it rains water falls from the sky, soaks into the ground or ru ns along the surface to a sewer, and then flows into rivers and the sea. Simple, right? Wrong. For far too many people globally, the water cycle is interrupted by a lack of access to clean drinking water and/or prote ctive wastewater infrastructure that safely moves the water away.

This pairing of films explores issues of water justice–what happen s when people cannot rely on the movement of water in their communities. And while Sarah Franke’s Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities  shows how differently two neighboring Alabama communities expe rience runoff, with communities of color bearing the brunt of injustice, Evey Wilson Wetherbee’s Saving Juliette shows th at even white, middle class communities are increasingly in jeopardy of losing access to safe water systems, as the community of Juliette, Georg ia confronts the political power of Georgia Power to prevent proper over sight of toxic waste threatening town wells. In both stories, communitie s are galvanized to confront injustice and to find allies who can help m ake clean water and wastewater a right for all, regardless of race, clas s, or location!

Following the film screening, we will host a post- film discussion panel about a lack of water justice and access to safe d rinking water and wastewater infrastructure, including the ways this acc ess does not fall neatly along socioeconomic lines. 

This eve nt is put on by Penn State Sustainability and the Penn State Water Counc il, with support from the CLA Sustainability Council.

For more det ails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/intersections_saving_j uliette_wastewater/

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