"GreenDot America, a charter school organization, is opening up its invitation list to their special screening of "Waiting for Superman".
This screening will be followed by a panel discussion, and at last report, the panel will include state senator Michael Johnston, Dr. Nate Easley, a parent, a student and possibly DeFENSE’s own Lisa Calderon.
The event is this FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 at 6:45 p.m., RSVPs are being taken at rsvp@greendotamerica.org.
For more information on what's going on with Denver visit: http://defensedenver.com/2010/10/join-greendot-america-at-a-special-screening-of-waiting/
Before going to the movie, read this article which reminds us that we may have been down this road before but with less funding:
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This movie was worth a comment or more even on a late Friday night. The one question that was never asked, nor answered, was "why". Why, if we know how not to fail, do we continue to fail? What would a country gain with this ongoing design?
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