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URBAN ACTION (2/8-2/15)

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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)

Drones discussion

Progressives In Action will present "The Expansion of Arial Robotic Warfare and Increasing Public Dissent on the Ground" at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14. Activists Judy Bello and Harry Murray will discuss the increasing reliance on drones to conduct surveillance and attacks. The meeting is at Grapevine Restaurant, 122 East Chestnut Street, East Rochester.

Activist talks about plight of migrants

Coalition for Immigration Justice will host a talk by Padre Alejandro Solalinde Guerra on "Migration and Human Rights" at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14. Guerra is a human rights activist and founder of Hermanos en el Camino migrant shelter in Oaxaca, Mexico. The event is at St. John Fisher College, Basil Hall, 3690 East Avenue.

Film on India partition

The Little Theatre will show a documentary film by Mara Ahmed about the partition of India at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 9. The film examines the result of Britain's division of India after 200 years of colonial rule. A discussion with the filmmaker follows the showing. Tickets: $8.

Progressive taxation primer

Friends of the Public Library will host "Whatever Happened to the Progressive Tax?" a talk by Jon Greenbaum, organizer for Action for a Better Community, at 12:12 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14. The event is at the Central Library, Kate Gleason Auditorium, 115 South Avenue.

Film rediscovers gay activist

Nazareth College and the George Eastman House will co-sponsor the showing of the film "Paul Goodman Changed My Life" at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 10. Goodman was a novelist, activist, and an openly gay man long before the Gay Rights Movement. The film will be shown at the George Eastman House's Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue. Tickets: $6 to $8.

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