7 PM. Monday, February 25, 2008
Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis Memorial Library
23 Pleasant Street
Brunswick, Maine

Jim Harney is returning to Brunswick. He tells stories in words and pictures of people in our Western Hemisphere surviving on stamina, nerve, and hope—and also of people who may not make it, or didn’t.

Through their stories, he examines distant forces with life and death effects on the here and now—power relationships, economic concentration, and divisions among people.

Jim Harney was in Mexico, in 2006, on the road, or on the rails. He traveled with men and women heading north for work so they could send money home to families without land or jobs. Too many of them die trying to cross desert regions in the U.S. Southwest. Jim takes you along on their journey.

Right now 12 million people are working in the United States without papers, most of them Latinos. Employers need them for labor, bought cheap. Cross border workers endure prejudice and hate and are a long way from home.

What do we as a people do about the victims? What do we do about cruel policies subjecting others to service, exploitation, and hate? Jim brings you down to ground level with them. With Jim you hitchhike, sleep on their floors, and share their food.

Jim Harney, a photojournalist living in Bangor, Maine, is associated with Posibilidad. His “beat” has covered El Salvador, 1980’s; Guatemala, 1990’s; Chiapas, Mexico, 1998; WTO protests, Seattle, 1999; Colombia, 2001; Iraq, 2003; Haiti, Dominican Republic, 2004; and Venezuela, 2005. For more information on Jim Harney and Posibilidad, go to www.posibilidad.org.

Jim’s presentation is sponsored by his friends. There will be food, refreshments, and ample time for discussion. Call Tom Whitney, (207) 743-2183 with questions.