This documentary tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration. (from http://takingrootfilm.com/)
Global Society, an international awareness group at Santa Fe College, has collaborated with the Civic Media Center of Gainesville, FL to host a screening of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai in honor of International Women's Day, March 8th.
Refreshments will be provided by Global Society.
For more information about Global Society, a student organization which also encompasses the Model United Nations team of Santa Fe College: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27858939402
