Whistleblower Summit Author talk and Film Screening

Whistleblower Summit Author talk and Film Screening

Date and Time

Jul 30, 2015 5:00 pm

Location

14th & V

2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009

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Description:

Busboys and Poets is proud to be one of the Locations of the Whistle Blower Summit.  Over the last eight years members from the Make it Safe Coalition (MISC) have arranged an assembly of whistleblowers in Washington, DC each year for an annual conference originally known as Washington Whistleblower’s Week. All whistleblowers and their advocates, as well as the entire civil rights community are invited to participate. Host committee members—ACORN 8, Coalition for Change (C4C), Project Censored, Justice Integrity Project and Federally Employed Women Legal Education Fund (FEW-LEF), will co-host this year’sWhistle Blower Summit for Civil & Human Rights on Capitol Hill. The theme for the annual conference this year is Black Lives Matter—This Is The Movement! For more information please visit the webpage.

Invited Authors:

  • Sharyl Attkisson—Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington.
  • Steven DrukerAltered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public.
  • Michael McCrayACORN 8: Race, Power & Politics--Memoirs of an ACORN Whistleblower.
  • Tom DevineCorporate Whistleblowers Survival Guide.
  • Stephen KohnThe Whistleblower’s Handbook.
  • Michael QuinnWalking With The Devil-The Police Code of Silence
  • Cheryl Dorsey—Black & Blue
  • Mike Volpe—The Definitive Dossier on PTSD in Whistleblowers
  • Dianne Andrews—Gumbo For The Heart

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Screening of one or more Pillar Award Nominated Film(s)

  • A2-B-C (Censored Fukushima Film)
  • Kill The Messenger
  • Silenced
  • The Hidden Enemy
  • TWA Flight 800

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