YOUNG VOICES FOR THE PLANET (YVFP) Film Screening, Panel Discussion & Book Signing

WHAT: Film screening of Young Voices for the Planet (YVFP) series, discussion panel with Filmmaker/Author Lynne Cherry and the Young Activist Club and book signing!

WHERE: Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

WHEN: October 29thth at 6:00 PM

SPEAKERS: Lynne Cherry, Director/Producer and the Takoma Park Young Activist Club

DETAILS: For free tickets email: ginam@takomaparkmd.gov

The ten Young Voices for the Planet (YVFP) short films will screen at the Takoma Park Community Center on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014 at 6:00 PM. The event will also feature a special screening of “We Sing Out!” about PETE SEEGER and the Rivertown Kids. “We Sing Out!” is a poignant tribute to Pete Seeger who, sadly, passed on before the film was completed. But he left a legacy: the Rivertown kids have a deep environmental ethic and they “speak out musically” about a renewable-energy-powered future.

6:00 Refreshments

6:30-7:30 YVFP Film Screening

7:30-8:00 Panel with Filmmaker Lynne Cherry and Young Activist Club

8:00-8:30 Book Signing with Lynne Cherry

The Young Voices for the Planet (YVFP) short film series features 10 inspiring and empowering stories about youth solutions to climate change, produced by the non-profit Young Voices on Climate Change (YVCC).

Lynne Cherry, YVCC founder and the producer & director of the YVFP films is best known as the children’s book author / illustrator of the rainforest classic The Great Kapok Tree and the environmental history, A River Ran Wild. She also lectures widely on climate change messaging and environmental issues.

To schedule an interview with Lynne, please contact youngvoicesforplanet@gmail.com

For more information and to view the Young Voices for the Planet short films, visit:

http://www.youngvoicesonclimatechange.com/