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LWVFC Fundraiser: Film Screening & Panel Discussion Proceeds Benefit Local Voter Services
This film investigates the link between severe weather, climate change, and threats to our national security. Followed by panel discussion.
The League of Women Voters of Falls Church will host a screening and panel discussion of the environmental documentary “Extreme Realities” at 3 p.m. Sunday March 6 in the auditorium of George Mason High School, 7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Ticket sales for the program will support the League’s voter services activities in the city.
The film, narrated by Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon, investigates the link between severe weather, climate change and threats to our national security. It considers whether recent unusual weather events are merely once-in-a-hundred-year storms or an early warning signal—a tipping point for even greater problems. The film was produced by Emmy-award-winning documentarians Hal and Marilyn Weiner.
Following the movie, an expert panel will further explore the issues raised by the movie. Serving as panelists will be Moderator Dr. Richard A. Meserve, president emeritus of the Carnegie Institution for Science, which has a major program of basic science directed at the issue of climate change; former U.S. Rep. Phil Sharp (D-Ind.), who currently serves as president of Resources for the Future, an energy and environmental think tank; Mona Sarfaty, MD and director of GMU’s Center for Climate Change Communication’s Program on Climate and Health; and former Falls Church City Councilman John C. Gannon, whose national intelligence experience has included stints as chairman of the National Intelligence Council, staff director of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, and president of the Intelligence and Security Sector of BAE Systems, among other positions.
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Tickets are $35 for adults and $15 for students if purchased by March 4, and $40 on the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased at www.lwvfallschurch.org. Proceeds from the event will support the Falls Church League’s non-partisan work to register new voters, promote voter turnout and inform voters about the positions of candidates seeking election. For more information about the work of the League, go to www.lwvfallschurch.org.
