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Addicted to Plastic
Ian Conacher

Showcased NACA National, Boston

For better and for worse, no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the shrink-wrapped grasp of plastic. ADDICTED TO PLASTIC is a global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses and why there's so darn much of it. On the way we discover a toxic legacy, and the men and women dedicated to cleaning it up.   >>More

American Drug War: The Last White Hope
Kevin Booth


In America 11,000 deaths per year are linked to illegal drug use, while the tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceutical companies are responsible for over half a million deaths every year.  Director of the film American Drug War, Booth can do either a lecture w/clips from the film or he can introduce the film, screen it in its entirety, then take Q & A. .>>More

For more information visit AmericanDrugWar.com & SacredCow.com

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An Audience With Tappy Wright

Rock Roadie: Backstage and Confidential

Sex and drugs and rock ‘n roll and packed full of conspiracy theories …….The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, Tina Turner, & Elvis………Super roadie Tappy Wright takes his audience on an exclusive access all areas tour during more than thirty years on the road with the biggest names in rock and roll as tour manager and close confidante.   Tappy reveals his "being there" experience of what happened when Jimi Hendrix died. How did it happen.....?

Tappy’s insight into the crazy world of rock and roll in is free of PR puff and fluff. He tells it like it is, like it was because he should know. He was there. >>More
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An Evening with Chris Eyre
Chris Eyre

The acclaimed Native American director of the award-winning film "Smoke
Signals," "Skins" and "Edge of America" brings to your campus, an exciting and provocative perspective on the modern-portrayal of Native Americans in mainstream Hollywood films. >>More

Visit web site: WWW.CHRISEYRE.ORG

 

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Art of Kissing, The
William Cane


NACA SPEAKER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE 2001

Award-winning entertainment based on the international bestseller, THE ART OF KISSING. See students from YOUR campus demonstrating thirty different types of romantic kisses onstage! A proven crowd-pleaser. >>More

Newspaper article:  http://breezejmu.org/2009/02/09/the-art-of-the-kiss/

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Behind the Swoosh
Sweatshops and Social Justice

Jim Keady

Showcasing NACA South, Mid America & Central!   

Jim Keady shares his stories of living with Nike’s factory workers and his decade long effort to end sweatshop abuses. He also shows audience members what they can do to get involved and join this fight for justice. This interactive multi-media event includes role-playing, powerful video footage, and a question-answer period. >>More

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Claim The Dream -1 Woman Drama
Dianne Dixon

Designed to educate, enlighten and empower people to respect the past. "Claim the Dream" dramatically portrays the dream of freedom, justice and equality for all. Audiences are transported across time as each character is colorfully communicated through dramatic monologue, dance, music, slide presentation and audience participation. >>More

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The Constitution: What Is It Good For?
Rick Shenkman

Surveys show that students today don’t know nearly enough about the Constitution. A new federal law mandates that they have to learn more. A law passed in ‘04 states all schools receiving federal funds are required to hold events on the Constitution the week of Sept. 17 (the anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution). Historian Rick Shenkman makes the Constitution come alive in a powerful multi-media presentation that both students and professors will find entertaining as well as educational.

For bio info: http://hnn.us/HowStupidAreWe/RickShenkmanResume.html

Crossing The Line:
Comedians, Politicians & Shock Jocks

Teja Arboleda, M.Ed


This multimedia lecture by actor/speaker/educator Teja Arboleda, digs deep into the freedom of speech issue. By asking the current hot-button question -Where is the line, and who - if anyone - is allowed to cross - Arboleda challenges the audience to consider the consequences of stereotypes. >>More


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Daniel Packard's Live Group Sex Therapy Show
Daniel Packard  

Showcasing NACA Mid Atlantic, NACA South & Mid America

Showcased NACA National, Boston, 2010                            

Canadian College Lecturer of The Year, Daniel Packard, blasts on stage unleashing the gritty truths nobody wants to say, but needs to.  His mission? To get women in charge and men in heaven. Having appeared at hundreds of schools throughout Canada, Europe, Latin America, and even Dubai, Packard uses humor to expose widely held, hurtful myths that keep men and women fearful and closed off. Women love the show because they hear the blunt honesty their girlfriends can’t tell them, but they SO need to hear. >>More

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Ethnic Man!
Teja Arboleda, M.Ed

Showcase Alternate NACA Mid Atlantic

             
One American's Discovery of Race and Culture
Teja is African-American, Native American, Filipino-Chinese, German, and Danish. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, but he grew up in Japan!

This riveting performance-lecture is a true, humorous, yet serious, adventure of one man's search for his multiracial, multiethnic, multicultural identity. Using humor, PowerPoint, and character studies based on his life experiences, Teja challenges the audience to answer the question "What does it mean to be an American?" >>More

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Fight the Freshman 15
Tom Ryan

This is NOT a diet program! You will learn how to KICK BUTT nutritionally on foods students love to eat: pizza, burgers, chips, & yes even BEER! You'll learn to:
1. Wake your brain before an exam.
2. exercise less than 3 hrs./week & be in great shape.

3. Learn to fill your backpack w/ brain food treats.
4. Master morning munchies.
5. Eliminate beer gut. >>More

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Funny Money
James Cunningham

James Cunningham's award-winning "Fun"-ancial seminar "FUNNY MONEY" is radically changing the lives of fiscally challenged students everywhere. While being extremely informative about REAL money issues, this program will also have your audience laughing … all the way to the bank! >>More

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Hazing - When Rites Become Wrong
Hank Nuwer

Hank Nuwer offers a variety of audience-directed programs on such hazing and bullying-related issues as athletic hazing, fraternity hazing, hazing in the workplace, and high school hazing. He discusses such issues as ethics, bystander involvement, alternatives to hazing and hazing as a societal problem. While speaking, he is also available to consult with your coaches, security, administrators and Greek advisers.  >>More
Visit these web sites: http://hanknuwer.com/blog and http://hazing.hanknuwer.com

Newspaper article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021003442.html

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Healing Racism
Teja Arboleda, M.Ed

Healing Racism is an entertaining, poignant interactive lecture about diversity and what it means to be human. The program covers the basics of diversity, the history of racial definitions, the difference between race and culture. This program breaks down the barriers created by stereotypes and assumptions. >>More

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Homophobia: We All Pay a Price
Warren Blumenfeld

This PowerPoint presentation offers a non-threatening and non-judgmental approach to issues surrounding sexual identity and homophobia. Based on his book by the same name, Dr. Blumenfeld discusses how the fight to end homophobia is everyone's fight if we are to bring about a less oppressive and more productive society for a better tomorrow. >>More

How Weed Won the West
Kevin Booth


Sequel to American Drug War!

With California and the rest of the country going bankrupt, one business is booming. “How Weed Won the West” is the story of the growing medical marijuana industry. The film shows that although much has changed with Obama in office, the drug war is nowhere near over.

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I Can't BELIEVE You Asked That!
Phillip Milano

* Why do white people smell like wet dogs when they come out of the rain?
* What do blind people "see" in their dreams?
* Why do black people get to use the N-word?
* Does size really matter? >>More

For more info, go to: http://www.yforum.com and http://www.cantbelieve.com

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Lessons from Iraq
Mike Shiley, Director

Showcased NACA Northern Plains April 2010

Barack Obama has promised to usher in a new era of cooperation in the Middle East. Many hard-line Jews, Arabs and Americans have rejected any talk of compromise, while moderates around the world have a new hope for real change in the region. This centuries-old conflict weaves religious fundamentalism, natural resources, and human rights into a tangled web of social upheaval that is the powder keg of modern politics. >>More

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Mate Smart
William Cane

Based on 30 years of research, this show begins with a slide presentation in which you'll learn why famous couples like Tom Cruise / Nicole Kidman and Bill & Hillary Clinton (both firstborns) were destined for conflict based on their birth order. Then you'll discover the secret to dating compatibility and career success based on your unique sibling configuration. >>More

Newspaper article: http://media.www.wcuquad.com/media/storage/paper676/news/2009
/12/07/News/Birth.Order.Presentaion.Provides.Insight.Into.Personalities-3846767.shtml

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Myth America
Find Out What Has Been Kept Secret from You

Rick Shenkman

Did you know that:

- The Pilgrims did NOT land on Plymouth Rock?
- Betsy Ross did NOT sew the first flag? >>More

For bio info: http://hnn.us/HowStupidAreWe/RickShenkmanResume.html

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SEX 101: Surviving the Weekend
River Huston

River Huston is an award winning poet, journalist, performer and activist.

This wild and humorous program includes: Safer Sex, Alcohol, Sexual Assault and HIV. She recently has combined all her topics into one dynamic, interactive forum called SEX:101: Surviving the Weekend. >>More

 


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Solving Immigration: The Truth is Out There
Mike Shiley

There are over 11 million people living in the US illegally today.  What is being done about this important issue?  Political activists on both sides make the problem worse by their own fear, radical ideas, and intimidation.  Neither side is actively working together to find a common solution. Mike will appear in person to deliver a pre-film introduction followed by a screening of the film SOLVING IMIGRATION, and an extended audience discussion that will include a non-partisan solution to the issue. >>More

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Spitfires, Latin Lovers & Bandidos
The Latino Image in Film: From Stereotypes to Reality

Alma Martinez

* Who created the Latino stereotype and why?
* What is the American stereotype?
* Is there any truth in stereotypes? >>More

 

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Subliminal Advertising
William Cane

You've heard that advertisers hide things in ice cubes. Now see for yourself in a new presentation by America's favorite media analyst, William Cane. Based on the best-selling book SUBLIMINAL SEDUCTION . . . Back by popular demand!  First of all, this show is educational. But it's also hysterically funny, wildly entertaining, and even a little bit scary. Learn how and why advertisers embed subliminal messages in their print, radio, and TV ads. Discover how these invisible messages influence buying behavior without even entering into the conscious mind. >>More   

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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
Alex Wellen

In 1996, Alex Wellen invented and patented a unique table-tennis paddle that would take him on a journey with jobs in engineering, law, investigative journalism, business, television production, on-air reporting, documentary filmmaking, technology, screen writing, and publishing. Based on entertaining anecdotes, extensive interviews, concrete advice, and his books, Wellen reveals to college students various methods to securing your dream career, networking, tapping alumni, interviewing, gaining access to the decision-makers, overcoming school-ranking stigmas, and leveraging one career for another., >>More

 


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Whispering Black
Code Talk for Whites
Molly Secours


How whitewashing racial discussions perpetuates the myth of race.   With compassion and humor Secours explores how those classified as white shy away from honest racial discussions and how we can (and should) accept responsibility for contributing to continued racial inequities without becoming defensive, resentful and feeling blamed. >>More

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Why They Hate Us
Rick Shenkman

Recently elected as a Fellow of the Society of American Historians

Look for his new book late May 2008: Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American People

An Iraqi student on NBC News, April 2002, says he loves American culture and would like to study in the US, but if I have to choose between Harvard and Jihad, I'll choose Jihad. What could be scarier? Since 9-11 we have been filled with questions, one above all others: Why do they hate us? >>More

For bio info: http://hnn.us/HowStupidAreWe/RickShenkmanResume.html

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You Voted.  NOW WHAT?
Rick Shenkman

Recently elected as a Fellow of the Society of American Historians

Look for his new book: Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American People

You voted like they told you to, watched Jon Stewart every night, maybe uploaded a youtube video, and even friended a news site on Twitter--and still the world's a mess? What the heck!  >>More

Click here for bio info

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