Kulshan Community Land Trust Presents Ray Suarez September 12

Bellingham, WA (PRWEB) September 11, 2006 -- Kulshan Community Land Trust (KulshanCLT) will present a public talk by award-winning journalist and author Ray Suarez on Tuesday, September 12, at 6:00 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Avenue in Bellingham.

Tickets are $8 for KulshanCLT members, $15 for general audiences, and students 16 and under are free. Tickets may be purchased at Village Books, the Community Food Coop, and at Kulshan Community Land Trust, 215 West Holly, Suite H20 beginning August 28.

Ray Suarez’s talk kicks off KulshanCLT’s 2006-07 urban design speaker’s series, Growing a Livable Community Everyone Can Afford, and is sponsored, in part, by Horizon Bank, and co-hosted by Bellingham City Club and Village Books.

With over 30 years experience in broadcast news, Ray Suarez currently serves as senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Prior to joining The NewsHour in 1999 he had been host of the nationwide call-in news program, Talk of the Nation on National Public Radio for six years. Before that he spent several years covering local, national and international stories for the NCB-owned station, WMAQ-TV in Chicago, plus CNN, the ABC Radio Network, and the BBC.

Mr. Suarez’ September 12 talk, entitled “The Old Neighborhood,” explores themes from his book, The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration. He will speak about urbanization, connectivity, population and social dynamics, economy and culture, politics and technology, and global environmental threats. He will describe how these “drivers” shape our cultural landscape, as well as our practices and education. His creative solutions -- including the role of community land trusts -- will give us a framework for moving forward to transform our neighborhoods into centers of dynamic vitality for everyone.

“KulshanCLT strives to challenge the community with creative thinkers and innovative ideas,” says executive director Paul Schissler of KulshanCLT’s speaker’s series. “Ray’s name recognition and genial style, coupled with a broad perspective on public issues and civic engagement, is a perfect match for KulshanCLT and our community.”

As with all KulshanCLT speakers, the presentation will be videotaped for broadcast in rotation on BTV 10.

Mr. Suarez will be available after the talk to sign copies of “The Old Neighborhood” and his most recent work, “The Holy Vote,” an examination of the tightening relationship between religion and politics in America.

For more information about Kulshan Community Land Trust, see http://kclt.org/.

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