CFI-West's FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents

Water is Key: Improving Health and Empowering Women in Africa

Sunday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m.
In Hollywood only

$6, or free for Friends of the Center

      In several West African countries, an estimated 70 percent of people live without safe water for everyday use in rural communities. Not only does this lack of safe water negatively impact the health and welfare of Africans in Muslim countries but it prevents girls from attending school. The scarcity of adequate water resources could become a major moral and political issue worldwide in the 21st century. Gil Garcetti documents this crisis in his new photo book, Water is Key, being released in September. The book addresses safe water, health, and the empowerment of women in West Africa.

     Garcetti, who served as the L.A. County District Attorney from 1992-2000, is President of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission and was named as one of the country's four master photographers in 2003 by American Photo magazine. He has published three other books of photography. An exhibit of Water is Key opens at the Fowler Museum at UCLA on Sept. 9 and runs through Nov. 25. His book will be made available for sale and signing by Book Events & Authors Unlimited.

NOTE: A program for Costa Mesa will be announced at a later date.

Purchase tickets online!

Friends of the Center may opt to reserve tickets by calling (323) 666-9797, ext. 102, or emailing info@cfiwest.org.

The Center for Inquiry-West
4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90027
2 blocks west of Vermont at Berendo map
Free parking!