The Jamaica Plain Forum
Seating on a first-come basis

Independent media super-star, Amy Goodman, and her brother, independent journalist David Goodman, visit Boston on their 2008 tour for their new book “Standing up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.” The co-authors will be sharing their experiences documenting grassroots movements for peace, justice and the environment all across the country. The book will be available for purchase at the event.
For more information please visit http://www.jamaicaplainforum.org

TICKETS: Tickets are $5 and can be bought at Rhythm & Muse bookstore, 470 Center St. Jamaica Plain, (617) 524-6622. Remaining tickets will be available at the door. Proceeds for this special event go to support programming a the Jamaica Plain Forum.

Amy Goodman is an internationally acclaimed journalist and host of the daily grassroots global news hour Democracy Now!, which airs on more than 700 radio and TV stations around the world and on www.democracynow.org. Democracy Now! is the largest media collaboration in North American public broadcasting. Amy has won many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the George Polk Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting.

David Goodman is an award-winning independent journalist, the author of seven books, and a contributing writer to Mother Jones. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Outside, The Nation, and numerous other publications. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Fault Lines: Journeys into the New South Africa. He lives with his wife and two children in Vermont.