List of Events for One City, One Book 2010

This list is posted on the Laredo Public Library's website.

All events at the Laredo Public Library, HEB Multi-Purpose Room, 1120 E. Calton Road, unless otherwise indicated.

Into the Beautiful North and Mr. Mendoza’s Paintbrush
By Luis Alberto Urrea

Saturday, September 11
3:00-5:00 pm - The Magnificent Seven - Movie Screening

Tuesday, September 14
6:00– 8:00 p.m. - Into the Beautiful North - Book Discussion

Saturday, September 18
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. - Into the Beautiful North – Book Discussion
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. - Three Amigos – Movie Screening

Tuesday, September 21
6:00– 8:00 p.m. - Into the Beautiful North - Book Discussion

Saturday, September 25
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Art Fest
Opportunity for attendees of all ages (young ones especially!) to find out how art can bring a story or book to life

September 29
Time, TBD - Power of the Paintbrush

By invitation only for local high school students to visit with Mr. Mendoza’s Paintbrush illustrator and author in a unique teaching session of learning to bring the printed word to life visually

September 29

7:00 p.m. - An Evening With Luis Alberto Urrea

Laredo Community College

Guadalupe & Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Theatre

Mission and Objectives

Founding
The Food for Thought Foundation was founded in Laredo, Texas by three dedicated educators - Beverly S. Herrera, Annie Trevino and Carmen Escamilla - in March of 2008. It all started with a desire to bring inspiring individuals to talk to the community and spark action.

Our Mission
We work to feed the body, to open the mind, and to fill the heart by cultivating service and cooperation amid communities.

Objectives
1. To bring a world of inspiration home
2. To create an awareness of the strength of our cultural diversity
3. To facilitate understanding through dialogue and shared service
4. To reveal leadership potential and the power of individual action
5. To acknowledge the single human community and our place in it

Initial Goals
1. Present inspirational speakers to the local community
2. Increase literacy through awareness and use of the Laredo Public Library
3. Take action to provide physical and financial support for the Laredo food banks

We are a nonprofit organization licensed by the state of Texas.

About Us

FFT started as a desire to bring Holocaust survivor, author and Academy Award-winner Gerda Weissmann Klein to students and whoever wanted to witness her heartbreaking and inspirational story. It quickly grew into a community-wide effort. We have received help from political and business leaders, several clubs and foundations around Laredo and people who just want to help out. The dedication of everyone involved has helped that one desire become a full-fledged charitable foundation.

FFT's founders are Beverly S. Herrera, Annie Treviño and Carmen Escamilla. Herrera and Treviño are English teachers at J.B. Alexander High School. Escamilla also works at AHS as the librarian. These three educators banded together to form the Foundation in March 2008 with the help of Executive Assistant Cristina Herrera, who is currently a journalism senior at the University of Texas at Austin.

We believe that hunger is a huge obstacle in promoting literacy. First, we must feed the body. We hope that with full stomachs, people will then be ready to fill their minds.

Thanks for visiting! Your support is appreciated beyond anything we could ever say or write.