So far, a majority of the members of the California State Assembly have decided not to pass a resolution to honor the Dalai Lama, prompting accusations that these elected officials have decided to acquiesce to China's intensive lobbying of members of the Assembly. The Dalai Lama is outspoken in his call for the preservation of Tibetan culture, religion, and language, and is a symbol of peace for many people around the world. Who can deliver this video to President Barack Obama?\r\n

The city of San Fernando has cut its funding for the Cesar Chavez march and arts festival, jeopardizing the 15-year-old event commemorating the Latino labor and civil rights leader. San Fernando's tradition of honoring Chavez stretches back to the 1960s, when Chavez visited communities in the Northeast Valley to build support for his labor movement.\r\n\r\n Directed by Yusaku Mizoguchi

The Challenge of Africa, Directed by Yusaku Mizoguchi. The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging. Yet media coverage is either completely absent or lacking complexity, offering only oversimplified portraits of poverty, dependence, and desperation. The continent is more dynamic and its problems more intricate than that, blocked by bottlenecks at the international, national and individual levels. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai—founder of the Green Belt Movement, author of The Challenge for Africa and longtime environmental and democracy advocate—visits Zócalo to offer her unique vision of Africa, and of why Africans need a moral revolution if they are to save their continent. Talk to her about her perspective and what Americans need to know in order to help.