'Island President' film screening – April 15

The movie is showing at 7 p.m. April 15 in Lakeside Meeting Rooms.

The “Island President” is a documentary about previous Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed’s first year in office and his efforts to democratically address climate change, an issue that threatens the literal survival of his country and all its inhabitants.

Two days (April 17) after Elon’s screening there will be a related online National Conversation on Democracy and Climate at 9 p.m. The conversation is sponsored by The C2C Fellows Network and the The Bard Center for Environmental Policy, and can be viewed by going to the C2CFellows You Tube channel.