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FUNDRAISER: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) presents Pikin News: Out Loud!, a celebration of a youth-run Sierra Leone newspaper. Pikin (Children's) News—a government agency and UNICEF-funded project—was launched in 2006 to serve as a platform for youth in Sierra Leone to discuss issues affecting them. Proceeds from tonight's event will support the young journalists who conceived and contribute to this publication. In addition to music and a performance by a traditional Sierra Leonean dance group, the event will feature guest speakers reading articles and poetry from the newspaper, providing insight into the experiences of a generation of children who have been impacted by the country's eleven-year civil war. Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas Street West), 8 p.m., $10.

FILM: BAFTA award-winning director Rex Bloomstein's new documentary, An Independent Mind, is having its North American premiere this evening at Innis Town Hall. The film investigates freedom of expression today, sixty years after its enshrinement in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The screening is presented by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression along with Hot Docs and The Walrus. After the film, there will be a panel discussion on the limits of free expression with John Miller, professor of journalism at Ryerson; Frank Addario, a media defense lawyer; Mary Deanne Shears, former managing editor of the Toronto Star, and Carol Off, who co-hosts CBC Radio One's As It Happens. Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue), 6:30 p.m., $10 ($8 for students).