[Bookstoprisoners] Unity March

[Barbara kessel]

i am for co-sponsoring because it is an event we have co-sponsored
before, and it really demonstrates racial unity, especially to the
folks who live in North Champaign.
It will ultimately benefit B2P to have more support of any kind from
that community. People who want to can march and carry signs in it
anyway, co-sponsoring or not.

     We have in the past been a co-sponsor of the Unity March and when
it ended at the IMC, given tours of the B2P, but this time it ends in
Douglas Park where there will be an appreciation dinner (for free I
believe) and at that dinner, my friend Terry Davis is supposed to
speak about her six weeks as an investigator on the case of Mychal
Bell in Jena, La. from which she is back about four days now. i am
just telling you all so you can gauge your interest in attending that
piece of it. But "co-sponsorship of the organization" does not mean
that you will necessarily attend, but that your organization thinks it
is a good thing to have happen.  Barbara

P.S. Happy to hear that Aaron will be reading his poetry.

On 9/27/07, Suzanne Linder <suzanne.linder at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello BTPers--
>
> I just got off the phone with Aaron Ammons (who will be doing a poetry
> reading for us at the conference--yay!) and he wanted me to ask if BTP would
> be willing to co-sponsor and participate in the Unity March which is
> Saturday, October 13th.  It sounds like there are a couple ways of being
> involved.  One option is to be listed as a co-sponsor in the publicity about
> the event.  Along with (or instead of being listed) we can also march in the
> Unity March with a BTP poster or banner.  I know a lot of BTPers in the past
> have participated in the Unity March.
>
> Jay and I will be in MO for a wedding that weekend so we would not be able
> to participate.  I know that we need to have some longer conversations about
> when and if BTP "co-sponsors" something and what that means, but I told
> Aaron that I would pose the question to the list.  He is cc'd on this email,
> so you can ask him any questions you have about what it would mean.
>
> Suzanne
>
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