[Bookstoprisoners] Unity March

[Brian Dolinar]

The appreciation dinner is at the Boys and Girls Club.

BD

On 9/27/07, Barbara kessel <barkes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
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