[Imc-girls] Fwd: Co-sponsorship of TBTN?
Jan Simon
jsimon at parkland.edu
Thu Apr 15 13:55:12 CDT 2004
Hello.
Wanted to pass along news you may already be aware of:
The Wesley Foundation is sponsoring a lecture by Professor Chung Hyun
Kyung,
internationally known peace activist.
Thursday, April 29, 2004
7 p.m.
At Wesley United Methodist Church
1203 West Green, Urbana
Her topic:
"Peacemaking in the Troubled World: A Korean Eco-Feminist
Spirituality"
In May, Prof. Chung will be one of 20 people worldwide invited by the
Prince of Jordan to participate in a grassroots peace movement to
empower people in peace endeavors.
For more info., please call 344-1120.
Jan Simon
Director, Community Education
Parkland College
2400 West Bradley Avenue
Champaign, IL 61821
(217) 373-3818
jsimon at parkland.edu
>>> Ariel Clemenzi <clemenzi at uiuc.edu> 4/14/2004 8:28:49 AM >>>
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:13:30 -0500
>From: ruxandra m costescu <rcostesc at uiuc.edu>
>Subject: Co-sponsorship of TBTN?
>To: Ariel Clemenzi <clemenzi at uiuc.edu>
>
>Hey, Ariel, how are you?
>
>Could you take this letter to both RAGG and Sexual Health
Peer Educators and
>see if these groups would be interested in co-sponsoring
Take Back the Night
>this year?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>
>Ruxandra.
>
>PS: The fliers are at:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rcostesc/www/tbtn/moon.doc
>and https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rcostesc/www/tbtn/stars.doc .
>
>***
>Dear Ally,
>On behalf of Take Back the Night (TBTN) 2004, a sub-
committee of the Sexual
>Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) planning committee, we are
writing to solicit
>the support of your organization in the mission to bring
attention to the
>issues of women's justice, safety and empowerment. In
writing this letter, we
>hope that you will be able to offer your support in this
year's TBTN March and
>Rally to be held on April 30th.
>
>TBTN has been organized annually in Champaign-Urbana since
1978. It aims to
>publicly express women's determination to eliminate the
sexism and violence
>that plague our communities and circumscribe our lives.
Initially, the event
>aimed to protest the conditions causing women to feel unsafe
when alone at
>night on the streets. "Night" is also a metaphor for the
fear, isolation,
>coercion, and cruelty that women experience daily in a rape
culture.
>Consistent with our mission, the march and rally also
attempt to address
>issues of domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual
harassment, racism,
>homophobia, class-based injustices, denial of reproductive
freedoms,
>inadequate access to safe and affordable health care, and
discrimination
>against disabled persons.
>
>
>The event will include a rally open to men and women alike.
Male allies are
>included in some aspects of the planning process such as
fundraising,
>outreach, and organizing men's activities during the march.
However, due to
>its nature as an unique opportunity for women to come
together on our own in
>safety and solidarity to symbolically reclaim "the night,"
the march itself is
>open to women and transgender persons only.
>
>
>In order to ensure the fullest possible impact of the march,
we aim to include
>a diverse group of women both from the C-U community and the
University of
>Illinois in its planning. While SAAM intends to contribute
resources,
>organizing, experience, and a structure to the planning, we
hope that together
>we can build a strong, diverse, and democratic community
coalition of many
>area individuals and organizations to plan the event.
>
>We hope that you will join us in supporting this year's Take
Back the Night
>rally and march by becoming a co-sponsor of the event. We
are requesting the
>use of your organization's name in all publicity for the
march and at the
>rally, a suggested donation of $20 (not required) and that
you help advertise
>the event to your members. Furthermore, we would be happy if
you sent a
>liaison to our planning meetings, kept us informed of your
events and ways
>that we could help, and would appreciate an opportunity to
have a member of
>our planning committee keep in touch with you. Also, we
could give a
>presentation on TBTN at one of your meetings if you are
interested.
>
>We look forward to working with you and your group on this
upcoming event.
>Sincerely,
>
>Katie Goldstein (kayonthego at yahoo.com)
>Ruxandra Costescu (rcostesc at uiuc.edu, 384-8392).
>-see http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/women/awarenesscalendar.asp
for the SAAM calendar
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