[Imc] SOLIDARITY VS HATE - QUAD RALLY - FRIDAY, OCT. 5 @ NOON

[ranjit bhagwat]

[hey - we're organizing an event this friday.  please come out and
support! - peace/solidarity - ranjit]

********* RALLY AGAINST HATE ********** FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 **********

           ___________    ____    WE NEED YOU TO SHOW SUPPORT!!!!!!
    ______/   \__//   \__/____\
  _/   \_/  :           //____\\
 /|      :  :  ..      /        \   WHAT: SOLIDARITY RALLY!
| |     ::     ::      \        /
| |     :|     ||     \ \______/      WHERE: MIDDLE OF THE UIUC QUAD
| |     ||     ||      |\  /  |
 \|     ||     ||      |   / | \     	WHEN: FRIDAY, 10/5, 12 NOON
  |     ||     ||      |  / /_\ \
  | ___ || ___ ||      | /  /    \    	 WHO: Campaign Against Hatred
   \_-_/  \_-_/ | ____ |/__/      \   	      And Racist Violence
                _\_--_/    \      /   	      Everywhere (CAHRVE)
               /____             /
              /     \           /	  SPEAKERS: Hadeel Assali
              \______\_________/		    Takeya Black
						    Ranjit Bhagwat
						    Ahmed Bensouda
                                                    and more....

- 	COME OUT AND STAND STRONG AGAINST RACISM AND HATRED ! !	!  -

DETAIL:

- This rally is a statement of solidarity with people of Arab or
  perceived Arab or Muslim descent who have been targeted for racist
  harassment, discrimination and violence since the tragic attacks of
  September 11, 2001.

- Increased incidence of attacks against people of Middle Eastern,
  both non-Muslim and Muslim, South Asian, and even Mexican descent have
  been reported, and at least two individuals have been murdered in cold
  blood.

- CAHRVE (Campaign Against Hatred and Racist Violence Everywhere)
  condemns and struggles against racism and nationalist hysteria in all
  forms.

- Ours began as the struggle to help empower South and West Asian
  American communities to resist the racist and white supremacist
  undercurrents in American society today.  This is a grassroots effort,
  born in the South and West Asian community, to protect the dignity and
  inalienable rights of our brothers and sisters to live and work without
  fear in their communities, however few or diverse their populations.

- CAHRVE's cause is unified and inseparable from the struggles of
  communities across America against racism, xenophobia, homophobia,
  economic oppression and other related forms of subjugation.


FOR MORE INFO AND CAHRVE MISSION STATEMENT PLEASE CONTACT:
Ann Johnston (annibelle5 at home.net) - 217.384.7369
Ranjit Bhagwat (rbhagwat at uiuc.edu) - 217.337.6453
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