[OccupyCU] Mon 12/3 evening - activism training, and, Hell and Back Again film. Can we reschedule our meeting?

[Colan Holmes]

The following Monday (the 10th?)?

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Susan Parenti <sparenti at illinois.edu>wrote:

> Yes, let's change the date/time. I'll be out of the country
> Wednesday--Sunday though.
> On Nov 30, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Stuart Levy wrote:
>
>  If we have a What Next for Occupy CU meeting scheduled for Monday evening
> 12/3, as Theresa's notes mention (thanks, Theresa!), can we move it to
> another day/time?
>
> There are **two** other things that I'd like to be doing at that same
> time - an *activist training session* which may really be useful to us
> Occupiers, and, a film and discussion about the *life of a returning
> veteran,* with discussion by local vets and allies.   Maybe a bunch of us
> will feel the same way about at least one of those.
>
>    *12/3 Monday, 6:00 PM*   Champaign Library, Robeson room "A"
>         *Activist training* - sponsored by Food & Water Watch, but it
> sounds widely applicable:
>
> *Do you want to improve social, environmental, or political problems but
> not know how to start? *Or know how to start, but get stuck trying to
> build a group, accomplish goals, or recruiting volunteers? Whether you're
> new to activism or experienced, come to our *Activist Training Workshop,<http://tinyurl.com/d84p7r9>
> *sponsored by Food & Water Watch. *You'll learn and practice critical
> campaign skills*, including: setting goals, strategies, and tactics;
> campaign recruitment and building a group; and training volunteers. And
> we'll have a fun social afterward in downtown Champaign!
>
>   *RSVP here:    **http://tinyurl.com/d84p7r9*
>
>   Hanna Saltzman, Champaign-Urbana field organizer, Food & Water Watch
>  (c) 801-971-8223
> (e) hsaltzman at fwwlocal.org
>
>
> ... and ...
>
>     *12/3 Monday  6:30-8:30PM*   Channing-Murray Foundation - Social
> Justice Film Series
>         *"Hell and Back Again"* <http://www.hellandbackagain.com/>
>         Film about the life of a returning Afghanistan veteran, followed
> by talk-back with Champaign County Iraq Veterans Against the War, and
> Civilian Soldier Alliance
>
>  Hell and Back Again transitions from stunning war reportage to an
> intimate, visceral portrait of one man’s personal struggle at home in North
> Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of
> re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife,
> Ashley. Masterfully contrasting the intensity of the frontline with the
> unsettling normalcy of home, Hell and Back Again lays bare the true cost of
> war.
> Co-sponsored by Social Action Committee of UU Church, Friends Meeting,
> University YMCA, Wesley United Methodist Church and Foundation
> *Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
>
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