From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Wed May 6 23:48:38 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 18:48:38 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] Please donate to our sweet girl, Mika--$10 would be much appreciated Message-ID: Dear friends---here is Mika, a sweet sweet 'girl' who has been living happily in Urbana, in the area around my house. She's been a real gift to her human friends, but now has severe mouth pain, can't eat, and has become really weak and sick. Can you help? Her human friends have already spent more money than they have on finding a treatment, and they are besides themselves with worry. Any financial help you can give, we would really appreciate. Mika looks at you! Please follow this link to our GoFundMe page. [image: image.png] -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Sun May 10 22:47:44 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 17:47:44 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] to keep a balance, Urb Park proposes to kill 60-100 Crystal lake geese-- read & take survey Message-ID: The Urbana Park District Board of Commissioners is going to vote on Tuesday night May 12 whether or not they support the Park District's proposal to kill off 60?100 geese in Crystal Lake Park, as a way to manage them and make a balance between number of geese and size/capacities of Park. (They intend to leave 20 geese alive). You can see their proposal here : https:// www.urbanaparks.org/projects/geese-population-and-management Inside the proposal is a 3 minute survey about how you feel about the geese in the Park?the survey puts the geese in a negative light. But please do the survey now, or at least before 6pm Tuesday night. You don't have to agree with my sentiments. Here is the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6R2HWQ How do I feel about this? Daily I go to the Park to see/hear the geese?they?re the main attraction. The Park District secured a grant to improve Crystal Park, and they feel that the presence of the geese gets in the way of those improvements. . They say that lots of people won?t go to the Park because of the geese?I don?t know anyone who feels that way. But, mostly, for me the killing off of the geese is a human-centered way of thinking (if it?s good for humans, then it?s fine) and that way of thinking I want to stop as it?s a big component of why we have catastrophic climate change. ?GEESEHERDS? I propose that given that the swimming pool will be closed all summer, why doesn?t the Park District use 2 ex-pool employees and make them GEESEHERDS?a variation on shep(sheep)herds. These geessherds can take care of the geese, tend to their problems, turn their poop into iron-rich compost. This way the park District is free of taking care of the geese, and two people have a job. Please spread the word. We don?t have much time. -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Mon May 11 22:46:01 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 17:46:01 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] Protest killing of 60-100 geese--Protest Tuesday, 12 noon, May 12 Message-ID: Hi friends?Let?s meet *tomorrow Tuesday May 12 at 12 noon at the corner of Park Street and Broadway to Protest* the Urbana Park District?s intention of killing 3/4 of the Canadian Geese population in the next month, as their way to ?restore balance?. This killing of the animals would be engineered by the USDA, which calls this action ?charity harvest?: the geese are collected, killed, processed into meat, and then given to food banks and the poor. Killing 60 to 100 geese and goslings is not a solution to ?restoring balance??it?s a giving *up*, a giving* in *to a lack of imagination and compassion, a human-centric action.The Park District can do better?and if they can?t ,we will. Please spread the word about the protest tomorrow at noon. Bring signs. *6 feet social distancing will be strictly observed. To participate you must wear a mask and gloves. * Tomorrow night the Park District will meet with the park Commissioners 7-9pm to vote on this ?charity harvest'?and we are invited to attend the zoom. (More on that tomorrow). Our Park Commissioners have a record of going along with whatever the Urbana Park District recommends?so we should not expect any dissent there. We?re going to need to bring the dissent. Here is the survey that asks for your views on the geese (the survey is against the geese)?but it will help if you could take a few minutes to fill it out: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6R2HWQ " [image: download.jpg] -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Killing 60 to 100 geese and goslings is not a solution to ?restoring balance??it?s a giving *up*, a giving* in *to a lack of imagination and compassion, a human-centric action.The Park District can do better?and if they can?t ,we will. Please spread the word about the protest tomorrow at noon. Bring signs. *6 feet social distancing will be strictly observed. To participate you must wear a mask and gloves. * Tonight the Park District will meet with the park Commissioners 7-9pm to vote on this ?charity harvest'?and we are invited to attend the zoom. (More on that later today). Our Park Commissioners have a record of going along with whatever the Urbana Park District recommends?so we should not expect any dissent there. We?re going to need to bring the dissent. Here is the survey that asks for your views on the geese (the survey is against the geese)?but it will help if you could take a few minutes to fill it out: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K6R2HWQ -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Tue May 12 21:05:44 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 16:05:44 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] Use Zoom to call into Park District's meeting at 7pm---Zoom is easy! Message-ID: Good turn out at the protest this noon--lots of honks of approval to save the geese! Tonight's meeting starts at 7pm, with public input at that time. Input! *Public Input for Urbana Park District Regular Board Meeting (Tuesday, May 12, 2020)* *MEETING ID: 814 6947 4163PASSWORD: 294232* Anyone can attend the meeting virtually via Zoom. Any member of the public may make a brief statement during the Public Comment portion of the agenda. Per Board rules, comments will have a 2?minute time limit. The Board typically accepts comments but neither the Board nor staff will respond to individual comments during the meeting. You will be able to use a phone to call in: - Join by calling (312) 626?6799. - Callers will then be asked to enter the Meeting ID number followed by the # key. The Meeting ID number is 814 6947 4163. - Enter meeting password 294232, followed by the # key. - We ask that you please mute yourself until the time for public comment. - You can toggle between mute an unmute by dialing *6. You will be able to use a computer to address the Urbana Park District Board using Zoom: - Make sure you have a microphone on your computer if you wish to speak. Please identify yourself for the record if you do speak. - You do not need to install software to use Zoom. You can click ?Join from your browser.? It appears that Zoom prefers for users to download and install their meeting client software on your computer. Use whichever option you are most comfortable with, and note it may be browser?specific. - You should see the meeting video stream through Zoom and hear people talking. The link to join by computer is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81469474163?pwd=Qk5XUktuN09OaFlYSFJqT043aDUwQT09 - If you do not want to be seen, please turn off your webcam video feed as everyone connected will be able to see you and your background. - This Zoom session will be recorded as part of the record. - We ask that you please mute yourself until the time for public comment. - We will not be using the Chat or Participant windows for this meeting. - You can find tutorials and help information here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/enus/articles/201362193?Joining?a?Meeting. If you are unable to call or video in to the Zoom Meeting, or would prefer to write in, public input can also be received before the meeting via email. Please submit your comments via email by 7:00 pm to tabartlett at urbanaparks.org ? these will be read per Urbana Park District Board rules and time limits. This is a work in progress, and we ask your patience as we navigate this difficult situation. -- *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Tue May 12 21:09:14 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 16:09:14 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] Use ZOOM to participate in Park District meeting tonight at 7pm--ZOOm is easy! Message-ID: Hi friends---good enthusiastic turn out for the noon protest to save the geese. Almost all people in cars honked affirmatively for our message! Please join the ZOOM call tonight and make your feelings and ideas known. See you online! *Public Input for Urbana Park District Regular Board Meeting (Tuesday, May 12, 2020)* *MEETING ID: 814 6947 4163PASSWORD: 294232* Anyone can attend the meeting virtually via Zoom. Any member of the public may make a brief statement during the Public Comment portion of the agenda. Per Board rules, comments will have a 2?minute time limit. The Board typically accepts comments but neither the Board nor staff will respond to individual comments during the meeting. You will be able to use a phone to call in: - Join by calling (312) 626?6799. - Callers will then be asked to enter the Meeting ID number followed by the # key. The Meeting ID number is 814 6947 4163. - Enter meeting password 294232, followed by the # key. - We ask that you please mute yourself until the time for public comment. - You can toggle between mute an unmute by dialing *6. You will be able to use a computer to address the Urbana Park District Board using Zoom: - Make sure you have a microphone on your computer if you wish to speak. Please identify yourself for the record if you do speak. - You do not need to install software to use Zoom. You can click ?Join from your browser.? It appears that Zoom prefers for users to download and install their meeting client software on your computer. Use whichever option you are most comfortable with, and note it may be browser?specific. - You should see the meeting video stream through Zoom and hear people talking. The link to join by computer is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81469474163?pwd=Qk5XUktuN09OaFlYSFJqT043aDUwQT09 - If you do not want to be seen, please turn off your webcam video feed as everyone connected will be able to see you and your background. - This Zoom session will be recorded as part of the record. - We ask that you please mute yourself until the time for public comment. - We will not be using the Chat or Participant windows for this meeting. - You can find tutorials and help information here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/enus/articles/201362193?Joining?a?Meeting. If you are unable to call or video in to the Zoom Meeting, or would prefer to write in, public input can also be received before the meeting via email. Please submit your comments via email by 7:00 pm to tabartlett at urbanaparks.org ? these will be read per Urbana Park District Board rules and time limits. This is a work in progress, and we ask your patience as we navigate this difficult situation. -- *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Wed May 13 02:39:33 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 21:39:33 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] Tonight: Urbana Park Commissioners vote, with no pain, to KILL THE GEESE Message-ID: [image: download.jpg] Hi friends?Despite eloquent testimonies by towns-people AGAINST ?Charity Harvest? (the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their carcasses as ?meat?) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example of that. Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet apart! I miss you guys. So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save for one grumpy guy. ) And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in the park, to raise awareness and fun! Let me know if you want to be part of this. And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing us. 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(the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their carcasses as ?meat?) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example of that. Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet apart! I miss you guys. So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save for one grumpy guy. ) And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in the park, to raise awareness and fun! Let me know if you want to be part of this. And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing us. Though I might sound cheerful, I?m absolutely trembling with sadness for us, for you. Susan -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal > Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to > listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example > of that. > > Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, > really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness > raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re > protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet > apart! I miss you guys. > > So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway > for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. > (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save > for one grumpy guy. ) > > And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in > the park, to raise awareness and fun! > > Let me know if you want to be part of this. > > And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing > us. Though I might sound cheerful, I?m absolutely trembling with sadness > for us, for you. > Susan > > > -- > *Susan Parenti* > *Educational Coordinator * > > *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net > > *Like us on Facebook !* > _______________________________________________ > Peace mailing list > Peace at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: download.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 36494 bytes Desc: not available URL: From deb.pdamerica at gmail.com Wed May 13 08:38:52 2020 From: deb.pdamerica at gmail.com (Debra Schrishuhn) Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 03:38:52 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] [Peace] Park Commissioners & Staff vote to KILL THE GEESE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I will put up money for SAVE THE CRYSTAL LAKE GEESE bumper stickers. If you get me a snappy design before 2 pm Wednesday can have them printed by Friday at the latest. How many do you think you can give away? Next we need to think about electoral solutions. At least 2 commissioners are up for re-election in 2021. We need to find people to challenge them?find candidates now and start the campaign. Deb Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2020, at 12:52 AM, Niloofar Shambayati via Peace wrote: > > Can't be there tomorrow but let's have a meeting as soon as possible. BTW, who do those cold-blooded gang represent? The area businesses? > > Niloofar > >> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:44 PM Susan Parenti via Peace wrote: >> >> Hi friends?Despite eloquent testimonies by towns-people AGAINST ?Charity Harvest? (the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their carcasses as ?meat?) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example of that. >> >> Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet apart! I miss you guys. >> >> So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save for one grumpy guy. ) >> >> And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in the park, to raise awareness and fun! >> >> Let me know if you want to be part of this. >> >> And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing us. Though I might sound cheerful, I?m absolutely trembling with sadness for us, for you. >> Susan >> >> >> -- >> Susan Parenti >> Educational Coordinator >> >> The School for Designing a Society www.designingasociety.net >> >> Like us on Facebook! >> _______________________________________________ >> Peace mailing list >> Peace at lists.chambana.net >> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace > _______________________________________________ > Peace mailing list > Peace at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed May 13 11:17:45 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 04:17:45 -0700 Subject: [OccupyCU] [Peace] Park Commissioners & Staff vote to KILL THE GEESE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Great idea Deb, Niloofar. See you again at noon today Susan. > On May 13, 2020, at 01:38, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace wrote: > > I will put up money for SAVE THE CRYSTAL LAKE GEESE bumper stickers. If you get me a snappy design before 2 pm Wednesday can have them printed by Friday at the latest. How many do you think you can give away? > > Next we need to think about electoral solutions. At least 2 commissioners are up for re-election in 2021. We need to find people to challenge them?find candidates now and start the campaign. > > Deb > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 13, 2020, at 12:52 AM, Niloofar Shambayati via Peace > wrote: > >> Can't be there tomorrow but let's have a meeting as soon as possible. BTW, who do those cold-blooded gang represent? The area businesses? >> >> Niloofar >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:44 PM Susan Parenti via Peace > wrote: >> >> Hi friends?Despite eloquent testimonies by towns-people AGAINST ?Charity Harvest? (the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their carcasses as ?meat?) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example of that. >> >> Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet apart! I miss you guys. >> >> So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save for one grumpy guy. ) >> >> And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in the park, to raise awareness and fun! >> >> Let me know if you want to be part of this. >> >> And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing us. Though I might sound cheerful, I?m absolutely trembling with sadness for us, for you. >> Susan >> >> >> -- >> Susan Parenti >> Educational Coordinator >> >> The School for Designing a Society www.designingasociety.net >> >> Like us on Facebook ! >> _______________________________________________ >> Peace mailing list >> Peace at lists.chambana.net >> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace >> _______________________________________________ >> Peace mailing list >> Peace at lists.chambana.net >> https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace > _______________________________________________ > Peace mailing list > Peace at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbw292002 at gmail.com Wed May 13 17:41:50 2020 From: jbw292002 at gmail.com (John W.) Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 12:41:50 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] [Peace] Park Commissioners & Staff vote to KILL THE GEESE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:39 AM Debra Schrishuhn via Peace < peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote: I will put up money for SAVE THE CRYSTAL LAKE GEESE bumper stickers. If you > get me a snappy design before 2 pm Wednesday can have them printed by > Friday at the latest. How many do you think you can give away? > > Next we need to think about electoral solutions. At least 2 commissioners > are up for re-election in 2021. We need to find people to challenge > them?find candidates now and start the campaign. > I would suggest that if there are any Greens left in C-U, a couple of them might be interested in running for Urbana Park District commissioner. And what about you, Deb? You're certainly knowledgeable enough! John Wason > Deb > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 13, 2020, at 12:52 AM, Niloofar Shambayati via Peace < > peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote: > > Can't be there tomorrow but let's have a meeting as soon as possible. BTW, > who do those cold-blooded gang represent? The area businesses? > > Niloofar > > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:44 PM Susan Parenti via Peace < > peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote: > >> >> Hi friends?Despite eloquent testimonies by towns-people AGAINST ?Charity >> Harvest? (the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their >> carcasses as ?meat?) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted >> unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the >> geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal >> Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to >> listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example >> of that. >> >> Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, >> really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness >> raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re >> protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet >> apart! I miss you guys. >> >> So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway >> for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. >> (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save >> for one grumpy guy. ) >> >> And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in >> the park, to raise awareness and fun! >> >> Let me know if you want to be part of this. >> >> And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing >> us. 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URL: From deb.pdamerica at gmail.com Wed May 13 18:21:08 2020 From: deb.pdamerica at gmail.com (Debra Schrishuhn) Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 13:21:08 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] [Peace] Park Commissioners & Staff vote to KILL THE GEESE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <66D58377-B8C6-4C20-B22D-684A3F0A8D5C@gmail.com> One of my wedding vows was a promise never to run for elected office. I can have Minuteman do the design for the bumper sticker. Again, how many are needed? 100 to start? Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2020, at 12:41 PM, John W. wrote: > >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:39 AM Debra Schrishuhn via Peace wrote: >> > >> I will put up money for SAVE THE CRYSTAL LAKE GEESE bumper stickers. If you get me a snappy design before 2 pm Wednesday can have them printed by Friday at the latest. How many do you think you can give away? >> >> Next we need to think about electoral solutions. At least 2 commissioners are up for re-election in 2021. We need to find people to challenge them?find candidates now and start the campaign. > > I would suggest that if there are any Greens left in C-U, a couple of them might be interested in running for Urbana Park District commissioner. And what about you, Deb? You're certainly knowledgeable enough! > > John Wason > > > >> Deb >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 13, 2020, at 12:52 AM, Niloofar Shambayati via Peace wrote: >>> >>> Can't be there tomorrow but let's have a meeting as soon as possible. BTW, who do those cold-blooded gang represent? The area businesses? >>> >>> Niloofar >>> >>>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:44 PM Susan Parenti via Peace wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi friends?Despite eloquent testimonies by towns-people AGAINST ?Charity Harvest? (the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their carcasses as ?meat?) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example of that. >>>> >>>> Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet apart! I miss you guys. >>>> >>>> So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save for one grumpy guy. ) >>>> >>>> And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in the park, to raise awareness and fun! >>>> >>>> Let me know if you want to be part of this. >>>> >>>> And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing us. 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URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed May 13 20:13:24 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 13:13:24 -0700 Subject: [OccupyCU] [Peace] Park Commissioners & Staff vote to KILL THE GEESE In-Reply-To: <66D58377-B8C6-4C20-B22D-684A3F0A8D5C@gmail.com> References: <66D58377-B8C6-4C20-B22D-684A3F0A8D5C@gmail.com> Message-ID: As a current Officer with the local Prairie Greens, I don?t know of anyone within the organization interested in running for any office.. A candidate for this position should be someone knowledgeable on all aspects of the park and environment. Yes, Deb or Susan would be perfect. > On May 13, 2020, at 11:21, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace wrote: > > One of my wedding vows was a promise never to run for elected office. I can have Minuteman do the design for the bumper sticker. Again, how many are needed? 100 to start? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 13, 2020, at 12:41 PM, John W. > wrote: > >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:39 AM Debra Schrishuhn via Peace > wrote: >> >> I will put up money for SAVE THE CRYSTAL LAKE GEESE bumper stickers. If you get me a snappy design before 2 pm Wednesday can have them printed by Friday at the latest. How many do you think you can give away? >> >> Next we need to think about electoral solutions. At least 2 commissioners are up for re-election in 2021. We need to find people to challenge them?find candidates now and start the campaign. >> >> I would suggest that if there are any Greens left in C-U, a couple of them might be interested in running for Urbana Park District commissioner. And what about you, Deb? You're certainly knowledgeable enough! >> >> John Wason >> >> >> >> Deb >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 13, 2020, at 12:52 AM, Niloofar Shambayati via Peace > wrote: >> >>> Can't be there tomorrow but let's have a meeting as soon as possible. BTW, who do those cold-blooded gang represent? The area businesses? >>> >>> Niloofar >>> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:44 PM Susan Parenti via Peace > wrote: >>> >>> Hi friends?Despite eloquent testimonies by towns-people AGAINST ?Charity Harvest? (the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their carcasses as ?meat?) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to listen and speak with the community. Wow?so tonight was a perfect example of that. >>> >>> Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park, really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we?re protesting?it makes us look like a much bigger group because we?re 6 feet apart! I miss you guys. >>> >>> So tomorrow at 12 noon we?ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past. (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save for one grumpy guy. ) >>> >>> And we?ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in the park, to raise awareness and fun! >>> >>> Let me know if you want to be part of this. >>> >>> And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing us. 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URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Sat May 16 00:35:10 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 19:35:10 -0500 Subject: [OccupyCU] Free Bumper Stickers 'SAve the Geese'-- Farmers Market Sat, 9:30 to 11am!! Message-ID: Hi friends---*thanks to Niloofar& Debra--bumper stickers FREE for Save the Geese at tomorrow's Farmer's Market! at Lincoln Square, 9:30am to 11am. * Where will we be? We haven't reserved a table, but listen for geese honks* & accordion music *---and that's where you'll find us. There's been complications because of the virus, but we've figured out a virus free way to give you a bumper sticker and sheet of who-to-write-to-protest in a way that strengthens our hearts and diminishes health hazards. See you tomorrow. So looking forward to see your shining courageous faces. --hey! we're geese! 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UPD is working on the language of their petition, and has not yet sent in that petition. But despite the considerable protest against this, they intend to. This week our group of save-the-geese-ers has been researching alternatives to killing-the-geese, and has been writing to like-minded organizations who are committed to protecting wildlife like the Canada geese. If you have information you'd like to share, please send it to: savethegeeseurbana at gmail.com . We've now set up that email address for traffic about the geese. Please use it. We'll be sending updates about actions we would like to take. Warmly, Karen Aram Viktoria Ford George Hardebeck Stuart Levy Susan Parenti Deb Schrishuhn. Niloofar Shambayati *s on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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So we've specifically invited each one of the Park Commissioners and staff to attend tomorrow' Protest, which now we've renamed RALLY--friends of our geese, friends of our park---let's meet!. We'll see if they come! Corner of Park STreet and Broadway. Bring signs, wear masks, keep physical distancing *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* [image: image.png] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/png Size: 148412 bytes Desc: not available URL: