All poetic license aside, Carl, who is suggesting that you (AWARE, I presume) urge votes for the party that continues and expands the killing in Asia?<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM, C. G. Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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To get excited about the Chief while urging votes for the party that
continues and expands the killing in Asia is rather like what Thomas
Paine said of Edmund Burke in <i>The Rights of Man</i> (1791): 'He
[Burke] pities the plumage but forgets the dying bird'. <br><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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On 10/14/10 5:24 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
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<td style="font:inherit" valign="top">In relation to the
"chief" I suggest that AWARE put its efforts and
person-power into:
<div>1. MASCOT REPLACEMENT</div>
<div>12-1 on Fri Oct 22 Supporting push for a new mascot
asap. (There's been support in the past for "Prairie
Fire" -- e g the person formally known as CI, whooshing
out to dance in colorful autumn costume during half-time
to "fire" up the crowd...</div>
<div>2. SENSITIZING C-U TO NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES</div>
<div>Working w/ local libraries and perhaps GISLIS to do a
whole-town read. Antioch, IL had their (middle-school)
students read Sherman Alexie's THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY
OF A PART TIME INDIAN for this purpose, and CU could and
should do something similar. This could be followed
up/coordinated w/ lecture-discussions, film, art, etc.
</div>
<div>3. IGNORING THE DIEHARDS' "CHIEF" EVENTS</div>
<div>Let's all stay home and drink a toast to our victory.
Unless we can get a few thousand picketers, it only
makes the diehards think that -- since they clearly have
the numbers -- they haven't really lost and it'd be
possible to overturn the decision if they just keep
fighting</div>
<div>Jmho.</div>
<div> --Jenifer<br>
<br>
--- On <b>Wed, 10/13/10, Morton K. Brussel <i><a href="mailto:brussel@illinois.edu" target="_blank"><brussel@illinois.edu></a></i></b>
wrote:<br>
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From: Morton K. Brussel <a href="mailto:brussel@illinois.edu" target="_blank"><brussel@illinois.edu></a><br>
Subject: Re: [Peace] Series of Events to Unite people
against Racist Mascots and Request of Co-sponsorship
Thereof<br>
To: "Jesse Phillippe" <a href="mailto:japhillippe@gmail.com" target="_blank"><japhillippe@gmail.com></a><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:Peace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">Peace@lists.chambana.net</a><br>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 10:45 PM<br>
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<div>I think this is a marvelous
initiative, one that AWARE in all its power should
support.
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<div>--mkb</div>
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<div>On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Jesse
Phillippe wrote:</div>
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<div>Dear AWARE,<br>
<br>
In March of 2007, the University of Illinois
formally retired the "Chief Illiniwek"
mascot as its symbol. Nonetheless, "Students
for Chief Illiniwek" has continued to
revisit the Chief issue by hosting an event
known as "The Next Dance" that will occur at
Assembly Hall on Oct. 23rd at 7pm. The
University Administration continues to allow
this organization to profit off of a
caricature of American Indian people, and it
must stop.<br>
<br>
</div>
In response to the continued efforts to host
the retired mascot on our campus, The <span>I</span>-<span>Resist</span>
Coalition and Students for a United Illinois
are organizing two events under the theme <b>NEW
MASCOT NOW!</b> because it is time for our
campus to move on. We are hosting these events
during the week of "The Next Dance", first a <b>Rally
at Swanlund</b> to raise our voices to the
Administration, and second, a <b>Rally at
Assembly Hall </b>with a<b> "We've Moved
On" Unity Party</b> to follow. We hope these
events will help educate and mobilize the
community to move on from the former mascot
and the racial stereotypes it perpetuates.<br>
<br>
We are contacting your organization to see if
you would be willing to co-sponsor these
events with <span>I</span>-<span>Resist</span>
and Students for a United Illinois, and also
to publicize the events to your membership.
Co-sponsorship would consist of having your
group's name on publicity materials, actively
encouraging members to attend these events,
and allowing your organization to speak at the
Rally if interested. The time and location of
the events are below.
<div>Thanks and we look
forward to hearing from you!<br>
<br>
</div>
<span>I</span>-<span>Resist</span> Coalition
and Students for a United Illinois<br>
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.iresist.org/" target="_blank"><br>
</a>
<div>
<p><b><font size="4">NEW MASCOT NOW! Rally
at Swanlund<br>
</font></b>Friday, October 22nd<br>
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.<br>
In front of Swanlund Administration
Building (corner of John and Sixth
Streets)<br>
</p>
</div>
<div><i>Join us as we
let the Administration know it is time to
move past the former "Chief" mascot and
unite behind a new mascot.<br>
</i> <br>
<b><font size="4">NEW MASCOT NOW! Rally at
Assembly Hall<br>
</font></b>Saturday, October 23rd<br>
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.<br>
Meet outside of Assembly Hall<br>
<br>
</div>
<i>Join us as we rally to show how events like
"The Next Dance" perpetuate a racial
stereotype, divide our campus, and prevent
us from moving forward as a campus. The
"We've Moved On" Unity Party will follow
this event.<br>
<br>
</i><b><font size="4">"WE'VE MOVED ON" Unity </font><font size="4">Party<br>
</font></b>Saturday, October 23rd<br>
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.<br>
Location TBD</blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>