Anything going on outdoors on the 6th that you have heard of? Barbara<br><br>On Monday, October 3, 2011, Stuart Levy <<a href="mailto:slevy@ncsa.illinois.edu">slevy@ncsa.illinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> Summary of upcoming events, with details below:<br>
><br>> Mon 10/3 8pm Levis Faculty Center, 3rd floor<br>> Mark Weisbrot: "The Ignorant Elite: Neoliberalism and Its Consequences"<br>><br>> Tue 10/4 3:30pm-5pm Levis Faculty Center, first floor Reading Room<br>
> Mark Weisbrot: "Latin American Policy under Obama:<br>> Politics, Economics, and Geopolitics"<br>><br>> Wed 10/5 6:30-8pm Champaign Public Library room "C"<br>> Norma Price, who works with Samaritans in southern Arizona:<br>
> "Hear What It Means to Cross the Border - Migrants and their experiences"<br>><br>> Thu 10/6 --- Wherever you are<br>> Make a clamor for peace -- demonstrate, lobby Congress, do something!<br>
><br>> Thu 10/6 7pm U-C Independent Media Center, downtown Urbana<br>> Beehive Collective -- "Mountaintop Removal: The True Cost of Coal"<br>> Hear from this visiting group of activist artists!<br>
> <a href="http://beehivecollective.org/">http://beehivecollective.org/</a><br>><br>> Fri 10/7 Noon U of I Quad (south side of Illini Union, facing the Quad)<br>> Iraq Veterans Against the War will be hosting a speak-out on the quad on the<br>
> 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. Speak out<br>> against the occupations, against militarism, and for peace and social justice.<br>><br>> Fri 10/7 6-8pm U-C Independent Media Center, Broadway & Elm, downtown Urbana<br>
> Opening reception for "Unity in the Community: Sowing Seeds of Empowerment",<br>> photo exhibit running 10/7-10/21 -- photos remembering Kiwane Carrington<br>> and Unity March VII, by Patricia Rosario.<br>
><br>> Sat 10/8 11:30am rally at WEFT (113 N. Market St, Champaign),<br>> noon rally outside, and march to Chase Bank (University & Randolph)<br>><br>> NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION UNITY MARCH<br>
> Rally for decent jobs, Medicare for all, strengthen social security,<br>> labor rights, protecting and expanding public education,<br>> ending the wars, ending discrimination against felony convicts,<br>
> make wealthy people and corporations pay their taxes, and<br>> demand that the bailed-out banks give back our money!<br>><br>> Wed 10/12 5:30-7:30pm Champaign Library rooms A and B<br>> Health Care Community Forum, by CBHC, CCHCC, NAACP and others<br>
> Panel on the new Illinois health insurance marketplace<br>><br>> Fri 10/14 7pm UofI music bldg auditorium (1114 W Nevada, U)<br>> "No Place Called Home" - one-woman play giving voice to Iraqi refugees<br>
> By Kim Schultz, part of a delegation of US artists who visited Iraqi refugee camps.<br>><br>><br>> ===========================================================================<br>><br>><br>> Mon 10/3 8pm UofI Levis Faculty Center, 3rd floor, 919 W. Illinois St, U.<br>
> Mark Weisbrot (of Center for Economic and Policy Research, <a href="http://cepr.net">cepr.net</a>) speaks:<br>> "The Ignorant Elite: Neoliberalism and Its Consequences"<br>><br>><br>> Tue 10/4 3:30pm Levis Faculty Center Reading Room (first floor)<br>
> Mark Weisbrot (of <a href="http://cepr.net">cepr.net</a>) speaks again:<br>> "Latin American Policy under Obama: Politics, Economics, and Geopolitics"<br>><br>> Weisbrot was interviewed on Robert McChesney's "Media Matters" WILL-AM<br>
> radio program last weekend, Oct 2nd (and many times in the past);<br>> find it in the archives at<br>> <a href="http://will.illinois.edu/mediamatters/">http://will.illinois.edu/mediamatters/</a><br>><br>
> Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research,<br>> in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of<br>> Michigan. He has written numerous research papers on economic policy,<br>
> especially on Latin America and international economic policy. He is also<br>> co-author, with Dean Baker, of "Social Security: The Phony Crisis."<br>> He writes a regular column on economic and policy issues, distributed to<br>
> over 550 papers by McClatchy; writes a weekly column for The Guardian (UK);<br>> appears regularly on radio and television. He is also president of Just Foreign Policy.<br>><br>><br>> Wed 10/5 6:30-8pm Champaign Public Library room "C"<br>
><br>> Hear What It Means to Cross the Border<br>> Migrants and their experiences<br>><br>> What are the real stories of immigration and our southern border?<br>> Norma Price is a retired physician and co-author of the book,<br>
> With The Virgin - Stories From The Migrant Trail.<br>> Dr. Price works with Samaritans in southern Arizona.<br>> In this work she has learned about the border<br>> and its people - on the ground and face to face.<br>
><br>> She will share their stories on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 6:30 to 8 pm in the<br>> Robeson Pavilon Room C, Champaign Public Library. Her presentation is free<br>> and open to the public.<br>><br>
> Wed 10/5 7:00-9:00pm basement room of IMC<br>> Reading group for Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow" meets. Reading Chapter 2 this week.<br>> If you'd like to join, please let James Kilgore, jjincu {at} gmail dot com, know.<br>
><br>><br>> Thu 10/6 --- Wherever you are<br>> Make a clamor for peace. Friday will be the 10th anniversary of<br>> the US invasion of Afghanistan (see the IVAW event at noon on Friday).<br>> Some people are going to join demonstrations in Washington, DC,<br>
> on the 6th date, or in Chicago (or Champaign!) on the 8th.<br>> But there are other good things to do too -- see Robert Naiman's article:<br>> <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/october-6-lets-make-national-clamor-peace/1317305972">http://www.truth-out.org/october-6-lets-make-national-clamor-peace/1317305972</a><br>
><br>><br>> Thu 10/6 7pm U-C Independent Media Center, Broadway & Elm, Urbana<br>><br>> Beehive Collective -- "Mountaintop Removal: The True Cost of Coal"<br>> <a href="http://beehivecollective.org/">http://beehivecollective.org/</a><br>
><br>> A high energy, interactive, graphic-based picture-lecture that speaks to<br>> the overwhelming and complex picture of globalization, militarization, and<br>> resource extraction, as well as the small-scale changes and actions we can<br>
> undertake to build another world!<br>><br>> Our insatiable demand for cheap power has lead to the most extreme,<br>> devastating form of coal mining yet, Mountaintop Removal (MTR). The TRUE<br>> COST OF COAL graphic uses MTR in Appalachia as a lens through which to<br>
> understand the historical and contemporary story of ENGERY, RESOURCE<br>> EXTRACTION and of AMERICAN EMPIRE accelerating throughout the world. We<br>> will expose the DECEPTIONS of CLEAN COAL technologies and bring to light<br>
> the ensuing CLIMATE CHAOS facing the world today.<br>><br>> With a gigantic portable teeming with intricate images of plants and<br>> animals from the most bio-diverse temperate forest on the planet, the Bees<br>
> will share (and seek) stories of how coal mining and Mountaintop Removal<br>> affect communities and ecosystems throughout Appalachia and beyond.<br>><br>> The TRUE COST OF COAL will challenge all of us who<br>
> casually flip on a light switch to examine our own connection<br>> about what we can do to stop it from within our own communities.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Fri 10/7 Noon U of I Quad (south side of Illini Union, facing the Quad)<br>
><br>> Iraq Veterans Against the War will be hosting a speak-out on the quad on the<br>> 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.<br>><br>> Join us in speaking out against the occupations, against militarism,<br>
> and for peace and social justice.<br>><br>> This October 7th marks the ten-year anniversary of the continued occupation<br>> of Afghanistan. This decade of war has devastated and traumatized the people<br>
> of Afghanistan, while also having dire consequences here at home, yet we are<br>> seeing an escalation in the so-called global war on terror. The end of the<br>> occupation of Afghanistan is nowhere in sight, and the occupation of Iraq<br>
> persists, despite promises of withdrawal. Drone attacks and raids are<br>> carried out daily across the Afghan border into Pakistan, violating<br>> their sovereignty. Our government continues to spend one trillion dollars a<br>
> year to fund worldwide military operations in the midst of a budget crisis,<br>> maintaining 800 military bases around the globe. Service members continue to<br>> suffer from war and conflict even after discharge, as they are faced with<br>
> untreated physical and mental injuries, unemployment, substance abuse, and<br>> homelessness. Meanwhile, rates of trauma amongst occupied populations are<br>> unknown, with some estimating that they are near universal.<br>
><br>><br>> Fri 10/7 6-8pm U-C Independent Media Center, Broadway & Elm, downtown Urbana<br>><br>> Opening reception for "Unity in the Community: Sowing Seeds of Empowerment", 10/7-10/21<br>
><br>> An art exhibit of photographs remembering Kiwane Carrington<br>> and the Unity March VII by Patricia T. Rosario.<br>> The show will run from October 7 - 21.<br>> Opening reception on Friday, October 7, 6 - 8 p.m.<br>
> Light refreshments will be served.<br>><br>> Contact: Patricia Rosario, rosario1 {at} <a href="http://illinois.edu">illinois.edu</a><br>><br>><br>> Sat 10/8 8am-noon Urbana Farmer's Market (Lincoln Square parking lot)<br>
> Come talk with AWARE at the Farmer's Market. For the rest of the season,<br>> we and all the community groups will be back in the main Market area,<br>> along the north edge, as in previous years.<br>
><br>> Sat 10/8 11:30am rally at WEFT (113 N. Market St, Champaign),<br>> noon rally outside, and march to Chase Bank<br>><br>> NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION UNITY MARCH<br>><br>> SATURDAY OCT. 8TH, 11:30 AM (if you're there at 11:30,<br>
> come into WEFT studios and join the Labor Hour broadcast)<br>><br>> RALLY AND MARCH STARTS AT WEFT RADIO STATION ( 113 N. MARKET ST. )<br>> AND ENDS AT CHASE BANK (University and Randolph)<br>><br>
> Rally and march for ...<br>> GOOD PAYING JOBS ****<br>> EXPANSION OF MEDICARE FOR ALL ****<br>> PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY ****<br>> PROTECT AND EXPAND THE RIGHT TO FORM UNIONS ****<br>
> END THE WARS AND BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW ****<br>> END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH FELONIES ****<br>> PROTECT AND EXPAND FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION ****<br>> MAKE THE RICH AND THE CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR TAXES ****<br>
> DEMAND THAT THE BAIL-OUT BANKS GIVE BACK OUR MONEY ! ****<br>><br>><br>> Wed 10/12 5:30-7:30pm Champaign Library rooms A and B<br>><br>> Health Care Community Forum<br>><br>> "Join CBHC (Campaign for Better Health Care), NAACP,<br>
> CCHCC, CCBCC, Smile Healthy, Avicenna and other groups<br>> to find out how the health care law affects you.<br>> Expert panelists will discuss & answer questions about<br>> establishing the new Illinois health insurance marketplace<br>
> and ways to take action to ensure the marketplace benefits you!"<br>> [Note: some announcements mention "Tue Oct 12th", but it appears<br>> that this is actually happening Wed Oct 12th.]<br>
><br>><br>> Fri 10/14 7pm UofI music building auditorium, 1114 W Nevada, U.<br>><br>> No Place Called Home<br>> a play giving voice to Iraqi refugees<br>><br>> written and performed by Kim Schultz<br>
> Friday, Oct 14, 7pm<br>> UofI music building auditorium<br>><br>> Kim Schultz is the playwright and actress of No Place Called Home,<br>> a one-woman play based on the vignettes of Iraqi refugees living<br>
> in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.<br>><br>> In 2009, Schultz was part of a delegation of American artists<br>> who visited Iraqi refugee camps. The delegation met with hundreds<br>> of refugees at community centers and in their homes.<br>
><br>> Upon their return, the artists began creating a series of artistic<br>> pieces designed to humanize the crisis and give voice to the millions<br>> of refugees whose plight has yet to enter broad public consciousness.<br>
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