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<b>Midday events for the next 3 days:<br>
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Noon Thursday, April 4th: Wes Jackson seminar</b>, April 4,
noon, U of I Law School auditorium<br>
<blockquote>Wes Jackson is one of the most important advocates of
sustainable agriculture - in addition to being a good speaker!<br>
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<b>Noon Friday, April 5th: Eboo Patel, YMCA Friday Forum</b><br>
<blockquote>"Standing Your Sacred Ground": There is no better time
to stand for your values than when they are under attack.<br>
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<b>12:30PM Saturday, April 6th:</b> lunch at Esquire preceding <b>2:00-4:00PM
AWARE Demonstration</b><br>
<blockquote>Lunch first, then demonstrate for peace (Dave Johnson's
good idea)<br>
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<b>Noon Thursday, April 4th: Wes Jackson seminar</b>, April 4,
noon, U of I Law School auditorium<br>
<br>
The Program in Law and Philosophy and the Environmental Law Program
Present:<br>
<br>
<b>"The Necessity of Historical Imagination When Contemplating
the Future of Agriculture"</b><br>
Wes Jackson, Ph. D.<br>
President of The Land Institute<br>
<br>
April 4, 2013<br>
12 - 1:15 PM<br>
Max L Rowe Auditorium, College of Law Building, University of
Illinois<br>
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign<br>
free and open to the public<br>
<br>
<blockquote>By pioneering the use of perennial food crops, Dr.
Jackson seeks to demonstrate how a new agriculture can leave soil
intact, prevent erosion, and eliminate the use of environmentally
harmful fertilizers and pesticides, while feeding the world's
growing population. He is a strong advocate for the development
of a perennial polyculture that mimics nature.<br>
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<b>Noon Friday, April 5th: Eboo Patel, YMCA Friday Forum</b>,
University YMCA Latzer Hall, 1001 S. Wright, Champaign<br>
<blockquote>"Standing Your Sacred Ground": There is no better time
to stand for your values than when they are under attack.<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote><big><span><em>I<span style="font-size: 10pt;">n the
decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and
animosity toward American Muslims and alarmist, hateful
rhetoric invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing,
deeply anti-American force have become commonplace rather
than being relegated to the fringes of political
discourse. This prejudice is a challenge to the ideals of
American life. </span></em></span></big><br>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt;">On April 5th, renowned interfaith
leader Eboo Patel will discuss the art and science of
interfaith work, showing us that Americans from George
Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. have been "interfaith
leaders." Sharing stories from the frontlines of interfaith
activism, he'll bring to life the growing body of research on
how faith can be a bridge of cooperation rather than a
barrier. <br>
<br>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt;">Eboo's talk will coincide with his
engagement as keynote speaker at the 2013 Illinois Conference
on Interfaith Collaboration, on campus April 5-7.<br>
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<b>12:30PM Saturday, April 6th - Esquire bar, downtown Champaign</b><br>
<blockquote>lunch & discussion for anyone interested,
preceding...<br>
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<b>2:00-4:00PM Saturday, April 6th, corner of Main & Neil,
Champaign</b><br>
<blockquote>AWARE monthly demonstration against war<br>
<br>
(the flyer this month, thanks to Carl, to draw on Glenn
Greenwald's review of a new film, "Dirty Wars," featuring Jeremy
Scahill's investigations into the US' ongoing global war, which
"renders its victims invisible and voiceless":<br>
<a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/31/dirty-wars-terrorism-victims?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/31/dirty-wars-terrorism-victims?CMP=twt_gu</a><br>
One quote:<br>
"What makes Dirty Wars so important is that it viscerally conveys
the effects of US militarism on these invisible victims: by
letting them speak for themselves. Scahill and his crew travel to
the places most US journalists are unwilling or unable to go: to
remote and dangerous provinces in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia,
all to give voice to the victims of US aggression. We hear from
the Afghans whose family members (including two pregnant women)
were slaughtered by US Special Forces in 2010 in the Paktia
Province, despite being part of the Afghan Police, only for NATO
to outright lie and claim the women were already dead from "honor
killings" by the time they arrived (lies uncritically repeated, of
course, by leading US media outlets)."<br>
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