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Hey Karen and everybody,<br>
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We seem to be evenly split between meeting virtually vs meeting at
4. Karen (Medina) and I are game to show up at 4 today, at the
usual White Horse, with whoever else would like to, for say not more
than 45 minutes... and we can distribute virtually anything we come
up with.<br>
<br>
<br>
Two important things I left out of the earlier note:<br>
<br>
1) Right, <b>Quad Day: Sunday, </b><b>Aug. 25th, noon-4PM.</b><br>
I haven't heard of any arrangements so far. I think David
Green was asking SJP whether they'd let us join them, but don't know
if we've heard back yet. The ISO also has a table, and perhaps we
could ask them. Both are near the northwest corner of the quad, in
a ghetto reserved for political groups, on a diagonal sidewalk just
south of the western side of the Illini Union.<br>
<br>
A question for us: if we have the chance to, <b>how should we
present ourselves</b> at Quad Day? We don't currently have a
what-is-AWARE flyer; <b>would anyone be up for work on creating
one? </b> In any case, we could bring some recent demonstration
flyers, and possibly a demo sign if our host agrees to that. Carl
liked one that we'd been using at the Farmer's Market, celebrating
three great whistleblowers - Ellsberg, Manning, Snowden.<br>
<br>
In any case we'd want the signup clipboard. Gathering contact
information for interested people will be important.<br>
<br>
2) <b>March on Washington</b>, next <b>Sat, Aug 24th</b>.<br>
Next weekend is the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on
Washington. A large demo is planned for the 24th.<br>
<br>
The NAACP (at least) is organizing buses from around Illinois,
and trying to get people to DC. Several buses are planned from
around the state - not sure whether one is passing through C-U, but
it could be, and may depend on whether there's interest. The
rally is Saturday morning and afternoon, so I imagine a bus might
leave (here or Peoria or Kankakee) sometime Friday afternoon, and
return some time Sunday.<br>
<br>
Patricia Avery, of the NAACP of Champaign County <a
href="http://naacpcc.org">http://naacpcc.org</a>, is I think
coordinating:<br>
patricicavery {at} gmail.com (yes, really
patricicavery).<br>
<br>
There are buses from Kankakee and Chicago; there's also one
from Springfield which could stop in C-U if there's enough
interest. The Springfield bus plans to stay overnight in DC ($99
hotel rooms), the others will drive back after the rally.<br>
<br>
<big>What could people of the peace movement expect from this
event? There's been some discussion of that on the UFPJ mailing
list. Phyllis Bennis wrote:</big><br>
<br>
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<div><font size="4"><small>If we look back at the October 2010
"One Nation Together" march, the first re-connection of the
labor and civil rights movement in years, there was a
similar challenge. Anti-war organizations, especially UFPJ,
were part of the organizing, but there were no officially
designated representatives of the peace movement among the
speakers. But when the UAW's Bob King and the great Harry
Belafonte took the stage, both wrapped powerful anti-war
messages into their speeches, and the huge crowd went wild.</small>
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<font size="4"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"></font></font><br>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font
color="#000000"><font size="4">Harry spoke of Dr. King's
recognition in 1967 that the war in Viet Nam was not only
unconscionable, but also
unwinnable. And then he said </font></font></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span> </p>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="4">
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><font color="#000000"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">"</span><span
style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">Now today,
almost half a century later, as we gather in this place
where Dr. King prayed for the soul of this great nation
… the wars that we
wage today in far-away lands are unconscionable, immoral,
and unwinnable. </font></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">…</span><span
style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">The president’ s
decision to escalate
the war, in that region alone, costs the nation $33
billion.</font></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt">
</span><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt">That
sum of money could not only create
600,000 jobs, but would even leave us a few million to
start rebuilding our
schools, our roads, our hospitals and affordable housing.
It will also help to
rebuild the lives of our returning wounded veterans….</span><font
size="3"> Peace is necessary
for justice. It is necessary for hope. It is necessary for
our future.”</font></font></font></p>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"
size="3"> </font></p>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><small><font color="#000000"><font
size="4"><small><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The
crowd roared. P<span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">eople
there had largely been mobilized by the labor
movement and the
civil rights movement, not the peace movement. But
their openness, eagerness, to take literature,
engage in
conversations, talk about the costs of war, even buy
t-shirts! - was
amazing. They - not the count of speaker
affiliations - is
still why we go.</span></font></small></font></font></small></p>
<small><br>
<br>
<font size="4"><small>There are plenty of limitations in how the
leadership of next week's march, 50 years after the 1963
march on Washington, is framing the issues - and the lack
of a specific focus on wars and military spending is
certainly top of my list of problems. But that's precisely
why a major presence of anti-war and peace voices needs to
be there. Big protests are never only about who's on the
stage and what they say - although that's important. </small></font></small><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/18/13 10:28 AM, Karen Aram wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Stuart<br>
<br>
I am okay with 4:00pm. If you and Karen need a ride to the
meeting, let me know.<br>
<br>
Question: Do we share a table with a group at the Quad on
Quad day? Carl was going to ask David Green about that. If
so, we need to discuss.<br>
<br>
I am also interested in discussing support and assistance
for David Green's campaign.<br>
<br>
Sorry, I wasn't at last weeks meeting so I am uninformed.<br>
<br>
Karen A.<br>
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<hr id="ecxstopSpelling">Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 09:16:00
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From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:salevy@illinois.edu">salevy@illinois.edu</a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a><br>
CC: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:salevy@illinois.edu">salevy@illinois.edu</a><br>
Subject: [Peace-discuss] AWARE meeting - What do we need
this week? (re 5pm Sun showing of locally-made film)<br>
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Peaceable people,<br>
<br>
What do we need to decide at our next meeting, normally
today at 5pm?<br>
<br>
It's at the same time as the only showing of a locally
made film (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://smilepolitely.com/arts/enter_house_of_thaddeus/"
target="_blank">"House of Thaddeus"</a>, 5pm sharp at
the Art Theater, today, Sunday the 18th). I'd really
like to see this, maybe others would too. Can we do
business by e-mail today? Or, Karen suggests, we could
meet earlier, say 4pm. Or we could meet at 5 as
usual. <br>
<br>
<br>
Upcoming events:<br>
<br>
10AM Tuesday, Aug 20th: Comprehensive Immigration
Reform rally at Rep. Rodney Davis' office, 2004 Fox Drive,
Champaign.<br>
The Immigration Forum group is encouraging anyone
interested in immigration reform to attend this rally, to
help press Davis to support the cause. (In Peoria,
Illinois People's Action recently got Aaron Schock, a
right-wing Republican, to agree to support having a path
to citizenship.)<br>
<br>
<br>
8-noon, Saturday, Aug 24th: still not sure whether
we'll have a space at Farmer's Market next week. The
spaces are full, though they're checking whether we might
be able to be on a waiting list.<br>
<br>
<br>
1:30PM Sunday, Sep 1st, Champaign Public Library:
David Green announces his candidacy for US Congress!<br>
<br>
<br>
2-4PM Saturday, Sep 7th, Main & Neil: monthly
demonstration.<br>
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