From slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu  Fri Apr  1 17:41:28 2011
From: slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:41:28 -0500
Subject: [Peace] anti-war demonstration, Sat. 4/2, 2-4, Main & Neil!
Message-ID: <201104012241.p31MfSK4027262@ncsa.illinois.edu>

Hello all,

Our wars are still grinding on, including our latest "intervention" in Libya,
which Michael O'Hanlon (remember him, the Brookings Institution promoter
of the 2003 invasion of Iraq?) expects will last not weeks nor months, but years.

If you'd like to demonstrate against them, please join us.
AWARE will be at our usual site at the usual first-Saturday time:

   Main and Neil, downtown Champaign (near Jim Gould, Ko Fusion, M2 etc.)

   2:00 - 4:00 PM, *tomorrow*, Saturday, April 2nd

We'll have signs, or bring your own, or just come stand with us for a while.


   Stuart


P.S. Among other events coming soon, later that day and next week:

8PM Sat 4/2 IVAW fundraiser for "Iraqi Health Now"
    On Saturday, April 2nd, Central Illinois IVAW will be host for a
    fundraising party for "Iraqi Health Now" - a wonderful organization
    that does direct reparations work with the people of Iraq.
    Please join us for a night of music and discussion.

    When: Saturday, April 2nd at approximately 8PM
    Where: Greenhouse, 411 West Green Street, Urbana
    What: Musical Performances by:
	Ryan Harvey of Riot Folk, on tour from Baltimore
	Beth Simpson
	Aba Kiser
	and others TBA
    Invitation from: Central Illinois Iraq Veterans Against the War

    Iraqi Health Now: http://iraqihealthnow.org/
    RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3D207438265948515

7PM Thu 4/7  "Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab World"
    Thursday, April 7, 7 PM
    Gregory Hall R. 223
    810 S. Wright Street (southwest corner of UIUC's main quad)

    Popular revolutions and movements for democratic change have been sweeping
    the Arab world, overthrowing despised U.S.- backed dictators in Tunisia and
    Egypt, challenging the Ghaddafi regime in Libya and the Bashar Al-Assad regime
    in Syria, and spreading to gulf states like Bahrain and Yemen. While each of
    these situations presents different challenges, they all have drawn inspiration
    from each other and deserve our solidarity. Come hear from a panel of
    professors, students, and activists who will be discussing what is at stake in
    countries throughout the region. Then join us in a discussion about what this
    means for those of us who want to get involved in supporting movements for
    liberation.

    Panelists include:

    *Farhad Malekafzali, Professor of Political Science

    *Abdelaadim Bidaoui, Graduate student in Linguistics

    *Mostafa Omar--Egyptian-American socialist and reporter on the Egyptian revolution, calling in via skype.

    *Vukoni Lupa-Lusaga--Solidarity with Democratic Movements

    Sponsored by Solidarity with Democratic Movements. For more information, email julienball at hotmail.com

	

From pnolan64 at yahoo.com  Sat Apr  2 13:50:57 2011
From: pnolan64 at yahoo.com (pnolan64)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 11:50:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] We Are One rally in Urbana on Monday
Message-ID: <106063.65685.qm@web111721.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I discovered there is going to be a "We Are One" rally in Urbana (at Alma Mater) 
on Late Monday afternoon.  


"It's the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis 
43 years ago. Dr. King was in Memphis to stand in solidarity with striking 
sanitation workers who were demanding their rights and their chance to live out 
the American Dream. And this week's events, under the shared name "We Are One," 
are our chance to stand up for the very same rights and the same American Dream. 
It is a grassroots effort being led by a broad coalition of unions and 
progressive allies committed to realizing Dr. King's goal of economic justice 
for all."

Here is the info:

http://local.we-r-1.org/weareone/events/show/689

Paul

 
"To thine own self be true."
William Shakespeare
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Sat Apr  2 13:13:53 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 13:13:53 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Central Illinois IVAW is hosting a fundraising party for
 Iraqi Health Now / Tonight, Saturday,
 April 2nd at 8PM / 411 West Green Street, Urbana
Message-ID: <AANLkTimvP2tSxNzCiZ+MSVUU8uXQjAdB90F5NWDmUvh_@mail.gmail.com>

Central Illinois IVAW is hosting a fundraising party for Iraqi Health
Now. Iraqi Health now is a wonderful organization that does direct
reparations work with the people of Iraq. Please join the local Iraq
Veterans Against the War for a night of music and discussion.

When: Tonight, Saturday, April 2nd at 8PM
Where: Greenhouse, 411 West Green Street, Urbana (corner of Green and
Mccullough)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Scott Kimball <kimball6 at illinois.edu>
To: central_illinois_ivaw_allies at googlegroups.com


Just a friendly reminder about the fundraiser party tonight.
When: Tonight, Saturday, April 2nd at 8PM
Where: Greenhouse, 411 West Green Street, Urbana (corner of Green and
Mccullough)

What: Musical Performances by:
Ryan Harvey of Riot Folk, on tour from Baltimore
Beth Simpson
Aba Kiser
Karina Lepeley

Central Illinois IVAW will be hosting a fundraising party for Iraqi
Health Now. Iraqi Health now is a wonderful organization that does
direct reparations work with the people of Iraq. Please join us for a
night of music and discussion.

Your $7 admission will go to Iraqi Health now. Some soft drinks and
beer will be provided for those that are above the age of 21.
We hope to see you there
Peace,
Central Illinois Iraq Veterans Against the War

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Sat Apr  2 12:03:21 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:03:21 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Central Illinois IVAW is hosting a fundraising party for
 Iraqi Health Now / Tonight, Saturday,
 April 2nd at 8PM / 411 West Green Street, Urbana
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=APa4Qo9_cAfP-a9QjG+CyF2u6UNHDsy2cQfX2@mail.gmail.com>

Central Illinois IVAW is hosting a fundraising party for Iraqi Health
Now. Iraqi Health now is a wonderful organization that does direct
reparations work with the people of Iraq. Please join the local Iraq
Veterans Against the War for a night of music and discussion.

When: Tonight, Saturday, April 2nd at 8PM
Where: Greenhouse, 411 West Green Street, Urbana (corner of Green and
Mccullough)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Scott Kimball <kimball6 at illinois.edu>
To: central_illinois_ivaw_allies at googlegroups.com


Just a friendly reminder about the fundraiser party tomorrow.
When: Tonight, Saturday, April 2nd at 8PM
Where: Greenhouse, 411 West Green Street, Urbana (corner of Green and
Mccullough)

What: Musical Performances by:
Ryan Harvey of Riot Folk, on tour from Baltimore
Beth Simpson
Aba Kiser
Karina Lepeley

Central Illinois IVAW will be hosting a fundraising party for Iraqi
Health Now. Iraqi Health now is a wonderful organization that does
direct reparations work with the people of Iraq. Please join us for a
night of music and discussion.

Your $7 admission will go to Iraqi Health now. Some soft drinks and
beer will be provided for those that are above the age of 21.
We hope to see you there
Peace,
Central Illinois Iraq Veterans Against the War

From julienball at hotmail.com  Sat Apr  2 18:21:23 2011
From: julienball at hotmail.com (Julien Ball)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 23:21:23 +0000
Subject: [Peace] Th. 4/7--Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab World
Message-ID: <COL122-W6009A59566C5A0B8143640DDA10@phx.gbl>


Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab WorldThursday, April 7, 7 PMGregory Hall R. 223 810 S. Wright Street (southwest corner of UIUC's main quad) Popular revolutions and movements for democratic change have been sweeping the Arab world, overthrowing U.S.-backed autocracies in Tunisia and Egypt, then spreading to Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen. While each of these situations presents different challenges, they all have drawn inspiration from each other's struggles, and call for our keen attention and solidarity. 

Come hear from a panel of professors, students, and activists who will be discussing what is at stake in countries throughout the region. Then join us in a discussion about what this means for those of us who want to get involved in solidarity with these movements for liberation and democracy.
 Panelists include: *Farhad Malekafzali,Professor of Political Science *Abdelaadim Bidaoui,Graduate student in Linguistics *Mostafa Omar--Egyptian-American socialist and reporter on the Egyptian revolution, calling in via skype.  *Vukoni Lupa-Lusaga--Solidarity with Democratic Movements  Sponsored by Solidarity with Democratic Movements. For more information, emailjulienball at hotmail.com  		 	   		  
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From gary_jamie at hotmail.com  Sat Apr  2 22:13:22 2011
From: gary_jamie at hotmail.com (Gary/Jamie Storm)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:13:22 -0500
Subject: [Peace] We hope to see you at the Books to Prisoners Spring Booksale
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=X0B19JgxRJRAys+_TMBR-AXrnZzsD=n5DjWE6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=jidKF79OaVxopJ_Pzty3WPgee==S8_N6idf53@mail.gmail.com>,
	<AANLkTi=X0B19JgxRJRAys+_TMBR-AXrnZzsD=n5DjWE6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <SNT138-w10CBA7EBFD5B51BE4F01A2F7A00@phx.gbl>


PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY


Books to Prisoners Spring Book Sale

April 8-10, 2011

Friday: 4-8pm
Saturday: 8am-5pm
Sunday: 10am-2pm*

$0.75 softbacks, $1.00 hardbacks

*fill a bag for $5.00




 
 
 
 		 	   		  
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From briandolinar at gmail.com  Mon Apr  4 11:00:04 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:00:04 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Summer intern with CUCPJ through Midwest Coalition for
	Human Rights
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=_85tKm-oFYcf=uYPCnf5K-i13yQ@mail.gmail.com>

We are now taking applications for a summer intern position with
Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice.
The internship is provided through the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights,
of which CUCPJ is a member.

The position will be to research the local jail, the "Secure Communities"
program (ICE/Sheriff collaboration to deport undocumented CU residents), and
update the CUCPJ web site (cucpj.org).
While not a paid position, it would be a good resume builder for a student
interested in pursuing social justice issues.
Applications are due April 13.

Please forward widely.

BD



The Midwest Coalition 2011 Summer
Internships<http://www.midwesthumanrights.org/midwest-coalition-human-rights-2011-summer-internships>were
recently posted to our website. If you know
*students who may be interested in an internship* with one of our member
organizations over the summer, please forward them the following link:
http://www.midwesthumanrights.org/midwest-coalition-human-rights-2011-summer-internships.
The application deadline is Wednesday April 13.

-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Apr  4 12:11:41 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:11:41 -0500
Subject: [Peace] upcoming events April 4 and beyond / honor MLK today
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=qD4d0=cYSed1Zx98wSADmsVfnbA@mail.gmail.com>

Upcoming events
APRIL 2011

Monday,    April 4            Honor MLK (King was shot April 4, 1968)
Monday,    April 4     7:30am Picketing Negotiations / FAR
Monday,    April 4     4pm    Support Public Education and Public
Workers and memory of MLK / Alma Mater
Tuesday,   April 5            Consolidated Election (vote at your polling place)
Thursday,  April 7     7pm    Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the
Arab World / Room 223 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana,
IL
Thursday,  April 7     8pm?   On UPTV, Chris Hedges
Thursday,  April 7     7:30pm Is Haiti Poor Because...? / Spurlock Museum
Thursday,  April 7     7pmPacific/10pm Eastern      Conference Call on
the US Intervention in Libya. / World Can't Wait
Sunday,    April 10    3pm    Pricele$$ / Channing-Murray /  the way
campaigns are funded
Saturday,  April 9            Bi-coastal rallies, in New York City and
San Francisco by the United National Antiwar Committee - UNAC
Sunday,    April 10    3pm      Screening of "Pricele$$" /
Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon, Urbana, IL
Thursday,  April 21          On UPTV, Kathy Kelly
July 1 thru 4                Socialism conference in Chicago, Illinois

More Detailed View:
-------------------
APRIL 2011
~~~~
April 4, 2011 07:30AM to 09:00AM
picketing negotiations Monday and Tuesday morning
Florida Avenue Residents Hall, 1001 College Court, Urbana
Building and Food Service workers at UI are low-wage workers fighting
for a fair contract at a university that has just handed out fat
raises and bonuses to top administrators, raised tuition 9.5% last
year and 6.9% this year. The workers have taken a strike vote. They
are picketing negotiations Monday and Tuesday morning in a last-ditch
effort to reach an agreement before walking off the job. Please join
in this show of solidarity.
~~~~
Support Public Education and Public Workers; Urbana, IL
Alma Mater on the corner of Green and Wright
April 4, 2011
04:00PM to 05:30PM
Hosted by Katie Walkiewicz
Event Description:
Join local unions, workers, students and community members as we
celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Dr, King was
assassinated when he was fighting for the rights of garbage workers in
Memphis--and we will remember his legacy as we come to together in
support of labor, education and the values of community on this
national day of action.
Sponsored by:
American Federation of Teachers
Local UIUC Graduate Employees' Organization
Location:
Alma Mater on the corner of Green and Wright
Urbana, IL
61820
~~~~
April 5, 2011 Consolidated Election
2011 Election Information:
http://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/2011_Election_Information.html
There is a spirited contest under way for the office of mayor in
Champaign. Champaign School Board Unit 4 is also on the ballot in
Champaign and Savoy. As is Urbana Park District Funding for the new
swimming area.
~~~~
Thursday, April 7, 2011 / 7pm
"Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab World" a panel discussion
Room 223 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL (southwest
corner of the University of Illinois Quadrangle)
~~~~
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Speaker: Albert Valdman
Local Cultures, Global Inequalities: Is Haiti Poor Because of Its Language?
7:30pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana
More information: http://cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx
~~~~
Thursday, April 7
Conference Call April 7th on the US Intervention in Libya.
Join a conversation with:
* William Blum [ http://killinghope.org/ ], author of "Killing Hope:
US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II "and" Rogue
State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower"
* Cindy Sheehan [ http://www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com/ ], anti-war
leader known as the "Peace Mom" since camping out in front of Bush's
Texas residence years ago
* Write for instructions [ debrasweet at worldcantwait.net ] to join in.
~~~~
Friday, April 8
CANCELLED!!!!    ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Gender-Identity and Sexual
Orientation issues in the Military''
YMCA Friday Forum
~~~~
April 9th bi-coastal rallies, in New York City and San Francisco
United National Antiwar Committee - UNAC
 strong solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the strong
opposition to racism and the wave of anti-Islamic hysteria that has
been sweeping the country. The Grand Jury subpoenas in Chicago and
Minneapolis have especially targeted Palestinian solidarity activists
www.unacpeace.org
~~~~
Sunday, April 10  3:00-5:00PM  Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 West
Oregon, Urbana, IL
    Screening of "Pricele$$", documentary about money in politics,
    by the Coffee Party of Champaign-Urbana.

    https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100899436662439

    "The cost of running for office has grown so large that only a tiny sliver
    of Americans can donate anything significant, let alone run themselves.
    Politicians must go to large donors such as the oil &... gas industry,
    agrichemical companies, health insurers, and Wall Street...you
know...the type
    of companies they're supposed to be regulating. ..."

~~~~
April 21, on UPTV
Kathy Kelly
~~~~
JULY 2011
~~~~
Socialism conference in Chicago, 2011, July 1st thru 4th
Here's the website:
http://www.facebook.com/l/fd3570Jq5ydsvb5YgfFaZKr_XLA/www.socialismconference.org/

Here is a preview of some of the talk we can look forward to this year:
Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Future of Humanity ? Obama and
Black Politics ? Is a Second Recession Coming? ? Breaking the Siege of
Gaza ? Is Human Nature a Barrier to Socialism? ? The ABC's of Marxism
? Can a Revolution Happen Here?

The registration cost is $80 for all 4 days. That might sound like a
lot, but you can easily go to 5 or 6 talks every day! If you can only
make it for one day it's only $35.

FREE CHILDCARE is provided!

In the past we have crammed as many people as possible into hotel
rooms so it's more affordable for everyone.
~~~~

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Upcoming events
APRIL 2011

Monday,    April 4            Honor MLK (King was shot April 4, 1968)
Monday,    April 4     7:30am Picketing Negotiations / FAR
Monday,    April 4     4pm    Support Public Education and Public Workers and memory of MLK / Alma Mater
Tuesday,   April 5            Consolidated Election (vote at your polling place)
Thursday,  April 7     7pm    Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab World / Room 223 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL
Thursday,  April 7     8pm?   On UPTV, Chris Hedges
Thursday,  April 7     7:30pm Is Haiti Poor Because...? / Spurlock Museum
Thursday,  April 7     7pmPacific/10pm Eastern      Conference Call on the US Intervention in Libya. / World Can't Wait
Sunday,    April 10    3pm    Pricele$$ / Channing-Murray /  the way campaigns are funded
Saturday,  April 9            Bi-coastal rallies, in New York City and San Francisco by the United National Antiwar Committee - UNAC
Sunday,    April 10    3pm      Screening of "Pricele$$" / Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon, Urbana, IL
Thursday,  April 21          On UPTV, Kathy Kelly
July 1 thru 4                Socialism conference in Chicago, Illinois

More Detailed View:
-------------------
APRIL 2011
~~~~
April 4, 2011 07:30AM to 09:00AM
picketing negotiations Monday and Tuesday morning
Florida Avenue Residents Hall, 1001 College Court, Urbana
Building and Food Service workers at UI are low-wage workers fighting
for a fair contract at a university that has just handed out fat
raises and bonuses to top administrators, raised tuition 9.5% last
year and 6.9% this year. The workers have taken a strike vote. They
are picketing negotiations Monday and Tuesday morning in a last-ditch
effort to reach an agreement before walking off the job. Please join
in this show of solidarity.
~~~~
Support Public Education and Public Workers; Urbana, IL
Alma Mater on the corner of Green and Wright
April 4, 2011 
04:00PM to 05:30PM
Hosted by Katie Walkiewicz
Event Description:
Join local unions, workers, students and community members as we
celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Dr, King was
assassinated when he was fighting for the rights of garbage workers in
Memphis--and we will remember his legacy as we come to together in
support of labor, education and the values of community on this
national day of action.
Sponsored by:
American Federation of Teachers
Local UIUC Graduate Employees' Organization
Location:
Alma Mater on the corner of Green and Wright
Urbana, IL
61820
~~~~
April 5, 2011 Consolidated Election
2011 Election Information: http://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/2011_Election_Information.html
There is a spirited contest under way for the office of mayor in Champaign. Champaign School Board Unit 4 is also on the ballot in Champaign and Savoy. As is Urbana Park District Funding for the new swimming area.
~~~~
Thursday, April 7, 2011 / 7pm 
"Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab World" a panel discussion
Room 223 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL (southwest corner of the University of Illinois Quadrangle)
~~~~
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Speaker: Albert Valdman
Local Cultures, Global Inequalities: Is Haiti Poor Because of Its Language?
7:30pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana 
More information: http://cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx
~~~~
Thursday, April 7
Conference Call April 7th on the US Intervention in Libya.
Join a conversation with:
* William Blum [ http://killinghope.org/ ], author of "Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II "and" Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower"
* Cindy Sheehan [ http://www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com/ ], anti-war leader known as the "Peace Mom" since camping out in front of Bush's Texas residence years ago
* Write for instructions [ debrasweet at worldcantwait.net ] to join in.
~~~~
Friday, April 8
CANCELLED!!!!    ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Gender-Identity and Sexual Orientation issues in the Military''
YMCA Friday Forum
~~~~
April 9th bi-coastal rallies, in New York City and San Francisco
United National Antiwar Committee - UNAC
 strong solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the strong opposition to racism and the wave of anti-Islamic hysteria that has been sweeping the country. The Grand Jury subpoenas in Chicago and Minneapolis have especially targeted Palestinian solidarity activists
www.unacpeace.org
~~~~
Sunday, April 10  3:00-5:00PM  Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon, Urbana, IL
    Screening of "Pricele$$", documentary about money in politics,
    by the Coffee Party of Champaign-Urbana.

    https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100899436662439

    "The cost of running for office has grown so large that only a tiny sliver
    of Americans can donate anything significant, let alone run themselves.
    Politicians must go to large donors such as the oil &... gas industry,
    agrichemical companies, health insurers, and Wall Street...you know...the type
    of companies they're supposed to be regulating. ..."

~~~~
April 21, on UPTV
Kathy Kelly 
~~~~
JULY 2011
~~~~
Socialism conference in Chicago, 2011, July 1st thru 4th
Here's the website:
http://www.facebook.com/l/fd3570Jq5ydsvb5YgfFaZKr_XLA/www.socialismconference.org/

Here is a preview of some of the talk we can look forward to this year:
Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Future of Humanity ? Obama and Black Politics ? Is a Second Recession Coming? ? Breaking the Siege of Gaza ? Is Human Nature a Barrier to Socialism? ? The ABC's of Marxism ? Can a Revolution Happen Here?

The registration cost is $80 for all 4 days. That might sound like a lot, but you can easily go to 5 or 6 talks every day! If you can only make it for one day it's only $35.

FREE CHILDCARE is provided!

In the past we have crammed as many people as possible into hotel rooms so it's more affordable for everyone.
~~~~

           ###

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Apr  4 12:38:25 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:38:25 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Monday,
 April 4 / 4pm / Support Public Education and Public Workers and
 memory of MLK / Alma Mater
Message-ID: <BANLkTinnOUGFdbS54pMHModsqbtTsSBniQ@mail.gmail.com>

TODAY! April 4th, 4 p.m. Join local teachers, students and educators
for a rally to be held at the Alma Mater.  This is part of a NATIONAL
day of action.  Across the country workers will be standing up for
their rights, staging work actions, rallies, and other creative
events.  Today's rally also honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., assassinated on this day in 1968 while he fought for the rights
of garbage workers in Memphis. We remember his legacy as we continue
to fight for labor, education and the values of community. Be part of
this historic day!

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Apr  5 12:52:48 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:52:48 -0500
Subject: [Peace] events at the IMC this weekend / SURGE Film Festival /
 Books to Prisoners Book Sale / CUCPJ meeting / Boneyard at the IMC
Message-ID: <BANLkTik36MEFE4WNJnZ6ca2h06LRuifATA@mail.gmail.com>

Events at the IMC, 202 South Broadway, this weekend:
Quick description:
Friday,    April 8      8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival
Friday,    April 8      4pm-8pm Books to Prisoners Book Sale
Saturday,  April 9   8am-5pm Books to Prisoners Book Sale
Saturday,  April 9   10am-11:30am      Boneyard at the IMC
Saturday,  April 9     4pm-6pm CUCPJ Meeting
Sunday,    April 10    10am-2pm Books to Prisoners Book Sale
Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival


Some details about these events:
Friday, April 8 - Sunday, April 10
SURGE: Social Uprising Resistance Grassroots Encouragement -- a
touring film festival curated by A World Beyond Capitalism. The
at the IMC, 202 South Broadway
Part of the Boneyard Arts Festival.
April 8, 2011 8:30pm - 10:30pm
April 9, 8:30pm - 10:30pm
April 10, 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Contact Information
Contact Name:
Mark Enslin
Phone Number:
212-518-3018
Email Address:
enslin.mark at gmail.com

CUCPJ = Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice

From andy17mex at yahoo.com  Tue Apr  5 15:41:06 2011
From: andy17mex at yahoo.com (andrea herrera)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 13:41:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Undocumented Youth Arrested!
Message-ID: <335916.31996.qm@web112111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hey Everyone!
Here is an email that a friend of mine put together in order to garner support 
for the 7 undocumented youth that have just been arrested at Georgia State 
University, please send it out to all your contacts and Thank you!
Andrea Herrera

Update email - More concise: I also apologize for sending so many emails! Just 
trying my best...

They are being taken to the Atlanta Detention Center.

Just to make sure you all know how to help:

1. The first petition is here: http://action.dreamactivist.org/georgiaban/ - 
There will be more soon
 Another one is 
here: http://www.change.org/petitions/condemn-hb-59-dont-let-georgia-ban-immigrant-students


2. Funding to get her out on bail is 
here: http://www.thedreamiscoming.com/andrea/

3. Funding to get her back from Georgia to Illinois is 
here: http://andrea1david2.chipin.com/andrea-and-david-organizing-in-georgia

4. The main two websites with the main information 
- http://www.iyjl.org/ and http://www.thedreamiscoming.com/

5. Finally some major social media outlets with all the information 
- http://twitter.com/IYJL and http://twitter.com/#!/agrsierra

Thanks
Shikhank
PS - Sign the petitions and change your facebook profile and raise money!
- Show quoted text -
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From andy17mex at yahoo.com  Tue Apr  5 18:51:27 2011
From: andy17mex at yahoo.com (andrea herrera)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:51:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Emergency MeetingTonight Regarding Arrests in Georgia
Message-ID: <37946.58693.qm@web112108.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hey Everyone,

 There will be an
 Emergency  meeting TONIGHT at 8:30 pm being held by La Colectiva and IDREAM @ 
La  Casa 


about the recent arrests of 7 Undocumented Youth in Georgia.Please attend and 
forward to other people or organizations!
Andrea Herrera
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From julienball at hotmail.com  Wed Apr  6 10:45:38 2011
From: julienball at hotmail.com (Julien Ball)
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:45:38 +0000
Subject: [Peace] TOMORROW: Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab World
Message-ID: <COL122-W420905794F90C3B391B31BDDA50@phx.gbl>


Revolutions in 2011: Democracies in the Arab WorldThursday, April 7, 7 PMGregory Hall R. 223 810 S. Wright Street (southwest corner of UIUC's main quad) Popular revolutions and movements for democratic change have been sweeping the Arab world, overthrowing U.S.-backed autocracies in Tunisia and Egypt, then spreading to Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen. While each of these situations presents different challenges, they all have drawn inspiration from each other's struggles, and call for our keen attention and solidarity. Come hear from a panel of professors, students, and activists who will be discussing what is at stake in countries throughout the region. Then join us in a discussion about what this means for those of us who want to get involved in solidarity with these movements for liberation and democracy. Panelists include: *Farhad Malekafzali,Professor of Political Science *Abdelaadim Bidaoui,Graduate student in Linguistics *Mostafa Omar--Egyptian-American socialist and reporter on the Egyptian revolution, calling in via skype.  *Vukoni Lupa-Lusaga--Solidarity with Democratic Movements  Sponsored by Solidarity with Democratic Movements. For more information, email julienball at hotmail.com
 		 	   		  
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From enslin.mark at gmail.com  Thu Apr  7 11:57:04 2011
From: enslin.mark at gmail.com (mark enslin)
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:57:04 -0500
Subject: [Peace] S.U.R.G.E. & Love Unlimited: two film festivals at IMC this
	weekend
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References: <BANLkTimL9K8ttRp12qC25cwX--OBREs3bw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTikKZrLEHdLtZEUm9OOs1A6wQ53Pqg@mail.gmail.com>

This weekend at the IMC, as part of the Boneyard Arts Fest, I am hosting T,
a friend and multi-faceted activist who is touring with two film festivals
he helps curate:

Friday April 8, 8:30-11:30, UCIMC 202 S. Broadway, Urbana
The S.U.R.G.E. film festival (Social Uprising Resistance and Grassroots
Encouragement) http://www.WeSurge.org
Two films:
1. A Radically Different World View Is Possible, The Gift Economy Inside and
Outside of Patriarchal Capitalism Pt 6 of 9 Corinne Kumar, Patricia
Pearlman, Vicki Noble, Maria Jimenez
 2. Red Dust directed by Karin Mak

Sunday April 9, 8:30-11:30, UCIMC
The Love Unlimited film festival   http://lovefilmandart.org/
"The Love Unlimited Film Festival and Art Exhibition is dedicated to
international outreach in order to promote love through Film, Visual Arts,
Music and Screenplay Writing. Its mission is to help promote love worldwide
- while encouraging people to continue working for a better world!"

both showings are free
(The Boneyard Festival brochure lists these on Saturday, but the showings
are actually on Friday & Sunday)

sponsored locally by the School for Designing a Society
please forward
thanks,
Mark Enslin
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Fri Apr  8 17:15:30 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:15:30 -0500
Subject: [Peace] report from "Revolutions in 2011"
Message-ID: <BANLkTikU5uBuVc5W1vm8pO_3EXf2WOjtdA@mail.gmail.com>

This was really a fantastic event:
Thursday,  April 7, 2011   7pm      Revolutions in 2011: Democracies
in the Arab World / Room 223 Gregory Hall

The speakers were an activist, a professor, a linguist, ... from
Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Uganda. Their perspectives were eye-opening,
informative, and thought-provoking.

I look forward to more events by the new group: Solidarity with
Democratic Movements

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Fri Apr  8 21:36:35 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 21:36:35 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Love your neighbor / family dance evening at the Quaker
	Meetinghouse
Message-ID: <BANLkTinipw5=_PT-m7wUxaV8nnhAiY4=NQ@mail.gmail.com>

The Quakers, aka Friends Meeting, have long been a peace community.
The local Friends Meeting is hosting a dance, inviting the public out
to a family event.

Saturday, April 9, 2011
7-9pm
at the Friends Meetinghouse, 1904 E. Main Street, Urbana.

?Love Your Neighbor?.Bring Your Neighbor!?
Live Music, Dancing, Cake Walk, Dessert Bar!

Longer description:
The Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting will have a contra dance,
cakewalk, and dessert bar on Saturday, April 9, 7-9 PM at the Friends
Meetinghouse, 1904 E. Main Street, Urbana.? The Tornado Alley Cats
with Corbin Phillips, Andrew Hoetker, Marina and Martin Hope will
provide the music, and Tom Anderson will teach and call the dances.

A donation (large or small) at the door will help support the U-C
Friends Emergency Fund, as well as the school costs of a child
affected by AIDs in Uganda, a project of the African Great Lakes
Initiative.

Please come and bring your friends for lots of fun, including contra
dancing, prizes, and yummy desserts.? Parking is available at the
Meetinghouse or across the street in the ILEAS parking lot.? For more
information, please contact Charlotte Green at charlotteg588 at gmail.com
or 355-1646.

From briandolinar at gmail.com  Sat Apr  9 09:22:32 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 09:22:32 -0500
Subject: [Peace] "Poetry for the People": Now Accepting Submissions
Message-ID: <BANLkTinowMp3JbgnCE7C5rFKjTFiCfB9Qw@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings,

After a series of successful workshops with several talented poets, we are
now collecting poems for our "Poetry for the People" issue of the *Public i*.

We will be publishing an insert of local poetry in the April issue to
celebrate Poetry History Month.
Whether you are a novice or a master, we want your poetry!

Our deadline is April 20. Please reply to me to submit your poetry.

On Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 we will be holding an issue release party /
open mic with host Aaron Ammons of SPEAK Cafe.
It will be held at the Independent Media Center in the old post office in
downtown Urbana.
The event will be free - refreshments provided.

Peace, BD
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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From briandolinar at gmail.com  Sun Apr 10 09:51:22 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:51:22 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Urgent Community Meeting - CUCPJ hosts visit by Chief
	Frazier
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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Sun Apr 10 16:49:06 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:49:06 -0500
Subject: [Peace] rough draft of upcoming events / Eric Heim's senior project
 / How to eliminate police abuse / McCollum's lawsuit to stop mandatory
 religious sessions in Champaign public schools
Message-ID: <BANLkTim9e92rAGBr+Nic2xqeL4fhr+RSMg@mail.gmail.com>

I know I am missing some things, but can't figure out what is missing...

Upcoming events
APRIL 2011

Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC /
202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Monday, April 11       7:30AM-9AM act: SEIU Picket for A Fair Contract
/ FAR (Florida Ave Res Hall, 1001 College Court)
Monday,    April 11    5:30pm talk: The 1970 UIUC Student Strike:
Lessons for our Present Struggles / 215 Gregory Hall / ISO / Eric
Heim's senior thesis work
Monday,    April 11    7pm    film watching (private) / Jenifer
Cartwright's basement / 503 Hessel Blvd, Champaign, Illinois
Wednesday, April 13    noon   talk: 'The Lord is Not on Trial Here
Today,' / Law School auditorium / 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue,
Champaign, IL
Thursday,  April 14    5:30pm Urbana Civilian Police Review Board /
review and reauthorization recommendation / 400 South Vine Street,
Urbana, IL
Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU
Citizens for Peace and Justice / How to eliminate police abuse / Salem
Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign
Monday,    April 18    6pm   forum: What's Behind U.S. Intervention in
Libya?: A Public Forum / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Thursday,  April 21          watch: On UPTV (channel 6), Kathy Kelly
July 1 thru 4                Socialism conference in Chicago, Illinois
[
The following are non-peace related, but important to schedule around:
* Ebertfest Wednesday April 27 through May 1: http://www.ebertfest.com/
* UIUC Reading Day is Thursday, May 5
* Market at the Square, Urbana, May 7 through November 5, 2011; 7am-12pm
* Dump and Run collections Monday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 11
* UIUC Commencement is Sunday, May 15
]


More Detailed View:
-------------------
APRIL 2011
~~~~
SURGE Film Festival
Social Uprising Resistance Grassroots Encouragement: SURGE -- a
touring film festival curated by A World Beyond Capitalism.
Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC /
202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
~~~~
Monday, April 11, 5:30pm-8:30pm / 215 Gregory Hall (Wright and Armory)
"The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for our Present Struggles"
Eric Heim, Senior in History, will be narrating what happened in this
very same campus of ours, more than four decades ago, when the same
issues were being raised and similar battles being fought. What can
our movements learn from this not-so-well-known past? What tactics can
we emulate? What errors should we avoid? As our brothers and sisters
in SEIU fight for a fair Contract and are on the verge of a strike...
As our undocumented sisters and brothers continue to fight for a Dream
Scholarship... As we prepare for yet another round of activities in
the long fight to save public education... As we all see how the U.S.
labor giant is awakening from a long sleep... As we all hear of people
all over the planet fighting back - and hard - to regain their
futures...
Lively debate will follow, provided you attend.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201252893239344
~~~~
For those of you who missed the ACLU's screening of this film, made by
local ACLU member Jay Rosenstein, here's another opportunity to see
it.  The film is about Champaign resident Vashti McCollum's lawsuit to
stop mandatory religious sessions in Champaign public schools that
resulted in the 1948 landmark Supreme Court decision.

Screening of Peabody Award-winning documentary Wednesday
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  'The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today,' the new Peabody Award-winning
  documentary by journalism professor Jay Rosenstein, will be screened
  at the U. of I. Law School auditorium at noon Wednesday (April 13).
  The event, sponsored by the law school chapter of the American Civil
  Liberties Union, is free and open to the public.
~~~~
Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU
Citizens for Peace and Justice /
"How to eliminate police abuse": speaker Leon E. Frazier / Salem
Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign

C U Citizens for Peace and Justice, along with a host of co-sponsors
such as the local chapter of the NAACP, are inviting you to attend,
share your stories and offer your input in how to eliminate police
abuse. Eliminating Police Abuse; A discussion with African-American
Ex-Police Chief Leon E. Frazier about police culture, police and
community responsibility in eliminating police abuse.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196251027073438
~~~~
April 21, on UPTV channel 6
Kathy Kelly
~~~~
~~~~
JULY 2011
~~~~
Socialism conference in Chicago, 2011, July 1st thru 4th
Here's the website:
http://www.socialismconference.org/

Here is a preview of some of the talk we can look forward to this year:
Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Future of Humanity ? Obama and
Black Politics ? Is a Second Recession Coming? ? Breaking the Siege of
Gaza ? Is Human Nature a Barrier to Socialism? ? The ABC's of Marxism
? Can a Revolution Happen Here?

Featured Speakers:
Anthony Arnove ? Omar Barghouti ? John Carlos ? Todd Chretien ? Mark
Clements ? Paul D'Amato ? Steve Early ? Egyptian Activists ? Sam
Farber ? Joel Geier ? Anand Gopal ? Paul LeBlanc ? Alan Maass ?
Marlene Martin ? Scott McLemee ? Immanuel Ness ? Khury Petersen-Smith
? Mostafa Omar ? Jennifer Roesch ? Ahmed Shawki ? Sharon Smith ?
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ? Sherry Wolf ? Dave Zirin

The registration cost is $80 for all 4 days. That might sound like a
lot, but you can easily go to 5 or 6 talks every day! If you can only
make it for one day it's only $35.

FREE CHILDCARE is provided!

In the past we have crammed as many people as possible into hotel
rooms so it's more affordable for everyone.
~~~~

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Upcoming events
APRIL 2011

Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Monday, April 11       7:30AM-9AM act: SEIU Picket for A Fair Contract / FAR (Florida Ave Res Hall, 1001 College Court)
Monday,    April 11    5:30pm talk: The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for our Present Struggles / 215 Gregory Hall / ISO / Eric Heim's senior thesis work
Monday,    April 11    7pm    film watching (private) / Jenifer Cartwright's basement / 503 Hessel Blvd, Champaign, Illinois
Wednesday, April 13    noon   talk: 'The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today,' / Law School auditorium / 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL
Thursday,  April 14    5:30pm Urbana Civilian Police Review Board / review and reauthorization recommendation / 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, IL
Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU Citizens for Peace and Justice / How to eliminate police abuse / Salem Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign
Monday,    April 18    6pm   forum: What's Behind U.S. Intervention in Libya?: A Public Forum / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Thursday,  April 21          watch: On UPTV (channel 6), Kathy Kelly
July 1 thru 4                Socialism conference in Chicago, Illinois
[
The following are non-peace related, but important to schedule around: 
* Ebertfest Wednesday April 27 through May 1: http://www.ebertfest.com/
* UIUC Reading Day is Thursday, May 5
* Market at the Square, Urbana, May 7 through November 5, 2011; 7am-12pm
* Dump and Run collections Monday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 11
* UIUC Commencement is Sunday, May 15
]


More Detailed View:
-------------------
APRIL 2011
~~~~
SURGE Film Festival
Social Uprising Resistance Grassroots Encouragement: SURGE -- a touring film festival curated by A World Beyond Capitalism.
Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
~~~~
Monday, April 11, 5:30pm-8:30pm / 215 Gregory Hall (Wright and Armory)
"The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for our Present Struggles"
Eric Heim, Senior in History, will be narrating what happened in this very same campus of ours, more than four decades ago, when the same issues were being raised and similar battles being fought. What can our movements learn from this not-so-well-known past? What tactics can we emulate? What errors should we avoid? As our brothers and sisters in SEIU fight for a fair Contract and are on the verge of a strike... As our undocumented sisters and brothers continue to fight for a Dream Scholarship... As we prepare for yet another round of activities in the long fight to save public education... As we all see how the U.S. labor giant is awakening from a long sleep... As we all hear of people all over the planet fighting back - and hard - to regain their futures...
Lively debate will follow, provided you attend.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201252893239344
~~~~
Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU Citizens for Peace and Justice / 
"How to eliminate police abuse": speaker Leon E. Frazier / Salem Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign

C U Citizens for Peace and Justice, along with a host of co-sponsors such as the local chapter of the NAACP, are inviting you to attend, share your stories and offer your input in how to eliminate police abuse. Eliminating Police Abuse; A discussion with African-American Ex-Police Chief Leon E. Frazier about police culture, police and community responsibility in eliminating police abuse.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196251027073438
~~~~
April 21, on UPTV channel 6
Kathy Kelly 
~~~~
~~~~
JULY 2011
~~~~
Socialism conference in Chicago, 2011, July 1st thru 4th
Here's the website:
http://www.socialismconference.org/

Here is a preview of some of the talk we can look forward to this year:
Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Future of Humanity ? Obama and Black Politics ? Is a Second Recession Coming? ? Breaking the Siege of Gaza ? Is Human Nature a Barrier to Socialism? ? The ABC's of Marxism ? Can a Revolution Happen Here?

Featured Speakers: 
Anthony Arnove ? Omar Barghouti ? John Carlos ? Todd Chretien ? Mark Clements ? Paul D'Amato ? Steve Early ? Egyptian Activists ? Sam Farber ? Joel Geier ? Anand Gopal ? Paul LeBlanc ? Alan Maass ? Marlene Martin ? Scott McLemee ? Immanuel Ness ? Khury Petersen-Smith ? Mostafa Omar ? Jennifer Roesch ? Ahmed Shawki ? Sharon Smith ? Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ? Sherry Wolf ? Dave Zirin

The registration cost is $80 for all 4 days. That might sound like a lot, but you can easily go to 5 or 6 talks every day! If you can only make it for one day it's only $35.

FREE CHILDCARE is provided!

In the past we have crammed as many people as possible into hotel rooms so it's more affordable for everyone.
~~~~

           ###

From briandolinar at gmail.com  Mon Apr 11 09:35:26 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:35:26 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Inaugural Mini Maker Faire this weekend at IMC
Message-ID: <BANLkTin64yPsLTwohDs1b0ZYA-FncjxxSQ@mail.gmail.com>

Some folks with a DIY spirit might enjoy this event. BD

*Inaugural Mini Maker Faire comes to Urbana-Champaign:
Do-it-yourself event brings technology and craft together under one roof*

Join us for the inaugural Urbana-Champaign Mini Maker Faire on Saturday,
April 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Independent Media Center, 202 S.
Broadway, in downtown Urbana. Prices: $3 for adults; $1 for kids under 12.



This one-day, family-friendly event celebrates the Do-It-Yourself spirit in
our community with demonstrations in arts, crafts, engineering, music,
science, and technology projects. At the UC Mini Maker Faire, the focus is
on the process of making?not just the finished product. Unlike a typical
sale or bazaar, Makers show how to create things instead of just selling
their wares.



Emerging from the national ?maker movement? founded largely by MAKE
Magazine, Make: Online, and CRAFT, Maker Faires have rapidly made a
significant impact on American culture today. These regional events feature
things people create themselves, from James Bond-worthy electronic gizmos to
robotics and rockets, to crocheted food items and yarn bombs. There has been
extensive national coverage of the ?maker movement? in publications such as
the New York Times, CNN, and ABC News. Find more information about the Maker
Faire movement at http://makerfaire.com.



?This day of learning offers people skills instead of just more stuff,? said
Brian Duggan, co-organizer of UC Mini Maker Faire and co-founder of
Makerspace Urbana, a community group of the Independent Media Center that
provides an open technology lab for folks to build, tinker, innovate, and
share.



UC Maker Faire is organized by a team of DiYers headed by Duggan and Sarah
Dolinar, local knitter and marketing/communications specialist. The
committee includes Erich Heine, Jonathan Manton, Debra Woods, and Gail Rost
and Peter Woods, both of The I.D.E.A. Store of the Champaign Unified Schools
Foundation.


UC Mini Maker Faire includes a variety of makers: The I.D.E.A Store; the
FabLab; Makerspace Urbana; Central Illinois Aerospace; Radical Librarians;
CMKT4; the Bike Project of Champaign-Urbana; Wind, Water & Light; the
Costume Closet of the IMC; ODDMUSIC Urbana-Champaign; and the School for
Designing a Society. Demonstrations will range from paper folding to bike
maintenance, from zine-making to rocket-making, from sewing skills to
designing musical instruments.



The event is sponsored by Makerspace Urbana, The I.D.E.A. Store, University
of Illinois NetMath Program, Dixon Graphics, and Common Ground Food Co-op;
and is supported by MAKE and CRAFT magazines. More information at
http://ucmakerfaire.blogspot.com.



*Information about Makerspace Urbana*

Makerspace Urbana is a community group, whose goal is to "provide an open
community lab where people of diverse backgrounds can learn, teach, tinker,
collaborate, share, innovate, socialize, and create."  Towards this end they
provide space, equipment and know-how so people at all levels can come and
build things that would otherwise be inaccessible to them. Makerspace Urbana
achieves this by a combination of open hours, small workshops, and long-term
projects. Recently they hosted a afternoon session on how to make an
electric instrument out anything, using piezoelectric microphones. As a
current project, they are a participating in a competition called the Great
Global Hackerspace Challenge The GGHC provided a grant to Makerspace Urbana,
and in return, they are building robots for education.  For more info please
visit the website athttp://makerspaceurbana.org.

-- 
Sarah Dolinar
sarahdolinar at gmail.com

*Join me at the UC MINI MAKER FAIRE*
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 10am - 3pm
Independent Media Center, downtown Urbana
make | craft | inspire

ucmakerfaire.blogspot.com


-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 11 17:06:49 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:06:49 -0500
Subject: [Peace] (Monday 4/11): The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for
 our Present Struggles / what happened in this very same campus of ours,
 more than four decades ago
Message-ID: <BANLkTinDT5YTrAsFvdRPKtnMgkvgmZFpNQ@mail.gmail.com>

Reminder! This is happening in about half an hour.
"The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for our Present Struggles"
Monday, April 11, 5:30 PM
Greg Hall R. 215 (southwest corner of quad)

Eric Heim, Senior in History, will be narrating what happened in this
very same campus of ours, more than four decades ago, when the same
issues were being raised and similar battles being fought. What can
our movements learn from this not-so-well-known past? What tactics can
we emulate? What errors should we avoid?

As our brothers and sisters in SEIU fight for a fair Contract and are
on the verge of a strike... As our undocumented sisters and brothers
continue to fight for a Dream Scholarship... As we prepare for yet
another round of activities in the long fight to save public
education... As we all see how the U.S. labor giant is awakening from
a long sleep... As we all hear of people all over the planet fighting
back - and hard - to regain their futures...

Lively debate will follow, provided you attend. For more info, contact
ldamian21 at gmail.com

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 11 17:28:06 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:28:06 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Immigration Forum meeting Apr 12
Message-ID: <BANLkTinOTk2qN36Z0Er6q622CGDwh3H3jQ@mail.gmail.com>

Some on the Peace List might be interested in the Immigration Forum
which meets monthly at the YMCA on campus.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
5PM (instead of 4PM, as previously held).
Wahl Room (on the second floor) of the YMCA (1001 South Wright Street,
Champaign, Illinois)

We have a lot to discuss, including:
* Report-back from the Guatemalan Mobile Consulate
* Report-back from the Community Forum ("Know Your Rights" Training
for Spanish-speaking Immigrants)
* Planning for Ricardo and Stacy's conversation with Sheriff Walsh
about Secure Communities
* Report on Andrea Rosales Protest in Atlanta, and update on La
Colectiva fundraising efforts for a DREAM Scholarship
* Claire, Pat, and Ricardo's planned visit to Springfield to talk
about "Immigration as a Moral Issue"
* Refugee Center Fundraiser

... Other updates and reports by participants

Immigrant Helpline:? 217-417-5897

From jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com  Wed Apr 13 11:20:33 2011
From: jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com (Jane Marshall)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:20:33 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Full Moon Drum Circle SUNDAY 4/17
Message-ID: <BANLkTinnFK6mz1daGuUxkavcwaPjpnYHBg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear friends,
Please come to the first FMDC of 2011!

What:
Drumming, dancing, listening = FUN! You do not need to play music or dance.
Just relax and listen to the beats and the whistling of the crickets.

Bring:
Yourself, friends, family, drums, shakers, any other instruments,
animals....

When:
9pm, Sunday, April 17

Place:
Under the light of the full moon at the pond at the Japan House. Please
note, parking lot entrance is on Lincoln, just south of Florida/Lincoln
intersection.

Directions: http://webtools.uiuc.edu/ricker/CampusMap?target=dis
playMap&grid=SSee More

-- 
Jane Marie Marshall
School of Social Work Doctoral Candidate
Odyssey Project Co-Coordinator
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From jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com  Wed Apr 13 16:57:57 2011
From: jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com (Jane Marshall)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:57:57 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Okay
In-Reply-To: <8CDA02730CA458F-151C-4DEE3@Webmail-d119.sysops.aol.com>
References: <AANLkTi=ntnkr9-To1LjBjd9052SR0xuuoTrCb9E7+ciO@mail.gmail.com>
	<8CDA02730CA458F-151C-4DEE3@Webmail-d119.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTineW5KV-LB77Dfwe9F_6sNqZd+12A@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Peace & Justice Members,
Please email me if you would like to CONTINUE receiving emails about the
monthly FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLE, as I will no longer be sending reminder
emails to your listserv per a member's request.
Thanks,
Jane
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From jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com  Wed Apr 13 17:09:20 2011
From: jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com (Jane Marshall)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:09:20 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Drum Circle PLEASE READ
Message-ID: <BANLkTik1pKg8bRV4K4zQe-wpMsqCW=tKTw@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Peace & Justice Members,
Please email me if you would like to CONTINUE receiving emails about the
monthly FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLE, as I will no longer be sending reminder
emails to your listserv per a member's request.
Thanks,
Jane

-- 
Jane Marie Marshall
School of Social Work Doctoral Candidate
Odyssey Project Co-Coordinator
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From andy17mex at yahoo.com  Wed Apr 13 10:53:47 2011
From: andy17mex at yahoo.com (andrea herrera)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:53:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Fw: Fwd: FW: This is Tonight: Whose Side Are You On
	Fundraiser?
Message-ID: <937745.52252.qm@web112104.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>





----- Forwarded Message ----
From: andrea herrera <andy17mex at yahoo.com>
To: andy17mex at yahoo.com; bpeterson2008 at yahoo.com; abel Pascoe 
<abel_pasco at yahoo.com>; Ana Orrala <anaorrala at yahoo.com>; ana orrala 
<chuchi_orrala at yahoo.com>; Annie Sun <ocannie2002 at yahoo.com.hk>; Azucena Garnica 
Pati?o <more_mendoza21 at hotmail.com>; brenda pascoe <sta.brenda_smgl at yahoo.com>; 
cathy <jurbina620 at aol.com>; Claudia Almaguer Nu?ez 
<claudiaalmaguer at prodigy.net.mx>; Damian Reyes <ldamian21 at gmail.com>; denise 
herrera <denise_herreraorrala at yahoo.com>; devon tubbs <devontubbs at comcast.net>; 
devon tubbs <devontubbs at comcast.net>; Diana almager <dianapooh_15 at yahoo.com>; 
Duc Nguyen <littledubi2005 at yahoo.de>; eduardo castro 
<castroalmaraz2005 at yahoo.com.mx>; elena hernandez <elena.hernandez at wamu.net>; 
Elfega Hernandez <dramaticmexican7 at sbcglobal.net>; elias herrera 
<arsereg_yuyo at yahoo.com>; Elvis Herrera <elvhr at yahoo.com.mx>; Erick Bastidas 
<er1ck32ecu at hotmail.com>; Erick Orrala <erickorrala at yahoo.com>; Fernando 
<frjativa at hotmail.com>; gabriela granada <gabriela_granada at yahoo.com>; hugo 
hernandez <mepos at hotmail.com>; Ivan Orrala <orrala_021179 at yahoo.com.mx>; janet 
herrera <azulkrystal at yahoo.com.mx>; Janet Herrera <mi.janethr at ymail.com>; 
jehudiel jimenez <you_das at yahoo.com>; Jenn Meisenheimer <jennmeis5 at gmail.com>; 
jennifer meisenheimer <jmeisenheimer at d131.org>; jody coyle 
<flaminferret at comcast.net>; Lalito castro <ecos81 at gmail.com>; maria alejandra 
<princesa0824 at hotmail.com>; Marty Orrala <martyorrala at yahoo.com>; Mary 
<mccormack.m.e at gmail.com>; Mitali Perkins <mitaliperk at yahoo.com>; Mizael El Rey 
<restriccion_m at yahoo.com>; moni herrera <roseofbattle at yahoo.com>; Mr. Hopp 
<rfhopp at netscape.net>; Mr. Powles <bpowles1564 at yahoo.com>; Mr. Scharlau 
<wscharlau at ourschoolbytes.com>; Mrs. Meisenheimer <jennmeis5 at mchsi.com>; 
Mrs.DeNood <jdenood at d131.org>; Mrs.WILLIS <ywillis at d131.org>; omar alan herrera 
<alanocturna_0 at yahoo.com.mx>; Pascoe Santiago <signtiago at yahoo.com>; Patricia P 
<patriciamoonshine16 at yahoo.de>; rene orrala <orralagreen at yahoo.com>; rodrigo 
madrigal <rmadrigal515 at yahoo.com>; sally culloton <salliezig at aol.com>; suzi 
Angel <slayer_1203 at yahoo.com>; tania pascoe <ruffles_azul at yahoo.com.mx>; tania 
pascoe <tan_pasco at hotmail.com>; teresa orrala <teresa_orrala at yahoo.com.mx>; 
Valerie Gingrey <vg_rat at yahoo.com>; william bourlier <zerotozip at yahoo.com>; 
Yolanda Willis <smlasp34 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, April 13, 2011 10:53:05 AM
Subject: Fw: Fwd: FW: This is Tonight: Whose Side Are You On Fundraiser?




Hey Everyone,
Please take the time to read this email and the attachment. It is about the 
fundraiser going on tonight to support Andrea Rosales and the others in the 
Georgia 7. I apologize if you get multiple emails and also please help spread 
this message.
Thank you very much and have a good day!
Andrea Herrera


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Andrea herrera <andy17mex at gmail.com>
To: andy17mex at yahoo.com
Sent: Wed, April 13,  2011 10:40:08 AM
Subject: Fwd: FW: This is Tonight




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From: Rodriguez, Alicia P <aprodrig at illinois.edu>
Date: Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Subject: FW: This is Tonight
To: "mlcastan at illinois.edu" <mlcastan at illinois.edu>



Hi Alicia,

Here is the flier from La Colectiva about tonight's fundraiser supporting 
Andrea. I'm also attaching the message that the Georgia 7 activists wanted us 
all to read. Could you forward these to faculty, staff, and students?

Thank you!
Lisa
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From ewj at pigs.ag  Thu Apr 14 00:11:24 2011
From: ewj at pigs.ag (=?UTF-8?B?IkUuIFdheW5lIEpvaG5zb24g5pyx56iz5qOuIg==?=)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:11:24 +0800
Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Drum Circle PLEASE READ
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTik1pKg8bRV4K4zQe-wpMsqCW=tKTw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTik1pKg8bRV4K4zQe-wpMsqCW=tKTw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4DA681FC.1090507@pigs.ag>

I always enjoyed seeing the Drum Circle announcements although
I never attended and now live far enough away that I am unlikely
to attend.

Apologies for who ever it was that needed to object.

The peace announcement list seems to be a rather grouchy lot for
being peace activists.

Let's have more drumming for peace and
less hearing of the drums of war.


On 2011-4-14 6:09, Jane Marshall wrote:
> Dear Peace & Justice Members,
> Please email me if you would like to CONTINUE receiving emails about 
> the monthly FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLE, as I will no longer be sending 
> reminder emails to your listserv per a member's request.
> Thanks,
> Jane
>
> -- 
> Jane Marie Marshall
> School of Social Work Doctoral Candidate
> Odyssey Project Co-Coordinator
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace-discuss mailing list
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss
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From rstorm2 at illinois.edu  Thu Apr 14 08:46:01 2011
From: rstorm2 at illinois.edu (Rachel Storm)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:46:01 -0500
Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Drum Circle PLEASE READ
In-Reply-To: <4DA681FC.1090507@pigs.ag>
References: <BANLkTik1pKg8bRV4K4zQe-wpMsqCW=tKTw@mail.gmail.com>
	<4DA681FC.1090507@pigs.ag>
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=Ez4Gp2AJumcf9XBQtgJG6nntOxw@mail.gmail.com>

I second that and Jane, can you add me to the other drum circle list to
ensure I still get them? Thanks, all.

<3
Rachel



On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:11 AM, "E. Wayne Johnson ???" <ewj at pigs.ag>wrote:

>  I always enjoyed seeing the Drum Circle announcements although
> I never attended and now live far enough away that I am unlikely
> to attend.
>
> Apologies for who ever it was that needed to object.
>
> The peace announcement list seems to be a rather grouchy lot for
> being peace activists.
>
> Let's have more drumming for peace and
> less hearing of the drums of war.
>
>
> On 2011-4-14 6:09, Jane Marshall wrote:
>
> Dear Peace & Justice Members,
> Please email me if you would like to CONTINUE receiving emails about the
> monthly FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLE, as I will no longer be sending reminder
> emails to your listserv per a member's request.
> Thanks,
> Jane
>
> --
> Jane Marie Marshall
> School of Social Work Doctoral Candidate
>  Odyssey Project Co-Coordinator
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace-discuss mailing listPeace-discuss at lists.chambana.nethttp://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
> Peace at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace
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From galliher at illinois.edu  Thu Apr 14 09:38:20 2011
From: galliher at illinois.edu (C. G. Estabrook)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:38:20 -0500
Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Drum Circle PLEASE READ
In-Reply-To: <4DA681FC.1090507@pigs.ag>
References: <BANLkTik1pKg8bRV4K4zQe-wpMsqCW=tKTw@mail.gmail.com>
	<4DA681FC.1090507@pigs.ag>
Message-ID: <4DA706DC.1000908@illinois.edu>

Ms. Marshall:

As a member of AWARE, I add my apologies for the silly request that you not post 
to AWARE lists.

Anti-war and peace related activities are surely appropriately noted here.

I'd appreciate too a brief account of what the drum circle is - posted to these 
lists.

Thanks,  C. G. Estabrook

PS - Is your office responsible for the Senior Odyssey show I recently attended 
at Beckman?


On 4/14/11 12:11 AM, "E. Wayne Johnson ???" wrote:
> I always enjoyed seeing the Drum Circle announcements although
> I never attended and now live far enough away that I am unlikely
> to attend.
>
> Apologies for who ever it was that needed to object.
>
> The peace announcement list seems to be a rather grouchy lot for
> being peace activists.
>
> Let's have more drumming for peace and
> less hearing of the drums of war.
>
>
> On 2011-4-14 6:09, Jane Marshall wrote:
>> Dear Peace & Justice Members,
>> Please email me if you would like to CONTINUE receiving emails about the 
>> monthly FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLE, as I will no longer be sending reminder emails 
>> to your listserv per a member's request.
>> Thanks,
>> Jane
>>
>> -- 
>> Jane Marie Marshall
>> School of Social Work Doctoral Candidate
>> Odyssey Project Co-Coordinator
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Peace-discuss mailing list
>> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss
>>    
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
> Peace at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 14 18:31:37 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:31:37 -0500
Subject: [Peace] If you have any dealings with the University of Illinois at
 all, the strike beginning Monday of the SEIU union may affect you.
Message-ID: <BANLkTinaNF5Bnwoj07_GpU22hGfyUQEgLg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Peace List,

If you have any dealings with the University of Illinois at all, the
strike beginning Monday of the SEIU union may affect you. You may have
to decide if you want to cross a picket line.

If you are invited to an informational meeting, I highly recommend
that you take the time to go.

-- karen medina

Who will be striking?
SEIU Local 73 Chapter 119 is preparing for a strike at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
More than 800 workers.
- Stagehands
- Building Service Workers
- Food Service Workers

Who did get raises?
There was a 37.5% raise for University President Michael Hogan and
other exorbitant raises for top administrators.

How long have they been negotiating?
- negotiating for 8 months and asked for a federal mediator for 2 months
The University offered:
- a wage freeze
- higher parking fees
- a $200 signing bonus
- a one year increase of less than two percent

From carolinskeep at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 14 20:33:46 2011
From: carolinskeep at yahoo.com (carol inskeep)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:33:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Worker's Rights Rally on Monday, 4/18 at noon
Message-ID: <749514.26218.qm@web113303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>



--- On Thu, 4/14/11, David Amerson <d.m.amerson at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

I wanted to let you know of a Worker's Rights rally being planned for 
Champaign at Westside Park on Monday, April 18th, at noon.
The Champaign Tea Party is planning their "tax day rally" at that 
time and location as well. Last year we counter-picketed the Tea Party 
rally, and were able to divert media attention away from their 
anti-worker message. Here's one example:?http://www.dailyillini.com/news/champaign-urbana/2010/04/15/nonpartisan-group-attempts-to-spread-its-conservative-message-at-ra


This year the stakes are of course higher. Between 
the attacks on collective bargaining rights across the nation, SEIU gearing up to strike the UIUC campus, and the Tea Party's advocacy for defunding Planned Parenthood and other essential community services, we are trying to rally local 
support as much as possible. One aspect of that is, to our mind, not 
allowing anti-worker/anti-woman forces such as the Tea Party to control the media 
cycle, or to let their message pass without response.?
If you know of any listservs or individuals that may be interested, please forward along.

Please let me know if you have any questions,comments or concerns,

David Amerson
d.m.amerson at gmail.com217-622-7929




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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Fri Apr 15 00:18:07 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:18:07 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Friday April 15 5:30pm / Eliminating Police Abuse;
 A discussion with African-American Ex-Police Chief Leon E. Frazier
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=eqwoTp81v=0JN+=LE1EgwgPajzw@mail.gmail.com>

Reminder about event this evening:
Eliminating Police Abuse; A discussion with African-American Ex-Police
Chief Leon E. Frazier
Friday April 15, 2011
5:30pm
Salem Baptist Church
500 E. Park
Champaign, IL

A discussion with African-American Ex-Police Chief Leon E. Frazier
about police culture, police and community responsibility in
eliminating police abuse.

C U Citizens for Peace and Justice, along with a host of co-sponsors
such as the local chapter of the NAACP, are inviting you to attend,
share your stories and offer your input in how to eliminate police
abuse. Eliminating Police Abuse.

From davegreen84 at yahoo.com  Sun Apr 17 12:44:50 2011
From: davegreen84 at yahoo.com (David Green)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:44:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Invitation to Presentation: ISM in Sheikh Jarrah
Message-ID: <119633.6083.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

Friends,

I would like to extend an invitation to an event at my home on Saturday, May 
7th, from 5 to 8 p.m.

The speaker will be Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, who has worked with the International 
Solidarity Movement in the Occupied Palestinian territories, most often in East 
Jersualem.

Jasmine offers this description of her talk, which will include photographs and 
other visuals:

"I will be talking about my time in the Occupied Palestinian territories (OPt), 
specifically, the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shiekh Jarrah. I lived in the 
OPt for 5 months, much of the time on the street in Sheikh Jarrah. Palestinian 
families, refugees from the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, were settled 
in Sheikh Jarrah by the United Nations and Jordanian government. Over the past 
two years, four families have been evicted and their homes transferred to Jewish 
settler organizations. Two families, the Gawis and the Al-Kurds are protesting 
their eviction, illegal under international law, by raising their families on 
the streets in front of their former homes. 


The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) works under nonviolent Palestinian 
community groups to end the occupation.? We employ solidarity tactics that have 
come from the people directly impacted by the occupation: media assistance, non 
violent direct action, international accomplishment and jail support. In Sheikh 
Jarrah, ISM? volunteers lived full time on the streets, sleeping in tents, 
taking watch shifts throughout the night. The goal of our presence was to 
de-escalate tense and often violent conflict and acts vandalism committed by 
Jewish settlers on Palestinian residents of Shiekh Jarrah, provide video 
documentation and media support, offer tours and aid with international outreach 
efforts on behalf of residents. 


I will speak of my personal experiences in Sheikh Jarrah, including how hula 
hooping saved me from being arrested, attending weekly demonstrations against 
the occupation, learning to cook Palestinian meals and building relationships 
with Palestinian residents and Israeli solidarity activists."

Jasmine is from Oregon, and has also been involved in environmental actions 
there. You can google her and find out a little bit about her involvement with 
tree-sitting actions; she will also of course be willing to say a few words 
about that during the question period.

Jasmine's presentation will be followed by food and beverages. A $10 per person 
donation would be appreciated, but not mandatory as either a maximum or minimum. 
All proceeds will go directly to support the work of the ISM.

Since this event will take place at my home, I'll need to have a relatively 
accurate idea of how many plan to attend. Please RSVP to me personally at 
davegreen84 at yahoo.com. But if you should decide to come on short notice, please 
feel free; just let me know, in case space becomes an issue. I will send address 
and parking information to those who RSVP.

Also, feel free to pass this invitation along to anyone who might be interested 
but may not be on the AWARE listservs.

Thanks.

David Green
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From julienball at hotmail.com  Sun Apr 17 19:45:07 2011
From: julienball at hotmail.com (Julien Ball)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:45:07 +0000
Subject: [Peace] TOMORROW (Mon. 4/18): What's Behind U.S. Intervention in
 Libya--Public Forum
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikdXrNF0wz5-X6r8LezcSzk7o74nA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTikdXrNF0wz5-X6r8LezcSzk7o74nA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <COL122-W927726C23106D0223DBA6DD910@phx.gbl>


http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211682028844528&index=1
What's Behind U.S. Intervention in Libya?
Monday, April 18, 6 PM
Independent Media Center (IMC)202 S. Broadway (in the old post office building, next to Lincoln Square mall), UrbanaWeeks ago, Libyan protesters appeared on the verge of toppling yet another dictator in North Africa. But brutal repression by the Ghaddafi regime has led to a civil war. Now, the U.S. and U.N are engaged in bombing the country. In his March 28 speech, President Obama said he declared war on Libya to stop "a massacre that would have...stained the conscience of the world". Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to support repressive regimes in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, backed the Mubarak regime in Egypt until just days before its collapse, continues to kill countless civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, and continues to send nearly unlimited military aid for Israel's strangling of the Palestinian people.
Is the U.S. really in Libya to save lives? And if not, what is behind U.S. and U.N. intervention in Libya? Finally, what would it take to see genuine liberation for the people of Libya and throughout the Arab world? Come join us to discuss these questions.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization--C-U community branch. Call 415-713-6260 or email iso.champaign at gmail.com for more info.
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From a-fields at uiuc.edu  Mon Apr 18 09:48:04 2011
From: a-fields at uiuc.edu (Belden Fields)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:48:04 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Fwd: How Socialists Built America
References: <20110418053139.53845200D5@viewsic.mayfirst.org>
Message-ID: <BDBB7D34-27AC-4884-BE5F-6BCAB1A5D475@uiuc.edu>

A reminder that Socialist Forum meets at 2-4 pm at the IMC every  
third Saturday.
In solidarity,
Belden

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Portside Moderator <moderator at PORTSIDE.ORG>
> Date: April 18, 2011 12:31:38 AM CDT
> To: PORTSIDE at LISTS.PORTSIDE.ORG
> Subject: How Socialists Built America
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>
> How Socialists Built America
> John Nichols
> The Nation
> April 13, 2011
> http://www.thenation.com/article/159929/how-socialists-built-america
>
> This article is adapted from The "S" Word: A Short
> History of an American Tradition. Socialism, published
> in March by Verso.
>
> If there's one constant in the elite national discourse
> of the moment, it is the claim that America was founded
> as a capitalist country and that socialism is a
> dangerous foreign import that, despite our unwarranted
> faith in free trade, must be barred at the border. This
> most conventional "wisdom"-increasingly accepted at
> least until the recent grassroots mobilizations in
> Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Maine-has held that
> everything public is inferior to everything private,
> that corporations are always good and unions always bad,
> that progressive taxation is inherently evil and that
> the best economic model is the one that allows the
> wealthy to gobble up as much of the Republic as they
> choose before anything trickles down to the great mass
> of Americans. Rush Limbaugh informs us regularly that
> proposals to tax people as rich as he is for the purpose
> of providing healthcare for kids and jobs for the
> unemployed are "antithetical" to the nation's original
> intent and that Barack Obama's reforms are "destroying
> this country as it was founded."
>
> When Obama offered tepid proposals to organize a private
> healthcare system in a more humane manner, Sean Hannity
> of Fox charged that "the Constitution was shredded,
> thwarted, the rule of law was passed aside." Newt
> Gingrich said the Obama administration was "prepared to
> fundamentally violate the Constitution" and was playing
> to the "30 percent of the country [that] really is [in
> favor of] a left-wing secular socialist system."
>
> In 2009 Sarah Palin raised similar constitutional
> concerns, about Obama's proposal to develop a system of
> "universal energy building codes" to promote energy
> efficiency. "Our country could evolve into something
> that we do not even recognize, certainly that is so far
> from what the founders of our country had in mind for
> us," a gravely concerned Palin informed Hannity, who
> responded with a one-word question. "Socialism?"
>
> "Well," she said, "that is where we are headed."
>
> Actually, it's not. Palin is wrong about the perils of
> energy efficiency, and she's wrong about Obama. The
> president says he's not a socialist, and the country's
> most outspoken socialists heartily agree. Indeed, the
> only people who seem to think Obama displays even the
> slightest social democratic tendency are those who
> imagine that the very mention of the word "socialism"
> should inspire a reaction like that of a vampire
> confronted with the Host.
>
> Unfortunately, Obama may be more frightened by the S-
> word than Palin. When a New York Times reporter asked
> the president in March 2009 whether his domestic
> policies suggested he was a socialist, a relaxed Obama
> replied, "The answer would be no." He said he was being
> criticized simply because he was "making some very tough
> choices" on the budget. But after he talked with his
> hyper-cautious counselors, he began to worry. So he
> called the reporter back and said, "It was hard for me
> to believe that you were entirely serious about that
> socialist question." Then, as if reading from talking
> points, Obama declared, "It wasn't under me that we
> started buying a bunch of shares of banks. And it wasn't
> on my watch that we passed a massive new entitlement,
> the prescription drug plan, without a source of funding.
>
> "We've actually been operating in a way that has been
> entirely consistent with free-market principles," said
> Obama, who concluded with the kicker, "Some of the same
> folks who are throwing the word `socialist' around can't
> say the same."
>
> There's more than a kernel of truth to this statement.
> Obama really is avoiding consideration of socialist, or
> even mildly social democratic, responses to the problems
> that confront him. He took the single-payer option off
> the table at the start of the healthcare debate,
> rejecting the approach that in other countries has
> provided quality care to all citizens at lower cost. His
> supposedly "socialist" response to the collapse of the
> auto industry was to give tens of billions in bailout
> funding to GM and Chrysler, which used the money to lay
> off thousands of workers and then relocate several dozen
> plants abroad-an approach about as far as a country can
> get from the social democratic model of using public
> investment and industrial policy to promote job creation
> and community renewal. And when BP's Deepwater Horizon
> oil well exploded, threatening the entire Gulf Coast,
> instead of putting the Army Corps of Engineers and other
> government agencies in charge of the crisis, Obama left
> it to the corporation that had lied about the extent of
> the spill, had made decisions based on its bottom line
> rather than environmental and human needs, and had
> failed at even the most basic tasks.
>
> So we should take the president at his word when he says
> he's acting on free-market principles. The problem, of
> course, is that Obama's rigidity in this regard is
> leading him to dismiss ideas that are often sounder than
> private-sector fixes. Borrowing ideas and approaches
> from socialists would not make Obama any more of a
> socialist than Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt,
> Franklin Roosevelt or Dwight Eisenhower. All these
> presidential predecessors sampled ideas from Marxist
> tracts or borrowed from Socialist Party platforms so
> frequently that the New York Times noted in a 1954
> profile the faith of an aging Norman Thomas that he "had
> made a great contribution in pioneering ideas that have
> now won the support of both major parties"-ideas like
> "Social Security, public housing, public power
> developments, legal protection for collective bargaining
> and other attributes of the welfare state." The fact is
> that many of the men who occupied the Oval Office before
> Obama knew that implementation of sound socialist or
> social democratic ideas did not put them at odds with
> the American experiment or the Constitution.
>
> The point here is not to defend socialism. What we
> should be defending is history-American history, with
> its rich and vibrant hues, some of them red. The past
> should be consulted not merely for anecdotes or factoids
> but for perspective on the present. Such a perspective
> empowers Americans who seek a robust debate, one that
> samples from a broad ideological spectrum-an appropriate
> endeavor in a country where Tom Paine imagined citizens
> who, "by casting their eye over a large field, take in
> likewise a large intellectual circuit, and thus
> approaching nearer to an acquaintance with the universe,
> their atmosphere of thought is extended, and their
> liberality fills a wider space."
>
> America has always suffered fools who would have us
> dwindle the debate down to a range of opinions narrow
> enough to contain the edicts of a potentate, a priest or
> a plantation boss. But the real history of America tells
> us that the unique thing about our present situation is
> that we have suffered the fools so thoroughly that a
> good many Americans-not just Tea Partisans or Limbaugh
> Dittoheads but citizens of the great middle-actually
> take Sarah Palin seriously when she rants that
> socialism, in the form of building codes, is
> antithetical to Americanism.
>
> * * *
>
> Palin is not the first of her kind. There's nothing new
> about the charge that a president who is guiding "big
> government" toward projects other than the invasion of
> distant lands is a socialist. In the spring of 2009,
> just months after Obama and a new Democratic Congress
> took office, twenty-three members of the opposition
> renewed an old project when they proposed that "we the
> members of the Republican National Committee call on the
> Democratic Party to be truthful and honest with the
> American people by acknowledging that they have evolved
> from a party of tax and spend to a party of tax and
> nationalize and, therefore, should agree to rename
> themselves the Democrat Socialist Party."
>
> Cooler heads prevailed. Sort of. At an emergency meeting
> of the committee-which traces its history to the first
> Republican convention in 1856, where followers of French
> socialist Charles Fourier, Karl Marx's editor, and their
> abolitionist comrades initiated the most radical
> restructuring of political parties in American history-
> it was suggested that the proposal to impose a new name
> on the Democrats might make "the Republican party appear
> trite and overly partisan." The plan was dropped, but a
> resolution decrying the "march towards socialism" was
> passed. Thus, the RNC members now officially "recognize
> that the Democratic Party is dedicated to restructuring
> American society along socialist ideals" and that the
> Democrats have as their "clear and obvious
> purpose.proposing, passing and implementing socialist
> programs through federal legislation."
>
> The Republican Party is currently firmer in its
> accusation that the Democrats are steering the nation
> "towards socialism" than it was during Joe McCarthy's
> Red Scare of the 1950s, when the senator from Wisconsin
> was accusing Harry Truman of harboring Communist Party
> cells in the government. Truman had stirred conservative
> outrage by arguing that the government had the authority
> to impose anti-lynching laws on the states and by
> proposing a national healthcare plan. But what really
> bugged the Republicans was that Truman, who had been
> expected to lose in 1948, had not just won the election
> but restored Democratic control of Congress. To counter
> this ominous electoral trend, conservative Republicans,
> led by Ohio Senator Robert Taft, announced in 1950 that
> their campaign slogan in that year's Congressional
> elections would be "Liberty Against Socialism." They
> then produced an addendum to their national platform,
> much of which was devoted to a McCarthyite rant charging
> that Truman's Fair Deal "is dictated by a small but
> powerful group of persons who believe in socialism, who
> have no concept of the true foundation of American
> progress, and whose proposals are wholly out of accord
> with the true interests and real wishes of the workers,
> farmers and businessmen."
>
> Truman fought back, reminding Republicans that his
> policies were outlined in the 1948 Democratic platform,
> which had proven to be wildly popular with the
> electorate. "If our program was dictated, as the
> Republicans say, it was dictated at the polls in
> November 1948. It was dictated by a `small but powerful
> group' of 24 million voters," said the president, who
> added, "I think they knew more than the Republican
> National Committee about the real wishes of the workers,
> farmers and businessmen."
>
> Truman did not cower at the mention of the word
> "socialism," which in those days was distinguished in
> the minds of most Americans from Soviet Stalinism, with
> which the president-a mean cold warrior-was wrangling.
> Nor did Truman, who counted among his essential allies
> trade unionists like David Dubinsky, Jacob Potofsky and
> Walter Reuther, all of whom had been connected with
> socialist causes and in many cases the Socialist Party
> of Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas, rave about the
> evils of social democracy. Rather, he joked that "Out of
> the great progress of this country, out of our great
> advances in achieving a better life for all, out of our
> rise to world leadership, the Republican leaders have
> learned nothing. Confronted by the great record of this
> country, and the tremendous promise of its future, all
> they do is croak, `socialism.'"
>
> Savvy Republicans moved to abandon the campaign. The
> return to realism was led by Maine Senator Margaret
> Chase Smith, who feared that her party was harming not
> just its electoral prospects but the country. That
> summer she would issue her "Declaration of Conscience"-
> the first serious challenge to McCarthyism from within
> the GOP-in which she rejected the anticommunist hysteria
> of the moment:
>
> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in
> making character assassinations are all too frequently
> those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the
> basic principles of Americanism-
>
> 	The right to criticize;
> 	The right to hold unpopular beliefs;
> 	The right to protest;
> 	The right of independent thought.
>
> Republicans might be determined to end Democratic
> control of Congress, Smith suggested in her declaration:
>
> 	Yet to displace it with a Republican regime
> 	embracing a philosophy that lacks political
> 	integrity or intellectual honesty would prove
> 	equally disastrous to this nation. The nation
> 	sorely needs a Republican victory. But I don't
> 	want to see the Republican Party ride to
> 	political victory on the Four Horsemen of
> 	Calumny-Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I
> 	doubt if the Republican Party could-simply
> 	because I don't believe the American people will
> 	uphold any political party that puts political
> 	exploitation above national interest.
>
> Most Republicans lacked the courage to confront McCarthy
> so directly. But Smith's wisdom prevailed among leaders
> of the RNC and the GOP chairs of Congressional
> committees, who ditched the Liberty Against Socialism
> slogan and reduced Taft's 1,950-word manifesto to a 99-
> word digest that Washington reporters explained had been
> cobbled together to "soft pedal" the whole "showdown on
> `liberty against socialism'" thing. Representative James
> Fulton, who like many other GOP moderates of the day
> actually knew and worked with Socialist Party members
> and radicals of various stripes, was blunter. The cheap
> sloganeering, he argued, had steered the party away from
> the fundamental question for the GOP in the postwar era:
> "whether we go back to Methuselah or offer alternative
> programs for social progress within the framework of a
> balanced budget."
>
> Imagine if today a prominent Republican were to make a
> similar statement. The wrath of Limbaugh, Hannity, Palin
> and the Tea Party movement would rain down upon him. The
> Club for Growth would organize to defeat the "Republican
> in Name Only," and the ideological cleansing of the
> party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower and
> Margaret Chase Smith would accelerate. Some of my
> Democratic friends are quite pleased at the prospect; as
> today's Republicans steer off the cliffs of extremism
> that they avoided even in the days of McCarthy, these
> Democrats suggest, the high ground will be cleared for
> candidates of their liking. But that neglects the damage
> done to democracy when discourse degenerates, when the
> only real fights are between a party on the fringe and
> another that assumes that the way to win is to move to
> the center-right and then hope that fears of a
> totalitarian right will keep everyone to the left of it
> voting the Democratic line.
>
> * * *
>
> If universal building codes and health protections for
> children can be successfully depicted by our debased
> media as assaults on American values and the rule of
> law, then the right has already won, no matter what the
> result is on election day. And a nation founded in
> revolt against empire, a nation that nurtured the
> radical Republican response to the sin of slavery, a
> nation that confronted economic collapse and injustice
> with a New Deal and a War on Poverty, a nation that
> spawned a civil rights movement and that still recites a
> Pledge of Allegiance (penned in 1892 by Christian
> socialist Francis Bellamy) to the ideal of an America
> "with liberty and justice for all" is bereft of what has
> so often in our history been the essential element of
> progress.
>
> That element-a social democratic critique frequently
> combined with an active Socialist Party and more
> recently linked with independent socialist activism in
> labor and equal rights campaigns for women, racial and
> ethnic minorities, immigrants, gays and lesbians, and
> people with disabilities-has from the first years of the
> nation been a part of our political life. This country
> would not be what it is today-indeed it might not even
> be-had it not been for the positive influence of
> revolutionaries, radicals, socialists, social democrats
> and their fellow travelers. The great political
> scientist Terence Ball reminds us that "at the height of
> the cold war a limited form of socialized medicine-
> Medicare-got through the Congress over the objections of
> the American Medical Association and the insurance
> industry, and made it to President Johnson's desk."
>
> That did not just happen by chance. A young writer who
> had recognized that it was possible to reject Soviet
> totalitarianism while still learning from Marx and
> embracing democratic socialism left the fold of Dorothy
> Day's Catholic Worker movement to join the Young
> People's Socialist League. Michael Harrington wanted to
> change the debate about poverty in America, and perhaps
> remarkably or perhaps presciently, he presumed that
> attaching himself to what was left of the once muscular
> but at that point ailing Socialist Party was the way to
> do so. In a 1959 article for the then-liberal Commentary
> magazine, Harrington sought, in the words of his
> biographer, Maurice Isserman, "to overturn the
> conventional wisdom that the United States had become an
> overwhelmingly middle-class society. Using the poverty-
> line benchmark of a $3,000 annual income for a family of
> four, he demonstrated that nearly a third of the
> population lived `below those standards which we have
> been taught to regard as the decent minimums for food,
> housing, clothing and health.'"
>
> Harrington succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. The
> article led to a book, The Other America: Poverty in the
> United States, which became required reading for policy-
> makers, selling 70,000 copies in its first year. "Among
> the book's readers, reputedly, was John F. Kennedy, who
> in the fall of 1963 began thinking about proposing
> antipoverty legislation," recalls Isserman. "After
> Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon Johnson took up the
> issue, calling in his 1964 State of the Union address
> for an `unconditional war on poverty.' Sargent Shriver
> headed the task force charged with drawing up the
> legislation and invited Harrington to Washington as a
> consultant."
>
> Harrington's proposals for renewal of New Deal public
> works projects were never fully embraced. But his and
> others' advocacy that government should intervene to
> address the suffering of those who couldn't care for
> themselves or their families underpinned what the author
> described as "completing Social Security" by providing
> healthcare for the aged. It urged on the Johnson
> administration's Great Society, including the Social
> Security Act of 1965-or Medicare. Johnson took his hits,
> but Americans agreed with their president when he argued
> that "the Social Security health insurance plan, which
> President Kennedy worked so hard to enact, is the
> American way; it is practical; it is sensible; it is
> fair; it is just."
>
> Could a plan decried as "socialized medicine" by the
> American Medical Association because it was, in fact,
> socialized medicine really be "the American way"? Of
> course. During the Medicare debate in the early '60s,
> Texas Senate candidate George H.W. Bush condemned the
> proposal as "creeping socialism." Ronald Reagan, then
> making the transition from TV pitchman for products to
> TV pitchman for Barry Goldwater, warned that if it
> passed citizens would find themselves "telling our
> children and our children's children what it once was
> like in America when men were free." But Bush and Reagan
> managed the program during their presidencies, and Tea
> Party activists now show up at town hall meetings to
> threaten any legislator who would dare to tinker with
> their beloved Medicare.
>
> Americans would not have gotten Medicare if Harrington
> and the socialists who came before him-from presidential
> candidates like Debs and Thomas to organizers like Mary
> Marcy and Margaret Sanger and the Communist Party's
> Elizabeth Gurley Flynn-had not for decades been pushing
> the limits of the healthcare debate. No less a player
> than Senator Edward Kennedy would declare, "I see
> Michael Harrington as delivering the Sermon on the Mount
> to America." The same was true in abolitionist days,
> when socialists-including friends of Marx who had
> immigrated to the United States after the 1848
> revolutions in Europe were crushed-energized the
> movement against slavery and helped give it political
> expression in the form of the Republican Party. The same
> was true early in the twentieth century, when Socialist
> Party editors like Victor Berger battled attempts to
> destroy civil liberties and defined our modern
> understanding of freedom of speech, freedom of the press
> and the right to petition for redress of grievances. The
> same was true when lifelong socialist A. Philip Randolph
> called the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
> and asked a young preacher named Martin Luther King Jr.,
> who had many socialist counselors besides the venerable
> Randolph, to deliver what would come to be known as the
> "I Have a Dream" speech.
>
> * * *
>
> Again and again at critical junctures in our national
> journey, socialist thinkers and organizers, as well as
> candidates and officials, have prodded government in a
> progressive direction. It may be true, as historian
> Patrick Allitt suggests, that "millions of Americans,
> including many of these critics [of the Obama
> administration], are ardent supporters of socialism,
> even if they don't realize it and even if they don't
> actually use the word" to describe public services that
> are "organized along socialist lines," like schools and
> highways. In fact, contemporary socialists and Tea
> Partiers might actually find common (if uncomfortable)
> ground with Allitt's assertion that "socialism as an
> organizational principle is alive and well here just as
> it is throughout the industrialized world"-even as they
> would disagree on whether that's a good thing. Programs
> "organized along socialist lines" do not make a country
> socialist. But America has always been and should
> continue to be informed by socialist ideals and a
> socialist critique of public policy.
>
> We live in complex times, when profound economic, social
> and environmental challenges demand a range of
> responses. Socialists certainly don't have all the
> answers, even if polling suggests that more Americans
> find appeal in the word "socialist" today than they have
> in decades. But without socialist ideas and advocacy, we
> will not have sufficient counterbalance to an anti-
> government impulse that has less to do with
> libertarianism than with manipulation of the debate by
> all-powerful corporations.
>
> Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt,
> Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy were not socialists.
> But the nation benefited from their borrowing of
> socialist and social democratic ideas. Barack Obama is
> certainly not a socialist. But he, and the nation he
> leads, would be well served by a similar borrowing from
> the people who once imagined Social Security, Medicare,
> Medicaid and the War on Poverty.
>
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From briandolinar at gmail.com  Mon Apr 18 14:17:11 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:17:11 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Last chance to submit to "Poetry for the People" deadline
	APRIL 20TH!
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=pWArfsy4VMHj=M9zPUzV7i5Wy8w@mail.gmail.com>

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*Only two days left* to submit your poetry to the upcoming issue of the *Public
i*. April is National Poetry Month and the *Public i* is celebrating by
asking YOU, the community we graciously serve, to submit
-YOUR words
-YOUR voice
-YOUR poetry
to be published. All skills levels and all styles of writing, rhyming and
literary love are welcome.

Email your submission to *print at ucimc.org* <print at ucimc.org>. We look
forward to hearing what you have to say! Remember, *only two more
days!*Poetry for the People is a series of ongoing events hosted by
the
*Public i* and funded in part by the Urbana City Arts Program, the Urbana
Free Library, and the wonderful volunteers at the Urbana-Champaign
Independent Media Center, and the *Public i* newspaper.

*And don't forget* to join us April 30 at the IMC for Poetry Slam! hosted by
Aaron Ammons from S.P.E.A.K. Cafe at 7:30pm. Speak some of your own poetry,
or bring the words of others who have inspired you. Be one of the very first
to get a copy of this special issue of the Public i, hot off the press. The
event is free, open to all, and will be filled with music, food, and plenty
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303 W. Locust St.
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From a-fields at uiuc.edu  Mon Apr 18 18:33:07 2011
From: a-fields at uiuc.edu (Belden Fields)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:33:07 -0500
Subject: [Peace] mourning
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On a day that we mourn the death of Bob Kirchner, I regret to inform  
you that our former peace activist colleague Ken Crouch passed away  
in Kankakee at the end of March.
Two great losses to social justice.
Belden


From kcapel at sbcglobal.net  Tue Apr 19 14:22:46 2011
From: kcapel at sbcglobal.net (Karen Capel)
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:22:46 -0500
Subject: [Peace] mourning (Belden Fields)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.19.1303232402.38117.peace@lists.chambana.net>
References: <mailman.19.1303232402.38117.peace@lists.chambana.net>
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I was so surprised to hear and then read about Bob's passing.  Sadly, 
I didn't know Ken Crouch.

Bob was my peace of mind when I needed to sue the great beast Carle 
Clinic as Joan Doe around 20 years ago.

What losses indeed.  Thank you for the note, Belden.

Karen

At 12:00 PM 4/19/2011, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:33:07 -0500
>From: Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
>To: awaRE peace <peace at lists.chambana.net>
>Subject: [Peace] mourning
>
>On a day that we mourn the death of Bob Kirchner, I regret to inform
>you that our former peace activist colleague Ken Crouch passed away
>in Kankakee at the end of March.
>Two great losses to social justice.
>Belden


From coreymattson at gmail.com  Tue Apr 19 23:08:45 2011
From: coreymattson at gmail.com (Corey Mattson)
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:08:45 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Bloomington-Normal Peace and Justice Calendar 4.19.11
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Hi AWAREistas, I'm not sure if activists in Urbana-Champaign have seen the
progressive calendar we put out over our anti-war listserv in
Bloomington-Normal. We try to include the events happening in
Urbana-Champaign from what we collect over your listservs. I thought I'd
send out this week's edition. If you have the details of specific events you
would like included, send me an email at coreymattson at gmail.com.

In solidarity, Corey
Blo-No Citizens for Peace and Justice


Bloomington-Normal Peace and Justice Calendar
April 19th, 2011

*Contents (Details for each event below)*

1. 4/20 - Hemp Fest 2011 - Normal
2. 4/21 - Earth Day on the ISU Quad - Normal
3. 4/21 - Common Action planning meeting - Normal
4. 4/21 - Take Back the Night Rally - Bloomington
5. 4/24 - CAFS discussion on Palestine - Normal
6. 4/25 - Sustainability Evening with Jordan Howard - Normal
7. 4/30 - 7th Annual Earth Day Celebration - Peoria Heights
8. 4/30 - Plaque Dedication & Reenactment of the Haymarket Tragedy - Chicago
9. 5/3 - Green Drinks hosted by the Ecology Action Center - Normal
10. 5/4 - Birthday Celebration for Pete Seeger - Bloomington
11. 5/5 - Anti-war Protest - Bloomington
12. 5/6 - Jasmine Flora speaks on Palestinian Rights - Peoria
13. 5/16 - Showdown in Ohio, Bus Leaving from Blm - Bloomington/Columbus
14. List of Ongoing Central Illinois Peace Vigils
15. List of conferences and happenings


1. Wednesday, 4/20, 12 noon - 6 pm, Hemp Fest 2011: Stand in Solidarity
Against the Drug War. Special Guest Speaker Pete Guither, Founder of
DrugWarRant.com. Co-sponsored by Common Action, Student Environmental Action
Coalition, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and Young Americans for
Liberty. At the Gazebo, Illinois State Quad, Normal, IL.

2. Thursday, 4/21, 10 am - 3 pm, Earth Day on the ISU Quad. There will be
student and community organizations on the quad to promote Earth Day. Come
and check out the new Mitsubishi "I", an all electric vehicle soon to hit
the roads in Bloomington-Normal, do a water taste test, enjoy the Free
Cycle. North End of the ISU Quad, Normal IL. For more info, see
http://sustainability.illinoisstate.edu/involved/earth_day.shtml

3. Thursday, 4/21, 6:00 pm, Common Action planning meeting. Look for us at
one of the large tables at...The Coffeehouse, 114 Beaufort Street, Normal,
IL.

4. Thursday, 4/21, 6:30 pm, Take Back the Night Rally. Open to the public,
survivors and loved ones. Join us as we rally together to show community
survivors our support. Rally from 6:30-7:45p.m. in Bloomington Public
Library; March the streets of Bloomington from 7:45-8:30p.m. and speak out
for survivors everywhere. Help us ?Take Back the Night?!

5. Sunday, 4/24, 5:30 pm, Common Action Free School group discussion on
North Africa and the Middle East. Join us in discussing Palestine and Israel
with Reecia Orzeck, a visiting geographer from the University of Vermont.
The Coffeehouse (in the basement), 114 E. Beaufort St., Normal, IL. For more
info, see www.commonactionfreeschool.org.

6. Monday, 4/25, 5 - 7 pm, Sustainability Evening with Jordan Howard. The
event will feature keynote speaker Jordan
Howard<http://jordaninspires.com/home/>,
a young sustainability advocate from Los Angeles. Jordan is currently a
senior at the Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, California. She
will inform the audience about simple ways to implement sustainable
practices into their own lives, as well as talk about some of her
accomplishments in the field. Illinois State's Director of the Office of
Sustainability, Enid Cardinal, will also speak about what the University is
doing to contribute to the effort. Appetizers will be served; no tickets
needed. Escalante Room, Vrooman Hall (East Campus), ISU, Normal IL. For info
on this and other events, see
http://sustainability.illinoisstate.edu/involved/earth_day.shtml

7. Saturday, 4/30, 11 am - 4 pm. 7th Annual Earth Day Celebration in Peoria
Heights. Here's your opportunity to "think globally, act locally." Peruse
the numerous booths, locate local resources and learn what you can do to
make a difference. Enjoy live music from Patchouli, The LR Band and Peter
Adriel as well as great local food from One World Cafe, educational
materials and hands-on demos, kids' crafts and face painting and much more.
Join our raffle, register to win door prizes and enjoy our annual Earth Day
Sale in the Trailhead Nature Store. Fee: Donations requested. Forest Park
Nature - 5809 Forest Park Drive, Peoria Heights, IL. 309-686-3360.

8. Saturday, 4/30, 2 pm, Plaque Dedication & Reenactment of the Haymarket
Tragedy. ILHS will formally dedicate a prominent bronze plaque on the
Haymarket statue to mark the 125th Anniversary of the Haymarket tragedy. The
ceremony will be capped by a reenactment of the Haymarket events directed by
stager Paul Durica. We need hundreds of our supporters, who will be aided by
professional actors and musicians, to take part in portraying the crowd of
workers present on the scene 125 years ago. Haymarket Square, Randolph & Des
Plaines, Chicago.

9. Tuesday, 5/3, 5:30 pm. Green Drinks hosted by the Ecology Action Center.
Medici Restaurant, Beaufort Street, Normal, IL. For more info, see,
www.ecologyactioncenter.org.

10. Wednesday, 5/4, 7 pm, For the Love of Pete: 92nd Birthday Celebration
for Pete Seeger. Songs that inspired the nation-and helped drive the civil
rights movement of the 50s and 60s will ring through the Governor Fifer
Courtroom on Wednesday evening.  Seeger himself will not be present but many
of his Central Illinois fans will be.  Cost: FREE!   Location: McLean County
Museum of History, 200 N. Main Street, Bloomington, IL 61701, 309-827-0428.

11. Thursday, 5/5, 5:30 - 6:00 pm, Anti-war Protest, hosted by
Bloomington-Normal Citizens for Peace and Justice. BNCPJ holds an anti-war
picket the first Thurs of the month. Center for the Performing Arts on East
Street, between Locust and Douglas, downtown Bloomington. For more
information, contact Jan Cox at jkcox30 at yahoo.com  or (309) 829-3701.

12. Friday, 5/6, 7 pm, Jasmine Flora speaks on Palestinian rights, drawing
from her experiences in Israel and Palestine. Location: Forest Hill United
Methodist Church. 706 E Forrest Hill Ave, Peoria, IL.

13. Monday, 5/16, 5 am, Showdown in Ohio - Bus Leaving from Bloomington, IL
5/16 5 am SHARP (Bus will return to Bloomington on May 17, 9 pm).
Foreclosures and joblessness are at record highs while Wall Street is back
in business with record profits. Most of America?s largest banks paid no
taxes last year, and yet politicians backed by Wall Street are proposing to
cut education and critical social programs. We are not in a budget crisis --
we are in a massive revenue crisis caused by Wall Street?s epic crash of our
economy. Come demonstrate with hundreds of other IPA and NPA members Where:
Columbus, Ohio. Bus traveling to and from Bloomington, IL. For more info,
check out Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1325865884076#!/event.php?eid=122809497794786&index=1


14. Peace Vigils and Pickets

Bloomington-Normal: First Thursday of the month, 5:30 - 6:00 pm, at the
Center for Performing Arts (East Street between Douglas and Locust),
downtown Bloomington.

Peoria: Every Saturday, 12 Noon - 1 pm, at the corner of University and
Main, near Bradley University.

Springfield: Every Saturday, 12 Noon - 1 pm, Meet outside the Federal
Building at the corner of 6th and Monroe.

Urbana - Champaign: First Saturday of the month, Monthly Anti-war
Demonstration, at the corner of Main Street and Neil Street.

15. List of national conferences and happenings.

4/30 Honor the Haymarket Martyrs in Chicago for Mayday. More info on this
event and others, visit on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195577953800002&index=1
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 20 22:34:21 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:34:21 -0500
Subject: [Peace] meeting THURSDAY (4/21)--Solidarity with Democratic
	Movements: Get Involved!
Message-ID: <BANLkTinz6ZnMvv5-Nw7R_=wWyeqVRab9XQ@mail.gmail.com>

[Upcoming meeting announcement: This is the group that put together
the April 7 forum "Revolutions in 2011". The forum was excellent.
-karen medina]

The next meeting of Solidarity with Democratic Movements will be
TOMORROW (4/21) at 7 PM in Gregrory Hall Room 217; 810 South Wright
Street, Urbana, IL 61801
Get involved in promoting education and activism on campus and in the
community to build solidarity with our brothers and sisters fighting
for liberation and democratic change--in the Arab world and beyond.

From rachelstrm at gmail.com  Thu Apr 21 14:09:36 2011
From: rachelstrm at gmail.com (Rachel Storm)
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:09:36 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Flier
In-Reply-To: <20110421114432.7c9b4d7bbf418082bd29ed190882dc99.a84e186dae.wbe@email00.secureserver.net>
References: <20110421114432.7c9b4d7bbf418082bd29ed190882dc99.a84e186dae.wbe@email00.secureserver.net>
Message-ID: <BANLkTikkgKaTo6Kbp0SaykNXdMo92VmSYA@mail.gmail.com>

Please circulate widely and add to newsletters!

*Hot Topics "Avoiding Burn-Out: Sustainable Self-Care for Activists and
Advocates"*
*WHERE: Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St, MC-302 2nd Floor,
Champaign, IL 61820)*
*WHEN: Monday, April 25th, 2011*
*TIME: 7pm-9pm*
*DESCRIPTION: *Free and open to the public! Please join us for a discussion
of one of the *least talked about* issues for activists, organizers, and
advocates: *how to avoid burn-out.* Come listen to a panel of local
organizers and activists as they discuss their own struggles, insights, and
tactics for dealing with all facets of activist self-care and
community-care, from navigating intergroup conflict to the power of a
"positive no." We'll discuss challenges to activism, how we navigate our own
privileges, and what we can do to keep healthy, active, and sustained. *This
event is not to be missed! *Activists, organizers, advocates of all strides
will benefit from this event! Hot Topics Dialogues is a collaborative
program designed by the YWCA and Women's Resources Center. All panels last 2
hours and are free and open to the public. Any questions? Call 217-333-3137
or e-mail rstorm2 at illinois.edu.

Thank you!
Warmly,
Rachel Storm


*  Rachel Storm, Program Coordinator *

*  Women?s Resources Center, Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
*

  703 South Wright St. MC-302, 2nd floor, Champaign, Illinois 61820,*
  tel:* 217-333-3137 *e-mail:* rstorm2 at illinois.edu

  Give to the Women's Resources Center: *http://bit.ly/i3fQK8*

*
*
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 21 14:46:04 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:46:04 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Avoiding Burn-Out: Sustainable Self-Care for Activists and
 Advocates / Monday, April 25 / 7pm-9pm
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=jLDE6nNTpS7Xhbn320F0aab-4Fw@mail.gmail.com>

[Forwarding to activists. -karen medina]

Hot Topics "Avoiding Burn-Out: Sustainable Self-Care for Activists and
Advocates"
WHERE: Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St, MC-302 2nd Floor,
Champaign, IL 61820)
WHEN: Monday, April 25th, 2011
TIME: 7pm-9pm
DESCRIPTION: Free and open to the public! Please join us for a
discussion of one of the least talked about issues for activists,
organizers, and advocates: how to avoid burn-out. Come listen to a
panel of local organizers and activists as they discuss their own
struggles, insights, and tactics for dealing with all facets of
activist self-care and community-care, from navigating intergroup
conflict to the power of a "positive no." We'll discuss challenges to
activism, how we navigate our own privileges, and what we can do to
keep healthy, active, and sustained. This event is not to be missed!
Activists, organizers, advocates of all strides will benefit from this
event! Hot Topics Dialogues is a collaborative program designed by the
YWCA and Women's Resources Center. All panels last 2 hours and are
free and open to the public. Any questions? Call 217-333-3137 or
e-mail rstorm2 at illinois.edu.

Thank you!
Warmly,
Rachel Storm

From rothsch2 at gmail.com  Fri Apr 22 08:31:30 2011
From: rothsch2 at gmail.com (Ben Rothschild)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:31:30 -0500
Subject: [Peace] April 22nd Day of Action to Win a DREAM Scholarship!
In-Reply-To: <1105244286361.1101171403791.48811.5.1714357E@scheduler>
References: <1105244286361.1101171403791.48811.5.1714357E@scheduler>
Message-ID: <BANLkTinhqDCUvmgjtU_zXO+iX0t4ZtAcYA@mail.gmail.com>

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*Day of Action to Win a DREAM Scholarship!*

* *

Friday, April 22nd,University of Illinois, Wright and Green St. Alma Mater,
RALLY at 2:00 PM, MARCH at 3:00 PM



* *

*? Pass the DREAM Act! ? Stop the Raids and Deportations! ? No More Tuition
Hikes! ? End the Second-Class Treatment of Immigrants! ? Increase
Under-Represented Minority Student Enrollment! ? Create a Drea**m
Scholarship Program for Undocumented Students! ? Build the New Civil Rights
Movement! ? Make the University of Illinois a Sanctuary Campus!*



*[image: DREAM Scholarship Image]*

For years, we have waited for the DREAM Act to pass. This bill would allow
hundreds of thousands of young adults a chance to fulfill their dreams
to goto college, get a degree and then become U.S. citizens. The
Democrats failed
to pass the federal DREAM Act in congress last December. It will take a
mass, independent, youth- and student-led new civil rights movement to
change our nation's unjust and broken immigration system.



The failure at the federal level has led to efforts at the local and state
levels to fight for change. On February 16th a group of students met with
President Hogan to demand that the University of Illinois open up financial
aid to undocumented students. Not only did President Hogan refuse to move on
the issue, but he also refused to personally and publicly support the
proposal. We want the University of Illinois to open up University
scholarships and private funds to undocumented students. This would
represent a declaration by one of this country's leading public universities
that it will not tolerate institutionalized Jim Crow treatment of
immigrants.



Neither the federal DREAM Act nor a Dream Scholarship can be won without
mass mobilizations. We must follow the model of the Graduate Employees
Organization (GEO) successful two-day strike in November of 2009. They
brought out over a thousand people to the quad, forced dozens of classes to
be cancelled and stopped business as usual. They successfully won the
guarantee of tuition waivers for thousands of overworked and underpaid
teaching assistants. To win, we cannot listen to those that say that now is
not the time to fight. We cannot listen to anyone who says that the way to
gain any progress is to keep our heads down and make moral appeals to the
rich and powerful. We have a right to fight for the dreams of our
communities. We must act with what Dr. King called the "fierce urgency of
now." Winning a Dream Scholarship will open up the door to passing the state
and federal DREAM Acts. It will only allow us to begin to fight to restore
affirmative action and defend public education. Now is the time to act!



  -- Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant
Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary
(BAMN)www.bamnuiuc.wordpress.com<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=pal7orbab&et=1105244286361&s=48811&e=001MMW-qze-F8FI2xjxXPJvgAsyxqgx1kIIde1VJFsxl_kzPoC8jssEWhhehLjsqIZhrnvrgwVR2num9ZM3yypq16Xs0aAPveX16Bu_hbt8eWYAQOR5EY3P3wzRZKttOCbR>
b.rothschild at bamn.com, 847-363-6317
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From julienball at hotmail.com  Fri Apr 22 11:01:49 2011
From: julienball at hotmail.com (Julien Ball)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:01:49 +0000
Subject: [Peace] Sa. 4/23: Planet vs. Profit: Can the Earth Afford Business
	As Usual?
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=GMoCFfJSBm=yOvqeYjfm9VKduEQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTi=GMoCFfJSBm=yOvqeYjfm9VKduEQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <COL122-W199D6C4E03F721619C59C8DD950@phx.gbl>



http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=213656178659797

Planet vs. Profit: Can the Earth Afford Business As Usual?Saturday, April 23, 12:30 PM
UIUC Campus106B Engineering HallEvery year, it seems, an environmental crisis threatens the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. The recent nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima power plant is just the latest example. Last year, unsafe offshore drilling practices by the oil giant BP caused a massive oil spill that took months to stem, and whose effects are still being felt. Meanwhile, our government refuses to stop offshore drilling, and the Obama administration has not backed off of its proposals for $50 billion loan guarantees to the nuclear power industry. At the same time, global warming continues to threaten life on our planet as we know it, with most climate scientists warning of dire consequences unless humans substantially reduce the level of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. This raises the question of why policy-makers continue to maintain the status quo in the face of such dire circumstances. More importantly, how can we build a movement that fights for a livable future for people all over the world? Come join us for this important discussion.Our panelists include:*Chris Williams, Professor of Physics and Chemistry at Pace University, author of Ecology and Socialism, longtime environmental activist and member of the International Socialist Organization. Suhail Barot, Graduate Student in Urban Development and Planning, Chair of Student Sustainability Committee, member of Students for Environmental ConcernsSponsored by the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS). For more info, call 415-713-6260 or email iso.champaign at gmail.com_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 		 	   		  
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From kakranich at yahoo.com  Fri Apr 22 22:49:07 2011
From: kakranich at yahoo.com (Kimberlie Kranich)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:49:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Help request in getting survey to gay and bi men who smoke
	or have smoked
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinDT5YTrAsFvdRPKtnMgkvgmZFpNQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <163032.99238.qm@web125420.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Hello Everyone,


My name is Kim Kranich and I am director of community engagement at 
Illinois Public Media (WILL radio and TV) and I am producing a video PSA
 for the 
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District for gay and bisexual men who 
smoke.? The video PSA will be shown in the the waiting room at public 
health.? The objective is to get gay men who smoke to call a smoking cessation hotline.



So
 before I produce this thing, we have an on-line survey for gay and bi 
men who smoke or have smoked.? Would you be willing to forward this 
email to any gay or bi men you know (anywhere in central Illinois ) and ask them
 to complete the anonymous survey found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FCV92VC

?

Thanks for your consideration.



~kimberlie kranich


p.s. Everyone who completes the survey will be 
entered into a drawing for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate from 
Radio Maria
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From lightport at sbcglobal.net  Sun Apr 24 07:20:14 2011
From: lightport at sbcglobal.net (Gene Vanderport)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:20:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Invitation Gene's Retirement Party -- please forward on
Message-ID: <948434.84624.qm@web81706.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Comrades,
Please forward invitation on to anyone that knows Gene Vanderport!
Thanks, and hope to see you all there!
Please RSVP...
Germaine & Gene
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From lightport at sbcglobal.net  Sun Apr 24 07:48:12 2011
From: lightport at sbcglobal.net (Gene Vanderport)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:48:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] If you cannot open attachment-Invitation Gene's Retirement
	Party -- please forward on & RSVP
Message-ID: <484898.43790.qm@web81705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

CELEBRATE MAY DAY 
Retirement & Rebirth Party
For Gene Vanderport
Sunday, May 1, 2011
2:00 ? 7:00 pm
Laborers Hall
108 E Anthony Drive, Urbana?? 61802
(Follow frontage road past O?Brien?s Automotive to dead end)
G Force DJs 2:00 ? 5:00 pm
Dinner 3:30 ? 5:30 pm
Doc Ashton & the Root Canals jazz band 5:00 ? 7:00 pm
RSVP by Tuesday, April 26
State vegetarianpreference, if preferred
To lightport at sbcglobal.net
Or 217-328-2295
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From davegreen84 at yahoo.com  Sun Apr 24 11:13:44 2011
From: davegreen84 at yahoo.com (David Green)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] (Re) invitation
Message-ID: <456964.93366.qm@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

Friends,
?
I'm re-sending this invitation from a week ago, for any who may have missed it, or who intended to RSVP and haven't. Again, please pass this along to any potentially interested parties.
?
DG
?
Friends,

I would like to extend an invitation to an event at my home on Saturday, May 7th, from 5 to 8 p.m.

The speaker will be Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, who has worked with the International Solidarity Movement in the Occupied Palestinian territories, most often in East Jersualem.

Jasmine offers this description of her talk, which will include photographs and other visuals:

"I will be talking about my time in the Occupied Palestinian territories (OPt), specifically, the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shiekh Jarrah. I lived in the OPt for 5 months, much of the time on the street in Sheikh Jarrah. Palestinian families, refugees from the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, were settled in Sheikh Jarrah by the United Nations and Jordanian government. Over the past two years, four families have been evicted and their homes transferred to Jewish settler organizations. Two families, the Gawis and the Al-Kurds are protesting their eviction, illegal under international law, by raising their families on the streets in front of their former homes. 

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) works under nonviolent Palestinian community groups to end the occupation.? We employ solidarity tactics that have come from the people directly impacted by the occupation: media assistance, non violent direct action, international accomplishment and jail support. In Sheikh Jarrah, ISM? volunteers lived full time on the streets, sleeping in tents, taking watch shifts throughout the night. The goal of our presence was to de-escalate tense and often violent conflict and acts vandalism committed by Jewish settlers on Palestinian residents of Shiekh Jarrah, provide video documentation and media support, offer tours and aid with international outreach efforts on behalf of residents. 

I will speak of my personal experiences in Sheikh Jarrah, including how hula hooping saved me from being arrested, attending weekly demonstrations against the occupation, learning to cook Palestinian meals and building relationships with Palestinian residents and Israeli solidarity activists."

Jasmine is from Oregon, and has also been involved in environmental actions there. You can google her and find out a little bit about her involvement with tree-sitting actions; she will also of course be willing to say a few words about that during the question period.

Jasmine's presentation will be followed by food and beverages. A $10 per person donation would be appreciated, but not mandatory as either a maximum or minimum. All proceeds will go directly to support the work of the ISM.

Since this event will take place at my home, I'll need to have a relatively accurate idea of how many plan to attend. Please RSVP to me personally at davegreen84 at yahoo.com. But if you should decide to come on short notice, please feel free; just let me know, in case space becomes an issue. I will send address and parking information to those who RSVP.

Also, feel free to pass this invitation along to anyone who might be interested but may not be on the AWARE listservs.

Thanks.

David Green
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From slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu  Sun Apr 24 11:51:02 2011
From: slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:51:02 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Mon 4/25, 6:30pm: Wind Energy Forum,
	Champaign Library rm "A"
Message-ID: <20110424165101.GA26380@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>

Wind Energy Forum
Monday, April 25, 6:30-8:00 PM
Champaign Public Library, Robeson Room A

In celebration of Earth Week, State Representative Naomi Jakobsson -
in cooperation with Prairie Rivers Network and Sierra Club - is hosting a
free WIND ENERGY FORUM.

This is not a panel discussion and the sponsors will
not be taking a particular position on wind --
there is one speaker, who is an expert on wind energy:

   Kevin Borgia, Executive Director, Illinois Wind Energy Association
   http://www.windforillinois.org/

Kevin will give an overview of wind energy and environmental, economic, and
community considerations.

There will be time for questions, and I know there will be a lot of them!

Free and open to the public


From brussel at illinois.edu  Mon Apr 25 00:30:45 2011
From: brussel at illinois.edu (Morton K. Brussel)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:30:45 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Sa. 4/23: Planet vs. Profit: Can the Earth Afford
	Business As Usual?
In-Reply-To: <COL122-W199D6C4E03F721619C59C8DD950@phx.gbl>
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	<COL122-W199D6C4E03F721619C59C8DD950@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <E24C2E02-93C9-42B5-8107-0980DA9941DF@illinois.edu>

I found that the talk and comments of Chris Williams to be a disgrace, full of distortions, boilerplate, and laden with tasteless clown-like humor, giggles from the audience notwithstanding.  A harmful reflection, if that is what it is,  of ISO positions. If I could have answered his tirade and others' questions more fully , I would not have walked out.   Extremely disappointing and troubling for me. You should do better.

The reference I recommended at the talk was Sustainable Energy--without the hot air, by David MacKay. A brilliant book. It is easy to understand, yet quantitative, and directed towards ordinary people. Although focussing on the UK, its methodology applies generally. It treats all kinds of energies, production, uses and practical considerations. It is inexpensive, and in fact can be downloaded free. Should be a must for all those who wish to understand the sustainable, yet environmentally sound, energy problem. 
--mkb

On Apr 22, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Julien Ball wrote:

> 
> http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=213656178659797
> 
> Planet vs. Profit: Can the Earth Afford Business As Usual?
> Saturday, April 23, 12:30 PM
> UIUC Campus
> 106B Engineering Hall
> 
> Every year, it seems, an environmental crisis threatens the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. The recent nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima power plant is just the latest example. Last year, unsafe offshore drilling practices by the oil giant BP caused a massive oil spill that took months to stem, and whose effects are still being felt. Meanwhile, our government refuses to stop offshore drilling, and the Obama administration has not backed off of its proposals for $50 billion loan guarantees to the nuclear power industry. At the same time, global warming continues to threaten life on our planet as we know it, with most climate scientists warning of dire consequences unless humans substantially reduce the level of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. 
> 
> This raises the question of why policy-makers continue to maintain the status quo in the face of such dire circumstances. More importantly, how can we build a movement that fights for a livable future for people all over the world? Come join us for this important discussion.
> 
> Our panelists include:
> 
> *Chris Williams, Professor of Physics and Chemistry at Pace University, author of Ecology and Socialism, longtime environmental activist and member of the International Socialist Organization. 
> 
> Suhail Barot, Graduate Student in Urban Development and Planning, Chair of Student Sustainability Committee, member of Students for Environmental Concerns
> 
> Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS). For more info, call 415-713-6260 or email iso.champaign at gmail.com
> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> 
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From briandolinar at gmail.com  Mon Apr 25 08:53:44 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:53:44 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Hot Topics "Avoiding Burn-Out: Sustainable Self-Care for
 Activists and Advocates"
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=9T_fDAfJE9LqHiLRKEJfpoNirLQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTi=9T_fDAfJE9LqHiLRKEJfpoNirLQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTike6Lhe7JEvkRpnpwT3POtQ=mcJ6w@mail.gmail.com>

Come out for a panel tonight with myself, Sam Smith, and Suzanne Linder on
how to avoid burn out. BD

*Hot Topics "Avoiding Burn-Out: Sustainable Self-Care for Activists and
Advocates"*
*WHERE: Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St, MC-302 2nd Floor,
Champaign, IL 61820)*
*WHEN: Monday, April 25th, 2011*
*TIME: 7pm-9pm*
*DESCRIPTION: *Free and open to the public! Please join us for a discussion
of one of the *least talked about* issues for activists, organizers, and
advocates: *how to avoid burn-out.* Come listen to a panel of local
organizers and activists as they discuss their own struggles, insights, and
tactics for dealing with all facets of activist self-care and
community-care, from navigating intergroup conflict to the power of a
"positive no." We'll discuss challenges to activism, how we navigate our own
privileges, and what we can do to keep healthy, active, and sustained. *This
event is not to be missed! *Activists, organizers, advocates of all strides
will benefit from this event! Hot Topics Dialogues is a collaborative
program designed by the YWCA and Women's Resources Center. All panels last 2
hours and are free and open to the public. Any questions? Call
217-333-3137or e-mail
rstorm2 at illinois.edu.

Thank you!
Warmly,
Rachel Storm


*  Rachel Storm, Program Coordinator *

*  Women?s Resources Center, Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
*

  703 South Wright St. MC-302, 2nd floor, Champaign, Illinois 61820,*
  tel:* 217-333-3137 *e-mail:* rstorm2 at illinois.edu

  Give to the Women's Resources Center: *http://bit.ly/i3fQK8*

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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 25 10:37:16 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:37:16 -0500
Subject: [Peace] today's events: restorative circle practice meeting 7 /
 wind energy form 6:30 / light pollution 8
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=2LfG_pwxf_ROSQXPXsPKMb1Mp3w@mail.gmail.com>

This week is NOT so full of events, so I am adding some of my person
interests instead of keeping it all on peace stuff....
All tonight:

Monday, April 25, 7pm     Restorative Circle Practice meeting / Urbana Free
Library meeting room on the second floor. [If we need more space, we will be
able to move to the auditorium at 7:15.  Hope to see you there. -- Mikhail]


Monday,    April 25    6:30pm  Wind Energy Forum with speaker: Kevin Borgia
/ Champaign Public Library, Robeson Room A


Monday,    April 25    8pm   UI Astronomy Society special meeting about
light pollution / 134 Astronomy
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From a-fields at uiuc.edu  Mon Apr 25 12:00:48 2011
From: a-fields at uiuc.edu (Belden Fields)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:00:48 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Fwd: schedule for for Conference on the 28th and 29th
References: <BANLkTin-1M5UbiaEj_thFqrm3FdX4xMN=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6DC5B7E4-8015-4E91-A1BB-F29A4F2455C8@uiuc.edu>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Lauren M. E. Goodlad" <lgoodlad at express.cites.uiuc.edu>
> Date: April 25, 2011 11:52:40 AM CDT
> To: Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: schedule for for Conference on the 28th and 29th
>
> of course, beldon
> here's a link to the updated schedule.  Feel free to disperse  
> widely! LG
>
> http://criticism.english.illinois.edu/2011%20Spring%20pages/ 
> Freedom_Discontents.htm
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>  
> wrote:
> Could someone please send me the schedule of events for the  
> Conference on Freedom and its Discontents.   I want to forwrd it to  
> someone off campus.
> Thanks,
> Belden
>
>
>
> -- 
> Lauren M. E. Goodlad
> Associate Professor, English
> Director, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
> Review Editor (Victorian), Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net
> 608 S. Wright Street
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> Urbana, IL  61801
> Office: 100b English; Office Phone: 217-333-2581; English Dept.  
> Phone: 217-333-2390; FAX 217-333-4321
> http://criticism.english.illinois.edu/index.htm
> http://criticism.english.illinois.edu/directorGoodlad.htm
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 25 13:10:26 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:10:26 -0500
Subject: [Peace] There is a public CCAPP (Champaign Community and Police
 Partnership) meeting Monday, April 25,
 2011 (today) 3pm at Douglass Center annex (804 N. 5th St., Champaign,
 Illinois). Bus line: Gray.
Message-ID: <BANLkTinYHtYviuMNxrmd80fNF87icVo=Cg@mail.gmail.com>

There is a public CCAPP (Champaign Community and Police Partnership)
meeting Monday, April 25, 2011 (today) 3pm at Douglass Center annex
(804 N. 5th St., Champaign, Illinois). Bus line: Gray.

CCAPP is a group intended to provide a forum for reducing tension
between Champaign police and the (especially African-American)
community. Its members are City officials and (City-approved)
community leaders.

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Apr 25 14:03:04 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:03:04 -0500
Subject: [Peace] periodic call to action: call about Illinois limiting the
 health care options to BlueCrossBlueShield and putting downstate employees
 in a bad possition
Message-ID: <BANLkTimiJ=UPGoJZCxwUpJXSkkzxGcTCcg@mail.gmail.com>

Action item of the week: Call state legislators about Illinois
limiting the health care options for employees of Illinois.


Conrad Wetzel: "Please remind people about the Health Alliance issue."

Catherine Gray: "If you're as enraged as I am about the Health
alliance thing, please call our illustrious Gov. Quinn and sign Mike
Frerichs?s petition about it. As is often the case, the more of us
that protest, the better."

Stuart Levy: "This affects health coverage for anyone who works for
the State (including UofI). The State proposes to drop all the HMOs
that serve east-central IL (Health Alliance, Humana, PersonalCare), in
favor of Blue Cross/Blue Shield statewide, as I understand it. If it
happens as planned, then as of July, any HMO-covered employees in this
area would either need to switch to costlier non-HMO insurance, or
find new doctors in distant parts of the state, (since BCBS has no
arrangements with any local providers). Health Alliance has filed a
formal protest, and there's been a fair public uproar, including a
hearing on Wednesday in Springfield chaired by Naomi Jakobsson."
====
Governor Pat Quinn's phone 217-782-0244
====
Senator Frerichs sent a letter to Governor Pat Quinn and Julie Hamos,
Director of the Department of Health and Family Services, urging them
to reverse their decision to end the state's contract with Health
Alliance.

Senator Frerichs also launched a petition on his website where those
who stand with him in support of Health Alliance can show their
support.
http://www.mikefrerichs.com/

One paragraph from Frerichs' letter: "I understand the Governor's
intent behind the suggested change is to cut costs, but I fear that
ending the state's contract with Health Alliance will actually have
the opposite effect. Without a contract with Health Alliance, members
of the state's group insurance plan in downstate Illinois are left
without an affordable, accessible HMO option. Over the long term, I'm
convinced a continued contract with Health Alliance will be more
affordable for the state."
- http://www.mikefrerichs.com/images/stories/Senator%20Frerichs%20Health%20Alliance%20Letter.pdf

From yaaqovz at gmail.com  Mon Apr 25 14:30:25 2011
From: yaaqovz at gmail.com (Ya'aqov Ziso)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:30:25 -0500
Subject: [Peace] periodic call to action: call about Illinois limiting
 the health care options to BlueCrossBlueShield and putting downstate
 employees in a bad possition
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimiJ=UPGoJZCxwUpJXSkkzxGcTCcg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTimiJ=UPGoJZCxwUpJXSkkzxGcTCcg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=BYQwgr8gnvFQ87g=c=YmmjpF5sg@mail.gmail.com>

*
>
> ... since BCBS has no arrangements with any local providers ....

===============
I have spent over an hour with a Carle Express administrator who made
several phone calls and then assured me that Carle does NOT but Christie
DOES have arrangements with BCBS.
Stuart, can you indicate the source of your information?
Ya'aqov




*
*On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
*
>
> *Action item of the week: Call state legislators about Illinois
> limiting the health care options for employees of Illinois.
>
>
> Conrad Wetzel: "Please remind people about the Health Alliance issue."
>
> Catherine Gray: "If you're as enraged as I am about the Health
> alliance thing, please call our illustrious Gov. Quinn and sign Mike
> Frerichs?s petition about it. As is often the case, the more of us
> that protest, the better."
>
> Stuart Levy: "This affects health coverage for anyone who works for
> the State (including UofI). The State proposes to drop all the HMOs
> that serve east-central IL (Health Alliance, Humana, PersonalCare), in
> favor of Blue Cross/Blue Shield statewide, as I understand it. If it
> happens as planned, then as of July, any HMO-covered employees in this
> area would either need to switch to costlier non-HMO insurance, or
> find new doctors in distant parts of the state, (since BCBS has no
> arrangements with any local providers). Health Alliance has filed a
> formal protest, and there's been a fair public uproar, including a
> hearing on Wednesday in Springfield chaired by Naomi Jakobsson."
> ====
> Governor Pat Quinn's phone 217-782-0244
> ====
> Senator Frerichs sent a letter to Governor Pat Quinn and Julie Hamos,
> Director of the Department of Health and Family Services, urging them
> to reverse their decision to end the state's contract with Health
> Alliance.
>
> Senator Frerichs also launched a petition on his website where those
> who stand with him in support of Health Alliance can show their
> support.
> http://www.mikefrerichs.com/
>
> One paragraph from Frerichs' letter: "I understand the Governor's
> intent behind the suggested change is to cut costs, but I fear that
> ending the state's contract with Health Alliance will actually have
> the opposite effect. Without a contract with Health Alliance, members
> of the state's group insurance plan in downstate Illinois are left
> without an affordable, accessible HMO option. Over the long term, I'm
> convinced a continued contract with Health Alliance will be more
> affordable for the state."
> -
> http://www.mikefrerichs.com/images/stories/Senator%20Frerichs%20Health%20Alliance%20Letter.pdf
> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
> Peace at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace
> *

*


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From slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu  Mon Apr 25 15:27:12 2011
From: slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:27:12 -0500
Subject: [Peace] periodic call to action: call about Illinois
	limiting	the health care options to BlueCrossBlueShield and
	putting	downstate employees in a bad possition
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=BYQwgr8gnvFQ87g=c=YmmjpF5sg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTimiJ=UPGoJZCxwUpJXSkkzxGcTCcg@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=BYQwgr8gnvFQ87g=c=YmmjpF5sg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20110425202711.GB1761@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 02:30:25PM -0500, Ya'aqov Ziso wrote:
> *
> >
> > ... since BCBS has no arrangements with any local providers ....
> 
> ===============
> I have spent over an hour with a Carle Express administrator who made
> several phone calls and then assured me that Carle does NOT but Christie
> DOES have arrangements with BCBS.
> Stuart, can you indicate the source of your information?
> Ya'aqov

[Setting followups to the "peace-discuss" list, but I'll post this here
in hope it's of interest to enough people...]

It's from Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL's web site (below), which offers a
"search for provider" by city or zip code.  I've tried both of the HMOs
which the the State proposes to offer -- HMO Illinois and
Blue Advantage HMO -- and looked for general-practice doctors and (sometimes)
for hospitals and "HMO Clinics".  All searches starting from Champaign,
regardless of "distance willing to travel", yield a message that
"the zip code entered is not within the HMO service area.  Members must live
within the HMO service area in order to receive benefits."

Possible explanations for the response you got:

  - Christie may have non-HMO arrangements with BCBS.

    I searched specifically for HMO offerings, which are what
    the state proposes to change, and which are the most economical
    plans for people who can accept the limitations of HMO coverage.

    Non-HMO (e.g. conventional insurance) plans will definitely still
    be available.  Even if the state plan goes ahead, health care with
    local providers will still have coverage, but under things like
    Quality Care Health Plan -- conventional insurance -- which will
    cost more and (I think but haven't checked) cover less.  They're
    also more prone to finger-pointing between insurer and provider.

  - Christie may have *future* HMO arrangements with BCBS, which aren't
    listed on BCBS's web site because they aren't yet available.

  - BCBS's web site,
      http://www.bcbsil.com/providers/
    may not match what they offer.  But you'd think they'd want to make it
    reflect their coverage well so that people would buy their insurance.
> 
> 
> 
> *
> *On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
> *
> >
> > *Action item of the week: Call state legislators about Illinois
> > limiting the health care options for employees of Illinois.
> >
> >
> > Conrad Wetzel: "Please remind people about the Health Alliance issue."
> >
> > Catherine Gray: "If you're as enraged as I am about the Health
> > alliance thing, please call our illustrious Gov. Quinn and sign Mike
> > Frerichs?s petition about it. As is often the case, the more of us
> > that protest, the better."
> >
> > Stuart Levy: "This affects health coverage for anyone who works for
> > the State (including UofI). The State proposes to drop all the HMOs
> > that serve east-central IL (Health Alliance, Humana, PersonalCare), in
> > favor of Blue Cross/Blue Shield statewide, as I understand it. If it
> > happens as planned, then as of July, any HMO-covered employees in this
> > area would either need to switch to costlier non-HMO insurance, or
> > find new doctors in distant parts of the state, (since BCBS has no
> > arrangements with any local providers). Health Alliance has filed a
> > formal protest, and there's been a fair public uproar, including a
> > hearing on Wednesday in Springfield chaired by Naomi Jakobsson."
> > ====
> > Governor Pat Quinn's phone 217-782-0244
> > ====
> > Senator Frerichs sent a letter to Governor Pat Quinn and Julie Hamos,
> > Director of the Department of Health and Family Services, urging them
> > to reverse their decision to end the state's contract with Health
> > Alliance.
> >
> > Senator Frerichs also launched a petition on his website where those
> > who stand with him in support of Health Alliance can show their
> > support.
> > http://www.mikefrerichs.com/
> >
> > One paragraph from Frerichs' letter: "I understand the Governor's
> > intent behind the suggested change is to cut costs, but I fear that
> > ending the state's contract with Health Alliance will actually have
> > the opposite effect. Without a contract with Health Alliance, members
> > of the state's group insurance plan in downstate Illinois are left
> > without an affordable, accessible HMO option. Over the long term, I'm
> > convinced a continued contract with Health Alliance will be more
> > affordable for the state."
> > -
> > http://www.mikefrerichs.com/images/stories/Senator%20Frerichs%20Health%20Alliance%20Letter.pdf
> > _______________________________________________
> > Peace mailing list
> > Peace at lists.chambana.net
> > http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace
> > *
> 
> *
> 
> 
> -- 
> ya'aqovZISO | yaaqovz at gmail.com | 856 217 3456
> 
> *

> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
> Peace at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace


From kakranich at yahoo.com  Mon Apr 25 17:44:01 2011
From: kakranich at yahoo.com (Kimberlie Kranich)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:44:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] What Would You Get on the Bus For? April 28th event
Message-ID: <494026.31601.qm@web125412.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Please forward widely.? Thanks!
In 1961, a courageous band of more than 400 civil rights activists risked their lives by deliberately violating Jim Crow laws. Traveling together on buses as they journeyed through the Deep South, they were greeted by mob violence and bitter racism, enduring savage beatings and even imprisonment. They called themselves the Freedom Riders.? For a sneak peek at the new American Experience
 documentary, Freedom Riders, click inside the window below.
Illinois Public Media will present a screening event for the film including presentation of clips followed by a discussion; sounds of the freedom rides, presented by Hip-Hop Express Productions; and the opportunity for those who attend to tell WILL-TV what issue would prompt them to ?get on the bus? today. The free event
 takes place from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 28, in the auditorium of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) auditorium, 1205 W. Clark St., Champaign. Parking is available in the parking deck at the corner of Goodwin and University avenues.Panelists will be Sundiata Cha-Jua, University of Illinois African-American Studies professor; Carol Ammons, C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice co-founder; Chris Adrian, Champaign Jefferson Middle School teacher and James McGaughey, a student at Heartland Community College who will retrace the Freedom Rides with 39 other students from across the country.? Dr.Will Patterson, associate director/special projects of the U of I Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, will moderate. There will be a sign language interpreter for the hearing-impaired and clips will be shown with captions
 on.For more information, visit:? http://willconnect.org/events/freedom-riders-screeningdiscussion ?
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From yaaqovz at gmail.com  Mon Apr 25 21:23:06 2011
From: yaaqovz at gmail.com (Ya'aqov Ziso)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:23:06 -0500
Subject: [Peace] periodic call to action: call about Illinois limiting
 the health care options to BlueCrossBlueShield and putting downstate
 employees in a bad possition
In-Reply-To: <20110425202711.GB1761@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>
References: <BANLkTimiJ=UPGoJZCxwUpJXSkkzxGcTCcg@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=BYQwgr8gnvFQ87g=c=YmmjpF5sg@mail.gmail.com>
	<20110425202711.GB1761@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>
Message-ID: <BANLkTim+ZsP=6XhRXFF-L065ZELr=F5Jcw@mail.gmail.com>

*Stuart, kind thanks. I'll write back after speaking with Christie's
administrator.

*
*On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu>wrote:
*
>
> *On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 02:30:25PM -0500, Ya'aqov Ziso wrote:
> > *
> *
> *> >
> > > ... since BCBS has no arrangements with any local providers ....
> >
> > ===============
> > I have spent over an hour with a Carle Express administrator who made
> > several phone calls and then assured me that Carle does NOT but Christie
> > DOES have arrangements with BCBS.
> > Stuart, can you indicate the source of your information?
> > Ya'aqov
>
> *
> *[Setting followups to the "peace-discuss" list, but I'll post this here
> in hope it's of interest to enough people...]
>
> It's from Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL's web site (below), which offers a
> "search for provider" by city or zip code.  I've tried both of the HMOs
> which the the State proposes to offer -- HMO Illinois and
> Blue Advantage HMO -- and looked for general-practice doctors and
> (sometimes)
> for hospitals and "HMO Clinics".  All searches starting from Champaign,
> regardless of "distance willing to travel", yield a message that
> "the zip code entered is not within the HMO service area.  Members must
> live
> within the HMO service area in order to receive benefits."
>
> Possible explanations for the response you got:
>
>  - Christie may have non-HMO arrangements with BCBS.
>
>    I searched specifically for HMO offerings, which are what
>    the state proposes to change, and which are the most economical
>    plans for people who can accept the limitations of HMO coverage.
>
>    Non-HMO (e.g. conventional insurance) plans will definitely still
>    be available.  Even if the state plan goes ahead, health care with
>    local providers will still have coverage, but under things like
>    Quality Care Health Plan -- conventional insurance -- which will
>    cost more and (I think but haven't checked) cover less.  They're
>    also more prone to finger-pointing between insurer and provider.
>
>  - Christie may have *future* HMO arrangements with BCBS, which aren't
>    listed on BCBS's web site because they aren't yet available.
>
>  - BCBS's web site,
>      http://www.bcbsil.com/providers/
>    may not match what they offer.  But you'd think they'd want to make it
>    reflect their coverage well so that people would buy their insurance.
> >
> >
> >
> > *
> *
> *> *On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > *
> > >
> > > *Action item of the week: Call state legislators about Illinois
> > > limiting the health care options for employees of Illinois.
> > >
> > >
> > > Conrad Wetzel: "Please remind people about the Health Alliance issue."
> > >
> > > Catherine Gray: "If you're as enraged as I am about the Health
> > > alliance thing, please call our illustrious Gov. Quinn and sign Mike
> > > Frerichs?s petition about it. As is often the case, the more of us
> > > that protest, the better."
> > >
> > > Stuart Levy: "This affects health coverage for anyone who works for
> > > the State (including UofI). The State proposes to drop all the HMOs
> > > that serve east-central IL (Health Alliance, Humana, PersonalCare), in
> > > favor of Blue Cross/Blue Shield statewide, as I understand it. If it
> > > happens as planned, then as of July, any HMO-covered employees in this
> > > area would either need to switch to costlier non-HMO insurance, or
> > > find new doctors in distant parts of the state, (since BCBS has no
> > > arrangements with any local providers). Health Alliance has filed a
> > > formal protest, and there's been a fair public uproar, including a
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> > > to reverse their decision to end the state's contract with Health
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> > > One paragraph from Frerichs' letter: "I understand the Governor's
> > > intent behind the suggested change is to cut costs, but I fear that
> > > ending the state's contract with Health Alliance will actually have
> > > the opposite effect. Without a contract with Health Alliance, members
> > > of the state's group insurance plan in downstate Illinois are left
> > > without an affordable, accessible HMO option. Over the long term, I'm
> > > convinced a continued contract with Health Alliance will be more
> > > affordable for the state."
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 26 13:15:52 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:15:52 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We
 have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
Message-ID: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>

AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We have
decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.

Interested in joining?

Songs we came up with:
* Sixteen Tons (You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day
older and deeper in debt)
* Let There Be Peace On Earth (and let it begin with me)
* Last night I had the strangest dream (I dreamed the world had all
agreed To put an end to war)

-- karen medina
"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

From pnolan64 at yahoo.com  Tue Apr 26 14:10:47 2011
From: pnolan64 at yahoo.com (pnolan64)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:10:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
	We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <479565.65981.qm@web111712.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I'm interested.  I'm not a good singer, but it sounds like fun.  

I vote for "Sixteen Tons" (sounds like the most fun and easiest to learn for an 
impromptu public performance)

"Let There Be Peace On Earth" (beautiful song, but could be difficult to 
learn/sing, though would have great impact)
"Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (too folky for my tastes)

Paul Nolan 
 
"To thine own self be true."
William Shakespeare
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From: Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
To: Peace List <peace at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Tue, April 26, 2011 1:15:52 PM
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We have 
decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.

AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We have
decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.

Interested in joining?

Songs we came up with:
* Sixteen Tons (You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day
older and deeper in debt)
* Let There Be Peace On Earth (and let it begin with me)
* Last night I had the strangest dream (I dreamed the world had all
agreed To put an end to war)

-- karen medina
"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 26 15:42:40 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:42:40 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Saturday April 30 / 7:30pm: Benefit Dinner to send local
 people to conference in Chicago / Jerusalem Cafe!
Message-ID: <BANLkTimdM8Jrp=5B8dJtRZxYDuKr-5s0QA@mail.gmail.com>

Saturday, April 30, 7:30-9:30 PM
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http://socialistworker.org/2011/04/25/repression-and-defiance-in-syria

Analysis: Yusef Khalil

Repression and defiance in Assad's Syria

Yusef Khalil reports on the groundswell of protests that have swept
across Syria--and the savage crackdown of the regime of President
Bashar al-Assad.

April 25, 2011

Protesters fill the streets of the Syrian city of Baniyas, calling for
Bashar al-Assad to step down (Al Jazeera)

BRAVING A heavy security presence and roadblocks leading into cities
and towns, tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets across the
country following prayers in both mosques and churches on "Great
Friday"--as Good Friday is known in Arabic--in the latest popular
challenge to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime.

But protesters were met once again with deadly violence--in spite of
the long-awaited lifting of the country's half-century-old Emergency
Law the day before and a series of other reforms. More than 100
unarmed peaceful demonstrators were reportedly killed by the Assad
government's security forces in the bloodiest crackdown yet.

As a follow-up, in the early hours of April 24, security forces burst
into the homes of opposition activists, arresting an unknown number.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based
group, dozens have been arrested.

The mass protests in Syria began in early March in the city of Daraa
after police arrested and tortured teenagers and boys for writing
anti-regime graffiti based on slogans from the Tunisian and Egyptian
revolutions.

At first, it appeared as if the protests would be contained. However,
other cities and towns joined in, and the protests gathered support
across ethnic and religious lines. A huge mobilization on Friday,
April 15, rocked the regime after it thought it had regained the upper
hand through a combination of repression and promises of reform.

The following week, in the capital city of Damascus, a massive
security deployment started as early as Thursday in preparation for
what has become a common feature of the Arab revolutions: the
ever-growing mobilization after noon prayers on Friday.

On the day itself, any protest--or even a beginning of a
gathering--was swiftly attacked with tear gas and live ammunition.
Nevertheless, thousands of people were still able to come out in
Damascus and the surrounding towns.

Demonstrations continued in the southern city of Daraa, the site of
the arrest and torture of the teenage boys in March. Nearby villages
of Houran also saw significant protests and a security crackdown--most
notably in Izraa, where at least 10 people were killed, including a
7-year-old child.

The city of Homs saw some of the angriest demonstrations in response
to a regime assault with live ammunition last Tuesday against a
peaceful sit-in at what is now called Freedom Square. Adding insult to
injury, the Syrian government and official news agency justified the
murders by characterizing the demonstrators as Salafists--members of a
fundamentalist current in Islam known for their intolerance towards
more moderate Muslims, as well as non-Muslims.

According to some sources, citizens formed committees to defend their
neighborhoods from attacks by regime forces, but that didn't prevent
the killing of at least eight people. In an alarming development,
eyewitnesses have reported seeing security forces posing as Salafists,
sent out to tarnish the image of the protesters by carrying out
looting and provoking state security forces.

North of Homs, the women and children of ar-Rastan came out in
solidarity with the nearby city of Talbiseh which has been under
siege, without electricity, water, or communications for several days.

But not all protests were met with repression. In some areas, like the
coastal cities of Tartous and Baniyas, people were able to march and
demonstrate without interference from the regime. In Qamishli, around
6,000 marched together under the banner "Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds
Against Corruption"--an important statement that captures the spirit
of unity and solidarity that has characterized the struggle in Syria.

However, in a cycle that has now become familiar to many, security
forces opened fire the next day killing at least a dozen people who
were mourning Friday's victims.

The intensity of the crackdown last weekend--with 120 killed in two
days--led to the first resignations from the Assad regime when two
members of parliament from Daraa stepped down. "If I cannot protect
the chests of my people from these treacherous strikes, then there is
no meaning for me to stay in the People's Assembly," one of the
members of parliament, Nasser Hariri, told Al Jazeera.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ASSAD AND his regime are attempting to survive the tide of revolt by
carrying out terrible violence, while also promising to make changes.

The most anticipated reform came April 21, with the lifting of the
Emergency Law, which grants the government temporary powers during a
"state of emergency." This "temporary" law has been in effect for the
last five decades. It gives the state far-reaching powers to detain
citizens, ban demonstrations, control the media, eavesdrop on private
communications and interrogate people.

But the regime's move is highly conditional. First of all, though the
State of Emergency has been lifted, the Emergency Law is still on the
books and can always be activated again.

And in its place, a new permanent law went into effect that severely
restricts demonstrations. Although formally recognizing the right to
protest, the new law requires demonstrators to apply for permission
from the Interior Ministry at least five days in advance. The ministry
then has the power to deny the request, or change the date, time,
location, duration and course of the demonstration.

Further articles in the new law seem to imply that any demonstration
or gathering--even if it is peaceful--that is not pre-approved by the
authorities may be considered a "riot." In an ominous sign, the first
applicant for a license to demonstrate was detained for several hours.

In anticipation of the Friday protests, the Syrian Local Coordination
Committee, a network of groups organizing the protests, issued its
first statement to clarify the demands it has united around.

The committee called for an end to the killings, torture, arrest and
violence against peaceful demonstrators, as well as the release of all
political prisoners and prisoners of conscience from Syria's jails. It
also demanded constitutional changes that would limit presidential
terms, increase the power of parliament and repeal Article 8 of the
constitution, which recognizes the Baath Party as the one and only
ruling party in Syria.

Judged by these demands--which are far from radical on their face,
though they are profoundly so in the context of a 50-year-old
dictatorship--the regime has shown itself incapable of any meaningful
reform, and very capable of killing its own citizens. The
non-concessions offered so far by the government are adding fuel to
the fire of the pro-democracy movement.

The regime's arrogance has led to an escalation in the demands of the
protesters, which started with appeals for small-scale reforms and
more freedoms. There is a shift in consciousness underway in Syria
towards revolutionary conclusions. It has yet to reach the tipping
point achieved by Tunisians and Egyptians, but the trajectory is
unmistakable. In city after city, in town after town, the protesters
are calling for the downfall of the regime.

From bill.strutz at gmail.com  Tue Apr 26 18:07:16 2011
From: bill.strutz at gmail.com (Bill Strutz)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:07:16 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
 We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <479565.65981.qm@web111712.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
	<479565.65981.qm@web111712.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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This sounds great.  I am not a singer, I am not a dancer, and I am not a
videographer-- but I can flash!
Jokingly,
               Bill

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:10 PM, pnolan64 <pnolan64 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm interested.  I'm not a good singer, but it sounds like fun.
>
> I vote for "Sixteen Tons" (sounds like the most fun and easiest to learn
> for an impromptu public performance)
>
> "Let There Be Peace On Earth" (beautiful song, but could be difficult to
> learn/sing, though would have great impact)
> "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (too folky for my tastes)
>
> Paul Nolan
>
> "To thine own self be true."
> William Shakespeare
>  <style type="text/css"></style>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Peace List <peace at lists.chambana.net>
> *Sent:* Tue, April 26, 2011 1:15:52 PM
> *Subject:* [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
> We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
>
> AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We have
> decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
>
> Interested in joining?
>
> Songs we came up with:
> * Sixteen Tons (You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day
> older and deeper in debt)
> * Let There Be Peace On Earth (and let it begin with me)
> * Last night I had the strangest dream (I dreamed the world had all
> agreed To put an end to war)
>
> -- karen medina
> "The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark
> Twain
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From jbw292002 at gmail.com  Tue Apr 26 19:28:10 2011
From: jbw292002 at gmail.com (John W.)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:28:10 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
 We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=SrEHY3fautdE_CN-FrKcL_+9qkw@mail.gmail.com>

What exactly is a "singing flash mob"?


On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:

AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We have
> decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
>
> Interested in joining?
>
> Songs we came up with:
> * Sixteen Tons (You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day
> older and deeper in debt)
> * Let There Be Peace On Earth (and let it begin with me)
> * Last night I had the strangest dream (I dreamed the world had all
> agreed To put an end to war)
>
> -- karen medina
> "The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark
> Twain
>
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From lyubanskym at gmail.com  Tue Apr 26 20:56:58 2011
From: lyubanskym at gmail.com (Mikhail Lyubansky)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:56:58 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
 We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=SrEHY3fautdE_CN-FrKcL_+9qkw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=SrEHY3fautdE_CN-FrKcL_+9qkw@mail.gmail.com>
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It's when a group of people sings a song in public and then at a
pre-determined "random" moment simultaneously flashes the audience.

Ok, not really...but this will give you an idea:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDAQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVQ3d3KigPQM&rct=j&q=flash%20mob&ei=Kne3TamdIdK_0QHV8aHSDw&usg=AFQjCNE7ShWjwA8VcfC6MaeX-cWVd3T5aQ&sig2=WmwRSr1zm818XBnqR_0jRg&cad=rja

It's a lot of fun.  Not sure I can participate, but I'd love to come watch.
:)

Mikhail



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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:28 PM, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What exactly is a "singing flash mob"?
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We have
>> decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
>>
>> Interested in joining?
>>
>> Songs we came up with:
>> * Sixteen Tons (You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day
>> older and deeper in debt)
>> * Let There Be Peace On Earth (and let it begin with me)
>> * Last night I had the strangest dream (I dreamed the world had all
>> agreed To put an end to war)
>>
>> -- karen medina
>> "The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark
>> Twain
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
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From naiman at justforeignpolicy.org  Tue Apr 26 21:38:10 2011
From: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (Robert Naiman)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:38:10 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
 We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTim329PP2Qoo=G2in0a8wb3HWP=VAA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
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That's cute, but for our purposes, I think the following examples are
more compelling:

Flashmob: Cape Town Opera say NO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wElyrFOnKPk

Don't Get Caught in a Bad Hotel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-79pX1IOqPU

Obama fundraiser interrupted by protesters seeking release of Bradley Manning
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20056122-503544.html

US Uncut FlashMob: "BofA/doesn't pay/taxes in the USA!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdxTcaCS65Y

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Mikhail Lyubansky <lyubanskym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's when a group of people sings a song in public and then at a pre-determined "random" moment simultaneously flashes the audience.
>
> Ok, not really...but this will give you an idea: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDAQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVQ3d3KigPQM&rct=j&q=flash%20mob&ei=Kne3TamdIdK_0QHV8aHSDw&usg=AFQjCNE7ShWjwA8VcfC6MaeX-cWVd3T5aQ&sig2=WmwRSr1zm818XBnqR_0jRg&cad=rja
>
> It's a lot of fun.? Not sure I can participate, but I'd love to come watch. :)
>
> Mikhail
>
>
>
> Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D.
> Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~lyubansk
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> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:28 PM, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What exactly is a "singing flash mob"?
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob. We have
>>> decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
>>>
>>> Interested in joining?
>>>
>>> Songs we came up with:
>>> * Sixteen Tons (You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day
>>> older and deeper in debt)
>>> * Let There Be Peace On Earth (and let it begin with me)
>>> * Last night I had the strangest dream (I dreamed the world had all
>>> agreed To put an end to war)
>>>
>>> -- karen medina
>>> "The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
>>
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From yaaqovz at gmail.com  Tue Apr 26 22:48:06 2011
From: yaaqovz at gmail.com (Ya'aqov Ziso)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:48:06 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
 We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimmp_-CiwdcFs=nWS2PnjPDHEL-gA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=SrEHY3fautdE_CN-FrKcL_+9qkw@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTim329PP2Qoo=G2in0a8wb3HWP=VAA@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTimmp_-CiwdcFs=nWS2PnjPDHEL-gA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=0-U2xoB1sXwhjCXf4dmTgnF4c2Q@mail.gmail.com>

*Urbana's IMC/ School for Designing a Society has been discussing and
experimenting with composition and activism and performance where flash mobs
based on songs and dance and theatre play a role. Until Labor Day there's
enough time for perhaps collaborate with them on this. Their inspiration and
experience could be extremely helpful to us, **Ya'aqov*
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From slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu  Tue Apr 26 23:22:55 2011
From: slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:22:55 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash	mob.
	We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=0-U2xoB1sXwhjCXf4dmTgnF4c2Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=SrEHY3fautdE_CN-FrKcL_+9qkw@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTim329PP2Qoo=G2in0a8wb3HWP=VAA@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTimmp_-CiwdcFs=nWS2PnjPDHEL-gA@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=0-U2xoB1sXwhjCXf4dmTgnF4c2Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20110427042255.GA11641@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:48:06PM -0500, Ya'aqov Ziso wrote:
> *Urbana's IMC/ School for Designing a Society has been discussing and
> experimenting with composition and activism and performance where flash mobs
> based on songs and dance and theatre play a role. Until Labor Day there's
> enough time for perhaps collaborate with them on this. Their inspiration and
> experience could be extremely helpful to us, **Ya'aqov*

Yes!

To be clear, we are talking about gathering on International Workers' Day,
May Day, 1pm *this* Sunday.   We're not waiting for the US' Labor Day
in the fall (though it could be fun to do it again too)...

Karen and I talked with Jan Kalmar this evening,
asking about labor songs, and she suggested a lovely one:

    Step By Step

Step by step the longest march
  can be won, can be won
Many stones can form an arch,
  singly none, singly none
And by union what we will
  can be accomplished still
Drops of water turn a mill,
  singly none, singly none.

[From Ruthie Gorton, from the preamble
   to the constitution of the United Mineworkers of America]
(& thanks to omniscient google for finding a song from fragments)

From yaaqovz at gmail.com  Wed Apr 27 05:13:01 2011
From: yaaqovz at gmail.com (Ya'aqov Ziso)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:13:01 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE has been talking about doing a singing flash mob.
 We have decided that Labor Day is a good day to do one.
In-Reply-To: <20110427042255.GA11641@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>
References: <BANLkTikN4p7JcG-oF5DpKRCceH=9fA_nSw@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=SrEHY3fautdE_CN-FrKcL_+9qkw@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTim329PP2Qoo=G2in0a8wb3HWP=VAA@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTimmp_-CiwdcFs=nWS2PnjPDHEL-gA@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTi=0-U2xoB1sXwhjCXf4dmTgnF4c2Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<20110427042255.GA11641@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>
Message-ID: <BANLkTinYRGc1XD7QCbrN60yrk--SqnjzxA@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks also for clarifying, Stuart and yes: an early September event would
benefit us with more time for honing the flash-mob's performance. The School
for Designing a Society's organizers and students, their experiences and
ideas, could provide ample guidance and inspiration for our preparations.

Also, given more time for planning and preparing, more participants will be
able to articulate and design the staging aspects of such flash-mob.

*Ya'aqov*


*On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu>wrote:
*
>
> *On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:48:06PM -0500, Ya'aqov Ziso wrote:
> > *Urbana's IMC/ School for Designing a Society has been discussing and
> *
> *> experimenting with composition and activism and performance where flash
> mobs
> > based on songs and dance and theatre play a role. Until Labor Day there's
> > enough time for perhaps collaborate with them on this. Their inspiration
> and
> *
> *> experience could be extremely helpful to us, **Ya'aqov*
>
> Yes!
>
> To be clear, we are talking about gathering on International Workers' Day,
> May Day, 1pm *this* Sunday.   We're not waiting for the US' Labor Day
> in the fall (though it could be fun to do it again too)...
>
> Karen and I talked with Jan Kalmar this evening,
> asking about labor songs, and she suggested a lovely one:
>
>    Step By Step
>
> Step by step the longest march
>  can be won, can be won
> Many stones can form an arch,
>  singly none, singly none
> And by union what we will
>  can be accomplished still
> Drops of water turn a mill,
>  singly none, singly none.*
>
> *
*
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From briandolinar at gmail.com  Wed Apr 27 09:46:55 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:46:55 -0500
Subject: [Peace] "Poetry for the People" issue release/open mic party
 Saturday night at IMC
Message-ID: <BANLkTins=+xJCQHLyYG03G=befViT_G-Dg@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings,

Join the *Public i* newspaper for our final event of the "Poetry for the
People" series.
We will be releasing our special poetry issue of the *Public i* choc full of
poetry from local poets.
There will also be an open mic with Aaron Ammons, host of SPEAK Cafe.
Bring some of your own poetry to share, or simply come out to hear some live
local poets.
This a free event with refreshments provided.

Saturday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Independent Media Center, Broadway and
Elm in the old post office, downtown Urbana.

"Poetry for the People" is a project funded by the Urbana Public Arts
Commission.

And also on Saturday check out the Zine workshop taking place at the IMC!

BD
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Wed Apr 27 23:43:06 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:43:06 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Monday, May 2 / Latino Immigrant Lives: Reflections for
 Reform / 7; 30pm / Alumni Center
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=8vEXdNd2EFLANguGwOXa4OQ1YBg@mail.gmail.com>

Latino Immigrant Lives: Reflections for Reform
[20th Annual Daniel S. Sanders Peace and Social Justice Lecture]


May 2, 2011
7:30 p.m.
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 S. Lincoln Ave Urbana, IL

Speaker: Dr. Cecilia Menjivar, Cowden Distinguished Professor, School
of Social and Family Dynamics Program in Sociology at Arizona State
University.

Dr. Menjivar's research examines the social consequences of different
forms of exclusion (legal, social, economic) and institutional,
symbolic, and political forms of violence. Menjivar looks at these
issues primarily within Central and Latin American contexts, focusing
on the issues of U.S.-bound migration and gender relations. Her
fieldwork in Guatemala yielded information about the effects of
multiple forms of violence on the social worlds of Ladinas and
indigenous women. She also studies the militarization of the U.S.
border and how it impacts immigrants' attempts to enter the country.

This program is free and open to the public.

http://www.socialwork.illinois.edu/

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 28 00:37:08 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:37:08 -0500
Subject: [Peace] flashmob / Sunday May 1,
 1pm / Market Place Mall Food Court // Rehearsal Friday April 29 /
 8pm at the university Observatory
Message-ID: <BANLkTimAeM0MbDdYDKF0QD6=5N97-ZwXVQ@mail.gmail.com>

Join the Singing Flashmob
Sunday, May 1, 1pm
Market Place Food Court (2000 N Neil St, Champaign, Illinois)
May 1st is May Day here but it is also the International Labor Day in
60 countries.

* Step by Step (by Pete Seeger) and other songs (pro-labor and maybe anti-war)

Flashmob Rehearsal: Friday night, 8pm, at the UIUC Observatory, just
south of the Music Building (1114 West Nevada Street Urbana, IL
61801).
Contact: Stuart Levy slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (217)369-3485 know you
are interested. We will have lyric sheets and music to practice with.
Instruments welcome.

From briandolinar at gmail.com  Thu Apr 28 13:43:31 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:43:31 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Louder Than A Bomb at "Poetry for the People"
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=dU=-QgDVRtPt-50ipf9daYgT8Jg@mail.gmail.com>

We just had it confirmed that Chicago-based poetry group Louder Than A Bomb
will be at our "Poetry for the People" open mic/issue release party!
Louder Than A Bomb is the subject of a new documentary to be shown at
Ebertfest on Sunday.
They will be in town the previous night and will be performing at the IMC.

Again, the event is Saturday night 7:30 at the Independent Media Center in
downtown Urbana.

Peace, BD
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Thu Apr 28 18:59:28 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:59:28 -0500
Subject: [Peace] freedom riders / screening and discussion / 7pm (NOW) NCSA
	auditorium
Message-ID: <BANLkTinTGMZmdGzAfrgxoPuPSwXcNd4kbQ@mail.gmail.com>

Would You ?Get on the Bus??
Freedom Riders screening and discussion
7 pm TONIGHT (Thursday, April 28, 2011)
NCSA Auditorium, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana

In 1961, more than 400 Freedom Riders were greeted by mob violence
when they deliberately violated Jim Crow laws while traveling together
on buses through the Deep South. Come tell WILL-TV what issue would
prompt you to ?get on the bus? today.

From slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu  Thu Apr 28 19:08:47 2011
From: slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:08:47 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Bradley Manning will no longer be in solitary confinement!
Message-ID: <20110429000846.GA30858@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>

Very good news.   Manning should be free, but at least it sounds as though
his months of torture are ended, for now.

----- Forwarded message from Kevin Zeese <kbzeese at gmail.com> -----

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:16:21 -0400
From: Kevin Zeese <kbzeese at gmail.com>
Subject: [ufpj-activist] Breaking news on Bradley Manning
To: vfpaction <vfpaction at googlegroups.com>, VotersForPeace at yahoogroups.com,
	ufpj-activist <ufpj-activist at lists.mayfirst.org>,
	washingtonmetrosupports-bradley at googlegroups.com

Just got word from a reporter that toured Ft. Leavenworth that Bradley
Manning will no longer be in solitary, but will be allowed to mix with
prisoners.  He is finally getting treated how he should have from the
beginning.

The reporter tells me: "Manning will be mingling with others awaiting trial,
sharing a common area with three other soldier prisoners and recreating with
several more for at least three hours a day. That doesn't count library
time, etc."

This is a victory, but now we need to figure out how to get him a fair trial
and released.

Let us go from strength to strength.

KZ

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From julienball at hotmail.com  Fri Apr 29 13:01:29 2011
From: julienball at hotmail.com (Julien Ball)
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:01:29 +0000
Subject: [Peace] How are you celebrating May Day this weekend? Sa. fundraiser
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=5enZn5OrSySVVbM1RjXOc2V+iTA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTi=5enZn5OrSySVVbM1RjXOc2V+iTA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <COL122-W13060D416814D42E3FB854DD9A0@phx.gbl>


http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120101771401837
Revolution in the Air:A Fundraising Dinner for the Socialism 2011 Conference
Saturday, April 30, 7:30-9:30 PMJerusalem Cafe (601 S. Wright St.)
 Revolution is in the air--the epic revolutions spreading throughout North Africa and the Middle East have shown that masses of ordinary people can take control over their own lives. And the heroic struggle of Wisconsin workers to defend their unions have inspired people across the country to fight for their own rights. The urgency of an alternative to a system of austerity, war and profiteering has never been more apparent to millions of people. Dozens of people from Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois will be heading to the Socialism 2011 conference in Chicago to discuss this alternative, and network with more than 1,000 activists from around the country.
 But we need your help to make sure everyone who wants to can afford to go! To help contribute to the cause, or to find out more about attending the conference, or getting involved in the socialist movement, join us Saturday for an evening of food, entertainment and political discussion.
 $10 suggested donation (dinner included). For more info, email iso.champaign at gmail.com. For more info about the conference, visit www.socialismconference.org
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ http://www.socialismconference.org/
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After years of devastation in the clutches of the Great Recession, masses of people are discovering their power to change the world. The movements sweeping the Middle East, from Tunis to Cairo to Tripoli, have revived the politics of class struggle and revolution for the 21st century. Instead of cutbacks, unemployment and repression that our rulers offer us, solidarity in struggle shows that "another world is possible."
Socialism 2011 will provide an unparalleled opportunity for new and veteran activists and scholars to discuss what these events mean for our world, and for our own movements today.
Last year, more than 1,500 people turned out to explore the history of struggles of ordinary people, to learn about radical figures who led social movements and to debate theoretical questions that can help us change the world.
Don?t miss the chance to meet, talk and hang out with hundreds of others like you who want to build an alternative to a system of greed, racism, war and oppression.


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What they say about past Socialism Conferences...

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Socialism conferences are exciting gathering places for students and young activists, for revolutionary scholars and fighters for social justice, to share ideas and experiences that can help us understand and change the world. I've been to a couple?it's not enough. I'm coming again.
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From slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu  Fri Apr 29 13:35:17 2011
From: slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:35:17 -0500
Subject: [Peace] singing for peace -- practice *tonight* 8pm for Sunday's
	1pm flash	mob
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimAeM0MbDdYDKF0QD6=5N97-ZwXVQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTimAeM0MbDdYDKF0QD6=5N97-ZwXVQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20110429183517.GA9126@osage-vm.ncsa.illinois.edu>

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:37:08AM -0500, Karen Medina wrote:
> Join the Singing Flashmob

Yes, please come sing with us!

Practice tonight -- 8pm Friday 4/29 -- for those who'd like to,
at the Observatory on campus.  But its location isn't quite
as mentioned earlier -- the Observatory is at 901 South Mathews Ave,
just south of *Smith Hall* (not the Music Bldg, which is a couple blocks away).
It's a couple blocks south of the Red Herring, or just east of the
Undergraduate Library.

If the weather stays clear we'll watch stars afterward (but clouds are forecast).

We'll have lyric sheets for five songs suggested so far,

   Let There Be Peace On Earth
   Step By Step
   Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
   Sixteen Tons
   Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

and tonight we'll pick which ones we actually want to sing on
Sunday -- May Day!

If you'd like a chance to practice but can't come this evening,
please write back & we can arrange another time.

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:37:08AM -0500, Karen Medina wrote:
> Join the Singing Flashmob
> Sunday, May 1, 1pm
> Market Place Food Court (2000 N Neil St, Champaign, Illinois)
> May 1st is May Day here but it is also the International Labor Day in
> 60 countries.
> 
> * Step by Step (by Pete Seeger) and other songs (pro-labor and maybe anti-war)
> 
> Flashmob Rehearsal: Friday night, 8pm, at the UIUC Observatory, just
> south of the Music Building (1114 West Nevada Street Urbana, IL
> 61801).
> Contact: Stuart Levy slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (217)369-3485 know you
> are interested. We will have lyric sheets and music to practice with.
> Instruments welcome.
> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
> Peace at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Fri Apr 29 16:31:26 2011
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:31:26 -0500
Subject: [Peace] COME SING tonight under the telescope!!! Re: singing for
 peace -- practice *tonight* 8pm for Sunday's 1pm flash mob
Message-ID: <BANLkTinghto-HETFjwY2=+sJSiP1jniCnQ@mail.gmail.com>

COME SING tonight under the telescope!!!
[I was very tired that night when I was looking for the address of
Smith Hall. So sorry, everyone.]

-karen medina


On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:37:08AM -0500, Karen Medina wrote:
>> Join the Singing Flashmob
>
> Yes, please come sing with us!
>
> Practice tonight -- 8pm Friday 4/29 -- for those who'd like to,
> at the Observatory on campus. ?But its location isn't quite
> as mentioned earlier -- the Observatory is at 901 South Mathews Ave,
> just south of *Smith Hall* (not the Music Bldg, which is a couple blocks away).
> It's a couple blocks south of the Red Herring, or just east of the
> Undergraduate Library.
>
> If the weather stays clear we'll watch stars afterward (but clouds are forecast).
>
> We'll have lyric sheets for five songs suggested so far,
>
> ? Let There Be Peace On Earth
> ? Step By Step
> ? Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
> ? Sixteen Tons
> ? Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
>
> and tonight we'll pick which ones we actually want to sing on
> Sunday -- May Day!
>
> If you'd like a chance to practice but can't come this evening,
> please write back & we can arrange another time.
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:37:08AM -0500, Karen Medina wrote:
>> Join the Singing Flashmob
>> Sunday, May 1, 1pm
>> Market Place Food Court (2000 N Neil St, Champaign, Illinois)
>> May 1st is May Day here but it is also the International Labor Day in
>> 60 countries.
>>
>> * Step by Step (by Pete Seeger) and other songs (pro-labor and maybe anti-war)
>>
>> Flashmob Rehearsal: Friday night, 8pm, at the UIUC Observatory, just
>> south of the Music Building (1114 West Nevada Street Urbana, IL
>> 61801).
>> Contact: Stuart Levy slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu (217)369-3485 know you
>> are interested. We will have lyric sheets and music to practice with.
>> Instruments welcome.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Peace mailing list
>> Peace at lists.chambana.net
>> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace
>



-- 
-- karen medina
"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

From briandolinar at gmail.com  Sat Apr 30 08:10:21 2011
From: briandolinar at gmail.com (Brian Dolinar)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:10:21 -0500
Subject: [Peace] "Poetry For The People" tonight with special guests Louder
	Than A Bomb!
Message-ID: <BANLkTimvewxMjFW1xK_c7qLQFeMwbkHopw@mail.gmail.com>

Tonight! "Poetry For The People" is holding its open mic/issue release
party!
Special guests from Louder Than A Bomb - Kevin Coval, Lamar Jorden, Charles
Smith and rest of the Steinmenautz - will be here from Chicago.
Host with the most Aaron Ammons of SPEAK Cafe will be the emcee.

Saturday, Apr. 30, 7:30 at the IMC will be the place to be!

BD
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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From jencart13 at yahoo.com  Sat Apr 30 22:10:31 2011
From: jencart13 at yahoo.com (Jenifer Cartwright)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:10:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Louder Than A Bomb - 12n and 4p on Sunday,
	5/1 @ Virginia Theatre
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LOUDER THAN A BOMB will be tomorrow (Sunday May 1st) at 12n as part of Ebertfest, w/ after-film interviews, and then again for FREE by the Anti-stigma Alliance.

--- On Thu, 4/28/11, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>
Subject: [Peace] Louder Than A Bomb at "Poetry for the People"
To: 
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 1:43 PM

We just had it confirmed that Chicago-based poetry group Louder Than A Bomb will be at our "Poetry for the People" open mic/issue release party!
Louder Than A Bomb is the subject of a new documentary to be shown at Ebertfest on Sunday.

They will be in town the previous night and will be performing at the IMC.

Again, the event is Saturday night 7:30 at the Independent Media Center in downtown Urbana.

Peace, BD
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.

303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com


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