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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hi everyone. I'm new to your group. Thanks for having me. Not that I consider the News Gazette to be worthy of reading, but it does give a distinctly local perspective. Here is what it said about this outrageous mural in today's paper: <A href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/art/2010-09-09/artist-alters-building-mural-after-it-provokes-outcry.htm" target=_blank>http://www.news-gazette.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/art/2010-09-09/artist-alters-building-mural-after-it-provokes-outcry.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> eheim2@illinois.edu<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 9/9/2010 5:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Rachel Storm; peace@anti-war.net; Brian Dolinar; Barbara kessel; Pat Nolan; DebRugg@aol.com; hardcore@iresist.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Peace] Fwd: Disturbing Images from Downtown Champaign<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><PRE style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Is it too early to organize a response? What do people think?
Eric
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>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:58:11 -0500
>From: Rachel Storm <rachelstrm@gmail.com>
>Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Disturbing Images from Downtown Champaign
>To: peace@anti-war.net, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar@gmail.com>, Barbara kessel <barkes@gmail.com>, Pat Nolan <pnolan96@aol.com>, DebRugg@aol.com, hardcore@iresist.org
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> Please forward widely.
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> From: Davis, Ashley <adavis2@ad.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 5:24 PM
> Subject: Disturbing Images from Downtown Champaign
> To: OIIR@listserv.illinois.edu
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> Hello Colleagues,
>
> I hope you are well on this beautiful Tuesday. This
> afternoon I received a phone call concerning
> disturbing images in downtown Champaign. I rushed to
> the scene of the crime and found the images to
> be as disheartening and disturbing as described.
>
> Talks with the owner concerning the
> offensive nature of the images proved futile. They
> were first described as "art," then "history," and
> finally as "folklore." These images are being
> painted as I type and are located on the wall
> of "Carrie's" on Neil St. in downtown Champaign
> across the street from Boltini Lounge.
>
> I warn you to brace yourselves as you view
> this image. There are more images but the list
> serv won't let them through. Encounters such as
> this prove the need for the existence of the Bruce
> Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, OMSA, DAAS
> and OIIR as our mission to educate individuals is
> never-ending.
>
> Best,
> Ashley M. Davis
>
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> Rachel Storm
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