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Events of interest:<br>
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Tuesday 11/29, 1:00-2:00PM, UPTV studios (Urbana City Council
chambers)<br>
weekly recording of AWARE on the Air, broadcast at 10PM Tuesday
evening<br>
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Tuesday 11/29, 7:00PM, Allen Hall South Rec. Room<br>
<b>Max Suchan</b> -- Students for Justice in Palestine <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Max Suchan spent two six-month periods in
the West Bank doing solidarity activism in Palestine. He was on
the crew for the U.S. boat (The Audacity of Hope) that was to
leave from Greece in July. He recently returned from Kabul on a
Civil Society delegation. A recent college graduate - Max Suchan's
story is vital to understanding how college aged young adults can
become politically active with grassroots organizations.</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
Wednesday 11/30, 7:00PM - La Casa Cultural Latina (1203 W. Nevada,
U.)<br>
<b>"Dude, where's my quality of life?"<br>
A candid discussion about America's past, present, and future</b><br>
- a teach-in with Prof. C. E. Lang, professor at UofI of History
and African American Studies;<br>
Prof. Lang's expertise includes 20th century African American
social movements,<br>
black communities and class, and urban history.<br>
<br>
"Curious about Occupy Wall Street? We (the Occupy the Quad group)
have initiated a teach in series to educate about relevant issues
that affect all of us. Our goal is to make them informative,
interesting, accessible, and to the point. Please join us in kicking
off our series."<br>
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Thursday 12/1, 7:00PM - Champaign Public Library<br>
<b> C-U Immigration Forum Discussion</b><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span class="textexposedshow"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">"Secure
Communities" is a controversial federal program that engages
local police in enforcing immigration laws. Although "Secure
Communities" was advertised as an initiative to catch and
deport dangerous criminals, it has instead led to the
detainment and deportation of many non-criminal immigrants in
our community. In fact, locally, over 70% of those arrested
and detained are non-criminal immigrant neighbors </span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""></span><span
class="textexposedshow"><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">in
Champaign County.</span></span></blockquote>
The C-U Immigration Forum comprises immigrants, students, local
clergy, service providers, labor union representatives, and ordinary
citizens concerned about the plight of immigrants in our community.
Many other local organizations are co-hosting this event.<br>
<br>
Friday 12/2, 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Champaign Public Library<br>
Occupy C-U General Assembly meeting, in Robeson room "C"<br>
<br>
Saturday 12/3 2:00-<b>5:00PM</b> Main & Neil, downtown
Champaign<br>
Combined demonstration: AWARE's monthly anti-war, and Occupy CU's
weekly occupy-a-street-corner<br>
<br>
Saturday 12/10 11:00AM-1:00PM West Side Park Pavilion, then march
to Chase Bank on University Ave.<br>
Rally and march to kick off the Move Your Money campaign for
Occupy C-U.<br>
Recognizing the role that the big Wall St. banks have played in
corrupting our political system,<br>
driving the mortgage crisis and the collapse of the economy,<br>
Move Your Money urges people to withdraw our money from those
banks<br>
and move it to local banks and credit unions - and further, to
withdraw our consent<br>
from their antidemocratic practices.<br>
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