[cgfc] IDF Annual Fall Dinner--Nov. 6, 2004!

[Eric J. Menzel]

>> You are cordially invited to...
>>
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>> IDF Annual Fall Dinner
>> Featuring Keynote Speaker Bill Davis
>> "Veterans Fighting in the Workplace and in Iraq"
>> Saturday, November 6th
>> Doors open at 5:30pm
>> Wisegarver Lounge (1st Floor of IDF)**
>>
>> Tickets cost $8-15 on a sliding scale
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>>
>> The IDF is a pioneering campus ministry with the mission of peace with
>> social justice. In addition to staff-organized events, the IDF offers
>> several programs including the Common Ground Food Cooperative, the
>> Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC), the Activist Forum,
>> Uprising and the Women> '> s Direct Action Collective. Since its 
>> inception in
>> 1905 the IDF has been at the forefront of many peace with justice
>> struggles including the civil rights movement, the struggle against 
>> the
>> Vietnam War, the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment, and the 
>> Sanctuary
>> movement.
>>
>> Bill Davis, the keynote speaker, has a long history of both labor and
>> anti-war organizing. He is a national coordinator of Vietnam Veterans
>> Against the War (VVAW), a national organization started in 1967 to 
>> fight
>> for peace, justice, and the rights of all veterans. Davis is also the
>> president of Auto Mechanics Union Local 701. He has been a member of 
>> Local
>> 701 since 1977. He also is a representative for Local 701 for the 
>> Chicago
>> Federation of Labor.
>>
>> The all-vegan menu will feature creamy pasta with winter squash, 
>> zucchini,
>> potato and pepper tiella, chilled green bean salad, tomato basil cream
>> soup with rice. Dessert will also be served and will include apple 
>> crisp.
>> During the dinner, Triskelion will provide background music. 
>> Triskelion, a
>> trio of traditional Irish musicians, includes Lisa Boucher on fiddle, 
>> Dean
>> Karres on tin whistle and bodhran, and Dan Niven on bouzouki, guitar, 
>> and
>> banjo.
>>
>> Dinner tickets are $8-15 on a sliding scale. Raffle tickets are $1 
>> each or
>> 6 for $5. Tickets are available at the IDF office, which is open 
>> Monday
>> through Friday from 12noon to 5pm, and at the door. We would greatly
>> appreciate tickets to be purchased or reserved in advance. The money
>> raised at this event will go to the Illinois Disciples Foundation to
>> further our peace with justice mission.
>>
>> **The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright St. in
>> Champaign. Wisegarver Lounge is located on the first floor of the 
>> building
>> and is wheelchair accessible.
>>
>> For information about the IDF or this event, please contact the IDF at
>> (217) 352-8721, idf at prairienet.org or check out the website at
>> www.prairienet.org/idf.
>>
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