[Imc-newsroom] Rally in Chicago for DP Benefits

[Peter Miller]

>From: Nicholas Sakurai <sakurai at students.uiuc.edu>
>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:21:49 -0600
>Subject: [uidpbenefits] Rally in Chicago for DP Benefits
>
>PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY.
>
>We need your support!
>
>It will be good if at least a few folks from Champaign-Urbana can make it to
>Chicago for this rally for domestic partner benefits on Thursday, Feb. 13 at
>7:15am and for the BOT meeting.
>
>If you are planning on going please let Nick Sakurai (sakurai at uiuc.edu) know.
>If you need assistance with transportation (or if you can provide
>transportation) and/or lodging (if you decide to go up to Chicago on 
>Wednesday
>evening), please email Nick Sakurai at sakurai at uiuc.edu.
>
> >From what I'm hearing from Chicago folks, this will be a major 
> gathering! Plus
>this is a really important action because the Board is under the 
>misimpression
>that the State of Illinois is going to solve their problems for them, 
>which is
>untrue.
>
>--Nick
>
> >===== Original Message From uidpactivism at yahoogroups.com =====
>"We will not falter, we will not tire, we will not face defeat."
>
>For over ten years, groups of individuals at UIC, UIUC, and UIS have
>been actively trying to secure domestic partner benefits for U of I
>employees.  We have met with President Stukel; we have met with
>chancellors on our respective campuses; Faculty Senates on all three
>campuses have endorsed these benefits; and we have held information
>sessions, rallies, and demonstrations.
>
>In November 2002, hours before it was to vote on the issue, the U of
>I Board of Trustees tabled the vote and did not take action.  The BOT
>misunderstands current legislation they believe has been introduced
>in Springfield, and they assume that our new governor will take
>action on this issue rather than taking responsibility themselves.
>The decision of a few is affecting all of us involved with the
>University of Illinois.
>
>Faculty, staff, and students from UIC, UIUC, and UIS will gather next
>Thursday, February 13, 2003 in the Chicago Illini Union Plaza (near
>the corner of Wolcott/Polk on the west campus) beginning at 7:15
>a.m.  This is prior to the Board of Trustees' meeting in CIU which
>begins at 8 a.m.  The purpose is to have a visible presence and show
>support for the passage of DP benefits.  PLEASE ATTEND!!  (More
>information and a fact sheet is available at
>http://www.uic.edu/depts/quic/ccslgbi/policy/domestic_partnership/index.html)
>
>In addition to the demonstration on the 13th, we plan to make a video
>documentary of people's testimonies to explain how this issue
>personally impacts them. We plan to work with a professional
>filmmaker on this, and then present the tape to the BOT. While it
>won't be done in February, we are starting the process, and we want
>anyone interested to contact pkfinn at uic.edu if you are interested in
>collaborating on this effort.
>
>The Domestic Partner Task Force held a November demonstration that
>rallied many people and prompted a lot of discussion on campus. We
>want to continue our momentum.  Please create a placard and come and
>stand with us at 7:15 a.m. next Thursday, February 13.  This
>discriminatory policy involves every individual at UIC and throughout
>the U of I system.  We hope you will join us, and we hope you will
>forward this email to your various listservs.
>
>Patrick Finnessy on behalf of the U of I Domestic Partnership Task Force
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