[Peace-discuss] march 5 antiwar activities in Chicago
Danielle Chynoweth
chyn at ojctech.com
Tue Mar 4 23:06:11 CST 2003
- MARCH 5th Anti-war Chicago Activities
- MASS CONVERGENCE
Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn) - Chicago, 4:30 PM
School Walkouts
Students from over 11 Chicagoland schools plan to walkout on war. Over 20
other schools have planned on campus based actions, teach-ins, live music,
poetry, speakouts, mock funerals, guerilla theatre and other symbols of
creative resistance to Bush's relentless drive for war on Iraq.
1. Walkout: University of Chicago
2. Walkout: University of Chicago Lab School (HS)
3. Walkout: University of Illinois at Chicago
4. Walkout: Oak Park River Forest HS
5. Walkout: Evanston Township HS
6. Walkout: Lincoln Park HS
7. Walkout: Francis Parker HS - also 9:00 a.m. rally at Oz Park
8. Walkout: Latin School of Chicago (HS)
9. Walkout: Aurora North HS
10. Walkout: Von Stuben HS
11. Walkout: Naperville North & Central HS
12. Columbia College
13. DePaul University
14. College of DuPage
15. Northwestern University
16. Lane Tech HS
17. Lake Forest College
18. Northeastern University
19. Harold Washington College
20. St. Xavier HS
21. Whitney Young HS
22. Elgin Community College
23. Roosevelt University
24. Northern IL University
25. Wabansee Comm. College
26. Aurora East & West
27. West Chicago
28. Wheaton Central & North
29. Addison Trail
30. Cabrini Green Youth March on Military Recruitment Center
If your school is not included in this list, please contact:
Dan LB from U of C No War in Iraq 773-834-6923 dwlb at uchicago.edu
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University of Chicago - WALKOUT!
--24 hour vigil at flagpole
--12 noon: Die-in at the Reynolds Club (1135 E 57th St)
--12-1 pm: Rock Out Against War-live cover bands on the main quads
--2:30-4:15 pm: Teach-in at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (1156 East 59th
Street)
Speakers: Susan Gzesh, Director, Human Rights Program; Rashid Khalidi,
Professor, Dept. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; John Mearsheimer,
Professor, Dept. of Political Science; Ken Warren, Professor, Dept. of
English Language and Literature; Salim Yaqub, Professor, Dept. of History;
Richard Berg and Marcus Buell, Teamsters Local 743 Shop Stewards, U of C
Hospitals; Lauren Cannon, Student, Chicago Theological Seminary
--4:30 pm: Leave for demonstration downtown
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University of Chicago Lab School (HS) - WALKOUT!
--2 pm: Walkout, then attend teach-in at Rockefeller Chapel
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University of Illinois, Chicago
Professors will be bringing their classes to a teach-in, 11 am - 2 pm,
organized by Students for Social Justice. (UIC is shutting down for three
hours for the Teach-In according to Neighbors for Peace).
--11am-2pm: Teach In at the Cardinal Room (3rd floor above escalators)
Chicago Circle Center (CCC) 750 S. Halsted
Speakers: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson; Jeff Guntzel, from Voices in the Wilderness;
Christine Boardman, president of the Service Employees International Union
(SEIU) Local 73; Rene Maxwell, from the Chicago Coalition to Protect Public
Housing; Jaime Daniel, UIC Professor of English; David Ranney, retired UIC
Professor of Urban Economic Development; Betty Resnikoff, UIC English
professor; a student from the Philippine Solidarity Committee; Hatem
Abudayyeh, from the Arab American Action Network; a member of Latinos Against
War; Christine Geovanis from Hammerhard Press and the Chicago Independent
Media Center; and Stan Willis, Head of the National Association of Black
Lawyers-Chicago Chapter. The teach-in will be moderated/facilitated by Eric
Peters, UIC graduate student and a member of Students for Social Justice and
Amy Schneidhorst, UIC graduate student and member of Students for Social
Justice.
--2-4 pm: The teach-in will be followed by a Speak-Out, being organized by
UIC No War, in the Lecture Center Plaza quad from 2-4pm. UIC students,
faculty, and staff will then join with the citywide convergence in Federal
Plaza at 4:30pm.
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Oak Park River Forest HS - WALKOUT!
--9 am (2nd Period): Walkout! Speakers/poetry / music nearby - 201 N
Scoville, in front of the Pilgrim Church, corner of Scoville and Lake St
Then converge on Federal Plaza at 4:30 pm
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Evanston Township HS - WALKOUT!
On Wednesday, March 5 when the intercom calls for the start of the pledge of
allegiance (roughly 9:45AM), Evanston Township High School Students will walk
out of class and march around the outside of their 3600 student school in
protest against a war in Iraq. Youth for Social Action
(www.social-action.org) and members of the Campus Anti-War Network organized
the walkout and will lead the march with drums, megaphone, and a 12 foot
banner reading "Money for Schools Not for War."
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Francis Parker HS - WALKOUT!
Walkout at noon, march to Lincoln Park HS, march to Latin School of Chicago,
march to Armitage and Clark. Open mike/ speakers / music
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Lincoln Park HS - WALKOUT!
See above (# 5)
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Latin School of Chicago (HS) - WALKOUT!
See above (#5)
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Aurora North HS - WALKOUT!
North will walk out at 10:45 AM. They don't have a separate rally but rather
plan to join one organized by We the People
of Aurora.
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Von Stuben HS - WALKOUT!
Email Dan dwlb at uchicago.edu for more info
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Naperville North & Center HS
Rally at Aurora City Hall noon, then to federal plaza Chicago for convergence
4:30
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Columbia College
--10 am-4 pm: Columbia College On the Ground will sponsor an all day
teach-in and speak-out on "Iraq and the War on Terrorism." Speakers include
Raymond Lotta ("America in Decline"); Paul Street (Chicago Urban League, Z
Mag); Kevin Clark (medic in Occupied Territories); Regina Wellner (Columbia
Professor of Middle East History); John Stevenson (Columbia Professor of
Philosophy); various student speakers. Location: The Residence Center
(Plymouth dorm lounge, 731 S. Plymouth Court (one block west of State St.,
between Harrison & Polk. Closest CTA stop is Harrison on the Red Line.)
--11 am+: Creative Arts Against War: Anti-war street theater performance by
students of Columbia College. On Michigan Avenue (between 600 & 624 S.
Michigan). various times and places on campus and around chicago. Volunteers
are needed on the day of the performance! Please email us or just show up.
ontheground at okcancel.org
http://ontheground.okcancel.org/caaw
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DePaul University
--11:30am-1:30pm vigil at Lincoln Park Student Center
--3:30 pm: Travel to Federal Plaza Convergence
DePaul Students Against the War" (DSAW)
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College of DuPage
--2 pm: The Campus Greens at the College of DuPage will hold mock funeral on
March 5th. We will parade through the halls of the entire campus with a
casket cloaked in an American flag with a peace emblem on it. Some of our
members will be wearing white sheets with bullet holes bleeding oil while
another member will be dressed up as the grim reaper following the casket. We
will also have a Palestine flag next to the American flag. We want to give a
reality check to those who do not realize what war will proclaim. We might
have a couple of signs reading "this could be you or your family" and our
mouths will be taped with an "X" marked on the tape to symbolize that we
"peace members" are being shut up by the current administration, especially
in the media where they have purposely underestimated the numbers in the
demonstrations. We will then meet everyone up in Chicago at the Federal
Building with everyone else.
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Northwestern University
Hand out black armbands, literature
Head to convergence
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Lane Tech HS
--3 pm: Speakout at Army Recruitment Center
Lane Plaza on Addison, across from lane tech high school, 2501 W Addison
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Lake Forest College
Travel with other Lake Forest College students to Federal Plaza convergence
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Northeastern University
--2-3 pm: Speak-out in the cafeteria sponsored by Northeastern Illinois
Students Against War
--3:30 pm: Travel to Federal Plaza convergence
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Harold Washington College
All day--black arm band day in solidarity with the people of Iraq,
distribution of armbands by HWC Students Against War
--4 pm: March to Federal Plaza convergence
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St. Xavier HS
--11am-1pm: Speak out in the cafeteria
--3:30: Gather to travel to convergence on Federal Plaza
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Whitney Young HS
Mass leafleting, tabling, and classroom discussions. Some students walking
out (small scale).
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Elgin Community College
Teach-in at the Student Resource Center, 1700 Spartan Drive. Speakers
include Barry Romo, Vietnam Veterans Against the War; a Gulf War veteran;
faculty members Bill Pelz, Dr. David Burke, Sr. Patricia O'Brien, and Jackie
Kaufman; and a member of Students for Social Justice.
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Roosevelt University
Outreach, walk-out, convergence downtown
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Northern IL University
Wabansee Comm. college
Aurora East & West
West Chicago
Wheaton Centeral & North
Addison Trail
--12 Noon: Meet at City Hall (Broadway & Downer) to present the Mayor and
City Council with a resolution against war! We will then march to Millennium
park (Downer & Stolp) where we will Have a Rally with FREE food, music and
speakers. Then we will all march Down Broadway to the Train station to board
the 2:20 train for Chicago
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Cabrini Green
--3 pm: Protest at neighborhood army recruiting center followed by a
neighborhood solidarity march. The Recruiting Office is in Dominiques Plaza
at Division and Clyborn -- Let Bush and his buddies fight their own war!!
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Also, while not formally part of the Metro Chicago Moratorium, the Southwest
Youth Collaborative is renting buses to travel to Springfield to lobby for
more spending on education.
OTHER NATIONAL MOBILIZATION DAY EVENTS
Wed, March 5 - CITY-WIDE CONVERGENCE AT FEDERAL PLAZA!! The Next Phase of
Conscience and Resistance To Stop the War before it Starts. No School, No
Work, No Business as Usual." After a day of action, join the convergence at
Federal Plaza, 4:30 pm. Info: Not in Our Name, 312.942.1004 or the National
Youth and Student Peace Coalition at www.nyspc.net
Wed, March 5 - Vigil, Demonstration & Rally, at 12 noon, downtown Aurora, at
Broadway (Hwy. 25) & Downer Ave., organized by the Aurora "We The People"
Peace and Justice Coalition. March will go around the corner to City Hall,
where an anti-war resolution will be presented to the mayor and the City
Council. After that, protesters will march around the next corner to Stolp
St. and Downer, to Millennium Park, where there will be a rally with
speakers, free food, music. Around 1:20 p.m. the group will march about a
half mile to the Aurora Transportation Center, to travel to the 4 pm Anti-war
protest in Chicago, International Day Of Action!
Wed, March 5 - Musicians and Poets vs. War & Repression, a night of sonic
resistance, 8 pm-1 am at the Hot House, 31 E. Balbo (312.32.9707,
www.hothouse.net). A benefit for Not In Our Name (www.notinourname.net)
hosted by Ted Sirota, featuring Oscar Brown Jr., legendary composer, signer,
actor, playwright, director, activist, and many more. $10 cover/donation.
Info: 312.942.1004.
Wed, March 5 - "Poets Against the War" Reading. All poets are invited to
participate in the open-mike style reading and non-writers can bring their
favorite anti-war poems to read. Free. Hosted by McHenry County Poet Patrick
Murfin. 8 pm, Congregational Unitarian Church, 221 Dean Street, Woodstock,
IL
WEBSITES
Chicagoans Against War In iraq - Noiraqwar-chicago
National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (initiators of national student
strike): http://www.nyspc.net
National Moratorium: http://www.moratoriumtostopwar.org
Chicago Actions on March 5th: http://mar5.chicagohumanist.org
Chicago Actions on March 5th: http://www.peacechicago.org
University of Chicago No War in Iraq: http://nowar.quadrate.org
Columbia College On the Ground: http://ontherground.okcancel.org
Evanston Township HS: Youth For Social Action: http://www.social-action.org
Students for Social Justice: http://www.s4sj.com
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