[Peace-discuss] yes- cosponsor Oct 28 SPA event

[Ricky Baldwin]

I hope we are going to cosponsor this, as well as have
some lit there, and people, too!

Ricky

--- Peter Rohloff <rohloff at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> From: Peter Rohloff <rohloff at uiuc.edu>
> To: peace at lists.groogroo.com
> Subject: [Peace] Fwd: SPA event
> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:18:08 -0500
> 
> Here is some info from Kate Stepanski about an Oct
> 28th SPA-sponsored 
> protest
> 
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: kstepans at uiuc.edu
> > Date: Thu Oct 9, 2003  11:15:15 AM US/Central
> > To: Peter Rohloff<rohloff at uiuc.edu>
> > Subject: Re: greetings from AWARE
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >    Thanks for writing!  There are four of us from
> Student Peace Action 
> > who are interested in going to D.C.  Also, SPA is
> having a rally 
> > October 28th at Noon on the Quad.  Speakers
> include Frances Boyle, 
> > Sarah Kanouse, Matt Reichel, Katie Goldstein on
> behalf of Feminist 
> > Majority, Neil Parthun on behalf of SPA, and
> probably a student from 
> > the PRC.  The focus of the event is militarism and
> how it affects the 
> > campus such as military recruiters and
> contractors, ROTC, and military 
> > research.  I think Neil sent a co-sponsorship
> request along to someone 
> > from AWARE, but I just wanted to make sure
> everyone knows about it.
> >    We're hoping to have some sort of street
> theatre at the event, 
> > something that will draw people to at least listen
> out of curiosity. 
> > It seems that we've been pegged as a militant
> peace group since the 
> > right is so far right and restrictive, serious,
> and depressing we want 
> > to have an event that is peaceful, fun, and maybe
> even places us in 
> > utopia.  haha high expectations, eh?  So far we
> have our paper mache 
> > Dick Cheney head(plan on making the whole
> administration) and drums.  
> > We are thinking about having people wear costumes.
>  Does this sound 
> > too over the top?  After the rally we're going to
> march over to the 
> > Engineering Quad and pass out fliers on military
> research.
> >    Anyway, let me know if you have any
> suggestions.  Also, I can put 
> > up fliers for Prospect if you pass along the PDF.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kate Stepanski
> >
> 
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