[Peace-discuss] co-sponsorship request

[Peter Rohloff]

Hi all, I forgot to put this on the agenda for last week. I'm posting 
it now, hoping we can make a final decision on sunday.

Peter

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> From: kstepans at uiuc.edu
> Date: Fri Mar 26, 2004  12:37:34 US/Central
> To: Peter Rohloff<rohloff at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: poetry reading co-sponsorship request
>
> Hi Peter,
>    Student Peace Action is bringing the poet Martín Espada to do a 
> reading on April 15th at 7:30 pm in Rm 192 Lincoln Hall. Espada writes 
> with a political hue focusing on oppression, immigrant rights, Puerto 
> Rican freedom et cetera. In the late '90's NPR censored Espada for his 
> poem about Mumia Abu-Jamal entitled "Another Nameless Prostitute Says 
> the Man Is Innocent."  The poem is located here
> http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/179.html
> He has published six poetry collections and his poems have appeared in 
> The Nation.  More biographical information and selected poems can be 
> found at http://www.martinespada.net/
> The reading will be followed by a book signing with discounted copies 
> of Espada's collections being sold by IUB.
>    Would AWARE like to co-sponsor this event?  The event is fully 
> funded so we are just looking for help with advertisement.  
> Co-sponsors include the Puerto Rican Students Association and the 
> Center for Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
>
> Thanks,