[Peace-discuss] What Should We do on this Co-sponsorship?

Tue Mar 15 08:46:25 CST 2005

Doesn't seem to contain anything about abortion,
wildlife contraceptives or bow-hunting - let's do it!

--- carol inskeep <carolinskeep at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Folks, Jen Tayabi posted this last week on our
> listserve and I neglected to bring it up at the
> meeting.  I had really hoped AWARE might co-sponsor,
> but we obviously didn't agree to it as a group.   I
> need to give them an answer today - what do folks
> want me to tell them?  My apologies for overlooking
> this.  cpi
> 
> Request for Co-Sponsorship of IDF Human Rights Film
> Series
> 
> To AWARE members:
> 
> I am contacting you to request the co-sponsorship of
> your organization for
> an upcoming event at the Illinois Disciples
> Foundation.
> 
> It is my pleasure to announce that the Illinois
> Disciples Foundation (IDF)
> will soon begin our 3rd Annual Human Rights Film
> Series. The series will
> present important documentary films dealing with
> issues of human rights
> and social justice. This years films will confront
> issues ranging from
> the continuing war in Iraq and post-9/11 Muslim and
> Arab American racism
> and harassment to issues of environmental
> sustainability, LGBT struggles
> for equal rights and the failed drug-war in
> Colombia.
> 
> These films will be presented to the public, free of
> charge, on evenings
> in late March and April at the Illinois Disciples
> Foundation. In
> addition, the films will be presented by local
> activists and community
> members who will moderate discussions about the
> issues presented in the
> films with the people who come to the viewings.
> 
> IDF is very excited about this event, which has
> grown in popularity since
> we began the series two years ago. We hope that you
> will join the IDF in
> supporting this wonderful event for the community,
> and tell your members
> and supporters about the film series.
> 
> Please respond to this message by Friday, March 18th
> if your
> organization would like to lend its name in
> co-sponsorship to the IDF's
> 3rd Annual Human Rights Film Series. Although a
> monetary donation is not
> required for co-sponsorship, we at IDF appreciate
> any support that you are
> willing to give. Please send your responses to Jen
> Tayabji at
> tayabji at shout.net or call the IDF office at
> 352-8721. Feel free to
> contact me for more information about the film
> series.
> 
> Read below for more complete information about the
> films, dates, and
> showing information:
> 
> 
> SOLDIERS PAY – March 31, 2005
> 
> SOLDIERS PAY is a meditation on the current war in
> Iraq. David O. Russell
> (“Three Kings”), together with co-filmmakers Tricia
> Regan and Juan Carlos
> Zaldivar, interviewed dozens of people over a
> six-week period, and created
> a chorus of voices including veterans of the war,
> Iraqis who rose up
> against Saddam after the last Gulf war and escaped
> to the U.S.,
> journalists, politicians, and psychologists.
> 
> SOLDIERS PAY is not a partisan film; it listens to
> people from all sides
> and of varying opinions. The film strives to give a
> full picture of a
> morally ambiguous war, one that is exacting an
> enormous toll on our
> soldiers, on Iraq, and on America.
> 
> *Joe Miller of Vietnam Veterans Against the War will
> facilitate the
> showing of SOLDIERS PAY.
> 
> For more information go to:
> http://www.truthuncovered.com/soldierspay.html
> 
> 
> PLAN COLOMBIA: CASHING IN ON THE DRUG WAR FAILURE –
> April 7, 2005
> 
> A 20-year "war on drugs" in Colombia has been paid
> for by the U.S.
> taxpayers. Still, more and more drugs and
> narco-dollars are entering the
> U.S. every year. Is it a mere failure by Washington?
> Or is it a
> smokescreen to secure Colombia's oil & natural
> resources?
> 
> *Facilitator TBA.
> 
> For more information go to:
> http://www.docworkers.com/plancolombia.htm
> 
> 
> BALLOT MEASURE 9 – April 14, 2005
> 
> In Oregon's 1992 election, Ballot Measure 9 was
> proposed, an anti-gay
> initiative, which would have denied civil rights to
> gay people. It was
> defeated by a 53-47 percent margin. Director Heather
> MacDonald delves into
> this explosive debate by speaking with
> representatives from both sides;
> from brave members of the gay community who risked
> constant harassment and
> personal attacks to stand up for what they believed
> in, as well as Lon
> Mabon, sponsor of Measure 9 and Chair of the Oregon
> Citizen's Alliance,
> who summed it up as "a simple battle between good
> and evil."
> 
> *Facilitator TBA.
> 
> 
> END OF SUBURBIA – April 21, 2005
> 
> Since World War II North Americans have invested
> much of their newfound
> wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of
> space, affordability,
> family life and upward mobility. As the population
> of suburban sprawl has
> exploded in the past 50 years, so too the suburban
> way of life has become
> embedded in the American consciousness.
> 
> But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions
> are beginning to
> emerge about the sustainability of this way of life.
> With brutal honesty
> and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores
> the American Way of
> Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a
> critical era, as global
> demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply.
> World Oil Peak and the
> inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now,
> some scientists and
> policy makers argue in this documentary. The
> consequences of inaction in
> the face of this global crisis are enormous.
> 
> *Facilitator TBA.
> 
> For more information go to:
> http://www.endofsuburbia.com
> 
> 
> BROTHERS AND OTHERS – April 26, 2005
> 
> The atrocities witnessed by the world on September
> 11, 2001 were hateful
> acts by terrorists who chose to view their victims
> not as people but as
> symbols of a perceived evil. By jailing thousands of
> Arabs, Muslims and
> South Asians without evidence or due process, is
> America perpetuating the
> cycle of hate and ignorance, which claimed so many
> innocent lives?
> 
> Featuring interviews with such experts as Noam
> Chomsky and James Zogby,
> BROTHERS AND OTHERS is a one-hour documentary on the
> impact of 9/11 on
> Muslims and Arabs in America. The film follows a
> number of immigrants and
> Americans as they struggle in the heightened climate
> of hate, FBI and INS
> investigations, and economic hardships that erupted
> following the attacks
> on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
> 
> *Facilitator TBA.
> 
> For more information go to:
> http://www.arabfilm.com/item/244/
> 
> 
> In Solidarity,
> Jen Tayabji
> IDF Executive Director
> 
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