[Peace-discuss] Cosponsor request?

[David Green]

Yes, we voted in favor. Sorry, I hadn't gotten around
to posting the minutes.

David Green

--- Jen Tayabji <tayabji at shout.net> wrote:

> Hey--
> 
> I was wondering if AWARE had a chance to decide if
> you all wanted to
> cosponsor the IDF Human Rights Film Series. If you
> can let me know by
> Friday, that would be great!
> 
> Below is the request.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jen
> 
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: "Aaron Patrick Smith" <redherng at shout.net>
> Reply-To: redherng at shout.net
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:05:35 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Co-Sponsor Request: 4th IDF Human Rights
> Film Series
> 
> Dear Organizational Representative:
> 
> 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 4th Human Rights Film Series. 
> The series will present
> important documentary films dealing with issues of
> human rights and social
> justice.  This fall films will confront issues
> ranging from the continuing
> war in Iraq and the growing veteran's anti-war
> movement to the
> humanitarian crisis in Sudan, political struggles in
> Venezuela and the
> history of activism in the U.S.
> 
> These films will be presented to the public, free of
> charge, on evenings
> in late September and October 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 three years ago.  We hope that
> you will join the IDF
> in supporting this wonderful event for the
> community, and publicize the
> series to your members and supporters.  The film
> series will run on
> Thursday evenings, beginning at 7pm at the IDF, from
> 9/29 to 10/20.
> 
> Please respond to this message by Friday, September
> 23rd if your
> organization would like to lend its name in
> co-sponsorship to the IDF's
> 4th Human Rights Film Series.  Offers of
> co-sponsorship submitted after
> the 23rd will still be accepted, but may not make it
> onto all the advance
> publicity.  Although a suggested monetary donation
> of $25 is not required
> for co-sponsorship, we at IDF appreciate any
> additional support that you
> are willing to give.  Please send your responses to
> Aaron Smith at
> redherng 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:
> 
> IDF Human Rights Film Series Fall 2005
> 
> 
> “Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving
> Train”
> 
> Thursday, September 29th, 7-9pm
> Link:
> http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/howardzinn.html
> Description: Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a
> Moving Train documents
> the life and times of the historian, activist and
> author of the best
> selling classic A People’s History of the United
> States. Featuring rare
> archival materials, interviews with Howard Zinn as
> well as colleagues and
> friends including Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright
> Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg,
> Tom Hayden and Alice Walker, You Can't Be Neutral
> captures the essence of
> this activist and thinker who has been a catalyst
> for progressive change
> for more than 60 years. As Noam Chomsky said of him,
> “it is no
> exaggeration to say he has changed the consciousness
> of a generation.”
> 
> “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
> 
> Thursday, October 6th, 7-9pm
> Link: http://www.chavezthefilm.com
> Description: Hugo Chavez, elected president of
> Venezuela in 1998, is a
> colorful, unpredictable folks hero, beloved by his
> nation's working class
> and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power
> structure that would
> see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were
> inside the presidential
> palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly
> removed from office. They
> were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably,
> he returned to power
> amid cheering aides. Their film records what was
> probably history's
> shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique document
> about political muscle
> and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall
> Street Journal credits
> with making Venezuela "Washington‚s biggest Latin
> American headache after
> the old standby, Cuba."
> 
> “Lost Boys of Sudan”
> 
> Thursday, October 13th, 7-9pm
> Link: http://www.lostboysfilm.com
> Description: Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length
> documentary that
> follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary
> journey from Africa to
> America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's
> cruelest civil wars,
> Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks
> and militia gunfire to
> reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands
> of other children. From
> there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to
> America. Safe at last from
> physical danger and hunger, a world away from home,
> they find themselves
> confronted with the abundance and alienation of
> contemporary American
> suburbia.
> 
> “Operation Veteran Freedom”
> 
> Link: http://www.operationveteranfreedom.com
> Description: In March 2005 thousands of people
> assembled outside Ft.
> Bragg, North Carolina, the largest Army installation
> in the world, to
> protest two years of U.S. occupation in Iraq. War
> supporters denounced
> them as, "dirty, hippy, commie, pinkos," but the
> truth paints a far
> different picture. The group was primarily veterans
> and family members of
> soldiers who had fought and died in the war-torn
> regions of the Middle
> East. They belonged to organizations like Veterans
> for Peace, Viet Nam
> Veterans Against the War, Gold Star Families for
> Peace, and Military
> Families Speak Out.
>     A young group of veterans, reservists, and
> active-duty military
> personnel
> who had served in some of the deadliest combat zones
> of Iraq and
> Afghanistan led this demonstration in a morning
> march through the city
> streets. Soldiers stationed at Ft. Bragg left base
> against the orders of
> their commanding officers and joined their fellow
> GIs in expressing their
> resentment toward the war.  The following day a
> newly formed organization
> named "Iraq Veterans Against the War" held its first
> national meeting.
> This event marked the beginning of an organized GI
> resistance against the
> Gulf War.
>     Operation: Veteran Freedom chronicles the events
> that led to this first
> national meeting and provides a rare view of the
> inner battles that faced
> these veterans upon their return home from the
> combat zone.
> 
> In Solidarity,
> Aaron Smith
> IDF Assistant Director
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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