[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] AWARE Minutes, February 26, 2005

[Brian Dolinar]

Don't miss Bill Fletcher of TransAfrica today, Monday, 4pm, Levis Fac Ctr.

BD

On 2/26/06, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> AWARE Minutes, February 26, 2006
>
> Facilitator: Ricky Baldwin
> Minutes: David Green
> Time: Durl Kruse
>
> Additions, clarifications, and corrections requested:
>
> 1. News of the Week: Discussion of possible
> perpetrators of Samarra mosque bombing, including the
> U.S.
>
> 2. Introductions: 15 present
>
> 3. New Ideas:
>
> Randall Cotton encouraged WEFT Associates and other
> interested parties to attend the WEFT Associates
> meeting this Thursday at Illinois Terminal, 7 p.m. He
> will be attempting to regain a seat on the WEFT Board,
> in order to create a more open atmosphere that will
> help WEFT to be utilized better as a community
> resource, as well as to prevent future banishments.
>
> Mort Brussel suggested that AWARE support the effort
> of endtheoccupation.org to oppose HR 4681, which takes
> punitive measures against the Palestinian people for
> electing Hamas. This motion was supported with
> unanimous consent.
>
> Individuals are encouraged to write letters to the
> News-Gazette in response to John Foreman's virulent
> anti-Muslim column of today, Sunday.
>
> The United for Peace and Justice ad campaign to place
> calls for withdrawal in local newspapers was raised by
> Mort Brussel. We have a small working group, but there
> are some reservations about using any significant
> amount of AWARE money for such an ad. It was suggested
> by Jamie Storm that we might look into billboards,
> which are not necessarily expensive. Support from
> other local groups needs to be gauged before
> proceeding with this effort.
>
> Illinois Coalition for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) will
> be holding a one-day conference at McKinley on April
> 1st. Mort and Jan Kruse will be attending on behalf of
> AWARE. Conference organizers are looking for
> suggestions for break-out session topics. The deadline
> is March 1st, this Wednesday.
>
> Co-sponsorship of the IDF human rights film series was
> approved.
>
> 4. Working Groups:
>
> Finances: About $2,500.
>
> AWARE Presents: Anthony Shadid will be having a full
> schedule for his visit here on March 7th and 8th,
> including a talk at the Presbyterian Church, and
> interview on WILL, and a visit to Uni High. His visit
> is being well supported on campus by Muslim Women's
> Outreach and by SORF (Steve Hartnett).
>
> Church Presence: a meeting will be planned in
> mid-March for possible actions on April 2nd and 9th,
> the two weeks before Easter Sunday.
>
> Urbana City Council Resolution: Subsequent to the
> successful town hall meeting, pressure needs to be
> applied to bring the resolution to a vote. Four votes
> are needed, with Chynoweth, Smythe, and Bowersox (??)
> on board, with a fourth needed, which should be Dennis
> Roberts, although he has not committed and needs to
> hear from his constitutents (or so he claims). Robert
> Lewis is also undecided. It is hoped that the
> resolution will be proposed on March 13th and voted on
> on March 20th. Thanks to the Kruse's and Storm's for
> committing so much time to the contacting and
> strategizing regarding this resolution, beyond the
> town hall itself, which included Gary Storm, Mort
> Brussel, Danielle Chynoweth, Mohammed al-Heeti, and
> Bushra Radeef.
>
> Karen Median suggested that we begin a library of
> AWARE events on tape, starting with the town hall
> meeting.
>
> Counter-recruitment: Mort reports that a Navy
> recruiter will be visiting Central on March 6th; we
> don't know yet whether we'll be allowed to table at
> that time. Centennial will allow counter-recruitment,
> but no specific arrangement has been made yet.
>
> 5. Past Week's Events
>
> Ricky Baldwin reported a successful Jobs with Justice
> organizing meeting, attended by about 30 at the
> Champaign County Healthcare Consumers office.
>
> Tuesday: Urbana City Council antiwar resolution town
> hall meeting
>
> Wednesday: Simon Deng (Darfur) and cartoon controversy
> meetings
>
> 6. Upcoming Events:
>
> Coalition for Social Change, a new organization to
> bring together students and others, will be meeting at
> the Red Herring (Channing-Murray) on Wednesday night
> at 7:30, organized by Andrea Brandon.
>
> Thursday at 7 at Illinois Terminal, WEFT Associates
> meeting to vote on Randall Cotton for board member.
>
> Friday at 8 a.m., demonstrate in front of Hilton site
> (Kirby & Neil) to support union labor.
>
> Saturday, 4 p.m., Patrick Thompson defense group at
> IMC in library; a fundraiser is being planned,
> including a viewing of Citizens' Watch video.
>
>
>
>
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