[Peace-discuss] Upcoming events from AWARE 4/29/07 meeting

[Stuart Levy]

4/30 Mon 8:30 AM
	"Grandpa" Bob Wahlfeldt moves to Urbana!


5/1 Tue   March/Rally on Immigration: Stop the Raids, Stop Separating Families
	  Meet at Green & Neil at 11:00AM,
	  march to campus, rally on Quad at noon

	  A similar rally last year drew about 1000 people!


5/2 Wed 11am  WILL-AM Focus 580 interview with
	independent correspondent Jonathan Cook,
	    http://www.jkcook.net/

	Based in Nazareth (inside Israel), Cook covers the Middle East,
	especially relations between Israel and the Palestinians,
	including both refugees and Palestinian Israeli citizens


5/2 Wed 5-6:30pm   Japan House (2000 S. Lincoln Ave, a bit south of Florida)
	Talk about the need for peace in the world and in ourselves,
	while folding origami cranes for peace.
	On 5/21, Prof. Gunji will deliver the cranes to Peace Memorial Park
	in Hiroshima, Japan.
	
	

5/3 Thu 7pm
	AWARE Presents meeting at the Kruse home, 2007 S. George Huff,
	combined with meeting of the nascent Blackwater/Triple Canopy group.


5/5 Sat 2-4PM  Main & Neil, Champaign
	Monthly AWARE anti-war protest.  Jan & Durl are preparing flyers
	on the theme of Mothers' Day.


5/5 Sat 4-8pm (and beyond), Channing Murray Foundation, Oregon & Mathews
	Thirtieth anniversary benefit for Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant

	http://www.prairienet.org/channing-murray/herring30th.pdf


5/5 Sat 5:20pm Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr
	(please be there for start of program at 5:20)

	Speaking: "a performance that bridges distance and rejects mediation"

	In this performance three "Iraq Veterans Against the War" bridge the
	distance to the Iraq War with memories.  These memories are spoken
	testimonies that reject the sensationalized, binary, and ideological
	narratives presented by politicians and mass media.  

	In contrast the emotions and anxieties of a personal war experience are
	embraced, resulting in layers of dialog that complicate not only mass
	media's narrative of the war but also the visual memory expressed in the
	painting "Between F.O.B. Junction City and the Tigres River..."

	For more information, contact Martin Smith of
	Iraq Veterans Against the War:
	    ivaw.champaign {at} gmail.com


	(Event wasn't mentioned at AWARE meeting, but posted today to peace-discuss.)


5/17 Thu 7pm  St. Mary Catholic Church Parish Hall, 612 E. Park Ave, Champaign
	"The Middle East and the United States"
	Community talk and discussion by Prof. Jamal R. Nassar

	Jamal R. Nassar is retiring chair and professor in the Department of
	Political Science at Illinois State University. Born in Jerusalem,
	Palestine, Professor Nassar has established himself as a leading
	authority on the politics of the Middle East. His many publications
	include such books as "Intifada: Palestine at the Crossroads",
	"The Palestine Liberation Organization: From Armed Struggle to the
	Declaration of Independence", "Change Without Borders: The Third World
	at the End of the Twentieth Century", and "Politics and Culture in the
	Developing World: The Impact of Globalization".

	Dr. Nassar has chaired a number of national and international
	conferences on the Middle East. In 1987, Professor Nassar was awarded a
	Senior Fulbright Fellowship to teach on the West Bank.  He has addressed
	the United Nations as an expert on the Question of Palestine, and was
	consulted or has appeared as an expert witness on the area in highly
	visible court cases in the United States and Canada. Dr. Nassar was the
	recipient of the Alumni Association's Outstanding University Teacher
	Award in 1993-1994.


	All are welcome!

	Cosponsored by St. Mary Catholic Church and A.W.A.R.E.

	http://www.anti-war.net

5/22 Tue 11am Courtroom A
	On April 24th, Judge Clem threw out the conviction of Patrick Thompson,
	accepting the motion for a new trial by Robert Kirchner and Ruth Wyman.
	Thompson's next court date, at which it may be announced whether
	the prosecutor will pursue the case or drop charges, is May 22nd.

	Much more at
	   http://www.ucimc.org/node/1143


5/31 Thu 7pm?  Brookens Administrative Center, Washington & Lierman, Urbana
	The fourth, and possibly final, county zoning hearing for proposed
	Hindu temple in Hensley Township (near Mattis and Hensley, about 2 miles
	north of Olympian Drive).

	   http://www.co.champaign.il.us/COUNTYBD/zbaagenda.htm

	The temple would be a 5-acre site on the western edge of a 40-acre
	strip of agricultural land; the remaining 35 acres are to remain
	in agricultural use.  The temple project faces opposition from
	homeowners in an ~80-acre developed area (Thor-O-Bred Acres)
	immediately to the south.

	This is the group's second attempt (at least) to find a temple site; 
	a proposal for one in east Urbana on High Cross Road, a couple of years
	ago, likewise faced stiff opposition from neighbors.  The nearest
	existing Hindu temple is in Peoria.