[Peace-discuss] Upcoming events from 11/04/2007 AWARE meeting

[Stuart Levy]

Mon 11/5  1:00pm  Champaign County Courthouse
    Patrick Thompson: hearing to set the start of his (third!) trial.  
    Trial could begin as early as Tuesday, or could be continued until later.

Mon 11/5  7pm  McKinley Foundation (5th and Daniel, on UIUC campus)
    The Interfaith Alliance monthly meeting.


Mon 11/5  7-10pm La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W. Nevada, on UIUC campus
   At 7PM, the Arab Students Association will show the film
      "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People"
   with discussion to follow.  [Hope this is right -- I don't find
   anything about it on ASA web site nor on La Casa's! - Stuart]

Tue 11/6 7pm Lincoln Hall rm 194, UIUC campus
   Weekly CAN [campus anti-war network] meeting
   (held every Tuesday at this place & time)

Wed 11/7 7pm Channing-Murray Foundation (preceded by 6pm potluck)

   "Conversations on Food Justice" -- 3rd part of series.   Panel discussion with:
      - Jacqueline Hannah, General Manager, Common Ground Food Co-Op
      - Melissa McEwan, from the College of ACES "ASAP" program and Just.Food, a
	 student organization dedicated to sustainable, local food
      - Lisa Bralts, Director of Marketing and Development, Eastern Illinois Foodbank
      - Jon Cherniss, Owner, Blue Moon Farms
      - Lisa Vironda & Chad Knowles, Co-Managers, Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant

    "Where can I buy locally-produced, organic food?"
    "What area groups are working to alleviate hunger in C-U?"
    "What does 'fair trade' mean?"  "Where can I get a good vegetarian meal?"
    "Are there any local, sustainably-run farms in this area?"


Daily through Thu 11/8, 1:00pm and 7:00pm  Beverly theater, north Prospect, C.
  The film Rendition, about, as Ebert puts it,
    "People who are suspected for any reason, or no good reason, of being terrorists
    can be snatched from their lives and transported to another country to be
    held without charge and tortured for information."
  (seems to be only at Beverly theater now)


Sat 11/10  4-6pm Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana
    at C-U Citizens for Peace & Justice meeting
    People from a Chicago human rights organization will attend CUCPJ
    to discuss human rights abuses here in C-U.

Mon 11/12  5:30pm potluck, 7pm program   Urbana Civic Center
  "A Mother's Response To War"

  Cindy Kaylor, artist and mother, will send her artwork
  ("Decider" installation) and a statement.

  Peggy Kovacic will share her testimony as a mother of two sons
  and a future daughter-in-law currently in the military.
  Her words at the AAEI event last August were very inspiring.
  She will most likely expand on that presentation.

  Katy Zatsick (of Chicago) will also be a part of this event.
  Katy will read  poetry and speak regarding her son and the injuries
  incurred during military service in Iraq, and his recovery at Walter Reed.

  We have invited some other mothers who will attend and
  support the presenters.  Some IVAW members also plan to attend.


Fri/Sat Nov 23-24 10am-7pm
  Annual IHSA meets -- which military recruiters often attend and so should we.

Wed Nov 28th -- not yet sure of time and place, but somewhere on campus
  Sports writer Dave Zirin, who writes for Sports Illustrated, and has
  recent book "Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports",
  will be speaking -- mainly on the Chief issue.
  Sponsored by ISO.