[Peace-discuss] 14 hours later... Re: [Peace] minutes of weekly AWARE meeting 2008-04-13

[Karen Medina]

>From the time mark, Randall posted this to the list early this morning. But I got it around 3pm this afternoon. 

What's up with that?

-karen medina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:01:17 -0500
>From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>  
>Subject: [Peace] minutes of weekly AWARE meeting 2008-04-13  
>To: <Peace at lists.chambana.net>
>
>Minutes of 4/13/08 AWARE meeting are below, but first, the Upcoming
>Events Calendar:
>
>April 14 (Monday) 1PM, UPTV (inside Urbana City Council Chambers), 400 S.
>Vine St.
>"AWARE on the Air" recording.
>
>April 14 (Monday) 7PM Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St.
>(also televised live on UPTV (cable channel 6))
>Urbana City Council Committee of the Whole meeting.
>One agenda item will address new UPTV guidelines and procedures for
>submitting materials and videos for UPTV. Many may press for hate speech
>ordinance limiting speech, but others are needed to illustrate how the
>best response to offensive speech is not censorship, but rather more
>speech countering it.
>
>April 14 (Monday) 7PM, 103 Mumford Hall on campus
>(Mumford is across from the Morrow Plots. 1301 West Gregory Drive, Urbana)
>Documentary: "Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948". AWARE member
>David Green will speak before and after the film. This event is part of
>Palestine Awareness Week, co-sponsored by AWARE.
>
>April 14 (Monday) 10PM, UPTV (cable channel 6) (might be pre-empted by
>Urbana City Council meeting).
>"AWARE on the Air" broadcast
>
>April 15 (Tuesday) 7PM 103 Mumford Hall on campus
>(Mumford is across from the Morrow Plots. 1301 West Gregory Drive, Urbana)
>Panel discussion: "An Occupation, A Reality: Personal Experiences from
>Palestine": Panel members: Professor Stephen Gasteyer, Nagham Awadallah,
>Dana Al-Qadi. This event is part of Palestine Awareness Week, co-sponsored
>by AWARE.
>
>April 15 (Tuesday) 7PM, 112 Chem Annex on campus.
>Green Party presents Cliff Thornton on casualties of the "drug war".
>Thornton is co-chair of the Green Party of the United States and with drug
>reform group Efficacy. This is an AWARE co-sponsored event.
>
>April 16 (Wednesday) 7PM, 134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall on campus
>(611 Loredo Taft Drive; Champaign)
>Dabke dance Peformance and Workshop + Palestinian Crafts Exhibit. This
>event is part of Palestine Awareness Week, co-sponsored by AWARE
>
>April 16 (Wednesday) 7PM, 2007 S. George Huff Dr., Citizens for IRV
>meeting.
>
>April 17 (Thursday) 7PM, 23 Psychology Building on campus
>(603 E. Daniel Street; Champaign)
>"60 years of Occupation, Where Do We Stand Now?": Lecture by ISU Professor
>Issam Nassar. This event is part of Palestine Awareness Week, co-sponsored
>by AWARE.
>
>April 24 (Thursday) 7:30PM Channing-Murray (1209 W. Oregon, Urbana)
>"Awakening from our Trance: Reversing Global Climate Change" w/Carolyn
>Treadway. This event is co-sponsored by AWARE.
>
>April 24 (Thursday) 7:30PM Spurlock Museum on campus
>(600 S. Gregory, Urbana)
>"Mayhem in Mesopotamia - the Protection of Iraq's Cultural Heritage"
>Dr. Donny George Youkhanna, former director of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad
>
>May 9 (Friday) 9AM, Courtroom E, Champaign County Courthouse (101 E. Main,
>Urbana).
>Brian Chesley court date - anticipated filing for new trial.
>
>May 12 (Monday) 1:30PM, Courtroom A, Champaign County Courthouse (101 E.
>Main, Urbana)
>First session of Patrick Thompson's third trial.
>
>****
>Minutes of 4/13/08 AWARE meeting:
>
>About 20 in attendance
>
>News of the week was heard, courtesy of Carl Estabrook
>
>Finance Report
>Checks written for co-sponsorship of Cafe Intifada and Palestine Awareness
>Week
>balance: 2170.72
>
>Main Event monthly street demonstration - Flyer we used last time,
>composed from IVAW material, suggested again since it was well-received.
>
>Noted: Bob Naiman and "Just Foreign Policy" group are involved with a
>survey of people's reactions to war in Iraq. A Thursday, April 24th noon
>press conference is scheduled.
>
>Working group reports:
>*****************
>
>Library Resources Working Group - aim is to generate a list of good
>readings that support our causes which we might check are in local library
>collections (and recommend to libraries as necessary). Also may perhaps
>post the good reads on one of AWARE's websites. Not just books, but videos
>too.
>
>Anti-Racism:
>=========
>Brian Chesley case: next scheduled court date is May 9 at 9:00 a.m. in
>Courtroom E (motion for new trial expected).
>
>Patrick Thompson's third trial is approaching. First court date of the
>trial is May 12, 1:30 PM, Courtroom A
>
>Recent CUCPJ (Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice)
>demonstration this past Wednesday in front of Champaign County Courthouse
>was well-attended and focused on Brian Chesley case, racial profiling.
>
>Within CUCPJ there is discussion on how SROs (School Resource Officers)
>are gaining increasing power which results in criminal charges for matters
>that used to be resolved internally within the school system. In the
>context of the Brian Chesley case, the question was raised whether
>students may be targeted, roughed up, pepper sprayed, charged and
>convicted for merely walking away from a police officer *in a school
>hallway* when no crime was committed or even alleged (as with Chesley's
>case, which happened on the street). A new pipeline from our schools to
>our prisons is perceived.
>
>Student Groups:
>===========
>Palestine Awareness Week scheduled *this week* - see all 4 items in the
>upcoming events calendar above.
>
>Eric pointed out upcoming lecture by former director of the Iraq Museum in
>Baghdad (see April 14th event at Spurlock Museum above in the upcoming
>events calendar).
>
>Iran Working Group:
>=============
>Ahmedinijad may not win the upcoming election, within in the next month or
>so. Also, there is wind of a move to exclude girls from schools from the
>extreme right.
>
>Bob Naiman's letter to the editor in the NG was noted, which thanks
>Congressman Tim Johnson for his vote supporting dialogue and diplomacy
>w/Iran.
>
>Blackwater Working Group:
>====================
>ICPJ (Illinois Coalition for Peace and Justice) conference attendance
>report from Barbara (who attended Blackwater sessions with Roger).
>Barbara has anti-blackwater buttons, half-hour video titled "Blackwater
>Invades Illinois". One thing mentioned on the video - Blackwater training
>for police in schools (!). Suggestion of putting the video on UPTV and
>talking about it on AWARE on the Air. Portions of the video are available
>on youtube (search on blackwater illinois). Roger and Barbara invited to
>Springfield talks on April 29 between state police and blackwater
>opponents regarding legislation. Dave H. may also attend. Clearwater
>conference call next week on this meeting. Barbara passed out materials
>from the conference.
>
>There was a vote for future ICPJ actions - Barbara voted for a huge May
>Day demonstration in Chicago focusing on rights of immigrants and all
>workers.
>
>ICPJ attendance was kind of low - 57.
>
>AWARE on the Air:
>Recording is tomorrow at 1PM, broadcast 10PM. Suggestions made on
>scheduling the broadcast to reach the widest audience.
>
>Old Business:
>***********
>Farmer's Market:
>This was discussed last week:
>Proposal put forward by Durl:
>Default setup/teardown should be user-friendly, car-friendly (not
>requiring a truck). 2 card tables and 2 storage tubs. Use three 1 hour, 20
>minute slots instead of 4 one hour slots for sitting at the booth.
>Umbrella optional and can be obtained for any given week from the Kruses.
>Reserve a booth spot for the whole season, pay for 12 weeks to start off
>(taking advantage of 10% volume discount). Re-evaluate after the 12 weeks.
>Durl's proposal approved by consensus without objection.
>
>Iraq panel:
>AWARE Presents suggested as coordinator for possible Iraq panel discussion
>involving Mort, Carl, Dave H., perhaps others, but the principals
>themselves may organize something.
>
>New Ideas:
>*********
>Winter solider on UPTV - quality video of the event being pursued.
>
>Billboard - American Friends Service Committee is working with Adams
>Outdoor Advertising nationally on a  "cost of war" billboard project.
>Barbara consulted with local Quakers. In Lansing, Michigan 5 billboards
>for one month was obtained for $1500, an exceptionally low price. Local
>Quakers may push this forward - Barbara will keep tabs on this.
>
>Karen volunteers to investigate Quad day registration for an AWARE table.
>
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