[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] 4 events Wednesday night, February 27, 2008

Wed Feb 27 11:31:48 CST 2008

you might repost that link... doesnt work, i even tried variations like
csames.uiuc.edu

On 2/27/08, mbooth at uiuc.edu <mbooth at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Nor our Turkish Studies Symposium tomorrow, Thursday, on Islam, Democracy
> and Secularism in Turkey. Details at uiuc.csames.edu
>
> best
> Marilyn
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:10:31 -0600
> >From: Alfred Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu>
> >Subject: Re: [Peace] 4 events Wednesday night, February 27, 2008
> >To: kmedina at uiuc.edu, peace-discuss at anti-war.net
> >Cc: peace at lists.chambana.net, peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> >
> >And don't forget the African Film Festival all this week.
> >
> >Al
> >
> >
> >On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
> >
> >> Loads to do on Wednesday, February 27, 2008!
> >>
> >> 4 events to choose from! Choose well and go.
> >>
> >> All are on the UIUC campus. AWARE is co-sponsor of 2 (the anti-death
> >> penalty event and the separation of church and state event).
> >>
> >> * An anti-death penalty event
> >> Who: Darby Tillis, spent nine years on death row in Illinois for a
> >> crime he did not commit and was the first exoneree from death row in
> >> the state.
> >> Date: February 27, 2008
> >> Time: 7pm
> >> Where: English building room 60
> >> 608 S. Wright Street (between the Henry Administration Building and
> >> Lincoln Hall on the east side of Wright St. just south of Daniel St.)
> >> See it on the campus map: http://tinyurl.com/3x7s8p
> >> Urbana, IL 61801
> >>
> >> * Separation of church and State
> >> Who: Former Mayor of Champaign, Dannel McCollum, will be talking about
> >> his mother's  successful 1948 U. S. Supreme Court case contesting the
> >> teaching of religion in the Champaign Public Schools.  He will also
> >> discuss other separation of church & state cases as well as issues he
> >> sees facing church/state separation today.
> >> Date: February 27, 2008
> >> Time: 7:30pm
> >> Where: Channing-Murray Foundation
> >> 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana
> >>
> >> * William Brustein will be talking about the "new anti-Semitism" and
> >> we have been encouraged to "engage in a frank discussion of how the
> >> 'new anti-Semitism' serves to suppress crimes against the Palestinian
> >> people."
> >> Date: February 27, 2008
> >> Time: 7pm
> >> Where: lllini Union, Room 314
> >> 1401 West Green Street Urbana, Illinois
> >>
> >> * Human Rights and Asian Americans
> >> Title of lecture: AIDS to Zen: Practicing Social Justice from the
> >> Nonprofit Sector
> >> Speaker: John Manzon-Santos
> >> Date: February 27, 2008
> >> Time: 7:00 pm
> >> Where: Levis Faculty Center.
> >> 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, Illinois
> >>
> >> This is the inaugural Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian
> >> Americans (I used to work with Shyamala Balgopal).
> >>
> >> NOTE: John Manzon-Santos will be David Inge's guest on "Focus 580," on
> >> WILL-AM 580, Thursday, February 28, 2008, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
> >> John Manzon-Santos:
> >> Since 1985, John Manzon-Santos has worked to promote social justice.
> >> In 2006 he established pearldiving, a consulting practice focusing on
> >> values-based strategy and sustainability for individuals and
> >> organizations. From 1991-2006, he was executive director of Asian &
> >> Pacific Islander Wellness Center (San Francisco Bay Area) and Asian &
> >> Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (New York City) - the two
> >> largest nonprofits in North America focusing on A&PI communities
> >> around sexual health and HIV. From 1989-91, he worked as a counselor
> >> and trainer at Project Reach, a multi-racial youth organizing center
> >> in Manhattan's Lower East Side. In New York City and State and the San
> >> Francisco Bay Area, John has held leadership positions with nonprofit
> >> boards and public advisory bodies advocating for immigrants and
> >> migrants, substance users, queer youth, the Deaf Community, and other
> >> diverse and intersecting communities. He is co-founder of Gay Asian &
> >> Pacific Islander Men of New York, the !
> >>  Br!
> >> ooklyn-based Audre Lorde Project, and the Asian & Pacific Islander
> >> Health Bay Area Health Council (Northern California).
> >> http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/BalgopalLecture/
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> >>
> >
> >
> >Al Kagan
> >African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
> >University of Illinois Library
> >1408 W. Gregory Drive
> >Urbana, IL 61801
> >
> >tel. 217-333-6519
> >fax 217-333-2214
> >akagan at uiuc.edu
> >
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