[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] reminder: Martin Luther King events

[John W.]

At 01:02 PM 1/18/2008, john martirano wrote:

>I'm sure others noticed the keynote for the kickoff this afternoon's MLK 
>event:
>* Keynote: Joyce Tucker, VP Global Diversity and Employee Rights for
>the Boeing Corporation
>So a VP from one of the largest US war contractors is going to talk
>about "Transforming Our Communities Through Peace & Justice"... Boeing
>is also making inroads into domestic surveillance.
>
>John


I'd be willing to bet that Joyce Tucker is an African-American woman who 
has achieved a position of some power in our society, so she's being 
"trotted out" as a glowing example of the success of the civil rights movement.

According to Naomi Klein, Boeing is the chief contractor building the $2.5 
billion "virtual fences" on our borders with Mexico and Canada.  Its 
partner in the project is Elbit, the Israeli contractor that built the 
controversial wall in Israel.

Remember old Ronnie Reagan in Berlin?  "Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS 
WALL!"  How far we humans have "evolved"!

John Wason



>On 1/17/08, Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> > Please try to make at least one of the MLK events. The events are at 
> different times and there are loads of fascinating things going on. Be 
> there. Be part of the community. Celebrate.
> > Friday, January 18, 4pm
> > Sunday, January 20, 5pm
> > Monday, January 21, 8:30am, 10am
> > Thursday, January 24, 7pm
> > Saturday, January 26, 2-4:30pm
> >
> >
> > Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration 2008 Events
> > FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008
> > 4:00 pm
> > Seventh Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Countywide Day of Celebration
> > "Transforming Our Communities Through Peace & Justice"
> > * Keynote: Joyce Tucker, VP Global Diversity and Employee Rights for 
> the Boeing Corporation
> > * Featured entertainment will be the University of Illinois Black 
> Chorus, Dr. Ollie Watts Davis, Conductor
> > * Reception immediately following the program
> > * 4:00 pm @ Hilton Garden Inn, 1501 S. Neil St., Champaign
> > FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008
> > 5:00 pm
> > Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Community Celebration
> > * Keynote: Fr. Joseph Brown, S.J., Director of the Black American 
> Studies Program, SIU Carbondale
> > * 5:00 pm @ The Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
> > FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2008
> > 8:30 am
> > Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast
> > * 8:30 am @ The Vineyard Church; 1500 N Lincoln Ave. Urbana
> > FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> >                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > * 10:00 am
> > * Urbana Rotary and Urbana High School Interact - Youth Festival
> > * Featuring presentations by:
> >      *Urbana and Mahomet School combined choirs
> >      *Reading of Dr. King's "I have a Dream" speech by Nicholas Lyles, 
> Urbana High School students
> >      *Interactive workshop on Diversity, conducted by Sam Smith
> >
> > For further information contact: Grace Mitchell, Urbana Senior High 
> School 384-3505
> >                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 10:00 am @ Illinois Street Residence Hall multipurpose room, Urbana
> > FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
> > 7:00 pm
> > Voteless People are a Hopeless People
> > University of Illinois Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium
> > * 7:00 pm @ 112 Greg Hall, 810 S. Wright Street, Urbana
> > Sponsored by:
> >  Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Cultural & Minority Affairs 
> Committee of Illinois Student Senate, College  Democrats and College 
> Republicans
> > FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2008
> > 2 - 4:30 pm
> > Lending a Voice, Sharing a Vision
> > A University of Illinois Family Friendly Community Event
> >
> >     * Mo Better Blues School Program Jazz Group
> >     * Cultural Stories
> >     * Essay Contest Presentations
> >     * Classic Events Reception
> >     * Omnimov Dancers
> >     * Djibril Camara and the Maragiri Drum and Dance Group
> >
> > 2:00 pm @ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Lobby
> > FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [This information was taken from 
> http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/mlk/calendar/calendar.html ]