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

Sat Jan 19 19:31:42 CST 2008

Absolutely should be submitted to the NG, and I'll be shocked (and thrilled) if it gets printed.
   --Jenifer 

"John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:

It strikes me, Ricky, that your thoughts here, reworded only slightly, 
would make an EXCELLENT letter to the News-Gazette.

John Wason

At 02:20 PM 1/19/2008, Ricky Baldwin wrote:

>An example of the level of cooptation of MLK Day events. I am a big 
>proponent of supporting MLK
>Day celebrations and events when we can, including ads in the booklet, 
>etc., but it doesn't always
>make sense. To bring in a war contractor to commemorate an antiwar leader 
>... 'irony' just isn't
>a strong enuf word.
>
>Not only that but the kickoff event was held in a hotel which many of us 
>helped picket because it
>was built with nonunion labor imported from out of town instead of local 
>union labor. The fact
>that Martin Luther King Jr died in Memphis supporting an AFSCME garbage 
>workers strike seems lost
>on the planners.
>
>'Lost' is a kind way of describing them, by the way. Someone else noted 
>that among the list of
>sponsors are several of our fellow citizens who were at one time involved 
>in an organization known
>notoriously by its abbreviation, a repetitive letter K.
>
>Ugh.
>
>Let's hope none of us ever gets famous enuf to be remembered in this way ...
>Ricky
>
>
>
>--- john martirano wrote:
>
> > Im 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
> >
> > On 1/17/08, Karen Medina 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 ]

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