[Peace-discuss] Re: MLK events, Ricky's letter
Laurie at advancenet.net
laurie at advancenet.net
Sun Jan 20 10:53:48 CST 2008
Why not send versions of this letter to the DI and the Public Eye as well.
I would definitely send the letter to the Urban League and NAACP to get
their response and find out why they never bothered to raise such an
objection.
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> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:11 AM
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> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: MLK events, Ricky's letter
>
> Ricky,
> Definitely write this letter up and send it to the News-Gazette.
> People must be reminded about the real
> history of MLK. People must know his frailty as well as his inner
> suffering. They must know his sweeping
> vision for the world, and they must know how much our government spied
> on and harassed him. Most of
> all, they must know that after the flurry of civil rights legislation
> at the end of the Kenney and the
> beginning fo the LBJ Administrations; MLK linked racism to larger
> systemic issues of poverty, materialism,
> and militarism. He became extremely radical. If more Americans today
> heard his April 1967 speech at
> Riverside Church than his "I Have A Dream Speech", they'd be more
> skeptical about where our country is
> going and maybe more motivated to do something about it.
> Nick
>
>
> ---------------------- Original Message: ---------------------
> From: "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
> To: Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com>, peace-discuss at anti-
> war.net
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] reminder: Martin Luther King
> events
> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:27:21 +0000
>
> >
> > 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 <johnmartirano at gmail.com> 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 <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 ]
> >
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