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

Sun Jan 20 14:33:59 CST 2008

you are such a blowhard robert.

On 1/20/08, Robert Dunn <prorobert8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Ricky, what organization that is sponsoring these events was ever involved
> with the KKK? The only organization that I know of would be the College
> Democrats. I am referring to the fact that the Ku Klux Klan originally was
> brought into being by Democratic Party officials designed to intimidate
> freed slaves who could vote from voting for the party of Lincoln. Is it
> strange to you guys that David Duke shared a platform with Cindy Sheehan.
> The Left has yet to repudiate him or demand that Cindy Sheehan denounce him.
> But hey since he hates the Jews, I guess, "the enemy of my enemy is my
> friend."
>  Regards,
>  Robert
>
> > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:20:36 -0800
> > From: baldwinricky at yahoo.com
> > Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] reminder: Martin Luther King
> events
> > To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
> > CC: peace at anti-war.net
>
> >
> > 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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