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

Sun Jan 20 17:04:21 CST 2008

Mr. Dunn needs to read the posts more closely. Ricky did not say that the
sponsoring organizations were involved with the KKK.  He said, "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."

Note he said someone else had noted this and not that he was or had noted
it.  He also said that what was noted was that on the list of sponsors were
several FELLOW CITIZENS - not organizations - who were at one time involved
in the KKK. 

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[mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Robert Dunn
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:49 PM
To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
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Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] reminder: Martin Luther King events

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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