[Announce] [Peace-discuss] update and apology on time mix-up

[Nora Whipple]

I strongly suggest that you question the BOT of the U of I on this matter.  I remember that when the U of I hosted its yearly debate upon whether or not to keep "Chief Illiniwek," the Native Americans were allowed to stay the night in area churches or upon the lawn in a tee-pee.  A tent city?  Do you mean like a shanty town?  I think the city or the county is attempting to keep those who use the services you speak of from homesteading more than from keeping the program from functioning but are not, for some reason, stating this, perhaps because they need funding.  But please, check with the BOT of the U of I on this matter and then to Timothy V. Johnson.
 
Hoping This Helps,
 
Nora E. Whipple

--- On Wed, 7/8/09, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Announce] [Peace-discuss] update and apology on time mix-up
To: "Abbilyn Harmon" <abbilyn at gmail.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, "CU Announce list" <announce at lists.communitycourtwatch.org>
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 12:57 PM


Abby, you mention churches as an alternative to Catholic Worker House for Safe Haven.  Wouldn't the problem be the same?  If the church is within the city limits of the City of Champaign (or Urbana), wouldn't local zoning regulations apply to ban a tent city?  If the church is outside city limits but within Champaign County, do you happen to know what the county zoning regulations are?

John Wason




On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Abbilyn Harmon <abbilyn at gmail.com> wrote:


Hi all,

First, I apologize for the mix-up on the time of the People's Potluck.
 I really hope the corrective message got around in time!

Safe Haven invites you to view the entire 3-part series on our
organization, currently running in Smile Politely, an online Champaign
magazine (www.smilepolitely.com).

Safe Haven is faced with dire circumstances as I write this email.
Just today, News Gazette reported that the city is "cracking down" on
the code violations at St. Jude Catholic Worker House, who currently
hosts us, and that Safe Haven must be off the property by July 17 or
face $750 fines per day (see
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/living/2009/07/08/host_of_code_violations_found_at_catholic_worker_house).
 These actions on the part of the city are overt attacks on both
organizations, and we, as an activist community, must respond to these
attacks.  We ask that you reach out to local news media through
letters to the editor, opinion pieces, blogging, etc.  Also, pick up a
copy of the Public I to see the IMC's take on our housing crisis.

More to the physical problem, Safe Haven cannot endanger the future of
St. Jude Catholic Worker House.  We are actively seeking churches who
see it as their mission to support our organization by providing land
for us to move to.  Please email any possibilities to
cu.tentcommunity at gmail.com or call 217.417.8589.  We appreciate your
support and assistance!

Take care,

Safe Haven

-----Inline Attachment Follows-----


_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce at lists.communitycourtwatch.org
http://lists.communitycourtwatch.org/listinfo.cgi/announce-communitycourtwatch.org



      
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/peace-discuss/attachments/20090708/4492ec4e/attachment.html