[Peace-discuss] Fw: CCHCC Annual Dinner & Adbook -- AWARE

[LAURIE SOLOMON]

It should not be necessary to point out to someone as astute as Carl that
(a) no action is an action, (b) any action will impact on some positively
and on others negatively, and (c) supporting a woman's right to choice is
vastly different than supporting either the lack of any choice or the
enforcement of a choice that the participants were not participants in.
Thus, not to support CCHCC because of its stance in favor of Pro-Choice is
in effect serving to give defacto support to those who oppose Pro-Choice
which is in effect to defacto support Pro-Life stances.  It is not a neutral
action.

Furthermore, supporting the giving the woman the choice or a say in the
choice is not dictating the sort of choice that the woman has to make nor is
it banning the woman from the opportunity to make any choice at all as would
be the case of a Pro-life stance.  Thus, I take it that AWARE opposes giving
people choices - especially the choose certain options that some oppose on
religious grounds and want to impose on everyone.  The only legitimate
argument that could be made against the Pro-choice position is that the
unborn are not given the opportunity to participate in decisions that will
effect them.  This is true enough; but it is also true with respect to so
many other things and choices in life that the unborn (regardless of whether
or not one wants to identify them as living human beings or not) are not
included in the decisions-making processes (even many of us who have been
born or even born again) are left out of the major decision-making processes
that decide things that will have significant future impact on us.  Who
legitimately and officially represents the unborn and their interests
(present and future) with respect to environmental policies, decisions, and
actions that will be of consequence to the unborn after they have been born?
I think that this argument is in practical terms a red herring.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of C. G.
Estabrook
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:11 PM
To: Randall Cotton
Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: CCHCC Annual Dinner & Adbook -- AWARE

The CCHCC website notes its "long track record of organizing for women's
reproductive rights" --
http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/index.php?action=Display%20Page&id=293


Randall Cotton wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. G. Estabrook"
<galliher at illinois.edu> 
> To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net> Cc:
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:24 AM

> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fw: CCHCC Annual Dinner & Adbook -- AWARE
> 
> 
> : CCHCC seems to do good work in pressing for medical care -- sadly made 
> necessary : by the shameful record of Democrats: the administration
doesn't
> even back single : payer -- it supports insurance companies instead, just
as
> previous : administrations have done. : : If you followed the thread on
> abortion on peace-discuss some time ago, you know : that there are some of
us
> who think (as Feminists for Life put it) that abortion : is violence
against
> women -- "women deserve better than abortion."  FFL :
> <www.feministsforlife.org> says that women should "refuse to choose"; 
> abortion : is proposed as a solution to social and economic problems. : :
I'm
> against things that impoverish and end human life -- war and capitalism --
:
> and abortion does that. I would oppose supporting organizations that
support
> it.
> 
> How does CCHCC support abortion?
> 
> : OTOH one might argue that supporting CCHCC is a bit far from AWARE's 
> purpose. : The vigorous anti-war movement that existed at the beginning of
> the decade has : been erased by the workings of US politics.  It would
seem
> important for us to : recognize how that was done. It's been a commonplace
> since Tom Frank's "What's : the Matter with Kansas?" that distraction and
> diversion has been a large part of : it.  The abortion issue has added to
the
> distraction. --CGE
> 
> CCHCC is also pressing hard for the full remediation of the toxic site of
the
> old coal gasification plant that has contaminated the area around 5th and
> Hill St., a poor, predominantly black area of town. I would argue that the
> long-standing toxic contamination is, in good part, a victimization based
on
> race. And we are the Anti-War *Anti-Racism* Effort.
> 
> On the other hand, there are always tradeoffs in where we expend our
efforts
> and funds. Do we spend funds to oppose and increase awareness about how
our
> tax dollars are going toward killing women and children in Iraq,
Afghanistan,
> Pakistan and Palestine or direct them to help right a racist wrong to
improve
> the health (and possibly the lifespan) of victimized people in our local
> community.
> 
> Not an easy question to weigh. R
> 
> : Randall Cotton wrote: : > AWAREista's, please take note and think this
over
> - I plan to bring this up : > for consideration at Sunday's meeting, since
> we've done it in the (admittedly : > distant) past. R : > : > -----
Original
> Message ----- From: "Claudia Lennhoff" <claudia at shout.net> To: : >
> <recotton at earthlink.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:08 AM Subject:
: >
> CCHCC Annual Dinner & Adbook -- AWARE : > : > : > : Hi Randall, : : This
is
> Claudia Lennhoff from Champaign County Health Care : > Consumers. : I hope
> you're doing well. : : I wanted to check in with you : > about the
> possibility of AWARE taking : an ad in this year's CCHCC Dinner : > Adbook
> Program. AWARE has taken ads : in the past, but this year, we were : >
trying
> to contact Jan Kruse and : we couldn't get hold of her, and then : >
someone
> told me that she is no : longer the Treasurer for AWARE, so that's : > why
> I'm reaching out to you. : : If I need to be in touch with someone else, :
>
> please feel free to : direct me that way. Otherwise, if you can let me
know :
> > if y'all would : be willing to take an ad, that would be great. : :
Thanks 
> : > and take care. : Claudia : ***************** : : : Dear Friend, : : I 
> wanted : > to let you know that CCHCC's Annual Awards Dinner is :
scheduled
> for Friday, : > April 17, 2009 at the Hawthorn Suites in : Champaign. I
hope
> you will : > consider purchasing/donating a table, and : taking out an ad
in
> our Adbook : > Program for the Dinner.  Below is : information on the
Dinner
> and the Adbook. : >  : : DINNER: : - Dinner tickets are $40 each. : - A
table
> of 8 is $280. : - A : > table of 10 is $340. : : If you would like to
> purchase or contribute a table, : > you can reply to : me and let me know.
> Organizations that contribute tables : > are thanked : in the Adbook
Program,
> as well as in the introduction to the : > dinner, : and all tables that
are
> contributed are honorary tables and have a : > : sign on them listing the
> donor (for example, The Mary Louise White : Table, : > by CONTRIBUTOR). :
:
> ADBOOK: : Also, as part of the Annual Dinner : > celebration, we will be
> producing : CCHCC's Program Guide, or Adbook. Since : > our first Awards
> Dinner in : 1977, the Adbook has been an excellent : > opportunity for
local
> : businesses and organizations to connect directly to : > CCHCC
supporters. :
> : We distribute the Adbook at the Awards Dinner and at : > other
membership :
> events throughout the year.  We also recognize : > participating :
> businesses, organizations and individuals in our newsletter : > that goes
:
> out to over 7,000 members, and on our website. : : Ad prices are : > as
> follows: : -- Gold page: (4.5w x 7.25h):         $400 : -- Full page: : >
> (4.5w x 7.25h):         $175 : -- Half page: (4.5w x 3.5h): $110 : -- : >
> Quarter page: (2.25w x 3.5h):       $65 : : Creating the Ad: : You are
free :
> > to create the ad yourself and send it to us. It should : be at least 300
> dpi : > resolution and saved as a .tiff file. You can : email it to me. :
:
> If you do : > not want to make the ad yourself, we are more than willing :
to
> create one : > for you. All you have to do is send me any text or : images
> you'd like in the : > ad and we'll send you a proof for your : approval. :
:
> Paying for the Ad: : : > You can mail a check to our office made out to
> "CCHCC" (see address below). : : > Or you can pay online via PayPal here:
: :
> > http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/index.php?action=Display%20Store : :
> Then : > select the size ad that you would like. Layout and submission : 
> instructions : > are detailed on the webpage where you select the size ad
:
> you want. : : : > Please let me know if you would like to reserve an ad. :
:
> If you have any : > questions or need more information, please feel free :
to
> contact me. : : : > Thank you for your support! : : Sincerely, : : Claudia
:
> : -- : : > ****************************************** : Claudia Lennhoff, 
> Executive : > Director : Champaign County Health Care Consumers : 44 E.
Main
> Street, Suite : > 208 : Champaign, IL 61820 : : Phone: 217/352-6533, ext.
11
> : Fax: : > 217/352-9745 : E-Mail: claudia at shout.net : : Web: 
> www.healthcareconsumers.org : >  :
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