[Peace-discuss] Fw: Re: Series of Events to Unite people against Racist Mascots and Request of Co-sponsorship Thereof

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Sorry, meant for Peace-discuss -- I'll try harder to check instead of just hitting Reply all... --Jenifer

--- On Thu, 10/14/10, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace] Series of Events to Unite people against Racist Mascots and Request of Co-sponsorship Thereof
To: "Jesse Phillippe" <japhillippe at gmail.com>, "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at illinois.edu>
Cc: Peace at lists.chambana.net
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 5:24 PM

In relation to the "chief" I suggest that AWARE put its efforts and person-power into:1. MASCOT REPLACEMENT12-1 on Fri Oct 22 Supporting push for a new mascot asap. (There's been support in the past for "Prairie Fire" -- e g the person formally known as CI, whooshing out to dance in colorful autumn costume during half-time to "fire" up the crowd...2. SENSITIZING C-U TO NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUESWorking w/ local libraries and perhaps GISLIS to do a whole-town read. Antioch, IL had their (middle-school) students read Sherman Alexie's THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN for this purpose, and CU could and should do something similar. This could be followed up/coordinated w/ lecture-discussions, film, art, etc.   3.  IGNORING THE DIEHARDS' "CHIEF" EVENTSLet's all stay home and drink a
 toast to our victory. Unless we can get a few thousand picketers, it only makes the diehards think that -- since they clearly have the numbers -- they haven't really lost and it'd be possible to overturn the decision if they just keep fightingJmho. --Jenifer

--- On Wed, 10/13/10, Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu> wrote:

From: Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>
Subject: Re: [Peace] Series of Events to Unite people against Racist Mascots and Request of Co-sponsorship Thereof
To: "Jesse Phillippe" <japhillippe at gmail.com>
Cc: Peace at lists.chambana.net
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 10:45 PM

I think this is a marvelous initiative, one that AWARE in all its power should
 support.
--mkb

On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Jesse Phillippe wrote:
Dear AWARE,
 
In March of 2007, the University of 
Illinois formally retired the "Chief Illiniwek" mascot as its symbol. 
Nonetheless, "Students for Chief Illiniwek" has continued to revisit the
 Chief issue by hosting an event known as "The Next Dance" that will 
occur at Assembly Hall on Oct. 23rd at 7pm. The University 
Administration continues to allow this organization to profit off of a 
caricature of American Indian people, and it must stop.
 

In response to the continued efforts to host the retired 
mascot on our campus, The I-Resist
 Coalition and Students for a United Illinois are organizing two events under the theme NEW 
MASCOT NOW! because it is time for our campus to move on. We are 
hosting these events during the week of "The Next Dance", first a Rally
 at Swanlund to raise our voices to the Administration, and second, a
 Rally at Assembly Hall with a "We've Moved On" Unity Party to 
follow. We hope these events will help educate and mobilize the 
community to move on from the
 former mascot and the racial stereotypes it perpetuates.

 
We are contacting your organization to see if you would be willing 
to co-sponsor these events with I-Resist and Students for a United Illinois, and also to publicize the events to 
your membership. Co-sponsorship would consist of having your group's 
name on publicity materials, actively encouraging members to attend 
these events, and allowing your organization to speak at the Rally if 
interested. The time and location of the events are below.

Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!
 
I-Resist
 Coalition and Students for a United Illinois

NEW MASCOT NOW! Rally at Swanlund
Friday,
 October 22nd
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
In front of Swanlund 
Administration Building (corner of John and Sixth Streets)

Join us as we let the Administration know it is time to move past 
the former "Chief" mascot and unite behind a new mascot.

 
NEW MASCOT NOW! Rally at Assembly Hall
Saturday,

 October 23rd
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Meet outside of Assembly Hall

 
Join us as we rally to show how events like "The Next Dance" 
perpetuate a racial stereotype, divide our campus, and prevent us from 
moving forward as a campus. The "We've Moved On" Unity Party will follow this 
event.

"WE'VE MOVED ON" Unity Party
Saturday,
 October 23rd
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location TBD

After 
we rally against the mascot, we will be providing the campus with a 
genuinely entertaining party to serve as an alternative to "The Next 
Dance."





Thank you and we would appreciate your support.
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