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

[John W.]

All poetic license aside, Carl, who is suggesting that you (AWARE, I
presume) urge votes for the party that continues and expands the killing in
Asia?



On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:

 To get excited about the Chief while urging votes for the party that
> continues and expands the killing in Asia is rather like what Thomas Paine
> said of Edmund Burke in *The Rights of Man* (1791): 'He [Burke] pities the
> plumage but forgets the dying bird'.
>
>
> On 10/14/10 5:24 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>
>   In relation to the "chief" I suggest that AWARE put its efforts and
> person-power into:
> 1. MASCOT REPLACEMENT
> 12-1 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 ISSUES
> Working 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" EVENTS
> Let'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 fighting
> Jmho.
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Wed, 10/13/10, Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu><brussel at illinois.edu>
> * wrote:
>
>
> From: Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu> <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> <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
>
>  <http://www.iresist.org/>
>
> *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
>
>
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