[Peace-discuss] Upcoming events -- 9/12 Chicago Teachers' Union solidarity mtg; 9/12 Can Technology Serve Social Justice?; 9/13 Restorative Justice; 9/18 Henry Louis Gates "Blacks in Latin America"; 9/21 International Day of Peace; 9/21 Alternatives to incarceration

[Stuart Levy]

Some upcoming events of interest to AWARE --

Wednesday *9/12  5:30pm  Champaign Public Library*
*"Can Technology Serve Social Justice?"* lecture by Virginia Eubanks, 
SUNY Albany

       In this talk, Dr. Eubanks reflects on fifteen years of efforts 
with three grassroots organizations--Our Knowledge, Our Power: Surviving 
Welfare, the Popular Technology Workshops, and Women at the YWCA Making 
Social Movement-- to make technology serve the needs of oppressed and 
exploited people in the United States.   (She was also interviewed on 
WILL-AM Focus on Monday - archive at 
http://audio01.will.illinois.edu/focus120910a.mp3
Among her comments - some had dreamed that simply making technology, and 
tech education, available would overturn social inequality. This is not 
borne out, for a variety of reasons she describes.)
<http://audio01.will.illinois.edu/focus120910a.mp3> Contact:  Sharon 
Irish, slirish at illinois.edu

*Wednesday 9/12  7pm  Lincoln Hall room 1028*
*Meeting to plan**solidarity actions for the Chicago Teachers Union*, 
which went on strike this week.  A CTU teacher will participate by 
phone, and a there'll be someone from GEO too, who are also struggling 
with the U of I over pay and working conditions.  Organized by the 
International Socialist Organization (ISO) campus branch.

*Thursday 9/13  5pm  Peace Alliance conference call*
*Conference call on Restorative Justice*, with a conversation with 
Mikhail Lyubansky of U of Illinois, who works with and writes on the 
Restorative Circles approach and co-organized a nationwide conference on 
them in Urbana last year.  This call is one of a series on Restorative 
Justice, organized by the Peace Alliance.   Register for this and others 
on line at: http://dopeace.us/  (see Events list at left of the page) or 
for this Thursday's call at:
http://dopeace.us/events/restorative-justice-telecouncil-series-prof-mikhail-lyubansky-ph-


*Thursday 9/13  7:30pm **C-U Art Theater*, 126 W. Church St, Champaign
*"The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today"*: Free showing of thdocumentary 
tells the story of the First Amendment case that set the foundation for 
the separation of church and state in public schools. The case started 
in Champaign and the film's director is U of I Professor Jay Rosenstein.


Tuesday *9/18  7pm   room 114 David Kinley Hall*, UIUC (across Gregory 
St from Main UofI Library)
*"Blacks in Latin America" *
     Lecture by *Henry Louis Gates*, Harvard University


*Friday 9/21   5:30pm  Peace Garden at First Mennonite Church*, Lincoln 
& Springfield, Urbana
     Join an interfaith community to recognize the International Day of 
Peace/International Prayer of Peace

     The brief, 30 minute vigil, hosted by the Peace and Justice 
Initiative of First Mennonite Church, will be full of song, prayer and 
reflection.

     This year's International Day of Peace will focus on ceasefire, 
which is appropriate as September 21st is also a day of Global 
Ceasefire. A ceasefire can take many forms - laying down arms, 
reconciliation between enemies, or even boycotting certain products and 
brands -- and the brief program on the 21^st will allow time for 
reflection, sharing and singing to celebrate the hope for ceasefire as 
we recognize it in our world.


Friday *9/21    6pm   Public forum on alternatives to incarceration*
This is part of the campaign against the plan to spend $20 million on 
new jail cells. There are alternatives. There are better ways to spend 
tax money.  This will be a panel, including:

  * Rev. Zernial Bogan of Black Chamber of Commerce,
  * Diana Zell of National Alliance on Mental Illness,
  * Diane Lenik of ACLU, a rep from the Immiegration Forum and
  * James Kilgore of Citizens with Convictions.

     Sponsored by C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice.
     For more info on the campaign visit: cucpj.org
<http://cucpj.org/>

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