[Peace-discuss] noon Thu - Wes Jackson, future of agriculture; noon Fri, Eboo Patel; 12:30 Sat, pre-AWARE-demo lunch at Esquire

[Stuart Levy]

*Midday events for the next 3 days:

Noon Thursday, April 4th:   Wes Jackson seminar*, April 4, noon, U of I 
Law School auditorium

    Wes Jackson is one of the most important advocates of sustainable
    agriculture - in addition to being a good speaker!

*Noon Friday, April 5th: Eboo Patel, YMCA Friday Forum*

    "Standing Your Sacred Ground": There is no better time to stand for
    your values than when they are under attack.


*12:30PM Saturday, April 6th:* lunch at Esquire preceding *2:00-4:00PM 
AWARE Demonstration*

    Lunch first, then demonstrate for peace (Dave Johnson's good idea)

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*Noon Thursday, April 4th:   Wes Jackson seminar*, April 4, noon, U of I 
Law School auditorium

The Program in Law and Philosophy and the Environmental Law Program Present:

*"The Necessity of Historical Imagination When Contemplating the Future 
of Agriculture"*
      Wes Jackson, Ph. D.
      President of The Land Institute

   April 4, 2013
   12 - 1:15 PM
   Max L Rowe Auditorium, College of Law Building, University of Illinois
   504 E. Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign
   free and open to the public

    By pioneering the use of perennial food crops, Dr. Jackson seeks to
    demonstrate how a new agriculture can leave soil intact, prevent
    erosion, and eliminate the use of environmentally harmful
    fertilizers and pesticides, while feeding the world's growing
    population.  He is a strong advocate for the development of a
    perennial polyculture that mimics nature.

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*Noon Friday, April 5th: Eboo Patel, YMCA Friday Forum*, University YMCA 
Latzer Hall, 1001 S. Wright, Champaign

    "Standing Your Sacred Ground": There is no better time to stand for
    your values than when they are under attack.

    /In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and
    animosity toward American Muslims and alarmist, hateful rhetoric
    invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American
    force have become commonplace rather than being relegated to the
    fringes of political discourse. This prejudice is a challenge to the
    ideals of American life. /

    On April 5th, renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel will discuss the
    art and science of interfaith work, showing us that Americans from
    George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. have been "interfaith
    leaders." Sharing stories from the frontlines of interfaith
    activism, he'll bring to life the growing body of research on how
    faith can be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier.

    Eboo's talk will coincide with his engagement as keynote speaker at
    the 2013 Illinois Conference on Interfaith Collaboration, on campus
    April 5-7.

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*12:30PM Saturday, April 6th - Esquire bar, downtown Champaign*

    lunch & discussion for anyone interested, preceding...

*2:00-4:00PM Saturday, April 6th, corner of Main & Neil, Champaign*

    AWARE monthly demonstration against war

    (the flyer this month, thanks to Carl, to draw on Glenn Greenwald's
    review of a new film, "Dirty Wars," featuring Jeremy Scahill's
    investigations into the US' ongoing global war, which "renders its
    victims invisible and voiceless":
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/31/dirty-wars-terrorism-victims?CMP=twt_gu
    One quote:
    "What makes Dirty Wars so important is that it viscerally conveys
    the effects of US militarism on these invisible victims: by letting
    them speak for themselves. Scahill and his crew travel to the places
    most US journalists are unwilling or unable to go: to remote and
    dangerous provinces in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia, all to give
    voice to the victims of US aggression. We hear from the Afghans
    whose family members (including two pregnant women) were slaughtered
    by US Special Forces in 2010 in the Paktia Province, despite being
    part of the Afghan Police, only for NATO to outright lie and claim
    the women were already dead from "honor killings" by the time they
    arrived (lies uncritically repeated, of course, by leading US media
    outlets)."



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