[Peace-discuss] AWARE and Green Party in the 4th of July parade! parade slot #79
Stuart Levy
stuartnlevy at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 19:12:47 EDT 2015
Saturday parade details:
Where:
The Prairie Green Party + AWARE group is in *parade slot # 79.*
Meet in the parking lot to the west of the Assembly Hall
(Kirby-to-St-Mary's Road, Oak St-to-1st-St).
You can park in the northern third or so of that lot.
Parade staging is somewhere in the middle of that lot.
When:
*Arrive by 10:30am* or so if you can.
Parade starts at 11:05; we might start moving half an hour or so later.
What else:
We are right next to the Progressive Coalition - PDA + Food & Watch
(bee people!) + Jobs with Justice, at least.
They're in parade slot 80.
Preparation:
There's one more*sign-and-prop-making gathering at Ron Szoke's on
Friday, 7-9pm.*
On 6/29/15 2:32 PM, Stuart Levy wrote:
> AWARE and Prairie Greens are in the July 4th parade. Come make
> signs, Wednesday or Friday evening! Come march on Saturday morning!
>
>
> The July 4th parade is coming up - this Saturday - and AWARE and the
> revitalized Prairie Green Party will be marching together in it.
> Want to join us, or have ideas for signs? See below for our
> description of our entry - thanks to David Green, David Wilson, and
> Karen Medina.
>
> The parade theme this year:
>
> * Flying High for Freedom*
>
> Given our government's ongoing use of aerial bombing and of drones for
> surveillance and destruction, we can go far with that theme.
>
> Marching? We'd gather around 10am Saturday, somewhere in the Assembly
> Hall / State Farm Center parking lot. Details when we know them.
>
> *We need to make new signs!* If you have an idea, write back to
> peace-discuss about it, or better yet come and make it yourself at
> Carl's house after the "Capital in the 21st Century" Piketty
> discussion group:
>
> *Wednesday evening, say 7pm to 8:30 or so* (or earlier if you'd like
> to join the *6pm* discussion group)
> at Carl and Leigh Estabrook's home,
> *5 Litch**field Lane, Champaign* (a couple blocks south of the Balboa
> and Prospect #10 bus stop)
>
> or somewhere on Friday - stay tuned for news. We'll bring markers
> and posterboard.
>
> David Green designed a whole suite of signs summarizing the Green
> Party's principles.
>
> Don McClure proposes one that would read, in part -
> Fly this
> (picture of a kite)
> Not this
> (picture of a drone)
>
> and at yesterday's AWARE meeting we bounced around a bunch more ideas,
> from kites to balloons to street performers.
>
>
> Here's the announcement as sent to the parade organizers:
>
>
> Two groups - the Prairie Green Party, and the Anti-War Anti-Racism
> Effort (AWARE) - march together to express concern over some
> fundamental and urgent issues.
>
> Our people need a healthy environment; livable communities;
> workers' rights; and humane immigration policies.
>
> Instead, we face endless war and violence; rising inequality;
> global climate change; mass incarceration; and unresponsive politics.
>
> AWARE's members believe that American leaders should obey
> international law and promote diplomatic solutions to
> international conflicts. Militarism, especially our own,
> threatens the survival of the species. Drone warfare and
> bombing campaigns support no one's freedom.
>
> The Green Party and its slate of candidates offer an alternative
> to a failed two-party system dominated by corporations that care
> only about profits. We promote radically democratic policies
> towards economic equality, racial justice, universal healthcare,
> and a post-carbon future.
>
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