[Peace] Fwd: Sept 15 AWARE Teach-In

[Al Kagan]

>PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY
>The Urbana-Champaign Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort invites you to
>Expanding our Perspectives
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>A Teach-in About the US War on Afghanistan and Beyond
>Saturday, December 15, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
>McKinley Foundation, 5th and Daniel, Champaign
>*Free Childcare, Lunch, and Parking
>
>Come participate in:
>UPDATES: What's been happening that hasn't been discussed in the
>mainstream press? How have communities been responding to "the war on
>terrorism"?
>DISCUSSION: Spend time with others who share concerns about war, drastic
>limitations of civil liberties, and unexpected consequences of the war.
>STRATEGY: How can concerned citizens make a difference? Come speak with
>organizers, local and national, about strategies that have worked in the
>past and what new methods might be needed today.
>
>The Day's Events:
>10:15 am Opening Panel: "Countries at Risk"
>-Erin O'Brien, Amnesty International
>-Representative, Voices in the Wilderness
>Noon Lunch and Performances
>12:30 - 1:30
>**Religious Perspectives on the War
>-Faruq Nelson, Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center
>-Robert Manaster, board member, Sinai Temple
>-Rev. Dr. Doug Baer, Interim Pastor/Director McKinley Church and
>Foundation
>**Civil Liberties Under the War on Terrorism
>-President, Student ACLU
>-Champaign County ACLU representative
>1:40 - 2:40
>**Palestine
>-David Green
>-Hadeel Assali, Urbana/Champaign Unity and Struggle
>-Ahmed Bensouda, Urbana/Champaign Unity and Struggle
>**The Global Justice Movement
>-Kate Sorenson, ACT UP, Philadelphia
>-Danielle Chynoweth, School for Designing a Society
>-Peter Miller, co-host, The Illinois Labor Hour
>2:50 - 3:50
>**Misplaced Priorities -- Alternatives to War
>-Angela Garcia, Illinois Peace Action
>-Lisa Wattson, International Peoples Democratic Uhuru Movement
>**US Foreign Policy
>-Meredith Kruse, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative
>-Marta Zarate, Colombia Support Network
>-Carl Estabrook, Visiting Professor of Sociology, UIUC
>4:00 - 5:30 ***Closing Plenary: Strategies for Action***
>Kate Sorensen, a union organizer and activist with ACT UP, Philadelphia
>will make a presentation and lead a discussion on how citizens can
>successfully organize against a war. Kate is a proponent of non-violent
>direct action and has been involved in several movements that have led to
>local and international social change through groups such as ACT UP, Queer
>Nation, and Philadelphia Direct Action Group. Kate is also involved in the
>budding anti-globalization movement. A signifgant shift in the climate of
>the struggle for social change has been marked by Kate's arrest during the
>Republican National Convention when Kate was accused of being the "Ring
>Leader" of the demonstration opposing the RNC. She was given 20 charges
>including ten felonies and was placed on one million dollars bail. She and
>the 400 other defendants of the RNC demonstration "crack down" have been
>working in coalition with groups across the country to form legal
>collectives. These collectives are made up of activists who intend to hold
>onto our right to free speech and protect the activists who use direct
>action to make a difference.
>
>Sponsored By:
>East African Coordinating Group of Amnesty International
>Illinois Student Environmental Network
>Muslim Student Association
>Prairie Green Party of East Central Illinois
>Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative
>Student ACLU
>Students for World Improvement
>School for Designing A Society
>Socialist Forum
>Soldier Child International
>Vietnam Veterans Against the War - Champaign/Urbana
>Women Against Racism
>
>For more information, call Peter at 217-367-1336.
>To get to the McKinley Foundation from Chicago, come to Champaign on
>Interstate 57. Take the I-74 east exit toward Champaign/Urbana then get
>off 74 at the Neil Street exit (maybe 4 miles after getting onto 74). Go
>right on Neil and drive 2-3 miles to Green Street (the light before Green
>St. will be at Springfield Ave.). Turn left on Green and go to Fifth
>Street. Turn right on Fifth Street and go 1.75 blocks. A parking garage
>will be on your left--park there. The McKinley Foundation is right across
>the street.

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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu