[Peace] help at the teach-in

[raia fink]

We could use lots of help at the teach-in. Below is a list of tasks that
you can sign up for. All the timeslots coincide with the teach-in schedule.
I've even included a copy of that schedule at the end of this e-mail.
Please sign up to help by e-mailing me at raiafink at uiuc.edu or call and
leave a message at 344-7822. Thanks!

Setup and cleanup!
*Setup happens from 8:30-10:00 am at the McKinley Foundation
*Cleanup happens from 5:30-clean pm, also at the McKinley Foundation.

Childcare!
Tired of being informed? Brain too full? You can play with the kiddies!
Toys, snacks and kiddies provided. Sign up for as much as you want!
10:00-11:45
11:45-12:30
12:30-1:30
1:30-2:40
2:40-3:50
3:50-5:00

Staff the Main Room/Welcome Table
This involves welcoming people, welcoming donations, Having teach-in and
A.W.A.R.E. info, and answering questions about the teach-in.
Here are the times we need you most!
11:45-12:30 (lunch)
12:30-1:30
1:30-2:40
3:50-5:30

Also, you can bring a nice snack to share at the teach-in (like cookies or
broccoli) and you don't even have to tell me. It'll be a great surprise!

Remember, the teach-in is this Sat, Dec 15th at the McKinley Foundation on
the corner of 5th and Daniels in Champaign.

Please help out.
Now here's that schedule I promised.

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
       -Josh Rohrschieb, president, Student ACLU
       -Margot Finn, secretary, Student ACLU
       -Kevin Miller, vice-president, Student ACLU

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
       -Banio Carpenter, 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***


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