[Peace] interested in a debate?

[Laura Haber]

Are any AWARE members (or other anti-war people) interested in participating in
a debate? Let me know and I'll get back to them.

(see below for more info)

thanks.

-Laura
--- chirantan mukhopadhyay <cmukhopa at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> From: "chirantan mukhopadhyay" <cmukhopa at uiuc.edu>
> To: <l-haber at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Debate about US actions in Afghanistan
> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:20:14 -0600
> 
> Hello, Laura,
> 
> I was told by an Allen resident and AWARE member (Carl Burton), that you
> were the director of AWARE. I'm Chirantan Mukhopadhyay,  former Allen
> resident and current Philanthropy Coordinator for the Indian Student
> Assocation. The reason I'm writing is that I'm trying to organize a
> debate/open forum about the US war in Afghanistan. Basically, my idea for
> this was to disseminate information to the student body about the events in
> Afghanistan and address the issue in more of a discussion / debate format,
> rather than a lecture. I think there's a lot of people either confused or
> ignorant of what's going on over there, so this kind of thing would benefit
> them the most. Here's some basic information about, including structure:
> 
> Format:
>     - Panel discussion / debate
>     - Number of participants: 6, from various backgrounds:
> 
>             1. A student from the region who will argue from mainly a
> religious (Muslim) persepctive
>             2. Another student arguing from a religious (Jewish)
> perspective,
> possibly from region
>             3. Politically liberal, anti-war
>             4. Politically conservative or libertarian, generally pro-war
>             5. A moral objectivist
>             6. A media representative
> 
>     -  Each speaker is given 3 minutes for opening statement. After that,
> the moderator will ask a question to the panel, and whoever is    interested
> in speaking on the topic will answer. First response will last at most 2
> minutes, and we will allow 2 subsequent responses / rebuttals, each lasting
> at most 1 minute.
>     - After 45 minutes of panel discussion, we will allow audience to ask
> questions of particular panelists or the whole panel for another 45 minuts
> 
> My main idea for AWARE's role in this would be to supply a rational,
> well-spoken, well-informed anti-war advocate to speak on our panel, and also
> to help publicize it, along with all the other groups involved. If you're
> interested, please get in touch with me by Monday. Thank you so much, and I
> hope we can work together.
> 
> 


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