[Peace] Re: anti-war activities in C-U area (fwd)

[Danielle Chynoweth]

The reporter's response to my e-mail.  Folks should write down her
contact info and let her know anytime there is something happening in
Springfield or relevant to Illinois state activities.

Danielle

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:15:55 -0800
From: Kclements at onemain.com
To: Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com>
Subject: Re: anti-war activities in C-U area

Thanks for your interest, Danielle. At the time I wrote the story, I did
several searches and calls and asked around the newsroom and was unable to
find anyone aware of such activities in C-U. However, several days after the
article ran, someone from the Friends returned a call I made on the day I
wrote the story and pointed me to AWARE's web site. I will be sure to include
their activities in any future coverage of the anti-war efforts. If you have
any special events coming up, drop me a line and let me know. Thanks,
Kate Clements
News-Gazette Capitol Bureau Chief
Statehouse Pressroom
Springfield, IL 62701
Kclements at news-gazette.com
phone: 217-782-2486
fax: 217-523-4879

On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:04:32 -0600 (CST) Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com>
wrote:

> Hi Kate -
>
> I just read your article "Anti-war Vigil Held
> in Springfield" dated
> Wednesday, December 11, 2002 where you said of
> a Champaign resident:
> "...he hoped the petition and events around the
> country Tuesday would
> raise awareness and perhaps prompt some future
> anti-war demonstrations in
> the C-U area..."  You also note that the PRC
> had no actions planned for
> this coordinated day of action.  The article
> shocked me because it seemed
> to imply that ant-war activities are not
> happening in C-U.  Much to the
> contrary. Anti-war demonstrations have been
> staged nearly every weekend
> since October of 2001.  This past Thursday, 25
> peace activists sang
> Christmas carols with altered lyrics - such as
> "Twelve Days of Bombing"
> and "Poindexter Claus" - during a downtown
> holiday festival.  And today,
> dozens of protestors demonstrated once again,
> on North Prospect, bringing
> a message of peace to holiday shoppers.
>
> Theses activities have been initiated by AWARE
> - the Anti-War, Anti-Racism
> Effort - a coalition that formed shortly after
> the 9-11 attacks in
> response to calls for war against Afghanistan.
> An active UI group in
> AWARE is the Student Peace Action group.
>
> I am surprised that neither of these groups
> found its way to your radar
> when you wrote the piece.  And I thought I
> might introduce you to them
> for future pieces.
>
> A contact for the AWARE group is Ricky Baldwin:
> baldwinricky at hotmail.com
>
> In addition, a great web source for progerssive
> activities in C-U is:
> www.ucimc.org.  The second and third pages of
> the features column have
> several articles about anti-war activities
> locally.
>
> happy holidays,
>
> Danielle Chynoweth
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