[Peace] 9/11 ideas

[Al Kagan]

AWARE folks,

We will discuss these ideas again next Sunday.  Please think about 
what you would like to see happen around the Sept. 11th anniversary.


September 11th Anniversary Brainstorming

The Dialogue on Middle East group is planning something.
We could/should:
Have a direct action march and rally.
Expose War on Terrorism as a lie, and cover for corporate malfeasance.
Give people as many options to participate as possible.
Do something in coordination with other groups in town. Possibly send 
a questionnaire.
Learn from the 6-month anniversary event; do something that can't be 
easily manipulated.
Have a presence at mainstream events as we did on July 4th.
Start an impeachment campaign for Bush and his partners in crime.
Mourn the loss of civil rights
Have theme "Terrorism in the Wake of Terrorism," equivalence of US 
state actions to 9/11.
Try to get a speaker from one of the families of people killed on 9/11. 
Try to get Medea Benjamin as a speaker.
Have two tracks: direct action with possible arrests and community events.
Check to see about national and international planning.
Edit the Public i for September.
Have a huge meal event.
Have photo exhibit from Afghanistan.
Sponsor someone to go on Global Exchange trip to Afghanistan & come 
back to speak.
Expose lies, say what we have gained and lost since 9/11. We need 
ways to invert statements.
Do a media campaign with bus ads and billboards, with fundraiser.
Do local TV program.

There are 4 main strategies: fundraising, direct action, 
community-oriented action, and media campaign.

Vicki will research what is already being planned by mainstream and 
progressive groups.
Kim will call Global Exchange to get trip information.
Russ will investigate media costs.
We should all write to David Thiel at WILL now to request an AWARE TV program.


July 14th additions

There will be a University of Illinois event, either 12-1 or 5-6 PM.
WILL radio will do a program.
The Baker Board will do a walk for peace and an interfaith calendar of events.
The group, September 11th Families for Peace is willing to send a 
speaker  the week before.
Billboards cost $1500 for 4 weeks, or 9 for 1 week for $3600.
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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
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