[Peace] anti-racism work

[C. G. Estabrook]

Stephen--

Have you by chance got Peter Linebaugh involved with this?

Regards, Carl

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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Stephen Hartnett wrote:

> Dear All:
> 
> Aside from the occasionally nasty rhetoric, the dialogue about AWARE
> and its work against racism is healthy and important.  For those of
> you who would like to participate in furthering both this discussion
> and future actions on the topic, I would like to suggest the following
> event:
> 
> On January 22-24 2004 the University of Illinois's new Center on
> Democracy in a Multiracial Society (CDMS) will be hosting a conference
> entitled "Education or Incarceration? Schools and Prisons in a
> Punishing Democracy."  As the conference organizer, I am doing my best
> to bring to town teachers, scholars, artists, and activists from
> around the nation. This will be both an important weekend of
> organizing and education and also a springboard for future local
> events.  In fact, one of our closing sessions is entitled "Building
> the Movement for Peace and Justice"; it will feature presentations by
> Rose Braz, the Director of Critical Resistance; Robert Schultz, the
> Midwest Director of Amnesty International; and why not someone from
> AWARE who is doing local work on the relationships among racism,
> schools, and prison?  If you are interested, please contact me
> directly at hartnett at uiuc.edu.
> 
> In peace and solidarity, Stephen.
> 
> Stephen Hartnett The Helen Corley Petit Scholar of Speech
> Communication University of Illinois, 244 Lincoln Hall 702 South
> Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 333-1593; hartnett at uiuc.edu