[Peace] Program at CIMIC

[Carol Inskeep]

See below an announcement about a program to take place this Friday
evening,March 14th at the Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center.  
The title is "Implications of War on Iraq" and it begins at 8:00.  Al 
Kagan and I will do a brief summary of local and national anti-war protest.  
It would be great to have some AWARE folks attend...


CIMIC WEEKLY SEMINAR

IMPLICATIONS OF WAR ON IRAQ

  Panelists:

Prof. Badruddin Arfi, Poli. 
Sci;                                                                      

Prof. Rajmohan 
Gandhi, Poli.Sci.                                                                     

Prof. Al Kagan, African Studies and 
AWARE;                                     

Pastor Larry Wilson, Mennonite Church


Discussion and Social Follows

8:15 - 10:15 PM @ CIMIC

Friday, March 14, InshaAllah

ALL INVITED

Refreshments Served

Babysitting provided

PS. Conservative dress recommended
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Prof. Badredine Arfi, is a faculty at the Department of Political 
Science. He ha! ! s a doctoral in Political Science and a doctoral 
in Physics from the University of Illinois.  His research interests 
have involved democracies in developing countries, with interests in 
the Middle East, Cambodia, and North Africa.  He has also uses chaos 
theory in developing an understanding of the political dimensions in 
the current world order.  He teaches a number of courses and is a 
regular speaker on the role of U.N, international security and 
multiracial democracies.  Prof. Arfi can be reached at: 
mailto:b-arfi at uiuc.edu>b-arfi at uiuc.edu

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Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi is a visiting faculty at the Department of 
Political Science, and is the Director of the Global Crossroads 
Project at the University of Illinois. His particular interests 
involve South Asia.  He has been a MP in the Indian Parliament. He 
has been involved in Track II Diplomacy in improving India-Pakistan 
relations.  He has also initiated and led a number of Interfaith 
Dialogues and Forums, most recently to Switzerland.  He also teaches 
political science courses at the UIUC.  Prof. Gandhi, is the 
grandson of Mahatama Gandhi.  Prof. Gandhi can be reached at: 
mailto:rgandhi at uiuc.edu>rgandhi at uiuc.edu

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Prof. Al Kagan is African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of 
Library Administration. He has led a number of efforts at the 
university, support the rights of international faculty and students 
pertaining to recent immigration policies; including facilitating 
establishment (for the first time) Legal Aid Fund at the UIUC. 
Prof. Kagan is also associated with the local Anti-War Anti Racism 
Effort (AWARE).  Prof. Kagan can be reached at: 
mailto:akagan at uiuc.edu>akagan at uiuc.edu

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Pastor Larry Wilson leads the congregation at the Mennonite Church, 
Urbana.  He represents Mennonite Church in the Religious Workers 
Association, and is actively involved in the local Interfaith 
Dialogue activities.  Pastor Wilson also oversees efforts geared 
towards local community work involving Habitat for Humanity, Ten 
Thousand Villages, Center for Women in Transition, T.I.M.E.S. 
Center, and Victims Offender Reconciliation Program of Champaign 
County.  Pastor Wilson can be reached at: 
mailto:ljwilson at net66.com>ljwilson at net66.com


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