[Peace] campus events: boxes, profiling and movies

[sara zainab bokhari]

...just a few events around campus...

1. Boxes and Walls - an interactive oppression museum
2. Panel on Discrimination and Racial Profiling
3. International Film Fest



*****please forward widely!!!*****

Boxes & Walls Boxes & Walls Boxes & Walls!!!


   WHAT is it?   an interactive, experiential museum based on diversity
                 education

   WHEN is it?   October 12-15, 19-22, 26-29  from 5-9pm daily with tours
                 leaving every half hour

   WHERE is it?  the basement of the McKinley Church @ 809 Fifth St in
                 Champaign (Corner of 5th and John)

   WHAT have others said about the program?  "This should be mandatory for
                 everyone!"  "Eye opening!"  "Thought provoking"  "It
                 brings reality to the forefront"

   HOW do I sign up?  Visit our website at www.uiuc.edu/ro/boxesandwalls
                 you can sign up for tours, learn how to be a
                 volunteer, check out the resource guide and more!

   RECAP:  Boxes and Walls, Runs through October, Sundays-Wednesdays
                 5-9pm, check out the website for more info or to sign up
                 for a tour!


                            please forward widely!

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Fighting Discrimination and Racial Profiling:
Discussion Panel and Activism Workshop
October 18, 2003
1:00pm
213 Greg Hall, UIUC campus


Speakers will discuss methods of activism and what is going on in
the present as well as what has been effective in the past.  There will
also be a focus on how audience members can become involved and a
breakaway brainstorming session afterwards where attendees can engage with
the speakers in depth.  The aim of this event is empowerment for those
attending to actively promote change.

Speakers include:
Arsalan T. Iftikhar is the Director of Legal Affairs for the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington, DC.  He will be speaking
on the topic of Fighting Discrimination and Racial Profiling with an
emphasis on activism with tips and instructions for how students, faculty,
and staff can also carry on this mission.

Professor Rajmohan Gandhi visiting professor at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign in the program of South Asian and Middle Eastern
Studies.  He will be speaking on issues of tolerance.

Carl Estabrook  is a visiting professor of history, religious studies, and
sociology  at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He will be
speaking on a historical perspective of discrimination.


questions?  contact Mona - mhaggag at uiuc.edu
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              !!!International Human Rights Film Fest 2003!!!
              *All films will be shown at the University YMCA*

October 16 (Murphey Lounge)
7pm :Pinochet's Children: followed by a discussion on human rights in
Chile

October 17 (K-rooms)
7pm :Scenes from an Endless War
7:45pm :Dans, Grozny, Dans: followed by an Amnesty letter campaign on
women's rights in Russia

October 18 (K-rooms)
1pm :When the War is Over
2pm :State of Denial
3:30pm:War Takes


     * sponsored by :: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Student
     American Civil Liberties Union, Students for Indepedent Media,
     Council on American Islamic Relations, Student Peace Action, Illinois
     Disciples Foundation, Activist Forum, NORML/SSDP, Penguin Revolution,
     Worldwide Human Rights Organization, Egyptian American Student's
     Association, Department of Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies,
     Russian and East European Center, Latin American and Caribbean
     Studies.