[Cprb] Fwd: [Peace] campus events: boxes, profiling and movies

[John Wason]

At 12:02 PM 10/15/03 -0500, Ken Urban wrote:

>Here are some events happening that might be of interest to us.

I HIGHLY recommend Boxes and Walls to anyone who hasn't experienced it
before.  But what about this Carl Estabrook character?  Isn't he just one
of those rabble-rousing ivory tower academicians, a leftist relic of the
sixties?  ;-)  He's the guy who never responded when I asked him where else
besides WEFT one could hear jazz and world music on the radio in C-U.

John




>From: sara zainab bokhari <bokhari at students.uiuc.edu>
>To: <peace at lists.groogroo.com>
>Subject: [Peace] campus events: boxes, profiling and movies
>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:40:09 -0500 (CDT)
>
>..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!
>
>***************************************************************************
>
>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
>***************************************************************************
>
>
>              !!!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.
>