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

[C. G. Estabrook]

I thought your question was just a devastating rhetorical, John --
indicating the broadcasting ghetto into which WEFT had locked itself.

Yours, Relic

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, John Wason wrote:

> 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.
> >