[Peace] AWARE minutes 3-28-04

[C. G. Estabrook]

AWARE meeting minutes 3-28-04

Peter Rohloff facilitates

1. Introductions

2. Media Report, son et lumiere by Randall:
	--Peter's presentation on tasers to the Champaign City Council;
discussion of future of taser issue; well-covered by local media; major
issue is lack of trust between community (particularly
African-Americans) and police; need for independent review board (a
Green party project) -- an advisory referendum is possible
	--Randall's comment on WILL-FM, with immensely silly
introductory commentary by pusillanimous local station; ran twice on
Monday 22 March on "All Things Considered"; general approbation and
congratulation by the meeting

3. News of the Week: posted separately (because after all, you can't make
this stuff up); Al circulates a petition regarding civil liberties

4. Treasurer's Report: general economic crisis as the AWARE bank account
slips beneath 2K: as of 3/28, it stood at a mere $1,900 (in spite of the
treasurer's notable efforts at expansion)

5. Working Groups:
	--Prospect for peace: meeting with Marvin Gerstein, Esq. postponed
to 3/31; demonstrations continue on the first Saturday of every month

6. Upcoming AWARE events: 
	--Tabling/literature needed for two events (Peter is collecting
names of people interested in helping): Chuck D at Foellinger 4/9;  Earth
Day Festival at Illini Union 4/15 
	--Printed literature needed: Randall's WILL commentary should be
added; materials from the net on, e.g., Haiti; CO materials; police review
board flier from Greens; Peter will coordinate fliers
	--Janet has ordered buttons and stickers
	--Theme of the July 4 parade is (can you believe it?) "Be all you
can be" = an army recruiting ad...
	--Darrin Drda has produced a good flier for the April 1 event;
Ricky has an interview with speaker (whose son died in Iraq) in The Paper

7. New ideas and proposals
	--Bill Taylor requests funding for a radio project in Honduras
with an indigenous group, COPINH; his operation is Primary Communication
Project; Durl asks Bill for literature that we can put on our tables; Al
suggests he solicit the IMC; Lisa proposes seed money for a fund-raiser
	--Randall is working on a video feed of Democracy Now! on Urban
public TV

8. Calendar
	--Alison Weir of If Americans Knew, lunch talk, Tuesday 3/30, noon
at Channing-Murray, an AWARE event
	--Stephen Hartnett, "The Whole of Operation of Deception:
Reconstructing President Bush's Rhetoric of Weapons of Mass Destruction,"
Wednesday 3/31, 4pm in 356 Armory Building
	--"Veterans and their Families Speak Out," Thursday 4/1, 7pm at
Champaign Public Library, an AWARE event
	--Oxfam banquet at Urbana Middle School, Saturday 4/3, 2-4pm,
5-7pm
	--Estabrook talk, "The Myth of American Benevolence," Wednesday
4/7, 7pm Channing-Murray
	--Chuck D appearance, Friday 4/9, 7-9pm, Foellinger Auditorium,
cosponsored by AWARE (tabling)
	--Community input planning meeting for Liberation Education forum
(April 30-May 2) <www.liberationeducation.org> Tuesday 4/13, 5pm dinner
and meeting, 409 N. Race St. U. <LIBERATIONEDUCATION at YAHOO.COM> (rsvp
344.1795)
	--Earth Day festival, Thursday 4/15, 6:30-midnight, Illini Union
Courtyard Cafe, cosponsored by AWARE (tabling)
	--Estabrook talk "The Continuities of American Policy" Wednesday
4/21, 7 pm, Channing-Murray
	--Amy Goodman WEFT benefit, Friday 4/23, 6:15pm, Illinois
Disciples Foundation
	--Estabrook talk, "The Coming October Surprise," Wednesday 5/5,
7pm, Channing-Murray
	--Taste of Champaign, Friday 6/25, 5-9pm; Saturday 6/26, 11am-9
pm; Sunday 6/27, noon-5pm; Westside Park (tabling)

	Respectfully submitted, subject to addition
	and correction by the wisdom of the group,
	SGDavis/CGEstabrook