[Peace] Fwd: [Peace-discuss] HUGE Rally to Eliminate "Chief Illiniwek" -- 3/10 at 8pm (fwd)

[Alfred Kagan]

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>Rally to Eliminate "Chief Illiniwek"
>on the eve of the Board of Trustees Meeting
>Wednesday, March 10th from 8p.m.
>    --> Please note new time, 8p.m. <--
>on the South Patio of the Student Union, UIUC Quad
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>
>Dear friends,
>
>Please join us for a HUGE Rally to Eliminate "Chief Illiniwek" on the
>eve of the March 11th Board of Trustees meeting on the
>Urbana-Champaign campus. The rally will be Wednesday, March 10th at
>8:00p.m. on the South Patio of the Student Union on the UIUC Quad.
>
>Despite mounting local, statewide, and national pressure to drop the
>racist mascot of the University of Illinois, the U of I Board of
>Trustees has refused to put this issue on their agenda for the
>upcoming meeting. Please join us for a rally to get this issue back
>on their agenda, and force a vote to ban the "Chief"!! We have the
>power to do this and with your help, we will!!
>
>Speakers will include:
>-- Charlene Teters, founder of the anti-"Chief" movement
>-- Leonard Malatare, Native American Educational Services College
>-- and many others!
>
>Following the rally, the Native communities from Chicago and C-U will
>be sponsoring an all night anti-"Chief" vigil on the Quad. On on the
>following morning, Thursday, March 11th, please make plans to attend
>the Board of Trustees meeting at 8:30a.m. in the Pine Lounge of the
>Student Union to demand a vote against "Chief Illiniwek."
>
>These events are part of the Month of Anti-"Chief" Action
>co-sponsored by over a dozen local organizations. To dowload the full
>calendar of events for the month, please visit
>http://www.prairienet.org/prc/PRCARCHIVES/2004/Calendar.1.pdf.
>
>For more information, please contact the Progressive Resource/Action
>Cooperative (PRC) ay (217) 352-8721 or email prc at prairienet.org.
>
>Sincerely,
>The PRC
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>Brooke Anderson
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>Champaign, IL 61820
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
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Urbana, IL 61801, USA

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