[Peace] AWARE Minutes, April 17, 2005

[David Green]

AWARE Minutes
April 17, 2005

Facilitator: Lisa Chason
Minutes: Bob Illyes
Time: Durl Kruse

Additions, corrections, modifications, accommodations
encouraged

News of the Week (Carl)

Introductions

About 25 Present

Bill Taylor: Lois Steinberg shared the tragic news
about Bill Taylor losing a hand in an accident. Plans
will be made for fundraising, centered around WEFT.
Lori Serb and Kim Krannich will be involved.

WEFT Pledge Drive (Randall): Randall Cotton discussed
the current slow pledge drive at WEFT. He suggested
that individuals consider giving more, or sponsoring a
matching or step-up challenge.

New Ideas

- WRFU Programming (Phil, Julio)

Phil and Julio suggested that individuals consider
doing a program at the New WRFU, 100 watt radio
station in Urbana. It takes two people to sponsor and
plan a program, whether it be music or talk. It was
suggested that AWARE have a weekly or monthly hour.

Students for Environmental Concerns: Ashley Peterson
asked for co-sponsorship of “The Hidden Faces of
Environmental Justice” events upcoming this week on
Wednesday and Thursday, Wed. at Y 4-6:30, Thursday
Boardman’s Art Theatre 6:30 to 9:30. It was agreed to
co-sponsor with $100 contribution.

Reports

Speaker on corporate accountability (Carol): Kevin
Danaher from Global Exchange on Friday April 29th.
Co-sponsorship approved.

- Wheels of Justice (David): moving along, need
co-sponsors.

- Main Event / P4P (Ricky): Positive event, many
fliers distributed. We will have both P4P and Main
Event in May, and then go from there. May vary by
season.

- Farmer's Market (Kruses): Durl will be picking up an
application this week, begins May 14th. 

- Finances (Linda): no report.

- CU Citizens (Danielle): no report, but information
on NAACP voting Tuesday has been circulated on list.

- Eberfest (Rich): Will be handing out Mat and Carol’s
satirical flier, plus David’s AWARE flier. Rich will
be coordinating flier pick-up an hour or so before
movie showtimes.

- Eyes Wide Open (Carol): They will be dong major
cities only, but Carol hopes they will come down in
modified form for Kathy Kelly in the Fall.


Events of the Past Week

IDF panel in Saturday, good talk by Meg Miner and
others.

Upcoming Events

DANIEL S. SAUNDERS LECTURE

Tuesday, April 19, 7:30 pm
Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor
919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

"Children in the Crossfire:  Can They Be Protected?"
Karin Landgren, Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF

Ms. Landgren directs the agency's efforts to protect
children form 
violence, exploitation and abuse.  She holds degrees
in International 
Relations (B.Sc.) and International Law (LL.M.) from
the London 
School of Economics.  This will be a spirited
presentation on child 
protection and the framework for addressing children's
rights in a 
volatile environment.

Sponsored by the School of Social Work and many other
academic 
departments at UIUC.

Events too numerous to record and mention coming up,
but reminders will be circulated on lists.