[Peace] AWARE 2/6/05 meeting minutes

[Rich]

AWARE Minutes for 2/6/2005 

Facilitator - Al Kagan
Time Keeper - (I forgot)
Note Taker - Rich F


1. Carl Estabrook - News of the Week

2. Carol Inseep - funerals of activist Jolie Rickman (see DN!
1/24/05) and a local Marine that died in the 1/26 helicopter crash in
Iraq that killed 30

3. Introductions

4. Al Kagan - Meeting Guidelines (prepared by Durl Kruse)

New Ideas
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1. Danielle Shumacher - 
  Clifton Thornton presentation 3/20 1-3 pm IMC

2. Carol Inseep -
  Cosponsorship approved for:
  UC Progressives "War and Multiracial Society" 2/28 7:30 Urbana
Civic Center

3. Jan Kruse and Carol Inseep -
  Endorsement approved for:
  United for Peace and Justice ``Out Now" 2nd war aniv. protest 3/19
in St. Louis

4. Carol Ammons -
  Report on CU Citizens for Peace and Justice Forgiveness Weekend
2/18-20
  NAACP election

5. Aaron Ammons -
  Felony bill SB3007

6. Sandra Ahten - County Jail issues:
 County Board Meeting 2/24 (need AWARE people)
 Finance Meeting 2/10 (need at least 1 AWARE person)

7. Media Working Group -
   discussion of ad rates for buses ($200)
   ad rate of WBCP is $200 for 20 60 sec. slots
   MEDIA WORKING GROUP NEEDS HELP FOR PUBLICITY EFFORTS

8. Sanda Ahten - 
   IMC Radio News on UPTV

9. Al Kagan -
   Need more Public Square commentaries on WILL

10. Linda Evans - 
   Finance Report $3048.21

11. Susan Davis -
   Education Forum on Ending the War (``Out Now"?)
     tentatively scheduled for 2/13 4:00 IMC (just before AWARE
meeting)
   
   Watch List for short and relevant readings.  will post links

12. Lisa Chason - Military Recruitment in Schools
  Lisa Chason reported that she and Carol Inskeep, Sue Davis and Sue
Keller have been working on the issue of military recruitment of high
school students. No Child Left Behind requires high schools to submit
names and contact information of students to the Dept of Defense or
lose federal funding. Families then receive a lot of mail and
telephone calls from recruiters. Parents or students can opt out but
they have to notify the school. Urbana High School had an item about
this in their Student Guidebook but it was not listed in the Table of
Contents, was not very clearly explained, and gave a sample letter
that the person then had to write and send in.This working group has
now gotten the UHS administration to agree to include in the next
issue of the Guidebook a single-page form that just has to be filled
in with the student's name and can be cut out, without losing any
info on the overside, and sent. This will be listed as an item in the
Table of Contents. They hope to have the page made available as a
handout at registration and other appropriate occassions. They are
also working to get the on-line version of the Guidebook to work
similarly. They are considering bringing this up in the Champaign
schools. Sandra suggested working with students who could submit the
info to the News-Gazette student spin page. Lisa made the point that
this certainly won't prevent recruitment -- recruiters are able to
get names and contact info about this age group from many other
sources besides the schools.  

   
13. Randall Cotton-
   Obama/Durbin Watch, Mort Brussel's open letter (Public Square)


14. Ivan Ruiz -
   Court Date 2/11 1:30 courtroom L

15. Sandar Ahten -
  Piland was charging 60% as felonies compared to 20% statewide
average,
    Reitz seems to be more sensible
  
  City Marijuana ordinance to allow possession to be charged as
misdemeanor, supported by both mayor candidates

16. Dave Green - 
  Endorsed Sporship of:
    Rain Forest Action Network presentation on "Global Finance and
Zero Emissions" 
     2/10 2:00 YMCA

Upcomming Events
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1. "A Response to Chancellor Herman's allegations of anti-semitism at
the Daily Illini, and a critique of the Zionist agenda at the U of I
and other college campuses" -- by David Green 2/7 7:00 100 Gregory
Hall

2. "Neoliberalism and Culter" Jan Nederveen Pieterse, 2/7 8:00 Levis

3. "War and the Economy" 2/7 7:00-8:30 Allen Hall

4. Pot Luck at Jan and Durl's 2/25




		
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