[Peace] Fwd: [ucprogressives] War and Racism Event: Monday night

[Alfred Kagan]

Just a reminder. We hope to see you there.

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>
> "The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and
>  possibilities for a decent America."   Martin Luther King (1967)
>  
>                 WHAT THE WAR IN IRAQ IS DOING
>          TO OUR MULTIRACIAL AND MULTIETHNIC SOCIETY
>                  A Community Forum sponsored by UC Progressives
>  
> Monday, February 28th at 7:30pm
> Urbana Civic Center (108 Water St, off Broadway, 1 block north of Main 
> Street)
>
> Guest Speakers
>  - Dr. Robert Boone, local physician and Vietnam War veteran
>   - David Roediger, professor of African American Studies and Research 
> and a founder of the Center on Democracy in a Multi-racial Society at 
> the U of I
>  - Zohreh Sullivan, born in Iran and educated in Pakistan, she is an 
> English professor at the U of I specializing in colonial and 
> postcolonial literatures focusing on the Middle East. She is also a 
> member of "Teachers for Peace and Justice."
>
> Join us to discuss the impact of the war.  How has the war affected 
> our images of Middle Eastern and Islamic people here and abroad?  How 
> has the cost of the war hurt minority and poor people in the United 
> States?  And fina!  ! lly,  what about the casualities of this war – 
> what physical and psychological damage have civilians and those in the 
> military experienced?  Let’s talk about the ways in which this war and 
> other "preemptive" wars that the administration might have in mind can 
> be resisted.
>
> Co-Sponsors include AWARE (the Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort), Vietnam 
> Veterans Against the War, Union of Professional Employees, 85% 
> Coalition, School for Designing a Society, St. Jude Catholic Worker, 
> Socialist Forum, CU Citizens for Peace and Justice, Urbana-Champaign 
> Friends Meeting, El Centro por los Trabajadores, Channing Murray 
> Foundation, & Student Peace Action
>
>  
>
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliogrpaher and Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

tel. 217-333-6519
fax 217-333-2214
akagan at uiuc.edu
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