[Peace] This Thursday! Human Rights Film Series concludes with "Operation: Veteran Freedom"

[Jen Tayabji]

AWARE is a cosponsor of this series!
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We apologize--the correct date of "Operation: Veteran Freedom is Thursday,
October 20th (not October 13th as in the previous email).

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"Operation: Veteran Freedom"
Part of the 4th Annual Human Rights Film Series

Thursday, October 20th
7-9pm
At the IDF**

Free Admission and Snacks!

Also, see bottom of email for info on the PRC Anti-War Teach-In
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Each spring, the IDF hosts the Human Rights Film Series. Our series was so
popular last spring, we decided to an additional series this fall. This
fall's series concludes with the anti-war documentary "Operation: Veteran
Freedom." The film will be shown with a projector and free snacks will be
provided.

In March 2005 thousands of people assembled outside Ft. Bragg, North
Carolina, the largest Army instillation in the world, to protest two years
of U.S. occupation in Iraq. They belonged to organizations like Veterans
for Peace, Viet Nam Veterans Against the War, Gold Star Families for
Peace, and Military Families Speak Out.

A young group of veterans, reservists, and active-duty military personnel
led this demonstration in a morning march through the city streets.
Soldiers stationed at Ft. Bragg left base against the orders of their
commanding officers and joined their fellow GIs in expressing their
resentment toward the war. The following day a newly formed organization
named "Iraq Veterans Against the War" held its first national meeting.
This event marked the beginning of an organized GI resistance against the
Gulf War.

"Operation: Veteran Freedom" chronicles the events that led to this first
national meeting and provides a rare view of the inner battles that faced
these veterans upon their return home from the combat zone. For more
information, please visit www.operationveteranfreedom.com.

The Human Rights Film Series is cosponsored by: Activist Forum, Amnesty
International #124, Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE), Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Feminist Majority, La Casa Cultural
Latina, McKinley Foundation, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative
(PRC), St. Patrick's Social Action Committee, School for Designing a
Society, Socialist Forum, South Asian Collective, Together Encouraging the
Appreciation of Multiculturalism (TEAM), U-C Friends Meeting, University
YMCA, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Women‚s Direct Action
Collective.

The IDF is a pioneering peace with justice campus ministry celebrating its
100th Anniversary. For more information about the film series or the IDF,
please contact us at the IDF at (217) 352-8721, idf at prairienet.org, or
visit our website at www.prairienet.org/idf.

**The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright streets in
Champaign and the film series is wheelchair accessible. Limited free
parking is available.

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*****PRC Anti-War Teach-In*****

On Saturday, October 22nd, the PRC will be hosting an Anti-War Teach-In
with workshops addressing the issues of veteran's movements, civil
liberties, war and the media, and pre-enlistment counseling. It will be
from 1-5pm at the IDF.

JOIN US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ENDING THE WAR, MILITARY COUNSELING, AND HOW
YOU CAN GET INVOLVED!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

1pm: Opening Remarks from PRC

1:30-2:15pm: Choice of "Veterans' Movements Workshop by Joe Miller" OR
"Film clips from the "Brothers and Others" documentary"

2:30-3:15pm: Choice of "Civil Liberties Workshop by the Champaign County
ACLU" OR "War and the Media Workshop by Victor Pickard"

3:30-4:30pm: Keynote Presentation from Ray Parrish: "Tough Love: Counter
Recruitment as Social Therapy"

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:

After the workshops, Ray Parrish, the keynote speaker, will lead an
hour-long presentation entitled, "Tough Love: Counter Recruiting as Social
Therapy." Ray Parrish is a Vietnam-era U.S. Air Force veteran. He worked
his way through college as a part-time veteran's counselor and a full time
activist. He ran the Midwest Comm. for Military Counseling for a decade
until the funding ran out in 1995. Then he spent five years as an American
Legion Veterans Service Officer. He now works for Vietnam Veterans Against
the War (VVAW) as a military counselor. He helps counsel potential
enlistees, GIs, and veterans. He will be focusing his presentation on how
to do counter recruitment, also known as pre-enlistment counseling, so
that attendees will be able to work on
this issue after attending his workshop.

The Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC) is a multi-issue
multi-tactical activist organization committed to the self-determination
and human rights of all people. The PRC is a registered student
organization at the University of Illinois and a program of the Illinois
Disciples Foundation. For more information about the Teach-In or the PRC,
please contact the PRC at (217) 352-8721 or prc at prairienet.org. Or visit
us online at www.prairienet.org/prc!

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