[Peace] University YMCA Student Activist Conference: Please forward to members!

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

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> Subject: University YMCA Student Activist Conference: Please forward 
> to members!
>
> Dear organization leader,
>
> Please forward the following message on to your members!
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> The University YMCA is sponsoring a Student Activist Conference, to be 
> held at the beginning of March. This event hopes to bring together all 
> of the activist groups on campus, whatever their agendas, for  a day 
> of workshops, panels, and speakers that will address issues important 
> to all students working to make a difference here on campus and beyond 
> .  The conference will be held on Saturday, March 3rd from 9:30 am to 
> 4:30 pm and is free, including meals, for all UIUC students.
>
> We are very excited to welcome experienced and accomplished activist 
> Cindy Sheehan as our keynote speaker.  She will give her talk, 
> entitled "One Person Can Make a Difference" at 7:00 pm on Thursday, 
> March 1st , and will also meet informally with students prior to her 
> talk.  Cindy Sheehan tells her powerful and provocative story of her 
> work as an anti-war activist that began upon the death of her son, 
> Casey, who was killed on April 4, 2004 on a mission in Iraq.   In 
> early August of 2005, Cindy, or "Peace Mom", as she has come to be 
> called, camped in a ditch near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, 
> Texas. She was requesting a personal meeting with the president, who 
> had declared that the fallen soldiers had died for a "noble cause". 
> Cindy wanted to know exactly what that cause was, and to demand an 
> immediate end to what she viewed as an unjust and immoral war. So many 
> people, activists, and celebrities stopped by or joined in to show 
> their support, that her somewhat spontaneous demonstration became 
> known as "Camp Casey". A few days later, a neighbor offered the Camp 
> Casey participants some land to use as their base. Camp Casey has 
> become a regular protest event, gathering when President Bush is in 
> Crawford for holidays and vacations. Cindy has purchased land where 
> the protesters can camp.    Between Camp Casey operations, Cindy has 
> traveled extensively, meeting with people and leaders from all over 
> the world, and been featured in many protests and rallies. She is 
> credited with having revived the anti-war protest, and providing a 
> name and face for the peace and justice movement. Her published works 
> include Not One More Mother's Child – an account of her first year of 
> activism, "Dear President Bush" – a collection of writings and 
> speeches, and Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey through Heartache to 
> Activism .   Whatever one's position on the Iraq war, Cindy Sheehan's 
> commitment to activism is inspiring.
>
> Please consider attending this event.  The University YMCA's Student 
> Activist Conference hopes to serve as a point of inspiration, activist 
> education, and coalition building, and we need your help to make it 
> so!    If you are interested in attending, please contact us at 
> ymca.activist at gmail.com .  Thank you!
>
> Sincerely,
> University YMCA's Student Activist Conference Planning Committee
>
> Becky Robinson
> Emily Fehrenbacher
> Rose Yaguchi
> Mike Polito
> Ellen Dahlke
> Rachael Dietkus
> Amy Sponsler
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