[Peace] Upcoming events mentioned at AWARE 2/11/07 meeting

[Stuart Levy]

Tue 2/13, 7:00PM  Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St., Urbana
   Rev. Mike Mulberry, Community United Church of Christ
	"I Have Seen the Future of the United States
		     and it is Mexico"
   Mulberry recently travelled to Oaxaca, Mexico as an
   international observer with Witness for Peace, meeting with
   community leaders, business leaders, human rights leaders,
   torture survivors and the US Consulate.  He will discuss the
   role of US foreign & economic policy in the current conflict.

   Archives of recent interviews with Rev. Mulberry:

   - WILL-AM's Keepin' the Faith, archived in the Jan. 28, 2007 entry of
	http://www.will.uiuc.edu/am/aftmag/ktf/default.htm

   - WILL-AM's Public Square (very brief)  (Feb. 9, 2007)
	http://www.will.uiuc.edu/community/publicsquare/default.htm


   - WRFU-FM's Acting on Faith, archived on http://www.wrfu.net/
	Follow "Archives" link in column at right, then look for
	"Acting on Faith".  The file was posted Sat 2007-02-10 12:00.




Tue 2/13  8:00PM  UFPJ Iran conference call
    United for Peace and Justice will have a (followup?)
    conference call on Iran, and how to prevent US from attacking them.
    [I don't see contact info for this call on the http://www.unitedforpeace.org
    web site.  Mort Brussel mentioned this event,
    so please contact him if interested. -Stuart]



Thu 2/15  7PM  Bob Naiman's house, Urbana -- sign up via MoveOn

    Bob Naiman is the host for a showing of the film "Ground Truth":
	"The Ground Truth" is one of the most important films to watch as we
	contemplate escalating the war in Iraq. It will remind folks that this
	is not just about troop numbers and dollar amounts. This is about real
	lives that will never be the same even if they make it home.

    Event organized by MoveOn.org.   Please sign up at:
       http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=32407



Sat 2/17  12:30-3:00PM  Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St., Urbana

    C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice will show a video about
    the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama Children's March -- important
    in the civil rights movement.  There'll be discussion afterward:
    what can we as activists today learn from what they did in the 1960's?

    The video portion is about 40 minutes long.  I think it's this documentary:
       http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/features.jsp?p=0&is=36&ar=582
    Some quotes from that page:
	On May 2, 1963, the children of Birmingham, Ala., flooded the city's
	streets -- and the city's jail -- to challenge segregation.  With
	dogs and fire hoses, police tried to stop them. Yet, in ways their
	parents could not, the children prevailed, defying the police
	intimidation that long had plagued Birmingham's black community.
      [...]
        "'The Children's March' is a beacon of hope for young people
	who see and experience social problems and feel disempowered,"
        said Jennifer Holladay, director of Teaching Tolerance.


Sat 2/17 *no CUCPJ meeting*
    The usual 4PM Saturday C-U Citizens meeting will be cancelled
    for the week of Feb 17th -- anyone interested is encouraged to
    attend the Children's March event (above) at 12:30 Sat instead.


Wed 2/21, 7:00PM   2007 S. George Huff Dr (Kruse's house)
    AWARE Presents meeting

    Besides other ongoing activities, it sounds as though there'll
    be planning at this AWARE Presents meeting for a
    Stop-Torture / Repeal Military Commissions Act public event,
    in conjunction with the Interfaith Alliance.



Thu 2/22, 7:00PM  Champaign County Farm Bureau, 801 N. Country Fair Drive
    "No Child Left Behind" public forum
    Sponsored by AAUW (Amer. Assoc. of Univ. Women)


Thu 3/1  7:00PM  UIUC Natural History Building Auditorium
    Cindy Sheehan speaks, as part of a YMCA-sponsored 
    Student Activist conference.  Auditorium has 330 seats;
    seating is first-come, first-served.


  -- Stuart