[Peace] events: PTSD panel / privat militia speaker

Tue Aug 5 12:32:28 CDT 2008

AWARE Presents upcoming events:

Panel: "PTSD: Our Troops, Our Community"
Sunday, September 7
2pm 
Urbana Free Library Auditorium

Speaker: Dan Kenney  
I forget the title, but it is something like "Private Militias" 
Thursday October 9 -- Dan will speak at Allen Hall on Thursday the 9th.
Friday October 10th -- Dan will speak at Urbana City Hall at 7:00 pm.
(Barbara Kessel has more specific information)

-karen medina
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:36:29 -0500
>From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>  
>Subject: [Peace] minutes of weekly AWARE meeting 2008-08-03  
>To: <Peace at lists.chambana.net>
>
>Minutes of 8/03/08 AWARE meeting are below, but first, the Upcoming
>Events Calendar:
>
>Aug 5 (Tuesday) 1PM, Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine
>St.
>Taping of this week's "AWARE on the Air" for UPTV.
>
>Aug 5 (Tuesday) 7PM, Champaign City Council Chambers, 102 N. Neil St.
>Monthly Champaign Township meeting. *Turnout requested*, especially of
>Champaign residents, in support of Linda Abernathy,  Township Supervisor
>(see minutes below for details).
>
>Aug 5 (Tuesday) 10PM, UPTV (cable channel 6)
>Broadcast of "AWARE on the Air", taped earlier in the day (see above)
>
>Aug 6 (Wednesday) 12-1PM, Champaign County Courthouse, 101 E. Main St.,
>Urbana
>CUCPJ (Champaign Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice) Courthouse
>demonstration. Another in a series of occasional demonstrations protesting
>inequality (racial and otherwise) in the court system and police conduct.
>
>Aug 12 (Tuesday) 1PM, Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St.
>Taping of next week's "AWARE on the Air" for UPTV.
>
>Aug 12 (Tuesday) 10PM, UPTV (cable channel 6)
>Broadcast of "AWARE on the Air", taped earlier in the day (see above)
>
>August 14 (Thursday) 7PM, home of Jamie and Gary Storm, 304 E. George Huff
>Dr, Urbana
>AWARE Presents working group meeting.
>
>August 22-23 Urbana Sweetcorn Festival
>AWARE will be tabling at our own booth.. Booth staffing required 5PM-11PM
>on Friday, 11AM-11PM Saturday.
>
>September 6 (Saturday) 2-4PM Main St. & Neil St., Champaign
>The Main Event - AWARE's monthly (first Saturday of each month) street
>demonstration event. Largely focuses on opposing U.S. occupations of Iraq
>and Afghanistan, but is open for anyone to join us either using one of our
>signs or one of their own. We try to have a topical flyer to distribute to
>motorists and passers-by each month.
>
>September 7 (Sunday) 2-4PM, Urbana Free Library
>AWARE Presents event: panel on PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).
>Composition of panel currently being finalized, but will include local
>folks who work with PTSD-affected individuals.
>
>September 12 (Friday) noon - 1:30PM, Latzer Hall at University YMCA, 1001
>South Wright Street, Champaign
>"Friday Forum" presentation: Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "The Devil's
>Highway: A True Story", about an incident in 2001 of 26 men attempting to
>cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the
>deadliest region of the continent. Only 12 men emerged. Luis Alberto
>Urrea, is from Tijuana but now lives outside Chicago. Lunch may be
>purchased for $6.00 ($3.00 for students with a valid ID.). Join a book
>club that is reading the book by contacting Rev. Mike Mulberry
><m.mulberry at comcast.net> or Patricia Syoen psyoen35 at sbglobal.net. Study
>guide available.
>
>September 12 (Friday) 5PM-7PM, Pages for All Ages bookstore, 1201 Savoy
>Plaza Lane, Savoy
>Book signing event: Luis Alberto Urrea (see immediately above).
>
>September 15 (Monday) 6PM, WEFT 90.1FM audio broadcast of Luis Alberto
>Urrea "Friday Forum" presentation (see above).
>
>October 29 (Wednesday) 7:30PM, Auditorium, Smith Memorial Hall, 805 South
>Mathews Ave., Urbana
>Naomi Klein: "Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism in Latin
>America"
>(hosted by the UofI Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies as
>part of the CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series).
>See: http://www.cas.uiuc.edu/casmillercomm.php#oct29
>
>*****
>Minutes of 8/03/08 AWARE meeting:
>
>About 20 in attendance, including folks who discovered us through
>www.the217.com . see:
>http://the217.com/events/view/2008/08/10/4057 . The217 is a news/event
>website of Illini Media (WPGU, Daily Illini, The Buzz, etc.).
>
>News of the week was heard courtesy of Carl Estabrook
>
>Finance Report:  Balance is $1939.36
>Rent on our IMC storage space is coming up on the 15th
>
>Main Event:
>========
>(AWARE's monthly street protest held at the intersection of Main & Neil
>2-4PM on the first Saturday of each month).
>
>This month's Main Event was yesterday.
>
>Just under 300 flyers were provided by Carl for distribution to passing
>motorists and pedestrians. The material was taken from:
>http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/29/10670/
>And the flyer is on-line in MS Word format at:
>http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/peace-discuss/attachments/20080801/6c110e46/cohn-flyer-0001.doc
>
>All available flyers were successfully distributed despite interference
>from the Champaign Police who, at one point, told us we could not step
>into the street (cruiser #35), completely disregarding us when we affirmed
>that we had a letter from the City stating that, in fact, we could do
>exactly that (step into the street) under certain circumstances in order
>to distribute flyers.
>
>After another cruiser (#40) drove by, we had a visit in person from
>Officers Cherry and Krieppen(?) who advised us not to flyer where there
>was no sidewalk (on the west side of Neil where there is construction
>going on for the M2 building), but they at least did apparently get it
>straightened out with their superiors that we were allowed to step into
>the street to flyer as outlined in the agreement we have with the City.
>
>Carol volunteered to send our Main Event flyer each month to our
>Congressional representatives (Johnson, Durbin, Obama).
>
>Working group reports:
>*****************
>Library Resources:
>=============
>(Compilation of valuable reference materials w/strategies to make them
>available in the community through various channels including local
>libraries).
>
>Library Resources working group is taking responsibility for going forth
>with the film series idea originally brought forth by the AWARE Presents
>working group. Possible titles: "Body of War". "Winter Soldier" footage,
>"War Made Easy", "Redacted", "Blood and Oil: The Middle East in
>World War I", "Reel Bad Arabs", "Iraq for Sale".
>
>AWARE Presents:
>=============
>(Organization of AWARE-sponsored events in the community)
>
>Working Group meeting was held this past Thursday, July 31st
>
>Next meeting is August 14th (see upcoming events calendar above for
>details).
>
>Current plans for future presentations include:
>
>1. PTSD panel - including local individuals that work with veterans
>affected by PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
>
>UPDATE: Date and venue is now set:
>September 7, 2-4PM at the Urbana Free Library Auditorium
>(room reserved 1:30PM-4:30PM)
>
>UPDATE: Communication is in progress to firm up panelists - 5 folks in
>mind, primarily folks whose work supports local PTSD-affected folks. Also
>possible is a local PTSD-affected person on the panel itself. More
>information as it is confirmed...
>
>2. Dan Kenney of Clearwater on the privatization of war, including
>Blackwater.
>
>UPDATE: Dates and Venues are set: October 9th at Allen Hall on campus and
>October 10th at Urbana City Hall, with recorded video. WILL AM-580 "Public
>Square" radio spot planned for publicity.
>
>3. Jeremy Scahill event still being pursued (he is on a book tour this
>Fall. Scheduling information anticipated from Scahill)
>
>Mention made of Scahill's recent article deconstructing the hype regarding
>Blackwater's supposed exit from the security business. See:
>http://www.truthout.org/article/blackwaters-not-going-anywhere
>
>4. New proposal - Invite Juan Cole to speak (University of Michigan
>Professor of History, middle-east expert, author of Informed Comment blog,
>see: www.juancole.com ). Initial contacts to promote interest in this at
>UIUC: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Center for
>Global Studies.
>
>Anti-Racism:
>=========
>(AWARE's efforts to keep apprised of and provide support for
>anti-racism/anti-discrimination efforts, including efforts of CUCPJ -
>Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice)
>
>Public Comment planned for this Tuesday's Champaign Township meeting (7PM,
>Champaign City Council Chambers) to address harassment of Township
>Supervisor Linda Abernathy by Champaign City Council members Vic McIntosh
>and Tom Bruno. McIntosh mounted a political attack on Abernathy,
>insinuating that she was padding her salary (when, in fact, McIntosh
>himself and the rest of the Township Board (AKA Champaign City Council)
>set her salary levels for the past four years by ordinance before she was
>even ever elected). Abernathy complained at the time, then Bruno backed
>McIntosh up. Details to be posted later today (Monday, August 4).
>
>Another Champaign Courthouse demonstration by CUCPJ is scheduled for this
>Wednesday, August 6, noon-1PM (courthouse is at 101 E. Main St in Urbana).
>
>Farmer's Market:
>============
>(AWARE's presence at the Urbana "Market on the Square" each Saturday from
>8AM to noon where we offer progressive and anti-war materials, generally
>at or below cost).
>
>Bumper sticker supply is getting low
>
>REMINDER: There will be no Farmer's Market on the 22nd (we'll need to
>table at the Sweet Corn Festival at that time)
>
>AWARE on the Air:
>==============
>(AWARE's weekly television show on public access cable channel 6 - UPTV,
>Urbana Public Television)
>
>Taping occurs each Tuesdays at 1PM and is broadcast later the same day at
>10PM. AWARE members (and friends) invited to participate - the more the
>merrier (see details above in upcoming events calendar). Program quality
>is always better with more participants.
>
>New feature has been added: AWARE's  "Question of the Week", slated to
>occupy the last half-hour of the program. Last week's question was: What
>is "This War"?
>
>Suggestion for this week's topic: The recent Rand report criticizing the
>neo-con "War on Terror".
>
>An alternate suggestion: The decline of the Township Annual  Meeting
>(legislation was recently signed into law by Gov. Blagojevich which takes
>rights away from the public in conducting the Annual Township meeting).
>
>Video posts of recent AWARE on the Air editions to the Internet are
>anticipated soon.
>
>There is always room for more participation in AWARE on the Air - prepared
>statements OK. Arriving late/leaving early is OK.
>
>Blackwater
>========
>(Activism regarding notorious domestic policing and international
>mercenary contractor Blackwater, including coordination with
>Illinois-based activist group Clearwater: see:
>http://www.noprivatearmies.org )
>
>Sen. Jim Webb asked War Secretary Gates about investigating Blackwater and
>this is apparently happening. See:
>http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/peace-discuss/2008-July/017638.html
>
>Blackwater also in trouble for posing as a "small business" when pursuing
>contracts. Rep. Henry Waxman is looking into this. See, for instance:
>http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/waxman-blackwater-misled-officials-to-get-contracts-2008-07-29.html
>
>Business Card
>==========
>Latest draft passed around of proposed business card. All approved.
>
>AWARE gives green light to go ahead with purchase at the working group's
>discretion, though final cost/vendor figures were not available yet ($200
>was proposed as a top-end figure last week).
>
>T-shirts
>=====
>AWARE T-shirt design passed around. Estimated cost: about $10 each. Signup
>sheet passed around for AWARE folks to reserve their preferred color and
>size.
>
>Other suggestions were passed around for T-shirt designs that we might
>stock at Farmer's Market. See:
>http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/peace-discuss/2008-August/017752.html
>
>Old Business
>**********
>(none)
>
>New Ideas
>*********
>"Holiday Market" - where "Farmer's Market" goes after they shut down in
>November (inside Lincoln Square Mall). Deadline for signing up is
>September 25th. There are 6 Saturdays, $30 each. For consideration at
>upcoming AWARE meetings.
>
>Request to put Randall's video of this year's 4th of July AWARE presence
>on DVD.
>
>Events of the Past Week
>*******************
>(no additional discussion)
>
>Other upcoming events
>******************
>August 4 (Monday, TODAY), 7PM, CIMIC (Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic
>Center), 106 S. Lincoln, Urbana.
>Local chapter of Interfaith Alliance is meeting today (Monday) 7PM with
>Steve Shoemaker to discuss a possible December television program on WILL
>TV 12. . Anybody welcome to come.
>
>August 6 (Wednesday), 7PM, Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon,
>Urbana
>New Sanctuary Movement meeting. See: http://www.newsanctuarymovement.org/
>
>Announcement
>***********
>Rev. Mike Mulberry has apparently accepted a new position at the United
>Church of Christ in Byron, IL.
>
>Bill
>****
>Discussion turned at the end of the meeting toward "Bill", longtime
>homeless man, who prefers not to live indoors (going back at least to
>1985) and has never harmed anyone. He has apparently been banned recently
>from the Library, the Urbana City Building and the Lincoln Square Mall,
>leaving him with diminishing sources of water and shelter.
>
>Talk turns to contacting the Lincoln Square Mall management. Agreement to
>first investigate endorsing a rumored "Health Alliance" petition in
>support of Bill. Conrad volunteers to check this out.
>
>
>
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