[Peace] upcoming events of the peace and justice type

[Karen Medina]

Projected Events of Peace and Justice Issues around Urbana-Champaign
By AWARE (Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort), a local peace group 

Last updated Friday August 22, 2008

Friday evening, August 22, watch News From Neptune on UPTV Channel 6

August 24 (Sunday) is Quad Day at the University of Illinois 
Make sure to visit two tables: Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and the 
Campus Anti-war Network (CAN) will both have tables and would love to get 
support or have a discussion.

Also on 
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Taste of Nevada Street  for and by La Casa Cultural Latin at the U of I.
Time: 4 P.M. - 6 P.M.
Location: 1203 W. Nevada Street 

SEPTEMBER

Labor Day Parade, Mon 9/1. Starts at Lincoln Square

September 6 (Saturday) 2-4PM Main St. & Neil St., Champaign
The Main Event - AWARE's monthly peace demonstration (first Saturday of each 
month) 

September 7 (Sunday) 2-4PM, Urbana Free Library auditorium (downstairs)
(an official AWARE Presents event)
a panel discussion on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 
PTSD: Our Troops, Our Community
See Flier!

September 11 (Thursday) 7PM, 
AWARE Presents working group meeting.
If you would like to participate, the contact information is at 
www.awarepresents.com 

September 12 (Friday) noon - 1:30PM, Latzer Hall at University YMCA, 1001 
South Wright Street, Champaign
Speaker at "Friday Forum" presentation by 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. 
* Join a book club that is reading the book by contacting Patricia Syoen 
psyoen35 at sbglobal.net. A study guide is available.] 

September 12 (Friday) 5PM-8PM, Pages for All Ages bookstore, 1201 Savoy 
Plaza Lane, Savoy
Book signing event: Luis Alberto Urrea
They are coordinating food to be part of the event (tamales from El Toro). 
Organizers are The New Sanctuary Movement. 
See flier!

Saturday, September 20, 10 AM, at the IEA building, 2110 Clearlake, 
Champaign.
Jobs With Justice will have their next meeting 

OCTOBER

October 9 (Thursday) (time TBA), Allen Hall (on campus, 1005 W. Gregory
Drive, Urbana)
Speaker: Dan Kenney of Clearwater on Blackwater and the privatization of war

October 10 (Friday) 7PM-9PM Urbana City Council Chambers (400 S. Vine St.,
Urbana)
Dan Kenney of Clearwater: "Outsourcing our Sovereignty - Blackwater and the 
privatization of War". 
Will also have a live broadcast on UPTV (cable channel 6). -- which means that 
News From Neptune will be rescheduled that day, October 10th.

Labor Education Class Tuesday nights starting October 14.

October 29 (Wednesday) 7:30PM, Auditorium, Smith Memorial Hall, 805 South
Mathews Ave., Urbana
Speaker: 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).