[Peace] Upcoming events from AWARE 1/27/2008 meeting

[Stuart Levy]

Lots of events.  This week, note especially [1] and [4]!
Most are also on www.anti-war.net.


[1] Mon Jan 28th, 6pm, Illini Union room 314 A&B:
	activist/philosopher/farmer/teacher
	Derrick Jensen speaks ("Civilization as pathology"?)

[2] Mon Jan 28th, 6pm, Urbana Civic Center
	State's Attorney candidate Alfred Ivy -- public meeting
	(see also the candidates' forum on Wed 1/30 [3]!)

[3] Tue Jan 29th, 7pm, Gregory Hall room 317:
	Campus Anti-War Network ("CAN") meeting:
	Andrew Zimmerer, "The Case for Immediate Withdrawal"

[4] Wed Jan 30th, 6pm, UI Law School Auditorium (by ACLU-CU):
	Champaign County State's Attorney Candidate Forum
	with Alfred Ivy III, Julia Rietz, and Janie Miller-Jones


[5] Fri Feb 1st, 5:30-8:30pm, 637 S. Dearborn, Chicago:
	National Lawyers' Guild / American Friends Service Cmte Forum
	on police torture in Chicago (Jon Burge, ...);
	Barbara Kessel will go
	
[6] Sat Feb 2nd (Ground Hog Day!), 2-4pm, Main & Neil, Champaign:
	Monthly Peace Demonstration.
	
[7] Tue Feb 5th, Primary Election Day.
	Don't miss the referenda!

[8] Tue Feb 5th, 7pm, Gregory Hall room 317: CAN meeting --
	how can we use the referendum results to mobilize
	for this year and for the November elections?

[9] Sat Feb 9th, 5:00-6:30pm, Central Illinois Mosque & Islamic Center
	Arabic classes begin at CIMIC, Saturdays 5-6:30pm.

[10] Sun Feb 17th, 3pm, Uni YMCA: Stephen Kinzer on
	US confrontation with Iran and the need for diplomacy

[11] Tue Feb 19th, 7pm, SIU Edwardsville:
	poet Naomi Shihab Nye speaks in
	"The Middle East: A Humanity Misunderstood / 
	 Understanding Cultures through Literature & Poetry" series


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[1] Derrick Jensen -- activist, author, small farmer,
   beekeeper, teacher & philosopher -- will speak on
   Monday, Jan. 28th, 6:00pm, Illini Union room 314

    Derrick Jensen (www.derrickjensen.org) writes about the unsustainability
    of our industrial civilization, about the widespread violence it requires,
    about the natural world, about creativity.  Among his books are
    "As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial",
    "Endgame", "Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests",
    and "A Language Older Than Words".

    One of the reviewers of Endgame is Howard Zinn, who said of him,
    "Derrick Jensen is a rare and original voice of sanity in a
    chaotic world.  He has wisdom and wit, grace and style, and is a
    wonderful guide to a good life beautifully lived." 

    Thanks to Carl for mentioning this on WEFT!


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[2] Mon Jan 28th, 6pm, Urbana Civic Center
    State's Attorney candidate Alfred Ivy -- public meeting

   Alfred Ivy, running for State's Attorney
   as a Dem., opposite Julia Rietz in the Feb 5 primary,
   is holding a series of public forums, each Monday night
   from now until the primaries.  Hear what he'd like to do,
   and come with your questions about the criminal justice system.

   See also the Candidates' Forum on Wednesday 1/30 [4]!


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[3] Tue Jan 29th, 7pm, Gregory Hall room 317:
    Campus Anti-War Network ("CAN") meeting:

    Andrew Zimmerer will speak on "The Case for Immediate Withdrawal",
    based on Anthony Arnove's book.


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[4] Wed Jan 30th, 6pm, UofI Law School Auditorium,
    504 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Champaign:
    Champaign County State's Attorney Candidate Forum

    All three candidates for State's Attorney --
	Julia Rietz (Dem. incumbent),
	Alfred Ivy III (Dem.), who faces Rietz in the Feb 5th Primary, and
	Janie Miller-Jones (Rep.), who'll face the winning Democrat in November,
    are scheduled to speak at this candidates' forum, sponsored by the
    UIUC Law School chapter of the ACLU.

    I'm not sure what the format will be, but if you're
    concerned about what the State's Attorney does or should do,
    please bring your questions!
    

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[4] Wed Jan 30th, 6pm, UI Law School Auditorium:
	Champaign County State's Attorney Candidate Forum
	with Alfred Ivy III, Janie Miller-Jones, Julia Rietz

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[5] Fri Feb 1st, 5:30-8:30pm, 637 S. Dearborn, Chicago:
	National Lawyers' Guild / American Friends Service Cmte Forum
	on torture by police in Chicago -- the cases of
	commander Jon Burge and others.

	Barbara Kessel (barkes {at} gmail.com) will be driving
	and offers to take passengers -- please contact her.
	She aims to leave C-U around 2pm Friday afternoon,
	though that's negotiable.

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[6] Sat Feb 2nd (Ground Hog Day!), 2-4pm, Main & Neil, Champaign:
	Monthly Peace Demonstration.

	We aim to have a flyer about the referenda -- the
	poverty referendum in Champaign Township, and the
	anti-war and pro-habeas corpus referenda in both Champaign
	and Urbana.
	
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[7] Tue Feb 5th, Primary Election Day.
	Don't miss the referenda!

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[8] Tue Feb 5th, 7pm, Gregory Hall room 317: CAN meeting:

	How can we use the referendum results (whatever they
	turn out to be) to mobilize for this year and for
	the November elections?


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[9] Sat Feb 9th, 5:00-6:30pm, Central Illinois Mosque & Islamic Center
	Arabic classes begin at CIMIC.  Classes held once a week,
	every Saturday, for the next 15 weeks (I think).

	See the www.cimic.org web page.
	Write to arabic {at} cimic.org for more information
	or to register.

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[10] Sun Feb 17th, 3pm, Uni YMCA: Stephen Kinzer on
	US confrontation with Iran and the need for diplomacy

	See the peace tour web site,
	   http://www.follyofattackingiran.org/


	The Bush Administration continues to deploy rhetoric of
	confrontation against Iran, including the threat of military
	force.  Americans are being told that Iran is on the brink of
	developing nuclear weapons, supports terrorism, is helping to
	kill American soldiers in Iraq, and is determined to destroy
	Israel.  Therefore, the reasoning goes, we must prepare to attack
	Iran.

	Stephen Kinzer, the award winning author and former foreign
	correspondent for the New York Times rejects this argument.
	He, along with a diverse group of other experts on Iran,
	Congressional leaders and military experts are traveling
	across the country to counter the message from Washington
	and to present options for a more rational foreign policy
	towards Iran.


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[11] Tue Feb 19th, 7pm, SIU Edwardsville:
	poet Naomi Shihab Nye speaks in
	"The Middle East: A Humanity Misunderstood /
	 Understanding Cultures through Literature & Poetry"
	series

	Naomi Shihab Nye wrote the poem "Red Brocade",
	that we've been talking about posting a piece of on
	C-U buses.  She is the second of four speakers in this
	interesting-sounding series organized at SIU Edwardsville.
	Each speaker posted a blurb to illustrate their point of view:
	here's Ms. Nye's:

    Whenever you love something or somebody, it means that you have to
    extend yourself, you have to grow ­- get a little larger. You can't
    stay in your little comfortable spot.  It's a challenge -- it's a
    risk, and -- whether it's loving another culture far away that has
    suddenly been represented by an act of violence -- or whether it's
    loving another person -- it always involves all kinds of growing."

	See
	  http://www.anti-war.net/#080219