[Peace] Re: Anna Blatzer "Living in Occupied Palestine"

[Niloofar Shambayati]

Hello Conrad and Liz,

Thanks for organizing this event.  I want to make sure that I have
the correct date, Saturday, April 25, and not 24.  As far as a venue for the
event goes, what does everyone think of IMC?

Niloofar

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Conrad Wetzel <clwetzel at hotmail.com>wrote:

> To: Elizabeth Rogers, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
> From: Conrad Wetzel
> Re: Anna Blatzer "Living in Occupied Palestine"
>
> Dear Elizabeth,
>
> Thank you for providing the information about the date on which CSAMES has
> arranged for a talk by Anna Baltzer. I recall being very impressed during
> her earlier presentation at the Community United Church of Christ and am
> delighted that she will be here in Champaign-Urbana again on Saturday, April
> 24.
>
> *You wrote:* *If you are interested in co-sponsoring the event through
> monetary, publicity, or other means, please let me know!  You can find more
> information about Anna at **www.AnnaInTheMiddleEast.com*<http://www.annainthemiddleeast.com/>
> *.*
> **
> I can think of several prospective co-sponsors for Anna's presentstion:
>   1. AWARE - AWARE Presents, the working group that plans invitations to
> speakers to our community, will be meeting this coming Monday evening, and I
> will ask to have this on our agenda. Several members of AWARE are receiving
> copies of this reply.
>   2. Mennonite PJI - The Peace and Justice Initiative of First Mennonite
> Church will most likely be interested in co-sponsoring this. The members of
> PJI and the First Mennonite pastoral staff are receiving copies of this
> reply.
>   3. CU Friends Meeting - Barbara Kessel, of the Champaign-Urbana Friends
> Meeting, is receiving a copy of this email, and she will probably be
> interested in presenting this to the Friends' peace and justice committee.
>   4. CU Interfaith Alliance - The Champaign-Urbana Interfaith Alliance, in
> which I participate, may also be interested. CUIFA will also be receiving
> copies of this reply.
>   5. CIMIC - The Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center has a strong
> concern about the plight of Palestine. I have included Naeem Sheikh of
> CIMIC for them to receive a copy of this.
>   6. I can think of other groups that might be interested.
>
> *You also wrote: **We are also looking for a venue for the lecture; would
> the Mennonite Church have space we can use?  If not, can you suggest any
> good venues for a community lecture?  Thank you for your time and help.*
>
> I will present this request about the Mennonite Church providing venue for
> Anna's talk. I'm quite sure that, if there is not already a conflict on the
> church calendar for Saturday, April 24, that this would be well received by
> the church.
>
> Thank you again, Elizabeth, for writing, and we'll be staying in touch.
>
> In friendship,
> Conrad Wetzel
> ____________________________________________________________
> *In reply to:*
>
> ------------------------------
> From: erogers2 at ad.uiuc.edu
> To: clwetzel at hotmail.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:04:08 -0500
> Subject: Anna Blatzer "Living in Occupied Palestine"
>
> Dear Conrad Wetzel,
>
> The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES) is bringing
> Anna Blatzer to Urbana-Champaign on Saturday, April 25, for a community
> lecture.  Niloofer Shambayati suggested I contact you about the event.
> Anna will be presenting on "Living in Occupied Palestine," and we are
> thinking about having Palestinian dancers put on a brief show before the
> lecture as well.  If you are interested in co-sponsoring the event through
> monetary, publicity, or other means, please let me know!  You can find more
> information about Anna at *www.AnnaInTheMiddleEast.com*<http://www.annainthemiddleeast.com/>
> .
>
> We are also looking for a venue for the lecture; would the Mennonite Church
> have space we can use?  If not, can you suggest any good venues for a
> community lecture?  Thank you for your time and help.
>
> Best regards,
> Elizabeth
>
> *--*
> *Elizabeth Rogers
>
> Visiting Project Specialist,
> Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES)
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> 223 International Studies Building,
> 910 S. Fifth St., Champaign, IL 61820
> Tel: 217.333.2258
> Fax: 217.265.6399
> Email: erogers2 at illinois.edu
> Web: http://www.csames.illinois.edu*
>
>
>
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