[Peace] Fwd: Invite to speak

Tue Sep 29 19:14:24 CDT 2009

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> From: "Joe at IResist.org" <joe at iresist.org>
> Date: September 29, 2009 7:08:05 PM CDT
> To: Belden Fields <a-fields at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Invite to speak
>
> Professor Fields,
>
> Of course we remember your comments at the Racism, Power and  
> Privilege at UIUC forum!
>
> Sorry we contacted you too late.  Please forward the below email to  
> your own network of allies.  We are really in need of faculty and  
> community support.  We would particularly appreciate it if you can  
> forward the message to your IMC and AWARE contacts.
>
> thank you for the Quote!
>
> IResist Coalition
> ________
> September 29, 2009
>
> Open Letter to Chancellor Herman:
>
> As you are aware, on October 2nd the 'Students for Chief Illiniwek'  
> plan to hold the second of their annual tributes to the former  
> mascot titled: 'The Next Dance.' As you are probably also aware,  
> various student groups are planning to protest this event.
>
> Last year’s protest was a highly charged situation fraught with  
> tension and threats of violence. One of our camera persons was  
> shoved, intimidating gestures and racial epithets were common in  
> amongst a whole barrage of taunts and verbal abuse. At one point, a  
> small group of protestors were forced off the sidewalk and into  
> traffic by a very aggressive crowd; they ultimately had to retreat  
> back to the larger group for their own safety.
>
> Police at the scene however, were few and far between. Those who  
> were there did little but stand around and joke with the fans  
> coming out of the building. Why, you might ask, would anyone  
> knowingly put themselves in a situation where such a possibility of  
> violence exists? The answer is simple: We’re there, because you  
> aren't.
>
> Click here for the whole letter, or download it as a pdf file:
>
>
> The IResist Coalition encourages all students, teaching assistants,  
> and faculty to engage the mascot issue during the week of September  
> 28th, 2009. Make this a "Teachable Moment". ALL students should  
> also obtain your FREE tickets to enter the Assembly Hall for the  
> event. Tickets are available at the Illini Union across the hotel  
> check-in window. We want everyone to have the opportunity to  
> witness for themselves what this event is about. But most of all,  
> use your FREEDOM OF SPEECH regarding this issue, in multiple  
> contexts and locations... In addition, please consider attending  
> the following events:
>
>
> "Deconstructing the Mascot"
>
> Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
> Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
> Location: Illini Union Room 314
>
> Event Details: 6:00 - 6:10 p.m. --- Welcome/Opening Remarks
> 6:10 - 7:00 p.m. --- Viewing of "In Whose Honor"
> 7:00 - 7:20 p.m. --- Clips of last years "Next Dance" Protests
> 7:20 - 8:00 p.m. --- Jay Rosenstein will speak followed by a  
> discussion
>
> We will show the documentary "In Whose Honor?" which highlights the  
> movement to retire the mascot, followed by video clips from last  
> year's protest of "The Next Dance". Afterwards, we will be hearing  
> from Jay Rosenstein, the director of the film, followed by  
> questions and a discussion.
>
> Not Our Mascot Rally
>
> Date: Friday, October 2, 2009
>
> Location / Times:
>
> 5:00 pm Meet at the Alma Mater - (Green Street and Wright Street)
> 5:30 Start Marching down Sixth Street to Assembly Hall
> 6:00 pm Rally Before the ‘Next Dance’ outside the Assembly Hall  
> (1800 S. 1st Street, Champaign, IL))
> 7:00 Press Release & Coalition Speakers
> 7:30 Open Mic
> Conclude with Rally After the ‘Next Dance’ (Assembly Hall)
>
>
>
>
> minstrel: a member of a band of entertainers with blackened faces  
> who perform songs and music ostensibly of black American origin.  
> ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French menestral ‘entertainer,  
> servant,’ via Provençal from late Latin ministerialis  
> ‘servant’ (see ministerial )
>
> The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign retired “Chief  
> Illiniwek” as its official symbol in February of 2007. However,  
> this has not stopped student organizations such at the Students for  
> Chief Illiniwek (SFCI) from using the name and imagery of the “Chief”:
>
> Last year, the SFCI hosted a similar performance on November 15,  
> 2008. Here is a link to some of the media coverage from last year’s  
> “Next Dance” as well as the protest to the “Next Dance”:http:// 
> www.iresist.org/next_dance.html
>
> This year, a group of students has been meeting to plan a protest  
> of this year’s “Next Dance.” We will host a rally at 6:00 p.m., one  
> hour before the “Next Dance.” We will issue a press release with  
> speakers from our coalition at 7:00 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., we will host  
> an open mic. At 8:15 p.m., we will conclude with a rally as  
> spectators are exiting Assembly Hall.
>
> We humbly ask for your support in protesting this awful display of  
> racism and ignorance on our campus. We hope that you are able to  
> write letters to University administrators, attend the protest on  
> October 2nd, spread the word about our protest, and/or contact the  
> Students for Chief Illiniwek to discourage them from hosting the  
> event. If you are able to show support in other ways, we would also  
> greatly appreciate that.
>
> Here are contacts for the University of Illinois and Students for  
> Chief Illiniwek:
>
> Chancellor Richard Herman Office of the Chancellor 317 Swanlund  
> Admin M/C 304 601 E. John St. Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 333-6290  
> rhh at illinois.edu
>
> Vice Chancellor Renee Romano 120 Swanlund M/C 304 601 E. John St.  
> Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 333-1300 romano3 at illinois.edu
>
> Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Office 352 Henry Admin M/C 350  
> 506 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 333-1920
>
> Students for Chief Illiniwek President: Elyse Eilts  
> eeilts2 at illinois.edu studentsforchief at gmail.com
> UIUC Mascot Resources
>
> UIUC Native American House/American Indian Studies statement on the  
> mascot:http://www.ais.illinois.edu/mascot/
>
> UIUC's Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations (OIIR)  
> mascot statement pdf file
> Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma http://www.peoriatribe.com/
> National Coalition on Racism in Sports & Media http:// 
> www.aimovement.org/ncrsm/
> Retire the Chief Web site http://www.retirethechief.org/
> Retire the Chief Archives: http://www.retirethechief.org/archives.html
> In Whose Honor http://www.inwhosehonor.com/
> Charlene Teters' Web page http://www.charleneteters.com/Welcome.html
> Professor Joe Gone's article "Chief illiniwek: Dignified or  
> Damaging" pdf file
> December 15, 2006 "Congressional Field Hearing" examining Tim  
> Johnson's and House Speaker Dennis Hastert's “Protection of  
> University Governance Act of 2006” (HR 5289)http://www.iresist.org/ 
> NCAA_hearing.html
> Racism, Power and Privilege at UIUC forum http://www.iresist.org/stop/
> Wikipedia - Chief Illiniwek entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> Chief_Illiniwek
> RESOLUTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE  
> DEMANDING RETURN OF LAKOTA REGALIA USED IN PERFORMANCE OF “CHIEF  
> ILLINIWEK,” AND IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST BY PEORIA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA  
> THAT THE USE OF THE MASCOT CEASE (January 17, 2007)http:// 
> www.iresist.org/oglala_press_conference.html
> Alliance Against Racial Mascots http://www.allarm.org/
>
> Articles and Books (selected)
> (from http://www.ais.illinois.edu/mascot/resources/)
>
> Baca, Lawrence. (2004). "Native Images in Schools and the Racially  
> Hostile Environment." Journal of Sport & Social Issues 28(1):71-78.
> Bataille, Gretchen M. (2001). Native American Representations:  
> First Encounters, Distorted Images, and Literary Appropriations.  
> Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
> Berkhofer, Robert F. (1978). The White Man's Indian: Images of the  
> American Indian, from Columbus to the Present. New York: Alfred A.  
> Knopf, Inc.
> Black, Jason Edward. (2002). "The Mascotting of Native America:  
> Construction, Commodity, and Assimilation." American Indian  
> Quarterly 26(4):605-622.
> Briggs, Kara, and Dan Lewerenz. (2003). "Reading Red Report 2003: A  
> Call for the News Media to Recognize Racism in Sports Team  
> Nicknames and Mascots." 31 May 2007.
> Clark, David Anthony Tyeeme. (2005). "Wa a o, wa ba ski na me ska  
> ta! 'Indian' Mascots and the Pathology of Anti-Indigenous Racism."  
> In In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth  
> Century, edited by A. Bass, 137-166. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
> Deloria, Philip J. (1999). Playing Indian. New Haven and London:  
> Yale University Press.
>  --. (2004) Indians in Unexpected Places. Lawrence: University  
> Press of Kansas.
> Farnell, Brenda. (2004). "The Fancy Dance of Racializing  
> Discourse." Journal of Sport & Social Issues 28(1):30-55.
> Gone, Joseph P. (1995). "Chief Illiniwek: Dignified or Damaging?"  
> 31 May 2007. <http://www.inwhosehonor.com/documents/GONE.HTML>
> Huhndorf, Shari. (2001). Going Native. Ithaca, NY: Cornell  
> University Press.
> King, C. Richard. (1998). "Spectacles, Sports, and Stereotypes: Dis/ 
> Playing Chief Illiniwek." In Colonial Discourses, Collective  
> Memories, and the Exhibition of Native American Cultures and  
> Histories in the Contemporary United States, 41-58. New York: Garland.
> King, C. Richard, and Charles Fruehling Springwood, eds. (2001).  
> Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy. Lincoln:  
> University of Nebraska.
> Mihesuah, Devon A. (1996). American Indians: Stereotypes and  
> Realities. Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, Inc.
> Pewewardy, Cornell D. (1991). "Native American Mascots and Imagery:  
> The Struggle of Unlearning Indian Stereotypes." Journal of Navaho  
> Education 9(1):19-23.
> ---. (1999). "From La Belle Sauvage to the Nobel Savage: The  
> Deculturalization of Indian Mascots in American Culture."  
> Multicultural Education 6:6-11.
> ---. "Why Educators Can't Ignore Indian Mascots." 31 May 2007.  
> <http://www.aics.org/mascot/cornel.html>.
> Slapin, Beverly, and Doris Seale, eds. (1992). Through Indian Eyes:  
> the Native Experience in Books for Children. Philadelphia, PA: New  
> Society Publishers.
> Spindel, Carol. (2000). Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the  
> Controversy over American Indian Mascots. New York: New York  
> University Press.
> Strong, Pauline Turner. (2004). "The Mascot Slot: Cultural  
> Citizenship, Political Correctness, and Pseudo-Indian Sports  
> Symbols." Journal of Sport & Social Issues28(1):79-87.
>
> Other Mascot Resources
> C-U Organizations Against "The Chief" pdf file
> American-Indian Groups Against Mascots pdf file
> BOT "Native Heritage" Statement - pdf file
> North Central Association: Final Report - pdf file
> Plummer's Report: pdf file http://www.uillinois.edu/trustees/ 
> plummerreport/index.html
> I Resist materials to Black Caucus - Spring 2004 (special thanks to  
> retirethechief.orgWeb site!)- pdf file
> Illinois State Republicans support Chief - pdf file
> U of I nondiscrimination statement - pdf file
> Link to University of Illinois "Dialogue" on the mascot  
> issue:http://www.uiuc.edu/dialogue/
> Past articles in Daily Illini Newspaper - http:// 
> www.illinimedia.com/di/issues/chief.shtml
> WILL Radio - past stories on mascot issue -http://www.will.uiuc.edu/ 
> am/projects/chiefilliniwek/features.htm
> Contact I Resist to have your site/materials linked - info at  
> iresist.org
>
> Sign the PETITION! available at: http://www.petitiononline.com/ 
> 352Henry/petition.htmlTo: The Board of Trustees- University of  
> Illinois (U of I); President Joseph B. White- U of I; Chancellor  
> Richard Herman - U of I; National Collegiate Athletic Association c/ 
> o Bob Williams; S.T.O.P. Nevada Street Vandalism at The University  
> of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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> Print your own flyers
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> Click on the images below for side 1 and side 2. Print them back to  
> back... Cut them up, stuff in mailboxes or hand them out
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> These images can be printed in color or black and white. Please  
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