[Peace] ICJPE Fri (7pm Alex Cockburn), and Sat 10-6:30 (Land, Social Relations, Empire); Sunday 3-6:30 Paul Street + Kathy Kelly + Zinn's "The People Speak"

[Stuart Levy]

The 5th annual convention of ICJPE, the IL Coalition for Justice, Peace and the Environment,
starts tonight -- at the IMC in downtown Urbana -- with a keynote by Alexander Cockburn...


Fri 4/9  7:00pm -- Alexander Cockburn, journalist, of Counterpunch and The Nation,
    gives the keynote for the 5th annual meeting of Illinois Coalition
    for Justice, Peace and the Environment (icjpe.org), at the
    Independent Media Center (IMC), 202 S. Broadway, U.  Reception
    follows, with music from the Ruthless Goats.  [$10 ($5 low income)]

Sat 4/10  10am-6:30pm   ICJPE annual conference, with activists from around 
	the state speaking on many topics, in three panels,
	all at the IMC, 202 S. Broadway  [$30 ($15 low income)]

	Register at:  http://icjpe.org/conference/
	On-site registration is fine but please let us know you're
	coming so we have enough lunch, etc.:  conferenceIL at icjpe.org

    10-12:20  "Transforming the Land"
		Gary Cziko, Ken Dunn, Terra Brockman, Karen Hudson

    12:30-1:30 lunch (included)

    1:30-3:50  "Transforming Social Relations"
		Paul Street, Jamie Kalven, Cristobal Cavazos, Barbara Kessel,
		Mike Griffin

    4:00-6:20  "Transforming Empire"
		Kathy Kelly, Aaron Hughes, Brock McIntosh, Doug Rokke,
		representative(s) of the Zenko peace movement in Japan,
		Rev. Geri Solomon

   (Also at IMC, 8pm Sat night: Roy Zimmerman, musician/satirist,
    playing songs of ignorance, war, and greed!)


and (unrelated to above conference)
Sun 4/11  3pm-6:30pm  at Grad. School for Library and Information Science,
			(GSLIS) auditorium (room 126), 501 E. Daniel.
			Come to east side door.  [Free.]

    3pm-5pm panel: "Holding the Mirror up to U.S. Empire"
	    Conversations with Paul Street and Kathy Kelly

    5pm-6:30pm film showing: "The People Speak", by Howard Zinn et al.


=================[[[  ICJPE Conference  ]]] ===============
What's going on?  Who are all these people and why would we
want to hear from them?  


The Illinois Coalition for Justice Peace and the Environment
invites you to join us as we celebrate our 5th annual statewide
conference in the town where we began, Urbana, Illinois. 
 
April 9 & 10, 2010 will feature Alexander Cockburn as Keynote speaker at the
Independent Media Center • 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL 61801.
The PUBLIC is WELCOME.

This year we come together to forge new connections and to explore new ways to
communicate with each other as we meet the challenges of a movement seemingly
drawn down while injustice, war and environmental degradation rage on.
Yet, in four years ICJPE has grown to include over 160 member groups.     

We are led by the activism of an extremely talented group of activist/speakers
who will guide us in our presentations: Connecting and Communicating,
Transforming the Land, Transforming Social Relations, and Transforming Empire.
Join us.

Conference Details:
Friday Fri, April 9, 2010
Keynote Address  from 7:00pm - 9:00pm :
Alexander Cockburn, The Nation magazine's "Beat the Devil" columnist and
co-editor of CounterPunch will deliver the keynote address on Friday night.
A reception follows with music provided by the Ruthless Goats, led by
Jim Eyman of the IWW.

 
The Saturday, April 10th conference will begin with a business meeting
at 8:30 am followed by a series of three panels and breakout sessions
including broad themes on transformation and distinguished speakers to
begin at 10:00.

During each panel, we hear from the speakers for about an hour in all;
followed by half an hour's discussion between audience and panelists,
and a couple minutes' for each panelist's closing comments.
Then, the audience will break up into groups, with one panelist
leading each breakout group, for another 30-40 minutes for more discussion,
plans of action, etc.


I. Transforming the Land [10:00-12:20] with
  Gary Cziko, founder of Transition Champaign County,
    member of Urbana's Sustainability Commission and its Bicycle and
    Pedestrian Advisory Commission, chair of ChampaignCountyBikes.org;
  Ken Dunn, president and founder of Chicago's Resource Center,
    dedicated to moving society in an equitable and sustainable direction;
  Terra Brockman, member of a farming family in Central Illinois,
    speaks, writes and advocates for sustainable agriculture;
  Karen Hudson, expert on the consequences of concentrated animal
    feeding operations (CAFOs) and anti-factory-farming activist.  

II. Transforming Social Relations [1:30-3:50] will feature : 
  Paul Street, independent radical-democratic policy researcher, journalist,
	historian, author, writing on the interrelated evils of racism,
	capitalism, and militarism-imperialism;
  Jamie Kalven, writer and human rights activist,
	has reported widely on public housing and police
	abuse issues in Chicago;
  Cristobal Cavazos,  Latino and immigrant rights activist,
	active in Dupage County, a county west of Chicago;
  Barbara Kessel, member of C-U Citizens for Peace & Justice,
	activist on the issues of prison reform and on
	use-of-force policy, especially that of tasers.
  Mike Griffin, member of the Carpenters Union and veteran
	of the Staley lockout, long engaged in the struggle
	to build international solidarity and advance coalitions.

III. Transforming Empire [4:00-6:20] will feature:
  Kathy Kelly, noted peace activist and co-coordinator of
	Voices for Creative Non-violence,
	three times nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, 
  Aaron Hughes, Lead national organizer for the
	Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW);
  Brock McIntosh, Afghanistan veteran, also of IVAW;
  Doug Rokke, former Depleted Uranium Project director
	for the US Army, physicist, and an expert on
	the aftereffects of depleted uranium;  
  Representative[s] from the Zenko Peace movement in Japan;
  Rev. Geri Solomon, peace activist, community organizer
	for Aurora Peace and Justice.

The conference will close at 6:30pm.   

Admission costs $10 ($5 low income) on Friday night and
$30 ($15 low income) for the Saturday conference including Lunch.

Roy Zimmerman, satirical singer-songwriter and guitarist
will perform 8pm Saturday evening.
$12 separate cover for conference attendees.
 
Full Details and Registration are available online at
     http://icjpe.org/conference
or by contacting
     conferenceIL at icjpe.org

On-site registration is available.  If you can, please let us
know you're coming (conferenceIL at icjpe.org) to help us get
the right amount of lunch, conference papers, etc.


====[[[ "Holding the Mirror up to US Empire" / "The People Speak" ]]]===
Sunday 4/11 event, 3:00-5:00pm and 5:00-6:30pm

    At the Graduate School for Library and Information Science (GSLIS),
    room 126 auditorium, 5th and Daniel Streets, Champaign (UofI campus).
    Come up the stairs to the east-side door,
    *or* to the accessible door facing parking lot on SW side.

Free -- open to all -- come to all or either part of it.  

3-5 PM: "Holding the Mirror Up to U.S. Empire"
   Panel discussion with two visiting speakers, who will
   also be on panels during the ICJPE conference the day before
   (http://icjpe.org/conference).

     

  * Paul Street, independent radical-democratic policy researcher, journalist,
     whose books include: "Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis:
        A Living Black Chicago History" and "Barack Obama and the
        Future of American Politics"
      Street writes regularly for Z Magazine among others; see
         http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/paulstreet

  * Kathy Kelly, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, a
        founding member of Voices in the Wilderness,
        now co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
        Author of "Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison" and 
        "Prisoners on Purpose: a Peacemakers Guide to Jails and Prison."

and, in the same room,

5:00-6:30PM: screening of documentary by the late Howard Zinn and others,

      "The People Speak"
      http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/

narrated by Zinn and based on his People's History of the United States and
Voices of A People's History, this film uses dramatic musical performances of
the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans who fought for equality
and justice from the bottom up.  

The International Socialist Organization (ISO) was able to work out a series
of special showings with the producers, and will be organizing screenings
across the country, from April 1 to April 11. The Champaign-Urbana showing
is co-sponsored by Anti-War and Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE), GSLIS-GEO and
the Champaign-Urbana ISO.
     
We hope that activists who are long familiar with "A People's History of the
United States," and those who have not yet read it, will come to showing,
stay to discuss what they see and hear, and take inspiration from past
struggles to fuel current and future work.


Sunday's events are co-sponsored by AWARE, C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice,
GSLIS-GEO, and the International Socialist Organization (ISO).

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