[Peace] upcoming events of interest to AWARE people

[Stuart Levy]

Some upcoming events:


Islamic Awareness Week is March 8th - 12th!
  * Mon 3/8 noon-1pm -- "Beyond the Veil"
     Yusra Al-Shawaf, Women's Resource Center (Green & Wright above Freestar Bank)

  * Tue 3/9, 7pm-9pm -- "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet" film screening
    room 223 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St

  * Wed 3/10, 7pm-9pm -- Islam Q&A, with student discussion
    room 119 Materials Science and Engineering Bldg,
    Green and Mathews, Urbana

  * Thu 3/11, 7pm-9pm -- "Women in Islam", lecture by Imani Jaafar-Mohammad
    room 217 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana

  * Fri 3/12, 1pm-2:30pm -- Mosque Open House
    Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center (CIMIC),
    106 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana

  * Fri 3/12, 7pm-9pm -- "Unveiled", Rohina Malik one-woman play
    ARC auditorium, 201 E. Peabody, Champaign
  These are transcribed from a flyer by the Islam Awareness Week organizers;
  for more information please write to them:  IAWUIUC {at} gmail.com


Sat 3/13, 11am-3pm, U-C IMC -- IMC Open House / Skill Share
	/ "Really, Really Free Market"
	Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway

Sun 3/14, 2pm-4pm -- "Palestinian-Israeli Relations: the Search for Justice"
	Champaign Public Library (room A or B).  Panelists:
	   Robert Naiman, Gary Storm, John Setterlund, David Green,
	   and possibly someone from SJP.  Moderated by Eric Heim.

	Free -- all are welcome!  Refreshments and after-talk discussion.
	Sponsored by AWARE Films Group (even though this isn't a film).


Tue 3/16, 7pm -- "Vets and Activists Speak Out against War and Occupation"
	Gregory Hall room 307 (Armory and Wright, Champaign)
	Speakers include Jacob Crawford, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and 
	Eric Ruder, reporter with Socialist Worker.
	Vets, activists, and ordinary people from the U.S. to Afghanistan,
	will all be needed to stop endless war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan,
	Palestine, ...  Discuss what's behind the US' strategy in Central Asia
	and the Middle East, how we can stop the wars, and transform the system
	that breeds them. 

Thu 3/18, 5pm -- "Because it is still not over"
    Peace demonstration for the 7 year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq
    Green & Wright St., Champaign-Urbana


Fri+Sat 4/9+10 -- annual meeting of ICJPE, the
    IL Coalition for Justice, Peace and the Environment,
    at U-C IMC.  Friday evening keynote by Alexander Cockburn;
    panels all day Saturday on environmental, peace, and social justice
    topics, with panelists including Kathy Kelly, Paul Street,
    Aaron Hughes, Kerry Pimblott, Terra Brockman, Gary Cziko, Jamie Kalven,
    representative(s) of the Japanese Zenko Peace movement, and many others.

-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.