[Peace] somewhat complete list of upcoming events November 14-21

[Karen Medina]

Peace related events for the week of November 14-21, 2010 (and some beyond)

Faith and Food Justice meeting:
Monday, November 15, 2010:
7pm
Description: an in-depth look at the current Midwest American food
system. Weekly readings will guide discussion on how our food's
ecology, distribution, economics, government policies, and history
relate to faith and justice.
Mondays (October 4 - November 29), no meeting November 22
2nd floor Chapel of University YMCA
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
Questions? Contact Ann Rasmus: ann at universityymca.org or (217)337-1514
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Findings of the Comprehensive Housing Study Open House in Champaign
Tuesday, Nov. 16th, 5:00-6:30 pm
City Building, 102 N. Neil St., Champaign
Who: The Regional Housing Task Force
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Findings of the Comprehensive Housing Study Open House in Urbana
Wednesday, Nov. 17th, 10:00-noon
Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St., Urbana
Who: The Regional Housing Task Force


(a talk) Connected Histories: Whiteness, Misery, and Management in the U.S.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
4 pm
Speaker	     David Roediger
The Levis Faculty Center - 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana
Free
Sponsor: Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
This history of race, immigration, and management in the U.S. takes
critical race studies into areas of history, including history of
engineering, where it has little presence. From settlement and slavery
forward, the fostering of racial competition has marked labor
management practices. These have undergirded the phenomenal success of
U.S. transnational mine engineering; and, coexisted with rational
scientific management in shaping and in meatpacking and other
industries in Illinois and beyond, continuing to shape industrial
management.
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Lecture Series: How Latin Americans Conceptualize Democracy:
Structural Form, Substantive Content and Political Significance
Thursday, Nov 18, 2010
12:00 pm
101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign


"Prospects for Peace in the Middle East" - a lecture given by
accomplished international lawyer and College of Law Professor Francis
A. Boyle.
Thursday, Nov. 18
12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Law Building Auditorium (504 E Pennsylvania Ave, Urbana -
near 6th & Peabody)
"University of Illinois College of Law Professor Francis A. Boyle
served as Legal Advisor to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle
East Peace Negotiations from 1991 to 1993, and to the Syrian
Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations during their First
Round held in Washington DC in 1991. The story is told in his book
"Palestine, Palestinians and International Law" (Clarity Press: 2003).
His newest book is "The Palestinian Right of Return under
International Law" (Clear Day Books, forthcoming)."


Thursday, November 18, 2010:
(film) ORDINARY PEOPLE, film by director Vladimir Perisic, Serbia, (2009)
One quiet afternoon, a busload of young soldiers is unexpectedly
forced to question the morality of their profession after being
enlisted to execute civilian prisoners at a remote facility in the
Serbian countryside.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/ordinary_people.htm
5:30 PM
University YMCA, Latzer Hall
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
Free and open to everyone!

Film and discussion at Channing-Murray: "9500 Liberty"
Thursday, November 18, 2010
7 pm
The Channing-Murray Foundation
1209 W. Oregon, Urbana
"9500 Liberty"  tells the story of Prince William County, Virginia,
and its 2007 Immigration Resolution, a law eerily similar to Arizona's
SB 1070 that required police to question anyone that they have
"probable cause" to suspect is undocumented.
The film is as close as anyone can come to a crystal ball for Arizona,
and it's not pretty. Not only did the Immigration Resolution bitterly
divide the community, but it created a shocking economic impact that
you will have to watch to believe.
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Fort Benning, Georgia (USA)
School of the Americas Watch annual Nonviolent Direct Action to Close
the SOA/WHINSEC -- a combat training school for Latin American
soldiers
November 19-21, 2010
* The SOA, frequently dubbed the "School of Assassins", has left a
trail of blood and suffering in every country where its graduates have
returned. Graduates have consistently used their skills to wage a war
against their own people.
* The websited for SOA Watch has links to a rideboard, list of hotels
and camping, and some valuable information on nonviolence training and
principles, and a database of those people who have graduated from the
SOA.
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AWARE table at the indoor Farmer's Market; We have peace calendars for 2011
Saturday, November 20, 2010
7:30am-1pm
If you would like to work the table, contact Stuart Levy; slevy at
illinois dot edu

Saturday, Nov 20: Feeding Body and Soul: C-U Storytelling Guild benefit
Proceeds benefit the Eastern Illinois Foodbank.
>From 7pm - 9pm, come to the Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Church at
309 W. Green, Urbana to hear stories by seasoned and new storytellers.
Minimum suggested donation: $5

Saturday, November 20, 2010
UIUC Thanksgiving Vacation begins
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Thanksgiving Day
Nov 25, 2010
All Day
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Workshop 3 - Finding Affordable Health Care: Local Programs & Resources
Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Champaign Public Library
200 West Green Street, Champaign
-- This workshop will focus on local resources, programs and clinics
providing affordable health care and dental care for low-income and
uninsured residents of our community.
* Now that health reform has become law, there is much work to be done
to explain the law to consumers and to the community.
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December 2: The Shaft
A Film by: ZHANG CHI
In three intertwined stories, a father, son and daughter fight to hold
onto hope and family as they face the harsh realities of life in a
poor western Chinese mining town.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/the_shaft.htm
5:30 PM
University YMCA, Latzer Hall
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
Free and open to everyone!
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collecting donations for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank
Sunday, Dec 5:  Winter Lights Festival 2010
3:30pm at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, join us for a
1950’s themed cocktail party. Hosts will be collecting donations for
the Eastern Illinois Foodbank.  Admission is free and kids are
welcome!
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1st Monday in December
Potluck and Roundtable
Monday, December 6, 2010
6pm Potluck + 7pm Discussion
317 S. Randolph St., Champaign, Illinois.
St. Jude Catholic Worker House will be hosting a potluck and roundtable.
For the December potluck, we'll watch "Money as Debt," an animated
short film that gives the history of currency, banking, and our
government's "fractional reserve system:" the creation of money
through citizens' debt
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December 9: Shirley Adams
A Film by: OLIVER HERMANUS
In the depressed Cape Town neighborhood of Cape Flats, a single mother
contemplates her fate and cautiously accepts the help of an overeager
social worker as she struggles to care for her paraplegic and suicidal
son.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/shirley_adams.htm
5:30 PM
University YMCA, Latzer Hall
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
Free and open to everyone!
# ------ Gay/Lesbian issues --------- #
The UP Center of Champaign County: Uniting Pride in the LGBTQA Community
Saturday, November 20
3:30pm - 5:00pm
506 W. Florida Ave., Urbana, IL
Stuff it UP (Holiday Envelope Stuffing Party)
The UP Center needs your help! In order to celebrate our birthday and
the holidays, we are sending out letters to all our members,
volunteers, supporters, and donors! Please help us get these letters
in the mail by joining us for an envelope stuffing party!