[Peace] Peace related events for the week of November 29-December 9, 2010

[Karen Medina]

Below: Peace related events for the week, but first a few reminders:
* [If you know of more events, we'd be happy to know about them!]

Peace related events for the week of November 29-December 9, 2010 (and
some beyond)

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Faith and Food Justice - an in-depth look at the current Midwest
American food system, a discussion
Monday, November 29th, 2010 (the last week for this series).
2nd floor of University Y
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, Illinois

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a panel discussion: "Race, the Tea Party, the U. S.'s Hard Shift to the Right"
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Department of African American Studies
1201 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois
7-9:30 P.M.
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The Recession is over...
FOR WHOM?
A public forum.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
5:30pm
Greg Hall, Room 217
What is really happening with the economy?
What are the real solutions to our economic woes?
And how can we fight for those kinds of solutions?
Come to a public forum to discuss these questions.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization. For more
information, call 415-713-6260 or email iso.champaign at gmail.com
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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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Thursday, December 2, 2010: The Shaft (Dixia de Tiankong)
[part of the Y's Global Lens 2010 film series]
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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AWARE table at the indoor Farmer's Market; We have peace calendars for 2011
Saturday, December 4, 2010
7:30am-1pm
If you would like to work the table, contact Stuart Levy; slevy at
illinois dot edu
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Saturday 4 December, 2-4pm. Main & Neil Streets., Champaign
"The Main Event" - AWARE's monthly peace demonstration. Bring a sign
or use one of ours; we'll hand out information about the war to
motorists and passers-by.
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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 of the Month
Catholic Worker House Potluck and Roundtable
Monday, December 6, 2010
6pm Potluck + 7pm Discussion: currency, banking, and our government's
"fractional reserve system"
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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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Shirley Adams -- A Film by: OLIVER HERMANUS
[part of the Y's Global Lens 2010 film series]
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!