[Peace] Series of Events to Unite people against Racist Mascots and Request of Co-sponsorship Thereof

[C. G. Estabrook]

  To get excited about the Chief while urging votes for the party that continues 
and expands the killing in Asia is rather like what Thomas Paine said of Edmund 
Burke in /The Rights of Man/ (1791): 'He [Burke] pities the plumage but forgets 
the dying bird'.


On 10/14/10 5:24 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> In relation to the "chief" I suggest that AWARE put its efforts and 
> person-power into:
> 1. MASCOT REPLACEMENT
> 12-1 on Fri Oct 22 Supporting push for a new mascot asap. (There's been 
> support in the past for "Prairie Fire" -- e g the person formally known as CI, 
> whooshing out to dance in colorful autumn costume during half-time to "fire" 
> up the crowd...
> 2. SENSITIZING C-U TO NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES
> Working w/ local libraries and perhaps GISLIS to do a whole-town read. 
> Antioch, IL had their (middle-school) students read Sherman Alexie's THE 
> ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN for this purpose, and CU could and 
> should do something similar. This could be followed up/coordinated w/ 
> lecture-discussions, film, art, etc.
> 3.  IGNORING THE DIEHARDS' "CHIEF" EVENTS
> Let's all stay home and drink a toast to our victory. Unless we can get a few 
> thousand picketers, it only makes the diehards think that -- since they 
> clearly have the numbers -- they haven't really lost and it'd be possible to 
> overturn the decision if they just keep fighting
> Jmho.
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Wed, 10/13/10, Morton K. Brussel /<brussel at illinois.edu>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>
>     Subject: Re: [Peace] Series of Events to Unite people against Racist
>     Mascots and Request of Co-sponsorship Thereof
>     To: "Jesse Phillippe" <japhillippe at gmail.com>
>     Cc: Peace at lists.chambana.net
>     Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 10:45 PM
>
>     I think this is a marvelous initiative, one that AWARE in all its power
>     should support.
>
>     --mkb
>
>
>     On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Jesse Phillippe wrote:
>
>>     Dear AWARE,
>>
>>     In March of 2007, the University of Illinois formally retired the "Chief
>>     Illiniwek" mascot as its symbol. Nonetheless, "Students for Chief
>>     Illiniwek" has continued to revisit the Chief issue by hosting an event
>>     known as "The Next Dance" that will occur at Assembly Hall on Oct. 23rd
>>     at 7pm. The University Administration continues to allow this
>>     organization to profit off of a caricature of American Indian people, and
>>     it must stop.
>>
>>     In response to the continued efforts to host the retired mascot on our
>>     campus, The I-Resist Coalition and Students for a United Illinois are
>>     organizing two events under the theme *NEW MASCOT NOW!* because it is
>>     time for our campus to move on. We are hosting these events during the
>>     week of "The Next Dance", first a *Rally at Swanlund* to raise our voices
>>     to the Administration, and second, a *Rally at Assembly Hall *with a*
>>     "We've Moved On" Unity Party* to follow. We hope these events will help
>>     educate and mobilize the community to move on from the former mascot and
>>     the racial stereotypes it perpetuates.
>>
>>     We are contacting your organization to see if you would be willing to
>>     co-sponsor these events with I-Resist and Students for a United Illinois,
>>     and also to publicize the events to your membership. Co-sponsorship would
>>     consist of having your group's name on publicity materials, actively
>>     encouraging members to attend these events, and allowing your
>>     organization to speak at the Rally if interested. The time and location
>>     of the events are below.
>>     Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you!
>>
>>     I-Resist Coalition and Students for a United Illinois
>>
>>     <http://www.iresist.org/>
>>
>>     *NEW MASCOT NOW! Rally at Swanlund
>>     *Friday, October 22nd
>>     12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
>>     In front of Swanlund Administration Building (corner of John and Sixth
>>     Streets)
>>
>>     /Join us as we let the Administration know it is time to move past the
>>     former "Chief" mascot and unite behind a new mascot.
>>     /
>>     *NEW MASCOT NOW! Rally at Assembly Hall
>>     *Saturday, October 23rd
>>     6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
>>     Meet outside of Assembly Hall
>>
>>     /Join us as we rally to show how events like "The Next Dance" perpetuate
>>     a racial stereotype, divide our campus, and prevent us from moving
>>     forward as a campus. The "We've Moved On" Unity Party will follow this event.
>>
>>     /*"WE'VE MOVED ON" Unity Party
>>     *Saturday, October 23rd
>>     7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
>>     Location TBD
>

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