[Peace] November 1-10 / incomplete list of upcoming events

[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!]
* Major reminder: VOTE Tuesday, November 2, 2010: see ballots for
Champaign County:
https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/2010_Election_Information.html
* Reminder: Thanksgiving Basket Drive (up to November 17th, 2010) ---
see note much later

Peace related events for the week of November 1-10, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010:
Potluck and Roundtable about the School of the Americas
6pm
317 S. Randolph St., Champaign, Illinois.
St. Jude Catholic Worker House will be hosting a potluck and roundtable.
The topic for Monday, November 1st (next Monday) will be School of the
Americas... we'll eat and watch the short film "On the Line," as well
as hear from some folks who have been involved with SOAW and attended
the annual SOA protest in Fort Benning, GA. Whether you're familiar
with SOA or not, please come join us next Monday evening, and feel
free to bring some food to share if you want! Also, check out
www.soaw.org

Monday, November 1, 2010:
Anarchists Against the Wall -- by an Israeli Army refuser
7pm
Where: Noyes Lab Room 217
505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois
What: Gal Lagassi will give a presentation about what anti-occupation
organizing looks like on the ground in Palestine/Israel, focusing on
mass mobilization against the construction of the Israeli Gaza Strip
barrier and West Bank separation wall. Gal is an Army refuser and
member of Anarchists Against the Wall, a group that does direct
solidarity work within occupied Palestine.
Sponsor: Students for Justice in Palestine

Monday, November 1, 2010:
Faith & Food Justice meeting: 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, 7pm (October 4 - November 29)
Chapel, 2nd floor of University YMCA
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL

 VOTE Tuesday, November 2, 2010: see ballots for Champaign County:
https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/2010_Election_Information.html

Workshop 2 - Help for Medicare Beneficiaries: New Medicare Benefits
and Tips for Part D Open Enrollment
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Champaign Public Library
200 West Green Street, Champaign
-- This workshop will focus on changes to Medicare, including coverage
of preventive care, donut hole rebates, and other new benefits under
health reform. The workshop will also give information and consumer
tips on Part D open enrollment.

Thursday, November 4, 2010: My Tehran For Sale
5:30 PM University YMCA | Latzer Hall
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
Free and open to everyone!
A film by: Granaz Moussavi
An ailing actress fighting for political asylum and waiting to clear
Australian immigration, recounts her attempts to live, work and love
in Tehran's thriving yet turbulent arts subculture.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/my_tehran_for_sale.htm

eBlackChampaign-Urbana Campus-Community Symposium
November 5-6, 2010, 9 AM-5PM
Location: November 5 - Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, 501 E. Daniel; November 6 - Douglas Annex, Douglas Park, 804
N 5th St, Champaign
Cost: Free

Exodus and the Americanization of Zionism
Friday, November 05, 2010
4:00 pm
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street
Urbana
* Speaker: Amy Kaplan, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania
* Exodus, the best-selling 1958 novel and 1960 film, marketed the new
state of Israel to Americans. Exodus crated an Israeli myth of origins
that appealed to American conceptions of its own revolution.  This
myth of Israel's "specialness" mirrored American exceptionalism in the
Cold War.  Created in the aftermath of the 1956 Suez Crisis, Exodus
became the dominant narrative of Israel's birth but is haunted by the
Palestinian narrative of the Nakba.
* Hosted by: International Forum for US Studies
http://cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx
* In conjunction with: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies,
Department of English, Department of Media and Cinema Studies, Program
in Jewish Culture and Society, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive
Theory

AWARE table at the Farmer's Market
Saturday, November 6, 2010
8am-noon

Main Event
Saturday, November 6, 2010

--
Thanksgiving Basket Drive (up to November 17th, 2010)
Would you like to make a difference for a family in need during this
holiday season?  The Office of Volunteer Programs in the Illini Union
is collecting Thanksgiving Care Baskets from October 22nd- November
17th.  We are working closely with several community non-profits to
respond to a growing need this Thanksgiving, and are asking students,
staff, and community members to participate in this charitable
program.  Grab your friends, family, roommates, coworkers, dorm floor,
RSO, or Greek house and make a difference in a family's holiday
season!  Please contact OVP at (217) 333-7424 or email us at
ovp at illinois.edu for more information on how you can help out!

## In the more distant future: ##
[just forwarding.]
The Regional Housing Task Force would like to share our findings of
the Comprehensive Housing Study with the public.
Please come to one of the Study Sessions or Open Houses. The community
is encouraged to participate in these opportunities.
* City of Champaign
Study Session: Nov. 9th 7:30 pm
Illinois Terminal Building, 45 E. University Ave., Champaign
* City of Champaign
Open House: Nov. 16th, 5:00-6:30 pm
City Building, 102 N. Neil St., Champaign
* City of Urbana
Study Session: Nov. 8th, 7:00 pm
Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St., Urbana
* City of Urbana
Open House: Nov. 17th, 10:00-noon
Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St., Urbana
--

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.


St. Jude Catholic Worker
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