[Peace] rough draft of upcoming events / Eric Heim's senior project / How to eliminate police abuse / McCollum's lawsuit to stop mandatory religious sessions in Champaign public schools

[Karen Medina]

I know I am missing some things, but can't figure out what is missing...

Upcoming events
APRIL 2011

Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC /
202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Monday, April 11       7:30AM-9AM act: SEIU Picket for A Fair Contract
/ FAR (Florida Ave Res Hall, 1001 College Court)
Monday,    April 11    5:30pm talk: The 1970 UIUC Student Strike:
Lessons for our Present Struggles / 215 Gregory Hall / ISO / Eric
Heim's senior thesis work
Monday,    April 11    7pm    film watching (private) / Jenifer
Cartwright's basement / 503 Hessel Blvd, Champaign, Illinois
Wednesday, April 13    noon   talk: 'The Lord is Not on Trial Here
Today,' / Law School auditorium / 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue,
Champaign, IL
Thursday,  April 14    5:30pm Urbana Civilian Police Review Board /
review and reauthorization recommendation / 400 South Vine Street,
Urbana, IL
Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU
Citizens for Peace and Justice / How to eliminate police abuse / Salem
Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign
Monday,    April 18    6pm   forum: What's Behind U.S. Intervention in
Libya?: A Public Forum / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Thursday,  April 21          watch: On UPTV (channel 6), Kathy Kelly
July 1 thru 4                Socialism conference in Chicago, Illinois
[
The following are non-peace related, but important to schedule around:
* Ebertfest Wednesday April 27 through May 1: http://www.ebertfest.com/
* UIUC Reading Day is Thursday, May 5
* Market at the Square, Urbana, May 7 through November 5, 2011; 7am-12pm
* Dump and Run collections Monday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 11
* UIUC Commencement is Sunday, May 15
]


More Detailed View:
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APRIL 2011
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SURGE Film Festival
Social Uprising Resistance Grassroots Encouragement: SURGE -- a
touring film festival curated by A World Beyond Capitalism.
Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC /
202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
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Monday, April 11, 5:30pm-8:30pm / 215 Gregory Hall (Wright and Armory)
"The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for our Present Struggles"
Eric Heim, Senior in History, will be narrating what happened in this
very same campus of ours, more than four decades ago, when the same
issues were being raised and similar battles being fought. What can
our movements learn from this not-so-well-known past? What tactics can
we emulate? What errors should we avoid? As our brothers and sisters
in SEIU fight for a fair Contract and are on the verge of a strike...
As our undocumented sisters and brothers continue to fight for a Dream
Scholarship... As we prepare for yet another round of activities in
the long fight to save public education... As we all see how the U.S.
labor giant is awakening from a long sleep... As we all hear of people
all over the planet fighting back - and hard - to regain their
futures...
Lively debate will follow, provided you attend.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201252893239344
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For those of you who missed the ACLU's screening of this film, made by
local ACLU member Jay Rosenstein, here's another opportunity to see
it.  The film is about Champaign resident Vashti McCollum's lawsuit to
stop mandatory religious sessions in Champaign public schools that
resulted in the 1948 landmark Supreme Court decision.

Screening of Peabody Award-winning documentary Wednesday
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  'The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today,' the new Peabody Award-winning
  documentary by journalism professor Jay Rosenstein, will be screened
  at the U. of I. Law School auditorium at noon Wednesday (April 13).
  The event, sponsored by the law school chapter of the American Civil
  Liberties Union, is free and open to the public.
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Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU
Citizens for Peace and Justice /
"How to eliminate police abuse": speaker Leon E. Frazier / Salem
Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign

C U Citizens for Peace and Justice, along with a host of co-sponsors
such as the local chapter of the NAACP, are inviting you to attend,
share your stories and offer your input in how to eliminate police
abuse. Eliminating Police Abuse; A discussion with African-American
Ex-Police Chief Leon E. Frazier about police culture, police and
community responsibility in eliminating police abuse.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196251027073438
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April 21, on UPTV channel 6
Kathy Kelly
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JULY 2011
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Socialism conference in Chicago, 2011, July 1st thru 4th
Here's the website:
http://www.socialismconference.org/

Here is a preview of some of the talk we can look forward to this year:
Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Future of Humanity • Obama and
Black Politics • Is a Second Recession Coming? • Breaking the Siege of
Gaza • Is Human Nature a Barrier to Socialism? • The ABC's of Marxism
• Can a Revolution Happen Here?

Featured Speakers:
Anthony Arnove • Omar Barghouti • John Carlos • Todd Chretien • Mark
Clements • Paul D'Amato • Steve Early • Egyptian Activists • Sam
Farber • Joel Geier • Anand Gopal • Paul LeBlanc • Alan Maass •
Marlene Martin • Scott McLemee • Immanuel Ness • Khury Petersen-Smith
• Mostafa Omar • Jennifer Roesch • Ahmed Shawki • Sharon Smith •
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • Sherry Wolf • Dave Zirin

The registration cost is $80 for all 4 days. That might sound like a
lot, but you can easily go to 5 or 6 talks every day! If you can only
make it for one day it's only $35.

FREE CHILDCARE is provided!

In the past we have crammed as many people as possible into hotel
rooms so it's more affordable for everyone.
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Upcoming events
APRIL 2011

Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Monday, April 11       7:30AM-9AM act: SEIU Picket for A Fair Contract / FAR (Florida Ave Res Hall, 1001 College Court)
Monday,    April 11    5:30pm talk: The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for our Present Struggles / 215 Gregory Hall / ISO / Eric Heim's senior thesis work
Monday,    April 11    7pm    film watching (private) / Jenifer Cartwright's basement / 503 Hessel Blvd, Champaign, Illinois
Wednesday, April 13    noon   talk: 'The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today,' / Law School auditorium / 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL
Thursday,  April 14    5:30pm Urbana Civilian Police Review Board / review and reauthorization recommendation / 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, IL
Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU Citizens for Peace and Justice / How to eliminate police abuse / Salem Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign
Monday,    April 18    6pm   forum: What's Behind U.S. Intervention in Libya?: A Public Forum / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
Thursday,  April 21          watch: On UPTV (channel 6), Kathy Kelly
July 1 thru 4                Socialism conference in Chicago, Illinois
[
The following are non-peace related, but important to schedule around: 
* Ebertfest Wednesday April 27 through May 1: http://www.ebertfest.com/
* UIUC Reading Day is Thursday, May 5
* Market at the Square, Urbana, May 7 through November 5, 2011; 7am-12pm
* Dump and Run collections Monday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 11
* UIUC Commencement is Sunday, May 15
]


More Detailed View:
-------------------
APRIL 2011
~~~~
SURGE Film Festival
Social Uprising Resistance Grassroots Encouragement: SURGE -- a touring film festival curated by A World Beyond Capitalism.
Sunday,    April 10    8:30pm-10:30pm  SURGE Film Festival / UC IMC / 202 South Broadway, Urbana, Illinois
~~~~
Monday, April 11, 5:30pm-8:30pm / 215 Gregory Hall (Wright and Armory)
"The 1970 UIUC Student Strike: Lessons for our Present Struggles"
Eric Heim, Senior in History, will be narrating what happened in this very same campus of ours, more than four decades ago, when the same issues were being raised and similar battles being fought. What can our movements learn from this not-so-well-known past? What tactics can we emulate? What errors should we avoid? As our brothers and sisters in SEIU fight for a fair Contract and are on the verge of a strike... As our undocumented sisters and brothers continue to fight for a Dream Scholarship... As we prepare for yet another round of activities in the long fight to save public education... As we all see how the U.S. labor giant is awakening from a long sleep... As we all hear of people all over the planet fighting back - and hard - to regain their futures...
Lively debate will follow, provided you attend.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201252893239344
~~~~
Friday,    April 15    5:30-8:30pm Urgent Community Meeting / CU Citizens for Peace and Justice / 
"How to eliminate police abuse": speaker Leon E. Frazier / Salem Baptist Church, 500 E. Park, Champaign

C U Citizens for Peace and Justice, along with a host of co-sponsors such as the local chapter of the NAACP, are inviting you to attend, share your stories and offer your input in how to eliminate police abuse. Eliminating Police Abuse; A discussion with African-American Ex-Police Chief Leon E. Frazier about police culture, police and community responsibility in eliminating police abuse.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196251027073438
~~~~
April 21, on UPTV channel 6
Kathy Kelly 
~~~~
~~~~
JULY 2011
~~~~
Socialism conference in Chicago, 2011, July 1st thru 4th
Here's the website:
http://www.socialismconference.org/

Here is a preview of some of the talk we can look forward to this year:
Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Future of Humanity • Obama and Black Politics • Is a Second Recession Coming? • Breaking the Siege of Gaza • Is Human Nature a Barrier to Socialism? • The ABC's of Marxism • Can a Revolution Happen Here?

Featured Speakers: 
Anthony Arnove • Omar Barghouti • John Carlos • Todd Chretien • Mark Clements • Paul D'Amato • Steve Early • Egyptian Activists • Sam Farber • Joel Geier • Anand Gopal • Paul LeBlanc • Alan Maass • Marlene Martin • Scott McLemee • Immanuel Ness • Khury Petersen-Smith • Mostafa Omar • Jennifer Roesch • Ahmed Shawki • Sharon Smith • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • Sherry Wolf • Dave Zirin

The registration cost is $80 for all 4 days. That might sound like a lot, but you can easily go to 5 or 6 talks every day! If you can only make it for one day it's only $35.

FREE CHILDCARE is provided!

In the past we have crammed as many people as possible into hotel rooms so it's more affordable for everyone.
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