[Peace] What Would You Get on the Bus For? April 28th event

[Kimberlie Kranich]

Please forward widely.  Thanks!
In 1961, a courageous band of more than 400 civil rights activists risked their lives by deliberately violating Jim Crow laws. Traveling together on buses as they journeyed through the Deep South, they were greeted by mob violence and bitter racism, enduring savage beatings and even imprisonment. They called themselves the Freedom Riders.  For a sneak peek at the new American Experience
 documentary, Freedom Riders, click inside the window below.
Illinois Public Media will present a screening event for the film including presentation of clips followed by a discussion; sounds of the freedom rides, presented by Hip-Hop Express Productions; and the opportunity for those who attend to tell WILL-TV what issue would prompt them to “get on the bus” today. The free event
 takes place from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 28, in the auditorium of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) auditorium, 1205 W. Clark St., Champaign. Parking is available in the parking deck at the corner of Goodwin and University avenues.Panelists will be Sundiata Cha-Jua, University of Illinois African-American Studies professor; Carol Ammons, C-U Citizens for Peace and Justice co-founder; Chris Adrian, Champaign Jefferson Middle School teacher and James McGaughey, a student at Heartland Community College who will retrace the Freedom Rides with 39 other students from across the country.  Dr.Will Patterson, associate director/special projects of the U of I Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, will moderate. There will be a sign language interpreter for the hearing-impaired and clips will be shown with captions
 on.For more information, visit:  http://willconnect.org/events/freedom-riders-screeningdiscussion  
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