[Peace] incomplete list of events this week December 6 2011 - December 10

Tue Dec 6 12:06:16 CST 2011

Film: "Troop 1500"
6 pm Tuesday, Dec. 6
Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Robeson Rooms A & B
* At Hilltop Prison in Gatesville, Texas, a unique Girl Scout troop —
Troop 1500 — unites daughters with mothers who are serving time for
serious crimes, giving them a chance to rebuild their broken bonds.
Facing long sentences from the courts, the mothers struggle to mend
their fractured relationships with their daughters.
* A screening with a post-film, audience-driven discussion about the
local relevance of the issues raised in the film.
* Free and open to the public.
* A sign-language interpreter will be provided for the discussion for
the hearing-impaired and the film will be shown with
closed-captioning.
* A WILL Community Cinema Screening event.
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Universalism and Particularity: The Occupy Movement and Race /
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 7-9:30 P.M. Department of African American
Studies 1201 West Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois
Over the last 90 days the Occupy Movement has focused attention on the
capitalist class’ 40 year devastation of the working and middle
classes. In the 1960s, corporate executives made 26 times workers, by
1980 it rose to 32 times; and in 2009 it was 263 times. Led by young
largely white college graduates Occupy is part of a worldwide movement
that is challenging global class disparities. Yet, as inspiring as the
Occupy movement has been, like previous U.S. radical movements it
seems mired on the rocky shores of race. Is the Occupy movement doomed
to repeat the errors of the past? Can it move beyond seemingly
universal “colorblind” reformist proposals and engage the
particularities of racialized oppression and chart a genuine struggle
for a multiracial democracy?
Chair: Helen Neville, Departments of African American Studies &
Educational Policy Studies
Panelists: * Abdul Alkalimat, African American Studies and Graduate
Program in Library and Information Sciences
* Gene Vanderport, CU Socialist Forum and Illinois Educational Association
* Jermaine Light, Socialist Forum
* David Johnson, Labor Notes and Vice President of the United Electrical Workers

[note about Helen Neville: see a recent media comment about her
research here: Perceived racism may impact black Americans' mental
health Psychological responses to racism similar to trauma symptoms,
study finds: http://yubanet.com/life/Perceived-racism-may-impact-black-Americans-39-mental-health.php#.TtvKMc0pPnc
]
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"Kwanzaa"— speaker Angela Clark from the African American Cultural
Center (BNAACC)
Wednesday, Dec  7
noon
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center - 708 S. Matthews, Urbana
[Part of the "Food For The Soul" Wednesday lunches at the BNAACC]
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TEACH IN SERIES LECTURE TWO: "Dude, where's my QUALITY OF LIFE?"
Wednesday, December 7 at 6:00pm
African American Cultural House, 708 S Mathews (corner of Matthews and
Nevada), Urbana, Illinois
Description
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I
learn." Benjamin Franklin

Please join us in our second teach in, get involved in the discussion,
be part of the change you want to see. We will have a candid
conversation on America's past, present, and future with Scott
Harrison, a doctoral student from the History Department.
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Occupy CU Poster Making Session for the upcoming Move Your Money event
Champaign Public Library
Thursday, December 8, 5:30pm

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Occupy CU General Assembly
Champaign Public Library
Thursday, December 8, 6pm

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Champaign Police Chief Candidates Forum facilitated by various groups
like League of Women Voters, NAACP, ACLU, and CCAPP.
"Conversation With the Candidates"
In the Champaign City Council Chambers / 102 N. Neil Street, Champaign Illinois
Thursday, December 8, 7pm
The meeting will also be broadcast on CGTV channel 5.

In advance of the meeting, the host agencies are inviting members of
the public to suggest topics or questions to be posed to the
candidates. Citizens can send their suggestions via email to the LWVCC
at lwv.il.cc at gmail.com or to the ACLU at info at aclu-cu.org.

"The purpose of the meeting is for citizens to have an opportunity to
become familiar with each of the final candidates being considered by
the City Manager for the position. This meeting is being hosted by the
local chapters of the League of Women Voters of Champaign County
(LWVCC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), as well
as the City of Champaign Human Relations Commission and the Champaign
Community and Police Partnership (CCAPP)."

For more information, see the city's press releases:

http://ci.champaign.il.us/2011/11/30/public-invited-to-%E2%80%9Ca-conversation-with-the-candidates%E2%80%9D/

http://ci.champaign.il.us/2011/11/30/police-chief-interviews-scheduled/

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AWARE table at the Market INSIDE the Square, Lincoln Square Mall.
Saturdays, 8am - 1pm
Come by and say "hi". Calendars are in!
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Occupy CU rally and march to kick off the Move Your Money campaign.
Saturday December 10  11:00AM-1:00PM  West Side Park (400 W.
University) Pavilion, then march to Chase Bank on University Ave.

*   Recognizing the role that the big Wall St. banks have played in
corrupting our political system, driving the mortgage crisis and the
collapse of the economy, "Move Your Money" urges people to withdraw
our money from those big corporate banks and move it to local banks
and credit unions - and further, to withdraw our consent from their
antidemocratic practices.
Invest in Main St. not Wall St.
End Too Big To Fail
Fewer Fees, More Savings
Get More Personal Service
Lend a Hand to Local Businesses
[Find a local bank: http://moveyourmoneyproject.org/find-bankcredit-union ]
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Amasong's Winter Celebration of Music and Dance
The Spirit is Moved

Saturday, December 10, 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 11, 4:00 PM

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL

Suggested donation $15-$25 (more if you can, less if you can't)