[Peace] events beginning March 1 / Defend Public Ed; Solidarity with N. African and Middle Eastern struggle; sign making; US "peacebuilding" success or failure; Main Event demonstration; Lethal Injustice;

[Karen Medina]

Upcoming events
MARCH 2011

Wednesday, March 2,
The National Day of Action to Defend Public Education
At the University of Illinois, the GEO will be a specific work-in
(they are on their second week of a solidarity work-in with Wisconsin)
The March 2 work-in will be held at Temple Buell Hall (south side of campus).

Wednesday, March 2
Meeting of a new group: Solidarity committee w/ North African and
Middle Eastern struggle -- a solidarity network that could educate the
campus and community, and organize solidarity rallies as needed.
7 PM
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), R. 109, on
501 E. Daniel St.
Julien Ball julienball at hotmail.com

Thursday, March 3
Sign making party: Suggestions for new slogans are, of course,
welcome. [see the post to peace list by Rob Kutz]

Friday, March 4
''U.S. Peacebuilding Efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Success or
Failure and How Do We Know''
Paul Diehl, Henning Larson Professor of Political Science, University
of Illinois
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday
following the lecture]
[This is fifth in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at War--A
Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st Century']

Saturday, March 5
"The Main Event" Monthly Anti-War Demonstration. Join us on the first
Saturday of each month, 2 - 4 pm, at the corner of Main St. and Neil
St. rain, wind or shine. Our peace-related themes vary from month to
month. For more information, write to aware{at}anti-war.net.

Monday, March 7
Lethal Injustice: Standing against the death penalty and harsh punishment
5:30pm
Greg Hall R. 223 (southwest corner of the quad)
>From death rows to super-maxes, over 2.3 million men and women sit
behind bars today. "Lethal Injustice" speakers are organizing on the
front-lines of the fight against criminal injustice, taking a stand
against the racist prison build-up and harsh sentencing.
Local speakers include: Darby Tillis and Mark Clements

Wednesday, March 9, 2011
''The Cultural 'Reassessment' of Inscribed Militarism: The Case of a
US Military Base Town in Okinawa, Japan''
Takashi Yamazaki
1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
International Studies Building, Room 101
910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Sponsored by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies as part of
the Osaka City University International Symposium

Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Speaker: Andrew Flinn
Independent and Community Archives: Preserving Local Histories or
Signs of Resistance?
4:00 pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana
More information: http://www.cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx

Thursday, March 10, 2011
Speaker: Claudine Michel
Haiti: Roots of Inequalities, the New Social Contract, and
Consideration for Effective Reconstruction
4:00 pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana
More information: http://www.cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx

March 11 -- Linda Weber's birthday

Friday, March 11
''Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Gender-Identity and Sexual Orientation issues
in the Military''
Phil Reese, Contributing Writer, Out and About Illinois and the Bilerco Project
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday
following the lecture]
[This is sixth in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at War--A
Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st Century']

Wednesday, March 16
film: (double feature!) La Marcha (about the Santa Fe Living Wage Campaign)
2nd film: Tony and Janina's American Wedding (about the broken U.S.
immigration system and one family broken apart by deportatio policy))
7pm
Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon, Urbana
For more details: http://www.channingmurray.org/socialjustice.html

Saturday, March 19
In Chicago on Saturday, March 19th, ANSWER is putting on a peace rally
to commemorate our continued opposition to these ridiculous wars on
the anniversary of the Iraq invasion.
We are trying to get interested folks together for a carpool to
Chicago. If you are interested, please contact Allison McGillivray at
akmcgilli at gmail dot com.
[see original post by Allison McGillivray in February]
For more information on the rally, you can go to
http://www.chicagoanswer.net/#March

APRIL 2011

Friday, April 1
''The Girls Come Marching Home -- Stories of Women on the Battlefield
and the Challenges They Face when They Return Home''
Kirsten Holmstedt, Author of ''Girls Come Marching Home'' and ''Band
of Sisters''
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday
following the lecture]
[This is seventh in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at
War--A Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st
Century']

Thursday, April 07, 2011
Speaker: Albert Valdman
Local Cultures, Global Inequalities: Is Haiti Poor Because of Its Language?
7:30pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana
More information: http://www.cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx

Friday, April 8
''Fear and Outrage: Emotional Responses to Terrorism''
John Lynn, Distinguished Professor of Military History, Northwestern University
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday
following the lecture]
[This is eighth in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at
War--A Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st
Century']

April 9th bi-coastal rallies, in New York City and San Francisco
United National Antiwar Committee - UNAC
 strong solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the strong
opposition to racism and the wave of anti-Islamic hysteria that has
been sweeping the country. The Grand Jury subpoenas in Chicago and
Minneapolis have especially targeted Palestinian solidarity activists
www.unacpeace.org
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Upcoming events
MARCH 2011

Wednesday, March 2, 
The National Day of Action to Defend Public Education
At the University of Illinois, the GEO will be a specific work-in (they are on their second week of a solidarity work-in with Wisconsin)
The March 2 work-in will be held at Temple Buell Hall (south side of campus). 

Wednesday, March 2
Meeting of a new group: Solidarity committee w/ North African and Middle Eastern struggle -- a solidarity network that could educate the campus and community, and organize solidarity rallies as needed.
7 PM
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), R. 109, on 501 E. Daniel St.
Julien Ball julienball at hotmail.com

Thursday, March 3
Sign making party: Suggestions for new slogans are, of course, welcome.

Friday, March 4
''U.S. Peacebuilding Efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Success or Failure and How Do We Know''
Paul Diehl, Henning Larson Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday following the lecture]
[This is fifth in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at War--A Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st Century']

Saturday, March 5
"The Main Event" Monthly Anti-War Demonstration. Join us on the first Saturday of each month, 2 - 4 pm, at the corner of Main St. and Neil St. rain, wind or shine. Our peace-related themes vary from month to month. For more information, write to aware{at}anti-war.net.

Monday, March 7
Lethal Injustice: Standing against the death penalty and harsh punishment
5:30pm
Greg Hall R. 223 (southwest corner of the quad)
From death rows to super-maxes, over 2.3 million men and women sit behind bars today. "Lethal Injustice" speakers are organizing on the front-lines of the fight against criminal injustice, taking a stand against the racist prison build-up and harsh sentencing.
Local speakers include: Darby Tillis and Mark Clements

Wednesday, March 9, 2011
''The Cultural 'Reassessment' of Inscribed Militarism: The Case of a US Military Base Town in Okinawa, Japan''
Takashi Yamazaki
1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
International Studies Building, Room 101
910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Sponsored by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies as part of the Osaka City University International Symposium

Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Speaker: Andrew Flinn
Independent and Community Archives: Preserving Local Histories or Signs of Resistance?
4:00 pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana 
More information: http://www.cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx

Thursday, March 10, 2011
Speaker: Claudine Michel
Haiti: Roots of Inequalities, the New Social Contract, and Consideration for Effective Reconstruction
4:00 pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana 
More information: http://www.cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx

March 11 -- Linda Weber's birthday

Friday, March 11
''Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Gender-Identity and Sexual Orientation issues
in the Military''
Phil Reese, Contributing Writer, Out and About Illinois and the Bilerco Project
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday following the lecture]
[This is sixth in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at War--A Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st Century']

Wednesday, March 16
film: (double feature!) La Marcha (about the Santa Fe Living Wage Campaign)
2nd film: Tony and Janina's American Wedding (about the broken U.S. immigration system and one family broken apart by deportatio policy))
7pm
Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 West Oregon, Urbana
For more details: http://www.channingmurray.org/socialjustice.html

Saturday, March 19
In Chicago on Saturday, March 19th, ANSWER is putting on a peace rally to commemorate our continued opposition to these ridiculous wars on the anniversary of the Iraq invasion.
We are trying to get interested folks together for a carpool to Chicago. If you are interested, please contact Allison McGillivray at akmcgilli at gmail dot com. 
[see original post by Allison McGillivray in February]
For more information on the rally, you can go to http://www.chicagoanswer.net/#March

APRIL 2011

Friday, April 1
''The Girls Come Marching Home -- Stories of Women on the Battlefield
and the Challenges They Face when They Return Home''
Kirsten Holmstedt, Author of ''Girls Come Marching Home'' and ''Band of Sisters''
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday following the lecture]
[This is seventh in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at War--A Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st Century']

Thursday, April 07, 2011
Speaker: Albert Valdman
Local Cultures, Global Inequalities: Is Haiti Poor Because of Its Language?
7:30pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana 
More information: http://www.cas.illinois.edu/events/millercom.aspx

Friday, April 8
''Fear and Outrage: Emotional Responses to Terrorism''
John Lynn, Distinguished Professor of Military History, Northwestern University
Where: University of Illinois, YMCA Friday Forum
1001 South Wright Street Champaign, IL
noon - 1pm
[All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday following the lecture]
[This is eighth in the YMCA's Friday Forum series, 'Americans at War--A Look at the Impacts of U.S. Military Power in the 21st Century']

April 9th bi-coastal rallies, in New York City and San Francisco
United National Antiwar Committee - UNAC
 strong solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the strong opposition to racism and the wave of anti-Islamic hysteria that has been sweeping the country. The Grand Jury subpoenas in Chicago and Minneapolis have especially targeted Palestinian solidarity activists
www.unacpeace.org



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Laurie Solomon
Donnie Betts' documentary on the life and work of Oscar Brown Jr, entitled Politics is My Life Music My Mistress, which I would like to get to you to evaluate with an eye to AWARE sponsoring its showing somewhere during the next year. 
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The Critical Research and Action Caucus (CRAAC!) will be meeting for
another Radical Reading Circle on Tuesday, January 25th at 5pm at the
University YMCA! in "the chapel" room.
We will be discussing Myles Horton's, The Long Haul and its relevance
to contemporary struggles here in Champaign-Urbana and beyond. All are
welcome!

New reading group to examine "how the U.S. came to have the highest
incarceration rate in the world". First meeting will be:
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
5pm
IPRH Seminar Room
805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801
[IPRH stands for Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities]

Public library screenings of Independent Lens documentaries prior to their broadcast on WILL-TV.
- http://ww.itvs.org/screenings
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I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
by Doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish

Friday, Feb. 11 - 12:00-1:00
Brown-bag: ŇDaughters for Life: Education and Female Empowerment in Gaza.Ó
Lucy Ellis Lounge, UI Foreign Language
Building, 749 S. Mathews, U.
Hosted by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Friday, Feb. 11 - 3:00-5:00
Book talk, signing
Illlini Union Bookstore
809 S. Wright, C.
I Shall Not Hate available for purchase

Saturday, Feb. 12 - 11:00-12:30
Book talk, signing
Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green, U.
I Shall Not Hate available for purchase

Saturday, Feb. 12 - 3:30-5:00
Presentation: ŇHealing Two Cultures:
>From Gaza to Tel AvivÓ
Provena Covenant Medical Center auditorium,
1400 W. Park, U.
I Shall Not Hate available for purchase

Sunday, Feb. 13 - 1:30-3:00
Book talk, signing
Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center
106 S. Lincoln, U.
I Shall Not Hate available for purchase

Live radio interviews with Dr. Abuelaish on WILL-AM 580 radio:
* Wednesday, Feb. 9 - 11:00 a.m. on Focus with David Inge
* Sunday, Feb. 13 - 5:00 p.m. on KeepinŐ the Faith with Steve Shoemaker
Listeners are invited to join the conversation live by telephone at
(217) 333-9455 or 800-222-9455.

The visit of Izzeldin Abuelaish to U-C is sponsored by the
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PEACE INITIATIVE. For further information please
contact John Setterlund (217) 828-1038 or Gary and Jamie Storm (217)
367-0879.

Talks by Doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish.   February 11-13.
He'll be talking about his life as a doctor in Gaza, the tragedy that
struck Dr. Abuelaish and his family during the Israeli bombing of
Gaza, the book that he's written recently ( I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza
Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity).

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Ever wondered what you needed to make a telescope, how to even begin to build one, or just curious on how people actually build one. This upcoming UIAS meeting is something you do not want to miss. UIAS Meeting will be on Monday FEB-14-11 at 8pm at the astronomy building room 134. a fellow UIAS member Jeffrey Sayler's will be speaking about the telescope we was able to build over break. There will also be an awesome surprise after jeffrey sayler's talk for those who show up. 

Special Graduate Student Workshop with Terese Huston
Founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University and author of Teaching What You Don't Know, Dr. Huston will facilitate a special workshop for graduate students as part of the Annual Faculty Retreat hosted by the Center For Teaching Excellence (CTE). Dr. Huston will share ideas that will inform, invigorate, and improve your teaching now and in the future. The workshop will be held on Thursday, February 17 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in 407 Illini Union. This event is free, but registration is required. For details and to register http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1432?key=2011021120110211198479

February 22 @ 12 noon @ the Y (Know Your University)
A Midsummer Night's Dream: It's a Bacchanal
Lisa Gaye Dixon, Professor of Theater, University of Illinois