[Peace] Events: Occupy C-U, Class Politics teach-in, Immigration Forum

[Stuart Levy]

Events of interest:

Tuesday 11/29, 1:00-2:00PM, UPTV studios (Urbana City Council chambers)
   weekly recording of AWARE on the Air, broadcast at 10PM Tuesday evening

Tuesday 11/29, 7:00PM, Allen Hall South Rec. Room
*Max Suchan* -- Students for Justice in Palestine
> Max Suchan spent two six-month periods in the West Bank doing 
> solidarity activism in Palestine. He was on the crew for the U.S. boat 
> (The Audacity of Hope) that was to leave from Greece in July. He 
> recently returned from Kabul on a Civil Society delegation. A recent 
> college graduate - Max Suchan's story is vital to understanding how 
> college aged young adults can become politically active with 
> grassroots organizations.


Wednesday 11/30, 7:00PM - La Casa Cultural Latina (1203 W. Nevada, U.)
*"Dude, where's my quality of life?"
    A candid discussion about America's past, present, and future*
    - a teach-in with Prof. C. E. Lang, professor at UofI of History and 
African American Studies;
       Prof. Lang's expertise includes 20th century African American 
social movements,
       black communities and class, and urban history.

    "Curious about Occupy Wall Street? We (the Occupy the Quad group) 
have initiated a teach in series to educate about relevant issues that 
affect all of us. Our goal is to make them informative, interesting, 
accessible, and to the point. Please join us in kicking off our series."

Thursday 12/1,  7:00PM - Champaign Public Library
*C-U Immigration Forum Discussion*
> "Secure Communities" is a controversial federal program that engages 
> local police in enforcing immigration laws. Although "Secure 
> Communities" was advertised as an initiative to catch and deport 
> dangerous criminals, it has instead led to the detainment and 
> deportation of many non-criminal immigrants in our community. In fact, 
> locally, over 70% of those arrested and detained are non-criminal 
> immigrant neighbors in Champaign County.
    The C-U Immigration Forum comprises immigrants, students, local 
clergy, service providers, labor union representatives, and ordinary 
citizens concerned about the plight of immigrants in our community.  
Many other local organizations are co-hosting this event.

Friday 12/2, 6:00pm - 9:00pm - Champaign Public Library
    Occupy C-U General Assembly meeting, in Robeson room "C"

Saturday 12/3  2:00-*5:00PM*  Main & Neil, downtown Champaign
    Combined demonstration: AWARE's monthly anti-war, and Occupy CU's 
weekly occupy-a-street-corner

Saturday 12/10  11:00AM-1:00PM  West Side Park Pavilion, then march to 
Chase Bank on University Ave.
    Rally and march to kick off the Move Your Money campaign for Occupy C-U.
    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 banks
    and move it to local banks and credit unions - and further, to 
withdraw our consent
    from their antidemocratic practices.



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