[Peace] Thurs, Feb 23 / responding to immigrants, noon / U.S. policy in Africa, Obama; 4pm / "People Wasn't Made to Burn"; 7pm

[Karen Medina]

“Responding to Immigrants in New Growth Communities”
Thursday February 23—
NOON—Lunch @ LaCasa Lunch Series @ LaCasa Cultural Latina; 1203 W.
Nevada, Urbana, Illinois
Speaker: Christy Lleras, Human and Community Development. Free, all welcome!


U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: Is Obama Policy a Continuation or Break?
Thursday, February 23, 2012
4:00 pm.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana, Illinois
[part of the MillerCom/CAS series]
Horace Campbell
Department of Political Science, Syracuse University
Horace Campbell focuses on the Obama administration's Africa policy in
a changing global landscape with a particular reference to the
movements for social justice in Egypt and North Africa.  His
presentation will draw out the importance of basic literacy on Africa
so that disinformation on Africa does not support the rising
militarism and scramble for resources in Africa.


"People Wasn't Made to Burn"
Thursday, February 23, 2012
7pm - 9pm
164 Noyes Lab,  505 South Mathews Avenue Urbana, Illinois
* In the last sprint of Black History Month, join the Socialists in a
conversation with Joe Allen, author of "People Wasn't Made to Burn: A
True Story of Housing, Race, and Murder in Chicago".
* Centered in a small kitchenette of segregated Chicago in the late
1940s, this is the story of James and Annie Hickman, the tragic death
of their four children in a fire, James’ trial after shooting their
landlord, and the massive outburst of solidarity from the community
towards the Hickman family.
* Alas, as Allen says, “the underlying issues in the Hickman case
clearly have not gone away.”