[Peace] films, presentations, etc. February's Social Justice Forums at Channing Murray

[Karen Medina]

The following social justice forums are scheduled at Channing Murray
for February 2012

If you could help publicize them to other peace and justice groups
etc. that would be wonderful.

Claire Szoke mentions that they are also looking for cosponsors – no
money, just help with publicity.



SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS – SPRING 2012
Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, U.
Free and open to the public; light refreshments are served

Unitarian-Universalists are frequently in the forefront of movements
promoting human rights, immigration reform, and the preservation of
the earth’s environment.  These themes will be the focus of our spring
social justice forums as we further explore the plight of those whose
voices need to be heard.  Our forums are held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
and are free and open to the public, and light refreshments are
served.  For more information, please contact: Claire Szoke
director at channingmurray.org  or check our email weekly newsletter The
Common Light.



February 1 – 7 p.m.
Papers: The Story of Undocumented Youth”
Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, U.
Free and open to the public; light refreshments are served
"Papers" is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they
face as they turn 18 without legal status.  65,000 undocumented
students graduate every year from high school without “papers. ” These
are young people born outside of the United States who were educated
in American schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home
and who, upon high school graduation, find the door to their future
slammed shut.  It is against the law to work or drive. It is
difficult, if not impossible in some states, to attend college. They
live at risk of arrest, detention and deportation to countries they
may not even remember. Currently, there is no path to citizenship for
these young people.   Community organizations around the country,
including here in Champaign-Urbana, are working to change immigration
policy on behalf of these young people.



February 22 – 7 p.m.
Wuqu’ Kawoq – An Innovative Approach to Providing Health Services in
Rural Guatemala
Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, U.
Free and open to the public; light refreshments are served

A presentation complete with slides by Claire Melvin about Wuqu’Kawoq,
a nonprofit, nongovernment organization, founded in 2007, and
dedicated to providing healthcare and human services to indigenous
Maya populations in Guatemala in their first, and for many, only
language.  The program’s founder, Dr. Peter Rohloff, is a U of I
graduate who was convinced that because of language and cultural
barriers typical medical aid programs in Guatemala often don’t work
and thus focused on developing more holistic models of intervention.
Wuqu’ Kawoq focus on five major areas:  women’s health, combating
child malnutrition and providing primary pediatric care, treating
chronic diseases in adults such as diabetes, health education, and
clean water initiatives.  Claire is a U of I graduate in sociocultural
anthropology who spent a year living in Guatemala and working as an
intern with Wuqu’Kawoq.  The major focus of her work was to create a
women’s sexual health program.  Her presentation will focus on women’s
healthcare and education in the Guatemalan highlands with Kaqchikel
and K’ichee’ speaking women; she will also discuss more generally the
work that Wuqu’ Kawoq does as a whole.




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-- karen medina
"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
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