[Peace] upcoming events / rough list beginning March 6 (today) / some events as far forward as April and May

[Karen Medina]

[upcoming events / rough list beginning March 6 (today) / some events
as far forward as April and May. -karen medina]

March 2012 is Women's History Month -- see a long list of events
forwarded from the Women's Resource Center earlier today

Students for Justice in Palestine meeting
Tuesday March 6th in the RSO complex (2nd floor of the Union on the
campus of the University of Illinois) at 6pm.

AFSCME LOCAL 900
INFORMATIONAL PICKET Jail Expansion Opposition
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY BOARD MEETING
Tuesday March 6th, 5pm
Brookens Center (Back Parking Lot)
1776 E. Washington St, Urbana

Wednesday March 7—NOON—Food for the Soul Lunch Series @ Bruce Nesbitt
African American Cultural Center; 708 S. Mathews, U Microaggressions
with Jioni Lewis & Research Team.

Mass Incarceration Reading Group about the prison industrial system
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 [This group meets every other Wednesday]
7pm
IMC Zine room in the basement, 202 S Broadway Ave, Urbana, Illinois
Readings and discussion will move into another era of Zero Tolerance
Policing focusing on the school to prison pipeline (STTP). The
attached report, "Education on Lockdown" provides an excellent
overview of how the STTP works. It includes a case study of Chicago
schools.
The links below are FYI and not a mandatory part of the reading for March 7:
* Lest we think things have gotten a whole lot better, an article on a
very recent report on school arrests in Chicago schools which presents
a grim picture of over-policing and racial profiling. /
http://www.modelsforchange.net/reform-progress/155
* A further study on police in schools is
Education Under Arrest /
http://www.justicepolicy.org/uploads/justicepolicy/documents/educationunderarrest_fullreport.pdf

film, “Gasland,” about the fracking issue on March 7th at Channing
Murray at 7:30 pm.

Thursday March 8—NOON—Lunch @ LaCasa Lunch Series @ LaCasa Cultural
Latina; 1203 W. Nevada, U.  MEChA and La Casa Cultural Latina present
Semana de la Mujer.

[March 9
Comparing Religions in the Anthropocene
Robert McKim, Professor, Department of Religion and Department of
Philosophy, University of Illinois
"The anthropocene," is a term that many are now giving our era, on
account of the scale of the human impact on the planet.  Robert McKim
offers a comparative look at some of the world’s religions with
respect to their helpfulness in guiding people as they deal with the
global environmental crisis.]

Saturday, March 10
Flex-N-Gate speak-out
Channing-Murray Foundation / 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana, Illinois
1pm

Occupy the Air radio show on WEFT 90.1 FM from 1 to 3 Saturdays.

29th Annual International Dinner & Performance Night
Featuring food from over 30 countries and performances by local
musicians and dancers!
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 6-8 PM
University YMCA | Latzer Hall / 1001 South Wright Street | Champaign, IL
Tickets: $8 each, available at the front desk of the Y.

Lecture | After Sustainability: Permaculture and Liberation Ecology
Monday, March 12 at 3:00pm
Location: Women’s Resources Center | 703 S. Wright St. 2nd floor, MC-302 Ch.
Rafter Sass Ferguson, PhD candidate in Crop Sciences and founder of
the Liberation Ecology Project, will speak about the linkages between
challenging patriarchy and forging an ecological vision for society.

Evergreen Cooperatives: From Feasibility to Start Up
Date:  March 12, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Join us at the Urbana Civic Center for this free event.
* You’ve seen the amazing success of Common Ground Food Co-op! You’ve
heard about our local Art Theater’s revitalization and efforts to
become a co-op. Now come hear how Cleveland’s community has taken it
one step further - creating jobs and economic strength through the
Evergreen Co-ops!
* The Evergreen Cooperatives are part of a collaborative project,
managed by the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC). Roy Messing and
Jim Anderson will be representing the OEOC, sharing the experience of
taking a big idea vision, and making it a reality. The Evergreen
Cooperatives are inspiring communities all over the nation to rethink
what it means to do economic development and re-envision what it means
to be a worker in the 21st century.
* This event is free and no registration is required. We hope to see you there!
* Co-sponsored by the Common Ground Food Co-op and the City of Urbana.

Crimethinc Presents: Capitalism and Resistance in the 21st Century!!
Monday, March 12 at 7:00pm
Location: Greg Hall, room 319 / 810 South Wright Street / Urbana, IL

a rally at the Flex-N-Gate plant on Tuesday, March 13th at 3 pm (out
across from the MTD offices on University Ave.

SEIU is going to sponsor a rally on campus at 9:30 a.m. on 3/14 and at
2 pm at 3/15 at the Kraft plant.  Be alert for additional details.

Wednesday, March 14
live televised debate between Democratic primary candidates running
for Congress in the new 13th District.  [Bloomington physician David
Gill and Greene County State’s Attorney Matt Goetten] will meet in the
WILL-TV studio for a debate [hosted by Illinois Public Media in
collaboration with the League of Women Voters in Illinois.]
 The debate is scheduled for 7 – 8 p.m. Wednesday March 14th at the
WILL-TV Studios, 300 N Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801.  We will be
broadcasting the debate LIVE on WILL-TV and WILL AM 580.  [Also
broadcasting the live debate: WEIU-TV Charleston, KETC-TV St. Louis,
WUIS-FM, Springfield and WGLT-FM, Bloomington.]
[Note: No Republican primary debate is planned at WILL because Rep.
Tim Johnson, who now serves the 15th Congressional District, declined
an invitation to appear in a primary debate; his opponents Michael
Firsching and Frank Metzger do not meet League of Women Voters
campaign criteria for Congressional debate candidates.]
 [We have reserved a limited number of seats for Friends of WILL.]

Occupy the Midwest, a convergence
March 15th-18th (Thursday through Sunday)
St. Louis, MO
 http://www.occupythemidwest.org/

The YES Men Fix the World
Sunday, March 18, 2012
2pm
Champaign Public Library, Room B
 www.democracynow.org/2012/2/28/wikileaks_private_spies_stratfor_helped_dow

Film: The Interrupters
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
6:30pm-8:30pm
Urbana Free Library Auditorium
Suggested donation of $5
Sponsored by Prairie Land Conflict Mediation Center

4/28, Women’s Rights National Day of Action

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Joshua Landis
Whither Syria?
4:00 pm.

Friday, March 30, 2012
Tommie Shelby
Justice, Self-Respect and the Culture of Poverty
4pm

March 30
Can Globalization Promote Human Rights?
Rhoda Howard- Hassman, Canada Research Chair in International Human
Rights (2003); Professor, Department of Global Studies and Balsillie
School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University

What: Using Restorative Justice Practices in Your Life
When: Saturday, March 31, 1-5pm
Where: Urbana Free Library downstairs Auditorium (additional parking
across street)
Presenters: Mikhail Lyubansky and Elaine Shpungin
Cost: Free and Open to the Public through generous sponsorship by
Training and Education Committee
CEUs: For therapists and counselors, CEU credits will be available for $20.00
Registration: http://svy.mk/restorative-justice (to help with
resources such as seating and handouts we ask (but do not require)
that you register; those who register by March 20 will be entered in
drawing for fabulous prize)

April 1 is the day of the ACLU brunch and the speaker is a Black
activist lawyer who spearheaded taking the Jon Burge case of police
torture in Chicago to the United Nations. His speech is called
"Countering Torture."

April 6
The Making of a Successful Multilateral Environmental Agreement:
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its
Montreal Protocol
Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, Lecturer and Research Scientist, Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
This lecture invites you to think and discuss on a number of
questions, such as: How are multilateral environmental agreements
(MEAs) made? How does that affect their success? What is the yardstick
for measuring MEA success? Why is the Montreal Protocol an
effectiveness outlier among numerous MEAs of doubtful effectiveness?
Why is it so hard to transfer the lessons learned from the Montreal
Protocol to other MEAs?

Township Meeting in Champaign
April 10, 2012 Annual Town Meeting, 7pm
[Stuart mentioned: April 12, 2012, but I checked the cctownship.com schedule]
City of Champaign City Building
            City Council Chambers
            First Floor, East Wing
            102 North Neil Street
            Champaign, IL  61820

[date?]
Cunningham Township
City of Urbana
400 South Vine Street

April 13
Debts and Deficits: Combating Recession in the U.S., Latin America, and Eurozone
Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Mark Weisbrot offers a look at how each of the major regional world
economies is fairing through the current economic recession as well as
the approaches implemented to stop it.  Who has the best plan and will
it be enough?

=== May 2012 ===
May 18 - 19, 2012; G8 at Camp David
May 20 - 21
The G8 meeting has been moved to Camp David instead of Chicago (May 18 - 19)
The gathering of NATO allies and the International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) will go on in Chicago as planned in mid-May.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-g8-summit-to-be-held-at-camp-david-not-chicago-20120305,0,2787373.story
The G8 summit will take place on May 18 and 19, addressing a range of
economic, political and security issues.  The president will then host
the NATO allies and partners on May 20 and 21 in Chicago, where they
will discuss the war in Afghanistan and their planned withdrawal.