[Peace] upcoming events of interest to AWARE

[Stuart Levy]

First, one that's not an event, but an invitation to action by the 
Afghan Peace Volunteers, via United for Peace and Justice:

   Be A Friend For Peace In Afghanistan

Two million Afghans have already died in the past four decades of war in 
Afghanistan.  And war still rages on with the continuing military action 
of the U.S. and its NATO allies.  The Afghan Peace Volunteers are asking 
us to help them find 2 million friends to join them in a call for peace 
in Afghanistan.  The initiative calls on ordinary citizens of all 
countries to join with Afghan citizens, who are tired of corruption, 
hatred and war, to be friends.

    Their web site is:
www.2millionfriends.org 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cjzTr0Q9eemYpYm5qhvRLaiPDCwLAZ5H>

You're invited to be a friend of the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers; to 
sign a petition for the UN to negotiate a multilateral cease fire; and 
to speak with Afghan Peace Volunteers (APV) through the monthly Global 
Days of Listening conversations.

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3:30pm Wed 10/10 Native American House, 1206 W Nevada St, U of I campus
   "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" film.

   In recognition of "Indigenous People's Day" and "Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month,"
   Native American House and Women's Resource Center collaborate
   to invite all to attend the film "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted."
   This movie is the sequel to "Once Were Warriors" which was screened 
last year.
   Post-film discussion and light refreshments provided.

7:00pm Wed 10/10  University YMCA (1001 S Wright St)
   "Mourning", Iranian film, in Global Lens film series
   In the wake of his parents' disappearance, a young boy is placed in 
the care of his deaf aunt and uncle who, during a road trip to Tehran, 
engage in a silent but apparently not-so-secret debate about the child's 
future.

7pm Thu 10/11  room 1066 Lincoln Hall, U of I campus
   "What can stop the war on women?  People fighting back!"

   Once again it's election season.  Once again, right wing bigots are 
on a rampage.  And once again, a "compromise" is the best thing 
Democrats articulate when it comes to women's rights. However, draconian 
state laws in Virginia, and elsewhere, are being met with heroic 
resistance!

   Join Brit Schulte and the ISO-UIUC branch to hear about some recent 
examples of inspiring anti-sexist organizing, and discuss what will it 
take to step up the fight against women's oppression to the next level.

   Brit Schulte is an Art History, English Literature, & Women's Studies 
graduate of the University of North Texas and an anti-racist
activist currently residing in Chicago.

noon Fri 10/12
Two events in the Channing-Murray Social Justice Forum, co-sponsored by 
several groups:

2:00pm-5:00pm Sat Oct 13   Channing-Murray Foundation
   "Inside Job" film showing
   Inside Job was the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the 
economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of 
over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and 
jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial 
insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a 
rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have 
corrupted politics, regulation, and academia.

6:30pm-8:30pm Mon Oct 15  Channing-Murray Foundation
   "Solitary Confinement: Torture in Your Backyard" film showing, 
discussion to follow
   This film explores the use of solitary confinement within the prison 
system. The 20-minute National Religious Campaign Against Torture film 
gives a voice to the thousands of prisoners held in solitary confinement 
cells across the United States.


2pm Sun Oct 14  Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St.

"My Books are Like Water" -- A Celebration of Mark Twain by the Station 
Theatre

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Urbana's own multi-talented Celebration Company will do dramatic 
readings of selections of Mark Twain's work. Experience the richness of 
Twain's writing - by turns, irreverent and humorous, cantankerous and 
sentimental, homespun and politically provocative.  (Note this is 
happening at the Urbana Free Library, not the Theater.)


Oct 21-24   Allen Hall Unit One
    Historian James Loewen will be the guest in residence at Allen Hall 
on the U of I campus the week of Oct 21st.
    Detailed schedule isn't published yet, but events are generally in 
early evenings from Monday through Thursday.

    James Loewen wrote the best-selling Lies My Teacher Told Me: 
Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong, in part as a 
critique of existing textbooks, but also an account of American history 
as it should be taught. His more recent books include Teaching What 
Really Happened and Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism.


2-4PM Sat Oct 27, Chapel of the Channing Murray Foundation
  "Immigrant Rights/Worker Rights...What's the Connection?"  With Ricky 
Baldwin

   Learn about the heroic story of a small group of migrant workers who 
successfully overcame modern-day slavery in the agricultural fields of 
the U. S. by taking on major fast-food restaurant and food service 
chains. Join them in their ongoing efforts to pressure major supermarket 
chains to enforce codes of conduct with their suppliers that will extend 
protections to agricultural workers in the Southeast.

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