[Peace] upcoming events / films / Inside Syria / anniversary of Roe v. Wade / workers rights / jails, prisons, war on drugs /

[Karen Medina]

Upcoming Events / February 5th and onward, 2013
Pick and choose things to go to!

"My So-Called Enemy” Screening -- My So-Called Enemy is the story of
six of the girls and how their transformative experience in the
program, of knowing their enemies as human beings, meets with the
realities of their lives at home in the Middle East over the next
seven years.Tuesday, February 5 at 7pm / Murphy Lounge of the YMCA /
University YMCA | 1001 South Wright | Champaign | IL
Film: "The House I Live In" about the prison system and the War on Drugs
Free showing: Tuesday, February 5, 2013; 7:30pm
Non-free showing: Wednesday, February 6; 7:30pm
Art Theatre (downtown Champaign)

Labor Union event
Wednesday, February 6
SEIU - Service Employee's International Union
One Day, Two Pickets -- 7:15AM-8:15AM, 4:15PM-5:15PM
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 S. Lincoln Ave, Urbana, Illinois

Wednesday—February 6 @ 7pm @ Lincoln Hall, Room 1092—Film, "Traces of
the Trade: A Story from the Deep North" with Panel featuring
filmmaker, Katrina Browne.

Inside Syria: An Eyewitness Account
Featuring Yisser Bittar, a young female activist and UofI alumna and
Kenan Rahmani, from Notre Dame.
Thursday, February 7 at 7pm
Lincoln Hall Room 1092
Activists share their journey with the Syrian American Council across
the sea and into the heart of a revolution. They bring back their
narrative: the revolution, the injustices and the everyday struggles.
They will share their experiences of witnessing a bombing, a refugee
camp, and the humanitarian crisis.
* As a Syrian American, Bittar holds a unique insight into the Syrian
issue and will share her views on both the current situation and where
the situation may lead.
* This is the story of Syrian American students as they reflect back
on their country.
* Co-sponsored by: Arab Students Association and Students for Justice
in Palestine

Nuns on the Bus
Friday, February 8 at 12pm (noon)
Latzer Hall / University YMCA | 1001 South Wright | Champaign | IL
* Catholic Sisters, Missioned to Stand with People in Need for
Economic Justice
* Inspired by the national "Nuns on the Bus" tour organized by
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, Sister Mary Ellen
Lacy will highlight the work Catholic Sisters do to meet the needs of
people at the economic margins, revealing how federal budget cuts
proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and passed by the House of
Representatives will hurt struggling families in our communities.
* "Nuns on the Bus" is a part of the Spring 2013 Friday Forum Series
Faith in Action, featuring speakers from across the spectrum of faith
traditions who are compelled by their faith to engage in bold and
creative forms of action. All lectures are free and open to the
public.  Lunch is available at the Y Eatery for $6.50/3.00 student
(The Y Eatery now accepts credit and debit cards).
* For more information, visit the website:  www.universityymca.org/friday_forum.

"40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: Creating History, Changing Culture"
Monday, February 11, 2013; 12pm (noon)
Part of the Dish It Up program at the Women's Resources Center, on the
University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois

Rally for Flex-N-Gate Workers' Rights
Wednesday, February 13, 2013; 2pm
1306 E. University Ave, Urbana, IL
Over the course of the last year, workers at the Flex-N-Gate plant in
Urbana have been denied their right to form a union and protect
themselves against unsafe working conditions.
Flex n Gate Press Conference 4/26/2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54GgHvKWDGY
Details on their struggle can be found at http://publici.ucimc.org/?p=49139.

Monday—February 18 @ 7pm @ Ikenberry, SDRP, Room 2025A—Film, "Freedom Riders".

Feb 19-
11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
Violence and Incarceration
Panel organized by Rebecca Ginsburg, Director, Education Justice Program
Illini Rooms B & C / Illini Union / 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, Illinois
panel will include Aaron Ammons, James Kilgore, and Nicole
Anderson-Cobb who heads a local group campaigning against gun
violence.

-Feb 20- Michelle Alexander speaks at Illini Union 6-9 p.m.
February 20, 2013
Lecture: Professor Michelle Alexander, JD
Author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Illini Rooms B & C / Illini Union / 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, Illinois
This is part of the events of Inclusive Illinois' Emancipation
Proclamation Sesquicentennial. To see the list of sponsors, please
see: http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/MLK/sponsors.html
"With dazzling candor, Alexander argues that we all pay the cost of
the new Jim Crow.”
"Michelle Alexander’s book offers a timely and original framework for
understanding mass incarceration, its roots to Jim Crow, our modern
caste system, and what must be done to eliminate it."
"More African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or
parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil War began."