[Peace] AWARE and Green Party in the 4th of July parade! parade slot #79

[Stuart Levy]

Saturday parade details:

Where:
    The Prairie Green Party + AWARE group is in *parade slot # 79.*
    Meet in the parking lot to the west of the Assembly Hall 
(Kirby-to-St-Mary's Road, Oak St-to-1st-St).
    You can park in the northern third or so of that lot.
    Parade staging is somewhere in the middle of that lot.

When:
*Arrive by 10:30am* or so if you can.
    Parade starts at 11:05; we might start moving half an hour or so later.

What else:
    We are right next to the Progressive Coalition - PDA + Food & Watch 
(bee people!) + Jobs with Justice, at least.
    They're in parade slot 80.

Preparation:
    There's one more*sign-and-prop-making gathering at Ron Szoke's on 
Friday, 7-9pm.*

On 6/29/15 2:32 PM, Stuart Levy wrote:
> AWARE and Prairie Greens are in the July 4th parade.   Come make 
> signs, Wednesday or Friday evening!   Come march on Saturday morning!
>
>
> The July 4th parade is coming up - this Saturday - and AWARE and the 
> revitalized Prairie Green Party will be marching together in it.    
> Want to join us, or have ideas for signs?   See below for our 
> description of our entry - thanks to David Green, David Wilson, and 
> Karen Medina.
>
> The parade theme this year:
>
> *       Flying High for Freedom*
>
> Given our government's ongoing use of aerial bombing and of drones for 
> surveillance and destruction, we can go far with that theme.
>
> Marching?  We'd gather around 10am Saturday, somewhere in the Assembly 
> Hall / State Farm Center parking lot.   Details when we know them.
>
> *We need to make new signs!*    If you have an idea, write back to 
> peace-discuss about it, or better yet come and make it yourself at 
> Carl's house after the "Capital in the 21st Century" Piketty 
> discussion group:
>
> *Wednesday evening, say 7pm to 8:30 or so*  (or earlier if you'd like 
> to join the *6pm* discussion group)
>     at Carl and Leigh Estabrook's home,
> *5 Litch**field Lane, Champaign* (a couple blocks south of the Balboa 
> and Prospect #10 bus stop)
>
> or somewhere on Friday - stay tuned for news.    We'll bring markers 
> and posterboard.
>
> David Green designed a whole suite of signs summarizing the Green 
> Party's principles.
>
> Don McClure proposes one that would read, in part -
>      Fly this
>      (picture of a kite)
>      Not this
>      (picture of a drone)
>
> and at yesterday's AWARE meeting we bounced around a bunch more ideas, 
> from kites to balloons to street performers.
>
>
> Here's the announcement as sent to the parade organizers:
>
>
>     Two groups - the Prairie Green Party, and the Anti-War Anti-Racism
>     Effort (AWARE) - march together to express concern over some
>     fundamental and urgent issues.
>
>     Our people need a healthy environment; livable communities;
>     workers' rights; and humane immigration policies.
>
>     Instead, we face endless war and violence; rising inequality;
>     global climate change; mass incarceration; and unresponsive politics.
>
>     AWARE's members believe that American leaders should obey
>     international law and promote diplomatic solutions to
>     international conflicts.   Militarism, especially our own,
>     threatens the survival of the species.    Drone warfare and
>     bombing campaigns support no one's freedom.
>
>     The Green Party and its slate of candidates offer an alternative
>     to a failed two-party system dominated by corporations that care
>     only about profits.   We promote radically democratic policies
>     towards economic equality, racial justice, universal healthcare,
>     and a post-carbon future.
>

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