[Peace] [Peace-discuss] Sunday's AWARE meeting

[John W.]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 12:00 AM, kmedina67 via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

Oh Lois, that is amazing! I remember hearing about LAW! Outside the Urbana
> free library! Wow.
>
> Between 2001 and 2003, i babysat so others could participate, so i don't
> remember many details of events.
>

Ladies Against War?  I wrote a rather lengthy article about them for the
public i.  Interviewed Susan Parenti, who was fascinating.  Seems like it
was sometime in 2002.  Not sure AWARE even existed yet.

John Wason



> There were teach-ins at mckinley foundation.
> Bigger demonstrations (and counter demonstrations) on north prospect until
> about 2004.
>
> In 2003, On the day the US invaded Iraq, an interruption of university
> classes was organized (because war interrupts lives) and we walked through
> the buildings beating on  buckets and garbage cans.
>
> Campus anti-war network (CAN), Iraq veterans against the war,  ...
>
> In 2004 the demonstrations moved to the main event, downtown Champaign,
> and only monthly.
>
> Then, during the occupy movement, a major portion of aware demonstrated
> weekly with Occupy CU at different locations around town. We still did the
> first Saturday in downtown Champaign.
>
>
> -Karen Medina
>
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