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Schedule for A.W.A.R.E. Teach - IN this Saturday Dec 15th ! |
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by Michael Walcher
Email: solaraycer (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified!) |
13 Dec 2001
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Saturday, December 15, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
McKinley Foundation, 5th and Daniel, Champaign
*Free Childcare, Lunch, and Parking |
Expanding our Perspectives
A Teach-in About the US War on Afghanistan and Beyond
Saturday, December 15, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
McKinley Foundation, 5th and Daniel, Champaign
*** Free Childcare, Lunch, and Parking *** !
Come participate in:
UPDATES: What's been happening that hasn't been discussed in the mainstream press? How have communities been responding to "the war on terrorism"?
DISCUSSION: Spend time with others who share concerns about war, drastic limitations of civil liberties, and unexpected consequences of the war.
STRATEGY: How can concerned citizens make a difference? Come speak with organizers, local and national, about strategies that have worked in the past and what new methods might be needed today.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
[NB: this schedule is still evolving; last update was 2001.12.12]
10:15am
Opening Panel: Countries at Risk Erin O'Brien, Amnesty International; Representative, Voices in the Wilderness
12:00 - 12:30
Lunch and Performances
12:30 - 1:30
Religious Perspectives on the War Faruq Nelson, Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center; Robert Manaster, board member, Sinai Temple; Rev. Dr. Doug Baer, Interim Pastor/Director McKinley Church and Foundation
Civil Liberties Under the War on Terrorism President, Student ACLU; Champaign County ACLU representative
1:40 - 2:40
Palestine David Green; Hadeel Assali, Urbana/Champaign Unity and Struggle; Ahmed Bensouda, Urbana/Champaign Unity and Struggle
The Global Justice Movement Kate Sorenson, ACT UP, Philadelphia; Danielle Chynoweth, School for Designing a Society; Peter Miller, co-host, The Illinois Labor Hour
2:50 - 3:50
Misplaced Priorities -- Alternatives to War Angela Garcia, Illinois Peace Action; Lisa Wattson, International Peoples Democratic Uhuru Movement
US Foreign Policy Meredith Kruse, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative; Marta Zarate, Colombia Support Network; Carl Estabrook, Visiting Professor of Sociology, UIUC
4:00 - 5:30
Closing Plenary: Strategies for Action Kate Sorensen, a union organizer and activist with ACT UP, Philadelphia will make a presentation and lead a discussion on how citizens can successfully organize against a war.
Sponsored by:
East African Coordinating Group of Amnesty International; Illinois Student Environmental Network; Muslim Student Association; Prairie Green Party of East Central Illinois; Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative; Student ACLU ; Students for World Improvement; School for Designing A Society ; Socialist Forum; Soldier Child International; Vietnam Veterans Against the War - Champaign/Urbana; Women Against Racism
go to the website below for further info about A.W.A.R.E
*Anti-War,Anti-Racism Effort* which has been meeting every Sunday at the University YMCA in Champaign IL.
For more information, contact Peter at 217-367-1336. |
See also:
http://Anti-War.NET
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