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B-N Schedule of Progressive Events |
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by Adam Jameson
Email: adjameson (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified!) |
02 Apr 2001
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Each Monday I'll post a calender of local progressive events (including of course USAS activities). I'm posting
early this week because a lot is going on. Eventually, the newly formed group Progressive Activism in Bloomington Normal (PABN) will provide this information online. |
If you know of an event not listed here, please email me at
<adjameson (at) yahoo.com>.
APRIL 2 MONDAY
USAS: Student Life Line (newsletter) deadline
11 AM: Civil Disobedience class: looking for USAS members to talk
Disney\'s
recruiting at another school: contact Sally <sjkwitk (at) ilstu.edu> or David
<djchase (at) ilstu.edu> for more info
9 PM, Stevenson 211: United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) meeting
APRIL 3 TUESDAY
12 noon, West Student Lounge, BSC: Dr. Capparella: \"The Extinction
Crisis:
Why the Loss of Biodiviersity Matters to You\"
<http://www.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/Global/>
7 PM, Main Lounge, IWU Memorial Student Center: lecture by Kerry Kennedy
Cuomo (Chair of Anmesty International Leadership Council): \"Speak Truth
to
Power\". Reception to follow.
7 PM: Amnesty International meeting
APRIL 4 WEDNESDAY
National Day of Action
National Day of Silence
10 AM - 4 PM: PRIDE on the Quad
11 AM: Civil Disobedience class: looking for USAS members to talk.
5:30 PM, Campus Religious Center: reception for \"Coming Out Spiritually\"
6:30: some USAS members will be talking at a local high school
7 PM, Circus Room, BSC: Academic Senate: resolution concerning Disney on
campus.
7 PM, Old Main, BSC: Dr. Laurine Brown: \"LIVING Upstream: The
Environmental Effects of Breast Cancer\" (part of ISU’s Global
Connections
Series)
8 PM, University Club, BSC: Christian de la Huerta: \"Coming Out
Spiritually\"
APRIL 5 THURSDAY
9:45 AM - 5:30 PM, BSC: Political Science Conference: contact Sally
<sjkwitk (at) ilstu.edu> for further info.
12 PM: Illinois Wesleyan University, Center for Natural Science (201 E.
Beecher St.) room E104: Dr. Abigail Jahiel: \"The Media and Environmental
Protection in China\"
6:30 PM, Stevenson 211: People Against the Mistreatment of Animals
(PAMA)
meeting
9 PM, 101 Stevenson: ISU Cinema Society: Salò (The 120 Days of Sodom)
(1975, 117m, Pier Paolo Passolini)
APRIL 6 FRIDAY
APRIL 7 SATURDAY
3:30 PM, Stevenson 211: Bloomington Normal Greens meeting
APRIL 8 SUNDAY
7 PM, 138 Schroeder: \"Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti\" (Human Rights film
series)
APRIL 9 MONDAY
9 PM, Stevenson 211: United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) meeting
Illinois College, Jacksonville: free Ralph Nader speech. Contact Nick
<naberve (at) ilstu.edu>
APRIL 10 TUESDAY
7 PM: Amnesty International meeting
12-12:50 PM, 2nd West Lounge, BSC: ISU Peace Corps Fellows: Working With
Environmental Concerns Around the World (part of ISU’s Global
Connections
Series)
4 PM, Ecology Action Center (202 W. College Ave, Normal): Environmental
Educators Networking Meeting
APRIL 11 WEDNESDAY
APRIL 12 THURSDAY
UIUC, Urbana: free Ralph Nader book signing at Illni Union Bookstore, 3pm-4pm. Speech at 7pm at Foellinger Auditorium. (Before the speech and booksigning there is a Prairie Greens fund raiser at the Urbana Independent Media Center. 12:30pm to 2:30pm, $40).
Contact <greens (at) prairienet.org>
Contact Nick <naberve (at) ilstu.edu>
10:30 AM (reception), 11:00-11:45 AM (presentation), Old Main Room, BSC:
Mr. Joseph L. Boren, President and CEO of AIG Environmental (Executive
on
Campus Program)
5:30 PM, Barnes & Noble (1701 East Empire, Bloomington): Eco-Readers:
_The
Solace of Open Spaces_ by Gretel Ehrlich
6:30 PM, Stevenson 211: People Against the Mistreatment of Animals
(PAMA)
meeting
7 PM, Old Main, BSC: Stephanie Brady (Endangered Species Listing Branch
Chief, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento, CA): \"The Endangered
Species Act\" (part of ISU’s Global Connections Series)
9 PM, 101 Stevenson: ISU Cinema Society: Cremaster 4 (1994, 45 min),
Cremaster 2 (1999, 79 min) (Matthew Barney)
UPCOMING:
APRIL 18 WEDNESDAY
10 AM to 4 PM, ISU Quad: Springfest
7 PM, Circus Room, BSC: Academic Senate
7 PM, Old Main Room, BSC: Dr. William Rathje (\"Garbologist\"): \"The
Archeology of Us\"
APRIL 19 THURSDAY
Earth Day
all day: Earth Day presentations on the ISU Quad
3:30 PM: Room 401, Stevenson: English Department & Graduate Forum
Planning
Committee seminar of progressive campus organizations. Offer information
about your group, distribute flyers. Free food. Contact Jeff Ludwig
<jlludwi (at) ilstu.edu> or Michael Benton <mdbento (at) hotmail.com>
6:30 PM, Stevenson 211: People Against the Mistreatment of Animals
(PAMA)
meeting
9 PM, 101 Stevenson: ISU Cinema Society: The Commies Are Coming, the
Commies Are Coming (Red Nightmare) (1962, 29m, George Wagner); This is
What Democracy Looks Like (2000, 72m, Jill Friedberg and Rick Rowley) |
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Info on Nader Visit to Urbana |
by Mike Lehman
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
02 Apr 2001
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For info on the Nader visit and Green fundraiser go to this link: |
See also:
http://www.prairienet.org/greens/nader_announce.htm
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