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AWARE Minutes March 7, 2004 News of the Week. See Carl's notes, forthcoming. Green Party Update - Ken The Illinois Green Party Convention gave 41% of the vote to David Cobb for President and he will get 9 of 22 delegates. Several other candidates also got delegates. Scott Summers will be the Senate candidate. There are also 4 candidates for the State Senate and there are several other candidates for various offices. Kucinich Update Linda and Sara will be Illinois delegates if he gets enough votes in the primary. Working Groups - WEFT Underwriting - Randall. We agreed to keep on for another 6 months for a cost of $208. Randall will revise the announcement to include our full name and make it shorter. - WILL Underwriting - Lisa. The working group will make a proposal for continuing. - Treasurer's Report - Linda. We have $2283.76. - PfP (Prospect for Peace) - Ricky. We had 20 people and 1 reporter on Saturday. There were signs on Haiti. 100 flyers were distributed for the March 20th event. The next demonstration will be April 3rd. The meeting with the lawyer to talk about the police situation has not yet happened. - Anti-Chief Events - Linda. There will be a rally at 8 PM on the quad on Wednesday night. The Board of Trustees meets on Thursday morning at 8:30 AM in the Illini Union. Volunteers are needed to give hospitality to the native American folks coming from Chicago. Contact Carol Spindel, cspindel@express.cites.uiuc.edu, phone: (217) 333-8351. - Citizens Police Review Board and Tasers - The group advocating for a Board will meet on March 9th at the IDF, 2nd floor. Chuck D is coming on April 7th to Foelinger Auditorium, and co-sponsorship is requested. There will be a community forum a week later. There will be a community meeting on tasers on March 15th, 6PM at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church. The Champaign City Council study session will be March 23rd, 7 PM. - March 20th Event - Carol. "The World Still Says No to War." This is a worldwide day of action. We begin with a 3 PM event at the Urbana Middle School (1201 S. Vine) with music, poetry, and featured speaker, Mohammad al-Heeti. Then we have a peace walk to the Champaign County Courthouse. Then 4 PM rally with Danielle Chynoweth and Imani Bazzell. - Literature - Ken. Please send articles on Haiti to Ken. He will compile and make a pamphlet. Past Events - Non-violence workshop - Gabe. There will be a follow-up. Contact Sharon Dorsey. - Amnesty conference - Al and Sara. There were about 75 undergrads. Scope was wide, including economic and social rights. There was also discussion on US foreign policy, which is beyond usual human rights agenda. AWARE had a good presence. There is a possibility of starting a working group to boycott World Bank bonds at the University and Urbana City Council. - Constructing Race Conference. Upcoming Events - International Women's Day -- Lisa. It is tomorrow. - Anti-Chief events. See above. - Vigil for Peace. March 14, 7 PM, quad. - Kucinich talk. March 15th, 8 PM, Illini Union, Rooms A-C. - Democratic Party Primary. March 16th - Veterans and Their Families Speak Out. April 1, Champaign Public Library, 7 PM. - Carl's talks on US foreign policy. Channing Murray, 7 PM, April 7, 21, May 5. - Justice for Palestine events - Sara. The Iron Sheik, Hip hop, April 23. David Rovicks, April 26. - Liberation Education Conference -- Beth. April 30-May 2. New Business: - Haiti Education Event: The Coup in Haiti. Next Sunday, March 14, 3 PM at the IMC. Lisa will coordinate. Various people volunteered to contact possible speakers. We may also use some of Amy Goodman's interviews.