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AWARE Minutes for 10/10/04 Facilitator: Durl Kruse Minutes: David Green Time: Mort 1. Introductions. 2. News of the Week: Read this week's news notes by Carl Estabrook to find out who is telling the truth, and why they are telling it. Mystery of the week: Does George Bush have a feckless dry cleaner, or was he wired for the first debate? 3. Finances (Linda Evans): $2726.10 (feel better Rob) 4. Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice (Danielle S.): On Thursday 10-14 at 6, there will be a sign-making event at the IMC for the Unity March of Oct. 23rd. Also, CUCPC will hold a panel on racial disparities in the war on drugs, Oct. 21st, Thursday, 8 p.m.,192 Lincoln Hall. Clifford Thornton from Shades of Gray will speak, along with local activists. 5. Postcards for Peace: no news-Sandra Ahten will be hosting a workshop next Thursday, October 14th from 3-8PM, at her studio. 6. Veterans Day (Carol Inskeep): Saturday 11/13, from 1 to 4 at McKinley Foundation, there will be a presentation with the theme of veterans against war. There will be a tape from veteran and critic Stan Goff, local vets, and perhaps a slide show from Iraq. 7. Farmers Market: Over $200 collected again this week for signs, stickers, buttons, T-shirts. We will check on moving inside in December. 8. UPTV (Randall Cotton): Big meeting on future of Democracy Now on Monday (today) at 3-not open to the public, but Randall will report results. 9. Military recruitment: Carol Inskeep will check out the David Rovics anti-recruitment high school tour. Nick Dahlheim is waiting for a response from Francis Boyle, and it was suggested that he also try contacting another law professor, Thomas Ginsburg. We will look for sympathetic teachers (Sue Keller was mentioned). 10. New general e-mail for AWARE: aware@anti-war.net will go to Ricky Baldwin and Mort and Randall. 11. Local films: OutFoxed is playing at the Savoy. We are looking for another film to promote at the Art Theatre: Susan will check this out 12. New Ideas: We have thousands of fliers from United for Peace and Justice, courtesy of Randall. We will try to distribute as many as possible-on the quad, at local businesses, etc. Ricky will be trying to coordinate lunchtime distributions this week. Anti-at-large canvassing will be done every weekend, coordinated by Ben Grosser. Jan & Durl Kruse have info on this. More radio commentaries: Carl's will be coming up on WILL, and he also suggested that we should be looking for other opportunities, especially on WDWS. We can continue to submit to WILL as individuals, as well. What to do about WICD "the point." We agreed to co-sponsor a rally for emergency contraception access, Oct. 28, 5:30-6:30, SE corner of Neil & Green (mini-park 2). 13. Past week's events: Carol spoke at the Unitarian Church in Urbana on Sunday. Prior to the meeting, there was a meeting for CU Progressives at the Crystal Lake Park boathouse. We discussed the upcoming Unity March, the start-up of WRFU radio station, and agreed to begin a listserv, phone tree, and electronic calendar. Contact Al Kagan for further information. Norman Finkelstein (the Holocaust Industry) interviewed on Focus 580 (now online). There is also an ongoing controversy in Daily Illini regarding propaganda by pro-Israel columnists. 14. Upcoming events: Dave Lippman concert, benefit for WRFU, Tuesday 10-12, Channing Murray, 8 p.m. Candidates Forum, including appearance by John Piland, Wednesday, 10-13, Levis 407 (before presidential debate) Meredith Kruse, he did a great presentation earlier in the day at Channing-Murray, will be at the Friday Forum at the Y at noon, 10-15. This will be broadcast on WEFT next Monday at 6. Tariq Ali, the incisive Pakistani novelist and political critic, will be in residence starting Sunday (10-17) at Allen Hall for 4 days. He will speak at Levis at 4 on Thursday 10-21 regarding the Iraq invasion. Unity March, Saturday, 10-23, 9 a.m.