News
-
(updated 9/4/2008)
"Main Event" monthly protest
Monthly anti-war demonstration in downtown Champaign.
Saturday, September 6th, 2-4PM
Main & Neil, downtown Champaign
-
(updated 9/4/2008)
"PTSD: Our Troops, Our Community"
War has been described as “hell.” This has never been made more evident than by the large number of men and women who currently suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, “PTSD”, as a result of their military experience in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sunday, September 7th, 2-4PM
Urbana Free Library Auditorium
Learn about this little-understood trauma of war and its effects on the lives of people living in our community.
Panelists:- Abigail Malone, Psychiatrist treating PTSD patients
- Martin Smith, Iraq Veterans Against the War
- Paul Anderson / Mike Mlekowski, Iraq Veterans suffering from PTSD symptoms
- Ann Russell, Clinical social worker / PTSD family member
- Trent Stevens, Disabled Veteran, U of I Academic Advisor
Hope you can attend. The event is free and open to all.
Sponsored by AWARE and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). -
(updated 9/4/2008)
AWARE on the Air
Please come help talk about current events, AWARE activities, issues that bug you or that you think the Champaign-Urbana public should hear about, at the Urbana City Council chambers at 1:00pm sharp every Tuesday.
Every Tuesday including September 9th
1:00-2:00pm recording session, Urbana Council Chambers
10pm UPTV channel 6 broadcast
Broadcast is generally that same Tuesday evening at 10:00pm on UPTV cable channel 6.
You will need Flash Player to view these (but your web browser probably already has it).AWARE on the Air recordings (from http://www.archive.org/)
Video of 2008-08-12 AWARE on the Air Video of 2008-08-12 AWARE on the Air, again (we'll put others here as the recordings are posted) -
(updated 8/21/2008)
U of I. Quad Day
Sunday, August 24th will be U of I Quad Day, when hundreds of student organizations have tables on the Quad (south of the Illini Union). Our friends in local chapters of IVAW and CAN will have a table, and AWARE people are invited to join them.
Sunday, Aug. 24th, noon-5pm
IVAW (Iraq Veterans Against the War) and
CAN (Campus Anti-War Network) will have a table, somewhere on the Quad.
(Yes, Quad Day is on a Sunday this year, since classes start on Monday, Aug. 25th.) -
(updated 8/21/2008)
AWARE at the Urbana Sweet Corn Festival
AWARE'll be part of this annual festival.
Friday, Aug. 22nd, 5pm-11pm
Saturday, Aug. 23rd, 11am-11pm
AWARE booth on Race St. across from the Busey Bank lot -
(updated 7/10/2008)
"Marx in Soho: A Play on History"
Due to some Brigadoon-like miracle, Karl Marx has been granted permission to return to earth for a day to explain once more to disciples and detractors alike what he really meant -- continuing to insist, for example, that he was not a Marxist. But a mixup in the celestial bureaucracy has resulted in him appearing in the Soho area of New York rather than London, where he lived and died.
A one-man play written by Howard Zinn
Fri 7/18 at U-C IMC, 202 S. Broadway, U.
Sat 7/19 at Channing-Murray, 1209 W. Oregon, U.
Both performances at 7:30pm
This is the premise of Howard Zinn's one-man play, "Marx in Soho: A Play on History," to be performed in Urbana on July 18 and 19. Zinn, a retired history professor at Boston University, is perhaps best known as the author of "A People's History of the United States". The role will be performed by Jerry Levy, professor of sociology in Marlboro College, Vermont.
Performances will be at 7:30 pm, Friday at the Independent Media Center in downtown Urbana (202 S. Broadway) and 7:30 pm Saturday at the Channing-Murray Foundation (1209 W. Oregon), near the University of Illinois campus. Suggested donation is $5 per person.
Any revenue in excess of expenses will benefit the IMC and C-M. For more details about the play go to http://www.levyarts.com/ -
(updated 7/10/2008)
Peace demonstration at alternate place & time
As part of trying to bring messages of peace to other parts of town, AWARE is sponsoring a special anti-war demonstration in a different place -- Country Fair shopping center -- and a different time of month -- Saturday, July 19th, 2-4pm.
No War on Iran
Sat July 19th, 2:00-4:00pm
Country Fair shopping center, Champaign
On Springfield Ave., one block W. of Mattis
This date coincides with a United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) call for coordinated nationwide action opposing war on Iran, July 19-21; see http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3915 .
(Note: Our regular first-Saturday-of-each-month peace demonstrations will continue to be at Main & Neil. This event is in addition to that series.)- Location for July 19th 2-4pm event:
Let's gather on the south side of Springfield, about a block west of Mattis, where there's a stoplight across from the Country Fair parking lot exit. We'll start out just west of that light.
That puts us on the sidewalk between the Arby's parking lot and Springfield Ave., and across Springfield from the bank.
Some eastbound drivers stop at the light; a tree gives shade to part of the sidewalk; and we might end up talking with some Arby's customers (though please keep to the sidewalk -- we don't want to give Arby's reason to complain).
If there are enough of us, we can spread out. A couple of the corners at the nearby Springfield and Mattis intersection may be good places to stand too. - Parking:
Try the large general-use lot just north of Springfield, where the bank, etc. are. Please don't park in Arby's lot or in other adjacent businesses'.
Also, the 50 Green and 70 Grey buses stop at Country Fair, as does the Southwest Direct MTD shuttle.
Hope you can come and help us call for peace. - Location for July 19th 2-4pm event:
-
(updated 7/9/2008)
"Sustainability -- A Choice to Consider:
Mike Nickerson and Donna Dillman from Lanark, Ontario, coordinators of "The Sustainability Project", an educational, non-profit organization that promotes green values, are traveling across Canada and into the US. Mike is the author of the new book: "Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay".
Living on Earth as If We Want to Stay"
Monday, July 14th, 7:00pm
First Mennonite Church, 902 W Springfield
Springfield & Lincoln, Urbana
On Monday, July 14, at 7:00 p.m., they will speak at First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana (at Springfield & Lincoln) about the threat of global warming and practical steps that can be taken to maintain sustainability of life on Planet Earth.
Donna will also describe her recent campaign against uranium exploration and mining in Eastern Ontario, with focus on both the dangers of uranium mining for human health and the mining company's excursions onto lands of the First Nations peoples. You may learn about the protest that Donna and her associates held by visiting the web site: http://www.ccamu.ca/.
For more on the event, see the Sustainability Project's web site,
http://www.flora.org/sustain
or contact Conrad Wetzel, mc-wetzel {at} hotmail.com. -
(updated 7/4/2008)
4th of July Parade
Join AWARE, IVAW, and other veterans, as we march in the July 4th Parade. Meet at Busey and Oregon in Urbana at 12:45.
Champaign County Freedom Celebration
Official theme: Honoring Our Military Heroes
AWARE theme: Honoring Our Military Heroes Who Speak Against War!
A few photos from the event...
(Find some other pictures here and here.)
AWARE 4 July 2008 Float!
-
(updated 7/4/2008)
"Main Event" monthly protest
Monthly anti-war demonstration in downtown Champaign.
Saturday, July 5th, 2-4PM
Main & Neil, downtown Champaign
This month's theme will follow that for the 4th of July parade float: honoring military heroes who spoke out against war. Flyer here: http://imsahp.chambana.net/~randall/july5.pdf.
-
(updated 7/9/2008)
AWARE on the Air
1:00-2:00pm every Tuesday is the weekly time for recording "AWARE on the Air" for broadcast on UPTV Cable Channel 6.
Recording hour for weekly UPTV session
Recording every Tuesday (including July 15th), 1-2pm
Urbana City Council chambers, 400 S. Vine, U.
Broadcast same Tuesday, 10pm, UPTV channel 6
We talk about upcoming events, issues of interest, arguments among participants, etc. It's a live recording, lasting one hour. Please come and participate! About four or five people have been showing up in recent weeks.
Broadcast is (normally) at 10pm that same Tuesday evening.
-
(updated 5/31/2008)
National Conference for Media Reform
At least a couple of AWARE people are attending this.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 6-8
See http://www.freepress.net/conference/
-
(updated 5/31/2008)
Celebrate Robert Wahlfeldt's life
On Sunday, June 15th, the community will come together to honor, celebrate and memorialize Robert J. "Grandpa" Wahlfeldt, who left us all earlier this year on March 26.
and Dedicate IMC Family Room in his name
Sunday, June 15, 2-4pm
IMC (Independent Media Center, main floor sun room),
202 S. Broadway, Urbana
For those of us who knew him, we'll have time and space to reminisce and tell stories of how he affected us. And for those of us who didn't have the opportunity to really get to know him, this is also a chance to learn more about his special importance as a friend and social justice activist.
All are encouraged to come and speak about Bob in whatever way they are moved or just be a part of the celebration as a witness.
-
(updated 5/31/2008)
"Socialism 2008" in Chicago
See http://www.socialismconference.org/.
Annual ISO conference, held this year in Chicago
June 19-22nd, 2008
-
(updated 5/31/2008)
Patrick Thompson's claim against Harvey Welch
Final ruling expected on Patrick Thompson's small claims case against Harvey Welch for return of legal fees due to ineffective representation of Patrick during his second trial.
Tue, June 24, 9:30am Courtroom D, Champaign Cty. Courthouse, 101 E. Main, U.
-
(updated 5/31/2008)
Biofuels, the Carbon Cycle, and Midwest Agriculture
There are many questions regarding the impacts of biofuels on the environment and their place in our energy policy. Professor Evan DeLucia, head of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois, will speak about some of the major ecological issues surrounding biofuels, including the application of life cycle analysis, and discuss the University's BP-funded research to study the ecological implications of converting row crop agriculture to perennial biofuel crops. Learn more about this important and complex issue, and the future of biofuels.
Prof. Evan DeLucia
Monday, May 19th, 7:30pm
Urbana Free Library downstairs meeting room, 210 W. Green St., U.A Green Tea Discussion, sponsored by Prairie Green Party.
-
(updated 5/31/2008)
"Enhancing Democracy in Champaign County: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Continuing the discussion from the original May 8th meeting called by [[Diana Vesik]].
Followup to 5/8 meeting
Thursday, May 22nd, 7pm
Urbana Free Library downstairs meeting room, 210 W. Green St., U.
-
(updated 5/31/2008)
Call for Impeachment -- demonstration on I-74 & Neil Overpass
Stand up for impeachment and against war, following a national call by Code Pink -- people will hold signs on highway overpasses across the US on Memorial Day.
Monday, May 29th (Memorial Day), 1-3pm
Iraq Veterans Against The War and Vietnam Veterans Against The War marched with AWARE
