Calendar
April 2005
Saturday
7-11 pm
Morton Community Center, Multipurpose room
Showcasing original Leonard Peltier Artwork
Featuring live entertainment by The Cheshire Family
Tickets $6/student $10/general For ticket or other information, please contact Adrie Shelby (765)376-5234 or amshelby@indiana.edu .
All proceeds go to the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
Sunday
7:30 p.m.
Wesley Foundation (435 West State Street, at corner of Sheetz Street) (Click for a map.)
The meeting will feature "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965, Volume 2 Fighting Back (1957-1962)" This is an excellent series, narrated by Julian Bond, that includes much original footage, as well as interviews with many prominent Civil Rights leaders and people involved in the Civil Rights movement
Monday
START: 4:00PM Wesley Foundation (435 W. State Street in West Lafayette)
END: 4:30PM West Lafayette Public Library (208 Columbia Street, West Lafayette)
ALSO: 4:30-5:30pm: Join us in remembering Dr. King with a display of his work, a movie, and an open discussion.
Sponsored by: Vinod Singh Peterson. If you have any questions, please call Vinod at 446-8717 or Sheila at 463-4705.
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
Wetherill 172
Find out what you can do to help protect Reproductive Rights in Indiana
Sponsored By: The Purdue College Democrats
Saturday
12 noon
Caterpillar Plant in Lafayette St. Rd 26 & Creasy Lane
Bring signs & banners: Caterpillar: Stop Selling Bulldozers to Israel.
We call on Caterpillar to stop selling bulldozers to Israel until Israel stops using these machines to destroy Palestinian homes, uproot olive groves and build the 25-foot Separation Wall that is confiscating Palestinian land in the West Bank. For more information see: www.endtheoccupation.org.
Indiana Peace & Justice Network Meeting
2 pm
Wesley Foundation (435 W. State Street in West Lafayette)
AGENDA:
A) State-wide networking to support peace for Israelis and Palestinians: 30 minutes
B) Summation of Midwest Peace Summit & Rally that took place March 18-20th. Let?s look at what took place, what we did right and where we can improve for the future. In my opinion we have a solid foundation to work with. Let's continue to build upon it: 1 hour
C) Alternatives to Military Recruiting Committee: How can we work together on this issue?: 30 minutes
D) Future IPJN Conference Calls and Meetings: 15 minutes.
We will plan to have food available. RSVP?s appreciated, but not required. In peace, Sheila (765)404-5489
Sunday
2:00 pm
Riehle Plaza, Lafayette
Join the Progressive Alliance Team
Walk with us or make a donation
For more information click here Visit the website for more information.
Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Krannert Auditorium, Purdue University 405 State Street in West Lafayette
Professor Gosse is a scholar/activist who specializes in contemporary U.S. history and foreign policy. He was an organizing director of Peace Action and monitored elections in El Salvador for the Center for Democracy in the Americas in the 1990's. He has published books such as Where the Boys Are: Cuba, Cold War American,And the Making of a New Left; A movement of Movements: The New Left in America, 1955-1975. He is currently working on a book entitled Black Power in White America; Reconstructiong African American Politics in the 20th Century.
Presented by the Committee on Peace Studies at Purdue University.
For further information contact Harry Targ at 765-494-4169 or targ@polsci.purdue.edu
Sunday
2:00 p.m.
Jefferson High School Cafeteria
Moderator:
- Sonya Margerum, former West Lafayette Mayor
- Larry Deboer, Purdue Professor of Agricultural Economics
- John Pomery, Krannert School of Management Associate Professor of Economics
- Mildred Williamson, Ph.D. in Social Work, administrator of an ambulatory community health center in Chicago
Click to download a flyer (.doc format).
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
MCL Cafeteria on Sagamore Parkway
Please come early to get your food so the meeting can start promptly at 7. It is not necessary to get food, to attend the meeting.