IMC Weekly Sept 19th: Dancing, Music, and Culture
Submitted by anonymous on September 19, 2011 - 4:24pm
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Books To Prisoners Fall Book Sale
Submitted by Abisola on September 14, 2011 - 2:27pmBooks To Prisoners Presents: Fall 2011 Book Sale-Pages for Pennies
Dates/Times:
Friday September 30th: 4pm-8pm
Saturday September 31st: 8pm-5pm
Sunday October 1st: 10am-2pm
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Prices:
$0.75 for paperbacks
$1 for hard covers
***Sunday Special: Bag Sale (fill a bag for only $5)***
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Location:
202 S. Broadway
Independent Media Center (Main Floor)
To learn more about the Books To Prisoners Program visit: www.books2prisoners.org
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IMC Film Festival This Weekend
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on September 13, 2011 - 2:33pm
The Third Annual Film Festival features local film and video by local artists. Come out to catch this year's festival to catch films like Revolting by Mike Boedicker, This is My Journey by Kate Brickman, Imperial Tourism by David Gracon, and Once Upon a Time in 1972 by Chris Lukeman. Friday night is documentary and will feature a film and discussion hosted by Aaron Ammons on the topic of felony convictions. All events are free to the public, thanks to the help of a grant from the Urbana Public Arts Commission.
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UC-IMC General Membership Meeting, Oct. 9,
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on September 13, 2011 - 1:51pm
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JOBS: The Real Crisis and What We Can Do About It
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on September 13, 2011 - 9:01am
Unlike the phony debt crisis, the jobs crisis is real. It did not just happen, either, but results from very specific policies over many years. Unemployment and underemployment are much higher than the official unemployment rate, simply because so many categories of people are not counted: students, workers who are laid off after a short time on a new job, workers who are laid off seasonally or from time to time, the long-term jobless, people who have never had a job, people who are barely employed at just a few hours a week, etc.
(For more: http://www.bls.gov/news.
Update in the Bill Walton Case
Submitted by anonymous on September 10, 2011 - 7:03amOn Wednesday, August 3, two Urbana police officers approached "homeless" Bill Walton in the back foyer of the Urbana City Building, and asked Mr. Walton if he would come with them, pursuant to a court order issued July 22 that Walton be "medically" evaluated. Officers were ordered to drive Walton to the Danville Veteran's Hospital rather than Carle Clinic where Walton has been seen before. Walton complied without incident. On August 6, The News-Gazette's Jim Dey reported that Walton was visited by his Guardian Ad Litem, attorney Andrew Bequette, and Bequette was quoted by Dey that Bill "....doesn't want the public to know his business." (Which is the right of those being placed under permanent guardianship.) Therefore, the proceedings would be closed to the public. Ironically, the media, i.e. the almighty News-Gazette, would be allowed into the courtroom to carefully broadcast Bill's "business" county-wide.
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Catherine Hogue, RIP
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on September 9, 2011 - 5:37pm
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Catherine Hogue, long-time Democratic member of the Champaign County board, and community activist, this morning.
I remember seeing Ms. Hogue at every year's Unity March until she fell ill. When I would say, "It's nice to see you see you," she would reply, "It's nice to be seen."
You can listen to a 2003 interview with Ms. Hogue here.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family.
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Dunbar Residents Given 90 Days to Vacate Homes
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on September 7, 2011 - 9:12am
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UC2B Ground Breaking in Douglass Park
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on September 6, 2011 - 3:46pm
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Mother Jones Spotted at Labor Day Parade in Urbana, Illinois
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on September 5, 2011 - 11:14am
Many were at the Labor Day Parade in Urbana, Illinois, including Germaine Light who dressed up as Mother Jones and marched with the local chapter of Jobs With Justice.
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The City of Champaign is Faltering Again!!!!
Submitted by anonymous on August 25, 2011 - 3:37pmAttached is a memo sent to Police Dept employees. They just don't get it at the City Building. We need someone to come over and speak with all the officers with full assurances that what they say will be confidential. Let them find out the truth. NOTHING will change in until Deputy Chief Murphy is asked to leave..........nothing!!!!
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10 Years of Indypendent Media: An Oral History of the Public i
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on August 23, 2011 - 11:54am
The Public i commemorates ten years of publication by interviewing some of those who have worked on the newspaper along the way.
You can pick up copies of the August issue locally or read it online at our new web site here.
Darrin Drda
Darrin Drda is a former Champaign-Urbana resident who now lives in San Rafael, California with his wife, Annabelle. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Four Global Truths: Awakening to the Peril and Promise of Our Times (www.thefourglobaltruths.com).
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Chief Finney "Retiring" From Champaign Police Dept. Jan. 20, 2012
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on August 19, 2011 - 3:42pm
The city has announced that Champaign Police Chief R.T. Finney will be retiring from the department as of Jan. 20, 2012.
Finney's credibility has been significantly undermined since being one of two officers present on Oct. 9, 2009 when Kiwane Carrington, a black 15 year-old, was shot and killed by a police bullet.
However City Manager Steve Carter may spin this news, it must be acknowledged that Finney's retiring comes after sustained community pressure over the past two years. This resulted in the election of a new Mayor and has now led to Finney's not-so-graceful exit.
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Photos from the Indy Media and Arts Lab 2011
Submitted by isak on August 15, 2011 - 6:47am- Add new comment
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SPEAK Cafe is Back!
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on August 14, 2011 - 9:21am
SPEAK CAFE'...RACE, ROOTS, AND RESISTANCE: REVISITING THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT! (OPEN MIC POETRY/SPOKEN WORD SET)
Thursday Sept 1, 2011
Doors open at 6:30pm, set from 7-9pm
Krannert ART Museum located at 500 E. Peabody on campus. take 4th St. south to Peabody, hang a left and half way down the block on the left hand side is the Art Museum
Theme: "SEIZE THE TIME" (The title of a book by Black Panther Bobby Seale)
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THE END IS NEAR: GRAND THEFT FROM A HOMELESS MAN
Submitted by anonymous on August 13, 2011 - 7:42amby Chris Evans
[Author's Note: the assumptions and speculations contained in this article are not to be considered actually accurate]
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Police Reports Obtained in Lisa Staples’ Second DUI Case
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on July 30, 2011 - 1:34pm
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Soon To Be Displaced Residents Protest Outside of Housing Authority
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on July 28, 2011 - 7:53am
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Coming soon: 2011 Indy Media & Arts Lab
Submitted by austinmccann on July 27, 2011 - 1:50pmComing soon at the UC-IMC ...
The 3rd annual Indy Media & Arts Lab
August 1 - 12, 2011
The Indy Media & Arts lab is a low-cost media & arts-focused summer camp aimed at empowering youths to utilize their talents to explore various outlets of self-expression in a safe, nurturing environment. Classes will include African painting, community gardening, music production, comic strip making, robotics, and more!
Registration is currently closed, but sign up here to get on our waiting list!
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Urbana Holds Public Meeting on Racial Profiling Statistics
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on July 15, 2011 - 11:16amCity council chambers were full at a combined meeting of the Urbana Human Relations Commission (HRC) and Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB) on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. to address racial profiling numbers collected by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The meeting was the result of a chorus of voices asking for a public conversation about racial profiling in Urbana.
Recent traffic stop information for 2010 was just compiled and released. This is information collected by officers, including racial information, during routine traffic stops and turned over to IDOT. The “racial disparity index,” or ratio, for Urbana police rose from 1.56 in 2009 to 1.7 in 2010, the highest in the twin cities. In contrast, the number in Champaign was 1.48; Champaign County Sheriff’s Office was 1.29; UIPD was 1.5. If no disparity was found to exist, the number would be 1.0.
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Employment at the UC-IMC
Submitted by austinmccann on July 14, 2011 - 5:28pmUC-IMC Fiscal Manager
General Description:
The UC-IMC Fiscal Manager is responsible for keeping accurate and current records of all the fiscal and financial needs, activities and programs of the IMC.
To apply:
Send a resume to jandurl@comcast.net or call the IMC at 217-344-8820.
Qualifications:
- an understanding of and commitment to the IMC and social justice work
- mature judgment, strong organization and communication skills
- proficiency with office software and technology, Quickbooks experience/ knowledge required
- ability to multi-task and work with a variety of people in a diverse environment
- familiar with state and federal payroll and sales tax codes governing non profit organizations
- grant experience helpful
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Statement in Support of Pelican Bay Hunger Strike By Former Illinois Prisoner Gregory Koger
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on July 12, 2011 - 8:58am
Since July 1st 2011, hundreds of prisoners in California’s Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit (SHU), joined by thousands more in over a third of California’s state prisons and in other prisons across the country, have been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding an end to the horrendous conditions they face languishing for years (some for decades) in isolation and sensory deprivation - conditions that violate international standards against torture. These courageous brothers have joined together to demand an end to the widespread, systematic policies of torture and human rights abuses that affect prisoners not just in Pelican Bay or California but are integral to the functioning of the world’s largest system of mass incarceration.
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Summer Make-ation 2011
Submitted by bcduggan on June 29, 2011 - 7:57pmStop in to the Makerspace this July for a series of summer DIY workshops!
Every Saturday in July, Makerspace Urbana will be running two workshops. Find something you're fascinated by and come ready to hack!
July 2: Intro to Linux 10am - 12pm
Basic Electronics (throwy++ workshop) 2 - 4pm
July 9: Intro to HTML 10 -12
eagleCAD Workshop 2 - 4
July 16: Intro to Linux 2 10 - 12
Pewter Casting (please email to register, $15 materials fee) 2 - 4
July 23: Home Router Hacks 10 - 12
Micro-controller 2 - 4
July 30: MAKE-ATION PARTY 4 - 6
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Organizing Against Abuse of Power Locally and Globally: Thai media activist to speak with local civil rights group 7/9/11 4-7 at the IMC
Submitted by chynoweth on June 27, 2011 - 10:06pm
Organizing Against Abuse of Power Locally and Globally:
Thai media activist to speak with local civil rights group
Saturday, July 9, 2011
at the Independent Media Center
4-6 pm discussion
6 pm potluck
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UC-IMC Hiring AmeriCorps Members To Serve Our Local Community
Submitted by Brian Dolinar on June 24, 2011 - 2:50pmApplications now being accepted until Thursday, July 14, 2011 for three full time, and two part-time; one year AmeriCorps positions at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center and partner organizations.
The UC-IMC AmeriCorps program works to support social and economic justice in Champaign County by placing members to serve the programs of the UC-IMC and its partners.
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