Local Interest

PM Films new interview

Submitted by nvrqut2@aol.com on March 2, 2012 - 8:09pm

 

Here is another interview. This is a rough edit and will be cleaned up in post. We are nearly finished with the interviews. We should be able to release by May of this year. We have our entry in the Chicago Film Fest and look forward to other festivals around the country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvP0W5Ya9oI  This is a youtube video and is just 10 minutes. Only a part of each interview will be in the film.

 

CY

Save the Date: 2012 Grassroots Radio Conference at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center!

Submitted by alex on March 2, 2012 - 11:15am

Save the date!

Join MAG-Net, Free Press, Prometheus Radio project, and other national & local media groups at:

2012 Grassroots Radio Conference

at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center

July 26th-July 29th, 2012



Interested in using media to transform your community? The Grassroots Radio Conference (GRC) celebrates the vibrant and democratic medium of local community-driven radio. We bring together radio operators, media artists, community activists, engineers, and ordinary citizens from across the nation to learn, discuss, brainstorm, and build. Due to last year’s historic Local Community Radio Act, the government will be issuing brand new community radio station licenses all across the country to nonprofits and their partnering community groups, including for the first time in major cities! To that end, the GRC will feature an LP-FM Clinic to help in the process of starting your own LP-FM station and helping existing stations adapt to the digital age. This year’s GRC will celebrate RFU (Radio Free Urbana) raising its new radio tower and the UC-IMC becoming an anchor institution in Urbana-Champaign’s new public broadband system.  Stay tuned to grassrootsradioconference.org for more information as the conference approaches. To get involved, contact Austin at austinmccann@ucimc.org.

 

IMC Weekly 02/27/12

Submitted by alex on February 27, 2012 - 9:48am

You can stop this, show up Tuesday February 28th, Champaign residents only.

Submitted by anonymous on February 21, 2012 - 9:01pm

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/retail/2012-02-17/champaign-co...

Your presense in needed asap to stop this.

Your Future, Your Fight! SEP 2012

Submitted by anonymous on February 20, 2012 - 6:59pm

Take up the fight for socialism in the 2012 elections!

International Students for Social Equality are hosting this public meeting to discuss the 2012 elections and the need for a socialist alternative. The Socialist Equality Party has launched an election campaign to lead this struggle, and Jerry White, SEP presidential candidate and World Socialist Web Site author, will speak in Champaign about the campaign and the fighting program the SEP offers to the working class.

Join the discussion!

February 28. 2012 - Champaign Public Library Foundation conference room #222 - 7pm

200 W. Green Street, Champaign

Can't make the meeting? Learn more and get involved by visiting www.socialequality.com.

IMC Weekly 02/20/12

Submitted by alex on February 20, 2012 - 6:33pm

RFP for Jail Needs Assessment

Submitted by Brian Dolinar on February 18, 2012 - 5:29pm

Attached is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Project Team on the Facilities Committee of the Champaign County Board which will consider plans for a proposed jail expansion.

BD

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UCIMC Office Space Available Starting Fall 2012

Submitted by alex on February 17, 2012 - 2:36pm

Offices on our second floor will be available for short-and-long-term leases starting this Fall. The IMC offers the best rates on office space in Downtown Urbana! Contact Alex Cline at alex@ucimc.org or Carol Ammons at carol.ammons@gmail.com to find out more.

 

 

2011 IDOC Inspection OK's Champaign County Jails

Submitted by Brian Dolinar on February 17, 2012 - 9:22am

Attached is the 2011 jail inspection of the Champaign County jails by criminal justice specialist Brad Bresson of the Illinois Department of Corrections. Despite claims by Sheriff Dan Walsh that the downtown jail is uninhabitable, it passed state inspection.

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New Dynasty

Submitted by anonymous on February 15, 2012 - 12:19pm

New Dynasty Will be holding a /performance-mini concert on Feb 24,2012 at the UCIMC 202 S. Broadway Suite 100, Downtown Urbana old postoffice.From (9pm-11pm)
Fees @door $5.00 without student Id,and $3.00 with student Id,They will be singing the hit track (The Gift)
please come out and help support the talent group.thank you................For more infor contact Cece at 217-418-3998 or Ron at 217-418-2505 we also book all partys.

IMC Weekly for 02/13/10

Submitted by alex on February 13, 2012 - 9:30am

Julia Rietz Web Site Update

Submitted by nvrqut2@aol.com on February 11, 2012 - 2:33pm

We have added a new video clip from the upcoming film to www.juliarietz.com . More clips will be released soon. We are interviewing several high profile individuals within the legal system. As well as former DCFS caseworkers other related service providers.  We are also bringing this to the attention of many news providers and journalists. We have also added more people to work on the film with documentary film knowledge.

Failed War on Weed Still Costing Illinois Taxpayers Big Bucks

Submitted by anonymous on February 11, 2012 - 10:21am

Big brother government program fails for 40 years, still getting big bucks from near-bankrupt Illinois government

by Bruce Rushton

As marijuana traffickers go, Jason Alan Spyres was far from the best.

He was just 19 when police in Woodford County found a bag of pot in Spyres’ car and arrested him for possession. Less than a year later, he was arrested again and charged with cannabis trafficking in Macon County – his mother had shipped 38 pounds of pot to him from California via United Parcel Service, with police intercepting the package. While out on bond, he was caught again, this time during a raid that also netted a meth dealer, and received a second trafficking charge.

“I was not thinking very clearly – I was in the height of my addiction,” explains Linda Spyres, a recovering addict who was using methamphetamine when she shipped the box to her son.

After six months in a California jail, Linda Spyres was sentenced to three years of probation. Her felony drug conviction has been set aside, and she now works as a counselor in the same treatment program that helped her kick drugs. She expects to receive a master’s degree in social work this spring.

Unanimous Voice Opposes New Jail at Champaign County Board

Submitted by Brian Dolinar on February 7, 2012 - 7:36pm

Another crowd of people showed up for a second week to oppose plans for expansion of the Champaign County jail. Several individuals spoke during public comment. Among them were:

Mikhail Lyubansky, who writes and teaches about restorative justice, said, "Jail is just one strategy, not the only one" to public safety and called on the County Board to look into alternatives to incarceration.

Peter Campbell of the GEO Solidarity Committee said, "To argue that we should expand a jail in order to treat prisoners better is perverse: any public official who makes this argument is trading on the lives of the most vulnerable in our community for their own political gain."

Chris Evans spoke about the history of the public safety quarter cent sales tax, passed by voters in 1998. The sales tax ought to be brough back to voters, he said.

NAMI Classes For Caregivers Of Those With Mental Illness

Submitted by Brian Dolinar on February 7, 2012 - 6:38pm


On Feb. 21-May 15 I will be co-teaching a series of classes for caregivers of individuals with mental illness. I took this class 2 years ago and it really helped me with dealing with the brother with Asperger Syndrome.

The classes are for the CAREGIVER, not the person with mental illness. There are other classes for them.

I encourage you to send this with the poster attachment to anyone who you think might benefit from such classes. We ask for a 13 week commitment. There is a lot of material including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the latest info on treatments for all kinds of disorders.

Please feel free to email me at nancycarter93@sbcglobal.net or call 356-1925 if you have any questions.

We have room for a few more people in the class.

Thanks for caring about those who are caregivers,

Nancy Carter

PM Film New video

Submitted by nvrqut2@aol.com on February 7, 2012 - 5:57pm

PM film has a rough cut edit of the Brian Dolinar interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbVebGsuUFY&list=HL1329004067&feature=mh_lolz This is a youtube upload and is cut down to 10 minutes. It also has a green screen which will be edited out in the final cut, as well as a cleaner look for festivals. We have an interview with one of Illinois top attorney's.

CY

March with the Penguins at the Orpheum Children's Museum

Submitted by anonymous on February 7, 2012 - 10:38am

Join us for a march in the footsteps of an Emperor Penguin! To survive the harsh Antarctic winter, participants will incubate an egg, fetch food for their families, escape fearsome predators, and more!

Families will also be able to explore a variety of penguin stations, including penguin crafts and a Research Station hosted by Antarctic researcher and biology professor Dr. Christina Cheng.

March with the Penguins will take place on March 3rd & 4th from 1 to 5 p.m. Prices are $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers (includes museum admission). Family packs of 4 tickets are available for $26. Tickets are available online and at the door. No registration is required.

More information: http://orpheumkids.com and 217-352-5895

IMC Weekly for 02/06/10

Submitted by alex on February 7, 2012 - 10:09am

FREE Workshop. Support Group 101: Raising Community Awareness and Recruitment

Submitted by anonymous on February 7, 2012 - 10:03am

Support Group 101: Recruitment and Raising Community Awareness. This workshop is free of charge and open to any support group facilitator, support group member, professional who works with support groups, or community group.

Workshop Details:
Date and Time: Saturday, February 11th: 9:30a.m. – 12p.m.

Topics: Community awareness, recruitment strategies, marketing, practical exercises, support group specific plan of action.

Workshop Facilitator: Sam King, Self-Help Center Coordinator

Workshop Location: Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C, Clara Lane, 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820.

Registration Fee: FREE

To Register Online:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dEd3WUZPUk...

To Register By phone: Call Sam King 217-352-0099

This letter is being sent to the Governor, Senators, state reps and congress person in the state of Illinois.

Submitted by nvrqut2@aol.com on February 2, 2012 - 7:50pm

This letter is being sent to governor, senators, state reps and congress person in the state of Illinois

 

Dear insert name here,

 

I am working on a documentary film about DCFS. I have had two of my children in the system, so I have experienced the system up close and personal. I have seen the squander of taxpayer’s dollars. DCFS pays out to Catholic Charities close to 250 million dollars each year (these are estimated based on figures obtained under the FOIA from DCFS and are compiled in a loose manner from 2009-2010). This is just a small percentage of the wasted monies that the state should be investigating. With more than Catholic Charities billing the state, there are thousands of agencies with their hands in the pocket of Illinois. The recent problems with the former director should be bewildering enough to want to overhaul the system, yet it seems to be business as usual for Illinois.