URBANA – An anti-war rally set for noon Nov. 13 at the University of Illinois Quad will launch a series of peace events.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the same day, the Quad will have the Eyes Wide Open Boot Display, sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. That evening at 6 p.m. in Room 103 of Mumford Hall, 1301 W. Gregory Drive, U, a panel discussion, “The Legacy of GI Resistance,” will feature Joe Allen, author of “Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost”; Joe Miller, UI lecturer and member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War; and Richard Stacewicz, historian and author of “Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War.” From 7 to 8:30 p.m., there will be testimony by Iraqis and veterans of the global war on terrorism.
Event sponsors are Iraq Veterans Against the War, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the Champaign-Urbana Arab Students Association, the American Friends Service Committee, Campus Greens, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort, the Campus Antiwar Network, the International Socialist Organization and Students for Justice in Palestine.
Call 706-284-6148 for information.
