[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: anti-war meeting Meeting

[Charles Whitney]

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>Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:20:22 -0800
>From: Al Chavez <al.chavez at ucr.edu>
>Subject: anti-war meeting Meeting
>Cc: "armando Navarro" <armando.navarro at ucr.edu>
>
>This is a reminder that another meeting is scheduled today March 6.
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>>To: Department Chairs, Faculty, Student Program Directors,
>>Graduate/undergraduate students, and staff
>>
>>Subject: Follow-up to  UCR Colloquium on Peace in Iraq Tuesday
>>
>>This is a cordial invitation to attend a follow-up planning meeting 
>>for a "Peace Colloquium" on the escalating Iraq War.  The meeting 
>>will take place on Tuesday at 12:30 to 2:00 pm in room HMNSS 2412 
>>March 6.  Please dissimate to all interested parties.
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>>As a professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies; a human rights 
>>activist; and as a former officer in the United States Army, I am 
>>extremely concerned about the escalating Iraq War Crisis that 
>>increasingly seems to be expanding into a wider regional 
>>conflagration that could involve Iran and the rest of Middle 
>>East.  I have spoken about the matter to various faculty members, 
>>graduate undergraduate students, and community people and all 
>>concur that the timing is propitious for UCR, as an intellectual 
>>community, to hold such a colloquium where the Iraq War issue and 
>>its divergent points of view can be debated. I urge you to attend 
>>this very important meeting.  Please inform and invite those you 
>>think are interested in participating in such an event to be with 
>>us.  More specifically, for department chairs please inform and 
>>invite your faculty, graduate and undergraduate students.  For 
>>Student Program Directors, I urge you to notify the various student 
>>organizations.  And for all others, please take the initiative and 
>>invite others as well.
>>
>>In closing, these are difficult and challenging times, our UCR 
>>intellectual community, has a responsibility to provide the 
>>intellectual setting and space to debate the issues that
>>impact society.  If you have any questions pertinent to the 
>>meeting, I can be reached at either 827-1826 or my cell number 
>>(951) 333-6819.  My e-mail address is:
>>armando.navarro at ucr.edu.
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D. Charles Whitney, Professor and Chair, Creative Writing; Professor 
of Sociology
Department of Creative Writing, 1607 HMNSS,
University of California , 900 University Ave.
Riverside, CA  92521-0118 951.827.6076 / Fax 951.827.3619
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