Important: Minutes from CAN Wide CALL, Feb 25th

[Campus Antiwar Network]

Minutes for CAN WIDE CALL 2-25-07

Chapters on the call

North Western, Valpo Regional, UVM, University of Illinois Champagne Urbana,

Kent State, Rutgers, Amherst. American University, Simmons College Boston,

Cornell, Emerson College, San Fransisco State, University of Maryland, NYU,

RIT, University of Massachusetts's, University of Ill Chicago, Berkeley, DCMJ

Tuffs, Columbia, University of Northern Iowa, University of Wisconsin Madison

Agenda
1. Date and Location for CAN National conference

A. Proposal from Chris (Northern Iowa) to have regional conferences and then a national conference. at the United States Social Forum, Northern Iowa is willing to host the Midwest Conference. MOTION TABLED

NATIONAL CONFERECEN IN APRIL, Motion passed to give one more week for everyone to discuss within their chapters the possibility of hosting a CAN national conference. GET Back to Chris at schwar...@gmail.com by Monday March 5^th with a final decision on whether or not your chapter is capable of hosting.

2. March 17th march on the Pentagon (possible coordinate youth and student contingent with others like SDS, WCW, Hip-Hop Caucus)

CAN has unanimously decided t call for a unified youth and student contingent for the March 17^th march on the Pentagon. We will now work with others to build the contingent, it is open to all youth and student antiwar organizations, and those who are unaffiliated regardless of political differences.

3. Local Anniversary of War actions

A. Emily Willard American University

Talked about a great campaign with the slogan "Wear some black till the troops come back." They are asking people at their campus to wear an article of black clothing strting in the month of March, or a button, or other black appeal until all troops are brought home from Iraq. They have great buttons that you can purchase from them, email all inquires to:

wearso...@aol.com

B. Valpo have been working hard to organize a statewide Indiana state-wide student protest against the Iraq war on Saturday March 24. at Monument Circle in Downtown Indianapolis if you have questions email: holly....@valpo.edu, UVM is also working on a statewide protest

CAN WEEKS OF ACTCTION

CAN is asking students to organize antiwar actions of a wide variety surrounding the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq on their campuses from March 12^th-25^th John from DCMJ is working on the press release

4. February 15^th Day of Action

   Columbia, 3-4 hundred, march with 100, teach-in with 200 people, grew out of the action, lots of anger, huge questions of troops out now as the political message but they found more success when sticking to their beliefs and focusing on troops out now!

   Stress that other schools are involved in th future

5. April 18 (Seattle schools are walking out ). Have CAN call for Student Walkouts

A. Tabled so that chapters can talk to their members, we want as much support as possible if we are going to organize this day of walkouts. Some chapters (Rutgers and others are walking out on March 15^th) If we go ahead wit this it will be used to promote this as the semester of walkouts highlighting February 15^th, March 15^th, and April 18^th.

6. State of CAN schools

   Chicago-good luck relaunching, back to basic stuff, make phone calls night before meetings, do tabling, Use 4^th anniversary of war to build momentum, H.S organizing (find out what is already happening and then support them, there are already students organizing at many H. Schools.)

More National materials for CAN publicity needed

People with Web Skills should contact Alex Dempsey, Josh Karpoff from RIT

7.WE Decided to Endorse the following events

A

ENDLESS WAR

A MEMORIAL 

Read the Names 

Times Square Recruitment Center 

At sunrise on Sunday, March 11^th, as we approach the fifth year of the invasion of Iraq, people of conscience will begin reading the names of the war dead. The reading will continue for six days, from sunrise to sunset, through Friday, March 16^th, 2007. 

We are asking that you join us for a period of time, bearing witness to this tragedy and suffering. Be part of a growing resistance movement demanding an end to the illegal occupation of Iraq and saying "No" to an attack on Iran. 

WE WILL NOT BE SILENT 

Sponsored by Granny Peace Brigade NYC, The Critical Voice and Not in Our Name.

B The Hip Hop Caucus, along with Iraq Veterans Against the War and Books Not
Bombs, has organized a bus tour centered around our "Make Hip Hop Not War"
campaign. CAN encourages all chapters to look int bringing this tour to your school. IF interested contact:

Liz Havstad

Chief of Staff, Hip Hop Caucus

1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20036

202.787.5256 office

510.206.6749 cell

202.387.7915 fax

Proposed Tour Schedule: March 19 – April 21, 2007 
 

3/19/2007 – Press Conference Washington, DC  

3/21/2007 – Manchester, New Hampshire (University of New Hampshire)  

3/24/2007 – New York, New York (Columbia University) 

3/27/2007 - Greensboro, North Carolina (North Carolina A&T) 

3/29/2007 – Orangeburg, South Carolina (South Carolina State) 

4/1/2007 – Atlanta, GA (Morehouse and Spellman College)  

4/4/2007 – Memphis, TN (University of Memphis) 

4/7/2007 – Phoenix, Arizona (University of Phoenix)  

4/11/2007 – San Francisco, California (University of California)  

4/14/2007 – Des Moines, IA (Iowa State University) 

4/18/2007 – South Bend, Indiana (University of Notre Dame)  

4/21/2007 – Baltimore, Maryland (Morgan State University)