Occupy Peoria

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• MAY DAY 2012 04/29/2012WHAT'S HAPPENING ON MAY DAY? On May 1st, 2012, we are creating a new kind of holiday – A People's Holiday – one that's not just another flavor of consumerism, but which invites us to image a world beyond consumerism. We ask you to do one of two things to commemorate this day: Don't like what you do? Don't do it. Take one day to do something you love instead. Love what you do? Do it for free. Take it to the next level and bring it to the public. May Day 2012 Video: Why We Strike Peorian Steve Bray will...
• National exhibit and speaker highlighting the human cost of war coming to Bradley University campus 02/23/2012National exhibit and speaker highlighting the human cost of war coming to Bradley University campus   The Peoria area will host several events starting on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, demonstrating the human cost of war and honoring fallen U.S. military personnel and Iraqi civilians. All of the events are co-sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, the Bloomington-Normal Coalition for Peace and Justice, the Bradley Action Committee, Clear Creek Friends Meeting, Iraq Veterans Against the War, NOW, Occupy Peoria, Peoria Area Peace Network, and Veterans for Peace.   Eyes Wide Open: The Cost of War to Illinois:   Eyes Wide Open is an exhibit displaying more than...
• Corporate Personhood Petition for Peoria, IL 02/11/2012You can help collect signatures on the attached petition that the following advisory question of public policy be placed on the ballot and submitted to the voters of the City of Peoria in the State of Illinois on the November 6, 2012 ballot. The petition is to place the following non-binding policy question on the ballot: Should the United States Constitution be amended to clearly state that only individual persons, and not corporations, associations, or any other organizational entities, are entitled to the rights enumerated in the Constitution? Corporate_Personhood_Petition_for_Peoria_IL Frequently Asked Questions when Circulating the Illinois Petition to Abolish Corporate Personhood Move to Amend Corporate...
• Upcoming Peace Events and Book Order 02/08/2012Several Peoria area organizations have sponsored peace events including: Camilo Mejia speaking engagements in Peoria and Bloomington including the "Soldiers of Conscience" movie.  Camilo Mejia became a leading voice for the antiwar movement when he applied for discharge from the army as a conscientious objector.  He is the national chair of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Eyes Wide Open, an exhibit on the human cost of war A Peace Crane exhibit created by us See our Event Calendar for times, locations, and other events.   How to order Camilo Mejia's book - before the March 2nd-3rd events Here's an opportunity to order, in advance of his speaking events, Camilo Mejia's...
• Volunteer Signup for "Eyes Wide Open" 02/05/2012Volunteers are needed to support the "Eyes Wide Open" outdoor exhibit Wednesday, February 29th through Sunday March 4th on the Bradley University Quad. Signup Here...
• General Assembly Minutes Jan 21st 01/23/2012The GA Minutes for 1/21/12: 13 people present for quorum: Agenda Item #1: Willie Crowder and the City: Willie thanks Occupy for showing up to the house. Felt he received good and bad advice. Meanwhile, Willie got a phone call from Gulley (city council member) telling him that the South Side Mission and other organizations are going to stop them from demo the house. . Mission and others didn’t say precisely what they’d do to stop it, but saw his speech at city council. The demo guys told us that once it goes through the court system they couldn’t stop it. But why...
• Saturday January 14th G.A. Minutes 01/16/2012The G.A. Started at 3:10pm with Andrea as Facilitator and Tamara as Stack Coordinator and myself as Recorder. There were 15 people in attendance. The Agenda was discussed as follows: 1. "Occupy the Corporations", Andrea reported that she attended a conference call involving Occupy Portland, Oregon's request for a National Day of protest against ALEC on February 29th. Nothing concrete is planned but information about ALEC can be found on Alecexposed.org. The next conference call will be on Jan.26th at 8pm. It was suggested that maybe a teach-in can be organized at Bradley before the protest....
• Occupy Peoria and Move to Amend at the Peoria City Council Meeting 01/11/2012Members of Occupy Peoria and Move to Amend attended the January 10, 2012 Peoria City Council meeting to initiate work toward a resolution opposing the US Supreme Court's interpretations of the Constitution in Citizens United and to establish greater public awareness before the January 20th Occupy the Courts event. Video (starts at 93:45) Audio ...
• Occupy Peoria met with Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis 01/11/2012Nine members of Occupy Peoria met with Mayor Jim Ardis on Monday, January 9th 2012 to introduce ourselves, our movement, to better understand our Mayor and to resolve the tension that resulted from his Occupy Peoria aritcle.  We initiated discussion on several issues, learned how to take issues to the City Council and established an agreement to meet quarterly with the Mayor.  It was a positive step and we appreciated his time to meet with us....
• General Assembly Minutes - Saturday, Jan. 7th 2012- 5:00pm 01/08/2012Agenda Item #1- Sit-down with Mayor Jim Ardis: -The Mayor wanted to know why we wanted to meet him. -Had to remind him that he wrote a condescending article about the Occupy movement. -Either he wrote about us without researching or had a ghostwriter. -Confront the Mayor as a group of concerned citizens. -Have face-to-face conversation. -7-8 people going as of right now. -Mayor is giving us 30 minutes to talk. -Possibly give a picture of Occupy or information. -Bring up talking points. -Link our news coverage. -Let him know that we’ll be occupying again and we’ll picket and protest. -Let him know that members of the Occupy found his magazine article...