Current AIUK events
This semester we will be doing more work with the coalition to abolish
the death penalty. This Thursday, the local KCADP chapter will hold their
meeting immediately after ours in room 228, so please stick around and get
involved! This semester we will be showing the film Too Flawed to Fix,
about the anti-death penalty work done in Illinois, we will be tabling and
calling/sending petitions to state reps and senators about two bills
pending in the house that would help to eliminate unfairness in the death
penalty. March 1 is International Abolition day, so I think we should
shoot for tabling then, and March 4 there will be a rally in Frankfort, so
we need to start planning those things.
Check out the Ky Abolition website at www.kcadp.org
We will also be continuing our SOA work, as there will be legislation
to close the school yet again. We have another film to show, courtesy of
Maggie, and more letters to write! WE had a great turn-out at the last
film, so let's get even more people there!
To learn more about the SOA,
and the work to shut it down, visit www.soaw.org
The AIUSA Week of Student Action will be held in April, the theme
being to end Discrimination and Violence against women. This is a great
opportunity for us to work with other campus and community groups, but we
should start planning now!
There will be another Hate-Free Lexington Rally, in response to a
visit from "Rev" Fred Phelps. If you don't know this guy, check out his
website, www.godhatesfags.com I think you know what he's about, just from
that. Anyway, a local gay couple will be having their daughter baptised,
and Phelps will return to lexington, to spew his hate-filled message once
again (his first visit was when the same couple had their quadruplets
baptised a year and a half ago). No date has been set (it will be posted as soon
as a date is set), but this will be a
great opportunity for us to support the Lexington community and maybe even
get new members!
Also of potential interest is a workshop to be held at the University
of Cincinnati at the end of February on International Law and Human
Rights. We can check if this will be of interest to us, as students, or
if it is just for people of the legal profession, and maybe take a little
daytrip.
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News Coverage of Past AIUK events
November 17, 1999
December 8th, 1999
Jan 31, 2000
November 20th, 2000
December 8th, 2000
February 27th, 2001
March 20th, 2001
Sept 18th, 2001
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