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NEIU CAN Members Face Charges for Antiwar Protest |
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Written by NEIU
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Monday, March 26 2007 |
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Fellow antiwar activists,
Please carve out time in your
schedules this week to support Northeastern Illinois University
students Matt Larson and Ken Barrios, who were arrested on their campus
for peacefully protesting the CIA.
Press Conference:
Wednesday, March 28 -- 10:00am
NEIU campus Village Square
5500 N. St. Louis
Court Date:
Wednesday, March 28 -- 1:30 pm
555 W Harrison
On
February 28, 2007 seven student activists attempted to enact a
non-violent protest of a school sponsored meeting with the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Two students, Ken Barrios and Matt Larson, were
unjustly arrested and brutalized by NEIU campus police for the crime of
participating in a legal demonstration against the CIA. The two
students have been erroneously charged with two misdemeanors stemming
from the protest.
"I am disappointed in the
administration' s harsh response to students practicing their right to
free speech as well as their lack of support for the student body,"
Chris Poulos, President of NEIU Students Against War.
We are imploring the
University to drop the bogus charges against the two NEIU students. We
are imploring the University to respect the rights of
students to engage in lawful and permitted demonstrations on the NEIU campus.
INVITED SPEAKERS:
**Brett C. Stockdill Ph.D. is an associate professor of the Sociology department at NEIU
**Terry Schuepfer is a professor of Psychology as well as the President of UPI-NEIU
**Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is the president of NEIU's Socialist club
**Chris Poulos is the president of NEIU Students Against War
**Victor Ortiz is Assistant Professor and Director, Latino and Latin American Studies Program
**Spokesperson from Voices for Creative Nonviolence
We
are demanding that the administration drop all charges against the
students Matt Larson and Ken Barrios. We demand that the administration
support
its students and their rights to free speech on campus.
For more information, please contact Adam Norden:
(312) 209-9851
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