PDX Collective Meeting Notes - October 2008

Radical Reference Meeting Notes---10/27/2008-- 7:00pm at IPRC

In attendance: Lana, Nate, Ian, Renee, Denise

QUESTION: militarism and public research universities

question / pregunta: 

What projects does the University of Illinois at Chicago participate in with private military contractors? What type of research does UIC do with funding from the Department of Defense? What programs at UIC are sponsored or partnered with private military contractors and/or the DoD?

RR-NYC collective meeting October 17, 2008

RadRef NYC
October 17 meeting
ABC No Rio
Present: John, Christy, Lisa, Melissa M., Karen, Emily
Minutes by Emily

QUESTION: the brutalization,minimization and oppression of womyn at P4W during 1988 to 1993

question / pregunta: 

I need to know how to get ahold of a tape made of the mens riot squad,brought over from KP to "apparantly...contain,restrain" these out-a-control womyn, by using brute force and engaging in the VERY illegal stripping completly naked of these womyn, not for the first time either. They just happened to get caught this turn round, and good on them. I was one of those womyn and am attending a conferance in Ottawa..University of > I realize its short notice but the conferance is for CSSDP[goto drugpolicy.org to find outmore]it will be held on NOVEMBER 7-9/ 2008 at of ottawa, pls let me know how to get my hands on it, I am a writer now ,mostly newspapers, and the like, but Im a keynote speaker and wld certainly appreciate anything else that ya may think relevant as IM a avid advocate for womyn and all taht they loose when sent away....how their children are sentenced along with them etc..pls respond I deeply thankyou TraCY mCrAE

QUESTION: want to locate documents / rare books relating to anarchism in bay area

question / pregunta: 

im looking for documents relating to anarchism in san francisco.

who might have original editions of The Blast, for example?

This is for a video project relating to the forms and aesthetics of radical politics.

many thanks
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz

Voters' Rights

Quick and Dirty Webliography for Voters' Rights
by Karen Lillis, copied here with her permission
original version

QUESTION: Librarianship (distance programs/volunteering in a public library)

question / pregunta: 

I am interested in a career as a Reference librarian. Due to my financial situation, moving away for school or commuting seem both improbable, and I don't want to put my education on hold for too long...Which is why I am very interest in online/ distance programs. Which ones do you recommend?

Also, I was thinking about finally heading to my public library to volunteer. What should I look into as a volunteer?

Are there any specific courses I should take at the community college?
(I am not particularly comp tech savy)

(I received a B.A. i Chicano Studies (far from library science, right?)...I definitely would appreciate any additional help, recommendations)

THANK YOU!,

Denise

ABC No Rio Gala & Benefit Auction

I hope every single activist and art lover in the NYC area will attend the ABC No Rio Gala & Benefit Auction on Wednesday, October 22 at the Angel Orensanz Cultural Center on the lower east side of Manhattan.

QUESTION: Source/authenticity of quote from Dr. King

question / pregunta: 

Dr. King is reported to have said, "Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows." September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, for example, takes their name from this quote, and Coretta Scott King used a similar phrasing in her speech, referencing her husband. In a few places, the quote is reported as ending simply "...carving out tomorrows."

Yet I cannot find anywhere a direct reference to where this was said. The quotation books I have don't include that among his quotes, and all the references I can find online are unsourced. I know he often said similar things in different speeches, so I know different versions of the same idea might exist. My question is: Did Dr. King ever say this or something like it? And if so, when and where?

Thanks!

QUESTION: librarianship

question / pregunta: 

I know that in order to become a librarian, you need a Masters in library science...Is it possible to be accepted into one of these Master's programs if you have a Bachelor's from a different field? In California? Would I have to get another B.A.?

Thank you for your help.

--denise

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