COALITION NEWS
Directions/campus map for events at Northern Illinois University:
www.niu.edu/maps.shtml

OCTOBER Calendar

Tues. Oct 26   @ 7pm NIU Holmes Student Center: Regency Room Northern Illinois University- College Republicans vs. College Democrats 1st & only Debate (on issues to make an informed decision at the ballot) [Dan Kempton, chairman of political science dept. moderator]

Tues. Oct 26 at 8pm NIU Holmes Student Center: Carl Sandburg Auditorium PRISM (Northern Illinois University LGBT group) hosts  “MOTHERSON” emmy-nominated writer/performer Jeffery Solomon’s one-man play between a gay Jewish man and his mother. FREE!!!

Wed. Oct 27 N.A.A.C.P. host ROCK THE VOTE @ 5pm NIU Holmes Student Center: Carl Sandburg Auditorium Democrat and Republican speakers.

*Friday, October 29 8 pm Holmes Student Center Illinois Room (2nd Floor) Speaker: Author Kate Bornstein is a nationally-known author and performance artist whose published works include the books "Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us" and "My Gender Workbook." Sponsored by Prism, LGBT Resource Center, Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

Deadline for out of precinct voters (absentee ballot) in DEKALB is Thursday October 28. Go to county clerk in person NOW. DeKalb County Administration Building, 110 E. Sycamore St.


NOVEMBER 2004 Calendar

Tuesday November 2nd ELECTION DAY Results Party @ 7pm-results NIU Lincoln Dorm in TV Room -Hosted by NIU Black Student Union

Thursday, November 4th, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. at Northern Illinois University in Reavis 103. Join Barbara Burrell, author of A Woman's Place Is in the House and Women and Political Participation for a discussion of the 2004 Election results For info/flyer: www.clas.niu.edu/wstudies/upcoming.events.htm For map/directions go to: www.freewebs.com/womensallianceniu/

*November KNIT-IN (TBA) Women’s Alliance Knitting Afghans for Afghans project during an
anti-war Open Mic [educational jam session on affects of war/poverty, esp. on women & children.
Bring knitting needles, pit words, or sip clean coffee]
www.freewebs.com/womensallianceniu/

For more NOVEMBER upcoming events check: www.star.niu.edu

November 2 REMEMBER to VOTE
Be informed and inform others/ follow up on candidates
www.vote-smart.org
www.congress.org
www.collegevote.org
www.youthvote.org
www.onevotefilm.com

**United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage stamp. Stop ignorant boycotts, support by buying these stamps to promote diversity and fight religious bias and discrimination towards Muslims.

NIU progressive groups:

Committee for the Preservation of WildLife (CPW)
meets (every other) Mondays @ 7pm in Montgomery 442/443   www.bios.niu.edu/cpw/

Labor Rights Alliance meets Mon. @ 9pm        
listserve: niu_lra (at) yahoogroups.com

Amnesty International meets (alternating) Weds @ 12pm niu_amnesty (at) yahoo.com

Women's Alliance meets (every 1st & 3rd) Thursdays @ 9pm in Reavis 103
www.freewebs.com/womensalliance/

DeKalb Interfaith Network:  Peace Vigils @ 1st & Lincoln Highway Fridays 5-6pm dekalbinterfaithnetwork (at) yahoogroups.com

NCFPJ meets Tuesdays @ 7pm in student lounge downstairs in NIU library www.geocities.com/niupeace/        listserve:  NCFPJ-AntiWar (at) yahoogroups.com

Northern Coalition for Peace & Justice is an NIU group not funded by the Student Association & is open to the community. Our goal is to build a coalition between college campus(es) and the Dekalb community.

To contact NCFPJ: niupeace@yahoo