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Author Archives: Brian Dolinar
Talk on the Black History of Illinois
Saturday February 15, 2-3 p.m. Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium (ground floor) On Saturday, February 15, 2-3 p.m., the Public i‘s own Brian Dolinar will talk about a book he recently published, The Negro in Illinois: The WPA Papers. The … Continue reading
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“University of Inequality?”
“University of Inequality?” The rich are getting richer while working families are falling behind at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A new report shows that the school’s clerical and technical staff have seen their wages stagnate in recent years and … Continue reading
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Angela Davis with CUCPJ at the IMC
Angela Davis gave a talk at the University YMCA’s Friday Forum on September 27, 2013 in its series “Beyond Mass Incarceration.” That morning, she spoke at the IMC and talked with members of CU Citizens for Peace and Justice, who … Continue reading
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Photos from Unity March X
The tenth annual Unity March took place Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. The march met at the Champaign County Housing Authority and ended in Bristol Park, highlighting the need for affordable housing, not jail housing, in our community. Women smiling. … Continue reading
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Labor Day Parade – 2013
Here’s a photo spread of some of the groups that participated in this year’s AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade.
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Champaign-Urbana Rallies for Immigration Reform
On Saturday, August 31, 2013, a rally organized by the local Immigration Forum took place at West Side Park in Champaign. Some 300 people attended in the 90 degree heat. The rally was aimed at swinging the vote of Rodney … Continue reading
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Treyvon Rally in Douglass Park
On Sunday, July 14, a rally was held for Treyvon Martin. The rally also corresponded with the birthday of Kiwane Carrington, who in 2009 was killed by a Champaign police officer.
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How Privatization Destroyed Award-Winning Suicide Prevention Program in Champaign County Jail
Several years ago, while working at our local Books to Prisoners, I met a volunteer who had formerly worked as a mental health counselor in the local jail. This was just after there had been three jail suicides within a … Continue reading
CU Takes Part in National March for Trayvon Martin
Approximately 150 people in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois took part in the national march called by the NAACP for a federal civil rights case against George Zimmerman who last week was acquitted for stalking and murdering 17 year-old African American youth Trayvon … Continue reading
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Rosa Parks Turns 100
Born February 4, 1913, Rosa Parks would have been 100 years old this year. A statue of Parks was recently unveiled in the U.S. Congress, the first black woman to be so honored. A in a new book titled The … Continue reading
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“What’s in a Name? Two C-U Buildings Named After African American Women”
As a new building on campus is being named after Maudelle Bousfield, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Illinois, a public housing complex named after Joann Dorsey, black community activist in Champaign during the 1960s, … Continue reading
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Changes to Police Contract Come from “The Work of the Citizen”
Two out of three proposals presented two years ago by the grassroots organization, Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice (CUCPJ), were included in the police union contract approved by Champaign city council on Tuesday night, December 4, 2012. In April … Continue reading
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Michelle Alexander, Author of “The New Jim Crow” Giving Talk at UIUC
Lecture: Prof. Michelle Alexander, JD Author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 6:00 pm Illini Rooms B & C Illini Union
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Unity March Goes from Jail to Jail
The ninth annual Unity March, held by CU Citizens for Peace and Justice (CUCPJ), took place on October 20, 2012. This year’s march brought attention to the current proposal before the county board to expand the jail system. Champaign County … Continue reading
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Why Does Sheriff of Small Midwestern College Town Need a Drone?
Many have heard of the unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones,” that the U.S. government has been flying over Pakistan and Afghanistan dropping bombs aimed at suspected militants and all too often killing innocent civilians. Increasingly, smaller versions of these planes … Continue reading
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Outstanding Documents Obtained in Police Brutality Case
After months of stalling, the city of Champaign has finally released documents about the incident on June 5, 2011 when a 20 year-old African American man, Brandon Ward, was choked in the back of a squad car by white officer … Continue reading
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Champaign Housing Authority Considers Demolishing Third Black Neighborhood
A protest was held before the board meeting of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC) on Thursday, August 23, 2012 by those questioning plans to demolish Bristol Place, a largely African American neighborhood on the North End in Champaign. … Continue reading
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Scott Walker protest in Springfield
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Honorary Catherine Hogue Way
On May 8, 2012, a section of East Park Street, between Second Street and Third Street, in Champaign was dedicated to Catherine Hogue, black woman activist and long time County Board member. A sign now stands at the intersection in … Continue reading
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Black Youth Beaten by Champaign Police
It has been two years since Kiwane Carrington was killed by a Champaign police officer, but 18-year-old black youth, Calvin Miller, is still afraid of the police. So when a Champaign cop attempted to pull him over for no apparent … Continue reading
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