NY/NJ CAN Bulletin 2.2.03

1. FEB 15, DAYTIME MARCH PLANS

Hunter voted at its last meeting to host the CAN
feeder march to the UFPJ main march on Feb 15, and now
CAN is trying to get other student/youth groups to
march with us. Youth Bloc seems to have decided to
march with us, and people from CAN (and Hunter
specifically) were going to the Uptown Youth for Peace
and Justice meeting on Tuesday to formally propose to
them that they march with us in a united, student
march.

We also decided that the march should be advertised as
leaving around 10:30 for now, pending official
announcements about when/where the UFPJ march will
start (the cops are denying them a permit so far).

*We voted unanimously* by a proposal from Monique to
have a sign-making party. We tried to decide where to
have it, but we got bogged down and we voted on
whether to table the discussion or to scrap the idea
of the party all together. *We voted 7 to 3 in favor
of tabling*

*We also decided unanimously* that CAN's themes for
the march should be along the lines of: Campuses Say
NO to War!, Money for Schools Not War, Budget Cuts =
Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Binh volunteered to figure out the march logistics
(route, organizing a team of march captains); Laura
volunteered to make a flyer advertising the feeder
march and sign-up sheets for non-CAN students we meet
on the 15; Jessie volunteered to write an email
announcement of the feeder march.

2. FEB 15, NIGHT RALLY

Dan(?) wrote a letter outlining our plan for the rally
to be circulated EVERYWHERE possible. Binh suggested
that we put the (awesome!) flyer for the evening event
on the internet and include a link to it in our
announcement/letter that we send so other campus
groups can download it, print it, and use it at their
campuses. Minou volunteered to put it on the
CAN(NY/NJ) site.

Speakers:
*We voted unanimously to have 2 student speakers*
*We voted unanimously that one should be from CAN, and
one should from Youth Bloc*
*We voted unanimously that Minou should be CAN's
speaker*

MCs:
*We voted unanimously to have 3 MCs with the idea that
more can be added by the MCs or the Feb 15 Program
Committee as needed*
*We voted unanimously that Columbia should provide 2
of the MCs*
It was decided that other campuses should ask people
if they would like to MC so that CAN has a diverse
representation from its member schools.

3. NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO, FEB 22-23

*We voted unanimously to get buses for the NY/NJ area
delegations*; Laura volunteered to call Greyhound to
check out rates

Monique argued that we should put mobilizing schools
for the national conference at the center of CAN's
outreach; Monique and Nick volunteered to follow up
with this.

4. NEXT MEETING

We decided to move our meetings back to 2pm next
Sunday to make it easier for people to get to.


-Minutes taken by Binh from Hunter.



NYC Campus Anti-war Network Meeting, 12/8/02

1.  Introductions:

9 campuses were represented at the meeting: Columbia 
University, Fordham University, NYU, City College of NY, 
Rutgers College, Hunter College, Stony Brook, New School, 
Boston University.

2.  Reports on activities since the last meeting:

Since the last meeting, many CAN groups have held 
inspiring events at their campuses.  New School held a 
public forum with their president Bob Kerry to ask him 
to either step down from an ultra conservative group 
advocating for the “freedom” of Iraq or from the presidency 
of New School University.  The SUNY Stony Brook Coalition 
has been doing research on Stony Brook’s involvement with 
the military and is planning to have “weapons inspections” 
their own campus.  Fordham has been flyering and having 
potlucks in the Bronx, and Columbia held a debate about 
the war.

3.  Plans for December 10th, International Human Rights Day:

Please see Dec. 10th Press Release

4.  Mission Statement:
After much debate, CAN voted 14 to 4 in favor of adopting
the following mission statement:
 “We are a network of campus-based groups in the 
New York/New Jersey area that are united in opposition to 
the war on Iraq and the infringements on civil liberties 
in the form of US racist practices.  We feel that the Bush 
administration's foreign aggression is unjustified, racist, 
and morally wrong.  The purpose of this network is to 
facilitate communication between individual campus movements,
to coordinate actions, and to provide a forum for information 
and resources.”

5.  Future Actions:

CAN decided to run its own busses down to D.C. for the march 
on Jan. 18th.  It will be running one bus from Columbia University 
nd one from Washington Square Park.  The possibility of holding a 
large rally in the beginning of February was also briefly discussed.

6.  Working Groups:

The meeting then divided into three working groups for networking, 
writing the press release, and arranging busses.  These groups are 
set to meet again next Sunday.






NYC Campus Anti-War Network Meeting, 11/24/02

1. Introductions:

11 campuses were represented at the meeting: Columbia
University, Fordham University, NY University, City
College of NY, Rutgers College, Hunter College, Stony
Brook, New School, Bard University, Humanities High
School, and Princeton University.

2. Purpose and name:

After a lot of discussion, everyone agreed that we
should be more than simply a communication network
with a listserve and a website, but that we should
also be a network for action - calling demonstrations,
simultaneous actions on our campuses, and perhaps in
the future, walkouts and student-strikes. People also
agreed that we wanted to be a network of campus-based
groups that are against the war on Iraq, open to
anyone and everyone who is also against the war,
including faculty, and staff.

Our name, decided *unanimously*, is the Campus Anti
War Network (N.Y./N.J).

We decided that a working group should come up with a
statement representing the group's name and purpose.

3. Actions:

We decided *unanimously* that we would organize events
the week of December 10th (International Human Rights
Day), and to hold referendums on the war and try to
get people to the protest on December 14th in Harlem
if possible.

We also decided to meet again on December 8th.
Columbia University volunteered to host again. One of
the chairs volunteered to send out the email list to
everyone which will function as a listserv until Minou
from Columbia sets one up (along with a website).

-Minutes taken by Pham Binh