Baltimore Activist Alert – May 19 – July 25, 2019
"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own
nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it
must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends, this list and other email documents which I send
out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go
to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send
contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Max
Obuszewski can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.
1] Books, buttons and
stickers
2] Web site for info on
federal legislation
3] Get involved with NCNR
4] Buy an
Anti-War Veteran hat
5] Lawyers Against War
6] “Explore & Live
Palestine” from July 11 through July 25, 2019
7] SUPPORT AMAZON
WORKERS OF CONSCIENCE
8]
Shadows and Ashes: The
Peril of Nuclear Weapons – through May 31
9] Ring in Spring at Real
Food Farm – May 19
10] Benefit the Humane
Society of Carroll County -- May 19
11] Throw Out
Incineration
-- May 19
12] National Adoption
Weekend – May 19
13] Adoption Event – May 19
14] People's Power Assembly
Neighborhood Clean Up – May 19
15] Baltimore Democratic
Socialists of America meeting – May 19
16] Anti-war protest at the Venezuelan Embassy –
May 19
17] On the Call for the NRA
– May 19
18] Sierra Club celebrates – May 19
19] "Reclaiming
Judaism from Zionism" – May 19
20] Pentagon Protest – May 20
21] Food Rescue – May 20
22] The Middle East and the
Horn of Africa – May 20
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1] – Buttons,
bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless the Whole World,
No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
3] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary
decision-making mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance
[NCNR]. It will be augmented by
conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed. It will
consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local, regional, or national
organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry out the
NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to U.S.
wars.
To join the ORGANIZING
List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to
mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net. Different local chapters of a
national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
4] – Get a good-looking black hat
which says Anti-War Veteran in the front and Viva House 50th in the
back. The cost is $10. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
Comcast dot net.
5] – Jeff
Ross, an attorney in Maryland, is interested in gathering with other lawyers to
discuss ways in which the legal profession and the law generally can be
conceptualized as a peace-building and war-resisting institution and redirected
to these ends. Areas to explore might include: 1) ways in which this
group could support with legal analysis/writing those lawyers who are
representing peace-builders/war-resisters in criminal prosecutions; 2) ways in
which, from a more theoretical perspective, the law might be grounded in an
ethic of non-violence; and 3) ways in which law students and young lawyers
might be exposed to a non-violent vision of the law. All religious,
philosophical, and critical perspectives on the law are welcome. The group
might want to call itself Lawyers Against War. Jeff can be reached at
443-690-6872 and jross50@hotmail.com.
6] – If you are 18 to
35, don't miss this unique opportunity to visit Palestine! Registration is Now
Open at https://kthps.org/join. For more
information, please visit: https://kthps.org/.
Know Thy Heritage, Inc. is offering a Leadership Initiative “Explore & Live
Palestine” from July 11 through July 25, 2019. This is a program of The
Arab American Institute. Visit http://www.aaiusa.org/.
7] -- SUPPORT AMAZON
WORKERS OF CONSCIENCE. We are in a deep struggle to support conscience
within the high tech community, which may be the only way to prevent a major
leap into artificial intelligence warfare that we see the beginnings of in the
expanding global U.S. drone war system. This may be of particular
interest to Johns Hopkins' Navy-funded researchers, some of whom have been
working on swarming drone technology.
8] – An important art
exhibition continues at the Takoma Park campus of Montgomery College through
May 31. The exhibit is named Shadows and
Ashes: The Peril of Nuclear Weapons, and features works by
photographer Gary Schoichet; drawings by the child survivors of Hiroshima;
ceramic masks by multimedia artist Marion Held; the poetry of John
Canaday; and the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton
University This is a traveling exhibition from Princeton
University, sponsored by Montgomery College’s Institute for Race, Justice, and
Civic Engagement, Peace Action Montgomery, and Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland,
and it will be on view at Montgomery College’s Cultural Arts Center, 7995
Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. It will be accompanied by various events,
including films, lectures, and discussion.
This
exhibition of art and science examines the role of nuclear weapons in our
society and reflects on their results. By combining artwork and scientific
information, it opens conversations on the practical and the philosophical
implications of humans’ continued efforts to create and to dismantle nuclear
weapons. This multi-faceted exploration of the implications of nuclear weapons
includes photographs, drawings, masks, and technical information. Photographer
Gary Schoichet provides portraits and reflective comments of Hiroshima
survivors, as well as documentary photographs of the historic 1982 Anti-Nuclear
Rally in New York City. All Souls Church in Washington, D.C., contributes
Hiroshima Children’s Drawings in crayon from 1947 by young survivors. In
commemoration of the human catastrophe in Japan, multimedia artist Marion Held
has made ceramic masks as a response to her exploration of the site of the
bombing at Hiroshima. Related events will be posted throughout the time of
the exhibition on the website, www.peaceactionmc.org/.
For information on exhibit hours and parking, visit mcblogs/montgomerycollege.edu/cac.
9] – On
Sun., May 19 from 9:30 AM to noon, hosted by Repair The World Baltimore,
Ring in Spring at Real Food Farm, 1950 Perlman Pl., Baltimore 21213-1509.
Get tickets at www.tfaforms.com. Get dirt under your
fingernails, muddy knees, and lungs filled with fresh air. Farming might be
hard work, but it's worth it! Celebrate spring being in full swing to help out
on the farm. You may even get to taste some of the fruits of your labor!
Assist Real Food Farm in achieving its goals of improving neighborhood access
to healthy food, protecting the environment, building out the urban agriculture
sector, and much more. Learn more on Real Food Farm's website: http://realfoodfarm.civicworks.com/. See
2https://www.facebook.com/events/829081734117996/.
10] – On Sun., May 19
from 10 AM to 5 PM, get to the Trail Ride to Benefit the Humane Society of
Carroll County, hosted by Happy on Hooves and Humane Society of
Carroll County, Inc., 5014 Mount Carmel Rd., Hampstead 21074. Tickets are
www.happyonhooves.com. Treat yourself to
a horseback trail ride to benefit the Humane Society of Carroll County. The
Humane Society of Carroll County has been advocating for the health and proper
care of animals for nearly 75 years. With a goal of finding suitable, loving
homes for abandoned and stray animals, the Humane Society continues its legacy
of advocating for the humane treatment of animals. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/276418759947966/.
11] -- Usually,
the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21218, meets on
Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion at 10:30 AM. On
Sun., May 12, the platform address is “Baltimore Must Throw Out
Incineration.” Baltimore’s trash incinerator(s) have for many
years been the paramount polluter of our air. Ownership has changed but the
incineration industry has not; it profits at the expense of residents it claims
to serve. At what point does bending truth become flat out lying? Impartial
scientists know that among all trash disposal industries (and among all power
generation industries) incineration pollutes the most, generates the least, and
employs the least. Trash is worth more when recycled so by incinerating, larger
society actually pays to increase the toxicity of its environment and cost of
its medicine. That is neither environmentally, economically, nor socially
sustainable. No more – Baltimore’s future in waste reduction, repair, reuse,
and recycling or RRRR (that includes composting) begins now!
Kevin Kriescher (MS Physics) has held sundry academic roles
(adjunct professor, college tutor, textbook editor, online K-12 math teacher,
high school track/field coach, etc.) but his real calling – the one with no
paycheck – is environmental conservation. He has lived in Baltimore 14 years
and currently serves the MD Chapter of the Sierra Club as executive committee
member for the Greater Baltimore Group. His focus within the group is pollution
– one of humanity’s biggest yet somehow most persistently ignored crises.
Call 410-581-2322
or email ask@bmorethical.org.
14] On Sun., May 19
noon to 2 PM, join the People's Power Assembly Neighborhood Clean Up: Remington
at 2701 Sisson St., Baltimore 21211-3019. This is a Serve the People
initiative. Beside the cleanup, outreach will be conducted and information will
be distributed to educate people against the ongoing US backed coup in
Venezuela. Bring work gloves, brooms, and dust pans. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2376074646003916/.
15] – On Sun., May 19
from 2 to 4:30 PM, attend the May General Body Meeting, hosted by the
Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America, Oak Hill Center for Education and
Culture, 2239 Kirk Ave, Baltimore 21218. Find out about organizing and
where your place is in the movement! There will be new member orientation from
2 to 2:30 PM. Child care is available. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/416807349100152/.
16] –
On Sun., May 19 at 2 PM, Rev.
Jesse Jackson will be back at the Venezuelan Embassy, 1099 30th St. NW, WDC
20007, for an anti-war rally to help kick start an anti-war movement across the
nation. Connect the struggles against U.S. imperialism in countries around the
world including Venezuela, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, Libya, and Korea.
RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/dc_may_19_2019?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-rev-jesse-jackson-sunday-in-dc&email_referrer=email_549860&email_subject=rev-jesse-jackson-sunday-in-dc.
17] – On Sun., May 19 from 4 to 5 PM, get on The
CALL - ERA Education Program at Katrina's Dream, PO Box 32003, WDC 20007.
Tickets are at www.katrinasdream.org. Please come
each Sunday and help build the groundswell. The collaboration of grassroots
organizers, lobbyists, and professionals is dedicated to promoting and
educating folks across the United States of America to empowering women around
the world.
18] – Join the Sierra
Club on Sun., May 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Denizens Brewing Company, 1115
East West Highway, Silver Spring 20910, for a drink and celebration. Meet
special guests, including Delegate Brooke Lierman, Senator Cheryl Kagan, Senator
Brian Feldman, Delegate Lorig Charkoudian, Delegate Marc Korman, Delegate Kumar
Barve, Delegate Vaughn Stewart, Executive Director of Trash Free Maryland,
Ashley Van Stone, and more. Contact Gary Young at gary.young@mdsierra.org or
301-277-7111.
19] – On Sun., May 19 from 6 to 8 PM, check out
"Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism" - The Book Launch, hosted
by Jewish Voice for Peace - DC Metro at Busboys and Poets, 450 K St.
NW, WDC 20001. This will be a night of storytelling that will take audience
members through the journeys of nine Jewish activists who have changed their
perspectives on Zionism. In this powerful collection of personal
narratives, forty Jews of diverse backgrounds tell a wide range of stories
about the roads they have traveled from a Zionist world view to activism in
solidarity with Palestinians and Israelis striving to build an inclusive
society founded on justice, equality, and peaceful coexistence. Editor
Carolyn L. Karcher and eight of her contributors will speak about the book and
sum up their stories, introducing readers to the large community of Jewish
activists who have created organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace,
IfNotNow, and Open Hillel. Karcher and her contributors want to strengthen
alliances with progressives of all faiths and seek to nurture models of Jewish
identity that replace ethnic exclusiveness with solidarity, Zionism with a
Judaism once again nourished by a transcendent ethical vision. See https://www.facebook.com/events/440158566732194/.
20] – There is a weekly
Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the
Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is May 20, and it is sponsored by the
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com
or call 202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south
Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. By Metro, take
Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the
Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to
protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off
at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary
Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army
Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is
meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these
spots begin at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds.
Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S.
Fern and Army Navy Dr.
21] – On Mon., May 20 at noon, there will be a
Food Rescue at Land of Kush, 840 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore 21201. Food Rescue
Baltimore is honored to partner with The Land of Kush each and every Monday to
bring access to free vegan/plant-based food in the community. Bring a bag. Take
what you want from noon to 1PM or while supplies last. No purchase is
necessary to take advantage of the Food Rescue Baltimore give away. Items from
The Land of Kush's menu are not included in the give-away but will be available
for sale. See https://www.facebook.com/events/415842178868197/.
22] – On Mon., May 20 from noon to 4 PM, attend a conference:
The Middle East and the Horn of Africa, hosted by Middle East Institute at
the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, WDC 20004. Tickets
are at www.mei.edu. Observe the evolving
internal dynamics in the Horn of Africa region, and the ways in which these
countries are affecting and being affected by events and conflicts in the
broader Middle East. Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia face a myriad of
security and development challenges, including instability in and migration
from neighboring Middle Eastern countries. Meanwhile, the Horn of Africa region
is emerging as a new battleground for competition among rising global powers in
the Middle East and East Asia. This conference will bring together
experts and practitioners focusing on this complex region to explore prospects for
productive U.S. engagement in the Horn of Africa, ways in which to promote
human rights and the rule of law in these countries, and avenues to establish a
coherent regional dialogue while balancing the Horn of Africa’s engagement with
the outside world. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/431921370971924/.
To be
continued.
"The
master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought
the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while
the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially
their lives." Eugene Victor Debs
