Baltimore Activist Alert July 23 – August 9, 2017
"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] Join Nonviolent
Resistance lists
4] Two friends are looking to
buy a house in Baltimore
5] Feed the People – July 23
6] “Racial Bias in Media Representation” – July 23
7] Deep Canvassing – July 23
8] Anti-Bias Education – July 23
9] Feed the Homeless – July 23
11] Book Study on THE COLOR OF LAW – July 23
12] Ulster Project Delaware
Talent Show -- July 23
13] Pentagon Vigil – July
24
14] Support
the Supreme Court Five – July 24
15] Marc Steiner on WEAA – July 24– July 28
16] Millions Marching For Medicare For
All – July 24
17] Progressive
MoCo Happy Hour – July 24
18] Peace vigil
–
July 25
19] End drone research at
JHU – July 25
20]
See
the film TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – July
25
21] Book talk "The Pox Lover" – July 25
22] Commemorate Hiroshima – Aug. 6
23] Commemorate Nagasaki – Aug. 9
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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.
2] – To obtain information how your
federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/. Congressional toll-free
numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment
Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
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 the war in Iraq.
To join the
ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email
address to mobuszewski at Verizon.net. Different local chapters of a national
organization are encouraged to subscribe.
THE NOTICES LIST
will include only notices of NCNR actions and related information and is open
to any interested person to subscribe. It will be moderated to maintain
focus & will include periodic notices about getting involved in NCNR
national organizing. To join the NOTICES List, send an email message to ncnrnotices-subscribe@lists.riseup.net. You will get a confirmation message once
subscribed. If you have problems, please write to the list manager at ncnrnotices-admin@lists.riseup.net.
4] – Janice and Max are looking to buy a house
in Baltimore. Let Max know if you have any leads—410-323-1607 or
mobuszewski 2001 at comcast dot net.
5] -- On
Sun., July 23 from 10 AM to 5 PM, Feed the People is hosted by Blackout:
Generation Liberation and Food, Clothing & Resistance Collective
at the Peace House DC, 1005 Rhode Island Ave. NE, WDC 20018. Meet at the Peace
House DC, 1005 Rhode Island Ave. NE, WDC, near The Rhode Island Metro Station. Contact Sima Lee, FCRC Community Organizer,
202-584-9231, or simaleetherbg@gmail.com. Volunteer to deliver prepared meals, clothing
items and toiletry care packages to communities in need. Donate cash or drop off food items, clothing
and toiletries at The Peace House DC from 9 AM to 9 PM M-F and noon to 9 PM
Sat/Sun. Email fcrcollective@gmail.com.
6] – Usually,
the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102, Baltimore
21201-4661, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion
from 10:30 AM to noon. On Sun., July 23, the Sunday Platform is “Racial Bias in Media Representation.” Film and
television are centerpieces of American culture, so why don’t the racial
demographics of either match the country at large? What are the causes of this
mismatch, and what can we as consumers do to fix it? Call 410-581-2322
or email ask@bmorethical.org.
7] – In towns and neighborhoods across the
country, Progressive Maryland holds conversations with voters about the
issues of the day and the world we’re fighting to build. We train volunteers to
knock on the doors of neighbors and transform their communities into a force at
the polls. We ask candidates tough questions and secure policy commitments. If
you are interested in being a part of this movement of transformational
canvassing, please reach out to Amanya Paige at intern@amanyapaige@gmail.com.
This is also a great opportunity to meet
people that share common interests as you! Progressive Maryland’s main goal is
to mobilize people around issues and not elections! On Sun., July 23 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM, come
to the Fairmont Height Branch Library, 5904 Kolb St., Fairmount Heights 20743.
Email Amity Pope at amity.pope@gmail.com. Go to
http://www.progressivemaryland.org/calendar.
8] -- On Sun., July 23
at 3 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W.
North Ave., Baltimore 21201, welcome Katie Kissinger, author of
the children’s book “All The Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin
Color” who will present her new work, “Anti-Bias Education in the Early Childhood
Classroom.” The book provides a useful, clearly outlined guide for implementing
anti-bias and anti-oppressive practices in early childhood education settings.
Supporting young children in their positive identity development and in
learning about differences is more critical in our society than it has ever
been. Call 443-602-7585. RSVP
at http://www.redemmas.org.
9] – On
Sun., July 23 from 3 to 6 PM, come to the Feed the Homeless Cookout at St.
Vincent de Paul Church, 120 N. Front St., Baltimore 21202.
10] – On Sun., July 23 at 5 PM, Joshua Green will present his book
“Devil's Bargain” at Politics and Prose Bookstore, WDC. The key to understanding Trump’s election,
Green argues, is Steve Bannon. Green, a long-time political commentator who is
currently a senior national correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek, profiled
Bannon in 2015, citing him as the mastermind behind a “vast right-wing
conspiracy” poised to take down Hillary Clinton and many others. Green traces
the rise of the populist movement and Bannon’s role in it over the past six
years, and points to Trump’s selection of Bannon—who had no experience running
a national political campaign—to lead what looked, in August 2016, like a
failing effort to win the presidency, as the decision that turned the election
in Trump’s favor.
11] -- Progressive Prince George’s will host a Book Study on THE COLOR OF
LAW on Sun., July 23 at 5:30 PM at Busboys
and Poets, Hyattsville, Email amity.pope@gmail.com
or go to
http://www.npr.org/books/titles/526656129/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america
.
12] – On Sun., July 23 at 7 PM, attend the Banbridge
Night Talent Show at St. Elizabeth H.S. Auditorium, 1500 Cedar St., Wilmington,
DE. The Ulster Project Delaware promotes
peace in Northern Ireland by hosting eighteen Catholic and Protestant teens
from the N.I. towns of Banbridge, Coleraine, and Portadown in Delaware homes
for a month of reconciliation, tolerance, service, friendship and fun during
July of each year. Go to http://ulsterprojectdelaware.org/.
13] -- 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 July 24, 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.
14] -- On
April 1, 2015, five brave activists with 99Rise—the organization that gave
birth to Democracy Spring—stood up within the chamber of the US Supreme Court
and disrupted its proceedings. Rising one by one, they called for the court to
overturn its disastrous Citizens United and McCutcheon decisions, which have
permitted unlimited amounts of money to pour into our elections from the
billionaire class. On Mon., July 24, two
years later—the Supreme Court 5 will go to court for their sentencing hearing,
where they each face up to fourteen months in jail and a maximum $105,000 fine.
Meet at 9:30 AM at 333 Constitution Ave. NW, WDC 20001-2804. Go to
https://www.facebook.com/events/1914211328847640/?active_tab=about.
15] – The Marc Steiner
Show airs Monday through Friday fr6m 10 AM to noon on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice
of the Community, or online at www.weaa.org. The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also
be sent by email to steinershow@gmail.com. All shows are also available as podcasts at
www.steinershow.org.
16] – On Mon., July 24 from 3 to 7 PM, Millions
Marching For Medicare For All will be at the U.S. Capitol Building West Lawn,
WDC. Visit www.millionsmarchingformedicare.org.
Our healthcare system is under threat by a
Trump administration which is trying to cut Medicaid by 35% in the next 20
years, causing 23 million people to lose their health coverage by 2026. Across
the country, citizens have begun to counter this threat with disruptive direct
action. There have been sit-ins, protests, and vigils organized throughout the
country, with many more to come in the next few weeks. With the repeal of the
flawed and partially defunded ACA on the horizon, and the abhorrent plans to
replace it with something that is not care, but a tax cut for the wealthy, it's
time to let Congress know we wish to have health care for all people like all
other modern industrialized nations. Go
to http://www.millionsmarchingformedicare.org/.
Email march4medicare4all@gmail.com.
17] – Progressive MoCo, on
Mon., July 24, is hosting a District 5 Happy Hour for networking with
fellow progressives to discuss the issues concerning Montgomery County, and
build power in Maryland. It will take place from 7 to 9 PM at Kaldi's Coffee Rooftop,
918 Silver Spring Ave., Silver Spring 20910. See http://www.progressivemaryland.org/.
18] – Each Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the Catholic
Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for peace in Afghanistan and Iraq gathers at the
Suburban Station, 16th St. & JFK Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks
3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The next vigil is July 25. Call
215-426-0364.
19] – Vigil to say "No Drone Research at
JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd & North Charles Sts. join this ongoing vigil
on July 25 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
20] – See “To Kill A Mockingbird” on Tues., July 25
at 7 PM, as part of the Best Peace and Justice Films
of the Last 50 years, at the Westminster Church, 1502 W. 13th St.,
Wilmington. There is no charge. The
discussant is David Teague, Ph.D., professor,
Associate in Arts Program, University of Delaware, Wilmington. The film is a coming-of-age story of Louise
"Scout" Finch, and her brother in the fictional town of Maycomb,
Alabama in the Depression-era1930s. Their widowed father Atticus is the town’s
highly principled lawyer. Atticus is asked to defend a black man, Tom Robinson
against an accusation of rape of a white girl, Mayella Ewell. The film shows
the struggle against a prejudiced legal system as Atticus fights for an
innocent man wrongly accused of a crime. Go to depaceminterris.org/.
21] – Anne-Christine d'Adesky presents "The Pox
Lover" on Tues., July 25 at 7:30 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North
Ave., Baltimore 21201. The book is a
personal history of the turbulent 1990s in New York City and Paris by a
pioneering American AIDS journalist, lesbian activist, and daughter of French-Haitian
elites. In an account that is by turns searing, hectic, and funny, the author
remembers "the poxed generation" of AIDS—their lives, their battles,
and their determination to find love and make art in the heartbreaking years
before lifesaving protease drugs arrived. Also speaking will be Mark King, an award-winning
blogger and HIV activist who has been writing about HIV since testing positive
in 1985. Call 443-602-7585. RSVP
at http://www.redemmas.org.
22] – There is a HIROSHIMA COMMEMORATION on Sunday, August
6. At 5:30 PM, outside
Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N, Charles Street, demonstrate in favor of the treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons: Fifty nations must
ratify the Convention to Ban Nuclear Weapons, and ratification begins on
September 20. One hundred and twenty two
countries signed on to the convention, but they must take it back to their
nations for ratification by whatever means each nation has for
ratification. Commemorate Hiroshima.
At 6:30 PM inside Homewood Meetinghouse, savor
a potluck dinner with members of the peace and justice community. David
Eberhardt will again share some poetry, and Joseph Byrne will perform some
dulcimer music.
At 7:15 PM, the program will begin with Dr. Gwen
DuBois, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, who will discuss her
work in New York City during the gathering at the United Nations to ban nuclear
weapons. Then a statement will be read
from Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo, who will share her
thoughts about living in apartheid South Africa. Rev. Mahlangu-Ngcobo will be in South Africa
on August 6 for a Prayer Intercession in Parliament. Note that South Africa is
the first nuclear nation to end its program.
23] – The NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION is on Wednesday,
August 9, 2017. At 5:30 PM, demonstrate
at 33rd & N. Charles Streets against Johns Hopkins University’s weapons
contracts, including research on killer drones, commemorate the atomic bombing
of Nagasaki, and remember Fukushima, Japan.
At 6:30 PM,
march to the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles Street.
At 7 PM, John Steinbach and Kio Kanda of the
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Peace Committee of the National Capital Area will share some remarks. Then, with the help of a translator, a Korean
Hibakusha, Ms. Jon Sung Lee, will address the group. Ms. Lee was 12 years old
when she experienced the Hiroshima bombing. Her family were part of the large
Korean community in Hiroshima forced to work in Japan during WW2. She entered
Hiroshima three days after the bombing and was exposed to the radiation.
Also speaking with be Sister Megan Rice of the
Transform Now Plowshares. She engaged
with Greg Boertje-Obed and Mike Walli in a remarkable Plowshares disarmament at
the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN. Finally, the accomplished
musician David Sawyer will perform. At 8:30 PM, enjoy
dinner at Niwana Restaurant, 3 E. 33rd Street, with our Korean guest.
HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE, 325 East
25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218 Ph: 410-323-1607 Email: mobuszewski2001 [at]
Comcast dot net
To be
continued.
Donations can be sent to the Baltimore
Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Ph:
410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
"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
