51] WILPF-Palestine president in D.C. – July 2
52] Peace vigil in Philadelphia – July 2
53] Peace vigil in W. Mount Airy , PA – July 2
54] Camilo Mejia on book tour – July 2
55] Peace vigil in Chestnut Hill , PA – July 2
56] Mobilization for Global Justice meeting – July 2
57] PG County peace meeting – July 2
58] Towson WIB vigil – July 3
59] Israel/Palestine roundtable – July 3
60] Demonstrate against energy rate hikes – July 3
61] First Thursday protest of the war – July 3
62] The film FALKENBERG FAREWELL at the BMA – July 3
63] Annual demonstration at NSA – July 4
64] WIB Frederick peace vigil – July 4
65] Inter-dependence picnic – July 4
66] Demonstrate against energy rate hikes – July 4
67] Palestine Solidarity meeting – July 5
68] MUPJ conference – April 4, 2009
69] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
70] Donations needed to finish Winter Soldier film
71] SOA/WATCH seeks interns and folks for paid positions
72] Become a member of the Washington Peace Center
73] Click on The Hunger Site
74] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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51] – Dr. Hanan Awwad, president of WILPF-Palestine, will speak on Wed., July 2, 12:30 - 2:00 PM at The Palestine Center, 2435 Virginia Avenue, NW, WDC. A light lunch will be served. A scholar, writer, and poet Dr. Awwad has a lifetime of knowledge of the strife-torn history of her country.
52] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in Iraq outside the Phila. Federal Building , 6th & Market Sts. The next vigil is July 2. Call 215-426-0364.
53] – Each Wednesday in clear weather, there is a peace vigil from 5 to 6 PM outside the Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Drive (between Wayne & Hortter) in West Mount Airy, PA. The next vigil is July 2. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
54] – Camilo Mejia, author and resister, will be at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St., NW (Metro: U St./Cardozo - Green Line), WDC on Wed., July 2 at 6 PM. He was the first combat veteran to go public with his refusal to fight in Iraq , and he will read from his memoir ROAD FROM AR RAMADI - The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Mejia. Call 202-234-2000 or email wpc@igc.org.
55] – Each Wednesday, there is a peace vigil from 7 to 8 PM outside the Borders Book Store, Germantown Ave. at Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill, PA. The next vigil is July 2. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
56] – There will be a Mobilization for Global Justice meeting at 7 PM on Wed., July 2 at St. Stephens Church, 16th & Newton Sts. , NW, WDC. Exit at the Columbia Heights Metro stop. The meeting takes place the first Wednesday of the month. Email mgj@riseup.net.
57] – The Peace & Justice Coalition of Prince George’s County meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7 PM at the Greenbelt Community Center. The next meeting is July 2. Call 301-577-2350.
58] – There is a WIB peace stand on Thurs., July 3, noon-1PM in Towson at northwest corner of Washington & Chesapeake Aves., across the street from the post office, near the courthouse. Contact mbrainzo@aol.com . This vigil takes place on the first Thursday of the month.
59] – On Thurs., July 3, the WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL takes place from 12:30 - 1:30 PM at Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, WDC. Join a civil discourse which explores the history, issues, myths, realities, and truth of the conflict between Israel and Palestine . Contact Alice Azzouzi at 202-232-5483.
60] – Demonstrate with the MD Coalition to Stop BGE Rate Hikes outside Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office in the Schaefer Tower, Baltimore and Light Sts., from 3 to 5:30 PM. During his campaign, O’Malley promised to “stop” the rate hikes.
61] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore hosts an End the War! End the Occupation! rally on Thurs., July 3 starting at 5 PM in Mount Vernon at Centre & Charles Sts. The Pledge gathers in Mount Vernon on the first Thursday of the month to protest the war. Call Max at 410-366-1637.
62] – The Baltimore Museum of Art will host a free screening of FALKENBERG FAREWELL (2006) on Thurs., July 3 at 8 PM. This rarely-seen, dreamlike-but-dark Swedish film by gifted first-time filmmaker Jesper Ganslandt vividly captures the confusion and stress of life after high school. A group of friends spend an aimless, nihilistic summer trying to decide whether or not to remain in their small and arguably dead-end town. This is the Baltimore premiere.
63] – Join the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore on its annual visit to the National Security Agency on July 4. Meet at AFSC, 4806 York Road , at 8 AM or be at the visitors parking lot at the NSA at 9 AM. After a demonstration, Pledge activists will get together for a brunch. RSVP at 410-366-1637.
64] – WIB Frederick holds a silent vigil mourning all violence, the first Friday of the month, from 12 to 12:30 PM, War Memorial Park, W 2nd St. & N. Bentz in Frederick. The next vigil is July 4. Please dress in black; no additional signs. Men are welcome. Contact: 301 834-7581 or info@wibfrederick.org; www.wibfrederick.org.
65] – Join the Network of Spiritual Progressives on Fri., July 4 for an Inter-Dependence Day Celebration from 1 to 4 PM at the pavilion at Dayspring Farm, 11301 Neelsville Church Road, Germantown, MD 20876. This is an opportunity to affirm interdependence with all of the world’s peoples. There will be a picnic, and participants can set-up at noon.
Bring drinks for yourself/your family and food to share! Paper goods and ice will be provided. Bring a poem, song or story that fits these themes from our history – emancipation, suffrage, civil rights, the labor movement, all that has been and will
be hopeful …as we are now living new stories of compassion and caring for the earth
RSVP REQUIRED at NSPMaryland@gmail.com or 443-803-8546. Go to www.SpiritualProgressives.org. There are directions at http://www.dayspringretreat.org/contact. If you pass Wellspring Retreat Center on your right you have gone too far.
66] – Demonstrate with the MD Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes at Constellation Energy, 500 E. Pratt St., from 7 to 10 PM, while the fireworks display takes place at the Inner Harbor.
67] – The Baltimore Palestine Solidarity organizational meeting is Sat., July 5 at 2 PM at St. John's Church, 2640 St. Paul St. This will be the first meeting of a group of people of conscience in the Baltimore area, organizing to show solidarity for our occupied brothers and sisters in Palestine. Everyone's input is requested for creating our strategies, tactics, and long term goals, so please try and attend. Contact Umar Farooq at umar.farooq84@gmail.com.
68] – The 24th annual Maryland Peace and Justice conference has been set for April 4, 2009 at the Church of the Resurrection in Burtonsville, MD, easily accessible off of Rt. 29. Please put the date on your calendar and try not to schedule any other major events on that day. Thanks so much for your cooperation, and the organizers hope to see you there! Call Paulette at 410-747-3811.
69] – WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER signs from Friends Committee on National Legislation are again for sale at $5. To purchase a sign, call Max at 410-366-1637.
70] – Displaced Films produced SIR, N0 SIR which told the story of the GI resistance movement against the war in Vietnam . Now that company is working with Northern Light Productions to produce the only documentary film that will be made about the historic Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan/Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations held outside of Washington , DC , March 13-16. To make a donation to this film, click here: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=24841.
71] – SOA Watch is looking for summer interns and has some paying positions in the D.C. office. Help make the upcoming Nov. 21-23 Vigil to Close the SOA/WHINSEC one of the most exciting events of the year by joining the SOAW Staff! Contact Eric LeCompte at elecompte(at)soaw.org or 202-234-3440 with questions.
72] – Become an active member of the Washington Peace Center , which is now located at 1233 12th St. NW . All members are granted voting rights and are invited to join one or more of our many working groups. Members are asked to pay suggested annual dues of 25 dollars, or volunteer. Email wpc@igc.org - subject "membership.” The mailing address is The Washington Peace Center, P.O. Box 50032 , WDC 20019-0032 . Call 202-234-2000. Subscribe at www.washingtonpeacecenter.org. Send donations to The Washington Peace Center.
73] – The Hunger Site was initiated by Mercy Corps and Second Harvest, and is funded entirely by advertisers. You can go there every day and click the big yellow "Give Food for Free" button near the top of the page; you do not have to look at the ads. Each click generates funding for about 1.1 cups of food. So consider clicking.
74] – Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 East 25th St. Baltimore , MD 21218 Ph: 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski [at] Verizon.net.
"One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
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