Baltimore Activist Alert July 3, 2008 – April 4, 2009
"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 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
The Baltimore IndyMedia Center publicizes peace-related events. Go to http://www.radicalendar.org/group/_baltimore.
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Eyes Wide Open exhibit available
5] Support the immigrant community
6] Help an Iraqi student
7] Hunger strike against occupation of Iraq and attack on Iran
8] Play EXONERATED – thru July 12
9] Play STUFF HAPPENS – thru July 27
10] Demonstrate against energy rate hikes – July 3
11] First Thursday protest of the war – July 3
12] The film FALKENBERG FAREWELL at the BMA – July 3
13] Longest Walk 2 in Baltimore – July 4
14] Annual demonstration at NSA – July 4
15] Join CODEPink in parade – July 4
16] Free DC marches in parade -- July 4
17] Protest WYPR management – July 4 - ?
18] WIB Frederick peace vigil – July 4
19] WIB Inner Harbor peace vigil – July 4
20] WIB Roland Park vigil – July 4
21] White House vigil – July 4
22] End hemp prohibition – July 4
23] Inter-dependence picnic – July 4
24] Demonstrate against energy rate hikes – July 4
25] Silent vigil at Homewood Friends – July 4
26] Vigil at Walter Reed – July 4
27] Peace vigil in Chester , PA – July 4
28] Peace vigil at Capitol – July 4
29] Post-independence memorial – July 5
30] Palestine Solidarity meeting – July 5
31] Olney vigil to end the war – July 5
32] African Service – July 6
33] Bridge peace vigil – July 6
34] Peace Walk in D.C. – July 6
35] Red Emma’s needs volunteers – July 6
36] Death penalty demonstration – July 7
37] Pledge of Resistance meeting – July 7
38] Frederick Peace Center meeting – July 7
39] War Is Not the Answer vigil – July 8
40] Film AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR – July 8
41] Single payer study session – July 8
42] Marc Steiner on WEAA – July 9
43] Peace vigil in Philadelphia – July 9
44] Peace vigil in W. Mount Airy , PA – July 9
45] Peace vigil in Chestnut Hill , PA – July 9
46] Israel/Palestine roundtable – July 10
47] Pax Christi events – July 10-11
48] SOLIDARITY DIVIDED – July 10
49] Convention for Common Good – July 11-13
50] Westminster WIB vigil – July 12
51] Fundraising concert – July 12
52] Drum for Peace – July 12
53] Take Back YPR – July 13
54] Hiroshima-Nagasaki meeting – July 13
55] Death penalty meeting – July 15
56] MUPJ conference – April 4, 2009
57] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
58] Donations needed to finish Winter Soldier film
59] Little Friends for Peace Summer Camps
60] Become a member of the Washington Peace Center
61] Click on The Hunger Site
62] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers in stock. Call Max at 410-366-1637.
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.
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 donmuller@msn.com. 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] – The Baltimore American Friends Service Committee office has assembled an exhibit Maryland Eyes Wide Open which details the Human Cost of the Iraq War and reflects the costs of war to the state of Maryland. The exhibit consists of at least 40 pairs of combat boots, representing the US military deaths from Maryland; civilian shoes, tagged with names and ages of a very small fraction of the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis who have died; a representative pair of combat boots and 7 red poppies, representing the estimated number of wounded US military personnel (approximately 7 times the number of dead); and signs and literature detailing the human and financial costs of the war on the cities and counties of Maryland.
AFSC will help with logistics and contribute to your planning for auxiliary events or activities presented in conjunction with the exhibit. For information on obtaining and displaying the exhibit, call 410-323-4200, extensions 20 or 21 or e-mail at tsteele@afsc.org or ggillespie@afsc.org. Go to www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore-programs.htm.
5] – The immigrant community is still in shock after the ICE raid that took place on June 30 in Annapolis . There is a call for letters to the editor and a request for humanitarian aid for the families broken up by the raid. If you are able to help, contact Liz Alex at ealex@casamd.org. If you are in touch with any family members whose loved ones have been detained, direct them to call the hotline at 1-877-299-7473.
6] – The Iraqi Student Project invites colleges to accept qualified students who have lived most of their lives in Iraq , giving these students tuition waivers for undergraduate study. Members of the local community then provide support of every kind that these students will need during their college years. ISP believes there is a college in the Baltimore area which is willing to provide tuition and to waive any fees for an Iraqi student. However, there is a need to provide this student with housing and other amenities. If you are interested in getting involved in this project, contact Bill Marx at Pax Christi Western New York at 716-984-8341 or paxchristiwny@aol.com. Go to www.iraqistudentproject.org/.
7] – A campaign to end the occupation of Iraq and to prevent the bombing of Iran has resumed. It was on Capitol Hill, but during the recess it is at the White House. This 7/24 occupation and 50-day hunger strike is now in progress. During storms and occasionally on weekends, Start Loving will go to a refuge and then be able to return emails. Go to http://startlovingusforcesiraniraq.blogspot.com/.
8] – The play EXONERATED is being performed by the Mobtown Players through Sat., July 12 at the Mobtown Theater at Meadow Mill, 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 114. The play, which centers on the true stories of death-row inmates, was written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen. Tickets are $12 with student and senior discounts. Call 410-467-3057 or go to www.mobtownplayers.com. Showtimes are 8 PM on Fridays and Saturdays and 4 PM on Sundays.
9] – STUFF HAPPENS is a dark comedy which mixes re-creations of real public statements with private meetings of Bush and the others who orchestrated a war with Iraq . It will be performed through July 27 in Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab at Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road , Olney. Times vary. Tickets cost between $25 and $48. Call 301-924-3400.
10] - 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 on Thurs., July 3. During his campaign, O’Malley promised to “stop” the rate hikes.
11] – 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.
12] – 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.
13] – The Longest Walk 2, a five-month long trans-continental journey on foot from San Francisco, CA to Washington, DC, stops in Baltimore on July 4. The walk was done for the environment and sacred sites, cultural survival, youth empowerment and Native American rights. It followed two routes, a Northern and a Southern. The Northern walkers will stay over one night in Baltimore at the Baltimore American Indian Center on July 4, 2008. The Longest Walk 2, which is to arrive in D.C. on July 11, marks the 30th anniversary of the original Longest Walk of 1978 that resulted in historic changes for Native Americans.
The walkers need funds and supplies, such as water, Gatorade, soap, rags, powder, under arm deodorant and food. Email info@baic.org.
14] – 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 visitor’s parking lot at the NSA at 9 AM. After a demonstration, Pledge activists will get together for a brunch. RSVP at 410-366-1637.
15] – On Fri., July 4, join CODEPink in the national July 4 Parade from 9 AM to noon, starting at 11th and Constitution, NW. CODEPink will be bringing the messages "Dissent is Patriotic" and "I Miss America " to the thousands of residents and tourists lined up along the route. Join any time on the shady side of the street (the Smithsonian side). Email srrosejensen@gmail.com, call 571/271-8399 or visit www.codepink4peace.org.
16] – On Fri., July 4, FREE DC! will march in the Palisades Parade, starting at 11 AM at the corner of MacArthur Blvd. and Whitehaven Pkwy., NW . It ends at the Palisades Recreation Center on Sherier Place , NW. Wear your Free DC caps, t-shirts, or "revolutionary gear!" All the elected officials and local candidates will be there to hear the demand "FREE DC - STATEHOOD NOW!" Call 202-232-2500.
17] – Protest the illegal termination of The Marc Steiner Show from noon to 1 PM Monday through Saturday in front of WYPR, 2216 N. Charles St. You may consider calling the station to complain at 410-235-1395. Contact Max at 410-366-1637 to join Take Back YPR.
18] – 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.
19] – Women In Black sponsor a peace stand/vigil on Fri., July 4 from noon-1 PM at the Inner Harbor , corner Pratt and Light. Everyone welcome, wear black if you can. See http://www.peacepath911.com/ or write wibbaltimore@hotmail.com or call 410-467-9114.
20] – There is also a noon vigil on Fri., July 4 at Roland Park Place at 830 W. 40th St . Call 410-467-9114.
21] – A peace vigil takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM on Pennsylvania Ave., by the press gate to the White House. It is organized by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
22] – On Fri., July 4, join a rally and march to END HEMP PROHIBITION. From noon to 3 PM, rally at Lafayette Park . At 3 PM, march to End Marijuana Prohibition, down Constitution Ave. to the Lincoln Memorial. After the march until 8 PM, there will be a concert at the Henry Bacon Ballfield, 23rd and Constitution (behind Lincoln 's left shoulder), which will feature Blue Miracle and Rage Against the Machine cover band Evil Empire. Email fjhc@hotmail.com or call John Pylka at 202-286-5586 or visit www.smoke-in.org.
23] – 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, and 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.
24] – Demonstrate with the MD Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes at Constellation Energy, 500 E. Pratt St., on July 4 from 7 to 10 PM, while the fireworks display takes place at the Inner Harbor.
25] – There is a silent vigil on Fri., July 4 from 5 to 6 PM outside of Homewood Friends Meeting, 3107 N. Charles St. , in opposition to war with Iraq . Placards say: "War Is Not the Answer." The silent vigil is sponsored by AFSC, Homewood Friends Meeting and Stony Run.
26] – SHED LIGHT ON US WAR CASUALTIES: FROM THE FRONT LINE TO THE BACK DOOR of Walter Reed Army Medical Center (North Gate), every Friday night, from 7 to 9 PM in the middle of the 7100 block of Georgia Ave., NW. Call 202-441-3265. Go to http://www.codepinkalert.org/Local_CODEPINKs_Washington_DC.shtml.
On the Fourth of July, celebrate the revolutionary spirit not with fireworks and martial speeches, but with the simple act of bearing witness. Bring candles. Lot of signs are available.
27] – Each Saturday, 11 AM – 1 PM, Chester County Peace Movement holds a peace vigil in West Chester in front of the Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Sts. This vigil has been the target of counter-demonstrators and harassment from the " Chester County Victory Movement" but has grown and persisted. Go to www.ccpeace.org.
28] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sat., July 5. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It. --Psalms 34:14." The vigil lasts one hour and is silent except when one responds to the occasional questions. Go to http://www.quaker.org/langleyhill/seekpeace.htm or email seekpeacevigil@yahoo.com.
29] – On Sat., July 5 at 1 PM, there will be a Post-Independence Day Memorial & Walk-About for Peace in front of Independence Hall, Chestnut St. (b/t 5th & 6th Sts.), Philadelphia, PA. It will include a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence and the names of the war dead, bell-tolling, poetry and music. There will also be a Walk-About Independence Mall area. Bring your drum, horn, whistle, noise-maker to sound off and declare peace. Contact the Brandywine Peace Community at 610-544-1818 or brandywine@juno.com. Go to www.brandywinepeace.com.
30] – 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.
31] – Friends House, 17715 Meeting House Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860, hosts a peace vigil every Saturday, 3:15 to 4:15 PM, on the corner of Rt. 108 and Georgia Ave. in Olney, MD. The next vigil is June 28. Call 301-774-9792.
32] – On Sun., July 6, the KALAFONG AME CHURCH invites you to a Prayer for Africa at 11 AM at the HISPANIC SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST DAY CHUCH, 5100 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore 21229 . Contact Rev. Dr. Duane Rawlings at realministr@aol.com. Go to www.orgsites.com\md\kalafong-ame-mission-church/index.html.
33] – Maryland Bridges for Peace welcomes you to stand for peace Sundays from noon (or thereabouts) to 1 PM on the Spa Creek Bridge in Annapolis . Contact Lucy at 410-263-7271 or mdbridgesforpeace@toadmail.com. Signs are not allowed to be on a stick or pole. If there is interest, people will be standing on the Stoney Creek Bridge on Fort Smallwood Road in Pasadena [410-437-5379 or magicalgodmom@aol.com]. Go to http://BridgePeace.blogspot.com/.
34] – Join the weekly Peace Walk on the Mall at 4 PM on Sun., July 6 starting at the WWII Memorial ( 17th St .). Northern Virginians for Peace and Justice will commence a weekly Peace Walk on the Mall. The walk will be from the World War II Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial and back via Constitution and Independence Aves. Contact Ken at kiask@comcast.net.
35] – Red Emma’s needs volunteers. Stop in to the weekly Sunday meeting at 7 PM at 800 St. Paul St. or email info@redemmas.org. The next meeting is July 6. Call 410-230-0450.
36] – There is usually a vigil to abolish the death penalty every Monday from 5 to 6 PM, outside the prison complex and across the street from Maryland’s death row, at the corner of Madison Ave. and Fallsway in Baltimore . The next vigil is scheduled for Mon., July 7.
Call 410-233-0488.
37] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM at the AFSC, 4806 York Road . The next meeting will be on July 7, and the agenda will include a review of the visit to the National Security Agency, a meeting to call for the closing down of
Guantanamo and legislation to keep the Maryland Guard from going to Iraq . Call Max at 410-366-1637.
38] – There will be a meeting of the Frederick Peace Resource Center on Mon., July 7 at 7:30 PM at 4 East Church St. Call Gus Fahey at 301-663-6117
39] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at 4806 York Road . Join this ongoing vigil. The next vigil is July 8 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
40] – The Campaign to End the Death penalty will show a DVD of AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR on Tues., July 8 at AFSC, 4806 York Road [three blocks north of Cold Spring Lane]. Doors open at 7 PM, and the DVD starts at 7:30 PM. There will be a discussion afterwards. There is no charge, and refreshments will be available. Call 410-366-1637.
This documentary takes one inside the prison at Huntsville , Texas , more specifically to death row. Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served as minister for 15 years to death row inmates, went from an ardent supporter of the death penalty to an abolitionist.
41] – On Tues., July 8 at 7:30 PM at St. John's United Methodist Church , St. Paul St. at 27th St. , there will be a study session on what a single payer health insurance system could look like in the U.S. This will be the seventh session, and the study will continue on the first Monday of each month. The topic and presentation will be the same. Go to www.mdsinglepayer.org. Call 410-467-7756. There is single payer legislation HR 676 whose principal sponsor is Congressman John Conyers of Michigan . Go to www.healthcare-now.org. There are also single payer bills in many state legislatures, including Maryland . Go to www.mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/HB1125.htm.
42] – The Marc Steiner Show is back on Wed., July 9 at 9 AM on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community. During the summer, the hour-long show will continue each Wednesday. And in Fall 2008, the show will begin broadcasting daily Monday through Friday. The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also be sent by email steinershow@gmail.com.
You can listen to interviews by Steiner through his Center for Emerging Media podcasts. To hear the interviews, email Jessica@centerforemergingmedia.com.
43] – 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 9. Call 215-426-0364.
44] – 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 9. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
45] – 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 9. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
46] – On Thurs., July 10, 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.
47] – On Thurs., July 10 and Fri., July 11, Pax Christi USA will be hosting a pre-conference (see below) gathering in Philadelphia . Register online for the Pax Christi special events, “The War Abroad, The War at Home: Building a Movement to Reverse Course” and a teach-in on the Iraq War. Go to http://www.paxchristiusa.org/news_Events_more.asp?id=1357.
48] – Bill Fletcher, Jr. is to present his new book: SOLIDARITY DIVIDED The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice on Thurs., July 10 at 7 PM at St. John's, 27th & St. Paul St. Fletcher will discuss the future of the labor movement in the United States and talk about the book he co-authored with Fernando Gapasin. Go to http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/11121.php. Fletcher is currently director of Field Services and Education at AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), and executive editor of Black Commentator.
Also workers from UNITE HERE!, who are fighting for a contract with Columbia Sussex, owners of the City Center Sheraton in Baltimore, and United Workers who carried out a successful multi-year campaign to win a living wage for the day laborers at Camden Yards, will also be on hand to offer updates about their current campaigns as well as responses to the vision in SOLIDARITY DIVIDED. Email 2640@redemmas.org or go to http://redemmas.org/2640.
49] – From Fri., July 11 through Sun., July 13, more than 600 individuals from local communities and social justice organizations will come together for an historic meeting in Philadelphia. The Convention for the Common Good will feature religious leaders, policy experts, citizens and national and local elected officials from across the country. Chart a new course for the future of the country and the movement, and plan efforts to raise up the important issues of the day in the coming elections. The convention will culminate with the ratification of a "Platform for the Common Good," which will be taken to both the Republican and Democratic parties. The registration fee is $225. Register at www.commongoodconvention.org/?q=/register.
50] – Westminster WIB hosts a vigil the 2nd Saturday of the month from 2 – 3 PM in front of the War Memorial on Main St . The next vigil will be July 12. Email wibwestminster@mizmail.com.
51] – You are invited to Maryland ’s 2nd annual Mid-Summer Peace Concert on Sat., July 12 from 5 to 8 PM to benefit PeaceAction Montgomery. It will feature Montgomery County 's own singer/songwriter Christina Van Norman, and other performers will be Yikes McGee and the Oklahoma Twisters. There will be a broad range of music-- acoustic folk music, political protest and western swing. Bring a picnic, drinks and a chair or blanket. Pay what you can. Go to www.PeaceActionMC.org. Go to MapQuest for directions to 24724 Hipsley Mill Rd. , Laytonsville , MD 20882 . Email info@PeaceActionMC.org.
52] – Come drum for peace every second Saturday at the Unitarian Universalists of Fallston , MD , 1127 Old Fallston Road (across Rte 152 from Fallston High). On July 12, the drum circle begins at 7 PM. Call Franz at 410-925-9351.
53] – Take Back YPR is meeting on Sun., July 13 at 2 PM at Gecko’s Restaurant in Canton , 2318 Fleet St . Exit I83 and head east on Fleet St. Gecko’s is near Patterson Park , and the meeting will be on the second floor. Call 410-336-1637.
54] – On Sun.., July 13 at 4 PM, the D.C. Hiroshima-Nagasaki Committee will meet at 1233 12th St. NW , WDC. Help plan commemorative events from Aug. 3-10. Call Ellen at 202-682-4282.
55] – The next meeting of the Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty will be Tues., July 15 at 7 PM at American Friends Service Committee, 4806 York Road. The agenda will focus on a forum to discuss the Supreme Court decision on lethal injection and the Maryland legislation calling for a commission to study the state’s death penalty. Call 410-488-6767 or 443-
838-3221.
56] – 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.
57] – 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.
58] – 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.
59] – MJ and Jerry Parks will be holding area summer peace camps again this year. The Parks have trained thousands of children and adults since 1981 when they founded Little Friends for Peace to teach non-violence skills to children. So if you know of any children who might benefit from a camp, or if you are an adult interested in sharing your peace story with a group of campers this year, contact MJ and Jerry. Climb aboard the Peace Train at http://www.lffp.org/. They can be reached at 4405 29th St., Mt. Rainier MD 20712. Call 240-838-4549 or email mjpeace@gmail.com.
60] – 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.
61] – 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.
62] – 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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