Baltimore Activist Alert Aug. 21, 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] Sound system and generator for sale at AFSC
6] Start Loving on hunger strike
7] Looking for a venue to host Hiroshima exhibit in October
8] Film CLAUDINE – Aug. 21
9] IWW meeting – Aug. 21
10] Fundraising concert – Aug. 21
11] RSVP for NOW dinner – Aug. 21
12] Protest WYPR management – Aug. 22 - ?
13] WIB Inner Harbor peace vigil – Aug. 22
14] WIB Roland Park vigil – Aug. 22
15] White House vigil – Aug. 22
16] Silent vigil at Homewood Friends – Aug. 22
17] Exposition on COINTELPRO – Aug. 22
18] Vigil at Walter Reed – Aug. 22
19] Utah Phillips tribute concert Aug. 22
20] Pray for Peace – Aug. 22
21] Ballroom dancing – Aug. 22
22] Peace vigil in Chester , PA – Aug. 23
23] Peace vigil at Capitol – Aug. 23
24] Slave rebellion bus tour – Aug. 23
25] Olney vigil to end the war – Aug. 23
26] Poetry readings to benefit shelter – Aug. 23
27] Single payer benefit – Aug. 23
28] African Service – Aug. 24
29] Bridge peace vigil – Aug. 24
30] Peace Walk in D.C. – Aug. 24
31] Red Emma’s needs volunteers – Aug. 24
32] Pentagon vigil – Aug. 25
33] Death penalty demonstration – Aug. 25
34] BGE rate hikes meeting – Aug. 25
35] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Aug. 25
36] War Is Not the Answer vigil – Aug. 26
37] Death penalty meeting – Aug. 26
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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] – AFSC-Baltimore is selling its large sound system and a generator for the best offer. If interested, call Lynnette at 410-323-4200.
6] – Start Loving is back on a 24/7 hunger strike on Capitol Hill, as he remains concerned that Iran will be attacked. He is casting his vote against a declaration of another preemptive, illegal war by the U.S. Go to http://startlovingusforcesiraniraq.blogspot.com/.
7] – The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation is looking for a group to sponsor a visit by its chairperson, Steve Leeper, and a Hibakusha (a-bomb survivor) in late October and early November. There still exist over 20,000 nuclear weapons worldwide, so this visit with its A-bomb exhibit would be an opportunity to educate the broader community. Contact Max at 410-366-1637.
The Peace Memorial Museum is working with Leeper on the A-bomb exhibition project in the USA . It is hoping that an exhibition, which would consist of a poster exhibition, could be set up in the Baltimore area between Oct. 27 and Oct. 30. Please let Max know if you can get involved in this project.
8] – The film CLAUDINE will be shown at 6 PM on Thurs., Aug. 21 at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, 847 N. Howard St. Writer/director was on the blacklist in the 1950s. This film in 1974 stars Diahann Carroll, a single Harlem mother and maid, and James Earl Jones, a garbage collector, who are trying to deal with the inconsistencies in the welfare system. Call 410-225-3130 or go to www.eubieblake./org.
9] – The Baltimore branch of the Industrial Workers of the World [IWW] meets the third Thursday of the month. Attend the next meeting on Aug. 21 at 7 PM at Red Emma’s, 800 St. Paul St . Call 410-967-2202.
10] – There will be a fundraising concert featuring Hasan Salaam on Thurs., Aug. 21 from 8:30 to 10:30 PM at Busboys & Poets, 14th & V Sts. NW, WDC. The suggested donation of $5 will benefit Resist AFRICOM. Email black.august07@gmail.com or call 202-271-7763. Go to www.myspace.com/blackaugust_dc.
11] – The Kindness of Your Response is Requested for the 11th Annual Women's Equality Day Dinner and Celebration. Baltimore NOW is collecting items for the silent auction component of the annual coalition event celebrating the 19th Amendment and the importance of voting. Consider donating a small item. Email info@baltimorenow.org or call 443-495-4080.
The event takes place at One World Café, 100 W. University Parkway , at 6 PM on Sun., August 24. Go to http://www.baltimorenow.org/new.htm to view the formal invitation. Please RSVP by Thursday, August 21. Tickets are $30 for NOW members, $35 for non-members. The keynote speaker is Danielle Prendergast, Ph.D., Director of Diversity Outreach for Women Under Forty Political Action Committee.
12] – 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.
13] – Women In Black sponsor a peace stand/vigil on Fri., Aug. 22 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.
14] – There is also a noon vigil on Fri., Aug. 22 at Roland Park Place at 830 W. 40th St . Call 410-467-9114.
15] – 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.
16] – There is a silent vigil on Fri., Aug. 22 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.
17] – There will be a thorough exposition on COINTELPRO on Fri., Aug. 22 from 6:30-9:30 PM at the Maya Angelou Public Charter School , 1851 9th St. NW , WDC. This event will feature Dhoruba Bin Wahad, a former political prisoner who won his freedom, after 19-years. In 1990 after a New York State judge found that the FBI had suppressed evidence that could have helped clear him of his 1971 attempted double-cop murder charge. His study of over 300,000 pages of FBI documents and personal experience as an FBI target will be shared. Email black.august07@gmail.com or call 202-271-7763 or go to www.myspace.com/blackaugust_dc.
18] – 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.
19] – On Fri., Aug. 22 at 7 PM at St. John’s, 27th & St. Paul, there will be a Utah Phillips Memorial Concert. One of this country's great political folk musicians has left the stage, but he gave us a legacy of songs and stories. Performers include Ryan Harvey, Emma's Revolution, R.A.M., Sine Jensen, Tom Frampton and more. Admission is $5. All proceeds benefit the Baltimore chapter of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Ft. Meade chapter of the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW).
20] – Fr. Charles Cloughen Jr. [mailto:frcharles@verizon.net] invites you to pray for peace on Fri., Aug. 22 at 7:30 PM at Sherwood Episcopal Church, 5 Sherwood Road, the corner of Sherwood and York Road in Cockeysville. The Interfaith Prayer Partners gather every month on the 22nd.
21] – There is an opportunity to participate in ballroom dancing, usually every Friday of the month, in the JHU ROTC Bldg. at 8 PM. Turn south on San Martin Dr. from the intersection of Univ. Parkway and 39th St . Drive on campus by taking the third left turn. The next dance will be Aug. 22. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.
22] – 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.
23] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sat., Aug. 23. 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.
24] – Part 1 of Slave Rebellion Weekend with Historian CR Gibbs takes place on Sat., Aug. 23 from noon to 4 PM through the District of Columbia. The bus tour will include visitations to Alexandria that showcase the indomitable will of enslaved Africans to be free. The tour will begin at the Frederick Douglass home in Southeast D.C. , Martin Luther King Ave & W St. Tickets are $20. Email black.august07@gmail.com or call 202-271-7763 or go to www.myspace.com/blackaugust_dc.
25] – 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 Aug. 23. Call 301-774-9792.
26] – There is a Community Harvest reading at Minas Gallery, 815 W. 36th St., on Sat., Aug. 23, at 5 PM. Call 410-732-4258 or go to http://www.minasgalleryandboutique.com/events.html. A donation of $5 is requested, and will be used to buy fresh produce for the Mount Street Shelter in Sandtown. Some of the poets performing at the Gimmie Shelter Productions event will be Alan Barysh, Leo Horrigan, Kathleen Hillen, Marcus Colasurdo and Ron Williams.
27] – EVERYBODY INTO THE POOL! THE SINGLE PAYER POOL THAT IS… Enjoy an evening by the pool with food and drink and the songs of Lea Gilmore on Sat., Aug. 23 from 6 to 9 PM at the home of Brian and Margaret Flowers, 1433 Sparks Road , Sparks , MD 21152 . This is a benefit for the Maryland Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Tickets are $100 in advance/$125 at the door. RSVP 410-591-0892 or conversationcoalition@gmail.com. Go to www.md.pnhp.org.
28] – On Sun., Aug. 24, 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.
29] – 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/.
30] – Join the weekly Peace Walk on the Mall at 4 PM on Sun., Aug. 24 starting at the WWII Memorial ( 17th St .). Northern Virginians for Peace and Justice do this weekly Peace Walk on the Mall from the World War II Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial and back via Constitution and Independence Aves. Contact Ken at kiask@comcast.net.
31] – 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 Aug. 24. Call 410-230-0450.
32] – 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 Mon., Aug. 25, and it sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
33] – 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., Aug. 25. Call 410-233-0488.
34] – The Maryland Coalition Against the BGE Rate Hikes is hosting a forum at 6 PM on Mon., Aug. 25 which will feature Del. Jill Carter and others at the Northwood Library (Cold Spring & Loch Raven) to discuss the Coalition's legislative strategy for reregulation of BGE.
35] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets every Monday. The next meeting is on Mon., Aug. 25 at 7:30 PM at the AFSC, 4806 York Road . Discuss the response to the State Police spy scandal and upcoming protests against the war. Call Max at 410-366-1637.
36] – 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 Aug. 26 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
37] – The next meeting of the Baltimore Coalition Against the Death Penalty will be Tues., Aug. 26 at 7 PM at AFSC, 4806 York Road . Because of the breaking news that Maryland State Police were spying on peace activists and opponents of the death penalty, the group will review ways of taking advantage of the situation. Also to be discussed will be the hearings held by the commission to study the state’s death penalty. Call 410-488-6767 or 443-838-3221.
To be continued
Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center , 325 E. 25th St. , Baltimore , MD 21218 . Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net
"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
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