Baltimore Activist Alert

Baltimore Activist Alert Aug. 14, 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] Palestinian Perseverance – Aug. 14

9] Political prisoner forum – Aug. 14

10] Book bank open house – Aug. 15

11] Protest WYPR management – Aug. 15 - ?

12] WIB Inner Harbor peace vigil – Aug. 15

13] WIB Roland Park vigil – Aug. 15

14] White House vigil – Aug. 15

15] Silent vigil at Homewood Friends – Aug. 15

16] Iraq Moratorium – Aug. 16

17] Vigil at Walter Reed – Aug. 15

18] Film APOCALYPSE AFRICA – Aug. 15

19] Ballroom dancing – Aug. 15

20] Benefit for homeless – Aug. 15

21] Peace vigil in Chester , PA – Aug. 16

22] Peace vigil at Capitol – Aug. 16

23] Read African-American poetry – Aug. 16

24] Olney vigil to end the war – Aug. 16

25] Radical puppetry – Aug. 16

26] African Service – Aug. 17

27] Bridge peace vigil – Aug. 17

28] Convention Kick-Off Concert – Aug. 17

29] Peace Walk in D.C. – Aug. 17

30] Peace vigil – Aug. 17

31] Red Emma’s needs volunteers – Aug. 17

32] Pentagon vigil – Aug. 18

33] Death penalty demonstration – Aug. 18

34] Sustainable living workshop – Aug. 18

35] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Aug. 18

36] Death penalty hearings – Aug. 19 & Sept. 5

37] War Is Not the Answer vigil – Aug. 12

38] Calvert Cliffs nuke hearing – Aug. 19

39] Amnesty meeting – Aug. 19

40] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Aug. 20

41] Peace vigil in Philadelphia – Aug. 20

42] Peace vigil in W. Mount Airy , PA – Aug. 20

43] WIB Frederick vigil – Aug. 20

44] Peace vigil in Chestnut Hill , PA – Aug. 20

45] Israel/Palestine roundtable – Aug. 21

46] RSVP for NOW dinner – Aug. 21

47] Pray for Peace – Aug. 22

48] Single payer benefit – Aug. 23

49] Death penalty meeting – Aug. 26

50] First Thursday protest of the war – Sept. 4

51] MUPJ conference – April 4, 2009

52] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale

53] Job available at Nueva Vida

54] Job at available at dance company

55] Job available at Washington Peace Center

56] Little Friends for Peace Summer Camps

57] Become a member of the Washington Peace Center

58] Click on The Hunger Site

59] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil needs volunteers

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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.

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.

8] – Busboys and Poets, 14 & V Sts. , NW, WDC, is hosting SNAPSHOTS OF PALESTINIAN PERSEVERANCE on Thurs., Aug. 14 at 6:30 PM. See images and narrative, raw and uncut, brought to you by United Palestinian Appeal. Call 202-387-7638.

9] – There will be a political prisoner forum going from 6:30 to 9:30 PM on Thurs., Aug. 14 at the Univ. of Maryland Nyumburu Cultural Center . The forum will feature Theresa Shoatz (activist and daughter of political prisoner Russell 'Maroon' Shoatz), Ramona & Pam Africa (MOVE Organization, International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal), Dominique Stevenson (AFSC, Free 'Marshall' Eddie Conway) and Ashanti Alston ( Jericho Movement). Email black.august07@gmail.com, call 202-271-7763 or go to www.myspace.com/blackaugust_dc.

10] – There will be an International Book Bank Open House on Fri., Aug. 15 from 11:30 AM to 2 PM at 2201 Eagle St., Unit D. John Bul Dai, author of the memoir, GOD GREW TIRED OF US, and leader of the Lost Boys of Sudan will be there to select books for the first-ever library being launched in South Sudan . Go to www.internationalbookbank.org.

11] – 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.

12] – Women In Black sponsor a peace stand/vigil on Fri., Aug. 15 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.

13] – There is also a noon vigil on Fri., Aug. 15 at Roland Park Place at 830 W. 40th St . Call 410-467-9114.

14] – 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.

15] – There is a silent vigil on Fri., Aug. 15 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.

16] – Every 3rd Friday, observe the Iraq Moratorium - http://www.iraqmoratorium.org/. On Aug. 16, wear a black ribbon or armband! Hand out ribbons or armbands to others. Wear an anti-war pin. Call your representative and your senators and tell their staff that you expect them to do everything possible to end the war and bring the troops home! The Capitol Hill switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Write your representative and your senators, as a handwritten letter has even more impact than a phone call. Hit your elected officials where it hurts, with a voided campaign contribution check. Write a letter to your local newspaper. Don't buy gas. Drive 10 MPH under the posted speed limit. Don't shop at all. Put a sign on your lawn or in your window or on your car. Write "Stop the War" or other slogans on the sidewalk in chalk. Buy toy soldiers, put tags on them that say "Bring Me Home" and leave them in stores, parks, libraries, laundromats, anywhere people will find them. Email friends and family and urge them to sign the Iraq Moratorium statement and to take one of these steps, too.

17] – 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.

18] – On Fri., Aug. 15 at 7 PM, see the film APOCALYPSE AFRICA – MADE IN AMERICA at the Emergence Arts Collective, 733 Euclid St. NW, WDC 20001. This documentary is about blood diamonds and uranium and oil and the role U.S. policy plays on that continent. Discussion to follow with filmmaker Del Walters (also author of the book THE RACE, a novel about a man poised to become the first Black president. Copies of the book and the movie will be for sale. There is a suggested donation of $10. Email sylvia@ecacollective.org or call 202-462-2285.

19] – 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. 8. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.

20] – Bring some canned goods and toiletry donations to Laura’s Rock and Roll Benefit for the Homeless from 9 PM to midnight at Pinland Bowling Lanes, 10 N. Dundalk Ave. Join the Charm City Roller Girls for a night of bowling, raffles, trivia and prizes. Call 410-258-0135. The cost is $10.

21] – 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.

22] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sat., Aug. 16. 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.

23] – Read and discuss poetry by African-American poets Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes and Dudley Randall on Sat., Aug. 16 at 2 PM at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Cherry Hill branch, 606 Cherry Hill Road, suite 100. Call 410-396-1168. Go to www.prattlibrary.org/locations/cherryhill.

24] – 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. 16. Call 301-774-9792.

25] – There will be Radical Puppetry on Sat., Aug. 16 at 8 PM at St. John’s , 27th & St. Paul . The 2640 crew welcomes back JustSeeds collective member ERIK RUIN, with his newest show FLIGHT - a 30-minute shadow theater piece depicting the picaresque journey of a displaced person attempting to escape/transcend persecution. The evening will include live music. Suggested donation is $5 to $10, but no one will be turned away.

26] – On Sun., Aug. 17, 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.

27] – 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/.

28] – On Sun., Aug. 17, from 3 to 6 PM, there will be a DNC/RNC Convention Cross-Country Peace Caravan Kick-Off Concert at the MEDIA Center back patio, 4132 Georgia Ave, NW WDC (4 blocks north of Petworth METRO - Green/Yellow Lines). Rock with Evil Empire (Rage Against the Machine covers), Johnny Bonneville and other special musical guests. Donation requested - proceeds benefit the Washington Peace Center , the Peoples' MEDIA Center , and the All-Purpose Peace Vehicle which is heading to Denver , the Twin Cities , and points beyond. Call 202-234-2000 or email wpc@igc.org.

29] – Join the weekly Peace Walk on the Mall at 4 PM on Sun., Aug. 17 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.

30] – On Sun., Aug. 17, from 5 to 6 PM, there will be an ecumenical peace vigil in Lafayette Park ! You are invited to join the latest in a series of peace vigils designed to give members of Washington area churches--Episcopalians, Methodists, UCC'ers, Presbyterians, Baptists, Mennonites, Quakers, Lutherans, Unitarians, Catholics and all others--a chance to pray together for an end to the tragic war in Iraq . The vigil is a locally organized witness affiliated with Christian Peace Witness for Iraq (CPWI). The vigil will take place on the third Sunday of the month, at 5 PM, until the war comes to an end.

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. 17. 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. 18, 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. 18. Call 410-233-0488.

34] – On Mon., Aug. 18 at 7 PM, a workshop on Sustainable City Living with the Rhizome Collective will take place at St. John’s, 27th & St. Paul. Email info@redemmas.org.

35] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets every Monday. The next meeting is on Mon., Aug. 18 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] – The Maryland Commission on the Death Penalty is starting to hold a series of hearings. The next will be on Tues., Aug. 19 at 3 PM in Annapolis in the Joint Hearing Room of the Legislative Services Building , 90 State Circle . All scheduled meetings will be at 3 PM in the same hearing room. Benjamin R. Civiletti is the chair. Another hearing will also be held on Sept. 5. Contact Rachel Philofsky, Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention at 410-821-2828. Go to http://www.governor.maryland.gov/pressreleases/080710b.asp or http://www.mdcase.org/.

37] – 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. 19 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.

38] – The final Maryland Public Service Commission public hearing on the proposed new Calvert Cliffs-3 atomic reactor is Tues., Aug. 19 at 7 PM. Do not be surprised to see that Unistar/Constellation Energy will flood the room with people who will benefit financially. But sustainable energy advocates will attend the hearing as well at the Holiday Inn Select, 155 Holiday Drive, Solomons, Maryland . That’s right off of the main road through Calvert County , Routes 2/4. Tell the PSC what Marylanders who don’t owe their living to Unistar/Constellation think about a new nuclear reactor on the Chesapeake Bay ! Email nirsnet@nirs.org or go to www.nirs.org or call 301-270-6477.

If you cannot attend, you can send written comments to the Public Service Commission, 6 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21202 (RE: Case No. 9127). Your opinion must be received by 5 PM on Tues., Aug. 19. Here are some sample comments:

To the Maryland Public Service Commission,

I urge you to deny Unistar’s request for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to build a new nuclear reactor in Maryland .

Clean energy technologies can deliver a more reliable supply of electricity faster and at lower cost than can building a new atomic reactor. And unlike nuclear power plants, clean energy sources don’t produce highly toxic radioactive waste to be stored on our Chesapeake Bay .

I urge you to prioritize successful implementation of the EmPOWER Maryland energy efficiency program and the state’s renewable electricity standard and deny Unistar’s application to build a new nuclear reactor to set us on the path towards an affordable, reliable and safe energy future for our state.

39] – Amnesty Chapter 228 meets regularly at 7:30 PM in rooms 18/19 of the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, Columbia, MD, on the third Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be on Aug. 19. Go to www.amnesty228.com.

40] – The Marc Steiner Show is back on Wed., Aug. 20 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.

41] – 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 Aug. 20. Call 215-426-0364.

42] – 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 Aug. 20. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.

43] – WIB Frederick holds a silent vigil mourning all violence, the third Wednesday of the month from 6:30 to 7 PM at the intersection of Patrick & Market Sts. in Frederick . The next vigil is Aug. 20. Please dress in black, and bring no additional signs. Men are welcome. Call 301-834-7581 or email wibfrederick@mizmail.com. Go to www.frederick.org.

44] – 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 Aug. 20. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.

45] – On Thurs., Aug. 21, 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.

46] – 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 at 6 PM on Sun., August 24. 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.

47] – 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 22^nd.

48] – EVERYBODY INTO THE POOL! THESINGLE 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.

49] – 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.

50] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore hosts an End the War! End the Occupation! rally on Thurs., Sept. 4 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.

51] – 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.

52] – 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.

53] – Nueva Vida, a not-for-profit support organization for Latinas with cancer in the Washington Metropolitan area, is searching for a full time coordinator for its Outreach and Access Program. The ideal candidate will have a degree in social work, psychology, public health and/or other relevant field, and at least 3 years of combined work experience in case management and program development, implementation and evaluation; and a demonstrated commitment to women's health. Candidates must be fluent in English and Spanish, and bicultural (closely familiar with both American and Latino/Hispanic cultures). Send resume, writing sample and names and contact information of three professional references to Nueva Vida, Access Program Search Committee, 2000 P St. NW, Suite 620 , Washington , DC 20036 or to lcaicedo@nueva-vida.org.

54] – There is a position open: the Assistant Director (AD) manages the general
day-to-day operations of the Maru Montero Dance Company (MMDC). AD leads operational planning process and ensures plan implementation. The start date is September or ASAP. Ideal candidates should be bi-lingual in English and Spanish, have proven nonprofit management experience and have a flexible schedule allowing for evening and occasional weekend meetings and events. Go to www.marumontero.com. Contact Jennifer Hinrichs at jjhinrichs@rcn.com or admin@marumontero.com.

55] – Washington Peace Center is hiring a part-time Office and Program Manager. This person will promote and help organize events such as educational forums, films and speakers put on by WPC staff and board members. Adequate promotion must be given to these events through emails, print and radio outlets. There are other tasks that are part of this position. The starting salary is $200 for 20 hours of work per week. To apply, send cover letter and resume to Jane Zara (board member) at jjzara@aol.com AND Sonia Silbert (co-coordinator) at sonia@washingtonpeacecenter.net. The hiring is ASAP!

56] – 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.

57] – 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.

58] – 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.

59] – 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.

Vigilers are needed at the White House. The Proposition One Committee, which has maintained the 24/7 anti-nuclear peace vigil outside the White House since 1981, requests help from D.C.’s peace and justice community during the month of August. Under U.S. Park Service regulations, the signs in Lafayette Park must be wo/manned at all times. Volunteers are sought now who can spend one to four hours (during evenings, between 5 and 11 PM) with the signs in front of the White House, on either an occasional or regular basis. Meet and talk peace with American and International tourists, stand vigil against war and against nuclear weapons, and become part of the longest uninterrupted vigil in the country and a front line of defense for the First Amendment! Those who recognize the contributions to peace by Thomas and Concepcion over the last 27 years are especially asked to respond. Call Ellen at 202-682-4282 or Jay at 202-234-2000.

Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 East 25^th 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