Friday, April 3, 2009

Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 3

37] Protest CEO of Areva – Apr. 6

38] Bolivar Youth Orchestra —Apr. 6

39] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Apr. 6—Apr. 9

40] Protest the death penalty – Apr. 6 

41] March to BGE CEO’s house – Apr. 6

42] Celebrating Resistance – Apr. 6

43] BUPJ meeting – Apr. 6

44] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Apr. 6

45] Peace Center meeting in Frederick – Apr. 6

46] Single payer workshop – Apr. 6

47] Deaths in Gaza -- Apr. 6

48] Calvert Cliffs open house – Apr. 7

49] Passover Vigil – Apr. 7

50] Tuesday peace vigil – Apr. 7

51] Ecolocity DC meeting -- Apr. 7

52] Film AMERICAN VIOLET – Apr. 7

53] Nuclear-Weapon Free World – Apr. 8

54] Peace vigil in Philadelphia – Apr. 8

55] Peace vigil in W. Mount Airy, PA – Apr. 8

56] Chestnut Hill, PA vigil – Apr. 8

57] Crackdown on Muslim Americans – Apr. 8

58] Israel/Palestine roundtable – Apr. 9 

59] Homeless shelter benefit – Apr. 9

60] Death penalty meeting – Apr. 14

61] Film THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT – Apr. 17

62] March for the Animals – Apr. 19

63] First Thursday protest of the war – May 7

64] Contribute to the Georgia Four defense fund

65] Human rights lawyer from the Congo is seeking speaking engagements

66] Join Global Zero campaign

67] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale

68] Publish your peace article

69] Become a member of the Washington Peace Center

70] Click on The Hunger Site  

71] Join Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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37] – On Mon., Apr. 6, Ann Louvrejean, the CEO of Areva the nuclear corporation, will give the keynote address at the Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. Beyond Nuclear is calling for a protest from 11 AM to 12:30 PM.  Gather at 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. at 10:30 AM. Call 301-270-2209.

38] – On Mon., Apr. 6 from 4 to 5:30 PM, there will be an open rehearsal of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra at Kennedy Center.  To purchase tickets, call the box office at 202-785-9727.  Mention the code VC10.

39] – The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 PM on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community.  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.   Go to http://www.centerforemergingmedia.org.

40] – 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., Apr. 6.  Call 410-233-0488.

41] – Power 4 the People Committee and Committee of the Bailout the People Movement are calling for a candlelight march to Constellation/BGE CEO Mayo Shattuck’s home. The action on Mon., Apr. 6, endorsed by the Maryland Coalition to Re-regulate BGE, is to begin at the corner of Coldspring Lane & N. Charles St. at 6 PM.  The march is to begin at 6:30 PM.  On April 7, BGE is to shut off of 84,000 people in Baltimore. LIGHT A CANDLE for all of those who will be without heat and light!  Call 443-220-7919.

42] – An evening of poetry, music and art entitled “Celebrating Resistance” will feature Poets Against the War, Emma’s Revolution, Perry V. King and Oud player Fuad Foty on Mon., Apr. 6 at 7 PM at the Friends Meeting, 2111 Florida Ave.  The event is part of Witness Against Torture's 100 Days Campaign. Go to www.100dayscampaign.org..

43] – Baltimore United for Peace and Justice will meet at 7 PM on Mon., Apr. 6 at the AFSC, 4806 York Road. The BUPJ agenda will include a review the March on Wall Street, the number of bus tickets sold and a fundraiser to cover the cost of the bus.  As this meeting ends, the Pledge meeting will begin.

44] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM at the AFSC, 4806 York Road [three blocks north of Coldspring Lane].  The next meeting will be Apr. 6, and the agenda will include a report on oral arguments before D.C. Appeals Court and upcoming lobbying for an investigation on the treatment of detainees. Call Max at 410-366-1637.

 

45] – There will be a meeting of the Frederick Peace Resource Center on Mon., Apr. 6 at 7:30 PM at 4 East Church St. Call Gus Fahey at 301-663-6117.

 

46] – On Mon., Apr. 6 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. The study will continue on the first Monday of each month.  The topic and presentation will be the same. Go to www.mdsinglepayer.org. RSVP at 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.

47] – Georgetown Univ. Lecture Fund, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Nas Arab Society present From Gaza, Personally--An Account of the Israeli Attacks and Their Political and Legal Implications on Mon., Apr. 6 at 8 PM at McShain Lounge - McCarthy Hall, Georgetown Univ. Main Campus, 37th and 0 Sts., WDC.  Amer Shurrab, a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip, peace activist, and recent graduate of Middlebury College, will share his heart-wrenching tale of losing two of his brothers on the same day in an Israeli attack on Gaza in January 2009. Amer’s dad and two brothers came under intense Israeli fire as they fled their village in the midst of Israel’s brutal assault--- Amer’s older brother died immediately in a hail of bullets and his younger brother bled to death over the course of twenty hours with his father helplessly looking on when Israeli troops refused to allow an ambulance to reach him.

The panel discussion will also feature Noura Erakat, who teaches courses on human rights law at Georgetown and recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Gaza, and Josh Ruebner, Grassroots Advocacy Coordinator with the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Contact gusjpalestine@gmail.com.

48] – On Tues., Apr. 7, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will conduct an open house about the agency’s annual assessment of safety performance for the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant.  It will run from 3 to 5 PM at the Holiday Inn Express, 355 Merrimac Court, Prince Frederick, Md., and will afford members of the public an opportunity to learn first-hand from NRC staff members about performance at the plant during 2008. The setting will allow citizens to discuss plant-related topics on a one-on-one basis with NRC inspectors assigned to the plant and their NRC Region I supervisor.

The annual assessment for the Calvert Cliffs plant is available on the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/calv_2008q4.pdf. Call Allison Fisher of Public Citizen at 202-454-5176.

 

49] – There will be an 18-hour PASSOVER VIGIL outside the Israeli Consulate, 19th and JFK Blvd., Philadelphia beginning Tues., Apr. 7 at 4 PM through Wed., Apr. 8 at 10 AM.  You are invited to stand and remember and grieve the Deir Yassin massacre, an event symbolic of the atrocities committed against the people of Palestine in 1948. As Jews committed to a different future, they will pause this Passover to mourn the people of Deir Yassin, and the continuous crimes against humanity committed by the government of Israel.

 

Direct questions or concerns to Susan Landau at sjlandau at aol.com. This event is sponsored by Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace, PhillyJJP at gail.com, and the local chapter of American Jews for a Just Peace, www.ajjp.org.

 

50] – 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 Apr. 7 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.  Call Max at 410-366-1637.

51] – There is a meeting of Ecolocity DC every Tuesday from 7 to 9 PM at the EMERGENCE COMMUNITY ARTS COLLECTIVE, 733 Euclid St. NW, WDC 20001.  It is for people who live in, or are interested in making D.C. a transition town starting with an intentional community that will encompass clean energy, freecycle, natural building, organic farming, community salvage, new urbanism, etc. The next meeting will be on Apr. 7. Go to http://ecolocity.ning.com www.ecacollective.org.

52] – The ACLU of Maryland is joining with the ACLU of the National Capital Area, the ACLU of Virginia and Samuel Goldwyn Films to invite you to a free screening of "American Violet,” a film inspired by the true story of an ACLU client who challenged corrupt police practices in the small town of Hearne, Texas.  It will be shown on Tues., Apr. 7 at 7 PM at the E Street's Landmark Cinema, 555 11th St. NW, WDC 20004.

There will be a discussion centering on issues of race, drug enforcement practices and the legal system. Panelists will include the American Violet filmmakers Bill Haney and Tim Disney, ACLU attorney Graham Boyd and others.  RSVP to curtis@aclu-md.org to attend this event.

53] – On Wed., Apr. 8, from 9 to 11 AM, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Federation of American Scientists and other organizations will host a discussion "Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex for the Transition to a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World" with Robert Civiak, formerly with the Office of Management and Budget, and other speakers. The event will be at the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW. RSVP to Alyssa at ago@nrdc.org.

54] – 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 Apr. 8. Call 215-426-0364.

55] – 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 Apr. 8. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.

56] – 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 Apr. 8.  Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.

 

57] – On Wed., Apr. 8 at 7 PM, Witness Against Torture presents Imam Mahdi Bray, executive director of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, and Ibrahim Ramey, Human and Civil Rights Director, Muslim American Society (MAS Freedom).  They will discuss Guantanamo and the post-9/11 crackdown on the Muslim American community at American Univ., Ward Hall (Ward 1 – T Floor), Ward Circle, 4400 Mass. Ave.  The nearest Metro stop is Tenleytown.  It is co-sponsored by the American Univ. chapter of Amnesty International. Go to www.100dayscampaign.org.

 

58] – On Thurs., Apr. 9, 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.

 

59] – Gimmie Shelter Productions continues its efforts to bring consciousness and to raise funds for the homeless and the shelters that serve them. The next fundraiser for Hearts Place Shelter is at 2640 St. Paul St. on Fri., Apr. 10 at 8 PM. This poetry reading/performance art event will feature music by Jasaga and poetry by Mike Monroe, Suzanne X, Mary C, Rieley, Ron Williams, Abu Jamal and Alan Barysh. The performance art will be by Dave Cunningham and Mark Colasurdo. Admission is $5.  Consider as well donations of non-perishable food and clothing.  Call 410-532-0193. To find out how to help Hearts Place Shelter, call 410 235-9269.

 

60] – The Coalition Against the Death Penalty will meet Tues., Apr. 14 at 7 PM at the AFSC, 4806 York Road.  Agenda items will include the spy scandal, death penalty legislation and anti-death penalty activities. Call 410-488-6767 or 443-838-3221.

 

61] – The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee is hosting its latest FILM & SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS VIDEO SERIES. The theme is First Amendment rights.  The next film is THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT [USA, 1996] which will be shown on Fri., Apr. 17 at a private home on a large-screen television.  If interested in seeing the DVD, RSVP to Max at 410-366-1637.

THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT [USA, 1996] Milos Forman, the director, explores the life of pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt and his epic court clash with Jerry Falwell.  The film stars Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love and Edward Norton.

Doors open at 7 PM, and the DVD starts at 7:30 PM.  There is no charge, and refreshments will be available.  A discussion will follow.

 

62] – Join the 14th annual March for the Animals on Sun., Apr. 19 from 10 AM to 2 PM at Druid Hill Park. Proceeds benefit the homeless and needy animals in our community.  Contact Tami Gosheff at 410-235-8826, ext. 138 or tgosheff at mdspca.org.  Go to www.mdspca.org.

 

63] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore hosts an End the War! End the Occupation! rally on Thurs., May 7 from 5 to 6:30 PM in Mount Vernon at Centre & Charles Sts.  The Pledge gathers in Mount Vernon on the first Thursday of the month to protest the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Call Max at 410-366-1637.

64] – Larry Egbert and Nick Sheridan remain in Georgia awaiting an April arraignment.  They are out of jail, and the "Georgia Four" is seeking contributions to a legal defense fund.  Go to www.finalexitlibertyfund.org to make a contribution.

 

65] – Sylvie Maunga Mbanga, a human rights lawyer and women’s activist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is in the DC area waiting for asylum. She works with seven local organizations to end the horrific sexual violence against women in the eastern region of the Congo. She is eager to speak to audiences about her situation and that of the DRC. Though she will speak for free, honoraria or donations (even Metro cards, or food/grocery gift certificates) would help her meet her day to day needs. Call her at 202-355-4511.

66] – Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees.  This is an historic window of opportunity.  With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.  

67] – 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.

68] – Publish Your Peace Article. Daniel Frasier is soliciting peace articles for the biweekly series of commentaries Paths to Peace in the Frederick News Post Religion and Ethics section. For details, email path2peace07@yahoo.com.

 

69] – 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.

 

70] – 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.  

71] – 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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