Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 2

19] Eco/Justice Café – May 1

20] Vigil at Walter Reed – May 1

21] Film DANCE WITH A STRANGER – May 1

22] Ballroom dancing – May 1

23] Station North Flea Market – May 2

24] Power tools workshop – May 2                         

25] Olney vigil to end the war – May 2                         

26] Peace vigil in Chester, PA – May 2

27] Energy Summit – May 2

28] Peace vigil at Capitol – May 2                                       

29] Shut Down Army Experience – May 2

30] Peace Meal – May 2

31] Cost of Empire – May 2

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19] – Attend the monthly Eco/Justice Cafes at UDC 's Firebird Inn, 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW, Van Ness/UDC Red Line West exit--Building 39, B-Level, first Fridays from 6 to 10 PM. The Cafes are a reincarnation of the 90s MetNet Eco/Justice Coffeehouses. They feature great food, music, poetry, a dozen or so tabling organizations and more. The aim is to bring together a wide variety of activists from environmental and social justice groups for fun and networking.  A $15 donation is requested ($10 for students, $5 for kids under 12). The next Cafe will be on May 1, followed by a "First Friday" on 6/6. 

TABLE SPACE IS AVAILABLE for no charge. Contact GalinaSergen@yahoo.com to reserve your table or TO VOLUNTEER. Hosted by the University of the District of Columbia David Clarke School of Law, the District's public interest law school, go to http://www.law.udc.edu/?page=AFJ.

 

20] – 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. 

 

21] – DANCE WITH A STRANGER will be shown on Fri., May 1 at 7 PM as part of the Just-Reel First Friday Film Series at the Peace Center of Delaware County.   The film by Mike Newell, and featuring Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett and Ian Holm, tells the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in England.  The peace center is at 1001 Old Sproul Road (just behind the Car Wash at the corner of Sproul Road & Old Marple Road) in  Springfield, PA.  For directions, go to www.delcopeacecenter.org.  Call 610-544-1818.

 

22] –  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 May 1. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.

 

23] – On Sat., May 2, the Station North Flea Market will be located on North Ave. between Maryland Ave. and Howard St., and will run from 9 AM to 2 PM. Email infofleamarket@loadoffun.net to reserve your space.  Go to info visit http://www.loadoffun.net/FleamarketVendor.html.

24] – Help rebuild the Stadium Playground by first attending a FREE power tools workshop on Sat., May 2 at 10 AM until noon at Ace Hardware, 601 Homestead St., 21218. Email FriendsofourPlayground@gmail.com or call 443-756-6196.

25] – Friends House, 17715 Meeting House Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860, hosts a peace vigil every Saturday, 10:30 to 11:30 AM, on the corner of Rt. 108 and Georgia Ave. in Olney, MD.  The next vigil is May 2. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167. 

 

26] –  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.

 

27] – The MARYLAND COALITION FOR BGE REREGULATION invites you to the

People’s ENERGY SUMMIT on Sat., May 2 from 11 AM to 4 PM at 2640 St. Paul St. – St. John’s Methodist Church.  Empower yourself and learn how YOU can take direct action against BGE and make your voice heard by our elected officials; find out which lawmakers are working for us; and which are not and what you can do to change that.  Call Maria Allwine at 443.762.0892 or email her at mariarichard at verizon.net.

28] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sat., May 2. 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] – Join a counter-recruitment action in Philadelphia on Sat., May 2.  The Army is test running new recruitment methods at Franklin Mills Mall, by using a giant "arcade" built around army vehicles and machines, that allow kids as young as 13 to simulate fighting a war in the Middle East.

Gather at 1 PM for a rally at St. Luke's United Church of Christ, 11080 Knights Rd.  Go to http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Philadelphia&state=PA&address=11080+Knights+Road. At 1:40 PM, march to the mall, about one mile away.  Protesters will attempt to serve a criminal complaint on the Army Experience Center as well as the mall owners, Simon Property Group, by marching into the mall to hand the document to the officer in charge. The complaint states, in part, "the Army Experience Center is therefore involved in the "Criminal Solicitation of Minors" - soliciting underage persons to act in a violent manner and thereby promoting and supporting criminal and corrupt behavior…"

Visit the Shut Down the Army Experience website at http://shutdowntheaec.net/.  Contact Pat Elder at patrickelder at verizon.net or 202-210-3467.

30] – On Sat., May 2 at 1 PM, attend the Peace Meal: In Search of Wisdom in India with Ms. Ana de Andres at 4209 East West Hwy., Chevy Chase, MD 20815.  Share in Ana's honest, open and funny story of her pilgrimage to India, and her experiments with prayer, chanting, ashram life, meditation, community living and social justice in that sacred and beautiful land. Park by Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. The site is Metro accessible on Red Line, Bethesda stop. There is no charge.   RSVP at shantiyoga2@earthlink.net.  Go to www.schooloflife.org.

31] – On Sat., May 2 from 3 to 5 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, 4444 Arlington Blvd., Arlington, VA (corner of Arlington Blvd. and George Mason Drive), there will be a discussion The U.S. Cost of Empire: Military Spending, Military Bases, and Empire-Building in Iraq and Afghanistan. Miriam Pemberton and Erik Leaver, Institute for Policy Studies, will explain What’s the Alternative? Contact Moya Atkinson at moyaatk at att.net or 703-941-3707.

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