37] Pentagon vigil – Oct. 19
38] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Oct. 19 — Oct. 22
39] Protest the death penalty – Oct. 19
40] BUPJ meeting – Oct. 19
41] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Oct. 19
42] Emma’s Revolution at U. MD – Oct. 20
43] Witness Against Torture vigil – Oct. 20
44] Tuesday peace vigil – Oct. 20
45] Recruitment Party – Oct. 20
46] Steve Early at Busboys – Oct. 20
47] Ecolocity DC meeting – Oct. 20
48] Feminist Sex -- Oct. 20
49] SOA Watch vigil – Oct. 21
50] Peace vigil in
51] Children of Abraham lecture – Oct. 21
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53] Health policy seminar – Oct. 22
54] Israel/Palestine roundtable – Oct. 22
55] Calvert Cliffs III debate – Oct. 22
56] Film THE INSIDER – Oct. 22
57] Silence Is For Suckers – Oct. 22
58] Education Coalition Annual Meeting – Oct. 22
59] Public Option rally – Oct. 23
60] Nonviolence workshop – Oct. 24
61] International Day of Climate Action – Oct. 24
62] Tent of Abraham – Oct. 24
63] DEVIL AND MISS JONES film – Oct. 30
64] First Thursday demo – Nov. 5
65] Get Howard Ehrlich’s book HATE CRIMES AND ETHNOVIOLENCE
66] Buy a red maple tree
67] Help available in buying a house
68] Contribute to the
69] Join Global Zero campaign
70] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
71] Publish your peace article
72] Click on The Hunger Site
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37] – 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., Oct. 19, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
38] – 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.
39] – 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. However, the next vigil is scheduled for Mon., Oct. 19. Call 410-233-0488.
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41] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM at the AFSC,
42] – Emma's revolution/Pat Humphries & Sandy O in concert on Tues., Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in College Park, MD, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Univ. of Maryland, corner of Route 193 (University Blvd.) and Stadium Drive. Call the ticket office at 301-405-2787.
43] – On Tues., Oct. 20 at 5:30 PM, Witness Against Torture will continue its weekly vigil, each Tuesday, in Lafayette Park, H and 16th Sts., NW. Contact Helen Schietinger at h.schietinger at verizon.net.
44] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
45] – On Tues., Oct. 20 from 6 to 8:30 PM at the CCAN office, 6839 Eastern Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912, there will be a Recruitment Party! Phone banking is critical to making sure to turn out as many people as possible to the Big Day! Email keith@chesapeakeclimate.org to confirm you'll be coming to the party. There will be pizza, good company and good Karma.
46] – Steve Early, author of EMBEDDED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home, will be at Busboys and Poets, Langston Room, 1021 14th St NW, WDC from 6 to 7:30 PM on Wed., Oct. 20. The book describes how union members have organized successfully, on the job and in the community, in the face of employer opposition now and in the past.
47] – 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 Oct. 20. Go to http://ecolocity.ning.com www.ecacollective.org.
48] – On Tues., Oct. 20 at 7 PM @
49] – Join the SOA Watch Wednesday Vigil for HR 2567. On Oct. 21 from 7:30 to 9:30 AM, vigil outside the House of Representatives urging members to co-sponsor the legislation to investigate the School of the Americas/WHINSEC. After vigiling, those in attendance will lobby congressional offices, distribute materials and spread the word on Capitol Hill. Then there will be a closing vigil from 4:30 to 6:30 PM as members and aides leave the House buildings. Email jake@soaw.org.
50] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in
51] – Children of Abraham In The 21st Century is part of the Adult Christian Education Committee at St. James’ Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 1020 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore MD 21217. Each week in October speakers representing the faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam will discuss what makes us more similar than different. Dinner will be served at 6 PM, and the suggested donation is $5. The lectures begin at 7 PM. Please call the church office to register at 410-523-4588, or sign up after Sunday
52] – 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 Oct. 21. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
53] – The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, is hosting a 2009 Fall Policy Seminar Series organized by Dan Morhaim, M.D., associate faculty and Ellen MacKenzie, Ph.D., chair HPM. All seminars will be held on Thursdays in October
in the Hampton House Lecture Hall, 12:15 to 1:15 PM, 624 N. Broadway,
54] – On Thurs., Oct. 22, 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
55] – On Thurs., Oct. 22 at 4 PM at the University of Maryland Baltimore County Library Gallery, there will be a debate: Should a 3rd Nuclear Reactor Be Built at Calvert Cliffs? Go to http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/admin/friends/events.php or call Ethan Nuss at 240-396-2035.
56] – On Thurs., Oct. 22 at 6:30 PM, THE INSIDER [directed by Michael Mann, 1999] will be shown as part of the DC Labor Film Fest’s 1st Annual WHISTLEBLOWER FILM SERIES. It will be shown in Room 2247, Rayburn house Office Bldg.,
57] – SILENCE IS FOR SUCKERS is an evening with Ron Kipling Williams, the Most Controversial Spoken Word Artist in
58] – The Maryland Education Coalition is holding its Annual Meeting on Thurs., Oct. 22 at 7 PM at the Maryland PTA Office, 5 Central Ave., Glen Burnie, MD 21061. Call 800-707-7972 or 410-760-6221. The Panelists are Nancy Kopp, State Treasurer, Mary Filardo, director, 21st Century Schools, Donna Hathaway Beck, Prince Georges School Board Member, Bebe Verdery, director, ACLU—MD Education Reform, and David Lever, executive director, Interagency Committee on School Construction. RSVP by Tues, Oct. 20 at 410-547-9200 Ext. 3012. Go to https://acy.hs-cluster-1.net/event.php?id=8.
59] – The Baltimore Committee for Meaningful Health Care Reform is inviting you to a Rally for the Public Option and Affordable Health Care Reform on Fri., Oct. 23 from 6 to 8:30 PM at the historic Senator Theater, 5904 York Road. Listen to
60] – On Sat., Oct. 24 from 9 AM to 4 PM, the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship DC will present: “THE POWER OF NONVIOLENCE,” tools for personal and social change. Bring a bag lunch, but coffee and tea will be provided. The workshop takes place at
St. Albans Episcopal Church, Satterlee Hall,
61] – Mark your calendars and then attend the International Day of Climate Action on Sat., Oct. 24 in Washington, D.C., sponsored by www.350.org, www.chesapeakeclimate.org and others. The Big One starts with a noon rally in Malcolm X/Meridian Park, 16th and
62] – The TENT OF ABRAHAM-BALTIMORE COALITION presents NEW APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY AMONG THE THREE ABRAHAMIC FAITHS at Stony Run Friends Meetinghouse, 5116 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218 (south of Northern Parkway) on Sun., Oct. 25 from 2:30 to 6 PM. The panel discussion includes Eileen Eppig, SSND, Christian Faith Tradition; Rabbi Joel Zaiman (ICJS) Jewish Faith Tradition; Faheem Younus Qureshi, MD -Muslim Faith Tradition. The program includes questions and answers, personal reflection time; panel remarks on going forward from here; Muslim Afternoon Prayer and a "TENT OF ABRAHAM" interfaith prayer with Jewish, Christian (Sr. Patricia Kirk, OSB), Muslim (Imam Daud Hanif) prayer leaders. There will be shared food and drink, and no admission fee, but donations are requested. Contact Chuck Michaels (cwmichaels@igc.org) or see Pax Christi Baltimore website, www.paxchristibaltimore.org. Go to WWW.TENTOFABRAHAM-BALTIMORE.ORG.
63] – The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee is hosting its latest FILM & SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS VIDEO SERIES. The theme is Poverty and its Manifestations. The second film in the series is THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES [
Sam Wood directed this social comedy with leftist undertones. John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn), the world's richest man, gets word that someone is trying to unionize a department store that he owns. So he changes his name and takes a menial job at the store, the better to catch the union activists. Once he is subjected to the humiliating treatment afforded his employees,
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.
64] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore hosts an End the War! End the Occupation! rally on Thurs., Nov. 5 from 5 to 6:30 PM in
65] – Get a copy of Howard Ehrlich’s HATE CRIMES AND ETHNOVIOLENCE [Westview Press, 2009, ISBN – 13: 978-08133-4445-4]. Go to www.westviewpress.com.
66] – I bought two red maple trees for $10 each as part of the Trees for
67] – A progressive-thinking realtor is indicating that people of modest incomes can get assistance from both the state and federal governments in purchasing a home. If you are interested in speaking with him about available programs, call Max at 410-366-1637.
68] – Larry Egbert and Nick Sheridan are in
69] – 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.
70] – 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.
71] – 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.
72] – 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.
73] – 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.
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