26] Film CRUDE – Oct. 23-28
27] Nonviolence workshop – Oct. 24
28] Pro Bono Day – Oct. 24
29] Olney vigil to end the war – Oct. 24
30] Peace vigil in
31] Peace vigil at Capitol – Oct. 24
32] International Day of Climate Action – Oct. 24
33] Climate Action protest – Oct. 24
34] Benefit for workers – Oct. 24
35] Acoustic acts at Red Emma’s – Oct. 24
36] Jamie Raskin in
37] African service – Oct. 25
38] Bridge vigil – Oct. 25
39] Health care town hall – Oct. 25
40] Tent of Abraham – Oct. 25
41] Quaker Peace Vigil – Oct. 25
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43] Red Emma’s needs volunteers – Oct. 25
44] Benefit for Heart’s Place – Oct. 25
45] Faith community & the environment – Oct. 25
46] Pentagon vigil – Oct. 26
47] No Deal for Constellation/EDF – DEADLINE Oct. 26
48] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Oct. 26 — Oct. 29
49] Protest the death penalty – Oct. 26
50] BUPJ meeting – Oct. 26
51] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Oct. 26
52] Sister Spit -- Oct. 26
53] Witness Against Torture vigil – Oct. 27
54] Tuesday peace vigil – Oct. 27
55] Ecolocity DC meeting – Oct. 27
56] Yes, We Count! – Oct. 27
57] GAY AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Oct. 27
58] Mobilizations for Health Care – Oct. 28-29
59] SOA Watch vigil – Oct. 28
60] Peace vigil in
61] Children of Abraham lecture – Oct. 28
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63] Making It In
64] Israel/Palestine roundtable – Oct. 29
65] “Most Dangerous Man In
66] Eyewitness
67] Death penalty meeting – Oct. 29
68] DEVIL AND MISS JONES film – Oct. 30
69] First Thursday demo – Nov. 5
70] Get Howard Ehrlich’s book HATE CRIMES AND ETHNOVIOLENCE
71] Buy a red maple tree
72] Help available in buying a house
73] Contribute to the
74] Join Global Zero campaign
75] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
76] Publish your peace article
77] Click on The Hunger Site
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26] – CRUDE premiers this weekend in D.C., and director Joe Berlinger will be available for Q&A on Fri., Oct. 23 at the 10:15 PM showing. Berlinger's 2009 documentary, highlighting the historic "Amazon
27] – 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
28] – Pro Bono Day, sponsored by the Bar Association of Baltimore City, is Sat., Oct. 24, 10 AM to 2 PM, at Legal Aid, 500 E. Lexington St. Volunteer attorneys will be on hand to provide one-on-one consultations and group presentations on a variety of topics including family, consumer, housing, and elder law. Call 410-951-7737.
29] – 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 Oct. 24. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167.
30] – 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. Go to www.ccpeace.org.
31] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sat., Oct. 24. 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.
32] – Attend the International Day of Climate Action on Sat., Oct. 24 in
33] – On Sat., Oct. 24 there are more than 4000 events in 89 countries to demand serious action on global warming. These events, timed to influence the global climate negotiations in
34] – Una Gran Fiesta is a fundraiser, sponsored by the Union de Trabajadores de DC, is Sat., Oct. 24 from 7 to 9 PM at St. Stephen Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC. There’s dancing, food, and comradeship with struggling workers. DJ Bobby Naranjo will provide great music. Also, Reza will be offering salsa lessons from 7:30 - 8:30 PM. This event is free but it is hoped you'll purchase food and donate to the workers. Call 202-445-0411.
35] – On Sat., Oct. 24 at 7 PM at Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St., see and hear two acoustic acts from Canada--Starla! Ubiquitous and Todi Stronghands. The performance is free. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
36] – On Sun., Oct. 25 at 10:30 AM, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102, will host Sen. Jamie Raskin who will discuss “One Nation Under the Constitution: An Enlightenment Philosophy for American Life.” Call 410-581-2322 or visit www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org.
37] – On Sun., Oct. 25, 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.,
38] – Maryland Bridges for Peace welcomes you to stand for peace Sundays from noon (or thereabouts) to 1 PM on the
39] – Join State Senator Jamie Raskin, Delegates Karen Montgomery, Roger Manno, Ana Sol Gutierrez, Heather Mizeur, and Tom Hucker, and Council Members Duchy Trachtenberg and George Leventhal for a health care town hall meeting on Sun., Oct. 25 from 1 to 3 PM at the
40] – 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
41] – Every Sunday, 4 to 5 PM, there is a Quaker Peace Vigil at Independence Mall, N. side of Market between 5th and 6th Sts., Philadelphia. Call 215-421-5811.
42] – Every Sunday until Nov. 3, from 4:30 to 6 PM at the corner of Woodmont and Bethesda Aves., near Barnes & Noble and the Landmark Theaters, there will be a peace vigil organized by Bethesda Friends. Everyone welcome to participate!
43] – On Sun., Oct. 25 at 6 PM at 2640 St. Paul St., Caleb Stine hosts Hard Hittin' Songs for Hard Hit People, a night of roots and folk music straight from the heart. For the fifth year, local musicians band together to raise money for Heart's Place Homeless Shelter, the cold-weather shelter located in the basement level of St. John's/2640. Go to http://www.redemmas.org/2640.
44] – Red Emma’s needs volunteers. Stop in to the weekly Sunday meeting at 7 PM at
45] – On Sun., Oct. 25 at 7 PM, A Faith Community Response To Environmental Conservation and Justice will be presented By The Howard County Interfaith Coalition for Compassion and Beth Shalom Congregation featuring Joelle Novey, program director of Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light and Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, director of Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network. This event will be held at Beth Shalom Congregation 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane Columbia, MD. Contact Mitchell Krasnopoler at 410-313-9033 or mkrasnopoler@gmail.com..
46] – 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. 26, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
47] – STOP CALVERT CLIFFS-3 by taking ACTION NOW to call for NO DEAL FOR EDF/CONSTELLATION! The Maryland
48] – 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. Go to http://www.centerforemergingmedia.org.
49] – 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. 26. Call 410-233-0488.
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51] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM at the AFSC,
52] – On Mon., Oct. 26 at 7 PM at 2640 St. Paul St. San Francisco
53] – On Tues., Oct. 27 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.
54] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
55] – 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.
56] – The campaign launch for the Baltimore City Branch NAACP's 2010 "Yes We Count" campaign is Tues., Oct. 27, 6:30 to 8 PM, at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave. The campaign is a national grassroots movement designed to spread the word about the importance of the 2010 Census and to increase the final census response rate in
57] – On Tues., Oct. 27 at 7 PM at Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St., Towson professor David Bergman presents Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sedaris. Go to http://www.redemmas.org/event/1681.
58] – On October 28th there will be Mobilizations for Health Care in approximately 20 cities, including
59] – Join the SOA Watch Wednesday Vigil for HR 2567. On Oct. 28 from 7:45 to 9:15 AM, vigil outside the Capitol South Metro Station. From 9:30 to 11:30 AM, visit Congressional offices to distribute literature about closing the School of the Americas/WHINSEC. Email jake@soaw.org. See www.soaw.org
60] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in
61] – 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 discussed what makes us more similar than different. The final lecture is at 7 PM on Wed., Oct. 28, and the speakers are Imam Sulayman Nyang, Ph.D., professor of African Studies – Islam, Rabbi Steve Schwartz, senior rabbi of Beth-EL Congregation, and Dr. Roseann Catalano, associate director of the Institute of Christian and Jewish Studies. Dinner will be served at 6 PM, and the suggested donation is $5. Please call the church office to register at 410-523-4588, or sign up after Sunday
62] – 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. 28. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
63] – A conference MAKING IT IN AMERICA: BUILDING THE NEW ECONOMY is scheduled for Thurs., Oct. 29 from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW, WDC. Hundreds of policy makers, labor leaders, economists and engaged citizens will take up that challenge at the Building the New Economy Conference, hosted by The Institute for America's Future and the Alliance for American Manufacturing. The conference is free. RSVP required for lunch seating: http://www.ourfuture.org/buildingtheneweconomy.Call 202-955-5665.
64] – On Thurs., Oct. 29, 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
65] – On Thurs., Oct. 29 at 6:30 PM, “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” [US, 2009] will be shown as part of the DC Labor FilmFest’s 1st Annual WHISTLEBLOWER FILM SERIES; at the Capitol Visitor’s Center, located on the East front at First Street and East Capitol Street, NE. FREE admission; open to all. In 1971,
66] – EYEWITNESS
67] – The Coalition Against the Death Penalty will meet Thurs., Oct. 29 at 7 PM at the AFSC,
68] – 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.
69] – 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
70] – 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.
71] – I bought two red maple trees for $10 each as part of the Trees for
72] – 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.
73] – Larry Egbert and Nick Sheridan are in
74] – 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.
75] – 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.
76] – 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.
77] – 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.
78] – 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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