"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
The
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Buy coffee through HoCoFoLA
5] Used stamps for humanitarian causes
6] Bring DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE to
7] Justice for Palestine/Israel vigil – Jan. 1
8] Break the Siege vigil – Jan. 1
9] WIB Roland Park vigil – Jan. 1
10] White House vigil – Jan. 1
11] WIB
12] Film THE GREAT DEBATERS – Jan. 1
13] Vigil at Walter Reed – Jan. 1
14] Olney vigil to end the war – Jan. 2
15] Peace vigil in
16] Peace vigil at Capitol – Jan. 2
17] Ethical Society Pancake Breakfast – Jan. 3
18] Bridge vigil – Jan. 3
19] Quaker Peace Vigil – Jan. 3
20] Pentagon vigil – Jan. 3
21] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Jan. 4 — Jan. 7
22] Protest the death penalty – Jan. 4
23] BUPJ meeting – Jan. 4
24] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Jan. 4
25] Anti-torture vigil – Jan. 5
26] Tuesday peace vigil – Jan. 5
27] Discuss fate of Senator Theatre – Jan. 5
28] Ecolocity DC meeting – Jan. 5
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31] Author at Red Emmas – Jan. 6
32] PDA meeting – Jan. 6
33] Breaking Rank class – Jan. 6—Feb. 17
34] WIB
35] Israel/Palestine roundtable – Jan. 7
36] Stop anti-wind turbine legislation – Jan. 7
37] First Thursday demo – Jan. 7
38] Peace Action meeting – Jan. 7
39] Crabshell Alliance meeting — Jan. 7
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41] Justice Café – Jan. 8
42] Gitmo lawyer to speak – Jan. 8
43] Ballroom dancing – Jan. 8
44] Prayer experience – Jan. 9
45] Red Emma’s needs volunteers – Jan. 10
46] Witness Against Torture – Jan. 10-22
47] Ellen Barfield in jail
48] Get a copy of 1089 NIGHTS
49] Need site for Peace Service
50] Buy a red maple tree
51] Help available in buying a house
52] Contribute to the
53] Join Global Zero campaign
54] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
55] Publish your peace article
56] Click on The Hunger Site
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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are 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. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
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
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] – You can help safeguard human rights and fragile ecosystems through your purchase of HOCOFOLA Café Quetzal. Bags of ground coffee or whole beans can be ordered by mailing in an order form. Also note organic cocoa and sugar are for sale. For more details and to download the order form, go to http://friendsoflatinamerica.typepad.com/hocofola/2009/08/check-out-our-new-cafe-quetzal-order-form-1.html.
Be sure you indicate ground (G) or bean (B) for each type of coffee ordered. Make the check out to HoCoFoLA and send it with your order form to HoCoFoLA,
5] – Brad Hathaway spearheads an effort to sell donated used stamps to raise money for different humanitarian causes around the world. Go to www.mattapoisettquakers.org, and click the link for the stamp ministry. Carefully clip canceled postage stamps and send to Quaker Missions,
6] – Unfortunately, the Off Center Media documentary DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE about William Kunstler is not scheduled for screening in
7] – A vigil for Justice in Palestine/Israel (now in its 8th year) takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM at 19th &
8] – There’s a Break the Siege Vigil on Fri., Jan. 1 from noon to 1 PM, hosted Women in Black, Baltimore, at Pratt and Light Sts. in the Inner Harbor. Peace signs and flyers about the siege will be available. See http://www.peacepath911.com/ or write wibbaltimore@hotmail.com or call 410-467-9114.
9] – There is also a noon vigil on Fri., Jan. 1 at
10] – 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.
11] – WIB holds a silent vigil mourning all violence, the first Friday of the month. The next vigil is Jan. 1 from 12 noon to 12:30 PM,
12] – On Fri., Jan. 1 watch THE GREAT DEBATERS, which is being shown as part of the "JUST-REEL” First Friday Free Film Series at the Peace Center of Delaware County, 7 PM, 1001 Old Sproul Road, Springfield, Delaware County. The evening will include light refreshments and an after-film discussion. It is co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community. Call 610-544-1818. Go to www.delcopeacecenter.org.
Starring Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurneee Smollett and Denzel Whitaker, the film is about the African-American Wiley College debate team which became a voice of justice and radical challenge to the racism of the Jim Crow south, amidst the violence of lynchings and the daily intimidation and threats against people of color. Marshall, Texas is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the
13] – 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. The vigil calls for peace, care for the wounded, and full benefits for all veterans. Contact Bruce Wolf - Haunteddog@aol.com.
14] – 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 Jan. 2. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167.
15] – 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.
16] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Jan. 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.
17] – On Sun., Jan. 3 at 10:30 AM, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102, will hold its annual Pancake Breakfast. Call 410-581-2322 or visit www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org.
18] – Maryland Bridges for Peace welcomes you to stand for peace Sundays from noon (or thereabouts) to 1 PM on the
19] – 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.
20] – 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., Jan. 4, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
21] – The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 PM on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community, or online at www.weaa.org. The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also be sent by email to steinershow@gmail.com. All shows are also available as podcasts at www.steinershow.org.
22] – 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., Jan. 4. Call 410-233-0488.
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24] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM. The meetings will now take place at Max’s residence, and the next one is scheduled for Jan. 4. The agenda will include a review of demonstrations planned for January, including one on the 16th at the CIA to protest drone attacks. Call Max at 410-366-1637 or email at mobuszewski@verizon.net for directions.
25] – On Tues., Jan. 5 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.
26] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
27] – On Tues., Jan. 5 at 6 PM, the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) is holding a public meeting at the Senator Theatre at which the groups which entered proposals to operate the art deco palace will present their plans. Contact Kristen Mitchell of the Baltimore Development Corporation at 410-779-3837 or kmitchell@baltimoredevelopment.com.
28] – 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 Jan. 5. Go to http://ecolocity.ning.com.
29] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in
30] – Each Wednesday, there is a peace vigil from 7 to 8 PM outside the Borders Book Store, Germantown Ave. at Bethlehem Pike in
31] – On Wed., Jan. 6 at 7 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 800 St. Paul St., Stevphen Shukaitis of the Autonomedia Collective presents his new book: IMAGINAL MACHINES: Autonomy & Self-Organization in the Revolutions of Everyday Life. Call 410-230-0450 or go to http://www.redemmas.org.
32] – The Progressive Democrats of America [PDA] Montgomery County, MD Chapter is holding a meeting on Wed., Jan. 6 at 7:30 PM at the Saigonese Restaurant, 11232 Grandview Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20902. Use the Red Line and get off at the
33] – Ryan Harvey's class, Breaking Rank: Soldier-Led Resistance Movements continues each Wednesday from 8 to 10 PM until Feb. 17 at the
34] – There is a WIB peace stand on Thurs., Jan. 7, noon-1PM in Towson at northwest corner of Washington & Chesapeake Aves., across the street from the post office, near the courthouse. Contact
35] – On Thurs., Jan. 7, 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
36] – The Baltimore County Planning Board has proposed legislation to drastically limit the placement of wind turbines in the County, including a prohibition on the sale of wind-generated power, outlawing more than a single turbine on any piece of property regardless of the property's size, and limiting turbines to residential areas only. Be at a Planning Board hearing at 4 PM on Thurs., Jan. 7 in Room 104 of the
37] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore hosts an End the War! End the Occupation! rally on Thurs., Jan. 7 from 5 to 6:30 PM in
38] – PeaceAction Montgomery, meets every first Thursday, next on Jan. 7, at 7 PM at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, Room 16 in the basement, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4099.
39] – The Crabshell
40] – There is a silent vigil on Fri., Jan. 8 from 5 to 6 PM outside of
41] – Attend the UDC Justice Café, co-sponsored by the Progressive Democrats of America, from 6 to 10 PM on Fri., Jan. 6 in the Firebird Inn, Building 39, B-Level, 4200 Conn. Ave. NW, WDC 20008, which is hosted by the University of the District of Columbia David Clarke School of Law. The suggested donation is $15, $10 for students and $5 for children. The event will feature food, music, poetry, an open mic session, tabling and more. One of the performers is Mike Bowers, guitar and vocals. Go to http://www.mdbmusic.com/music.html. Contact Mike at mikehersh@mikehersh.com FOR A FREE TABLE. Use the Van Ness UDC Metro Station (Red Line).
42] – On Fri., Jan. 8 at 7:30 PM, the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House, as part of its Clarification of Thought series, presents a Center for Constitutional Rights lawyer who will discuss her dealings with the detainees at Guantanamo and the outlook for the future. The Catholic Worker is at 503 Rock Creek Church Rd NW, WDC 20010-1612. Call 202-882-9649.
43] – 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
44] – On Sat., Jan. 9, from 7:30 to 8:30 PM, celebrate creation and imagine peace at Parish Life Center, Church of the Resurrection, 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD 20866. Join a prayer experience sponsored by Pax Christi Burtonsville and Integrity of Creation Committee at Resurrection. RSVP to Sr. Rita at rricker@resurrectionadw.org or 301-236-5200, ext.22.
45] – Red Emma’s needs volunteers. Stop in to the weekly Sunday meeting at 7 PM at
46] – From Sun., Jan. 10 through Fri., Jan. 22, Witness Against Torture will have a presence in Washington, D.C. to call for the closing of Guantanamo and to help make sure the public is aware that torture is evil. Besides conducting a 10-day fast, there will be daily events. Sign up by emailing Frida Berrigan at frida.berrigan@gmail.com. Visit http://www.witnesstorture.org/.
On Mon., Jan. 11, from 10 to 11 AM, vigil with
47] – Letters and holiday cards can be sent to Ellen Barfield, DCDC #325-704, DC Jail/Correctional Treatment Facility, 1901 E St., SE, WDC 20003.
48] – Don't forget 1089 NIGHTS: An Odyssey Through the Middle East, Africa and
49] – Because of a lack of a sponsoring interfaith site, the December Peace Service did not take place. Hosts are needed for January and all months in 2010. Check with your pastor, rabbi and imam and ask if your congregation can host a Peace Service. They are always held on the 22nd of the month at 7:30 PM. Now more than ever Prayers for Peace are needed. Contact Rev. Charles Cloughen, Jr at 410-321-0199 or frcharles@verizon.net.
50] – I bought two red maple trees for $10 each as part of the Trees for
51] – 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.
52] – Larry Egbert and Nick Sheridan are in
53] – 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.
54] – 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.
55] – 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.
56] – 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.
57] – 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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"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
