"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] A cat needs a home – ASAP
7] Olney vigil to end the war – May 8
8] Peace vigil in
9] Ray McGovern at benefit – May 8
10] Peace vigil at Capitol – May 8
11] Jobs protest &
12] Life Restoration Ministry – May 8
13] Code Pink in action – May 8
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16] Red Emma’s needs volunteers – May 9
17] Ethical Democracy – May 9
18] Bridge vigil – May 9
19] Quaker Peace Vigil – May 9
20] Pentagon vigil – May 10
21] Commemorate
22] Film DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE – May 17
23] Mankekolo has a new book
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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/2010/02/hocofola-cafe-quetzal-order-form-2010.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 Nancy Meier,
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] –A sweet young gray and white female cat, fixed of course, needs a new home, because her daddy is moving to Beirut, Lebanon to live with his new wife! All the supplies come with her-litter box and litter, food, flea meds. Contact Ellen Barfield at ellene4pj@yahoo.com to give this lovely companion a warm and inviting home.
7] – 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 8. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167.
8] – 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. Email ccpeacemovement@aol.com.
9] – On Sat., May 8 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, the Peace Action Montgomery annual luncheon will feature Ray McGovern, a political activist and retired CIA analyst who writes and lectures all over the country. It will be held at the
10] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on May 8. 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.
11] – On Sat., May 8 participate in a JOBS PROTEST & National Strategy
After the protest at the Labor Dept., there will be a meeting to plan the next steps. At 2 PM, the meeting will be at
12] – The Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo invites you to the next Life Restoration Ministry gathering, a Restoring Mothers' Luncheon, on Sat., May 8 at Payne Memorial AME Church, 1714 Madison Ave., Baltimore 21217. Call Rev. Mankekolo to find out the time of the luncheon-- (410) 233-4649.
While most people celebrate their living mothers, there are some people who are in distress because of the loss of their mothers. Also there are mothers who have lost their children to violence in the city and in wars. You are invited to be restored and to celebrate great memories of your mother or child. Baltimore City States Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, will be the Guest Speaker. The other speaker will be a woman from
13] – On Sat., May 8, during Mother’s Day weekend, CodePink is holding a women's gathering to bring the message of peace and disarmament to the annual military exhibition fair that will be installed on the National Mall. This is a gathering of mothers, daughters, grandmas and allies, all taking a stand to end the occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and to stop our militarization around the world! Join in from 1 to 5 PM at John Marshall Park,
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16] – On Sun., May 9 at 10:30 AM, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102, will host a talk “Building Ethical Democracy” with Hugh Taft-Morales, Ethical Culture leader. Call 410-581-2322 or visit www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org.
17] – Maryland Bridges for Peace welcomes you to stand for peace Sundays from noon (or thereabouts) to 1 PM on the
18] – Every Sunday, 4 to 5 PM, there is a Quaker Peace Vigil at Independence Mall, N. side of Market between 5th and 6th Sts.,
19] – Red Emma’s needs volunteers. Stop in to the weekly Sunday meeting at 7 PM at
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., May 3, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
21] – Remember the Catonsville Nine with Veterans For Peace—Philip Berrigan Chapter—on Sat., May 15 at 11 AM at the Catonsville Post office on Frederick Road. Then there will be a march one block west for a closing circle at the original site of the draft board raid at the Knights of
22] – The Off Center Media documentary DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE about William Kunstler will be shown as part of the Jewish Film Festival at the Gordon Center for Performing Arts, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave,.
23] – Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo is excited by her new book: RESTORE ME: 40 Healing Sermons. The book is available for $19.95 plus $5 for shipping and handling--ISBN: 978-1 -4502-1631-9 (sc), ISBN: 978-1 -4502-1633-3 (dj) or ISBN: 978-1 -4502-1632-6 (sc). She would appreciate if you ordered the book from her: checks payable to Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo and sent to
Donations can be sent to the
"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
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