Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 2

27] Help plan a Pentagon protest – Dec. 1

28] WIB Towson vigil – Dec. 2

29] Palestine/Israel Roundtable – Dec. 2

30] First Thursday No FBI Raids – Dec. 2

31] CPHA annual meeting – Dec. 2

32] James Baldwin Tribute – Dec. 2

33] National Space Policy – Dec. 3

34] White House vigil – Dec. 3    

35] WIB Inner Harbor vigil – Dec. 3

36] WIB Roland Park vigil – Dec. 3 

37] WIB Frederick vigil – Dec. 3

38] Justice for Palestine/Israel vigil – Dec. 3

39] Homewood vigil – Dec. 3

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27] -- Consider being on a National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance conference call on Wed., Dec. 1 at 9 PM EST to continue to plan a climate chaos action of nonviolent civil resistance at the Pentagon on Apr. 8, calling for an end to the wars and for an end to policies that make the Pentagon the biggest polluter of our earth.  Call Max at 410-366-1637 or email him at mobuszewski at verizon.net to get the call-in number and access code. 

 

28] – There is a WIB peace stand on Thurs., Dec.  2, noon-1PM in Towson at northwest corner of Washington & Chesapeake Aves., across the street from the post office, near the courthouse. Contact mbrainzo@aol.com. This vigil takes place on the first Thursday of the month.

 

29] – The WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL takes place from 12:30 - 1:30 PM on Thursdays 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 Israel and Palestine. Contact Alice Azzouzi at 202-232-5483.

 

30] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually hosts an End the Wars vigil on First Thursdays.  However, on Thurs., Dec. 2 from 5 to 6:30 PM in Mount Vernon at Centre & Charles Sts., the theme, during the Christmas Tree Lighting, will be an End to FBI Raids.  The Pledge gathers in Mount Vernon on the first Thursday of the month to protest U.S. Wars.  Call Max at 410-366-1637.

31] – Citizens Planning and Housing Association has worked for 69 years to improve housing options and housing policies in Baltimore City, and this year's Annual Meeting's theme is Housing for All.  CPHA has asked several of Baltimore's housing professionals to discuss how to make "Housing for All" on Thurs., Dec. 2 starting with a reception at 5:30 PM.  The meeting begins at 6:30 PM, and there will be dessert at 8 PM. RSVP at info@cphabaltimore.org.

 

32] – On Thurs,, Dec. 2, from 6-9 PM, The Price of the Ticket: Tribute to James Baldwin will be held at Morgan State University, University Student Center, Calvin and Tina Tyler Ballroom, 1700 E. Coldspring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21217.  Speakers and performers will include: WEAA radio talk show host Anthony McCarthy; Morgan English Department Dean Dr. Dolan Hubbard; James Baldwin Society founder and president Kevin Brown; Morgan English professor Clay Goss; the Morgan Forensics Team; urban educator and scholar/athlete Leilani Jones; comic, teacher, activist and 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow Koli Tengella, newspaper columnist, writer, activist and teacher RB Jones; and spoken word artist Slangston Hughes with guest drummer Tafari Melisizwe. On-site painting will be done by artist/educator Shauntrice Martin.  There will be a panel discussion to follow. This event is free and open to the public.

 

The Price of the Ticket: Tribute to James Baldwin is being coordinated by freelance writer, activist and performance artist Ron Kipling Williams.  “It is critical that we not only honor Baldwin’s legacy, but engage in the kind of direct action that is relevant to today’s changing political and social climate,” said Williams. “I also think if Baldwin were alive today he would be highly critical of our overall complacency and attempt to impute a sense of urgency for fundamental change in all of us.”  James Arthur Baldwin – born Aug. 2, 1924 – was one of the most prolific writers in the 20th century. He died on November 30, 1987 of stomach cancer.  Ron Kipling Williams can be reached at 443-803-4239 or www.awareandoutraged.com.

 

33] – On Fri., Dec. 3, from 9 to 11 AM at TechAmerica, 601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 600, North Building, WDC, hear Paul Carliner, former Appropriations clerk, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (MD); Maj. Gen. Rosie Rosenberg (retired), author of the Carter administration's space policy; Mark Albrecht, former Executive Secretary, White House National Space Council; John Logsdon, former Director, Space Policy Institute; and Kari Bingen, professional staff, House Armed Services Committee, discuss "Implementing National Space Policy." The forum is sponsored by the George Marshall Institute and the Space Enterprise Council. RSVP at info@marshall.org.

 

34] – A peace vigil takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM at Lafayette Park facing the White House.  Join the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker and friends. Contact Art Laffin: artlaffin@hotmail.com.   

35] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Women in Black, Baltimore, host a vigil 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.

36] – There is also a noon vigil, weather permitting, on Fri., Dec. 3 at Roland Park Place at 830 W. 40th St.  Call 410-467-9114.

 

37] – WIB holds a silent vigil mourning all violence, the first Friday of the month.  The next vigil is Dec. 3 from 12 noon to 12:30 PM, War Memorial Park, intersection of W. 2nd & N. Bentz Sts. in Frederick.  Please dress in black; no additional signs.  Call 301-834-7581 or email wibfrederick@mizmail.com.

38] – A vigil for Justice in Palestine/Israel (now in its 8th year) takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM at 19th & JFK Blvd., Philadelphia (across from Israeli Consulate.  It is sponsored by Bubbies & Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East. Email cswartz@pil.net. Go to http://phillyjewishpeace.org/.

39] –  There is a silent vigil on Fri., Dec. 3 from 5 to 6 PM outside of Homewood Friends Meeting, 3107 N. Charles St., in opposition to war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Placards say: "War Is Not the Answer." The silent vigil is sponsored by AFSC, Homewood Friends and Stony Run Meetings. 

 

To be continued.

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