Events

Part 3

 

51] Join Witness Against Torture – Jan. 11

52] 20^th anniversary of invasion of Iraq – Jan. 15

53] Emergency demonstrations if war on Korean peninsula 

54] Buy a copy of DENMARK RISING 

55] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

56] Support Haiti

57] Apartment available

58] Buy Mankekolo’s book

59] Buy a red maple tree

60] Join Global Zero campaign

61] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale

62] Publish your peace article

63] Click on The Hunger Site 

64] Fire & Faith  

65] Join Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

 

51] – Join a commemoration in Washington, D.C. on Sat., Jan. 15, 2011: 20 YEARS OF US WAR ON IRAQ!  The purpose is to commemorate the 20 years since the US first attacked Baghdad, Iraq.  There will be a full day of activities in D.C. Join Pax Christi Metro DC for a Mass celebrated by Bishop Thomas Gumbleton tentatively set for 10AM.  At 11 AM, there will be a march to the White House, followed by a speak out with peace activists such as Medea Benjamin, Celeste Zappala of Gold Star Families, conscientious objector Camilo Mejia, Catholic bishop Thomas Gumbleton, David Swanson of WARISACRIME.ORG, and others. At 7 PM, there will be a candlelight vigil in front of The White House marking the attack by the US Tomahawk missiles on January 15, 1991. A risk of arrest scenario is an option.  Contact

JANUARY15PEACECOMMITTEE@post.com.  The co-sponsoring groups are Witness Against Torture (www.witnesstorture.org), Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org), Gold Star Families Speak Out (www.gsfso.org), Pax Christi Metro DC (www.paxchristimetrodc.org), and the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker (http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/). Call Kathy Boylan of the Jan 15 Peace Committee at 202-882-9649.

 

52] – Be prepared for an emergency action if hostilities break out in Korea. If it happens, there is a call for emergency response actions at 5 PM in New York City at Times Square,  Washington, D.C. at the White House, Baltimore at War Memorial across from City Hall.  Bring candles & signs.  SIGN the ongoing ONLINE PETITION to the Obama Administration and S. Korean government at http://www.iacenter.org/korea/stopattackondprk NOW!

53] – Consider purchasing author Barry Clemson’s book DENMARK RISING.  This is a historical fiction novel, which portrays the spirit and tactics of nonviolent resistance in 1940s Denmark to confront the Nazi invaders.  As the jacket asks, “Could the Danes really use strategic nonviolence against Hitler?  Or were they merely committing suicide?  For information, email barryclemson@verizon.net.  The book was published August 2009 by Cybernetics Press Inc., Norfolk, VA.  The ISBN is 9780984160501.  It’s a bargain at $9.99, and can be ordered from www.barryclemson.net.

54] – If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net. 

 

55] – There is a project to assist young refugees from Haiti, now residing in the Dominican Republic.  The founder of the project needs funding to providing education to the youth as a way out of desperate poverty.  Try to imagine the poverty in Haiti, and then realize that these young refugees are considered low caste in the Dominican Republic. We are talking about the poorest of the poor.  Consider making a small donation, and realize that most pledges to Haiti to assist hurricane victims have not been sent.  To maintain a web site presence at Global Giving, there must be traffic.  So help out with this extremely worthy cause. Go to https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/scholarships-for-dominican-and-haitian-youth/.

 

56] – There is a one-bedroom apartment with three rooms on the second-floor of a detached house on Overland Ave. in Lauraville at Herring Run Park, which is a half a block from the Safeway.  There is also a kitchen and bath and a washer and dryer.  The rent is $750 with utilities included. 

Good references are required.  Call Dick Ochs at 443-846-6638.

 

57] – Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo is excited by her latest 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 3315 Mondawmin Ave., Baltimore, MD 21216.  The publisher is iUniverse.com, and it can be called at 1-800-288-4677.

 

58] – I have one red maple tree for $5 from the Trees for Baltimore program.  Buy a tree, plant it and contribute to saving the planet.  Call Max at 410-366-1637

 

59] – 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.  

60] – 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.

61] – 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.

 

62] – 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.  

 

63] – Go online for FIRE AND FAITH: The Catonsville Nine File. On May 17, 1968, nine people entered the Selective Service Offices in Catonsville, Maryland, and burned draft records in protest against the war in Vietnam. View http://www.prattlibrary.org/digital/.

 

64] – 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.

 

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

 

"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 US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan