Sunday, January 2, 2011

Baltimore Activist Alert

Baltimore Activist Alert Jan. 3 – Jan. 15, 2011

 

"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 Baltimore Nonviolence Center.  Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.  If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.  Max Obuszewski can be reached at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.

 

The Baltimore IndyMedia Center publicizes peace-related events. Go to http://www.radicalendar.org/group/_baltimore.

 

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] Donate a computer     

7] Bring the World Home continues    

8] You can buy Shiori’s book of poetry

9] Buy book on Palestinian resistance

10] Duluth Catholic Workers need help

11] “Freedom’s Sisters exhibit – through Jan. 17

12] Protest at the Pentagon – Jan. 3

13] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Jan. 3 – Jan. 6

14] Protest the death penalty – Jan. 3          

15] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Jan. 3

16] War Is Not the Answer demo – Jan. 4

17] Philadelphia peace vigil – Jan. 5

18] Shiori reads her poetry – Jan. 5

19] “New Food Movement” book – Jan. 5                                

20] Chestnut Hill, PA vigil – Jan. 5

21] Conference call – Jan. 5                

22] Palestine/Israel Roundtable – Jan. 6

23] WIB Towson vigil – Jan. 6

24] First Thursday vigil against war – Jan. 6

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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available.  “God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Donate your books to Max. Call him 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 Iraq.

 

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, 10 Pepperdine Circle, Catonsville, MD 21228.  Contact Pat McLaine at 410-964-0960 or pamcl@aol.com.  The coffee will arrive some time the following week and you will be notified where to pick it up.

 

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, PO Box 795, Mattapoisett, MA 02739. Send no small flag stamps or Liberty Bell Forever stamps.

 

6] – Can you donate a computer (PC)?  APC Baltimore is expanding its work in Washington D.C. and is in need of 1 - 2 computers. There's a need for a second computer in Baltimore and one in D.C.  APC will pick it up, and your donation is tax-deductible.  Call 410-218-4835 or email apcbaltimore@pipeline.com.

 

7] – Catch the "Bringing the World Home" exhibit in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps!  The exhibit is in the UMBC Library Rotunda through the end of the semester and consists of 5 display cases featuring photos and artifacts from UMBC's faculty, staff and students who have served in the Peace Corps, including many current and alumni Shriver Peaceworker Fellows.  The center case features pieces from the Peace Corps founding era (a tribute to Sarge Shriver!) and the surrounding case highlight experiences from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and the AmericasIf you are coming from off campus, give Joby Taylor a call at (410) 455-6398, and he will give you a tour.

 

8] – Shiori was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1951 on August 15, six years after the day the initial announcement of Japan's surrender to the Allies was made, the official end of World War II. She describes herself as hapa, half-American, and half-Japanese— the child of the enemy amor.  In her first chapbook collection of poetry from Finishing Line Press, the debut author weaves memoir and historical record into a lyrical and moving portrait of post-war immigration to the United States. Shiori’s work has appeared in many publications, and she has won several awards including Thomas Merton poetry prizes.

 

Finishing Line Press is a poetry publisher based in Georgetown, Kentucky, and the Chapbook Series was published on Dec. 3.  Orders can be made by ordering online at http://www.finishinglinepress.com/ or directly from the publisher [$12, check or money order] at Finishing Line Books, PO Box 1626, Georgetown, KY  40324. Email finishingbooks@aol.com or call 859-514-8360.  You may also contact Kathleen Hellen at khe1721111@aol.com or khellen@coppin.edu.

 

9] – Consider buying the new book from Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, a Palestinian activist: “Popular Resistance in Palestine: A

History of Hope and Empowerment.”  Go to http://www.qumsiyeh.org/popularresistanceinpalestine/.  Mazin’s web site is

http://qumsiyeh.org.

 

10] – The Duluth, Minnesota, Catholic Worker community is sending out an urgent request for people to consider joining.  The community has three houses which have been used for overnight hospitality for people in need. One large house is currently closed for repairs, and more workers are needed to re-open it.  Contact the Duluth Catholic Workers at 218-728-0629 or obedsinduluth@yahoo.com.

 

11] – Catch the exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture, 830 Pratt St.—“Freedom’s Sisters,” which runs through Jan. 17.  Twenty remarkable African-American women are profiled, including Coretta Scott King.  Call 443-263-1800 or go to www.africanamericanculture.org.

 

12] – 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. 3, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Call 202-882-9649.

 

13] – 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 

 

 The Marc Steiner Show is down to a bare bones staff, with two producers doing the work of four people. The Show relies on supporters to raise some 75 percent of the show's budget, and that income has dropped this year. Marc is requesting your support to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Center for Emerging Media, the non-profit production company. All of your donations will go directly toward the production of The Marc Steiner Show.

 

To donate by check, please make out the check to "Center for Emerging Media" and send it to Center for Emerging Media, 3000 Chestnut Avenue, Suite C, Baltimore, MD 21211. To make a one-time credit card payment or set up monthly installments on PayPal, please go to www.steinershow.org/donate.

 

14] – 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 Super Max Prison, at the corner of Madison Ave. and Fallsway in Baltimore.  Recently death row was moved out of Baltimore, but it was decided to continue the vigil. The next one is scheduled for Mon., Jan. 3.  Call 410-366-1637.

 

15] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM, and the meetings now take place at Max’s residence.  The next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 3.  The agenda will include a discussion of bringing David Swanson to Baltimore, the Witness Against Torture protest on Jan. 11 and the Jan. 15 demonstration on 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.  Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions.  

 

16] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at 4806 York Road. Join this ongoing vigil.  The next vigil is Jan. 4 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.  Call Max at 410-366-1637.

 

17] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in Iraq outside the Phila. Federal Building, 6th & Market Sts. The next vigil is Jan. 5. Call 215-426-0364.

 

18] – On Wed., Jan. 5 at 6:30 PM, Shiori [Kathleen Hellen] reads from her new poetry collection THE GIRL WHO LOVE MOTHRA at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St. Call 410-396-5430 or go to www.prattlibrary.org.

 

19] – On Wed., Jan. 5 at 7 PM, Daniel Tucker will talk about his new book, FARM TOGETHER NOW: A Portrait of People, Places and ideas for a New Food Movement at 2640, 27th & St. Paul Sts.  Go to www.redemmas.org/.

 

20] – Each Wednesday, the Northwest Greens hold 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 Jan. 5. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.  

 

21] -- Consider being on a National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance conference call on Wed., Jan. 5 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. 

 

22] – 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.

 

23] – 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.

 

24] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will host an End the Wars vigil on Thurs., Jan. 6 from 5 to 6:30 PM in Mount Vernon at Centre & Charles Sts.  The Pledge gathers in Mount Vernon on the first Thursday of the month to protest U.S. Wars.  Call Max at 410-366-1637.

 

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

 

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