Calendar

35] Bill Quigley at Dorothy Day CW – Jan. 7

36] Ballroom dancing – Jan. 7

37] Farmers Market – Jan. 8

38] Annapolis legislative breakfast – Jan. 8

39] Olney vigil to end the war – Jan. 8

40] Peace vigil in Chester, PA – Jan. 8

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35] – January 11, 2011 will mark the beginning of the 10th year of prisoners being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo. The Obama Administration has now conceded that Guantanamo will not be closed. "Indefinite Detention" is now official U.S. policy. Over 600 prisoners are being held at the U.S. military prison in Bagram. Bill Quigley, a law professor at Loyola University in New Orleans and director of the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center, is currently the legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights.  He will speak about Guantanamo Forever? at the Dorothy Day  Catholic Worker, 503 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW, WDC, 20010 on Fri., Jan. 7 at 7:30 PM. Contact Art @ 202-360-6416.

36] –  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 San Martin Dr. from the intersection of Univ. Parkway and 39th St.  Drive on campus by taking the third left turn. The next dance will be Jan. 7. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.

37] – Go to the West Baltimore Farmer's Market for fresh fruits, vegetables, breads and other treats every Saturday from 8 to noon.  CPHA has worked with the West Baltimore Marc TOD and Transit Inc. (WBMTTI) to establish a Farmer's Market at the West Baltimore Marc Train stop at Smallwood Road at Franklin and Mulberry Sts.  Since opening in June, over 300 people buy fresh groceries there every Saturday morning. WBMTTI will continue to include the community in the transit-oriented developments on the west side and continue to improve the area around "the highway to nowhere" until it becomes the highway to somewhere. Go to www.cphabaltimore.org.

 

38] – The League of Women Voters legislative breakfast is Sat., Jan. 8 from 9:30 AM to noon at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1900 St. Paul St. at North Avenue.  One can park at 20th and St. Paul Sts. Bring your legislative questions for the Baltimore City delegation, including a question if the death penalty can be repealed.

39] – 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. 8. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167. 

40] –  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.

 

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

 

"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