"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] Bring the World Home continues
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8] AVP trainings – Feb. 1 – 3 & Mar. 18-20
9] Protests for Justice – Feb. 1 & 15
10] Protests for Justice – Feb. 1 & 15
11] War Is Not the Answer demo – Feb. 1
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14] Celebrate Venezuelan democracy – Feb. 2
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16] Film COUNTDOWN TO ZERO – Feb. 2
17] Life in the
18] Climate chaos conference call – Feb. 2
19] Support Bradley Manning – Feb. 3
20] Muslims & the FBI – Feb. 3
21] WIB
22] Palestine/Israel Roundtable – Feb. 3
23] Writers Against War demo – Feb. 3
24] First Thursday vigil against war – Feb. 3
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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
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] – 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
7] – Help the
8] – It’s Time to Learn for ourselves; to Teach others; to reduce and resolve conflict; to learn and use skills with confidence; to create safer and stronger families, workplaces & communities! A basic Alternatives to Violence Project will take place from Tues., Feb. 1 through Thurs., Feb. 3 from 9
Then a more extensive training will be offered from 6 to 9 PM on Fri., Mar. 18, 9
9] – Join Volunteer Maryland to learn about other organizations and how to move your volunteer program forward on Tues., Feb. 1 at 10
10] – PROTESTS FOR JUSTICE! DISBAND SHOMRIM! SAY NO TO RACISM! On Tues., Feb. 1, noon to 1 PM, join community groups again at the courthouse, Lexington & St. Paul Sts. Be prepared on Tues., Feb. 15 to protest for justice at Eliezer Eliyahu Werdesheim’s trial. For more information, call 443-909-8964 or email apcbaltimore@pipeline.com.
11] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
12] – You are invited to join a live online School of Activism with Tom Hayden, on Tues., Feb. 1 at 6 PM PST/7 PM MST/8 PM CST/9 PM EST. The online seminar will be held once a week for four weeks, and will focus on how to build a Long Peace Movement to End the Long War. Each session will be one-hour, including a 30-minute presentation and a 30-minute live interactive conversation.
The goal of the series is to build leadership in key states and Congressional districts to forge effective progressive coalitions, ones that our government will have to take seriously. Topics will include Defining the Long War and its domestic consequences, Alternatives in
13] – Each Wednesday from 4
14] – You are invited to a celebration in honor of 12 YEARS OF PEOPLES DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
15] – 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
16] -- On Wed., Feb. 2 at 7 PM, there will be a screening of the documentary film "Countdown to Zero" at the Hoff Theater in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, MD. A panel discussion with John Steinbruner, School of Public Policy professor, and Bruce Blair, co-coordinator of Global Zero, will follow the screening. The film traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs
17] – Michael Eversmier will present Life in the Chesapeake Bay on Wed., Feb. 2 at 7 PM at Maryland Institute College of Art, room 110, 1300 W. Mount Royal Ave. Call 410-225-2300 or go to www.mica.edu.
18] -- Consider being on a National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance conference call on Wed., Feb. 2 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.
19] – The National White House Call-in Day to Support Bradley Manning is Thurs., Feb. 3. You can reach the White House switchboard at 202-456-1414 or the comment line at 202-456-1111. Call the White House to voice your disapproval of U.S, Army PFC Bradley Manning’s inhumane treatment while be held in the brig at
Manning should be freed pending court martial for allegedly releasing documents to Wikileaks. Whoever released the documents was following his/her
20] – On Thurs., Feb. 3, from 10
21] – There is a WIB peace stand on Thurs., Feb. 3, noon-1PM in
22] – The WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL takes place from 12
23] – Join Writers Against the War and Occupation in
24] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will host an End the Wars vigil on Thurs., Feb. 3 from 5 to 6
To be continued.
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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