"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
7] Rerum Novarum – May 2 & 3
8] CISPES protest at World Bank – May 2
9] Gregory Jaczko at Public Citizen – May 2
10] Marc Steiner on WEAA – May 2 – May 5
11] Protest the death penalty – May 2
12] Organize Your Community – May 2
13] Beyond Wikileaks panel – May 2
14] Ron Kipling Williams at Red Emma's – May 2
15] Immigration Forum – May 2
16] Pledge meeting – May 2
17] War Is Not the Answer demo – May 3
18] Film class – May 3
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20] Ralph Nader at Pratt – May 3
21] Planning meeting for Mayors Conference – May 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. The coffee comes in one-pound bags.
Fill out the form and mail it with a check made out to HOCOFOLA on or before the second week of the month. Be sure you indicate ground or beans for each type of coffee ordered. Send it to Adela Hirsch,
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] – Starting Mon., May 2 through Tues., May 3, observe the 120th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum
8] – CISPES organized Protesta y Teatro / Protest & Street Theater @ World Bank, 1818 H St. NW [at Pennsylvania Ave.] on Mon., May 2 at noon. Use the Farragut West (Blue/Orange) or Farragut North (Red Line). On May 2, a US gold mining corporation will be inside the World Bank suing El Salvador
9] – On Mon., May 2 at 12
10] – 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.
11] – 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
12] – Get Engaged
13] – On Mon., May 2 at 7 PM, there is a panel discussion at the Univ. of Maryland, 1104 South Campus Commons Building #1, College Park
14] – Ron Kipling Williams, a favorite radical poet and truth-teller, performs and orates on Mon., May 2 at 7 PM at Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St., at a release celebration for his new Aware & Outraged
15] – THE ALEXANDRIA DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE PRESENTS: AN IMMIGRATION FORUM on Mon., May 2 from 7 to 10 PM at T.C.WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, 3330 KING St., ALEXANDRIA, VA. The Forum will explore local, state, and national aspects of the immigration issue and the struggles of undocumented persons in the United States
The speakers are Sindy Benavides, director, Community Outreach, Democratic National Committee, Adrienne DerVartanian, senior attorney, Farmworker Justice, Jorge Figueredo, director, Racial Justice and Immigrant Rights Project, ACLU, and Tram Nguyen, deputy director, Virginia New Majority. Call Ed Ablard at 703-980-4654
16] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7
17] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
18] – At the Baltimore Free School, 1323 N. Calvert St. from 6 to 9 PM on Tues., May 3, Ben McCusker will continue with his film screening and discussion class. Go to www.freeschool.redemmas.org.
19] – On Tues., May 3 at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217- Near Dolphin St. & Druid Hill – there will be a 6 PM reception. At 7 PM, Deputy
20] – On Tues., May 3 at 7 PM, Ralph Nader will speak at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral,
21] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore and others are hosting another planning meeting on Tues., May 3 at 7 PM to prepare for the U.S. Conference of Mayors Conference in
To be continued.
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"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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