31] Free prisoner of conscience – June 16
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34] Peace Camp benefit -- June 16
35] Leaflet outside
36] Consult with Dr. Arya Bhardwaj – June 17
37] White House vigil – June 17
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39] WIB Roland Park vigil – June 17
40] Justice for Palestine/Israel vigil – June 17
41] Int'l Space Organizing Conference – June 17-19
42] Meet Rabbi Lerner – June 17
43] Silent vigil – June 17
44] Teach-In on military spending – June 17
45] Inclusive & Sustainable Communities – June 17
46] Walter Reed vigil – June 17
47] Ballroom dancing – June 17
48] Farmers Market – June 18
49] Olney vigil to end the war – June 18
50] Peace vigil in
51] Jam for the Animals – June 18
52] Poor People's March – June 18
53] United Workers benefit – June 18
54] Peace vigil at Capitol – June 18
55] Film on water wars – June 18
56] Alternatives to Violence -- June 18 – July 16
57] Solstice Approaches – June 18
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31] -- On Thurs., June 16 at noon, Amnesty International will hold its monthly Shine a Light on Human Rights
32] – On Thurs., June 16 from noon-1
33] – Palestine and the Spring of the Arab Peoples will be discussed Thurs., June 16 from 12
34] – There are tickets available for $5 for the fifth annual Beans and Frankly Your dinner for the benefit of Peace Camp 2011 to be held for the fifth year in a row at St. Frances Academy Community Center. Enjoy music, good food, great silent auction items (or to see if you won the 50-50 raffle) and to have fun... fun... fun. The event will take place on Thurs., June 16 from 4 to 8 PM at
35] – Join Fund Our Communities on Fri., June 17 and Sat., June 18 at 8 AM in leafleting outside the Hilton Hotel at the Inner Harbor, 401 W. Pratt St., 21201, the site of the US Conference of Mayors, which is in Baltimore from June 17 through June 21. The leaflets will urge the mayors to vote in favor of two resolutions. The first calls on Congress to Redirect Military Spending to Domestic Priorities and the second makes the point to abolish nuclear weapons by 2020 and to immediately cut nuclear weapons funding and redirect those dollars to meet the needs of the cities. Meet at the Safeway parking lot, 25th & Charles Sts, at 7
36] – Shanti Yoga Center for Harmony presents Dr. Arya Bhushan Bhardwaj, ND from Fri., June 17 through Thurs., June 30. Dr. Arya is a naturopathic, Ayurvedic doctor, and a "Gandhi-in-Action" founder. For consultations with Dr. Arya email Savitri @ eszabo@verizon.net or call 202-446-6537.
37] – A peace vigil takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM at
38] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Women in Black, Baltimore, host a vigil at Pratt and Light Sts. in the
39] – There is also a noon vigil, weather permitting, on June 17 at
40] – A vigil for Justice in Palestine/Israel (now in its 8th year) takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM at 19th & JFK Blvd. , Philadelphia Middle East . Email cswartz@pil.net. Go to http://phillyjewishpeace.org/.
41] – The 19th annual Int'l Space Organizing Conference is happening Fri., June 17 through Sun., June 19. Hosted by the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, the theme is Raytheon, Missile Offense, and Endless War and will take place in
There will be a vigil on Fri., June 17 from 3 to 5 PM at the gates of the Raytheon production plant. Local activists have been holding vigils at the facility for years
Registration for the conference is on a sliding scale. Pay what you can between $15 - $100. Registration fee includes three meals on June 17-18. The suggested fee is $50 which covers basic costs. Get the full conference program, schedule and registration brochure at http://www.space4peace.org/.
42] – The Greater Washington, DC Chapter of THE NETWORK OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESSIVES invites you to a meeting with Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine, co-founder and director of the Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP) to discuss launching a powerful advocacy campaign on Capitol Hill for a Constitutional Amendment (ESRA) to overturn Citizens United. The meeting is on Fri., June 17 from 4
43] – There is a silent vigil on Fri., June 17 from 5 to 6 PM outside of Homewood Friends Meeting, 3107 N. Charles St., in opposition to war in
44] – There is a Teach-In on Fri., June 17 from 6
45] – ATTEND a State-Wide meeting to support Inclusive and Sustainable Communities on Fri., June 17 from 7 to 9 PM at the First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville, 6201 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Building One
Citizens Planning and Housing Association is hosting a bus, which will depart at 5 PM from
46] – The Walter Reed Vigil continues on Fridays from 7 to 9 PM at the Hospital,
47] – 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
48] – 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.
49] – Friends House, 17715 Meeting House Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860, hosts a peace vigil every Saturday, 10
50] – 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.
51] – Jam for the Animals is a benefit concert to raise money for animal rescues and shelters from
52] – Fund Our Communities calls for an immediate end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and an abolition of nuclear weapons by 2020, and the savings redirected to urgent needs at home, with a special focus on job creation. A resolution passed by the
There will be a march and rally for jobs on Sat., June 18. Citizens will gather at St. Vincent de Paul Church (
53] – The United Workers are hosting a fun filled day on Sat., June 18 from noon to 6 PM in historic
54] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on June 11. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It.--Psalms 34
55] – On Sat., June 18 starting at noon, the Emergence Community Arts Collective, 733 Euclid St. NW, WDC 20001, invites you see a film "Blue Gold- World Water Wars," which film follows numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims, "This is our revolution, this is our war." Go to www.ecacollective.org.
56] – Alternatives to Violence with Colman McCarthy is happening for The 21st Annual Summer Course on Alternatives to Violence with Colman McCarthy takes place on Saturdays, and goes from June 18 through July 16, 1 PM to 3 PM in the Ibrahim El-Hibri Building, 3rd Floor, 1420 16th St. NW,
57] – Gimme Shelter Productions continues to do consciousness /fundraising events about the plight of the homeless and for the shelters that serve them. Gimme Shelter Productions is in the midst of its new fundraising campaign called "Community Harvest", The efforts of this project includes the growing, harvesting and distribution of locally-grown, organic vegetables & fruits. Gimme Shelter maintains a small (but mighty) community garden in Baltimore whose crops include tomatoes, eggplant, snap peas, peppers, kale and more that is distributed to local homeless shelters & food programs. Come to a fundraising event on Sat., June 18 at 7
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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