"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] Art Along the Trials – through Sept. 3
7] Support
8] Save Culinary Institute
9] War Is Not the Answer demo – July 5
10] Film class – July 5
11] Call AG Holder on behalf Carlos Montes – July 6
12] Poetry as a bridge to
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14] Book signing
15] Tillis & Harvey – July 6
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17] Palestine/Israel Roundtable – July 7
18] First Thursday vigil against war – July 7
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20] Death Row Blues in
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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] – Art Along the Trails continues at Carrie Murray Nature Center Leakin/Gwynne Falls Park,
7] – The Audacity of Hope and most of the
8] – The Baltimore Culinary Institute may have to close because of decertification. Rosalind Ellis Heid is heading up a campaign to save the school. If you can help getting signatures on petitions, call her at 410-625-9262 or write to her at
9] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
10] – At the Baltimore Free School, 1323 N. Calvert St. from 6 to 9 PM on Tues., July 5, Ben McCusker will continue with his film screening and discussion class. Go to www.freeschool.redemmas.org.
11] – Carlos Montes' court date is Wed., July 6. Call Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-514-2001. Here is a suggested text
"My name is __________, I am from _______(city), in ______(state). I am calling to tell Attorney General Holder
1. Drop the charges! Hands off Carlos Montes!
2. Stop the FBI raids and grand jury repression of anti-war and international solidarity activists.
3. Return all property to Carlos Montes and the other activists raided by the FBI.
Montes will be facing six felony charges and enter a plea. The charges all deal with firearms, ammunition and permits. Like millions of other Americans, Carlos has for years held legal permits for guns. The fact is that the charges against Carlos carry a total penalty of up to 18 years. He is a longtime Chicano activist, and his arrest is linked to the sweeping campaign in which 23
12] – Forbidden
13] – Each Wednesday from 4
14] – Joe Burns has a book signing on Wed., July 6 from 6: 30 to 8 PM at Busboys & Poets, NW, 14th & V Sts., WDC. Teaching for Change's Bookstore welcomes Joe Burns to discuss and sign his new book, "Reviving the Strike: How Working People Can Regain Power and Transform America
15] – Darby Tills performs Death Row Blues on Wed., July 6 from 7 to 10 PM at Ras Restaurant and Bar, 4809 Georgia Ave., NW, WDC. Also performing is Ryan Harvey - riot folk musician who has graciously made space for Darby to perform at his upcoming CD release party. Tillis was sentenced to death in
16] – 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
17] – The WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL takes place from 12
18] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will host an End the Wars vigil on Thurs., July 7 from 5 to 6
19] – Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here is an exhibit which is opening on Thurs., July 7 with a reception at 6 PM in Gallery 31 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW, WDC. Then from 7 to 8 PM, there will be a reading. The exhibit features 130 broadsides created by poets and book artists in solidarity with those killed and injured in a 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi Street , Baghdad : where language, thought, and reality reside: where memory, ideas, and even dreams wait patiently in their black ink." The broadsides are traveling the world to various venues highlighting the project and raising funds for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. The project is continuing to grow as artists respond to the call for 130 book artists to create 3 books to compliment the broadsides. For additional information about the project and to download the call from the website page visit http://www.bookarts.uwe. ac.uk/mutancall10.htm.
Go to http://getinvolved.corcoran.org/page.aspx?pid=493 or www.SplitThisRock.org. Call 202-787-5210.
20] – Darby Tillis performs Death Row Blues on Thurs., July 7 from 7 to 9 PM at Cyclops Books, 30 W. North Ave. Baltimore Illinois
To be continued.
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