"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.
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1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Buy coffee through HoCoFoLA
5] Middle Passage Mural – through Oct. 24
6] SPCA Auction is ongoing – Oct. 7 - 17
7] Occupy
8] Occupy
9] Doctors Without Borders – Oct. 7-9
10] Protest drones – Oct. 7
11] Tar Sands protest – Oct. 7
12] White House vigil – Oct. 7
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14] WIB Roland Park vigil – Oct. 7
15] Justice for Palestine/Israel vigil – Oct. 7
16] WIB
17] UFPJ press conference/War Voices – Oct. 7
18] Silent vigil/potluck dinner – Oct. 7
19] Film DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN – Oct. 7
20] Film EVEN THE RAIN - Oct. 7
21] Plumes of Disinformation - Oct. 7
22] Streets of
23] Ballroom dancing – Oct. 7
24] Farmers Market – Oct. 8
25] Bill Barry campaigning – Oct. 8
26] Olney peace vigil – Oct. 8
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28] Stop Militarization of Space – Oct. 8
29] Leaflet at Occupy
30] Silent vigil at Capitol – Oct. 8
31] Silent Death March – Oct 8
32] Lockheed Martin protest -- Oct. 8
33] Planning meeting for visit to the NSA – Oct. 8
34] Tom Neilson at
35] Get tour at
36] World Peace from Inside Out – Oct. 9
37] Get on Bridge for Peace – Oct. 9
38] Protest the NSA – Oct. 9
34] Get on Bridge for Peace – Oct. 9
39] Plumes of Disinformation – Oct. 9
40] Farm Fest – Oct. 9
41] Phone banking to cut military spending – Oct. 9
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43] Film
44] October Earth – Oct. 8
45] Red Emma's Meeting – Oct. 9
46] Pentagon Vigil – Oct. 10
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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] – See Joe Norman's Middle Passage Mural in the Main Gallery at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224, an epic tale of 10 million souls from Africa to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries. The exhibit will be there through Sat., Oct 29. Call 410-276-1651; go to www.creativealliance.org; or email info@creativealliance.org.
6] – The
7] – The occupation of Freedom Plaza, 14th & Pennsylvania Ave. NW, continues as U.S. troops, contractors and mercenaries remain in Afghanistan now for an 11th year. The idea is to make the space a
Stop the Machine! Create a
8] – Occupy
9] – Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) will be in Baltimore to recreate one of the field hospitals it uses to treat malnourished children in Somalia, India and elsewhere. MSF aid workers will guide visitors through a simulated clinic and discuss the care and prevention of childhood malnutrition, an urgent but overlooked crisis. Visitors can also view stunning multimedia documentaries and photographs from the award-winning photojournalists of VII Photo and learn how they can join the fight to rewrite the story of malnutrition. Starved For Attention tales place from Fri., Oct. 7 through Sun., Oct. 9 from 9 AM to 5 PM each day in Patterson Park at the Pulaski Monument area, corner of
10] – On Fri., Oct. 7, starting at 10 AM, there will be an action against the use of drones on the people of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and elsewhere at 1899 Pennsylvania Ave., NW near the Foggy Bottom George Washington Univ. Metro Station. There will be a spirited presence outside the government affairs office of the war contractor, General Atomics, a manufacturer of the drones. This action will be a part of the United Against The Drone campaign which is being waged throughout the country. Contact Malachy Kilbride at malachykilbride@yahoo.com or 202-841-2230. Go to http://unitedagainstdrones.wordpress.com/.
11] – Join the rally to stop the Keystone XL pipeline this on Fri., Oct. 7 at the Ronald Reagan Building, 14th St. entrance, between Pennsylvania Ave. NW and Constitution Ave. NW, from noon to 1 PM. The State Department holds its final public hearing to review the project. RSVP by calling 202-783-7400 or email foe@foe.org.
12] – A peace vigil takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM at
13] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Women in Black, Baltimore, host a vigil at Pratt and Light Sts. in the
14] – There is also a noon vigil on Oct. 7 at
15] – 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/.
16] – WIB holds a silent vigil mourning all violence, the first Friday of the month. The next vigil is Oct. 7 from noon to 12
17] – United For Peace and Justice will mark the 10 Years of U.S. wars on Fri., Oct. 7 with a press conference at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC and War Voices, a forum bringing together community organizers and social justice leaders from around the world to explore the devastating effects of a decade of war and strategize for the future. The evening will feature panels on the implications of militarism in both the
18] – There is a silent vigil on Fri., Oct. 7 from 5 to 6 PM outside of Homewood Friends Meeting, 3107 N. Charles St., in opposition to war in
19] – The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility and Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee of Homewood and Stony Run Meetings are hosting the FILM & SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS DVD SERIES. The next film DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN [
DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN [
The film's 2004 awards include best screenplay at the Cartagena Film Festival and a nomination for best film; a special jury award at the Gramado Film Festival; and an award for best editing at the Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival.
20] – On Fri., Oct. 7 at 7 PM watch EVEN THE RAIN, which is being shown as part of the "JUST-REEL" First Friday Free Film Series at the Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Old Sproul Road, Springfield, Delaware County, PA. The Spanish conquered the
21] – Plumes of Disinformation from Fukushima with John LaForge, a disarmament activist and staff member for 19 years at Nukewatch will give his presentation on Fri., Oct. 9 at 7:30 PM. He will discuss the plumes of radioactive iodine and cesium that have spread across the
22] – THE ROOTS CAFÉ PRESENTS The Streets of
23] – 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
24] – 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.
25] – Bill Barry is seeking a socko design--a cartoon, a graphic, whatever, showing the Green Party tipping over the one-party rule, Green Jobs/Green Party, Green Party not Grand Prix—for tee shirts. Send your designs along to him. On Sat., Oct. 8 at 10 AM, be at the Safeway on
26] – Friends House, 17715 Meeting House Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860, hosts a peace vigil every Saturday, 10
27] – 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.
28] – On Sat., Oct. 8 at 11 AM in Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C., catch the International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. "Stop Missiles - all Defensive missiles are Offensive - from
29] – On Sat., Oct. 8 at 11 AM, help hand out leaflets about contacting the Super Committee to cut the military budget and to petition Rep. Chris Van Hollen at Occupy Baltimore. Call Charlie at 410-624-6095.
30] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sept. 24. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It.--Psalms 34
31] – FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH at the
32] – On Sat., Oct. 8 at 1 PM, join a protest End the Drone Wars; Stop Lockheed Martin at Mall & Goddard Boulevards, Valley Forge, PA, behind King of Prussia. This is part of the October 1 - 8 International Space for Peace Week--http://www.space4peace.org/. Lockheed Martin manufactures unmanned remote-controlled drones, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), and is the chief producer of military satellites which, through space, direct drone strikes from the continental
33] – The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance hopes to host a planning meeting for the Oct. 9 protest at the NSA on Sun., Oct. 9. The plan is to meet at St. Stephen's and the Incarnation Episcopal Church,
34] – Tom Neilson will sing and discuss Keep Space for Peace Week on Sat., Oct. 8 at 7:30 PM at
35] – October is Free Fall month. All the museums in
36] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102, Baltimore, MD 21201-4661, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion from 10
37] – Maryland Bridges for Peace welcomes you to stand for peace Sundays from noon (or thereabouts) to 1 PM on the
38] – Protest the illegal activity of the National Security Agency on Sun., Oct. 9 at noon, on Canine Road, off of Route 32, Fort Meade, MD. If you are concerned and want to stop the shredding of the Bill of Rights, consider protesting the work of the National Security Agency with the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance as part of http://october2011.org/. For details, contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski (at) verizon.net.
39] – On Sun., Oct. 9 at 1 PM,
40] – Farm Fest is a Fundraiser for 1000 Friends of Maryland and its efforts to Keep Farmers Farming with music by Hoots and Hellmouth, Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys, Caleb Stine, and Smooth Kentucky. On Sun., Oct. 8 from 1 to 6 PM, enjoy the music, food and drink vendors; and stuff for kids at Farmer Tom's Farm,
41] – On Sun., Oct. 9 at 3 PM, help make phone calls about contacting the Super Committee to cut the military budget and to petition Rep. Chris Van Hollen at Arlene's house, 333 E. 33rd St. Bring your cell phone. Charlie will bring a dessert. Call him at 410-624-6095.
42] – Every Sunday, 4 to 5 PM, there is a Quaker Peace Vigil at Independence Mall, N. side of Market between 5th and 6th Sts.,
43] – On Sun., Oct. 9 at 4:30 PM, enjoy the Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Potluck Supper & Program @ University Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut St., Phila., PA. (Bring main dish, salad, or dessert to share). At 5:30 PM see the classic film THE
44] – October Earth with Marcus Colasurdo is an opportunity to hear him read from works, including "Where we Worship" and "Angel City Taxi" with occasional musical intervals. This is benefit for Gimme Shelter Productions, which supports homeless programs in
45] – Red Emma's needs volunteers. Stop in to the weekly Sunday meeting at 7 PM at
46] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Mon., Oct. 10, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
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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