Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 2

20] Talk to Youth For Peace – Jan. 1

21] Get on Bridge for Peace – Jan. 1

22] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – Jan. 1

23] Watch the Day the World Changed – Jan. 1

24] Pentagon Vigil – Jan. 2

25] Witness Against Torture in D.C. – Jan. 2 - 12

26] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Jan. 2 – Jan. 5

27] Pledge/Fund Our Communities meeting – Jan. 2

28] War Is Not the Answer – Jan. 3

29] Civil Rights meeting – Jan. 3

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20] – Voices for Creative Nonviolence continues its Global Day of Listening on Sun., Jan. 1.  Speak With Youth From Around the World hosted by the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers.  Write to GlobalDaysOfListening@gmail.com to request a time to talk.

 

21] – Maryland Bridges for Peace welcomes you to stand for peace Sundays from noon (or thereabouts) to 1 PM on the Spa Creek Bridge in Annapolis.  Contact Lucy at 410-263-7271 or mdbridgesforpeace@toadmail.com. Signs are not allowed to be on a stick or pole.   If there is interest, people will be standing on the Stoney Creek Bridge on Fort Smallwood Road in Pasadena [410-437-5379 or magicalgodmom@aol.com]. Go to http://BridgePeace.blogspot.com/

 

22] – Every Sunday, 4 to 5 PM, there is a Quaker Peace Vigil at Independence Mall, N. side of Market between 5th and 6th Sts., Philadelphia. Call 215-421-5811.

 

23] – Consider watching Episode #7:  The Day the World Changed of the TLC docu-series All-American Muslim on Sun., Jan. 1 at 10 PM.  All-American Muslim is a groundbreaking 8-part docu-series from TLC created to give audiences a window into the oft-misrepresented American Muslim community in the spirit of diversity and mutual understanding. Email media@adc.org.

 

24] – 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., Jan. 2, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Call 202-882-9649.

 

25] – WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE announced that it will occupy Washington, D.C. from Jan. 2 through Jan. 12, MARKING 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF GUANTANAMO, with a 10-DAY FAST, COURTROOM SUPPORT FOR ACTIVISTS WHO SPOKE OUT IN CONGRESS, and a HUMAN CHAIN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO CONGRESS.  Wed., Jan. 11 will mark the tenth anniversary of the first detainees' arrival at the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. To remember this travesty, Witness Against Torture is planning 10 days of activities in Washington, D.C. demanding an end to torture and indefinite detention at Guantanamo, Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, and elsewhere, and that the president reject the just-passed National Defense Authorization Act.

 

During this occupation, WAT sponsors Hungering for Justice, a 10-day fast highlighting the ongoing crimes at Guantanamo and Bagram. Dozens of activists are expected to participate in the fast in Washington as well as other cities. Locations of daily activities in support of the fast to be announced.

 

On Tues., Jan. 3, the jury trial of 14 anti-torture activists is scheduled to begin in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave., N.W. In June 2011, the 14 stood one by one in the Gallery of the House of Representatives to petition lawmakers to uphold the Constitution by not making funding for Guantanamo permanent. WAT will stand with the 14 in the court room, outside the courthouse, and around the city as their trial proceeds.

 

On Wed., Jan. 4 the defendants will convene a press conference outside the courthouse before they go into trial for the day.  On Wed., Jan. 11, a dramatic Human Chain from the White House to the Capitol Building marks the 10th anniversary of detention at Guantanamo. WAT joins a broad coalition of human rights groups in sponsoring this vigil, which will begin after a noontime rally in Lafayette Park.

 

Contact Malachy Kilbride about the trial at malachykilbride@yahoo.com or 571-501-3729, Helen Schietinger about the fast at h.schietinger@verizon.net or 202-344-5762 and Jeremy Varon about Jan. 11 at Jvaron@aol.com or 732-979-3119.  Go to www.witnesstorture.org. 

 

26] – 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.   

 

27] – The Pledge of Resistance/Fund Our Communities Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM, and the meetings now take place at Max's residence.  The next meeting takes place on Jan. 2.  The proposed agenda will include reports on Bradley Manning, reports on Occupation Baltimore & the Freedom Square occupation, and the upcoming Witness Against Torture events.  Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions.

 

28] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at 4806 York Road. Join this ongoing vigil.  The next vigil is Jan. 3 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.  Call Max at 410-366-1637.

 

29] – The Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition meetings are the first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is Jan. 3 from 7 to 9 PM at 8630 Fenton Ave., Suite 524, Silver Spring, MD.  The office houses both "Peace Action" (listed tenant in the lobby) and "Defending Dissent." Email Thomas Nephew at thomasn528@gmail.com.

 

To be continued.

 

Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218.  Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/

 

"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