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53] Foreclosure Blues – Feb. 1
54] Celebrate Bayard Rustin – Feb. 1
55] Humane Society Affair – Feb. 1
56] Green Currency Meeting -- Feb. 1
57] Chestnut Hill Peace Vigil -- Feb. 1
58] Seed propagation workshop -- Feb. 1
59] People's Prayer Breakfast -- Feb. 1
60] SALT 1 report budget - Feb. 2
61] First Thursday vigil against war – Feb. 2
62] Bill Barry's teaching a course on the 30s – starting Feb. 2
63] Film on veterans speaking out -- Feb. 2
64] Peace Action meeting – Feb. 2
65] Volunteers needed for MUPJ Conference – Apr. 20-21
66] CCAN is hiring
67] Support finishing film THE ACTIVISTS thru Kickstarter campaign
68] Sign up with
69] Fund Our Communities campaign
70] Submit articles to Indypendent Reader
71] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
72] Do you need a television and/or a computer?
73] Join Global Zero campaign
74] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
75] Click on The Hunger Site
76] Fire & Faith
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52] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in
53] – The
54] – Voices Out Loud: Celebrate the Centenary of Bayard Rustin on Wed., Feb. 1 from 6 to 8 PM at 1250 New York Ave. NW Split
See video clips from Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer's "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" and Singer's new film, "Electoral Dysfunction." Enjoy spoken word performances. RSVP at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/215760. Email rustinevent@civilrights.org.
55] – The Washington Humane Society's Sugar & Champagne Affair is happening on Wed., Feb. 1 from 6 to 9 PM at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004. This 11th annual reception honors local crusaders against animal cruelty and features the DC area's most talented pastry chefs. Go to http://support.washhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_specialevents_sugarchampagne.
56] – The Baltimore Green Currency Association meets every Wednesday at 7 PM at Breathe Books, 810 W 36th St. # A, Baltimore, MD 21211-2554. Call 410-235-7323.
57] – 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 Chestnut Hill, PA. The next vigil is Feb. 1. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
58] – There is a seed propagation workshop on Wed., Feb. 1 at 7 PM at the
59] – The People's Prayer Breakfast hosted by Occupy Faith DC takes place on Thurs., Feb. 2 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at the Church of the Pilgrims, 2201 P St. NW, WDC 20037. People from across the country are joining together to pray and to stand in unity with those suffering economic hardship and inequality in our nation. A call is being issued to political leaders, corporate interests, and every citizen that "THERE IS ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE!" Please join after breakfast for discussions and strategy sessions on joining faith-based efforts to support the Occupy movement. Donations are accepted. RSVP at rsvp@peoplesprayerbreakfast.org or call 410-262-8365.
60] – On Thurs., Feb. 2 from 3:30 to 5 PM, hear Erin Mahan, chief historian of the Office of the Secretary of Defense [sic], and Michael Krepon, Stimson Center, "Foreign Relations of the United States Series: SALT I, 1969-1972" at the Wilson Center, Sixth Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC. RSVP at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rsvp?eid=21250&pid=112.
61] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will host an End the Wars vigil on Thurs., Feb. 2 from 5 to 6
62] – Bill Barry is teaching a 3-credit course on the 1930s, covering Black Thursday to Pearl Harbor at CCBC-Essex starting Thurs., Feb. 2 5:45 to 8:40 PM. He sees a lot of comparisons between That Depression and This Depression, and how people and the government responded. See great videos and listen to guest speakers on this period of our history. This is a 3-credit college course but you can audit or just--in the spirit of the 30s--sit in. Anyone over 60 gets free tuition. Email wbarrymd@hotmail.com.
63] – "This Is Where We Take Our Stand" is being screened on Thurs., Feb. 2 from 6 to 8 PM at Busboys & Poets, 14th & V Sts, NW, WDC. The long awaited movie about Winter Soldier 2008 will have its première sponsored by the
Winter Soldier:
64] – On Thurs., Feb. 2 from 7 to 9 PM, there will be a Peace Action
65] – Volunteers are needed to help with the 27th Annual Maryland Peace and Justice Conference to be held on Friday and Saturday, April 20 & 21 at the Episcopal Cathedral Church of the Incarnation, 4 E. University Parkway, Baltimore, 21218. The theme is: "Peacemaking in the 21st century; 25 years of working for peace and justice in
66] – CCAN is Hiring. Do you want to fight global warming while gaining valuable grassroots organizing knowledge and experience? If so, the
67] – Melody Weinstein of www.melofilms.com notified me that the documentary film she has been working on with Michael Heaney is nearing completion. Titled "The Activists," it chronicles the anti-war movement over the last 10 years, and the major players in the movement. They have filmed us in
They have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for finishing the film and have until January 11 to reach the goal of 15K. To support the film, go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/melofilms/the-activists-war-peace-and-politics-in-the-street.
68] – The
69] – Fund Our Communities campaign – is a new grass roots movement to get support from local organizations and communities to work together with their local and state elected officials to pressure Congresspersons and senators to join with Congresspersons Barney Frank and Ron Paul, who have endorsed a 25% cut to the federal military budget. Bring home the savings to state and county governments to meet the local needs which are under tremendous budget pressures. Go to www.OurFunds.org.
70] – The new Indypendent Reader is seeking articles for its web site at http://www.indyreader.org. Submit an article.
71] – If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
72] – Can you use a television set and/or a computer, monitor etc.? Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
73] – Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees. This is an historic window of opportunity. With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.
74] – WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER signs from Friends Committee on National Legislation are again for sale at $5. To purchase a sign, call Max at 410-366-1637.
75] – The Hunger Site was initiated by Mercy Corps and Second Harvest, and is funded entirely by advertisers. You can go there every day and click the big yellow "Give Food for Free" button near the top of the page; you do not have to look at the ads. Each click generates funding for about 1.1 cups of food. So consider clicking.
76] – Go online for FIRE AND FAITH: The Catonsville Nine File. On May 17, 1968, nine people entered the Selective Service Offices in
77] – Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
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