Baltmore Activist Alert - Part 2

31] Olney peace vigil – Mar. 3

32] West Chester, PA demo – Mar. 3

33] Silent vigil at Capitol – Mar. 3

34] Silent Death Walk – Mar. 3

35] Margaret Atwood's poetry – Mar. 3

36] Palestinian graffiti – Mar. 3

37] Living wage union – Mar. 3

38] What's AIPAC? – Mar. 3

39] Support L'Arche – Mar. 3

40] Homelessness – Mar. 4

41] AIPAC Action Day – Mar. 4

42] Get on Bridge for Peace – Mar. 4

43] Holocaust book discussion – Mar. 4

44] Peace Conference – Mar. 4

45] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – Mar. 4

46] Pentagon Vigil – Mar. 5

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31] – Friends House, 17715 Meeting House Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860, hosts a peace vigil every Saturday, 10:30 to 11:30 AM, on the corner of Rt. 108 and Georgia Ave. in Olney, MD.  The next vigil is Mar. 3. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167. 

 

32] –  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.

 

33] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Mar. 3. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It.--Psalms 34:14." The vigil lasts one hour and is silent except when one responds to the occasional questions. Go to http://www.quaker.org/langleyhill/seekpeace.htm or email seekpeacevigil@yahoo.com.

 

34] –  On Sat., Mar. 3 from noon to 1 PM, join a PHILADELPHIA CENTER CITY SILENT DEATH WALK at corner of 12th & Market Sts. Stop the Killing/End the Wars - Protest U.S. Drone Wars in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Yemen. Wear warm black clothes. White masks will be provided.  RSVP to Marge Van Cleef at 267-763-1644.

 

35] –  Though she is arguably more notably known for her contribution to modern fiction, Margaret Atwood's poetry is not to be overlooked. Join the Baltimore Poetry Discussion Group's meeting on Atwood's poetry to find out more about this author and poet's great achievements. Coffee and refreshments provided. The event is on for Sat., Mar. 3 at noon at the HI Baltimore Hostel, 17 W. Mulberry St. Call 410-576-8880 or go to http://baltimorehostel.org/.

 

36] – The Committee for Palestinian Rights, Howard County, Maryland, is hosting William Parry as part of his book launch "Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine" on Sat., Mar. 3 at 2 PM at the Howard County Central Library, Columbia, MD 21044.  Parry, a London-based photojournalist & author who contributes regularly to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA), has a new book featuring photos of graffiti and street art that has transformed Israel's apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank into a living canvas of resistance and solidarity. The photos  mirror the wall's toll on lives and livelihoods and are coupled with interviews that show the hardship it has brought to tens of thousands of Palestinians, preventing their access to work, education, families, vital medical care and places of worship.  Email CPR_Maryland@yahoo.com.

 

37] – Woven Together: Students & Workers Bringing Living-Wage Union Apparel to Your Community is happening on Sat., Mar. 3 from 5 PM to 7 PM at Busboys & Poets @ 5th & K Sts., 1025 5th Street NW, WDC. 20001. Because of the victory of more than a decade of organizing by the Fedotrazonas Union in the Dominican Republic and United Students Against Sweatshops, Alta Gracia is a ground-breaking garment factory that pays a living-wage of over three times the local minimum wage. Workers at Alta Gracia are treated with respect and have an independent union -- a voice on the job. Hear from Maritza Vargas and Ana Doñe Mariñez, garment workers whose families and community are being transformed by living wages and international solidarity.

38] – Alison Weir will speak about AIPAC: What it is, who its allies are, why it's dangerous and how to stop it.  The talk is taking place on Sat., Mar. 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at: Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, main conference room, 900 Massachusetts Ave.

 

39] – On Sat. Mar. 3 at 7 PM, attend L'Arche Solidarity Night and help raise $2,000 to support L'Arche communities around the world. It takes place at The Falls Church Nicholson Auditorium, 115 E. Fairfax St., Falls Church, VA 22046. There is a $10 suggested donation.  Contact Michelle Wirth at 202.232.4539 or info@larche-gwdc.org.   

 

40] – 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 10:30 to 11:30 AM.  On Sun., Mar. 4, the topic is "Understanding Homelessness in Baltimore: A Discussion of Issues" by Vanessa Borotz, coordinator, "Faces of Homelessness" Speakers' Bureau.  Often homelessness is perceived as an abstract social problem. Those who experience homelessness are seen as the sources of their own misfortunes, and the socio-economic policies and practices that give rise to homelessness are then too easily ignored. The "Faces of Homelessness" Speakers' Bureau works to break down this abstraction and its attendant misconceptions and stereotypes by exposing the underlying causes of homelessness and bringing to light the reality of lived experience. The Bureau is a program of the National Coalition of the Homeless, which is supported locally by the collaborative efforts of Health Care for the Homeless, Beans and Bread, and Project Plase. The speakers in this program — having all experienced homelessness—are the true experts on the topic.  Call 410-581-2322 or visit www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org.

 

41] – The main action day for Occupy AIPAC is on Sun., Mar. 4 from 11 AM to 2 PM.  Rally at the Convention Center, All Out for NO WAR ON IRAN during AIPAC Convention, corner of Massachusetts Ave. and 9th St.  There will be creative acts all afternoon.

 

42] – 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/.

 

43] – On Sun., Mar. 4 at 1 PM at the Edward A. Myerberg Senior Center, 3101 Fallstaff Road.  Hear a discussion "Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust" by authors professors Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey.  The book traces a single Jewish family before, during and after the Holocaust in this latest installment of the Schapiro Lecture Series.  Call 410-358-6856 or go to www.myerbergsenoircenter.org.

 

44] – On Sun., Mar. 4 from 1 to 5 PM, there is a Peace Conference – Friends Meeting School, 3232 Green Valley Road, Ijamsville MD 21754 - to reflect on creating peace to self, community and world. The presenters are Irene McHenry, Friends Council on Education, Rev. Kelly Bird, Justice and Witness Ministries for the youth and John Davis, The Farm of Peace/Shadhiliyya Sufi Center East.   Call 301-798-0288 or email hwilson@friendsmeetingschool.org. 

 

45] – 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.

 

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., Mar. 5, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Call 202-882-9649.

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