Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 2

29] Occupy Holy week – Apr. 1

30] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – Apr. 1

31] Pentagon Vigil – Apr. 2

32] Control the Corporation – Apr. 2

33] Doo-Occupy Action Days – Apr. 2 - 3

34] Talk on Race – Apr. 2

35] Conversation with Justice Sotomayor – Apr. 2

36] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Apr. 2 – Apr. 5

37] Protest the death penalty – Apr. 2

38] Film THE LAST MOUNTAIN – Apr. 2

39] Support Wind Power – Apr. 2

40] Support NDAA resolutions – Apr. 2

41] Pledge/Fund Our Communities meeting – Apr. 2

42] Social Forum workshops – Apr. 3

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29] – On Palm Sunday, Apr. at 2 PM, Occupy Holy Week/Occupy Passover Celebration and Feast of Liberation...March... Freedom Seder begins at Logan Circle, Swann Fountain, 19th St. & Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Phila. and stops in center city to celebrate our resistance to racism, economic injustice, ecological disaster, war and militarism.  There are multiple sponsors including the Brandywine Peace Community.  Visit www.theshalomcenter.org.

 

30] – 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.

 

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

 

32] – Control the Corporation takes place on Mon., Apr. 2 from 8 AM to 6 PM at the Carnegie Institute, 1530 P St. NW, WDC 20005.  Register at http://csrl.org.  Ralph Nader will give a welcome at 8:45 AM.  The reception starts at 4: 30 PM.  Go to http://nowdc.org/content/control-corporation.

 

33] – Doo-Occupy to Bail Out America ACTION DAY 1 for Eviction Protection & Principal Reduction is happening on Mon., Apr. 2 from 11 AM to 1 PM.  Meet at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro. 

 

Doo-Occupy to Bail Out America ACTION DAY 2 for Student Debt Jubilee is on for Tues., Apr. 3 from 11 AM to 1 PM.  Meet at Freedom Plaza. REGISTER for either at www.NOWDC.org.

 

34] – This month's A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) discussion on Sun., Apr. 1 at 5 PM at Busboys & Poets, 14th & V Sts., will take an anthropological approach to the topic, supported by the ideas and research that went into the creation of the exhibit Race: Are We So Different, which was seen recently at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. The guest speaker will be David LaCroix, the learning and education consultant for the exhibit. Go to http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events.php.

35] – A Conversation with Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes place on Mon., Apr. 2 at 6 PM at UDC Gymnasium Building 46, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW.  She will be introduced by Wade Henderson, president, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Joe Rauh Professor of Public Interest Law. Go to http://www.law.udc.edu/event/RauhLecture2012.

36] – 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.   

 

37] – There is usually a vigil to abolish the death penalty every Monday from 5 to 6 PM, outside the prison complex and across the street from Maryland's Super Max Prison, at the corner of Madison Ave. and Fallsway in Baltimore.  Maryland's death row was moved out of Baltimore, but it was decided to continue the vigil. The next one is scheduled for Mon., Apr. 2. Call 410-366-1637.

 

38] – Watch the award-winning documentary: The Last Mountain on Mon., Apr. 2 from 7 to 9 PM at the Univ. of Maryland, 1102 S. Campus Commons, Bldg. 1, College Park.  Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: "People Power" Series presents the film which sounds the alarm about the impact of coal mining on the citizens of West Virginia's Coal River Valley, who are trying to prevent the plundering of one of the last untouched mountains in Appalachia. See http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/filmseries.html.

39] – Gather at 7 PM on Mon., Apr. 2 in Lawyer's Mall, 100 State Circle, Annapolis.  Encircle the State House to encourage lawmakers to support offshore wind power. Maryland is on the verge of passing historic legislation to promote offshore wind development and build the kind of clean energy economy we all want. But state legislators need to see and hear our power. Speakers will include business leaders, faith leaders, public health advocates and legislators.

 

 A 56-seat charter bus will provide transportation to and from the following locations: Largo Metro Station (Prince George's), Forest Glen Metro Station (MoCo) and the Mondawmin Metro Station (Balt City)--first come, first serve. Buses will depart each location at 5:45 PM. Also, riders get a free "Wind Works" t-shirt and healthy snacks for the trip! There is a request for $5 per passenger. Go to www.350.org.

The "war on terror" has turned into a war on our Constitution; Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act are two of the latest broadsides against the rights of Americans and non-Americans alike. Those sections authorize "indefinite" or "preventive" detentions for charges as vague as committing a "belligerent act" or of "substantially support[ing]" terrorist groups or those "associated" with them.

 

40] –  Support NDAA resolutions in Montgomery County by joining the Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition 7:30 PM on Mondays, Apr. 2, Apr. 9 and Apr. 16 in the Takoma Park City Council room, 7500 Maple Ave. and hold up a small "SAVE DUE PROCESS" sign. Email contact mococivilrights@gmail.com or go to www.mococivilrights.wordpress.com.

 

41] – 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 Apr. 2.  The proposed agenda will include reports on the Iran Pledge of Resistance, anti-drone organizing, the firing of Sunni Khalid, Stanley McChrystal's visit to Baltimore and the ongoing Social Forum.  Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions. We need your help in alerting citizens from Dutch Ruppersberger's Congressional district that he supports the use of drones.  Go to www.knowdrones.com.

 

42] – The Social Forum at the National Occupation of Washington, DC continues. The workshops, Tues., Apr. 3 through Thurs., Apr. 5 and Tues., Apr. 10 through Thurs., Apr. 13 will be held at Friends Meeting of Washington, DC, 2111 Florida Ave., NW near DuPont Circle.  Visit www.NOWDC.org.

 

On Apr. 3, there are several workshops.  More than one takes place 9 to 11 AM, 11 AM to 1 PM and 2 to 4 PM.  RSVP at rsvp@nowdc.org.

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