Baltimore Activist Alert - Part 2

34] Marc Steiner on WEAA – July 9 – 12

35] Protest the death penalty – July 9
36] End AIDS – July 9
37] Start a nonprofit – July 9
38] Pledge/Fund Our Communities meeting – July 9
39] Support D.C. City Council’s vote for immigrants – July 10
40] Nonviolence in Palestine – July 10
41] Book talk Oil in Iraq -- July 10
42] War Is Not the Answer – July 10
43] Marriage Equality debate -- July 10
44] Book talk OUR BLACK YEAR – July 10
45] Book talk COUNTERPOWER – July 10
46] Break up Bank of America -- July 11 - 18
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34] – 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.

35] – 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., July 9. Call 410-366-1637.



36] – We Can End AIDS Community Mobilization Meeting is on Mon., July 9 at 6 PM at Busboys & Poets, 14th St. & V St. NW, WDC. Find out how you can get involved with the march leading up to and on July 24. Connect with organizers and pick up outreach supplies! Snacks will be provided, and t-shirts will be for sale! Email Christine Rodriguez at c.rodriguez2@housingworks.org.

37] – There is a CLC Workshop How to Start and Maintain a Nonprofit Organization on Mon., July 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the CLC Board Room, 3355 Keswick Rd., Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21211. This event is coordinated by the Community Law Center (www.communitla​w.org).



The workshop aims to help participants who are current members of, or have an idea for, a small nonprofit organization in Maryland understand the practical and legal considerations involved in operating a nonprofit organization. Key topics include starting your organization, maintaining its legal status, writing and revising its articles of incorporation and bylaws, and applying for a tax exemption. The workshop's cost is $40 and advance registration and payment for this event is required. Registration and payment can be done at http://communit​ylaw.org/traini​ng-events/works​hops/ or by calling 410-366-0922.







38] – The Pledge of Resistance-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 July 9. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions.







The proposed agenda will include reports on arranging a meeting with Dutch Ruppersberger, a letter to Obama about drones, the annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemoration, the need for poets to read on August 9 and a July 4 demo at the NSA. Let Max know of any additional agenda items.







39] – The Immigrant Rights Coalition will hold a press conference on Tues., July 10 at 9:30 AM on the steps of the Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in anticipation of the vote, thanking council members for their continued support and publicizing the series of community forums we will hold about S-COMM's implementation and the bill that is passed. Email sarahi@ndlon.org.



40] – On Tues., July 10 from 12:30 to 2 PM at The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW, the 2012 Palestine Center summer interns invite you to a panel briefing Reevaluating Palestinian Stakeholder Legitimacy, "From Grievance to Action: Mapping Grassroots Movements in Palestine". The panel is Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Mr. Adam Gallagher, writer and researcher on Nonviolent Movements. This is the first installment in the annual lecture series, a study of the extent to which the Palestinian leadership represents the interests of its constituency, and how the Palestinian nation’s objectives are at all manifest. Gallagher will discuss the International Solidarity Movement, and Bennis will concentrate on nonviolent action. RSVP at http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/34809/pid/187.



41] – “Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq” will be discussed on Tues., July 10 from 3:30 to 5 PM at the AFL-CIO (Presidents Room), 815 16th Street NW. The departure of U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left a broken country and a host of unanswered questions. What was the war really about? Why and how did the occupation drag on for nearly nine years? In a gripping account of the war that dominated the last decade, investigative journalist Greg Muttitt takes us behind the scenes to answer these questions and tells the untold story of the oil politics that played out through the occupation. We see how Iraqis struggled for their own say in their future, despite their dysfunctional government and rising levels of violence. In light of the Arab Spring, the war in Libya, and renewed threats against Iran, “Fuel on the Fire” provides a vital guide to the lessons from Iraq and the global consequences of America’s persistent oil addiction. Since 2003, he has tracked how western oil interests have pursued their agenda through the occupation of Iraq. His work is well known in Iraq and in the international anti-war movement, and has had a central influence on the policy debate in Baghdad. Light snacks will be served. RSVP to Elizabeth Boomer at eboomer@aflcio.org or 202-637-3904.

42] – 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 July 10 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-366-1637.







43] – There is a debate on Marriage Equality on Tues., July 10 at 6 PM at Sojourner-Douglass College, 200 N. Central Ave.



Join the NAACP of Baltimore in a debate on marriage equality. Speaking in favor of marriage equality are Rev. Larry Brumfield, Professor Odeana Neal, Lisa Gray, and Rebecca Murphy.



44] – Maggie Anderson’s book “Our Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy” conveys her attempt to mobilize the black community in improving its economy and “buying black.” Rather than uniting the community, many opposed her. She talks about her struggles and successes on Tues., July 10 at 6:30 PM at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Central Library, 400 Cathedral St. Call 410-396-5430 or got to http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/central.



45] – On Tues., July 10 at 7 PM at Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St., Tim Gee presents "Counterpower: Making Change Happen.” Change can and does happen. But why is it that some campaigns succeed while others fail? In Counterpower, activist Tim Gee seeks to get to the root of how change happens by taking an in-depth look at the strategies and tactics that have contributed to the success (or otherwise) of some of the most prominent movements for change from India’s Independence Movement to the Arab Spring. He concludes that any campaign is winnable in theory, but only if we are aware of our power. Gee, who delivers training sessions for political activists, studied politics at Edinburgh University, where he was also active in the student movement. Email info@redemmas.org or call 410-230-0450.



46] – Bank of America Week to Pay takes place starting Wed., July 11 at noon and continues through Wed., July 18 at noon. Congregate each day at McPherson Square at noon. Bank of America has done too much to bankrupt the economy and the American people. There is a week of demonstrations against the Bank of America hosted by OccupyDC to protest BofA's corrupt policies. Each day occupiers will go to protest at a different Bank of America location in the city. Occupiers will then stand or sleep in solidarity each night with the Sleepful Protest, which has been trying to wake America up to how malevolent the forces of BofA actually are. On the last day, there will be a protest at the Congressional Offices to lay out some of the goals to people's representatives, including no more bail-outs, reinstate Glass-Steagall Act, a moratorium on foreclosures, break up Bank of America and establish a living will for "too-big-to-fail" banks. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/234134210038338/.

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