51] International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora -- July 5 & 8
52] Healthy Food Challenge -- July 5 - 13
53] First Thursday Antiwar protest – July 5
54] Nutrition Made Simple – July 5
55] Celebrate Bolivarian Independence – July 5
56] Student needs housing
57] Dog needs a home
58] Stop Smart Meter installation
59] Health care job
60] HELP MAKE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST!
61] Sign up with Washington Peace Center
62] Join Fund Our Communities
63] Submit articles to Indypendent Reader
64] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
65] Do you need a television and/or a computer?
66] Join Global Zero campaign
67] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
68] Click on The Hunger Site
69] Fire & Faith
70] Join Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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51] – On Thurs., July 5 at 8 AM, the International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora will begin. On that day it will continue until 9 PM at the Baltimore Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, 202 E. Pratt St. The conference will close at 12:45 PM on Sun., July 8. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (http://www.jhsph.edu/) will host the first major international conference on the health of the descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. ICHAD 2012 – will explore the health status of people of African descent living throughout the Western Hemisphere – from Canada to Argentina: approximately 160 million across the region. The multidisciplinaryconference will focus on more than a dozen countries, including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Peru, United States, and Venezuela. Today, roughly 3 out of 4 blacks in the region live south of the U.S. border. Throughout the region, people of African descent tend to be poorer and sicker, receive less health care and a lower quality of care, and die younger than the general population. Afro-Brazilians are twice as likely to live in poverty compared to the general population. In Colombia, babies of African descent are twice as likely to die before their first birthday compared to the national average. The same pattern holds true for African-American babies in the United States. ICHAD 2012 keynote speakers include Sir George Alleyne, PAHO Emeritus, the Honorable Donna Christensen, U.S. House of Representatives (Virgin Islands), the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. House of Representatives (Maryland), and Dr. Gail Christopher, Vice President, W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Register at http://www.ichad.com/.
52] – The Urbanite Project 2012: Healthy Food Challenge begins on Thurs., July 5 and continues through Fri., July 13--Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 AM to 7 PM at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave. The exhibition is made up of submissions that represent individual and group responses, which address the problem of food deserts in Baltimore and how they can be eradicated. Call
410-276-1651 or go to http://www.creativealliance.org.
53] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will host an End the Wars vigil on Thurs., July 5 from 5 to 6:30 PM in Mount Vernon at Centre & Charles Sts. The Pledge gathers in Mount Vernon on the first Thursday of the month to protest U.S. wars. Call Max at 410-366-1637.
54] – A Nutrition Made Simple Workshop is put on by the Maryland Athletic Club and Wellness Center with the theme "Eating Healthy On-The-Go." The workshop will teach participants how to maintain healthy eating habits while traveling or when in a rush at home. It takes place on Thurs., July 5 at 7 PM at the Maryland Athletic Club, Harbor East, 655 President St. Call 410-625-5000 or go to http://www.macwellness.com. The cost is $10.
55] – La Sardina de Naiguatá Concert is happening on Thurs., July 5 at 7:30 PM at Bolivarian Hall, 2443 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC. On the occasion of the 201st Anniversary of the Independence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Dr. Ángelo Rivero Santos, requests the pleasure of your company at a concert by La Sardina de Naiguatá and the inauguration of the exhibit The Heroines of Our America. RSVP at cultura@venezuela-us.org.
56] – There is a student who will attend the Maryland Institute College of Art in the fall. She needs housing, and would like to live in a “good collective house and maybe do some cleaning/gardening/child-care/ work trade.” Ideally, she would like to pay $100 a month in rent, but will pay as high as $400 a month. Let Max know, 410-366-1637, if you have some possible housing solution. Please do ASAP.
57] – There is a sweet little pit bull mix that needs a home. She is staying on a temporary basis in a backyard. Let Max know if you might be able to provide a home for this homeless dog. Call 410-366-1637. He is very cute, brown and white, petite, and a very mellow disposition.
58] – Rebecca Hanna is a full time smart meter activist. She wanted to alert consumers about a recent order from the Maryland Public Service Commission. Go to www.MarylandSmartMeterAwareness.org or contact her at Rebeccadiener63@gmail.com or 410 922-6535. The PSC ruled that ratepayers can defer the installation of a smart meter until an official decision has been made. You would have to submit the request in writing.
This could be sent by certified mail to Baltimore Gas & Electric, POB 1475, Baltimore, MD 21203: NOTICE OF DEFERRAL OF INSTALLATION OF SMART METERS PER PSC’S ORDER NO. 84926 DATED MAY 24, 2012 -- I am hereby notifying Baltimore Gas & Electric Company and its agents (including but not limited to Grid One Solutions, Inc.) that you are NOT to install a Smart Meter anywhere on my property pursuant to Order No. 84926 issued by the Maryland Public Service Commission on May 24, 2012. Sincerely, name and address. The PEPCO address is 701 9th Street NW, Washington DC, 20068. It is suggested a copy is sent to Public Service Commission, Attn: David J. Collins, Executive Secretary, William Donald Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202-6808.
59] – There is a job available starting in August--Health Care is a Human Right with the United Workers Association. The application deadline is July 2. Email hchrmaryland@gmail.com to get a copy of the job description.
60] – HELP MAKE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST! Since a civil war in 1974 the island of Cyprus has been divided in two with a United Nations patrolled border. Turkish/Muslim Cypriots are in the north; Greek/Christian Cypriots are in the south. Animosities and prejudices run deep. Children throw rocks at each other across the border. Experts believe that Cyprus is at a crossroads between renewed conflict or becoming an example in the Middle East of how two such cultures can live in peace.
The Cyprus Friendship Program, based on the successful model that helped build peace in Northern Ireland, brings over a Muslim and Christian teen to stay with an American host family for the month of July (or ½ month if paired with another host family). This bonding experience in a neutral environment almost always results in a strong friendship. Programming here and after their return to Cyprus turns them into peace builders who are trained in how to influence their peers. The teens are chosen for their maturity, leadership potential, and English speaking ability. You choose the gender and age (from 15 to 17). To learn more contact Tom McCarthy at 301-774-7069 or Thomas.McCarthy@RaymondJames.com.
This video is only 3 minutes long but gives a good overview of the program. It was made by the US State Department
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8rSmOKgY_4. This video is about 8 minutes, gives more info on some of their activities while here, and was made in part by the teens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcM0Fnj2YA.
61] – The Washington Peace Center has a progressive calendar & activist alert! Consider signing up to receive its weekly email: info@washingtonpeacecenter.org.
62] – Fund Our Communities campaign is a 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.
63] – The new Indypendent Reader is seeking articles for its web site at http://www.indyreader.org. Submit an article.
64] – If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
65] – Can you use a television set and/or a computer, monitor etc.? Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
66] – 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.
67] – 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.
68] – 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.
69] – Go online for FIRE AND FAITH: The Catonsville Nine File. On May 17, 1968, nine people entered the Selective Service Offices in Catonsville, Maryland, and burned draft records in protest against the war in Vietnam. View http://www.prattlibrary.org/digital/.
70] – 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.
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/.
"One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
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