Baltimore
Activist Alert Dec. 7 – Dec. 13, 2012
"I speak as an
American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is
ours.
The initiative to
stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends, this
list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of
the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send
contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Max
Obuszewski can be reached at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
1] Books, buttons & stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance
lists
4] Buy coffee through
HoCoFoLa
5] For
All the World to see exhibit – through Mar. 10
6] Nuclear
Forces Treaty – Dec. 7
7] Cooperation in Space –
Dec. 7
8] White
House vigil – Dec. 7
9] WIB
Inner Harbor vigil – Dec. 7
10] WIB Roland Park vigil –
Dec. 7
11] Justice
for Palestine/Israel vigil – Dec. 7
12] Rebuilding
East Baltimore – Dec. 7
13] Save Northwestern – Dec. 7
14] Silent peace vigil – Dec. 7
15] SOA Watch party – Dec. 7
16] Guest
artist, Tom Chalkley – Dec. 7
17] Film
JOYEUX NOEL – Dec. 7
18] Sounds of Hope – Dec. 7
19] Afghan war vet to speak – Dec. 7
20] Ballroom dancing – Dec. 7
21] Advent
Retreat – Dec. 8
22] Peoples
Assembly outreach – Dec. 8 & 9
23]
Protest CIA drones – Dec. 8
24] Food
Future – Dec. 8
25] Olney
peace vigil – Dec. 8
26] West
Chester, PA demo – Dec. 8
27] Silent
vigil at Capitol – Dec. 8
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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless the
Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Donate your books to Max.
Call him at 410-366-1637.
2] – To obtain information how your federal legislators voted on
particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/. Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or
800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – THE
ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary decision-making mechanism of the National
Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR]. It will be augmented by conference
calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed. It will consist of 1 or
2 representatives from each local, regional, or national organization (not
coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry out the NCNR campaign of
facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to the war in Iraq.
To
join the ORGANIZING List, please
send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to donmuller@msn.com. Different local chapters of
a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
THE NOTICES LIST will include only notices of NCNR actions and
related information and is open to any interested person to subscribe. It will be
moderated to maintain focus & will include periodic notices about
getting involved in NCNR national organizing. To join the NOTICES
List, send an email message
to ncnrnotices-subscribe@lists.riseup.net. You will get a confirmation
message once subscribed. If you have problems, please write to the list
manager at ncnrnotices-admin@lists.riseup.net.
4] – You can help safeguard human rights and fragile ecosystems
through your purchase of HOCOFOLA Café Quetzal. Bags of ground coffee or whole beans can be ordered by mailing in
an order form. Also note organic cocoa and sugar are for sale. For more
details and to download the order form, go to http://friendsoflatinamerica.typepad.com/hocofola/2010/02/hocofola-cafe-quetzal-order-form-2010.html.
The coffee comes in one-pound bags.
Fill
out the form and mail it with a check made out to HOCOFOLA on or before the
second week of the month. Be sure you indicate ground or beans for each
type of coffee ordered. Send it to Adela Hirsch, 5358 Eliots Oak Rd.,
Columbia, MD 21044. Be sure you indicate ground (G) or bean (B) for each
type of coffee ordered. The coffee will arrive some time
the following week and you will be notified where to pick it up. Contact Adela at 410-997-5662 or
via e-mail at adela4peace@verizon.net.
5] – For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the
Struggle for Civil Rights
explores the
historic role played by visual images in shaping, influencing, and transforming
the fight for civil rights in the United States. The exhibit includes
photographs, television and film, magazines, newspapers, posters, books, and
pamphlets. The exhibition will continue through Mar. 10. You
can see it Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 AM to 5 PM in the UMBC Center for
Art, Design and Visual Culture, 1000 Hilltop Circle,
6] – On Fri., Dec. 7 from 10 to 11:30 AM,
former Amb. Avis Bohlen, former Amb. John Woodworth and
Maj. Gen. William Burns (retired) will discuss "The
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: Looking Back and Lessons for the
Future" at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave.
NW. RSVP at https://www.cvent.com/events/the-intermediate-range-nuclear-forces-treaty-looking-back-and-lessons-for-the-future/registration-1fd62c55fd7c4626bf3e55a8d91ad22c.asp.
7] – On Fri., Dec. 7 from noon to 1:30 PM,
Victoria Samson, Secure World Foundation, takes on "Strengthening
International Security Through Global Science and Technology Cooperation in
Space" at the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
1200 New York Ave. NW, Second Floor. RSVP https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFJhb0c0NXIwNlJpdjNPMXZ2b2s3ZUE6MQ.
8] – A peace vigil takes place every
Friday from noon to 1 PM at Lafayette Park facing the White House. Join
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker and friends. Contact Art Laffin: artlaffin@hotmail.com.
9] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Women in Black, Baltimore, host a
vigil at Pratt and Light Sts. in the Inner Harbor. Peace signs will be
available. Call 410-467-9114 or see http://www.peacepath911.com/ or write wibbaltimore@hotmail.com.
10] – There is also a noon vigil on Dec. 7 at Roland Park Place at 830
W. 40th St. Call 410-467-9114.
11] – A vigil for Justice in
Palestine/Israel (now in its 8th year) takes place every Friday from noon
to 1 PM at 19th & JFK Blvd., Philadelphia (across from Israeli
Consulate. It is sponsored by Bubbies & Zaydes (Grandparents) for
Peace in the Middle East. Email cswartz@pil.net. Go to http://phillyjewishpeace.org/.
12] – As part of Human Rights Week
at JHU’s School of Public Health - https://www.facebook.com/events/443997388998317/
- and in commemoration of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights which occurred on December 10, 1948, the Health and Human Rights Student
Group is hosting Rebuilding East Baltimore on Fri., Dec. 7 from 12:15 to 1:15
PM, W3030. Dr. Marisela Gomez, community
activist with the Community Housing and Relocation Working Group and JHSPH
alumnus, will talk about her work on local development in East Baltimore, the
dynamics of race and class, and the power of organizing. Lunch will be served.
Email hhr@jhsph.edu.
13] – HANDS OFF NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL is a
protest taking place on Fri., Dec. 7 at 3 PM at Northwestern High School, 6900
Park Heights Ave. The school board has
announced a series of school closings that will harm Baltimore city school
children and threaten public education.
The alumni, students, and groups across the city including the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, All Peoples Congress and others will be
launching a campaign to defend education and specifically to save the only high
school on the chopping block, Northwestern High School. Go to
14]
– There is a silent peace vigil on Fri., Dec. 7 from 5 to 6 PM
outside Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. Once Charles Street is closed due to
construction, there will be a march to the Cathedral of the Incarnation,
University Pkwy. & St. Paul St. The vigil will continue at the Cathedral
while Charles Street is closed. Placards say: "War Is Not the
Answer." The silent vigil is sponsored by Homewood Friends and Stony Run
Meetings.
15]
– Attend the SOA Watch Office
Warming and Holiday Bash on Fri., Dec. 7 at 6 PM at the SOA Watch's new office at 5525 Illinois Ave. NW. Join SOA
Watch and a look ahead at upcoming in D.C. Enjoy light refreshments and snacks,
music and a raffle. The office is
located between Kennedy St. and Longfellow St., where Illinois Ave. meets Georgia
Ave. NW. The closest Metro stop is "Georgia Ave-Petworth" on the
Green Line. RSVP at 202-234-3440 or jenna@soaw.org.
16] – The Hamilton Gallery has anointed Tom Chalkley as its Guest
Artist of the month. So he has put up a highly informal show of his
illustrated maps -- samples from Baltimore and various spots around
the U.S. -- magazine illustrations, tee-shirt designs, community
promotions, tour maps and commercial items, as the Ultimate Cartoon Map of
Baltimore.
The opening reception will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on
Fri., Dec. 7 at the Hamilton Arts Community Gallery, 5502 Harford
Road, Baltimore 21214. Tom and Bob Friedman -- The PATAPSCO DELTA
BOYS -- will be on hand with a couple sets of folk blues, rags, jug
band tunes, proto-C&W songs (like Jimmie Rodgers) and other
scruffy guitar/harmonica/vocal songs from the rural blues tradition. Go to
www.hamiltonart.org. To see more of his many images,
visit http://www.tomchalk.com/
17]
– On Fri., Dec. 2 at 7 PM, see "JOYEUX
NOEL (Merry Christmas),"
as part of the Peace Center of Delaware County First-Friday Large Screen Free
Film Series, 1001 Old Sproul Road, Springfield, PA. The doors open at 6:30 PM for light
refreshments. Call 610-544-1818 or go to www.delcopeacecenter.org.
The Oscar-nominated "Best Foreign Language
Film" written and directed by Christian
Carion tells the true story of the unauthorized Christmas
truce during World War I that inspired the song "Christmas In The
Trenches." The film is a cinematic carol for peace! Watch the
trailer here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKkAg4Ew-s.
18] – On Fridays from 7 to 10:30 PM,
the Potter's House hosts Sounds of Hope is Good Music, Good Food, for a
Good Cause at 1658 Columbia Rd. NW, WDC 20009. Go to www.reverbnation.com/venue/soundsofhope. Contact Mary
Shapiro, Sounds of Hope producer at soundsofhopebooking@gmail.com or 202-294-2906.
19]
– On Fri., Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM,
join with the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503
Rock Creek Church Road NW, WDC 20010, for its monthly clarification of
thought process. This month’s speaker
will be Brock McIntosh, an Army National Guard veteran who enlisted in May,
2006 while in high school. He was the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his basic
training/AIT cycle and continued his development as a soldier with an
Afghanistan deployment from Nov., 2008 to Aug., 2009. Following his
redeployment home, Brock reflected deeply on his experiences which led him to
become a strong advocate and leader for nonviolent solutions to conflict-
frequently speaking on the topic across the country. He is co-founder of
Afghanistan Veterans Against the War and chairs the Oversight Committee of Iraq
Veterans Against the War. Desserts
and coffee will be served at 9 PM. Call
202-882-9649. Visit www.DCcatholicworker.wordpress.com.
20]
– There is an opportunity to participate
in ballroom dancing, usually every Friday of the month, in the JHU ROTC Bldg.
at 8 PM. Turn south on San Martin Dr. from the intersection of Univ.
Parkway and 39th St. Drive on campus by taking the third left
turn. The next dance will be Dec. 7. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.
21] – On Sat., Dec. 8 from 9 AM to 3 PM, the P.
Francis Murphy Initiative for Peace and Justice invites you to its annual
Advent Retreat – The Challenge and Hope of Advent. Speakers will include Martha Hennessy, activist
and granddaughter of Dorothy Day; Molly Corbett, founder of Alysee Women
Enterprise and Elizabeth McAlister, co-founder of Jonah House. The cost is $30,
which includes lunch, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. It will be held at St. Mary’s Spiritual
Center, 600 North Paca St., Baltimore.
Register at www.pfmjpi.org.
22] – The Baltimore Peoples Assembly
organizing committee needs volunteers to help with going door-to-door with
fliers in 5 different communities this on Sat., Dec. 8 and helping to put up
posters on Sun., Dec. 9. You will be
paired up with experienced team members.
Get out from under the computer and Facebook and speak with people face
to face. There is other important work to do such as phone banking. Meet at the Solidarity Center, 2011 N.
Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 at 10 AM on Dec. 8. and on Dec. 9. Outreach will be at 11 AM and 3 PM. RSVP to apcbaltimore@pipeline.com or 410-218-4835.
23] – On Sat.,
Dec. 8 at 10 AM, join in a Drone Protest
at the CIA, 800 block of Dolly Madison Highway (Rte. 123). Contact Jack McHale (jjmchale@verizon.net).
24] – The
D.C. Food Future: Planting the Seeds of Justice is happening on Sat., Dec. 8 from 10 AM to 5 PM at Soul 57, 1326 Florida Ave. NE.
The event promotes healthy, affordable food for al
and features snacks, theater, storytelling, an open mic, raffles, a community
marketplace, and more. Register at http://dcfoodfuture.eventbrite.com or 202- 596-5618.
25] – 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. [Route 97] in
Olney, MD. The next vigil is Dec. 8. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167.
26] – 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.
27] – There will be a peace vigil on the
West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sat., Dec. 8. 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.
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
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