31] Marc Steiner on WEAA – May 27 – May 31
32] Memorial Day in D.C. – May 2731] Marc Steiner on WEAA – May 27 – May 31
33] Pledge of Resistance/Fund Our Communities meeting – May 27
34] Editing Out the Occupation – May 28
35] Baltimore Commission on Sustainability Meeting – May 28
36] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – May 28
37] No drone research at JHU – May 28
38] Alice Walker at Busboys – May 28
39] Stop Energy Answers – May 28
40] Send Off Rally for OUR Wal-Mart members – May 28
41] Protest Koch Brothers – May 29
42] Day of Action on Climate Change – May 29
43] The number of incarcerated is outrageous – May 29
44] Film AMERICAN WINTER – May 29
45] Music for Peace – May 29
31] – The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Friday from 9 to 11 AM 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.
32] – Memorial Day 2013 takes place on Mon., May 27 from 10 AM to 3 PM at President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home, Upshur Street at Rock Creek Church Road NW. Honor those who served in our military. A wreath laying ceremony will take place at the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (USSAH) National Cemetery to remember those killed in combat. Then, enjoy the rare opportunity to take a guided tour of the USSAH National Cemetery (predecessor of Arlington National Cemetery). Guided tours of the Cottage will be offered on the hour from 10 Am until 3 PM. Be sure to bring a picnic lunch so you can enjoy the beautiful grounds and cool breezes on this historic hilltop after your tours! Picnic tables and ample lawn space are open to the public. Go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6nwbdqcab&oeidk=a07e7d119l61fe697f3&oseq=a0167flfd1kig.
33] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM, and the meetings take place at Max’s residence. There will be a meeting on Mon., May 27. What a week to review. The agenda will focus on the criminal complaint against the CIA filed in Alexandria, the drone research protest at JHU, Medea Benjamin at the Pratt, peace diplomas distribution at JHU, Obama’s speech, the Transform Now Plowshares, the Gitmo hunger strikers, Bradley Manning, and the June 29 action at the CIA. Let me know about additional agenda items. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net for directions.
34] – Editing Out the Occupation is happening on Tues., May 28 at 10:30 AM at the Cannon House Office Building, Room #121. After nearly forty-six years of military occupation, two intifadas, a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and a stalled political process, the Israeli public seems to have lost whatever interest it ever had in the Palestinian issue. Public attention has turned inwards -- looking at economic and social concerns. However a critical examination of these concerns, by necessity, requires an equally critical examination of the ongoing occupation. Visiting Israeli journalists Uri Misgav and Linoy Bar-Geffen examine why the occupation is edited out of mainstream Israeli media and offer some ways that mainstream and alternative media can bring the occupation more forcefully into the Israeli national conversation. Bar-Geffen is a journalist, television news anchor and radio broadcaster in Israel. She is currently a co-host for the Channel 2 television program "Visitor's Club" and an editor for Hayarkon 70, an online alternative news program. She has worked as a journalist and television reporter since 1997 holding positions at Israel’s Army Radio Galatz, Ynet, an Israeli news website, and Channel 10 News.
Misgav is a writer, commentator and blogger in Israel. He is currently a columnist and a blogger for Ha’aretz, which hosts his blog “Misgav for the People.” He has worked as a journalist since 1999 serving as a television reporter for Channel 10 News, a writer for the Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Achronot and a New York-based correspondent for Ha’Ir Weekly, a weekly newspaper published in Tel Aviv. Email info@fmep.org.
35] – The Baltimore Commission on Sustainability Meeting is on Tues., May 28 from 4 to 5 PM at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. The board will be talking about Baltimore City schools and sustainability, which is apropos considering the recent approval of the Baltimore City Public School Construction Revitalization Act.
The Commission is composed of 21 members who stand in for environmental groups, community organizations, labor unions, public health and environmental justice interests, and private industry. The Commission is in charge of oversight of the Baltimore Sustainability Plan. Contact the Cheryl Casciani at ccasciani@bcs.org or visit http://www.ba.
36] – Each Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the Catholic Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for peace in Afghanistan and Iraq gathers at the Suburban Station, 16th Street & JFK Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The next vigil is May 21. Call 215-426-0364. Call 410- 230-0450 or go to http://www.redemmas.org.
37] – Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 34th & North Charles Sts. Join this ongoing vigil. The next vigil is May 21 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-366-1637.
38] – Alice Walker, on Tues., May 28 at 6:30, will be at Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. Walker will discuss and sign her two new books, “The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way” and “The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness into Flowers” (new poems}. Visit http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/2013/2/25.
39] – Help Build a Powerful Campaign to Stop Energy Answers. Come to a Community Meeting to stop the Energy Answers Incinerator and Bring Green Jobs to Baltimore. It takes place on Tues., May 28 at 7 PM at the William J Myers Pavilion, 4300 West Bay Ave., Baltimore 21225. Be there to develop plans to stop the industrial waste incinerator.
Last January, the Maryland Public Service Commission granted Energy Answers an extension on its permit to build an enormous industrial waste incinerator in Curtis Bay and spew toxic pollution into the air of southeast Baltimore. This facility would most certainly affect the health and environment of families in Baltimore City as well as northern Anne Arundel County. The company now has until early August to begin construction. If it fails to meet that deadline, Energy Answers must apply for another extension if it wishes to pursue the project. Now is the time to identify and pursue alternatives that could bring well-paying, green jobs to southeast Baltimore and to the rest of the region.
This meeting is being organized by Zero Waste Maryland, an alliance formed last year to promote zero waste policies and programs in Maryland. The founding members of Zero Waste Maryland are Community Research, Clean Water Action, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and the Energy Justice Network. To RSVP or to volunteer, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/stopenergyanswersrsvp. Contact Mike Artes at 410-235-8808 or martes@cleanwater.org.
40] – Attend the Send Off Rally for OUR Wal-Mart members on Wed., May 29 at 8 AM at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church, 623 Florida Ave. NW, WDC. During the first week of June Wal-Mart workers from across the country and the globe will converge on Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas for the company’s annual shareholders meeting.
Send off the workers with a prayer breakfast/pep rally with food, coffee and entertainment, These workers will travel for nearly two weeks in a caravan with workers from Boston, head to Atlanta, and following the route of the Freedom Riders, pick up more Wal-Mart workers on the road to Bentonville to confront their bosses at the shareholders meeting. Go to http://corporateactionnetwork.org/events/send-off-rally-for-dmv-our-walmart-members.
41] – The union-busting, Tea Party-funding Koch brothers are attempting to buy the Baltimore Sun. On Wed., May 29 at 11 AM, attend a rally organized by Maryland Working Families against a Koch takeover of the newspaper. It will take place in front of the Baltimore Sun offices, 501 N. Calvert St.
Activists across the country will be gathering in front of the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and all of the major Tribune-owned papers. There have been a half a million signatures on the petition against a Koch buyout. Newspapers need to serve the public interest, not the corporate interest. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/143274165860898.
42] –A Day of Action on Climate Change takes place at 7131 Willow Brook Way, Columbia 21046, on Wed., May 29 at 1:30 PM. See https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gscx2f. Call out members of Congress who aren't even taking this problem seriously.
43] – A Glimpse of PIC from Inside is on Wed., May 29 from 6 to 8 PM at Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Sts. "More than 2.2 million men, women and children live behind bars in the U.S. In regards to prisons we've depended on journalists and the media to be the light on the overuse and abuse of incarceration which is one of the most pressing Human rights concerns of our time." - The Correctional Association of New York Family and Friends of Incarcerated People wants to change the incarceration rate. Family & Friends of Incarcerated People and Institute for Policy Studies will host the first of a two part series focused upon exposing the impact of the Prison Industrial Complex on individuals, families and communities. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/169010506581711/.
44] – On Wed., May 29, join Montgomery Councilmember Valerie Irvin and special guests for a screening of AMERICAN WINTER and a panel discussion on Breakthroughs in the Fight Against Poverty at 6:30 PM at The AFI Silver Theater.
45] – Discover music as a means to communicate and connect across cultures. Listen, play, or learn. The event will feature an open mic forum, guitar lessons, and the chance to meet and connect with other musicians in the city. Music for Peace takes place at 7:30 PM on the last Wednesday of the month at the HI Baltimore Hostel, 17 W. Mulberry St. Call 410-576-8880 or go to http://www.baltimorehostel.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
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