Baltimore Activist Alert - May 6-8, 2013

46] Get a ride on the Block Grant Express – May 6


47] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – May 7

48] War Is Not the Answer – May 7

49] Report on Iraq at Busboys and Poets – May 7

50] Jeni Stepanek presents – May 8



46] –Get a ride on the Block Grant Express! The Baltimore Education Committee and Transform Baltimore are hosting a City-Wide Celebration on Mon., May 6 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM at Waverly Elementary/Middle School, 3400 Ellerslie Ave. RSVP to BEC Co-Chair Jimmy Stuart at 410-929-3525 or orjstuart@childfirstauthority.org.



47] – 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 7. Call 215-426-0364. Call 410- 230-0450 or go to http://www.redemmas.org.



48] – 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 May 7 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-366-1637.



49] – The Bread & Roses Labor Series presents an evening with Gene Bruskin & Phyllis Bennis - after invasion and 10 years of occupation - What's next for Iraq? It is happening on Tues., May 7 from 6 to 8 PM at Busboys and Poets, 5th & K Sts., Cullen Room. Ten years after the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq began, U.S. troops are gone and U.S. bases shut down or turned over to Iraqi troops. But Iraq remains one of the most violent countries in the world, the U.S.-backed Iran-oriented government remains as corrupt as ever, and the sectarian legacy of the U.S. occupation remains powerful. Iraqis still face widespread unemployment, poverty, and massive shortages of clean water and electricity.



Gene Bruskin recently spent a week in Basra, Iraq as part of a U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW) delegation to the International Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference. Phyllis Bennis from the Institute for Policy Studies will introduce some ideas regarding responsibilities of our peace movement in light of the current dire situation in Iraq, and will lead a discussion around the lessons to be learned from the 9 year Iraq war and its aftermath for our work back here in the U.S. Anas ("Andy") Shallal, founder and owner of Busboys and Poets, and a longtime Iraqi peace activist, including co-founding Iraqis for Peace in Washington DC., will discuss current conditions in Iraq facing ordinary families.



50] – On Wed., May 8 at 7:30 PM, enjoy Reflections on Dreams and Being with Jeni Stepanek who will present lessons she has learned in life, many of them from her son, Mattie, the late teen poet and peace activist. It will be held at St. Raphael's Catholic Church, 1513 Dunster Road, Rockville. It is a free event, but donations are encouraged.

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