Baltimore Activist Alert - November 25 -26, 2014

22] Tunisia at a Crossroads: Between a Nascent Democracy and the Old Guard – Nov. 25
23] Emergency Mike Brown protest – Nov. 25
24] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – Nov. 25
25] No JHU Drone Research – Nov. 25
26] Film “Native American Veterans: Storytelling for Healing” – Nov. 25
27] Beehive Design Collective presents Mesoamérica Resiste – Nov. 25
28] Volunteer to review new inmate art – Nov. 26
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22] – Tunisia at a Crossroads: Between a Nascent Democracy and the Old Guard takes place at Georgetown University, ACMCU, ICC #270, 3700 O St. NW, WDC on Tues., Nov. 25 at 12:30 PM. Join the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding for a briefing by Radwan A. Masmoudi, the Founder and President of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy. RSVP http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tunisia-at-a-crossroads-between-a-nascent-democracy-and-the-old-guard-with-radwan-masmoudi-tickets-14450450687?utm_campaign=CSID+Event+-+Tunisia+at+a+Crossroads%3A+Between+a+Nascent+Democracy+and+the+Old+Guard+-+Tuesday%2C+November+25%2C+2014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=CSID+Event-Tunisia+at+a+Crossroads%3ABetween+a+Nascent+Democracy+and+the+Old+Guard.

23] – There is an Emergency Alert. On Tues., Nov. 25 at 4 PM at McKeldin Square, Light & Pratt Sts., call for Justice for Mike Brown & Stand with the People of Ferguson! Call 443-221-3775. Join a protest to demand an end to police terror from Ferguson to Baltimore. There will be a march following the rally. Speakers at the 4 PM rally will include a number of community, youth, and union activists. and the families of local victims of police killings - Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, and the families of Anthony Anderson Sr., George King and others. Go to www.RiseUpBaltimore.org.

24] – 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 St. & JFK Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The next vigil is Nov. 25. Call 215-426-0364.

25] – Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd & North Charles Sts. Join this ongoing vigil on Nov. 25 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-366-1637.

26] – On Tues., Nov. 25 from 7 to 9 PM at Bloombars, 3222 11th St. NW, WDC, join BloomBars as the group celebrates November as National American Indian Heritage Month, with the presentation of “Native American Veterans: Storytelling for Healing” (2009, 60 min), by the Administration for Native Americans. This engaging film features interviews with individual Native American veterans, from World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The veterans share their personal stories about the issues they face today, as a result of their wartime experiences.

Afterwards, there will be a Q&A and audience discussion with Melissa H. Bisagni, Media Initiatives Program Manager with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), which is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. The suggested donation is $10. Proceeds support BloomBars. Enjoy free organic popcorn. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/308325539371335/?ref=6&ref_notif_type=plan_user_invited.

27] – On Tues., Nov. 25 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, the Beehive Design Collective presents Mesoamérica Resiste. This is the Beehive Collective's most recently completed narrative poster, an epic project that took nine years to complete! This is the third and final installment in the Beehive’s trilogy on globalization in the Americas. The intricate, double-sided image documents resistance to the top-down development plans and mega-infrastructure projects that literally pave the way for resource extraction and free trade. While focusing on stories from Mexico and Central America, the Bees will weave a much larger narrative about ways people are fighting back against a global economy based on colonialism, land grabs, and exploitation, and building alternative economies, all over the globe – including connecting to ongoing struggles in North America. This graphics campaign also celebrates cultural and ecological diversity through a cast of characters that includes hundreds of endemic (and endangered) species of insects, animals, and plants. Call 443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.

28] – Get over to St. Mary's Court, 725 24th St. NW, WDC, on Wed., Nov. 26 from 7 to 8:30 PM and volunteer to review new inmate art and manuscripts and answer letters from prisons across the USA. Free parking, training, materials and refreshments will be provided. Email staff@safestreetsarts.org or call 202-393-1511.

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