"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 and stickers
2] Web site
for info on federal legislation3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Buy coffee through HoCoFoLa
5] Two friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore
6] Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition – through Aug. 16
7] Food is important to life – July 19
8] Peace in the Holy Land – July 19
9] Hiroshima-Nagasaki meeting – July 19
10] Celebrate resistance – July 19
11] Film ORANGE BRIGHT– July 19
12] Pentagon Vigil – July 20
13] WPFW needs volunteers – July 20 - 26
14] Protest Filipino human rights abuses – July 20
15] Marc Steiner on WEAA – July 20 – July 24
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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max 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 mobuszewski at Verizon.net.
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 Francine Sheppard at 5639B, Harpers
Farm Rd., Columbia 21044. The coffee will arrive some time the following week
and you will be notified where to pick it up. Contact Francine at 410-992-7679
or FrancineMSW@aol.com.
5]
– Janice and Max are looking to buy a house in Baltimore. Let Max know if
you have any leads—410-366-1637 or mobuszewski@verizon.net.
6]
– Come to American University, Katzen Arts Center, Third Floor, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC 20016-8031to see the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb
Exhibition. Go to http://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=6383062.
See
the Maruki Panel exhibit. Six of the world-famous panels will be exhibited
outside Japan for the first time in many years. There will also be a display of
artifacts from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as 24 of the All Souls Church
Honkawa School Children's drawings. See the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic
Bomb Exhibition through Aug. 16. In commemoration of the 70th anniversary
of the attacks, this powerful show will include 20 artifacts collected from the
debris of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as 6 large
folding screens that depict the horrors of the event. The 1995 Nobel Peace
Prize nominees, Iri and Toshi Maruki, created a total of 15 screens over 32
years from 1950. This exhibition, made possible by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, is meant to deepen understanding of
the damage wrought by nuclear weapons and inspire peace in the
21st century. Call 202-885-1000. Email museum@american.edu. Admission is free,
and the exhibit hours are Tuesdays through Sundays, 11 AM to 4 PM.
7]
– Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Suite 102,
Baltimore 21201-4661, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and
discussion from 10:30 AM to noon. On July 19 the platform address is “The
Surprising Power of Food to Prevent and Reverse Disease: What You’re Dietician
Didn’t Tell You.” Has the healthcare industry missed the target? With
exploding rates of chronic disease, healthcare spending is growing
unsustainably. New evidence, including the famed “China Study,” reveal
that another future is possible for the planet and for individuals. Joe
Adams M.D., amateur chef and lifestyle change expert, will present the
scientific evidence that could change your life in joyous and delicious ways.
Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
8]
– Come
to the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda on Sun.,
July 19 from 3 to 5 PM to hear about new attempts at peace in the Holy
Land. If you are tired of the old story of failed peace attempts and
stalled negotiations in the Middle East, come listen to fresh voices that
insist on being heard. This event will feature the entire 2015 New Story
Leadership Team. See https://newstoryleadership.givezooks.com/events/beyond-our-differences-views-from-the-next-generation-o.
9]
– The next
meeting of the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area
will be held Sun., July 19 at 4 PM at Shizumi's home located at 9612 Wire Ave.,
Silver Spring 20901. The agenda will focus on the August activities: an update
on the Japanese delegation; the schedule of activities for August 5 – 9; the
International Peace Concert on August 7; and volunteer organizing
schedule. For example, drivers will be needed. Call John at
703-822-3485.
10] – On Sun., July 19 at 6 PM at All Souls Unitarian Church, 1500 Harvard St. NW, WDC, people from the D.C. area will get together to eat dinner, celebrate resistance, and talk about activism in DC. Food and drinks will be provided. It will be a good time to meet other resisters in the area and celebrate the work that we've been doing!
Also
discussed will be forming a new D.C. action council/community that will work
together in D.C. to challenge power on a range of issues, how everyone can get
plugged into organizing in D.C., the campaigns that most interest us, and how
to most effectively coordinate to build a grassroots movement for peace,
planet, and people!
11]
–
On
Sun., July 19 from 7 to 9 PM, Busboys and Poets, 14th & V Sts., 2021 14th
St. NW, WDC, welcomes filmmaker Riley S. Wilson to the Langston Room as he
presents his Indie short film “Orange Bright.” This is a short film based on
the 2011 novella 'my ID' written by Riley S. Wilson. The book tells the story
of a young man struggling to satisfy his obsession with flying. When he is
young, he experiences flight. But as he grows older, through a working-class
mother and a series of life experiences, he finds it hard to fulfill his
dreams. So he goes on a quest to compensate for life's shortcomings.
The
content of the film seeks to disempower the media narrative that Black men are
like monolithic dangerous men, without feeling, desire and anomalous minds.
Orange Bright beckons for a deeper look at the psyche of a young Black man and
how he copes with a world he doesn't believe has his best interests. Go to http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/orange-bright-film-screening-and-qa.
12]
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There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987,
outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Mon., July 13, and it
is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. By Metro, take
Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the
Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to
protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off
at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary
Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army
Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is
meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these
spots begin at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds.
Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S.
Fern and Army Navy Dr.
13]
–
WPFW has some Volunteer Opportunities for its fund
drive. For example, phone volunteers are needed from Mon., July 20 through
Sun., July 26 from 9 AM to 10 PM. Email volunteers@wpfw.org or call 202-588-0999 x360.
14]
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Join
a historic march and rally in Washington, D.C. to conclude the International
Peoples' Tribunal (IPT) -- where victims of human rights abuses asserted their
right to hold states to account and testified on crimes against the Filipino
people by President Benigno S. Aquino III and the US Government as represented
by President Barack Obama.
Gather
at the Philippine Embassy, 1600 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC on Mon., July 20 at
9:30 AM. At 10:45 AM, MARCH to the White House with vibrant chants, songs, and
flag waving. At 11:55 AM MARCH to State Department, 2201 C St. NW, with
more vibrant chants, songs, and flag waving. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1579657442313012/.
15]
–
The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Friday from 10 AM to noon 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.
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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