"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] WPFW needs volunteers – July 26
8] Stop the Youth Jail – July 26
9] Film “Time Is Illmatic” – July 26
10] Celebrate Cuban Revolution – July 26
11] The Great Equalizer – July 26
12] Pentagon Vigil – July 27
13] Marc Steiner on WEAA – July 27 – July 31
14] Art of Political Campaigning -- July 27 - 28
15] Solar Energy – July 27
16] Pledge of Resistance meeting – July 27
17] Generation ADA: Rise Up! -- July 28
18] Peace vigil in Chester, PA – July 28
19] No JHU Drone Research – July 28
20] " The Sisters are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America" – July 28
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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]
–
WPFW has Volunteer Opportunities for its fund drive.
For example, phone volunteers are needed on Sun., July 26 from 9 AM to 10
PM. Email volunteers@wpfw.org or
call 202-588-0999 x360.
8]
–
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 26 the platform address is “Choosing
Concrete Solutions – Over Concrete Plans.” Tyrone Barnwell will report on
the efforts of the 3 C’s Youth Initiative to block the proposed juvenile detention
facility in Baltimore City (“Youth Jail”). 3 C’s is winning support from
lawmakers at both the City and State levels. The State of Maryland commissioned
the prestigious National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) to study the
need for a Youth Jail. NCCD produced a report that identified specific
scenarios with recommendations that if implemented would avoid needless costs
to build any Youth Jail. The State is intentionally ignoring its own report and
opting to push for more incarceration for more generations of African-American
youth. None of the five NCCD Report scenarios requires any capital or
construction costs. The recommendations would cost only a fraction of prison
guards and other operational costs. Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services Secretary Maynard admitted his agency had not even considered the NCCD
Report. He said he’d welcome the opportunity, but wasn’t given authority to do
so. NCCD showed proven approaches to beat back racist policies, but Governor
O’Malley keeps pushing to incarcerate African-American youth.
Barnwell is
the Founder and Director of the 3 C’s Youth Initiative, a new African-American
youth-led organization. The three C’s stand for Choose, Change, and Control.
The 3C’s are committed to mobilizing other youth to be involved in the Choice,
the Change, and the Control to speak on what will affect their education,
empowerment and outcomes of their lives in Baltimore City. He believes that
ending the cradle to prison pipeline that fuels mass incarceration of people of
color means not just stopping bad policies and practices, but starting new ones
that invest in ourselves and our communities. Learn more at http://www.3csyouthinitiative.org.
Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
9]
–
On Sun., July 26 from 5 to 7:30 PM, come to Busboys and Poets, 5th and K Sts.,
1025 5th St. NW, WDC, for a film screening and panel discussion on Nas’s
landmark debut--“Time Is Illmatic.” The cost is $10, and it will get you a free
copy of the WBL Journal and an exclusive WBL t-shirt.“ The event is brought to
you by Words Beats & Life, Busboys and Poets, and The Hip-Hop Education
Center. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1601725490117299/.
10]
– On Sun., July 26
from 5 to 7 PM, go to Baltimore Workers World Party, 2011 N. Charles St,, 1st
Floor, Baltimore 21218 for a Celebration of Revolutionary Cuba. See a
special segment of the film “Fidel” by Estela Bravo with rare footage of the
early days in Cuba’s revolution. Hear from David Card, a youth organizer with
Workers World Party and FIST, and Leslie Salgado, Howard County Friends of
Central America. On July 26, 1953 a group of young men and women led by
Fidel Castro attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba while another
group attacked the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks in the city of
Bayam. Although this was a defeat for the revolutionaries, this event
paved the way for the insurrection against Batista. It marked the beginning of
the July 26th movement and is celebrated in Cuba and around the world.
In
addition, this July 20, 2015, we witnessed the historic occasion of the
reopening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. and the formal hoisting of
the Cuban flag. This followed the freedom of the Cuban 5. Call
410-258-2240. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/139879376345711/.
11]
–
Come to 625 Monroe St. NE, WDC on Sun., July 26 from 6 to 8 PM for the Edtech:
The Great Equalizer? A panel of experts will discuss the educational inequities
in the Washington, D.C. region. The event will also highlight how
technology is being used to address the region’s education challenges, as well
as new and innovative technologies that could yield promising results.
Organizations that will be represented on the panel include Teach for America
DC, Quad Learning Inc., Critical Exposure and the D.C. public schools. Before
the panel discussion, there will be demonstrations and presentations from
leading innovators in Edtech on the potential of their product to reduce
educational disparities.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage
with the panelists during a post event networking session. Attendees will
also receive promotional offers from cove and Impact Hub DC. Go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edtech-the-great-equalizer-tickets-17393096219.
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]
–
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.
14]
– You
can’t win without the proper fundamentals. So join Campaigns & Elections
for The Art of Political Campaigning (AOPC) to strengthen your campaign’s
foundation and join the conversation on where the campaign industry is headed
at the House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW, WDC, on Mon., July 27 from 11:15 AM to
Tues., July 28 at 11:30 AM.
Registration
includes two complete days of panel discussions and workshops, as well as
access to exclusive networking events. Register now to join the lineup of
political consultants, candidates, technologists and public affairs
professionals for two days of discussions on what’s next in political
campaigning. Register at https://www.facebook.com/events/1653675491510689/.
15] – Join the Brother Sun* solar purchasing group! Want to go solar at home? This summer, caring homeowners from congregations across Baltimore are coming together to form a solar buying coop. If you've ever wanted to go solar at home, now is your chance to do so in good company!
Based on the same principle as buying in bulk, the group will go through the process of purchasing home solar systems together. Guided by the Community Power Network, which has successfully organized several such coops previously, the group will select a contractor to install systems on all of the homes. Each participant will own their system and will sign their own contract with the chosen installer. By going solar as a group, participants will save up to 20% off the cost of a solar electricity system, and will have the support of the coop throughout the process instead of having to go it alone. This buying group is being sponsored by Interfaith Power & Light in partnership with several of Baltimore’s Catholic parishes and is open to any Baltimore-area homeowner.
Learn
more about the basics of solar and how the coop works on Mon., July 27 at 7 PM
at Notre Dame of Maryland University, 4701 N Charles St, Fourier Hall Room 103,
adjacent to parking lot at Homeland entrance. RSVP to Clara Summers at clara@gwipl.org. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1658661857678777/
or go to www.mdsun.org/brothersun.
The "Brother Sun Solar Coop" is a program inspired by Pope
Francis' recent encyclical teaching on ecology, which in turn quotes Saint
Francis' "Canticle of the Creatures." The Canticle praises "Brother Sun ...
who is the day and through whom You give us light."
16]
– The
Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM, and the
meetings take place at Max’s residence. The next meeting is on July
27. The proposed agenda will include anti-drone activities, Freddie Gray,
John Sarbanes/Ben Cardin, the Pride Parade, the Hiroshima-Nagasaki
Commemoration and a September action in D.C. Call 410-366-1637 or email
mobuszewski at verizon.net.
17]
–
Generation ADA: Rise Up! Join the 2015 March & Rally from the Grand Hyatt
Hotel, 1000 H St. NW, to the U.S. Capitol on Tues., July 28 from 10 AM to 12:30
PM. This annual tradition is an opportunity to take grassroots advocacy
to the streets! Participants will march carrying signs and chanting in support
of disability rights! Then, marchers will converge in front of the Capitol for
an empowering rally. Complementary Do-It-Yourself Protest Sign Kits will be
provided to Conference registrants who wish to participate. See http://www.ncil.org/2015-annual-conference-agenda/.
18]
– 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 July 21. Call
215-426-0364.
19]
– Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd &
North Charles Sts. Join this ongoing vigil on July 21 from 5:30 to
6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-366-1637.
20]
– As part of Writers
LIVE! Hear from Tamara Winfrey-Harris on Tues., July 28 at 6:30 PM at the Enoch
Pratt Library, Central Branch, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. She
will talk about her new book, " The Sisters are Alright: Changing the
Broken Narrative of Black Women in America" in the Poe Room. Call
410-377-2966. Go to www.theivybookshop.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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