"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] Bike Around the Bomb – Aug. 9
8] "Why We Work for Racial Justice" – Aug. 9
9] “Understanding Anarchism” – Aug. 9
10] “In the Artist Studio” – Aug. 9
11] Frederick Nagasaki Commemoration – Aug. 9
12] Baltimore Nagasaki Commemoration – Aug. 9
13] Poetry Slam – Aug. 9
14] Pentagon Vigil – Aug. 10
15] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Aug. 10 – Aug. 14
16] Human Services Needs – Aug. 10
17] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Aug. 10
18] Call Congress to support Iran Nuclear Deal – Aug. 11
19] Peace vigil in Chester, PA – Aug. 11
20] No JHU Drone Research – Aug. 11
21] Gaza writers – Aug. 11
22] Spokescouncil meeting – Aug. 11
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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] – What would a nuclear blast look like in downtown Washington, D.C.? Join
Global Zero on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan as we cycle
what would be the edge of a “small” nuclear blast in downtown D.C. and call on
President Obama to keep his promise to “seek the peace and security of a world
without nuclear weapons.” The event will be one of many corresponding events
around the world, serving as a powerful reminder that nuclear weapons were
designed to wipe cities like ours off the map.
Get on your bike on Sun., Aug. 9 at 10 AM
at Lafayette Park, in front of the White House. All participants
will receive a free Global Zero t-shirt. After the ride, enjoy a complimentary
drink! Bike Around the Bomb (BAB) is free, open to the public, and will bring
everyone from Global Zero movement leaders to brand new activists together to
urge world leaders to remember and to act. #EliminateNukes - see more at http://www.globalzero.org/bike-around-the-bomb#sthash.TCDAnYYZ.dpuf.
RSVP at http://www.globalzero.org/bike-around-the-bomb.
8]
–
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring Racial Justice Task
Force presents a worship service "Why We Work for Racial Justice" to
recognize the one year anniversary of Michael Brown's killing in Ferguson MO.
It is happening at 10309 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring on Sun., Aug. 9 at
10:30 AM. A discussion circle will follow the service. Go to http://www.uucss.org/News_and_events/UpcomingEvents.html#discussion.
9] – 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 Aug. 9 the platform address is “Understanding
Anarchism.” What is anarchism? Is it chaos? Is it disorder and rebellion?
Is it violence and darkness? The answer to these questions is a simple “NO.” It
is, in fact, quite the opposite. Anarchism is not some teenage dream of living
with no rules and doing whatever you want with no consequences. Anarchism is
the idea that responsibility for your own actions is the only way to have a
truly free society. Anarchism is the idea that no man or woman should be able
to decide what you do with your life. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
10] – Come to BUSBOYS & POETS @
Takoma 234 Carroll St. NW, WDC, on Sun., Aug. 9 from 5 to 7 PM for a
conversation that will bring up to date on programs and opportunities within
art education as well as artists and educators who are addressing social
commentary and issues within their work. Washington, DC is fermenting
with creative and innovative opportunities in art and art education. Anne
Bouie, artist and educator, whose current exhibition, There is a Balm in
Gilead, is on view at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC. She will
discuss her current research and social commentary within her work.David Markey, Art Education Coordinator, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, who will be sharing the importance of art education, innovations, opportunities and successes in Washington, DC. “In the Artist Studio” is a Busboys and Poets original in-house series focused on bringing awareness to issues surrounding the arts and the artist themselves. Join Carol and Busboys and Poets’ own arts curator, every second Sunday in continuing conversations regarding life as an artist and the sustainably of the arts in the community. Go to http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/in-the-artist-studio-who-supports-the-arts-an-art-salon-with-carol-dys1100.
11] – The
Frederick Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration with Hibakusha Testimonies will
occur on Sun., Aug. 9 at 4 PM at the Evangelical Reformed United Church of
Christ, 15 West Church St. Frederick. This is organized by Frederick
Women in Black. Contact John Steinbach at 703-822-3485 or . Frederick Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration
with Hibakusha Testimonies, Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ, 15
West Church St. Frederick, MD.
12] – For the 31st year, the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will remember the atomic bombings of Japan on August 6 & 9, 1945, which killed more than 250,000 people. Other organizations involved in the commemorations are the Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee of Homewood and Stony Run Meetings, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, Crabshell Alliance and Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore.
The HIROSHIMA COMMEMORATION on
August 6 was a wonderful event starting with a demonstration against Johns
Hopkins University’s weapons contracts, including research on killer drones,
the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and the nuclear energy disaster at Fukushima,
Japan. Then we marched to Homewood Friends Meetinghouse to hear two Hiroshima
Hibakusha [survivors], Mr. Goro Matsuyama [86] and Ms. Takako Chiba [73].
Both stories were mournful and hopeful. Then Ms. Yukie Ikebe, on piano, guided
the Heartful Chorus in a soaring medley of songs, including Amazing
Grace. More than thirty of us enjoyed dinner and conversation at Niwana
Restaurant. Before leaving, the Chorus led us in singing We Shall
Overcome.
The
NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION takes place on Sunday, August 9, 2015 at Homewood
Friends Meeting, 3107 N. Charles Street. It begins at 6 PM with a
potluck dinner. At 7 PM some members of “By Peaceful Means” city camp, led by
their teacher, Taleah Edwards, will perform. Then the organizer of this
camp, Ralph Moore, will speak. The death of Freddie Gray ignited a
movement to seek positive social change. Ralph, a civil rights icon, once
said “Economic justice is the one [issue] I’ve focused on most over the years.
Various issues spill out from that; it’s been housing, it’s been hunger, it’s
been education, it’s been jobs and it’s been anti-war.”
After Ralph’s address, there will be
a Q & A. Then participants can share through verse, poetry or song
how to cure the ill of poverty in Baltimore. The suggestions will be sent to
the mayor and the City Council. Contact Max at 410-366-1637
or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
13] -- Hear from the 2015 Beltway Poetry Slam at
BUSBOYS & POETS @ 14TH & V Sts., 2021 14th St. NW, WDC, on Sun., Aug. 9
from 6 to 8 PM. Hear from the team as it heads off to Oakland, CA, to
defend the crown as the current reigning champs of the National Poetry
Slam. Visit http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/event/beltway-send-off-showcase.
14] --
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., Aug. 10, 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.
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.
16]
–
On Mon., Aug. 10 from 6 to 8 PM at the Epiphany Episcopal Church, 3301 Hidden
Meadow Drive, Oak Hill, VA 20171 [located at the intersection of Franklin Farm
Road and Fairfax County Parkway], come to discuss human services needs.
Pizza and child care (ages 3 to 12) will be offered. Go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/healthhuman/needs-assessment/.
Email Sandra.Chisholm AT fairfaxcounty. Gov.
17]
– 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 August
10. The proposed agenda will include anti-drone activities, Freddie Gray,
Gaza, the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration and the September 22 action in D.C.
Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net.
18]
–
On
Tues., Aug. 11 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, be at the CODEPINK house, 1241 Evarts
St. NE, WDC, for an all-day "call-in" urging Congress to support the
Iran nuclear deal! Call senators and Congress people urging them to support the
deal. Some offices are reporting that they are getting 10 calls against the
deal for every 1 in favor. So it's time to get on the phone!!! CODEPINK
will provide you with the list, the numbers, and the script--even the phone if
you need it. Stop by anytime during the day to make calls, enjoy some snacks
(feel free to bring some, too) and great company! The Iran nuclear deal
is incredibly important and will prevent the United States from engaging in
another senseless and costly war. This is a historic diplomatic action, and our
elected officials’ votes can literally make or break this step toward peace.
See
19]
– 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 Aug. 11. Call
215-426-0364.
20]
– Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd &
North Charles Sts. Join this ongoing vigil on Aug. 11 from 5:30 to
6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-366-1637.
21]
– Gaza
youths have joined together to tell the stories behind the statistics in their
own voices through a unique project called WeAreNotNumbers.org. Developing
English writers in Gaza have been paired up with published authors acting as
mentors to develop their stories into powerful narratives. Mentors include
well-known and respected writers, such as Mazin Qumsiyeh, Susan Abulhawa, Ramzy
Baroud, Jonathan Cook, Miko Peled, Alice Rothchild… and others.
At Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Sts. NW, WDC, on Tues., Aug. 11 from 6 to 8 PM, come hear Iman Abu Aitah, 21, a “rising star” from Gaza who lost both her parents and two brothers during the 2014 assault and view a specially shot video interview with Ismail Abu Aitah, 24, Iman’s brother, in their Gaza home. Also hear from several of the author-mentors who are investing time to help these young aspiring Gaza writers develop their craft and tell their stories about the Gaza that we don't hear about in the mainstream media. See https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-DC-Metro-Chapter/407059766019676.
22]
– On
Tues., Aug. 11 from 6 to 9:30 PM, St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal
Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC, will sponsors the second spokescouncil meeting
and will build on the information discussed in the first meeting. Attendance at
the first meeting is not required for this meeting, however, if this is your
first meeting please reach out to the organizers to get caught up. This second
meeting will focus on report backs from committee meetings, creating a
preliminary schedule for the September week of action and brainstorming next
steps for the spokescouncil. We will have a community calendar where people can
add events and a community table where people can leave fliers and information.
There will also be an open house for unaffiliated folks in a separate room at
the same time. Go to http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/15513.
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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