43]
Fast for the environment – Sept. 18
44] Witness Against Torture
Fast – Sept. 18
45] Peace vigil at the White House – Sept. 18
46] Black Lives
Matter Vigil – Sept. 18
47] Syrian
Advocacy Night – Sept. 18
48] Film THE BLACK
PANTHERS – Sept. 18
49] Stamping Party – Sept. 18
50] Come Together –
Sept. 18
51] Ballroom
Dancing – Sept. 18
52] Clean Out Your
Garage for Good –
Sept. 19
53] West Chester
peace vigil – Sept. 19
43]
–
From Sept. 14 through Sept. 23, there is a Public
Fast for the Environment- including daily evening interfaith services around 5
PM in McPherson Square in D.C. If you would like to fast from food, meat
or carbon usage for any part of this time, go to https://franciscanaction.org/article/sign-fast-climate. This
is sponsored by the Franciscan Action Network and others.
33]
–
Keeping in mind the powerful witness fasting can be, Witness Against Torture is
once again putting out an emergency call to action and solidarity fast this
Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 in support of the Center for Constitutional Rights’ appeal
on behalf of Yemeni prisoner, Tariq Ba Odah. He has been detained at
Gitmo since 2002 and cleared for release in 2009. According to his
attorneys, Tariq, at 74 pounds—56% of his ideal body weight-- is on the brink
of death according to three health officials. If you plan to
fast, send an email to witnesstorture@gmail.com.
Please include in the email where you live and a brief statement as to why you
are fasting. If you cannot fast on Friday, feel free to choose another
day this week to fast. Witness Against Torture will report the numbers of
those fasting and convey, through attorneys, your messages to Tariq and others
at Guantánamo.
If you plan to fast, send an email to witnesstorture@gmail.com. Please
include in the email where you live and a brief statement as to why you are
fasting. If you cannot fast on Friday, feel free to choose another day
this week to fast. Witness Against Torture will report the numbers of
those fasting and convey, through attorneys, your messages to Tariq and others
at Guantánamo.
Please make THREE phone calls:
Department of Justice (202-353-1555) to urge the DOJ not to
stand in the way of Tariq’s request to the court for release on humanitarian
grounds and efforts by other low-risk inmates at Guantánamo who are actively
seeking their release through habeas corpus petitions.
U.S. Southern Command (305-437-1213) to decry the conditions at
Guantánamo, especially the force feeding of Tariq Ba Odah, and others.
202-456-1111 or tweeting @BarackObama to urge him to advise
the Department of Justice to stand down in Tariq Ba Odah’s case and pave the
way for his immediate release. Additionally, President Obama and his
administration the need to use its existing authority to work more quickly to
shut the doors and empty the cells of the prison.
Example script: I am fasting for 24 hours in solidarity
with the prisoners at Guantánamo, especially for those who are on hunger strike
and being force-fed. I am particularly mindful today of Tariq Ba Odah, a
prisoner who is being represented by attorneys at the Center for Constitutional
Rights. He has been held without charge since 2002, and cleared for
release since 2009. His attorneys are asking for his immediate release as
he, at 74 pounds, is gravely ill according to at least three medical experts. I
am calling today out of concern for him and for the rest of the prisoners, who
remain unjustly detained. I am asking that your office help facilitate the
release of Tariq Ba Odah, to end the inhumane practice of force feeding, and
the immediate release of the remaining prisoners at Guantánamo, especially
those cleared for release.
45] – On
Fri., Sept. 18 from noon to 1 PM, join the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in a
vigil urging the powers that be to abolish war and torture, to disarm all
weapons, to end indefinite detention, to close Guantanamo, to establish justice
for all and help create the Beloved Community! The vigil takes place at the
White House on Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact Art @ artlaffin@hotmail.com or at
202-360-6416.
46] – There
is usually a silent peace vigil on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, sponsored by
Homewood Friends and Stony Run Meetings, outside the Homewood Friends
Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on Sept.
18. Black Lives Matter.
47] – On Fri., Sept. 18 from 6:30 to 9 PM, come together for a
SYRIAN ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS NIGHT at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society
(ADAMS) Main Center, 46903 Sugarland Road, Sterling, VA 20164. For
directions go to http://www.mapquest.com/.
JOIN THE ADAMS COMMUNITY IN INCREASING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ABOUT THE
CURRENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SYRIA, THE REFUGEE CRISISAROUND THE WORLD, AND
HOW WE, AS INDIVIDUALS, CAN DO OUR PART. Go to http://www.adamscenter.org.
48] – Stanley
Nelson's THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE EVOLUTION is open at The Charles
Theatre on Fri., Sept. 18. It will be there at least through Thurs.,
Sept. 24! Nelson will be there to host a screening of his documentary,
and will do a Q&A session. This is the first feature length documentary to
explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American
culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful
lessons wrought when a movement derails. Stanley Nelson goes straight to the
source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of
the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white
supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party
and those who left it.
49] –
In 2015, Get Money Out of Maryland had an encouraging victory in the Maryland
Senate and made great progress in winning support in the House of Delegates. In
2016, it hopes to complete the campaign to win Maryland's application to
Congress for an Article V convention to overturn Citizens United v. FEC and
strengthen the Constitutional guarantee of voting rights for all citizens.
There is a winning strategy, an unbelievably strong corps of volunteer citizen
activists, the proven language of The Democracy Amendment Resolution, strong
sponsorship, and a detailed plan to work with the General Assembly.
Join
Maryland Committee to Amend at a STAMPING PARTY on Fri., Sept. 18 at 7 PM at
7328 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, 20912. The Article V approach has exciting
advantages over other methods of pursuing the 28th Amendment. Visit http://www.getmoneyoutmd.org/.
50] –
On Fri., Sept. 18 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North
Ave., Baltimore 21201, Come Together: A Social Justice Gathering. This
is a monthly social justice networking event that will allow for the community
building that so many of us look to achieve. Mix, mingle, and network with
other local activists and nation builder. Each month a different organization
representing a variety of areas of social justice will come and present who
they are, what they do, and how you can get involved. Optional donations
will be collected each month for presenting organizations to show the
strength that we have with our own resources! Come and finally meet your social
media community face to face! Bring cards, flyers, a friend, and a smile! Hosted
by Qiara Butler, qiarabutler -at - gmail.com for more information. Call
443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
51] – There
is an opportunity to participate in ballroom dancing, usually every Friday of
the month, in the JHU ROTC Bldg. at 8 PM. Turn south on San Martin
Dr. from the intersection of Univ. Parkway and 39th St. Drive on campus
by taking the third left turn. The next dance will be Sept. 18. Call
Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.
52] – WANTED are items you no longer use which can be
distributed to the needy in Africa, Latin America and inner-city Baltimore:
Eyeglasses, Cell Phones, Hearing Aids, Musical Instruments, Portable Sewing
Machines, Adult and Children’s Bikes, Women’s Purses/Pocketbooks and Baseball
and Golf Equipment. The sewing machines and musical instruments need to
be in working condition; the other items need not be. The collection will be on
Sat., Sept. 19 from 9 AM to 1 PM in the parking lot of the Wilde Lake
Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Rd., Columbia, MD. Tax receipts will be
given. Call Tom McCarthy at 301-774-7069.
53] – Each
Saturday, 11 AM – 1 PM, Chester County Peace Movement holds a peace vigil in
West Chester in front of the Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Sts.
Go to www.ccpeace.org. Email ccpeacemovement@aol.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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