21] Understanding the Iran Deal – Sept. 3
22] Film SON HOMBRE – Sept. 3
23] Limiting
Nuclear Weapons – Sept. 4
24] Protest Saudi
Arabia – Sept. 4
25] Peace vigil at
the White House– Sept. 4
26] Black Lives
Matter Vigil – Sept. 4
27] Film CHOCOLATE
CITY – Sept. 4
28] Film MATEWAN – Sept. 4
29] Ballroom
Dancing – Sept. 4
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21]
– Understanding
the Iran Deal with Zia Mian is happening on Thurs., Sept. 3| at 7 PM at the
Germantown Friends School, Yarnall Auditorium, 31 West Coulter St.,
Germantown/Philadelphia 19144. What are the major parts of the
Iranian nuclear deal agreement and what would they accomplish? What are
the agreement's implications for nuclear weapons nonproliferation in the Middle
East and the long term prospects for peace in the region? What if the agreement
crashes and burns in the U.S. Congress.
Mian, a physicist and peace
activist at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, will
be addressing these concerns directly under the auspices of the Germantown
Friends Meeting’s Adult Class Committee. The talk is sponsored by
numerous groups, including American Friends Service Committee & the Brandywine
Peace Community. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/855205207897602/.
22]
– See
director Cary Fukunaga’s film SON HOMBRE [Mexico/USA, 2009, 96
mins.] on Thurs., Sept. 3 at 7:30 PM at the Creative Alliance at The Patterson,
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore 21224. Sayra (Paulina Gaitan), a Honduran
teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited
with her long-estranged father, who intends to immigrate to Mexico and then
enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gang
members (Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer) who have boarded the same
American-bound train. Tickets in advance are $10 or $7 for members. At
the door, tickets are $12 and $9. This screening is presented in
conjunction with the exhibition Despues De La Frontera/After the Border on view
at the Creative Alliance through Sept. 26. To schedule a tour, email curator
Tanya Garcia at tanya@creativealliance.org.
23]
–
On Fri., Sept. 4 from 9 to 11 AM, Sharon Squassoni, Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS), Andrew Kuchins, CSIS, Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution,
Guy Roberts, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Weapons of Mass
Destruction Policy, NATO, and retired Col. Jeff MaCausland, will tackle "Limiting
Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons: Results of a Track II Dialogue." At CSIS,
Second Floor Conference Room 212-B, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW,
WDC. RSVP at http://my.csis.org/csis/CSIS1700/CSISEventRegistration.aspx?eventcode=2015_366.
24]
– Come
to the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Sept. 4 at 10:30
AM as the Saudi government is relentlessly bombing the country of Yemen,
killing thousands of people. In Saudi Arabia, horrific punishments from
beheading to lashings are routinely carried out by the government. It’s time to
break the cozy relationship between our government and the Saudi regime!
There
will be a march to the Ritz Carlton down the street at 11:30 AM where a
day-long gathering of Saudi leaders will be taking place. A new coalition of
human rights organizations--composed of the Institute for Gulf Affairs,
CODEPINK, the Middle East Crisis Committee (Connecticut) and Peace Action
(Massachusetts)--is calling on the United States to end its alliance with the
absolute monarchy. Go to www.SaudiUS.org or https://www.facebook.com/events/546137095546092/.
25]
–
On Fri., Sept. 4 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.
26]
–
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. 4.
Black Lives Matter. Though this is the First Friday, there will not be a
potluck or a film. The potluck dinner will occur on September 11,
followed by a viewing of WALL-E.
27]
– Come
to the ATU Union Hall, 2701 Whitney Place, Forestville, on Fri., Sept. 4 from 5
to 9 PM, as ATU Local 689 will be having a Cocktail Hour/Movie Night. Enjoy
light refreshments and at 7 PM a movie called "Chocolate City."
"In
2003, over 400 families from the Arthur Capper's housing project in South East
Washington DC were forced from their homes as part of a massive nation-wide
redevelopment program. "Chocolate City" explores the rapid
gentrification of Washington DC through the eyes of a group of local women who
are fighting to return to their neighborhood. Although living in the shadows of
power, their story celebrates the strength of communities and the capacity of
art to inspire change."
This
event is open to EVERYBODY, please feel free to attend if you would like to
have a drink, get to know members (and vice versa) and watch a really cool
movie about organizing in D.C. and the strength of communities. Visit http://www.atulocal689.org/.
28]
– Go to the Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Old
Sproul Road, Springfield, PA 19064 for the First-Friday Free Large Screen
Film Series on Fri., Sept. 4 at 7 PM to see a special Labor Day
weekend showing of a film classic, MATEWAN, based on a true story of justice and struggle.
A union organizer comes to an embattled mining community dominated by a mining
company and its hired thugs. Written and
directed by John Sayles, the film stars Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary
McDonnell and David Strathairn. The screening is
co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community. Go to http://www.delcopeacecenter.org/ or
call 610-544-1818.
29]
– 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. 4. Call
Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.
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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