27] Remember
Tyrone West – Sept. 30
28] Palestinian cry for reconciliation – Sept. 30
29] Conference call on Maryland climate
legislation – Sept. 30
30] The pope’s encyclical – Sept. 30
31] Cry of the
Earth – Sept. 30
32] Legislators
talk about the climate –
Sept. 30
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27] –
The family of Tyrone
West has been showing up every week in protest of police brutality for more
than two years. Stand with them on Wed., Sept. 30 at 6:30 PM in
Baltimore. Go to https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009173350713&fref=ts.
28] – Rev.
Dr. Naim Ateek is speaking on Wed., Sept. 30 at 7 PM! Dr. Ateek, author
of “Justice and Only Justice, A Palestinian Christian Cry for
Reconciliation,” and co-author of the Kairos Palestine document, will talk at 7
pm on "The Israeli Right and Palestinian Christians." Canon
Ateek, the renowned Palestinian Episcopal minister and author, will share with
us how the Christian community in the Holy Land copes with the increasing
religious fundamentalism in Israeli society. This event takes place in
the sanctuary of St. Columba's Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St.
NW--just a block west of Wisconsin Ave. and the Tenleytown Metro Station (Red
Line)--in Washington, DC 20016. Limited street parking is available in
the neighborhood near the church, which is elevator-accessible via the
street-level entrance just to the left of the sanctuary's main entrance.
Naim's presentation on Sept. 30 is the first in a series of four consecutive
Wednesday night presentations taking place at 7 PM at St. Columba's. Call
301-518-5551. This is part of the Holy Land, Holy Hopes series at St. Colomba’s
Episcopal Church.
29] –
Environment Maryland invites you to a conference call to hear a preview of its
2016 legislative campaign in Annapolis. Environment Maryland and the
Maryland Climate Coalition are holding the conference call on Wed., Sept. 30
from 7 to 8 PM. From making Maryland a leader in solar and off-shore wind
energy to reducing energy costs for low-income families, the call will preview
what's in store for 2016 and what opportunities are there to get involved in
the movement for clean energy and climate solutions in Maryland. RSVP at david@environmentmaryland.orgYours, Call
410-467-0439.
30] – On
Wed., Sept. 30 at 7 PM - Responding to Climate Change as People of Hope:
Pope Francis’s Call to Action – will be a reflection on Pope Francis’s
encyclical on the environment and his visit to the U.S. Learn how and why
the Church is drawing attention to the moral dimensions of climate change, and
be inspired to take action to care for our common home as people of hope.
The presenter will be Lonnie Ellis, Associate Director of the Catholic Climate
Covenant. Gather at the Brown-McCarthy Auditorium at St. John
Neumann Church, 11900 Lawyers Road, Reston, VA 20191. This is sponsored
by the SJN Pax Christi, Pro-Life, and JustFaith ministries.
31] – On
Wed., Sept. 30 at 7 PM go to St. Vincent’s Speaker’s Series: The Cry
of the Earth - How Pope Francis Calls Us to Action on Saving Our Common
Home. The first of three talks will be by Stephen Scharper, University of
Toronto, on science and climate change, and will be held at St. Vincent DePaul
Church, 120 N. Front St., Baltimore 21202.
Climate
change science has emerged in the last three decades as one of the most vexed
and contentious areas of contemporary research. From the muzzling of
environmental scientists in Canada to the censorship of leading climate change
researchers in the United States, politics has tinctured, tethered, and at
times eclipsed scientific data on one of the most important issues of our
times. In his pioneering encyclical “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis takes on the
climate change issue, directly utilizing contemporary scientific research on
climate change and its effects, such as global warming, rising sea levels, the
acidification of oceans, and species lost. This talk explores a series of
questions:
▪
What role can a Catholic voice play in the science climate change debate?
▪
Does Pope Francis have unique credentials for addressing climate change
science?
▪
Does climate change science challenge people of faith to a deeper understanding
of their relationship to and responsibilities for creation?
Dr.
Scharper has been an important voice in the discussion of religion and the
environment since the publication of “The Green Bible,” which he co-wrote with
his wife Hilary Cunningham in 1992. Since then, he has thought deeply and
taught widely in the areas of religion, ethics, ecology and the environment,
sharing his ideas as a professor, lecturer, columnist, television commentator
and author. His most recent book, For Earth’s Sake: Toward a Compassionate
Ecology” (available for sale at the event), explores the notion of how we are
being called to develop an affective relationship with the natural world in
light of contemporary ecological challenges.
32]
–
On Wed., Sept. 30 at 7:30PM, the Maryland League of Conservation
Voters is co-sponsoring an 8th District Congressional Candidate Forum
focusing specifically on environmental issues. It is taking place at the Silver
Spring Civic Building, 1 Veteran's Place, Silver Spring. The following
candidates for the 8th District seat have already accepted an invitation to
participate: Delegate Kumar Barve, Valerie Ervin. Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez,
Will Jawando, Kathleen Matthews and Sen. Jamie Raskin.
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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