Baltimore Activist Alert Oct. 2 - 5, 2015
"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 legislation
3] Join
Nonviolent Resistance lists
4]
Buy
coffee through HoCoFoLa
5]
Two
friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore
6]
See
film SOPHIE SCHOLL: The Final Days – Oct. 2
7]
Anti-drone
vigil – Oct.
3
8]
American Genocide
– Oct. 3
9]
Exploring
humanist giving – Oct. 4
10]
Peace in Palestine? – Oct. 4
11]
Nonument Ceremony – Oct. 4
12]
Peace in Palestine? – Oct. 4
13] Pentagon Vigil – Oct. 5
14]
Marc
Steiner on WEAA – Oct. 5 – Oct. 9
15]
One DC meeting – Oct. 5
16]
Documentary on Honduran coup – Oct. 5
17]
Film 5 BROKEN CAMERAS – Oct. 5
18]
The Ebola Epidemic – Oct. 5
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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 at Verizon dot net.
6] –
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., Oct. 2 at 7 PM to see SOPHIE SCHOLL: The Final Days (2005, 117 minutes,
starring Julie Jentsch & directed by Marc Rothermund. It is in German with
English subtitles. It received a 2005 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign
language film. Doors open at 6:30 PM for light
refreshments.
Based on long-buried historical records, the film brings to life
with astounding authenticity the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi
heroine and the last six days of her life from arrest and interrogation, to
brutal show trial and execution. Call (610) 544-1818 or visit www.delcopeacecenter.org. The
screening is co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community. Go to http://www.delcopeacecenter.org/ or
call 610-544-1818.
7]
– On Sat., Oct. 3, from noon to 1 PM, join the Phila.
Center City Anti-War/Drone Death Walk/Silent Vigil. Gather at
12th & Market Sts. Wear back; signs and white masks are provided.
RSVP Marge Van Cleef at 267-763-1644.
8] – On
Sat., Oct. 3 at 1 PM at the Baltimore American Indian Center Heritage Museum,
113 South Broadway, Baltimore, hear a talk “American Genocide; The Only
Good Indian is a Dead Indian.” Go to www.museum.org or
call 410-675-3535.
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 Oct. 4 the
platform address is “Exploring Humanist Giving” (video presentation) by
AJ Chalom, of the Humanist Giving Program Coordinator for Foundation Beyond
Belief, a humanist charitable foundation. AJ introduced the reality that
religious people give more to charity than non-believers. She discussed why it
is important for secular people to increase their visibility within the
philanthropic world, and she showed examples of the best practices used to
identify worthy beneficiaries we can support. This is a video of her platform
address delivered to the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago on May 3, 2015.
Chalom
lives in suburban Chicago, and is passionate about the work of Foundation
Beyond Belief (FBB). A lifelong humanist, she has worked extensively within the
Humanistic Jewish movement. As the humanist giving program coordinator at FBB,
AJ focuses on researching and selecting potential beneficiaries. Learn more
about her work at foundationbeyondbelief.org. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
10] – On Sun., Oct. 4 from
1:30 to 3:30 PM at the East Columbia Library, 6600 Cradlerock Way,
Columbia 21045, hear Daoud
Nassar, director of the Tent of Nations, who will speak on the
topic “Planting Seeds of Peace in Palestine.” The Tent of Nations,
located outside of Bethlehem, is on the Nassar family’s farm, which is
surrounded on three sides by Israeli settlers. It is an internationally
known peace center which attracts visitors, including Israelis, who join
together to plant trees, harvest olives, teach at the Women’s Education Center,
and work in the summer Children’s Camps. Daoud is a Christian who works
with people of all faiths. Their motto is “We refuse to be
enemies.” The talk is sponsored by the Committee for Palestinian
Rights. Email CPR_Maryland @yahoo.com.
11] – On
Sun., Oct. 4 people are coming together to challenge the destruction of the
McKeldin Fountain. From 4 to 7:30 PM there is a Nonument making workshop
at the Current Gallery, 421 N. Howard St., Baltimore 21201. From 7:30 to 8 PM,
join a twilight Parade and walk to McKeldin Fountain, Light and Pratt
Sts. At 8 PM participate in the Nonument ceremony in McKeldin Square.
12] – On Sun., Oct. 4 at 5 PM
at 1 Westmoreland
Circle, Bethesda 20816, hear Daoud
Nassar, director of the Tent of Nations, who will speak on the
topic “Planting Seeds of Peace in Palestine.” The Tent of Nations,
located outside of Bethlehem, is on the Nassar family’s farm, which is
surrounded on three sides by Israeli settlers. It is an internationally
known peace center which attracts visitors, including Israelis, who join
together to plant trees, harvest olives, teach at the Women’s Education Center,
and work in the summer Children’s Camps. Daoud is a Christian who works
with people of all faiths. Their motto is “We refuse to be enemies.”
The talk is sponsored by the Westmoreland UCC Middle East Committee. Cal 301-229-7766.
13] --
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., Oct. 5, 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.
14] – 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.
15] – All
supporters of ONE DC, whether long-time members or new joiners, are welcome to
come to Fall Member Orientation at 614 S St. NW, WDC, on Mon., Oct. 5 at 6 PM.
Engaging with ONE DC’s work, whether it be through the People's Platform, the
Black Workers Center, or one of four committees, is encouraged. Your talents
and time are essential to make ONE DC a viable and powerful organization
because of your direct involvement in the work. Member Orientation is designed
to allow you to identify exactly what activities you want to devote your time
and energy to, engage with staff and member-leaders, and join other members to
keep the work strong and growing. As ONE DC gears up for major outreach
this fall, it needs your active engagement and support. See http://www.onedconline.org/orientation.
16] – Come
to the Real News Network, 231 Holliday St., Baltimore, on Mon., Oct. 5 at 6:30
PM to see RESISTENCIA: a Special Screening of a Thrilling Documentary on the Resistance
to a Honduran Coup. “When a 2009 coup d'état ousts the only president
they ever believed in, these farmers take over the plantations. With no plans
to ever give them back.” Filmmaker Jesse Freeston will be present to lead a
post-film discussion.
On June
28 2009, the first coup d'état in a generation in Central America overthrows
the elected president of Honduras. A nationwide resistance movement is born,
which takes inspiration from the daring act of the farmers of the Aguan Valley
to take over 10,000 acres of palm oil plantations claimed by the country's
largest landowner, and a key player in the coup. Filmed over four years
beginning with the coup itself, 'Resistencia: The Fight for the Aguan Valley'
follows three key members of the farmers' resistance as they convert the
plantations into a workers co-op and agitate for a more democratic state, all
while trying to survive the violent reaction of the landlord and the coup
regime. The Q & A will be from 8:30 to 9:30 PM.
17] – At
the University of Maryland, College Park on Mon., Oct. 5 from 7 to 9 PM, see an
extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, “5 Broken
Cameras,” a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in
Bil’in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot
almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera
in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the film was assembled by
Burnat and Israeli co-director Guy Davidi. Structured around the violent
destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, the filmmakers’ collaboration
follows one family’s evolution over five years of village turmoil. Burnat
watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify,
and lives are lost. “I feel like the camera protects me,” he says, “but it’s an
illusion.” Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1656323194644389/R.
18] – The
Ebola Epidemic: One Year Out will be discussed at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th
St. NW, WDC, on Mon., Oct. 5 from 7 to 9 PM. This will be an interactive
discussion on the international response to Ebola in Liberia and Sierra Leone
with people who served on the ground. The panelists will discuss the delivery
of care, the protection of care-givers and the detection of cases in the
community by surveillance and case finding. The event will also highlight that
global health is directly correlated with global security and the importance of
strong health systems. Visit
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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