33] Green Working
Group meeting – Oct. 1
34] See the O’s – Oct. 1 & 4
35] Islamic
Discourse – Oct. 1
36] Remember
Edward Said – Oct. 1
37] Hear from
Angela Davis and others – Oct. 1
38] Palestinian
Film Festival – Oct. 1 - 4
39] Grant submission
training – Oct. 1
40] Pledge of
Resistance meeting – Oct. 1
33] – At
727 15th St. NW, 6th floor conference room, WDC, on Thurs., Oct. 1 from 10 to
11:30 AM, join the Green Working Group for the October meeting of the Coalition
for the Non-Profit Housing and Economic Development. Note that the Green
Working Group has changed its monthly meeting to the first Thursday of each
month due to parking restrictions in the late afternoon at CNHED's new
location. The agenda will include evaluation of Green Communities and Water
trainings, planning for future trainings and the legislative agenda. Visit
https://www.cnhed.org/.
34] – The
O's Public Defender Nights at Camden Yards has one last fundraiser game on
Thurs., Oct. 1 and some tickets to the season-ending grand finale bobblehead
giveaway game on Sun., Oct. 4. On Oct. 1 at 12:05 PM, see the O's play
the Toronto Blue Jays, the division champions. The seats are upper reserved,
Section 340 above and behind home and cost $13. This is a benefit for Legal
Aid, PJC, MPILP, UBSPI, other justice groups! On Oct. 4 at 3 PM, see the Os
play the New York Yankees, and sit in upper reserved Section 328 above/behind
home looking at third base. Tickets are $26 for a game at which you can get a
Steve Pearce bobblehead. Call
410-209-4437.
35] – Austria
was the first Western European country to legally recognize Islam in 1912 and
was for a long time known for its tolerant policies towards the Muslim
community. After 9/11, the far right has discovered the topic of Islamophobia
and used it strategically in election campaigns. When the 1912 Islam-law was
renewed in 2015, the dominant Islamophobic discourse had made its imprint on
public debates about the 2015 Islam-law. On Thurs., Oct. 1 from 12:30 to 2 PM
at Georgetown University, ICC 270, 37th and O Sts. NW, WDC, Farid Hafez gives
an overview over the most contested issues throughout the debate, the various
stances of the parties in power and in opposition as well as the many possible
implications of the law for the future of the Austrian Muslim community. Hafez is
a researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of
Salzburg and is the editor of the German-English Islamophobia Studies Yearbook,
(www.jahrbuch-islamophobie.de).
Go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-austrian-2015-islam-law-effective-security-or-institutionalized-islamophobia-tickets-18741045973?ref=enivtefor001&invite=ODQ2NTY2NC9uYWs0OUBnZW9yZ2V0b3duLmVkdS8x&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&ref=enivtefor001&rsvp_response=maybe&utm_term=maybe.
36] – At
the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW, WDC, on
Thurs., Oct. 1 at 5 PM, attend a lecture by Dr. Cornel West (Professor of
Philosophy & Christian Practice, Union Theological Seminary and
Professor Emeritus, Princeton University) about Edward Said. As the
Palestine Center’s Edward Said Memorial Lecturer this year, Dr. West will
discuss the profound legacy of Edward Said in social and political thought. He
will explore Dr. Said’s role as an “engaged intellectual” whose voice provoked
introspection, deep questioning, dialogue, and enduring change. Dr. West's
lecture will be also be livestreamed for those unable to attend.
Edward Said, an internationally venerated intellectual and an illustrious
figure in Palestinian history, culture, and politics, was a distinguished
professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He was
an acclaimed literary and music critic and theorist whose seminal work,
Orientalism, influenced generations of academics and scholars on the Middle
East and other non-western societies. A few days after Dr. Edward Said’s
untimely death, Dr. Cornel West described him as follows: “Edward
Said was the last great humanist. He was a literary genius. He was an
intellectual giant. He was part of the tradition that goes from Erasmus to
Vico, from Swift to Cesare, from Auerbach to Lionel Trilling.” See http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/sp/i/223/pid/223.
37] –
On Thurs., Oct. 1 at
6:30 PM, join Busboys and Poets, 5 & K Sts., 1025 5th St., WDC, and an
elite group of panelists for a discussion on the "Black Lives Matter"
movement. Hear from Angela Davis, political activist, scholar, and
author, Eugene Puryear, a D.C.-based activist and graduate of Howard
University, who ran for an open seat on the D.C. Council as the endorsed
nominee of the D.C. Statehood Green Party, Erika Totten, a wife, mother,
educator, healer, spiritual life coach, and community organizer who continues
to work tirelessly in the fight for Black liberation, and Kymone Freeman, poet,
playwright, activist, father, and director of the National Black LUV Festival
(NBLF). Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/685841924885283/.
38] -- Get over to the Goethe Institut, 812
7th St. NW, WDC, on Thurs., Oct. 1 at 7 PM to Sun., Oct. 4 at 9 PM. The
Institute for Policy Studies proudly joins the fifth annual DC Palestinian Film
and Arts Festival (DCPFAF). This year’s program includes an opening reception,
several feature-length and short films, in addition to panels with filmmakers,
photographers and novelists. The four day festival will kick off with the
Washington, DC premiere of Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan’s critically acclaimed
film, “The Wanted 18,” at E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW, WDC 20004 on
Thurs., Oct. 1 at 7 PM. A reception and Q&A with co-director Amer Shomali
will follow the screening. “The Wanted 18” tells the story of a Palestinian
village’s defiance, ingenuity and resilience during the 1987 intifada. Shomali
and Cowan bring the one-of-a-kind story to life through a unique combination of
stop-motion animation, interviews, drawings and archival material. Most
recently, the film won Best Documentary Film Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse
City Film Festival in early August. Go to http://www.dcpfaf.org/#!press-release/c1vys.
39] -- The deadline for Research Associates
Foundation (RAF) grant submissions is Fri., Oct. 23,
2015.
This is an excellent opportunity for Baltimore-based activists, both
individuals and organizations, to get up to $2500 to fund transformative social
change projects. Go to www.rafbaltimore.org
to see the guidelines and download applications. RAF is offering TWO
information sessions for prospective grant applicants. The first is on Thurs., Oct. 1 at
7 PM at Red
Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201. The
session will be facilitated by RAF board members Kevin James and Barbara
Larcom. The second is on Tues., Oct. 13 at 7 PM at a location to be announced,
and it will be facilitated by RAF board members Lester Spence and Mike McGuire.
Email info@rafbaltimore.org.
40] – The
Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore now meets on Thursdays at 7:30 PM, and the
meetings take place at Max’s residence. There will be a meeting on
Thurs., Oct. 1 at 7:30 PM. The agenda will include killer drones, Gilmore
Homes scandal, a protest at McKeldin Square on Oct. 4 and the Sept. 22 action
in D.C. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net.
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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