17] Meet Alicia Garza –
Oct. 20
18] Philadelphia Peace Vigil – Oct. 20
19] Vigil against JHU’s drone research –
Oct. 20
20] Water & Cooperation in the Middle East – Oct. 20
21] Peace Academy course – Oct. 20
22] "Reflections of a Mental Health
Chief in a Solitary Confinement Unit" – Oct. 20
& 21
23] Religion & Violence – Oct. 21
24] Amazonian
Activists at Risk of Criminalization and Murder – Oct. 21
25] Come to Rep. Sarbanes’ office – Oct. 21
26] Housing for All – Oct. 21
27] Book talk
“Rachel Carson and Her Sisters” – Oct. 21
28] Israeli laws that discriminate against
Palestinian Christians – Oct. 21
29] Laudato Si – Oct. 21
30] Public Banks – Oct. 21
31] Patrick Bond at Red Emma’s – Oct. 21
32] Support Dr. Aafia
Siddiqui –
Oct. 22
33] Defend Immigrant Families – Oct. 22
34] Film “Journey
into Europe” – Oct. 22
35] Pacem inTerris dinner – Oct. 22
36] Climate Change Meet-Up – Oct. 22
37] SPREADING
PEACE CONVOCATION – Oct. 22
38] Peace Academy course – Oct. 22
39] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Oct. 22
40] Pray
for Peace – October 22
41] “The
Future of Our Schools” –
Oct. 22
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17] – Come to the
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park on
Tues., Oct. 20 at 4:30 PM to meet a social activist committed to challenging
society to recognize and celebrate the contributions of all individuals,
specifically black people and queer communities. Alicia Garza is the
co-creator of the viral hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, a national organizing
project which has evolved into the banner under which this generation's civil
rights movement marches. Visit http://www.diversity.umd.edu/alicia.pdf.
18] – Each Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM,
the Catholic Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for peace in Afghanistan and Iraq
gathers at the Suburban Station, 16th St. & JFK Blvd., at the
entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The next vigil is Oct. 20.
Call 215-426-0364.
19] – Vigil to say "No Drone Research at
JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd & North Charles Sts. Join this ongoing vigil
on Oct. 20 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Call Max
at 410-366-1637.
20] – The School of
International Service, American University, is hosting Water,
Cooperation, and Peace in the Middle East: Student Practicum Report
Presentation on Tues., Oct. 20 from 6 to 8 PM at School of International Service, AU, Abramson Family Founders Room, SIS, 3400 Nebraska Ave. NW, WDC 20016. To attend the event
sponsored
by the Global
Environmental Politics program and the Center
for Israel Studies. RSVP at http://www.american.edu/cas/israelstudies/rsvp/rsvp4.cfm. Call 202-885-1747.
21] – The
Peace Academy has four course offerings ranging from family peace-keeping
strategies to nonviolent communication tactics. Each is to be conducted at The
Perry School, 128 M St. NW, WDC, or interested parties can arrange a course at
their particular sites. Registration can be completed online at www.lffp.org or by contacting MJ Park at mjpeace@gmail.com or 240-838-4549. Details for the
first course is listed below.
Course I: Live
Teach, Peace Teach has one more session: Disarming one's heart and resolving
a conflict on Tues., Oct. 20 from 7 to
8:30 PM. The cost is $45 per
session.
22] – Mary Buser, who worked in the mental
health center at Riker’s Island in NYC until 2000, will speak about her
experiences, focusing in particular on the use of solitary confinement,
something that is now recognized as a form of torture. Her new memoir,
“Lockdown on Rikers”, addresses what went on behind the walls of this notorious
jail and the insidious reasons for its brutality.
The last publicly available report (2012) shows that
Maryland uses solitary confinement at nearly twice the national average, that
it puts people into solitary for minor infractions, and that it leaves people
there for longer even than its own guidelines recommend. The Maryland advocacy group Interfaith Action
for Human Rights (IAHR) has introduced legislation in the Maryland General
Assembly the past two years simply to require the government to provide
information on its use of solitary confinement—but neither time did the bill
make it out of committee. IAHR will continue to advocate for transparency
in prison conditions in Maryland and ultimately for a dramatic reduction in the
use of solitary confinement.
Ms. Buser will deliver "Reflections of a Mental
Health Chief in a Solitary Confinement Unit" on Tues., Oct. 20 at 7:30 PM
at Red Emma's Bookstore
Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, and on Wed., Oct. 21 at 6:30 PM at
Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St. NW, WDC. Go to http://www.peaceactionmc.org/.
23] – Across every continent,
policymakers, religious leaders, and scholars are discussing multiple aspects
of the interrelationship between religion and violence with increasing
regularity. More recently, there have been efforts to try and bring together
voices addressing these questions in a collaborative spirit, as well as to
enhance the quality of debate by developing more rigorous research into
religion and violence. Dr. Debora Tonelli will share aspects of her
research, particularly on violence in the Bible and on violence in religious
imagery, and discussing the work of the interdisciplinary research network she
founded in Italy. Katherine Marshall, Drew Christiansen, S.J., and Leo
Lefebure, S.J. will then share findings from their work in the field. Gerard
Mannion will introduce and moderate the seminar: Religion and Violence:
Developing Research and Building Networks on Wed., Oct. 21 from 10
AM to noon at the Berkley Center, 3307 M St. NW, WDC 20007. RSVP at http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/rsvp/religion-and-violence-developing-research-and-building-networks?utm_source=Berkley+Center+Master+List&utm_campaign=8e340bbb58-Event_announcement_12_03_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_66160ba037-8e340bbb58-353941. Email the Berkley Center
berkleycenter@georgetown.edu.
24]
– Amazon Watch invites you to a
"Green-Bag Lunch" presentation: Amazonian Activists at Risk of Criminalization and
Murder on Wed., Oct. 21
from 12:30 to 2 PM in the Amazon Watch /
CIEL Conference Room, 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, #1100, (above Cosi, Dupont
Circle South), WDC. Fighting
for the collective rights of their peoples is more risky than ever for
indigenous leaders across the Amazon. On Global Witness's list of most
dangerous countries for environmental and land rights defenders, Brazil leads
the pack accounting for roughly half of the assassinations over the last
decade. The situation facing indigenous leaders in Ecuador has deteriorated
significantly since August, reaching levels of politically-motivated repression
not seen in recent memory. Over the current session of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights, indigenous peoples from at least five countries
around the region will hold hearings and denounce urgent violations of their
collective and individual rights. Join us for this special presentation
featuring indigenous leaders and civil society activists from Ecuador and
Brazil as they provide updates on what is happening on the ground and what you
can do to support their struggles.
25] – As part of the national
"Educate Congress" Campaign Letter Drops, on Wed., Oct. 21 at 4:30
PM, the Pledge of Resistance will go to Rep. John Sarbanes’ office, 600
Baltimore Ave., Suite 303, Towson, MD 21204, to deliver a letter. The letter urges him to vote against the
Trans-Pacific Partnership, in favor of Justice is Not For Sale
Act (H.R.
3543), The
21st Century Glass-Steagall Act (H.R. 3054), The Return to Prudent Banking Act (H.R.
381) and more.
Let Max know if you can sign on to the letter and go to Sarbanes’
office--410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net. Are you a constituent?
26] – Gather at 641 S St. NW, WDC, on Wed., Oct. 21 at 6:30
PM to get back in gear with the Housing For All Campaign! This year organizers
will be taking on an additional housing challenge: improving rent control so it
keeps rents affordable for thousands of residents across the District. Join the
campaign meeting for a discussion about how rent control works and learn How a
Bill Becomes a Law in Washington, DC. Go to https://www.cnhed.org/housing-for-all-campaign/campaign-events/.
27] – Robert
K. Musil is to speak about his book “Rachel Carson and Her Sisters” on Wed., Oct.
21 from 6:30 to 8 PM in the Poe Room at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Central
Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201.
In his new book, Musil, former Physicians for Social Responsibility
President and President of the Rachel Carson Council, redefines the
achievements and legacy of Carson, linking her work to a wide network of
American women activists and writers. Come join the author for a discussion of
Rachel Carson's lasting legacy. Email twhitehouse@psr.org.
28] – On Wed., Oct. 21 at 7 PM, Jonathan Kuttab, a leading Palestinian human rights lawyer in Israel and
Palestine, will be speaking in the St. Columba's
Episcopal Church
sanctuary, 4201 Albemarle St. NW, WDC
20016--just a block west of Wisconsin Ave. and the Tenleytown Metro Station (Red Line). His talk
will focus on the unjust Israeli laws that
discriminate against our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers. Mr. Kuttab
was born in West Jerusalem, but after the Six Day War his family moved to the
United States. After practicing with a Wall Street law firm for several years,
he returned home to co-found the Palestinian
Center for the Study of Nonviolence, Al-Haq (lawyers and others who assist with human rights issues),
and the Mandela Institute for Political
Prisoners. He is licensed to practice law in Palestine, Israel,
and New York, and serves on the board of The Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation
Theology Center in Jerusalem. Call
301-518-5551.
29] – On Wed., Oct. 21
from 7 to 9 PM, participate in A Closer
Look, the second of a three part series examining and discussing Pope Francis’
environmental encyclical, Laudato Si (last session will be Wednesday, Oct. 28).
Questions and discussion materials will be mainly drawn from Father Tom
Reese’s, “A Readers’ Guide to Laudato Si,” National Catholic Reporter, The
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Interfaith Power and Light. This is happening at St. Rose of Lima parish,
11701 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg.
30] – At the Goethe
Institut, 812 7th St. NW, WDC, on Wed., Oct. 21 from 7 to 9:15 PM, hear from a
panel of experts why public banking is a key to a healthy and just economy and
why it makes sense for D.C. Panelists include Nomi Prins, former Wall Street
banker, author “All the President’s Bankers,” Senior Fellow Demos; Gar
Alperovitz, author “What Then Must We Do?,” co-chair Next System Project,
co-founder Democracy Collaborative; Harold Meyerson. Op-ed columnist Washington
Post, editor-at-large The American Prospect; Jessica Nembhard, board chair One
DC, author “Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative
Economic Thought and Practice;” and Prof. Horst Gischer, University of
Magdeburg, Germany, chair, Dept. of Community Economics, Money and Credit.
Enjoy a social hour with food and drinks from 5:30 to 6:45 PM
31] – On
Wed., Oct. 21 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave.,
Baltimore 21201, Patrick
Bond will discuss the "new scramble for Africa" and BRICS: An
Anticapitalist Critique. The event will
also celebrate the release of “BRICS: An Anticapitalist Critique,” co-edited by
Bond. As economies North and South
engage in the “race for what’s left” around key natural resources, extractivism
– plundering solely for profit – is playing an increasingly central role in
their capitalist development and accumulation patterns. Extractivism and now
neo-extractivism (which refers to an expanded role for the national state) are
hotly debated throughout the left globally. For some it is seen as the only
option for growth, and thus it must be socialized and mobilized as a lever of
social and economic development. For others, it only enhances dependence on
capitalist world markets controlled by monopolistic corporations, a problem
further exacerbated by its ecological contradictions and reliance on practices
of dispossession. Bond directs the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil
Society in Durban and is a political economist at the University of the
Witwatersrand. He is author of “Elite Transition” (Pluto Press 2014) and
“Politics of Climate Justice” (UKZN Press 2012).
The emergence of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
South Africa on a global stage has upset the dominance of the United States as
the world’s only superpower. But can they chart a path toward a more just
global economy? This collection of essays, which brings together leading
political economists from around the world, argues that the BRICS are actually
amplifying some of the worst features of international capitalism. This book
aims to fill a gap in studies of the BRICS grouping of countries, and provides
a critical analysis of their economies, societies and geopolitical strategies
within the framework of a global capitalism that is increasingly predatory,
unequal and ecologically self-destructive — no more so than in the BRICS
countries themselves. Call 443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
32] – Rally
to support Dr. Aafia Siddiqui at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
WDC, on Thurs., Oct. 22 at 10:30 AM.
Nawaz Shariff is reportedly coming to meet with President Obama. Join
the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF) and the Pakistan USA
Freedom Forum to demand that the PM call for the repatriation of Dr. Aafia. The
protest will also call for accountability for the disappeared, the imprisoned,
the tortured and all victims of state violence. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1644953425761566/.
33] – At
the DOJ, 9th & Pennsylvania Ave., WDC, on Thurs., Oct. 22 at 4:15 PM, join
the DC-MD-VA Coalition in Support of Children Fleeing Violence, CARECEN-Central
American Resource Center, Detention Watch Network, RAICES, and others in
calling for an END to family detention! March to the White House to demand that
the Administration STOP detaining immigrant mothers and children. This is part
of a National Week of Action to #EndFamilyDetention.
The
protest is scheduled for the eve of October 23rd, the day the U.S. Government
is expected to comply with federal district court Judge Dolly Gee’s ruling in
Flores v. Johnson that the Obama Administration’s policy of jailing mothers and
children violates the Flores Settlement Agreement that has set the standard for
the detention and treatment of immigrant children since 1997. It is expected,
however, that the Administration will appeal rather than comply. It is time to
tell the Obama Administration to #EndFamilyDetention #EndItNow. Contact Amy at amy.fischer@raicestexas.org.
34] – See a
screening of “Journey into Europe,” by SIS
professor Ambassador
Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies,
SIS, which was filmed across the European
continent and explores Islam in Europe and the place of Islam in European
history and civilization. Along the way, we hear from some of Europe's most
prominent figures - presidents and prime ministers, archbishops, chief rabbis,
grand muftis, heads of right-wing parties, and everyday people from a variety
of backgrounds. Startling, challenging, and emotionally powerful, the film's
themes of identity and acceptance are critically relevant to our world
today. The screening will happen on Thurs., Oct. 22
from 5:30 to 8 PM at the School of International Service, AU, Abramson Family Founders Room, 3400 Nebraska Ave. NW, WDC 20016. Go to http://journeyintoeurope.com/. RSVP https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ebnxbh8u02206dc6&oseq=&c=&ch=.
Call 202-885-1747.
35] – You are cordially invited to celebrate the ongoing
peace work of Pacem in Terris, 401 N. West St., Wilmington, DE 19801 at its
Annual Dinner on Thurs., Oct. 22 at 6 PM.
Connect with old friends. Meet new ones. Enjoy a fantastic culinary
feast! See anti-war and pro-peace and justice signs, banners, flags, posters,
and flyers that Pacem in Terris has stored away in its archives for close to
fifty years. Hear the wonderful after-dinner speaker, Kevin Martin. Register at https://squareup.com/market/delaware-pacem-in-terris/annual-dinner.
Email mg@depaceminterris.org.
36] – There is a Meet Up to
Network-Discuss Climate Change on Thurs., Oct. 22 from 6 to 8 PM at Liam
Flynn's Ale House, Liam Flynn's Ale
House (in back of bar), 22 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201. Join in for a networking and learning event
on one of the most pressing health issues of our time -- climate change.
Meet friends, activists and those who care about living a healthy
lifestyle. Three guests will explain "climate change in four slides."
RSVP by emailing twhitehouse@psr.org. The Meet Up is sponsored by
Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Sierra Club, and Citizens
Climate Lobby.
37] – The SPREADING PEACE
CONVOCATION, First Ever Gathering Nationally of Evangelical
Pastors and Imams, will take place on Thurs., Oct. 22 at 6:30 PM at the First Baptist Church, Glenarden, MD. It's critical that we learn to relate to each
other and build bridges of understanding and respect, or an uncertain and
uneasy future of conflict awaits us all. Meet each other, share mutual
concerns, and build bridges so that you can spread peace. Go to http://spreadingpeace.net/.
38] – The Peace Academy
had four course offerings ranging from family peace-keeping strategies to
nonviolent communication tactics. Each was to be conducted at The Perry School,
128 M St. NW, WDC, or interested parties can arrange a course at their
particular sites. Registration can be completed online at www.lffp.org or by contacting MJ Park at mjpeace@gmail.com or 240-838-4549. Details for the next course
is listed below.
Course II: Practicing Peace in Daily Life
has one more session: Learning and
practicing nonviolent communication, Thurs.,
Oct. 22 from 7 to 8:30 PM. The cost is $45
per session.
39] – 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. 22 at 7:30 PM. The agenda will include Keep Space for Peace
Week, killer drones, protests at City Hall, the Democratic Party presidential
debate and the Drone Report. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at
verizon.net.
40] – On Thurs., Oct.
22 at 7:30 PM, Pray for Peace at St. John’s, Baltimore City United Methodist Church ,
2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore. It is on the corner of St. Paul and 27th
Sts. with the entrance on 27th St. Please pray for the Peace of Jerusalem! Contact Charles Cloughen, Jr., Interfaith
Peace Partners, coordinator, at ccloughen@episcopalmaryland.org or call 410-321-4545.
41] – On
Thurs., Oct. 22 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North
Ave., Baltimore 21201, Lois Weiner presents “The Future of Our
Schools.” Weiner is a professor of
Elementary and Secondary Education at New Jersey City University. In her new
book, published by Haymarket Books, she explains why we need a social movement
of teachers, working as respectful allies with parents and communities, to save
public education. Part of this process is transforming teachers unions, to make
them vital and democratic. We face a critical historic juncture, and this new
book draws on her experience as a teacher, teacher-union activist,
teacher-educator and researcher to imagine how we can create the teachers
unions we need. Call 443-602-7585.
Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
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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