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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