18] Public
Health Ethics – Mar.
6
19] Life
Restoration Ministry –
Mar. 6
20] Fight to
vote – Mar. 6
21] Pentagon
Vigil – Mar. 7
22] Marc
Steiner on WEAA – Mar. 7 – Mar. 11
23] Mayoral
Debate – Mar. 7
24] Neighborhood Solidarity Network – Mar.
7
25] Film THE SQUARE – Mar. 7
26] Breaking Barriers to Justice – Mar. 8
27]
Philadelphia Peace Vigil – Mar. 8
28] Protest JHU drone research – Mar. 8
29] Women’s Labor History – Mar. 8
30] Just
Medicine – Mar. 8
31] Is Healthy Soil the Solution to Global Warming? – Mar. 9
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18]
– 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 Mar.
6, the topic is “Public Health Ethics” with Prof. Kathleen Hoke, director,
Network for Public Health Law. Public health policies at the federal, state and
local levels can have a tremendous impact on community and individual health,
yet those policies often threaten individual autonomy or property interests.
Different from medical ethics focused on individual patients, a code of public
health ethics sets a framework for making decisions on policies that have a
broad impact on the health of the population. Kathleen will reveal the emerging
approach to such a code, looking at the issues public health professionals
should consider before advocating for or implementing public health policy,
including evaluating the evidence base, identifying potential burdens, seeking
to minimize the harms, and enhancing the health of the disadvantaged. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
19]
– You are cordially invited to celebrate the Life Restoration Ministry' 6th
Anniversary Worship Service and Celebration of International Women's
Day on Sun., Mar. 6 at 3 PM at 1601 Old Eastern Ave. , Essex, Maryland
21221. Participants will pray so that the ministry will move
higher. Contact the Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo at mankekolo@aol.com.
20]
– Michael Waldman will do a book talk on “The Fight To Vote” at Politics
& Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC, on Sun., Mar. 6 at 5
PM. Now head of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law,
Waldman was President Clinton’s director of speechwriting from 1995 to 1999,
and has written several books on American government, most recently the highly
praised “The Second Amendment.” In his sixth book, both a historical analysis
and a call to citizens to stay vigilant, Waldman focuses on “the consent of the
governed,” exploring what voting has meant in theory and in practice from the
founders’ debates to challenges including gerrymandering, poll taxes, voter ID
laws, Citizens United, and more. Visit http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/michael-waldman-fight-to-vote.
21]
-- 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., Mar. 7,
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.
22]
– The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Friday fr6m 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.
23]
– The Citizen Artist Baltimore Mayoral Forum on Arts and Culture is happening
on Mon., Mar. 7 from 6 to 7:30 PM at Falvey Hall, Brown Center, 1301 W. Mt
Royal Ave., Baltimore 21217. The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
(GBCA), Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA), and the Robert W. Deutsch
Foundation along with the Maryland Institute College of Art invite you to attend
the first-ever Citizen Artist Baltimore Mayoral Forum on Arts and Culture.
Baltimore is home to thousands of voters who are also artists; theatre,
concert, and museum-goers; and workers in creative fields. They care about core
issues like public safety and education, but their votes will also be strongly
influenced by candidates’ positions on arts and culture. Are you among
them? RSVP at https://fyi.mica.edu/event/citizen_artist_baltimore_mayoral_forum_on_arts_and_culture#.VtmNeZwrKUl.
24] –The
Neighborhood Solidarity Network is organizing across DC to link neighbors with
struggles to create and preserve affordable housing for all and to build a
culture of solidarity against displacement. Come to a meeting at WeWork
Wonder Bread Factory, 641 S St NW, WDC, on Mon., Mar. 7 at 6:30 PM.
Discuss structure, the citywide strategy, and updates from site-based
campaigns. Email neighborhoodsolidaritynetwork@gmail.com.
25]
– At 1104 South Campus Commons, Building One, Room 1102, University of
Maryland, College Park, on Mon., Mar. 7 from 7 to 9 PM, as a part of
the "People Power: Activism for Social Change" Series, Beyond the
Classroom presents “THE SQUARE”- a documentary on Tahrir Square. The Egyptian
Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster over the past five years. Through
the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest battle, an election, or a
million man march. At the beginning of July 2013, we witnessed the second
president deposed within the space of three years. The film is an immersive
experience, transporting the viewer deeply into the intense emotional drama and
personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people
claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces, in the fight to
create a society of conscience. See http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/UNIV399C.htm.
26] – Breaking
Barriers to Justice: Ending Violence Against Women in the Americas is happening
at the Hall of the Americas, 1700 Constitution Ave. NW, WDC, on Tues., Mar. 8
from 9 AM to 1 PM. In the framework of International Women’s Day 2016,
the Mission of the United States to the Organization of American States (OAS),
the Mission of Canada to the OAS and the Inter-American Commission of Women
(CIM) of the OAS have partnered to organize a round-table event with a view to
raising awareness of the importance of approaching the issues of violence
against women and access to justice from a perspective of diversity.
The
event will focus on identifying existing challenges and models in the region
related to the protection of violence against women and girls, especially for
those who are also members of the afro-descendant, indigenous, LGBTI and/or
differently abled community. Panels will be conducted in a Davos-style set-up
to encourage conversation among speakers and with the audience. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-barriers-to-justice-ending-violence-against-women-in-the-americas-tickets-21319222368.
27]
– 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 Mar. 8. Call 215-426-0364.
28]
– Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd &
North Charles Sts. join this ongoing vigil on Mar. 8 from 5:30 to
6:30 PM. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
29]
– At Busboys and Poets, Takoma Park, 235 Carroll St. NW, WDC, on
Tues., Mar. 8 from 6 to 8 PM, the Labor Heritage Foundation presents an
aspiring and moving live, multimedia celebration of women's labor history
"We Were There" (WWT) features spoken word, music and images to
powerfully illustrate women's longtime role in the fight for worker's rights. A
cast of local women activists will be led by WWT composer and organizer Bev
Grant with members of the DC labor chorus led by Elise Bryant as they bring
history to life and the cheering audience to their feet.
30]
– Go to BUSBOYS @ POETS, 5th & K Sts., 1025 5th St. NW, WDC, on
Tues., Mar. 8 at 6:30 PM to hear Dayna Bowen Matthew, currently a Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow. She also serves on the faculty of the
University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities. In her first book
she draws on her academic expertise and on her experience with the Colorado
Health Equity Project, a medical-legal partnership she co-founded that works to
remove barriers to good health for low-income clients. In “Just Medicine: A
Cure For Racial Inequality In American Health Care,” she exposes the huge toll
taken by disparities entrenched in the health care system, Matthew argues passionately
for law-based solutions—not just training programs in cultural sensitivity—and
she issues a call to root out the implicit race bias that results in the loss
of some 84,000 lives each year. Go to http://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/busboys-and-poets-5th-k-dayna-bowen-matthew-just-medicine-cure-racial-inequality-american.
31]
–On Behalf of the Organic Consumers Association, hear the discussion Is
Healthy Soil the Solution to Global Warming? This is happening at the National
Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, WDC 20045 on Wed., Mar. 9 from 8to 11 AM. In
December, at the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris, the French Ministry of
Agriculture launched "4 per 1000: Soils for Food Security and
Climate," an initiative to mitigate, and eventually reverse, climate
change by increasing soil carbon worldwide by 0.4% per year. So far, 26
countries and more than 50 organizations have formally signed on to the
initiative. Is healthy soil the solution to global warming? Is the 4 per
1000 initiative realistic? Call 218-226-4164.
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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