Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Baltimore Activist Alert - April 13 - 18, 2016

36] Do Your Job – Apr. 13
37] GW Rally Against Student Debt – Apr. 13
38] Mayoral Forum – Apr. 13
39] Child Welfare – Apr. 13
40 Film BLACK GOLD – Apr. 13
41] Bill Ayres at Red Emma’s – Apr. 13
42] SOAW Spring Days – Apr. 14 - 18
43] Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future – Apr. 14
44] Foreign Policy Forum – Apr. 14
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36] –  On Wed., Apr. 13 at 1 PM, join MoveOn and other progressive organizations to tell Senate Republicans: #DoYourJob. It’s time to hold a fair hearing and an up-or-down vote for President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. Can you on the sidewalk in front of the United States Supreme Court, WDC 20543? Rally in front of the United States Supreme Court with MoveOn.org, People for the American Way, AFGE, CWA, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), CREDO Action, and honorary co-host, the Congressional Progressive Caucus.  RSVP at http://act.moveon.org/event/do-your-job-action_attend/195?source=CREDO.

37] – Join a GW Rally Against Student Debt at the Foggy Bottom Metro Station on I St. NW, WDC, on Wed., Apr. 13 from 4 to 5:30 PM.  You will be with Public Health Students for Reducing the Burden of Student Debt at George Washington University and able to express your voice and fight against student debt.  Bring a poster and a friend and say enough is enough! Email phstudentdebt@gmail.com.

38] – On Wed., Apr. 13 at 5:30 to 9 PM, join Communities United Members at the Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 W. Madison Ave. (corner of Lafayette and Madison, across from Booker T School) for a Mayoral Forum by and for ex-offenders. Help stop looming cuts to Baltimore's community schools. Go to http://www.communitiesunite.org/.

RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/1025312787549412/. Candidates for Mayor will answer ex-offenders' questions and concerns. Marc Steiner of WEAA 88.9FM and Eddie Conway of the Real News have graciously agreed to moderate. Call 443-680-1136.

39] – CHILD WELFARE: another link in the womb to prison pipeline is the topic on Wed., Apr. 13 from 6 to 8:30 PM at the American Brewery Building, 1701 N. Gay St., Baltimore. 21213.  The event is hosted by Baltimore Racial Justice Action.  Go to http://bmoreantiracist.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/BaltimoreRacialJusticeAction/.

40] – See BLACK GOLD – Wake Up and Smell the Coffee at the Charm City Film Series on Wed., Apr. 13 at 6:30 PM at the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W Franklin St., Suite 102, Baltimore 21201. This is ‘An in-depth look at the world of coffee and global trade.’ Visit http://libertytreefoundation.org/action/join-soaw-spring-days-action-april-14-april-18-raise-awareness-about-harm-caused-drug-war. Email info@meetup.com.

41] -- On Wed., Apr. 13 at 7:30 PM come to Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, as BILL AYERS will talk about his book TEACHING WITH CONSCIENCE IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD. How do we see our schools and the project of education? Is this the best we can do? What would we like our schools to become? How might we get there? In this provocative book, Bill Ayers invites us to dream of schools in which each child “is of infinite and incalculable value.” Blending personal anecdotes with critique of the state of education, this beautifully written little book is filled with big ideas that explore the challenges and opportunities for an education system that desperately needs repair. Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World is an urgent call to action and a plan to help educators, policymakers, and parents to stretch toward something new and dramatically better—schools that are more joyful and more just, more balanced and more guided by the power of love. Call 443-602-7585.  Go to http://www.redemmas.org.

42] – Join the SOAW spring days of action April 14 through April 18 to raise awareness about the harm caused by the drug war.  SOA Watch is heading to Nogales, Arizona/Sonora this October for its first Border Mobilization. Come build community and speak truth to power in Washington, DC for the Spring Days of Action.

Protest, dance, grassroots lobbying, and welcome the Peace, Life, and Justice Caravan when it arrives in Washington DC after traveling through Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the U.S./Mexico border to raise awareness of the immense harm caused by the endless Drug War.  Email arturo@soaw.org or go to www. SOAW.org.

43] – On Thurs., Apr. 14 at noon, Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, will tackle "Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future" at George Mason University, 118 Founders Hall, 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. Go to http://csps.gmu.edu/2016/03/31/csps-presents-underestimated-our-not-so-peaceful-nuclear-futu.

44] – There is a forum with U.S. Rep. Ed Royce on Thurs., Apr. 14 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM.  Lunch will be served at noon. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IBE7uuGJmziW7S6kSjOls-YTEP9hfdnpb0s-R-O5ciM/viewform. Royce (R-CA), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joins Amb. Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. for a strategic conversation discussing U.S. foreign policy and America’s military and diplomatic engagement around the world. At the Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, 8th Floor, WDC 20036.

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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