12] Blueprint Communities Symposium – Feb. 6
13] Stop
the attack on the First Amendment – Feb. 6
14] Oppose Betsy DeVos – Feb.
6
15] No New MPD Rally -- Feb. 6
16] Dead Man Walking-- Feb. 6
17] Get
Money Out Maryland conference call – Feb. 6
18] Global
Leadership Symposium – Feb. 7
19] Maryland
Voices for Animals Day – Feb. 7
20] Peace
vigil in Philadelphia – Feb. 7
21] Vigil
to say "No Drone Research at JHU" – Feb. 7
22] No Child Behind Bars -- Feb. 7
23] Civil Rights Coalition
General Meeting – Feb. 7
24] Polystyrene
Phase-Out – Feb. 8
25] “Labyrinth Path to Light and
Peace” -- Feb. 8
26] Trump’s approach to Asia – Feb. 8
27] Economic
Democracy workshop – Feb. 8
28] Wandering
Song Book Launch – Feb. 8
29] See 'If
a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' – Feb. 8
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12] --
On Mon., Feb. 6 from 8:30 AM to 1 PM, get over to the Blueprint Communities® DE
Symposium, Chase Center on the Riverfront, 815 Justison St.,
Wilmington. Contact Roger Hesketh, U of DE Center for Community Research
& Service, at 302-573-4475.
13] –
On Mon., Feb. 6 from 4 to 9 PM, PROTECT OUR 1st AMENDMENT RIGHT TO
NONVIOLENT BOYCOTT ACTION. Help stop the Anti-BDS legislation being introduced in the 2017
Maryland General Assembly. Come join a “FREEDOM
TO BOYCOTT Lobby Night” in the Lowe House Office Building. 6 Bladen St.,
Annapolis 21401, Room #150. Urge our Maryland State legislators not to pass any
anti-BDS legislation. Go to Freedom2Boycott.com.
14] – On
Tues., Feb. 7, the U.S. Senate will vote to confirm—or reject—Betsy DeVos as
secretary of education. On Mon., Feb. 6 from 4:30 to 7 PM, parents, students,
educators and the community will rally on Upper Senate Park, Capitol Hill to
tell the Senate to reject this unqualified and dangerous nominee. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/667023310166000/.
DeVos’ Senate testimony showed just how unqualified she is and how little she
cares about or understands public education. In fact, her record shows she is
overtly hostile to public education. That’s why people have flooded the Senate
with calls and emails expressing their opposition, even shutting down the
switchboard multiple times.
15] – Get
over to the No New MPD Rally to Defeat Bill to Hire More Police at the John A
Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Mon., Feb. 6 from
6:30 to 8 PM. On Feb. 7, the DC Council will vote on the “Force
of 4,200 - Police Officer Recruitment and Retention Emergency Act of 2017.” Because
this is emergency legislation, there will be no public hearing. D.C. residents
MUST speak out and collectively #Resist acting out of fear in response to
intracommunity violence. The Council spent months, hours, weeks, meeting,
talking to the community, doing the research on other cities' successful
programs, visiting other cities, and then created and unanimously passed the NEAR
Act. Join BLM DC and Stop Police Terror Project DC to demand the council vote
NO on the 7th and to ensure the NEAR Act is fully funded in the next budget.
RSPV at https://www.facebook.com/events/993281954137500/.
16] – On Mon.,
Feb. 6 from 7 to 8:30 PM attend Dead Man Walking: Religious Leaders Dialogue on
the Death Penalty at the Washington National Cathedral. Join Catholic
Mobilizing Network, Washington National Cathedral, and Washington National
Opera for a powerful evening of music and reflection from prominent faith
leaders. It will feature Sr. Helen Prejean, author of “Dead Man Walking,” and
EJ Dionne Jr., Washington Post Political Columnist, as moderators. The program
will include arias from Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s opera “Dead Man
Walking,” which will run at the Kennedy Center Opera House from Feb. 25 through
Mar. 11. It is free. RSVP at cathedral.org/event/dead-man-walking.
17] – Get
Money Out of Maryland has a weekly teleconference, every Monday evening at 8:30
PM. Call 605-475-6711, and use the Code 1136243#. Go to http://www.getmoneyoutmd.org/.
18] – Come
to the Global Leadership Symposium: Embracing Disruption at The Mayflower
Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC, on Tues., Feb. 7 from 9
AM to 5:30 PM. The Symposium is the first convocation of the McCain
Institute’s first 44 global Next Generation Leaders (NGLs) around their diverse
leadership action topics. The Symposium will draw attention to leadership
challenges and solutions, engage NGLs, guest speakers, program partners, and
The McCain Institute team. We will host a spirited discussion of pressing
questions that face today’s character-driven leaders in business, civil
society, women’s empowerment, good governance, youth development, politics. The
Next Generation Leaders Program is The McCain Institute’s flagship activity,
designed to identify, train, network and empower a diverse group of emerging,
character-driven leaders through one year of targeted professional and personal
development. With a core focus on values, ethics and leadership, the goal of
the program is to create a capable and lasting global network of character-driven
leaders who shape the world we will inhabit in the future. RSPV at https://www.mccaininstitute.org/events/global-leadership-symposium-embracing-disruption/?mc_cid=993620309a&mc_eid=2ca43b10e0.
19] --
Maryland Voices for Animals Day is happening on Tues., Feb.7 from 9 AM to 2 PM
at the Maryland State Capitol, Lowe House Office Building, 6 Bladen St.,
Annapolis 21401. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/684999348328015/.
20] – 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 Feb. 7. Call 215-426-0364.
21] – Vigil
to say "No Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd & North
Charles Sts. join this ongoing vigil on Feb. 7 from 5 to 6 PM. Call
Max at 410-323-1607.
22] – The
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights is hosting No Child Behind Bars: Living
Resistance from the U.S. to Palestine on Tues., Feb. 7 from 6:30 to 8:30
PM at St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW,
WDC 20010. This is the DC stop of a national tour organized by Friends of
Sabeel- North America. Combining grassroots community engagement with
municipal boycotts, community actions, testimony, and education campaigns, the
tour--No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance From the US to
Palestine--explores state violence, particularly the criminalization and
detention of youth in Palestine and the US. The tour focuses on the interests
and powers that reinforce these systems, with the goal of destabilizing them
and breaking them down. The tour will feature three speakers: Ahed Tamimi, 15
years old from Nabi Saleh, Occupied West Bank: Amanda Weatherspoon is a
Unitarian Universalist minister and Black liberation activist in the Bay Area;
and Nadya Tannous, a writer and organizer in the Bay Area who has researched
the detention of Palestinian minors since 2013. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/698696830295277/.
23] – The Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition will hold its
General Meeting on Tues., Feb. 7 from 7 to 9 PM at Montgomery Blair H.S.
cafeteria, 51 University Blvd. E, Silver Spring. Hear from experts on our
county's sanctuary status, police reform, fighting Islamophobia, and
surveillance. Break into working groups on each issue to develop plans to
Strengthen sanctuary in the county, its cities, and the state to protect our
neighbors from Trump's draconian immigration policies; Challenge county programs
that promote Islamophobia; promote police reform by improving accountability,
and ending discriminatory profiling and excessive militarization, and Get
transparency on what surveillance tools local police forces are using, and what
information about us they are sharing with state and federal agencies. Go to https://mococivilrights.wordpress.com/.
24] – Attend
the 2017 Annapolis Lobby Day: Polystyrene Phase-Out on Wed., Feb. 8 from 8
AM to 2 PM. Meet at the Canton Waterfront Park, 3001 Boston
St., Baltimore 21224. Hop on a bus to Annapolis to help phase-out polystyrene
(Styrofoam) in Maryland! Your legislators want to hear from you. Register
for the FREE bus at http://bit.ly/2j6mddZ. Breakfast and
lunch will be provided. Free parking is available. You will have an
opportunity to learn about the legislative process and do some touring.
Also you will have a chance to meet with these legislators: Baltimore State Delegation
District 45 (Del. Talmadge Branch, Del. Cheryl Glenn, and Del. Cory McCray) &
46 (Del. Luke Clippinger, Del. Robyn Lewis, and Del. Brooke Lierman). Thanks
to Delegate Brooke Lierman, Trash Free Maryland and Blue
Water Baltimore for partnering to make this event possible. See https://www.facebook.com/events/395464214134039/.
25] –A “Labyrinth Path to Light and Peace” is a Book of Art and
Poetry By Sandra Wasko-Flood. It will be
featured at the upcoming AWP-Association of Writers and Writing Programs—at the
Washington DC Convention Center & Washington Marriott Marquis, 801 Mt.
Vernon Pl. NW, WDC 20001. From Wed., Feb. 8 through Sat., Feb. 11. This book
represents her life-long dreams and dedication to the inspiring of healing and
transformation within and among people through labyrinth creation and education
in the schools and the communities. After walking the labyrinth, many students
feel much more calm and harmonious, and they also reported that they enjoy
their education with a deeper sense of satisfaction and self-awareness. All
profits will go to support a national nonprofit organization: Living Labyrinths
for Peace. Go to www.livinglabyrinthsforpeace.org.
26] – Risks & Rewards: Examining Trump’s New Approach to Asia will
occur on Wed., Feb. 8 from 2 to 4 PM at The Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut
Ave. NW, 8th Floor, WDC 20036.RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7B6HNmdYXpm0UufU7ikLc47G1ehPTpzkuurwkbdsylx9j6A/viewform.
Questions linger about the U.S.’s approach to China and the Asia-Pacific region
under the new Trump administration. Looking beyond the recent sharp rhetoric
between Washington and Beijing, what substantive actions might the Trump
administration take toward China, and how might Beijing respond? How will this
rising tension in U.S.-China relations impact U.S. engagement with allies and
partners in the region? Please join Stimson experts for an on-the-record
conversation examining the implications and consequences of the Trump
administration’s potential new approach toward China and the Asia-Pacific. The
event marks the launch of a new Stimson initiative examining the impact of the
evolving relationship between Washington and Beijing, and the potential
strategic, economic, and security implications for the Asia-Pacific region.
27] – On Wed.,
Feb. 8 at 6 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore
21201, join The Baltimore
Round Table for Economic Democracy for a workshop focused on building internal
governance and decision making structures for emerging cooperatives. This
workshop is open and free to anyone no matter your level of involvement in
co-ops. So whether you are building your own cooperative or just generally
interested in democratic process this workshop will be useful to you! Stick
around afterwards for drink specials and informal chatting with other
cooperators from around the region. Call
443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org
28] --
The Wandering Song Book Launch will take place at Busboy's and Poets, 2021 14th
St. NW, WDC, on Wed., Feb. 8 from 6 to 8:30 PM. This is Central
American Writing in the United States, edited by Leticia Hernández Linares,
Rubén Martínez, and Héctor Tobar. Join Split This Rock and Tia Chucha
Press as we present this brand-new anthology of Central American writers living
in the United States. The Wandering Song features work that captures the
complexity of a rapidly growing community that shares certain experiences with
other Latino groups, but also offers its own unique narrative. This is the
first-ever comprehensive literary survey of the Central American diaspora by a
U.S. publisher, perfect for high school, college, or university courses in U.S.
literature, Latino Literature, Multicultural Studies, and Migration Studies.
Visit http://www.splitthisrock.org/programs/upcoming-events/.
29] –The
acclaimed documentary 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front'
will be shown as part of the Charm City Film Series on Wed., Feb. 8 at 6:30 PM
at the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin St., Baltimore 21201. The
documentary is directed by Marshall Curry.
To be
continued.
Donations
can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; 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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