Friday, February 24, 2017

Baltimore ActivistAlert - February 24 - March 3, 2017

44] Protest Trump and Pence – Feb. 24
45] What’s up with Taiwan-China & the U.S.? – Feb. 24
46] Peace vigil at White House – Feb. 24
47] WIB peace vigil – Feb. 24
48] Occupation Law at 60 -- Feb. 24
49] Protect water users – Feb. 24
50] Our Revolution events – Feb. 24
51] Black Lives Matter vigil -- Feb. 24
52] Ballroom Dancing Feb. 24
53] West Chester peace vigil – Feb. 25
55] Support immigrants -- Feb. 25
56] Rally in Gaithersburg – Feb. 25
57] Active Bystander Training – Feb. 25
58] Case for Reparations – Feb. 25
59] Film SHADOWS OF LIBERTY – Mar. 3
60] Join CODEPINK
61] Support the Wheeler family who lost their time in a fire
62] Sign up with Washington Peace Center
63] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
64] Do you need any book shelves?
65] Join the Global Zero campaign
66] Join the Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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44] – Hosted by Prince George's County Young Democrats on Fri., Feb. 24 from 9 to 11 AM at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St., Oxon Hill 20745, protest Trump and Mike Pence. They are making their first visit to Prince George's County to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference.  A new study released by the Economic Policy Institute shows how Donald Trump’s executive order and the Republican parties’ quest to repeal the Affordable Care Act which will directly impact Prince George's County. Data shows the number of Maryland residents without insurance will increase by 123%, an estimated 475,000 would lose their health insurance, and Maryland would lose $2.3 billion in federal health care dollars. Join PGCYD, CASA de Maryland, Prince George's NAACP, SEIU Local 500 and many other organizations will make their voices heard! Contact Director of Organizing and Resistance Jessica Semachko at (443) 980-9148 or semachkoj@gmail.com.

45] – Attend a panel discussion Taiwan-China-U.S. Relations: Managing the Triangle on Fri., Feb. 24 from 10 to 11:30 AM at the Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, 8th Floor, WDC 20036.RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZnAfbTQSKByB_kZ_8gQT0w5bPJN1FTgLAdgabiuh8OkTfPw/viewform.

46] – On Fri., Feb. 24 from noon to 1 PM, join the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in a vigil urging the powers that be to abolish war and torture, to disarm all weapons, to end indefinite detention, to close Guantanamo, to establish justice for all and help create the Beloved Community! This vigil will take place at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contract Art @ artlaffin@hotmail.com or at 202-360-6416. 

47] – On Fri., Feb. 24 from noon to 1 PM, join a Women in Black peace vigil. A vigil will take place in McKeldin Square at the corner of Light and Pratt Sts. Stay for as long as you can. Wear black. Dress for who knows what kind of weather. Bring your own poster or help with the "NO WAR IN MY NAME" banner.  When there are others to stand with, you don't need to carry the burden alone. Do this to be in solidarity with others....when everything around us says “Be afraid of the stranger.” Carpool and parking available. Just send an email that you need a ride [mailto:wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org].  Peace signs will be available. 

48] – Occupation Law at 60: How it Failed to Regulate Israel’s Occupation but Enabled it to Take the Land without the People is the topic of discussion at The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Feb. 24 from 12:30 to 2 PM.  This lecture will explore how Israel deployed occupation law and Security Council Resolution 242 to fulfill its territorial ambitions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Following the June 1967 War, it developed a legal argument that the Palestinian territories constituted a sovereign void and therefore could not be occupied as a matter of law. However, Israel did not want to annex the territories, as it did Jerusalem in July 1967, because it would have had to absorb the territories’ Palestinian population thereby disrupting its Jewish demographic majority. To get around this, it applied the humanitarian provisions of occupation law on an ad-hoc basis to incrementally take the land under the veneer of military exigencies even as it defiantly established permanent Israeli civilian settlements. Israel then used another legal argument to retroactively legitimate its takings. It emphasized the absence of a definitive article before the words “territories occupied” in the Resolution 242 to claim that while the UN Security Council mandated the exchange of Arab territories for peace with Israel’s Arab neighbors, it did not specify the exact scope of those territories leaving it to the discretion of the negotiating parties. Sixty years later, in 2017, viable negotiations remain elusive and Israel’s current government has proposed annexing sixty-two percent of the West Bank where it has entrenched its settlement enterprise.

Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney, activist, and an Assistant Professor at George Mason University. She is a Co-Founding Editor of Jadaliyya, an ezine on the Middle East, an Editorial Committee member of the Journal of Palestine Studies, as well as a Co-Founding Board Member of the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. RSPV http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/events/upcoming/occupation-law-60-failed-regulate-israels-occupation-enabled-take-land-without-people.

49] – Water Service – Water Affordability Program/(HB 918 focuses on whether consumers can pay for water service. Households at lower income levels must devote a greater percentage of their income to utilities than households at higher income levels. HB 918 creates programs that would be available to some Maryland property owners and ensures that water bills for residential customers living near the poverty level have an affordable water rate. There is a hearing on Fri., Feb.  24 at 1 PM in the Environment and Transportation Committee. Contact Delegate Mary Washington at 410-841-3476 or Mary.Washington@house.state.md.us.

50] – All across the country, people are speaking out not only to keep the Affordable Care Act, but to expand it. At a time when millions of Americans do not have health care, we should be working to expand coverage and move towards a Medicare for All system, not throw millions off of the health insurance they currently have. The Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would be devastating - 30 million Americans thrown off health insurance, with many more denied care for pre-existing conditions and unable to afford their premiums and prescription drugs. In the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, we must understand that health care is a right, not a privilege. RSVP at http://map.ourrevolution.com/?source=ws170222-small-module#zipcode=21212&distance=50&sort=time&f%5B%5D=feb-25th&f%5B%5D=official-event&f%5B%5D=phonebank&f%5B%5D=canvassing&f%5B%5D=volunteer&f%5B%5D=party-meetings&f%5B%5D=other.

On Fri., Feb. 24 at 2 PM, the Frederick Co. Dems will meet at the Frederick Food Bank, 14 East All Saints St., Frederick 21701. 

On Fri., Feb 24 at 7 PM, the Baltimore Resistance Monthly Meeting will take place at Red Emma's, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21210.

Will you join a rally to defend health care as a right in your community? Come to a Healthcare Action on Sat., Feb 25 at noon in the Rayburn House Office Building, 50 Independence Ave. SW, WDC 20515.  RSVP at http://map.ourrevolution.com/#zipcode=21212&distance=50&sort=time&f%5B%5D=feb-25th. All across the country, people are speaking out not only to keep the Affordable Care Act, but to expand it. At a time when millions of Americans do not have health care, we should be working to expand coverage and move towards a Medicare for All system, not throw millions off of the health insurance they currently have. The Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would be devastating - 30 million Americans thrown off health insurance, with many more denied care for pre-existing conditions and unable to afford their premiums and prescription drugs. In the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, we must understand that health care is a right, not a privilege.

 On Sat., Feb 25 at 2 PM, join a Maryland Health Professional & Patient Protest. At Gov. Hogan's office, Lawyers Mall, Bladen St., Annapolis 21401. RSVP at http://map.ourrevolution.com/#zipcode=21212&distance=50&sort=time&f%5B%5D=feb-25th. All across the country, people are speaking out not only to keep the Affordable Care Act, but to expand it. At a time when millions of Americans do not have health care, we should be working to expand coverage and move towards a Medicare for All system, not throw millions off of the health insurance they currently have. The Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would be devastating - 30 million Americans thrown off health insurance, with many more denied care for pre-existing conditions and unable to afford their premiums and prescription drugs. In the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, we must understand that health care is a right, not a privilege.

On Sat., Feb. 25 at 3 PM, Stand with Refugees and Immigrants, Build Bridges Not Walls at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., WDC 20500. 

51] – There is usually a silent vigil on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, sponsored by Homewood Friends Meeting, outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St.  The next scheduled vigil is on Feb. 24. Black Lives Matter.

52] – There is an opportunity to participate in ballroom dancing, usually every Friday of the month, in the JHU ROTC Bldg. at  8 PM.  Turn south on San Martin Dr. from the intersection of Univ. Parkway and 39th St.  Drive on campus by taking the third left turn. The next dance will be Feb. 24. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.

53] – Each Saturday, 11 AM – 1 PM, Chester County Peace Movement holds a peace vigil in West Chester in front of the Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Sts. Go to www.ccpeace.org. Email ccpeacemovement@aol.com.

54] –  The annual Oblate Sisters of Providence Dinner is happening on Sat., Feb. 25 from 11 AM to 3 PM at St. Frances Academy Community Center, 501 E. Chase St. Baltimore. The OSP Annual Chicken Dinner will be Saturday February 25 from 11am - 3pm at the SFA Community Center. Tickets are still $10. Call 410.536.5687 or 410.539.1903.

55] –  Bmore Together Unites for the Maryland Immigrant Rights Coalition on Sat., Feb. 25 at 11 AM and Sun., Feb. 26 at 1 PM at Points South Latin Kitchen, 1640 Thames St., Baltimore 21231. This is a fundraising event benefiting the Maryland Immigrant Rights Coalition. Tickets are $50, and this includes drink and a fully stocked brunch buffet.  This is an opportunity to be a part of an incredible social justice community uniting for an important cause. All proceeds of the event will benefit MIRC, an organization that maximizes resources in order to increase both availability AND quality of low cost legal representation for immigrants. Gather your friends and come enjoy an afternoon in support of a great cause...leave knowing we can all #bmoretogether! See https://www.facebook.com/events/1451633951545331/.

56] – Donald Trump and his Republican friends thought it was going to be easy. They would get to Washington and ram through their agenda, taking health care away from 30 million Americans, privatizing Medicare, and defunding Planned Parenthood while giving huge tax cuts to their millionaire and billionaire friends. Their plans have begun to unravel, but only because of the tremendous levels of grassroots actions we've witnessed -- town halls overflowing with constituents, rallies across the country, and of course the unprecedented outpouring of activism during the Women's March.  Come to a rally on Sat., Feb. 25 from 2 to 4 PM in Bohrer Park, 506 S. Frederick Rd, aka 355 by 355, far from the parking lot, Gaithersburg 20877. Call 301-337-6554. RSVP at https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/event/detail/gplrt8.

57] – Active Bystander Training will happen at 2111 Florida Ave. NW, WDC, on Sat., Feb. 25 from 2 to 5 PM.  Ever witnessed someone being harassed and wondered, "What can I do?" This training, hosted by the Friends Meeting of Washington, will teach you specific, concrete, nonviolent steps to take to protect the targeted person and stop the abuse. RSPV at https://www.facebook.com/events/1872477886316976/.

58] – On Sat., Feb. 25 at 6:30 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, hear arguments in favor of reparations. In life and in death, slaves were commodities, their monetary value assigned based on their age, gender, health, and the demands of the market. “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh” is the first book to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—including preconception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, the senior years, and death—in the early American domestic slave trade. So, “Should America Pay?” Hear a discussion with Dr. Daina Ramey Berry and Dr. Ray Winbush. Dr. Berry, author “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation,” is Associate Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Fellow in History, at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Berry is an award-winning historian and Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. Dr. Winbush is Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University and editor of “Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations” an in-depth volume of essays—containing voices of support for reparative measures as well as counterarguments—examining the controversial subject of the remittance of reparations to African Americans for slavery and related oppression.

With sensitivity and depth, Dr. Berry resurrects the voices of the enslaved and provides a rare window into enslaved peoples’ experiences and thoughts, revealing how they recalled and responded to being appraised, bartered, and sold throughout the course of their lives. Dr. Winbush will complement our understanding of this foundation of exploitation extant in the building of this nation with a look at the work that has already been done, and is being done, to further the case for reparations. Call 443-602-7585.  RSVP at http://www.redemmas.org.

59] -- The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee and Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility are continuing the FILM & SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS DVD SERIES.  The DVDs will be shown at Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218, usually on the First Friday.  After the 5 PM Black Lives Matter vigil, there will be a potluck dinner. At 7:15 PM, from January through March, a DVD will be shown with a discussion to follow.  There is no charge, and refreshments will be available.  This series is named DOCUMENTARIES TO BOLSTER OUR RESOLVE IN THE TIME OF DONALD TRUMP.

On Mar. 3 see SHADOWS OF LIBERTY [United Kingdom, 2012], directed by Jean-Philippe Tremblay, which examines the impact of corporate media and concentration of media ownership on journalism and the news. It is based on the book “The Media Monopoly” by Ben Bagdikian. The film’s title is borrowed from a Thomas Paine quote: "When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon." The film portrays mainstream media, as controlled by fewer and larger conglomerates that exercise extraordinary political, social and economic power. Enjoy interviews with Amy Goodman, Julian Assange, Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg and others.  Call 410-323-1607 or email mobuszewski [at] verizon.net for further information.   

60] – There is still room available from time to time at the CODEPINK activist house in DC. Perhaps you want to join the Women’s March on March 8, International Women’s Day? Or for the Scientists March on April 22 or the Climate March on April 29? Contact Paki, pakiwieland@gmail.com.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          61] – Activists Joyce and Tim Wheeler now live in Sequim, Washington, but their son, Morgan and his family have lived in the Wheeler’s Baltimore home, 816 Beaumont Avenue for some time.  Tragically, at 3 AM on February 4, the home was burned beyond recognition.  Morgan was able to get his family out, but the house and its contents are totally destroyed.  Morgan's daughter, Erin, has created a Go Fund Me page which you can access below.  Anything you are able to contribute to support Morgan and his family would be greatly appreciated. Go to

 

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62] -- The Washington Peace Center has a progressive calendar & activist alert! Consider signing up to receive its weekly email: info@washingtonpeacecenter.org.

63] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.

64] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.

65] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees.  This is an historic window of opportunity.  With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.

66] – A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.

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/.

“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan


 

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