16] Torture Abolition and Survivors Support
Coalition activities – June 21 - 23
17] Stop the Republican attack on healthcare
– June 21
18] Stand up for Medicaid
and SNAP – June 21
19] Film “Now Is The Time” – June 21
20] Film "THE PRISON FACTORY – June 21
21] THE CHANGING SITUATION
ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA – June 22
22] Pray for
Peace –
June 22
23] BEYOND RESPECTABILITY:
THE INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT OF RACE WOMEN – June 22
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16]
– You are invited to join the
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC) for the 19th Annual
June Survivors Week from Wed., June 21 through Fri., June 23 in Washington,
D.C. See the full schedule of the week’s events at https://www.tassc.org/19th-annual-june-survivors-week. It
begins with a Human Rights Conference on June 21 at the American University Law
School, 4300 Nebraska Ave. NW (near the Tenleytown Metro). This year the conference
theme will be Embracing Torture Survivors, Refugees and Immigrants under the
Trump Administration. Hear from congressional staff, human rights activists,
immigration attorneys and a Muslim torture survivor who will discuss the
“Muslim ban.”
Training for Advocacy Day
on Capitol Hill is in the afternoon following the conference. On June 22,
survivors and TASSC supporters will visit congressional offices to discuss
human rights in Africa, the need for the U.S. to speak out strongly against torture,
political repression and other human rights abuses, and for America to remain a
country that welcomes immigrants, especially those fleeing persecution.
On June 23rd TASSC will
hold a Vigil & Rally in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Join us as
we stand in solidarity with all immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and
survivors of torture around the world. Hear survivor testimonies and live
music, followed by a march to protest Trump Administration policies and demand
an end to torture. RSVP to info@tassc.org with
your name and affiliation.
17]
– Join
Progressive Maryland on Wed., June 2 from 11 AM to 1 PM on the US Capitol East
Lawn on the Senate side across from the Supreme Court to show how OUTRAGEOUS
the American Health Care Act, or the AHCA bill, currently in the Senate is for
people of Maryland and all over the country. Hundreds of thousands of
Marylanders are at risk of losing coverage. This bill would take
healthcare insurance from 23 million people nationwide, allow insurance
companies to charge people with pre-existing conditions and older people more
for healthcare and end the Medicaid as we know it for seniors, kids, people
with disabilities--all to give billions in tax breaks to the rich and
corporations. Rally at Capitol Hill before going on Legislative
Visits! Meet at 10:30 AM at the Capitol South Metro Station, 355
First St. SE, WDC 20003. Before attending the lobby visits, reconvene at
the intersection of New Jersey & Independence Aves SE at 1 PM. RSVP
at http://www.progressivemaryland.org/rally_at_capitol_leg_visits?utm_campaign=6_21_hc_actions&utm_medium=email&utm_source=progressivemaryland.
Contact: Beth Landry - (443) 366 – 9402.
Are
you a resident of Congressional District 1? Rally at the Salisbury District
Office of Rep. Andy Harris, 100 E Main St., Suite 702, Salisbury 21801. Contact
Michael Feldman - (443) 366 – 6719. RSVP at http://www.progressivemaryland.org/rally_at_harris_office?utm_campaign=6_21_hc_actions&utm_medium=email&utm_source=progressivemaryland.
18]
– A
storm is brewing on Capitol Hill. Stand up for Medicaid and SNAP! It’s clear
that many of our leaders are unaware of how many families turn to these
programs to keep their families afloat. Join in a Capitol Hill event on Wed., June 21 at 11 AM to help deliver
booklets of stories on Medicaid and SNAP to members of Congress as a way of
speaking up for moms, children, and families around the country! RSVP at http://action.momsrising.org/survey/June21_RSVP/?t=5&akid=9280.2411466.qdFU0-.
There
will be a speak-out first, then visits to the Senate offices to deliver
Medicaid and SNAP storybooks. Meet in the grassy area in front of the Supreme
Court, 1st and Constitution Ave. The closest Metro stops are Union Station and
Capitol South.
19]
– On Wed., June 21 from 7:30 to 9 PM, the Montgomery
County HCHR/Healthcare NOW presents “Now Is The Time,”
plus live jazz music at Rhizome DC, 6950 Maple St. NW [use Takoma Metro], WDC 20012.
Email brittany@hchrmd.org. This
documentary delves into what single payer healthcare is, how it saves money,
and what behind-the-scenes heroes are doing to clear the fog of misperception
that keeps us from moving forward (running time: 35 min). The movie will be
followed by a musical performance by the trio of Carl Cornwell (reeds), Luke
Stewart (bass), and Tony Green (drums).
20]
– See
the film "THE PRISON FACTORY" on Wed., June 21 at 7:30 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave.,
Baltimore 21201. How did a group of inmates organize the single-largest
prison strike in US history? Join producers of the Emmy-winning documentary
series Fault Lines, for a screening of their new film, an investigation of
prison conditions inside the Alabama Department of Corrections. Drawing on
exclusive interviews and cellphone footage filmed by inmates, "The Prison
Factory" goes inside solitary confinement, where leaders of the Free
Alabama Movement have been held for years in retaliation for their organizing
efforts. Those efforts peaked last September when inmates across the country
went on strike to protest what they call “cruel and unusual” forms of
punishment – including labor for little or no pay. Using smuggled cell phones
to organize, prisoners in 50 prisons in two dozen states went on strike. Call 443-602-7585. RSVP at http://www.redemmas.org.
21]
– On
Thurs., June 22 from 8 AM to 6 PM, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL ON KOREAN STUDIES jointly with KOREA ECONOMIC INSTITUTE OF AMERICA AND
COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA present THE CHANGING SITUATION ON THE
KOREAN PENINSULA: CHALLENGES FOR NEW PRESIDENTS IN 2017 at the Korea Economic
Institute of America, 1800 K St. NW, Suite 1010, WDC 20006. RSVP at http://www.keia.org/event/changing-situation-korean-peninsula-challenges-new-presidents-2017-0.
22]
– The Interfaith Peace Partners will be meeting to Pray for Peace at
St. Ignatius’ Church, 740 North Calvert St., Baltimore at 7:30 PM on
Thurs., June 22. Contact The Rev. Charles Cloughen, Jr., Interfaith Peace
Service Coordinator, at ccloughen@episcopalmaryland.org or
410-321-4545.
23]
–
On Thurs., June 22 at 7:30 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore
Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, BEYOND RESPECTABILITY: THE INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT OF
RACE WOMEN will be discussed on Thurs., June 22 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's. In the
late nineteenth century, a group of publicly active African American women
emerged from the social and educational elite to assume racial leadership
roles. Their work challenged thinking on racial issues as well as questions
about gender, sexuality, and class. “In Beyond Respectability,” author and
co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective Brittney C. Cooper charts the
development of African American women as public intellectuals and the evolution
of their thought from the end of the 1800s through the Black Power era of the
1970s. Eschewing the Great Race Man paradigm so prominent in contemporary
discourse, Cooper looks at the far-reaching intellectual achievements of female
thinkers and activists like Anna Julia Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, Fannie
Barrier Williams, Pauli Murray, and Toni Cade Bambara. Cooper delves into the
processes that transformed these women and others into racial leadership
figures, including long-overdue discussions of their theoretical output and
personal experiences. As Cooper shows, their body of work critically reshaped
our understandings of race and gender discourse. Cooper's work, meanwhile,
confronts entrenched ideas of how--and who--produced racial knowledge. Call 443-602-7585. RSVP at http://www.redemmas.org.
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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