Baltimore Activist Alert - September 29 - October 1, 2017

37] Peace vigil at White House – Sept. 29

38] WIB peace vigils – Sept. 29

39] Black Lives Matter vigil – Sept. 299

40] Cuban Dinner & Che Brigade Send Off – Sept. 29

41] KIDS WHO KNOW EVERYTHING – Sept. 29

42] Ballroom Dancing – Sept. 29

43] Co-op Festival – Sept. 30 – Oct. 1

44] March for Racial Justice – Sept. 30

45] Peace Academy – Sept. 30

46] 1-Day Movement Politics Campaign Training  – Sept. 30

47] Rising Up Summer Day of Organizing #3 – Sept. 30

48] West Chester peace vigil – Sept. 30

49] New Carrollton Community Day – Sept. 30

50] Stop the Drone War Command Center in Horsham, PA – Sept. 30

51] Talk about the Congo – Sept. 30

52] Earthsave Veg Dinner – Sept. 30

53] Support the Wheeler family who lost their home in a fire

54] Sign up with Washington Peace Center

55] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

56] Do you need any book shelves?

56] Join the Global Zero campaign

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37] – On Fri., Sept. 29 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. 

38] – On Fri., Sept. 29 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. Another one is at Roland Park Place   830 W. 40th St. 21211.  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. 

Welcome Neighbor Yard Signs now available at the Inner Harbor Vigil.  Meet Maureen, and she'll bring them to city for $6. Email her at mmkeck@comcast.net.

39] – 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 Sept. 29. Black Lives Matter.  

40] – On Fri., Sept. 29 at 6 PM at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, check out KIDS WHO KNOW EVERYTHING with HOST VALENCIA CLAY and SPECIAL GUEST D. WATKINS.  Huey P. Newton said, "The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution." Yet in 2017, we hear less and less from the voices that matter most! Kids Who Know Everything is a new show that gives a voice to the future leaders and change agents of our world. Join in a as pilot episode will be shot at Red Emma's.  The topic: Don't Save Us! The special guest: Bestselling Author, D. Watkins. The host Valencia D. Clay. The panelists are Teens from Baltimore!  Call 443-602-7585.  RSVP at http://www.redemmas.org.

41] – Come to a Cuban Dinner & Che Brigade Send Off, hosted by Socialists4Baltimore on Fri., Sept. 29 at 6:30 PM at the Harriet Tubman Solidarity Center, 2011 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218. This dinner is to help raise funds to cover the cost of Baltimore youth who are attending the International Brigade in Cuba to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Che Guevara. This will be a first trip for all of them. Meet the group and enjoy a delicious Cuban Dinner including Cuban style black beans and yellow rice, fried sweet plantains, green salad, rolls, sweet tea and desert. Also available will be a cash bar.  The requested donation is $10 to $20, but no one will be turned away. Donate at https://www.youcaring.com/baltimoreyouthactivistsattendinginternationalbrigade-948550, and visit https://www.meetup.com/Socialists4Baltimore/events/243713429/?rv=md1.

The final goal is $5,000. If you would like to send checks or money orders, make it out to the Solidarity Center (earmark Che trip) and mail it to the Solidarity Center, 703 E. 37th St., Baltimore 21218. Call 410-218-4835.

42] – 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 on Sept. 29. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.

43] – On Sat., Sept. 30 and Sun., Oct. 1, attend the Co-op Festival on the National Mall.  This is a free event to celebrate the diversity and impact of co-op businesses. Try co-op products from Ocean Spray, Cabot Cheese, Organic Valley and others, learn about this inclusive business model through games and demonstrations with America's Credit Unions and Co-ops Build a Better World. There will be virtual reality farm tours, a passport quest for a "Co-op Patch" for Girls and Boys Scouts, and live music. Learn more and plan your visit at www.coopfestival.coop Thanks to our Premier Partner - Ocean Spray Thanks to our Gold Partners: Credit Union National Association , America's Electric Cooperatives (NRECA), Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) Thanks to our Silver Partners: Twins Ace Hardware - Arlington, Cabot Creamery Co-op.

44] – On Sat,, Sept. 30 at 10 AM, there is a March for Racial Justice in Lincoln Park, WDC. Sign up at https://www.m4rj.com/.  We all deserve to be treated with fairness and dignity -- and for our democracy to work, it must reflect each and every one of us. But as we move towards a democracy that works for all of us, racism in our institutions and our society stands in the way.  We must dismantle the ways that those with power hold onto it at the expense of everyone else -- whether it’s the corrosive influence of a few (mostly white) wealthy donors on our politics, deliberate assaults on the right to vote, racial gerrymandering to dilute the political power of communities of color, or huge media & telecom companies boxing out marginalized voices. Together, we can dismantle the barriers that shut people out of the democratic process, and build a more just and equitable society. Email karen@commoncause.org.

45] – Join Little Friends for Peace [LFFP] on Sat., Sept. 30 from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Peace Academy, 128 M St. NW, WDC 20001!  Participants will have the opportunity to earn CEU credits and also become Peace Ambassadors in their local community! The cost is $25.  To earn CEU credits, the price is $50.  Scholarships are available.  Register at https://form.jotform.com/peacecamp/70718244871157.  Call 240-838-4549 or go to http://www.lffp.org/.

46] – On Sat., Sept. 30 at 10 AM, there is a 1-Day Movement Politics Campaign Training  at Progressive MD Headquarters in Silver Spring. RSVP at http://www.progressivemaryland.org/calendar?utm_campaign=cxtowkmemsep18&utm_medium=email&utm_source=progressivemaryland#show%20more%20content.

47] – On Sat., Sept. 30 at 10:30 AM at 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21218-4531, join in Rising Up Summer Day of Organizing #3.  As we build power for United Not Blighted: Baltimore’s 20/20 Vision for affordable housing, jobs, and a healthy environment, there is a need to get the message out to neighbors across the city. We must change our city's priorities so that democratic institutions for development puts communities in the driver's seat. At the previous Days of Organizing, there were 45 new petitioners and some 800 petition signatures!  On Saturday sip some coffee and get petition training from 10:30 to 11:30 AM, and then gear up and go out in groups in East, Central, South and West Baltimore. If you would like to be trained to gather petitions in your neighborhood, please come! Make sure you wear sunscreen and comfy shoes.

48] – 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.

49] – On Sat., Sept. 30 from 11 AM to 5 PM, get involved in New Carrollton Community Day,  8511 Legation Road, New Carrollton, MD.  Enjoy crafts, games, vendors, music, and food. Go to http://www.newcarrolltonmd.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC= {2F35FB5B-B486-4767-83D4-F06DD3E1D59A}.

50] – Ignite Peace. And Stop the Drone War Command Center in Horsham, PA. Stop Trump Craziness on Sat., Sept. 30 from noon to 2 PM.  Protest the drone war command center at Horsham Air Guard Station. Route 611/Easton Road & County Line Road. STAND UP.  BE THERE.  IGNITE PEACE! This demo is on the last Saturday of the month. It is recommended to park in the Regal Cinemas Warrington Crossing on Rout 611 just beyond County Line Road.  Dress according to the weather and bring an umbrella. Call 484-574-1148 or visit www.brandywinepeace.com.

51] – Come to St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC, on Sat., Sept. 30from 1 to 4 PM for a discussion about the Congo.  From the Congolese American Foundation: "In the course of his work, the first African American missionary in Congo, Rev William Henry Sheppard of Waynesboro Virginia, joined his faith to his courage to denounce the atrocities committed by King Leopold II of Belgium in his newly acquired property. Indeed, from 1885 to 1908, stirred by a zealous desire to massively exploit 'The Bloody Rubber,' King Leopold used harsh practices that led to the first untold colonial genocide. Thanks to the actions of missionaries like Rev William Sheppard, Lapsley and William Morrison, that horrendous genocide was stopped after claiming the lives of more than 10 million Congolese.  Coincidentally, the rush to plunder coltan and many other minerals in Congo since 1996 has led to crimes against humanity of the same proportion as during King Leopold II era. A U.N report released on October! 2010 notes that the “crimes committed in Congo can be characterized as genocide”. Astonishingly, from Beni to the Kasai numerous mass graves continue to be discovered much to the chagrin of hopeless fellow Congolese Christians. Should Christians remain silent in face of such degrading, dehumanizing and humiliating atrocities? Shouldn’t one’s faith and moral conscience compel people to take action and advocate for peace and democracy in Congo as clearly stipulated in the DRC Relief, Security and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006?"  Call 540 830 7459.

52] – Check out the monthly Earthsave Veg Dinner Series events that are normally held on the last Saturday, Sept. 30, from 6 to 8 PM at Towson Presbyterian Church, 400 Chesapeake Ave. in Towson. The dinners are vegan and often attract a group of 40 to 70 attendees. See http://earthsavebaltimore.org/. 

53] – 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 https://www.gofundme.com/a7y7m-fire-leaves-family-with-nothing?ssid=904794688&pos=2.

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

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

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

57] -- 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.

Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218.  Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.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