11] Assessing the Trump-Kim
Summit – June 18
12] World Refugee Day
Symposium – June 18
13] Poor Peoples Campaign
Rally in D.C. – June 18
14] Life Under Occupation –
June 18
15] Poor Peoples Campaign
Rally in Lawyer's Mall – June 18
16] Film THIS IS HOME – June 18
17] Search for belonging -- June 18
18] Film on
the occupation – June 18
19] Resisting the Bomb – June 18
20] Ben &
Bernie –
June 18
21] Save the
children
– June 19
22] Day of
Demonstrations -- June 19
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11] – On Mon., June
18 from 9 AM to 4 PM., attend this event -- the Center for Strategic and
International Studies is hosting "ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2018: Assessing
the Trump-Kim Summit" at 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, WDC. RSVP at https://www.csis.org/events/rok-us-strategic-forum-2018-assessing-trump-kim-summit.
12] -- On Mon., June 18 from 9:30 AM to noon be at the
Gift of Refugees to our Communities and Nation - A World Refugee Day
Symposium. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IVR-tBP2UTqOTO5MKfGFJsqzbjeNdUrsRjxCqjitp-M/viewform?edit_requested=true.
June
20, 2018 marks the 18th anniversary of the international observance of World
Refugee Day at the Georgetown University Law Center Hotung Building, Room 2001,
600 New Jersey Ave. NW, WDC 20001. On this day, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), faith-based organizations, and other refugee
advocates around the world host events to draw the public's attention to the
over 65 million displaced persons worldwide. Among these members of our human family,
we focus on the 22 million refugees who are forced to flee their homes due to
war, conflict, persecution, and other compelling factors. Look at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/about/maps-directions.cfm.
13]
– United
for Peace and Justice is a partner in the Poor People’s Campaign: A National
Call for Moral Revival. A season of nonviolent moral fusion direct action to
transform the nation’s political, economic, and moral structures has
begun. On Mon., June 18, as activists gather at State capitals around the
country, another group will be at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for
Week Six’s theme A New and Unsettling Force: Confronting the Distorted Moral
Narrative. Nonviolent direct action training will take place from 10 AM
to noon in a large tent on the National Mall, between Madison Drive NW and
Jefferson Drive SW at 9th St. A rally will follow at 2 PM. Nonviolent direct
action will start at 3 PM. Focal points will be the Department of Justice, The
Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Health and Human
Services. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/159494464895625/.
14] -- On Mon., June 18 from 12:30 to 2 PM, hear about
Life Under Occupation in the Agricultural Town of Beit Ummar. Ahmed Oudeh
will present the work of Eshraqah Youth Organization (EYO) in Beit Ummar,
which focuses on grass roots nonviolent action, community empowerment, and
sustainable agriculture. In addition to developmental programs based
on a model built and run by workers’ groups in their communities in Beit
Ummar, the EYO has been involved in local and international conferences to
promote strategies of nonviolent action, to bring together Israelis opposing
the occupation and Palestinian communities. Life under occupation will be
held at The Jerusalem Fund / Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW, WDC.
15]
– On Mon., June 18 from 2 to 3 PM, take Action Against the
False Poverty Narrative, hosted by the Maryland Poor People's Campaign: A
National Call for Moral Revival in Lawyers Mall, Bladen St., Annapolis 21401.
Go to actionnetwork.org. Residents of Maryland join with those in 37 states and
DC to rally in state capitals and demand justice for poor people! RSVP at https://bit.ly/2IVAKKJ.
If you wish to engage in or support nonviolent direct action as
part of the demonstration, you must attend a pre-training at noon at Calvary
United Methodist Church, 301 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis. Register at https://bit.ly/2IXRPnp. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/240047450087146/.
16]
– On
Mon., June 18 from 5:30 to 9 PM, see the film “This Is Home,” as part of
an IRC Fundraising Event, hosted by The SNF Parkway / Maryland Film
Festival, 5 West North Ave., Baltimore 21201. Tickets are at www.eventbrite.com. Please join EPIX and the International
Rescue Committee Baltimore in celebration of World Refugee Day. The screening
will be followed by a panel discussion and reception. Panelists include film
director Alexandra Shiva, IRC Maryland Executive Director Ruben Chandrasekar,
and participants featured in the film. Tickets are $25. RSVP at http://bit.ly/BRCTIH. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/216788482435583/.
17] -- On Mon., June 18 from 7 to 9 PM, hear
Howard Ross on "Our Search for Belonging" at Busboys and Poets, 235
Carroll St. NW, WDC 20012. We are living in a world of almost
unparalleled separation. People are no longer disagreeing, but are instead
disavowing each other's rights to an opinion. What is driving this
polarization, and how can we overcome it? Join Andy Shallal and author Howard
Ross for a conversation on Ross's important new book "Our Search for
Belonging: How Our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart."
Ross is a lifelong social justice advocate, and the Founding
Partner of Cook Ross, Inc. He is the author of “Reinventing Diversity:
Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose and
Performance.” Andy Shallal is an artist and social entrepreneur. He is the
founder of Busboys and Poets, a restaurant that strives to create an
environment where racial and cultural connections are consciously
uplifted. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/258085598092927/.
18] – On Mon., June
18 from 6 to 8:30 PM, Baltimore-Palestine Solidarity presents "Occupation
Has No Future" at Homewood Friends Meeting, 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore
21218. In the Fall of 2009 a group of US veterans and war resisters
traveled to Israel/Palestine to meet with their Israeli counterparts in an
effort to strengthen connections and share experiences. This film uses that
trip as a lens to study Israeli militarism, examine the occupation of the
Palestinian West Bank, and explore the work of Israelis and Palestinians
organizing against militarism and occupation. The film starts promptly at 6:30 PM
and will be followed by a brief discussion. Homemade Arabic food will be
available before and after the film. The suggested donation is $5. No one will
be turned away for lack of funds. See https://www.facebook.com/events/317898948744063/.
19]
– On Mon., June 18,
come to the “Reel & Meal at the New Deal” program on nonviolent resistance
to nuclear arms at the New Deal Café, 113
Centerway, Greenbelt. Enjoy a meal at 6:30 PM, and at 7 PM see a free
screening of The
Nuns, the Priests and the Bombs, Helen Young’s 2017 film about
Plowshares activists who walked peacefully into a shoot-to-kill zone at a U.S.
nuclear weapons facilities in order to draw attention to the worldwide nuclear
arms threat. Two of these people who appear in the film, Sister Megan and
Michael Walli, will be on hand to participate in the discussion.
They served 2 years in prison for their part in the Plowshares
action. The other local sponsors of the "Reel & Meal"
monthly series are Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group, Utopia Film Festival
and Green Vegan Networking. The New Deal Café is accessible from Greenbelt
Metro station by buses G 12 and 14.
20] -- Join Our Revolution endorsed former
NAACP President Ben Jealous and Senator Bernie Sanders at their Courage to Lead
rally! As early vote ballots are cast, Marylanders across our state are
joining this movement of working families ready to get our state back to doing
big things. Hear from Bernie and Ben on Mon., June 18 at 7:30 PM at the
Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 Veterans Pl., Silver Spring 20910. Email rsvp@benjealous.com.
21] -- On Tues. June 19 at 11 AM, join women of faith
crying out for justice for people that have been brutalized by our government's
cruel practice of breaking up families. The atrocities committed by our
government are growing more barbaric by the day. Tell the Department of
Homeland Security to immediately reunite families who have been torn
apart. Meet at the Customs and Border Protection office, 14th St. and
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004. RSVP at - http://fpl.actionkit.com/sign/dhs_women_familyseparation/?t=2&akid=907%2E46617%2E8XBhn1.
22] – Dick Ochs is organizing a Day of Demonstrations
on Tues., June 19. It will begin at 11 AM at the White House with CODE
PINK and Popular Resistance for peace with North Korea; at 2 PM visit Steny
Hoyer’s Longworth Building office to call for an end to U.S. support for the
Saudi war on the people of Yemen and to ask for an appointment with foreign
policy advisor Daniel Silverberg; at 3 PM deliver op-ed calling for dismantling
of the US nuclear arsenal by Dr. Gwen DuBois to Maryland reps and senators; and
at 4:30 PM demonstrate at the British embassy for freedom for Julian
Assange. RSVP to Dick at rjochs@comcast.net.
To
be continued.
Donations
can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.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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