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33] "The Perfect Weapon:
War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age" – July 25
34] Measuring Women's and Girls' Empowerment – July 25
35] Day of Service – July 25
36] Peace with North Korea and Russia – July 25
37] Stand up for union rights – July
25
38] Healthy
Working Families Act – July 25
39] Creating Peace on the Korean
Peninsula – July 25
40] Negotiating a Peace Agreement in Syria – July 25
41] FreeState Justice Happy Hour – July 25
42] DSA Happy Hour -- July 25
43] Speak out against Governor
Hogan’s destructive highway expansion – July 25
44] 40 Days of Moral Action -- July
25
45] Democracy for Realists –
July 25
46] Kick-off Event: People's Platform – July 25
47] Town Hall
Meeting: Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs – July 125
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33] – On Wed.,
July 25 from 8:45 to 10:30 AM, hear from David Sanger, New York Times on
"The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age" at the
Nuclear Threat Initiative, 1776 Eye Street NW, Suite 600, WDC. RSVP at https://www.tfaforms.com/4686288.
34] – On Wed., July 25 from 9:30 to 11 AM,
catch up with Measuring Women's and Girls' Empowerment: A Practical Guide,
hosted by Center for Global Development, 2055 L St. NW, 5th floor, WDC
20036. Get tickets at www.cgdev.org.
Many practitioners and researchers are grappling with how to better measure
women’s and girls’ empowerment in impact evaluations. Which approaches to
measuring a complex social outcome like decision-making power should we use,
and can we improve on our existing models? When should we use internationally
standardized survey questions and when is it better to develop locally tailored
ones? Can non-survey instruments pick up useful information that surveys can’t,
and when should we think about using them?
CGD,
in collaboration with Data2X, is delighted to host the launch of J-PAL’s new
research resource, A Practical Guide to Measuring Women's and Girls’
Empowerment in Impact Evaluations, which offers practical guidance on these and
many other questions and a comprehensive process for measuring empowerment in
an impact evaluation. Rachel Glennerster will briefly present the new guide and
how it can help practitioners and researchers develop their own strategies for
measuring empowerment that are right for their impact evaluations. Afterward,
experts will discuss the proposed measurement approaches, promising ways to
overcome challenges related to measuring empowerment, and important areas for
future measurement research. See https://www.facebook.com/events/199996320686164/.
35] – On Wed., July 25 from noon to 3 PM,
participate in the CHRIS Inc. "Day of Service," hosted
by Coordinating Holistic Resources Initiatives & Services, Inc. at St.
Vincent de Paul Church, 120 N. Front St., Baltimore 21202. Provide
food and resources to the homeless. The event will honor the life of the late
Christine Duncan to Continue A Legacy of Goodwill. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/434187430389096/.
36] – On Wed., July 25 from noon to 3 PM,
get over to Prospects for Peace with North Korea and Russia, hosted
by Peace Action at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, 4340 Connecticut
Ave, NW, WDC 20008. Feeling bewildered about the state of the world? Me too!
Let's get together and chat. Kevin Martin will be speaking at 3PM -- "Nuclear
Weapons and Human Rights: Prospects for Peace in Korea and the need to halt the
New Cold War with Russia." Get off the Red Line at Van Ness/UDC
Metro. This talk is part of the 17th Annual Human Rights on the Hill
conference through July 27, organized by University of Hawai'i Professor Joshua
Copper, a former Peace Action board member. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2072625852989233/.
37] – On Wed., July 25 from 12:30 to 2:30
PM, join up with Red for Feds- D.C. Court House Rally, hosted by AFGE at
John Marshall Park, 333 Constitution Ave. NW, WDC 20001-2804.
Tickets are at actionnetwork.org. AFGE will go to court to stand up for
our union rights and representation. Together, we can stop the executive orders
that threaten to bust our union. Wear something RED and stand in front of the
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse for the #RedForFeds Day
of Action. Visit: http://www.afge.org/RedForFedsRSVP.
38] – The Working Matters coalition has
been working hard to monitor the implementation of the Maryland Healthy Working
Families Act, which now ensures earned sick and safe leave for over 700,000
Marylanders across the state. From a leave accrual calculator, to updated blog
posts, to important Train-the-Trainer workshops covering the new law, the group
is continually working to make sure workers and employers have the tools they
need to better understand Maryland's earned sick and safe leave law. The next
Train-the-Trainers workshop will be on Wed., July 25 from 1 to 2:30 PM at
Catholic Charities, 228 W Lexington St., Baltimore. To RSVP, email Sulma at Guzmans@publicjustice.org.
39] –
On Wed., July 25 from 3 to 4:30 PM, hear from Cho Hyun, Republic of
Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who will talk about the "Future of the
Korea-US Alliance: Creating Peace on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast
Asia" at George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW, WDC 20052. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBCEkGCvhsnpLbP74ChMtsqyvQa7X1IH9pH83ALgu26-qE7g/viewform.
40] – On Wed., July 25 from 5:30 to 8:30
PM, participate in Negotiating a Peace Agreement in Syria — Negotiation
Simulation, hosted by Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG)
at Baker & Mckenzie LLP, 815 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC 20006. Tickets
are at docs.google.com. Law students are invited to participate in the
upcoming session of the summer peace negotiation simulation series. These
simulations are designed to expose summer associates and law students to the
skills needed to be the lawyer in a peace process. Participants are not
expected to be experts on the topic. A short background document will be
provided in advance of the simulation and no additional research is required.
Skills to be developed include creating and applying negotiation strategies,
exploring opposing interests, dealing with high-pressure situations, and
working as part of a team.
This
negotiation simulation will identify the challenges involved in negotiating a
comprehensive peace settlement in Syria and explore potential points of
agreement or disagreement among the key negotiating parties. PILPG’s
negotiation simulations are developed using the methodology employed by the
United States Department of State’s National Foreign Affairs Training Institute,
which runs similar simulations for U.S. diplomats prior to negotiations.
Contact Neha Bhatia at nbhatia@pilpg.org.
Visit http://publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/.
41] – On Wed., July 25 from 6 to 9 PM, get
over to the FreeState Justice Happy Hour Fundraiser, hosted by Monument
City Brewing Company at the Golden West Café, 1105 W 36th St, Baltimore
21211. Stop by with proceeds supporting this awesome organization. If you
just want to stop by and show your support you can also donate directly at the
bar! FreeState Justice envisions a Maryland where people across the
spectrum of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer identities are free
to live authentically, with safety and dignity, in all communities throughout
our state. It is Maryland’s only statewide social justice organization working
to improve the lives of LGBTQ people and their families. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1263064723824658/.
42] -- On Wed., July 25 from 6:30 to 9:30
PM, attend the DSA Happy Hour, hosted by Metro D.C. Democratic
Socialists of America at Franklin Hall, 1348 Florida Avenue NW, WDC
20009. Learn about Metro DC DSA and its work, and make some new
acquaintances! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2007177285982577/.
43] – Attend this Workshop on Wed., July 25
from 6:30
to 8:30 PM, organized by the Sierra Club at Thomas Pyle Middle
School, 6311 Wilson Lane, Bethesda 20817. Contact Lindsey Mendelson at lindsey.mendelson@mdsierra.org or
240-706-7901. Attend this Workshop to give your feedback on alternatives
(including a no-build scenario) to Governor Hogan's proposal to add four
express toll lanes to the Capital Beltway (I-495) and to I-270 between the
Beltway and Frederick.
Governor Hogan’s proposal would be one of the biggest and most expensive
highway expansion projects in the country and
could cost hundreds of residents their homes. On top of this,
the $9 billion price tag for these projects doesn’t include the costs
on our environment and our health from increased traffic, air
pollution, and climate change emissions or the disproportionate
toll this project would have on overburdened and
underserved communities. The Governor's proposal calls for a public-private
partnership to design, build, and operate the express toll lanes and recoup the
investment via tolls that would fluctuate based on congestion to keep the
traffic moving. But before proceeding, the proposal and
alternatives to meet the need and purpose must be subjected to an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) mandated by the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969. The EIS is scheduled to be completed by fall/winter
2019.
44] – Thank you to all who made the 40 Days of Moral
Action happen. What is Next? Come on Wed., July 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM to
continue to reorganize ourselves and prepare for an upcoming action. Come and
get involved at the Lamond Riggs Library, 5401 South Dakota Ave. NE.
Parking is Available, and the location is close to the Ft. Totten Metro Station.
Email washingtondc@poorpeoplescampaign.org.
45] -- On Wed., July 25 from 7 to 8 PM, get
involved with the Foreign & Domestic: A Policy Book Club - Democracy for
Realists at hosted by Solid State Books, 600 H Street NE, WDC 20002.
Join Solid State bookseller and policy enthusiast Chris Watson for a discussion
of “Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government”
by Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels. Democracy for Realists assails the
romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic
politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in
the actual human nature of democratic citizens.
Achen
and Bartels deploy a wealth of social-scientific evidence, including ingenious
original analyses of topics ranging from abortion politics and budget deficits
to the Great Depression and shark attacks, to show that the familiar ideal of
thoughtful citizens steering the ship of state from the voting booth is
fundamentally misguided. They demonstrate that voters—even those who are well
informed and politically engaged—mostly choose parties and candidates on the
basis of social identities and partisan loyalties, not political issues. They
also show that voters adjust their policy views and even their perceptions of
basic matters of fact to match those loyalties. When parties are roughly evenly
matched, elections often turn on irrelevant or misleading considerations such
as economic spurts or downturns beyond the incumbents' control; the outcomes
are essentially random. Thus, voters do not control the course of public
policy, even indirectly. All of the book club picks are 10% off in store for
the month. See https://www.facebook.com/events/210689212900362/.
46] – On Wed., July 25 at 7 PM, get over to the Kick-off Event: People's Platform, which is a voter turnout project to increase
voter turnout in Delaware's primary election by at least 5%, around issues
related to smart justice, educational justice, and economic justice, at
Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, 719 N. Shipley St., Wilmington,
DE. Network Delaware, ACLU & Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League are
founding members. Pacem in Terris is a co-sponsor of this event and
project. Go to http://delawareway.blogspot.com/2018/07/delawares-peoples-platform-kick-off-set.html.
47] – Socialists4Baltimore invite you to a Town Hall
Meeting: Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs on Thurs., July 26 from 7 to 9
PM at the Real News Network, 231 Holliday St., Baltimore 21202. Mr. Jorge
Arreaza will answer What can the Baltimore community learn from Venezuela? How does the Trump administration and big business’s policy
of war and aggression against Venezuela affect the people of Baltimore and the
world at large? Go to https://www.meetup.com/Socialists4Baltimore/events/252878843/.
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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