26] Undesign
the Redline exhibit – Aug. 22 – Dec. 31
27] "Reimagining
the U.S.-South Korea alliance" – Aug. 22
28] Food
Rescue Baltimore – Aug. 22
29] Funding
Our Future – Aug. 22
30] What’s art got to do with it? -- Aug. 22
31] Prayer
Walk – Aug. 22
32] Phone Bank – Aug. 22 – Nov. 5
33] On the ballot Happy Hour – Aug. 22
34] Pray
for Peace – Aug. 22
35] Save
Public Lands – Aug. 22
36] Peace Corps Connect 2018 – Aug. 23 - 25
37] See the film “Heather
Booth: Changing the World” – Aug. 23
38] Housing Committee
Meeting – Aug. 23
39] Black
Lives: They Matter Here – Aug. 23
40] Baltimore
City Phone Banks for Ben Jealous – Aug. 23
41] Against Domestic Violence – Aug. 23
42] Capitalism
and the Carceral State -- Aug. 23
43] Training
for Baltimore County Democratic Canvassers – Aug. 23
44] See
THE DREAM – Aug. 23
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25] – On Wed., Aug. 22 & Thurs., Aug.
23 at 10 AM, see 1968: A Time
of Uproar in Europe and the US, hosted by Goethe-Institut Washington, 1990
K St. NW (20th St. entrance), WDC 20006. “Race riots“ in Washington, DC,
violent protests in Berlin, a national strike in Paris, and the brutal end of
the Prague Spring – the year of 1968 was shaped by protest movements and an
atmosphere of massive change. On the 50th anniversary of the protests, the
Goethe-Institut highlights these historic events with a photo exhibition,
offering a view into the movements in these four major cities.
In the US,
after the assassination of Martin Luther King in April 1968, the previously
pacifistic civil rights movement erupted into violent confrontations throughout
the whole country. D.C. was at the center of the protests with the so-called
“race riots” destroying large parts of the inner city and with the Poor People’s
March, in which thousands of people marched on the nation’s capital.
At the same
time as these events in the US, many people in European countries were
expressing their discontent with existing political and social systems. Many
young people and student groups in addition to workers’ unions worked together
to fight for change and a better future. The photographs in this
exhibition do not only document the protests in these different countries, but
also show the parallels of these movements and their calls for more freedom and
democracy within these different societies. Additionally, the medium of
photography is examined to understand its role in documenting such events in
the past and the strong parallels to the protests of today’s era. The exhibit is
presented in cooperation with the Alliance Française de Washington D.C.
View https://www.facebook.com/events/176982716469068/.
26] – On Wed., Aug. 22 at 10 AM and daily
at 10 AM through December 31, check out Undesign the Redline exhibit, hosted
by Choose Civility, HCLS Central Branch. Look for tickets at
choosecivility.org. This interactive exhibit explores the history of structural
racism and classism, how these designs compounded each other from redlining
maps until today, and how we can come together to undesign these systems with
intentionality. Tours, reading lists, events, and more details are
at http://choosecivility.org/events/undesign-the-redline-exhibit.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/444200232763081/.
27] – On Wed.,
Aug. 22 from 10 to 11:30 AM., Michael Green, Center for Strategic and
International Studies; Jung Pak, Brookings Institution; Michael O'Hanlon,
Brookings Institution; and Mireya Solis, Brookings Institution, will tackle
"Reimagining the U.S.-South Korea alliance" at the Brookings
Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC. RSVP at http://connect.brookings.edu/register-to-attend-us-south-korea-alliance.
28] – On Wed., Aug. 22 at noon at the Free Farm, 3510
Ash St., Baltimore 21211, hosted by Food Rescue Baltimore, get some free
rescued food. Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take delicious, nutritious
food home. The food rescue will continue every Wednesday until Feb. 6,
2019.
29] – Two-thirds of Americans aged 21 to 32 have saved
nothing for retirement. How can you get ahead of the curve, and prepare now to
comfortably retire later? How much should you save, and where should you save
it? What do you need to know about how public policy is affecting your
retirement security now and in the future?
To help
answer these questions, join the Economic Policy Institute’s Monique Morrissey
and other experts on Wed., Aug. 22 from noon to 2 PM at a Funding Our
Future event in the Hart Senate Office Building, 120 Constitution Ave. NE,
Room 902, WDC 20002. Speakers will discuss how young professionals can
best prepare for retirement, upcoming opportunities in retirement policy, and
how the future of entitlement programs could affect the retirement security of
future generations. Boxed lunches will be provided in accordance with House and
Senate ethics rules. RSVP at http://bpcevents.cloudapp.net/Pages/Home.aspx?eventid={8C455C26-3D94-E811-8136-C4346BDC22F1}.
30] – On Wed., Aug. 22 from noon to 2 PM,
find out about What’s art got to do with it? It seems Art, Environment, and
Sustainability, hosted by the Society for International Development,
Washington Chapter, 1129 20th St. NW, WDC 20036, will be tied together. Tickets
are at sidw.org. To register for this event, visit website: https://sidw.org/event-details/376.
If the environmental challenges we are facing are largely the product of
culture, then culture must be part of the response. Join a presentation and
discussion of the relationship between art, music, environment and
sustainability, and the concept of eco-art. How does art inform the science of
sustainability? How is art essential to the empathy, involvement and activism
necessary to understand and care for our planet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/508603762923312/.
31] – On Wed., Aug. 22 from 5:30 to 7:30
PM, join Bishop
Madden's Prayer Walk, hosted by Corpus Christi Baltimore at St. Ambrose
Catholic Church, 4502 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore 21215. The evening will
begin with a light meal at 5:30 PM and end before 7:30 PM. During the
walk, pray at specific locations that have been affected by violence, and for
all those individuals who have been so terribly affected by violence, and for a
change of heart in those given to violence. The neighbors are always encouraged
by the witness, and thus the prayers are heard. There is ample street
parking in front of the church or behind the church (turn on Wylie). Call
St. Ambrose Parish at (410) 367-9918. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/244200709751592/.
32] – On Wed., Aug. 22, Thurs., Aug. 23
& Mon., Aug. 27at 5:30 PM and continuing until November 5, do phone banking
with Team O!, hosted by Johnny Olszewski for Baltimore County Executive,
4050 North Point Blvd., Dundalk 21222. Join a people-powered campaign to
build a better Baltimore County! Knock on doors, talk to neighbors, and
help share Johnny's vision to expand opportunity in every community.
Contact Team O's Brad at 410-371-9731 or at brad@gojohnnyo.com.
Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/929372493937041/.
33] –
On
Wed., Aug. 22 from 6 to 9 PM, get over to We're on the Ballot!- Happy Hour,
hosted by Jamie Sycamore and Cortez Restaurant & Rooftop
Bar, 1905 9th St. NW, WDC 20001. Tickets can be had at www.sycamore4dc.com.
Please come and join Team Sycamore on the roof deck at one of Ward 1’s newest
businesses- Cortez! Donations are accepted, but not required to
attend. To make a donation, please visit www.sycamore4dc.com/contribute.
Note Cortez is NOT ADA accessible. If you require assistance or wish to attend,
email Max at manager@sycamore4dc.com.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/908238986034182/.
34] –
Pray for
Peace at 7:30 PM
on Wed,, Aug.
22 at Nativity and Holy Comforter, 419 Cedarcroft Road, Baltimore/corner of Cedarcroft Road and York Road. You are
invited to an informal pot luck supper at 6:30 PM prior to the 7:30 service.
Pastor Stewart Lucas indicated that there
will be music provided
by Director of Music David Neff and Morgan State Soprano
Alexandria Crichlow-Bradshaw who will sing “Deep Peace” and the spiritual “We Shall Walk
Through the Valley in Peace.” Contact The Rev. Charles Cloughen, Jr., Interfaith Peace Service Coordinator, at ccloughen@episcopalmaryland.org
or by calling 410-321-4545.
35] – Join the Sierra Club on Wed., Aug.
22 from 8 to 9 PM ET for a Public Lands Defense Webinar: Defending National
Monuments and Fighting Mining on Public Lands. RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sbKJ05rxRIWcf25nCStc3Q. Contact Dan Ritzman at dan.ritzman@sierraclub.org.
36] – On Thurs., Aug. 23 at 1 PM and
through Fri., Aug. 24 starting at 8:30 AM and at 9 AM on Sat., Aug. 25, get
over to Peace Corps
Connect 2018, hosted at the Shawnee Institute, Shawnee on Delaware, PA Get tickets at www.peacecorpsconnect.org. The
three days will focus on how the greater Peace Corps community can move forward
the health and wellness as international development missions in the fresh air
and surroundings of a gathering in the Pocono Mountains. See full agenda
and details at http://bit.ly/PeaceCorpsConnect. Go to
https://www.facebook.com/events/1798563010163725/.
37] – On Thurs., Aug. 23 from 5:30 to 8:30
PM, see a documentary
screening—“Heather Booth: Changing the World,” hosted by IFPTE Local 70:
The Union for Non-profit Workers and The Center for Community Change
at The Center for Community Change, 1536 U St. NW, WDC 20009. There will
be a Q & A with Heather Booth afterward. RSVP at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRefWNA64nBnsBoO9nEyRqu9dA75NM84_gRLnXHa3VRK5Iew/viewform.
This newest
film by critically acclaimed filmmaker Lilly Rivlin traces the ongoing legacy
of activist and community organizer Heather Booth. In telling the story of
Heather’s life and work, the film presents an overview of 50 years of the
progressive movement, as well as a manual on how to become an organizer. From a
politically conscious college student who began her career in 1964 registering
voters in Mississippi at the height of the Civil Rights movement, she became
the go-to strategist for causes ranging from child care to women’s rights to
immigration reform and advisor to leaders including Julian Bond and Senator
Elizabeth Warren. The film blends archival and contemporary footage with
interviews with close friends, clients, political colleagues, students and
others to understand this one person's legacy in progressive politics. This is
a timely film that arms viewers with methods they can employ to preserve our
democratic principles. The goal is for the film to serve as a tool for
community organizing, through education and awareness, and as a guide for
mobilizing that inspires activism and ignites change. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/270106710448659/.
38] – On Thurs., Aug. 23 from 6 to 8 PM,
get involved with the Housing
Committee Meeting/2nd Bimonthly, hosted by Communities United at the Metropolitan United Methodist Church, 1121 W.
Lanvale St., Baltimore 21217-2520. Tickets can be claimed at
membershipdrive.secure.force.com. The Housing Committee is focused on improving
the quality of housing in Baltimore City and the State of Maryland. Organize
directly impacted residents to demand safe, affordable, healthy homes. Discuss
HUD's new smoking ordinance and the upcoming Rental Housing Chat & Chew.
Sign up today at https://www.facebook.com/events/2057300564532216/.
39] – On Thurs., Aug. 23 from 6 to 9 PM, catch
up with Black Lives:
They Matter Here, hosted by Black Lives Matter D.C. and Showing
Up for Racial Justice - SURJ – D.C. at 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC 20010.
Tickets are at blacklivesmatterhere.splashthat.com. Celebrate and tell
stories. Enjoy libations and dinner with community while sharing the stories of
the movement over the past 3 years and create vision for the world we all need:
a world where we keep one another safe and abundance is shared. Tickets are $20
and available here: https://blacklivesmatterhere.splashthat.com/. No One
Turned Away for Lack of Funds. Dinner and non-alcoholic beverages
included in ticket price. Music is provided by DJ Baronhawk Poitier.
Email nora.leccese@gmail.com. Go to
https://www.facebook.com/events/2191761881060520/.
40] –
On Thurs.,
Aug. 23 and Tues., Aug. 28 at 6 PM, and continuing until Sept. 27, get involved
with Baltimore City Phone Banks for Ben Jealous, hosted by the Baltimore
City Democratic Party at the 1199 SEIU Maryland/DC, 611 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore
21201. Call voters across Baltimore, and tell them why Ben Jealous is the
best candidate for our City! Phone bank every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8
PM. You'll have talking points on hand, and plenty of seasoned volunteers
to support you as you engage with neighbors across Baltimore. Just bring a cell
phone and a charger! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2105898316403812/.
41] – On Thurs., Aug. 23 from 6:30 to 8 PM,
be at Against
Domestic Violence - Artist Talk with Marta Perez Garcia, hosted by Marta
Pérez García at the D.C. Public Library – Mt. Pleasant Library, 3160 16th
St. NW, WDC 20010. Garcia, a Puerto Rican artist living in D.C., has won
a Public Art Building Communities grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts
and Humanities. She has partnered with the DC Coalition Against Domestic
Violence and is passionate about giving a voice to those who suffer and those
who love and support those who suffer in and through domestic violence.
Her public art project titled, "I'm Gonna Get You...Body, Woman, Rupture
(Si te cojo....cuerpo, mujer, rotura)" will be exhibited at the Reeves
Building (14 St. & U St. NW) from mid-September through October 2018.
For her
project, Garcia is collecting objects of memory, like (but not limited to):
images of hope, books, photographs, poems, figures, letters and charms, or any
object that reflects relevant aspects of the survivor's experience. In support
of this effort, any person is invited to anonymously donate an object of memory
that can help break the silence and take action against domestic violence. The
objects will be displayed on the installation as a symbol of the community's
rising consciousness and commitment to speak out, reflect and act. At this
presentation, Garcia will speak about the project "Against Domestic Violence,"
and she will also collect the Objects of Memory that are going to be an
important part of the installation (art project). See https://www.facebook.com/events/276023013198205/.
42] – On Thurs., Aug. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30
PM, catch up with Capitalism
and the Carceral State, hosted by Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of
America at the Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW, WDC 20001, This is the first of
four discussions hosted by the MDC-DSA Education Working Group on
incarceration, crime, capitalism, and prison abolition. While the readings were
designed as a series, each meeting also works as a stand-alone event. Thus, one
can easily attend any meeting without having attended the previous meetings.
The full background of the series and list of meetings can be viewed
here--https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UhM5ZWXNgU6XzVoKcQGpNbfElh3fcmrTOzMizNAT9GE/edit.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/236027030363138/.
43] – On Thurs., Aug. 23 from 7 to 7:30 PM,
there is a Mini-VAN
Training for Baltimore County Democratic Canvassers, hosted by the
Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Club at the County Democratic Party
Hdq., 301 Allegheny Ave., Towson. Want to canvas for Ben Jealous, Johnny
Olszewski, and other Democrats in Baltimore County? You'll need the
"mini-VAN" app on your smartphone/tablet and to know how to use it.
This 1/2 hour training by the Dems' "coordinated campaign" is at 7
PM, right before the 8 PM monthly meeting of the Baltimore County Progressive
Democrats--at which Johnny O and Jealous and/or Susan Turnbull are speaking (also
at party headquarters. Get trained--it's painless. Go forth at https://www.facebook.com/events/234153003964465/.
44] –
On Thurs., Aug. 23
at 7 PM @ Rock Spring Congregational UCC, 5010 Little Falls Road,
Arlington, VA, see AL HELM (The Dream): Martin Luther
King in Palestine, sponsored
by Voices from the Holy Land Film Series. An African-American gospel
choir is the Greek chorus for a Palestinian play on Martin Luther King Jr.
which tours the West Bank preaching nonviolence. The choir is apprehensive
about working with Palestinians whose American media image is that of angry,
violent terrorists. For the Palestinian actors, Americans are unconditional
supporters of their occupiers. It is a personal and cultural exchange where,
over the course of the journey, their ideas about each other are radically
transformed. Happy to finally visit the Holy Land, the choir witnesses life in
the occupied territories, perform in a unique theater inside a refugee camp
using art as an alternative to violence, and meet Fadi Quran, a young leader of
a nonviolent movement for justice. At the end of their tour reality will
astonishingly mirror the play on MLK, a man who died for his beliefs.
A
moderated Q&A Discussion will be held after the film screening. Visit https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/events/sun-07222018-1200/al-helm-dream-martin-luther-king-palestine-partnered-event-plymouth.
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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