Baltimore Activist Alert November 24 & 26, 2018
"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own
nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it
must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends, this list and other email documents which I send
out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go
to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send
contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Max
Obuszewski can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.
1] Books, buttons and
stickers
2] Web site for info on
federal legislation
3] Get involved with NCNR
4] Buy an
Anti-War Veteran hat
5] Transcribe Dorothy
Day’s diaries
6] Redlining – through
Dec. 31
7] World Press Photo
Exhibition 2018 – through Nov. 25
8] Chester County Peace
Vigil – Nov. 24
9] Handmade Holiday Gift Fair – Nov.
24
10] End the Drone War
Command – Nov. 24
11] Participatory Defense
Community Meeting -- Nov. 24
12]
Pasta Pesto Day – Nov. 24 - 25
13] International Day for
the Elimination of Violence against Women – Nov. 25
14] “Self-Hatred, Inner Peace, and Gratitude” – Nov. 25
15] Black Lives Matter demo
– Nov. 25
16] ERA conference call – Nov. 25
17] Jamming for
Justice –
Nov. 25
18] Protest at the Pentagon – Nov. 26
19] Deliver Yemen War holiday cards -- Nov. 26 through ??
20] Corporate illicit
activities – Nov. 26
21] Food Rescue – Nov. 26
22] Poor People's Campaign
meeting – Nov. 26
23] Get the Money Out – Nov. 26
24] Do you want to join a
peace caravan?
25] Emergency Demonstration
against an attack on Iran or North Korea
26] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
27] Do you need any book
shelves?
28] Join the Global Zero
campaign
29] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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1] – Buttons,
bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless the Whole World,
No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
2] – To obtain information how your federal legislators
voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.
Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or
800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary
decision-making mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance
[NCNR]. It will be augmented by
conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed. It will
consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local, regional, or national
organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry out the
NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to U.S.
wars.
To join the ORGANIZING
List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to
mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net. Different local chapters of a
national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
4] – Get a good-looking black hat
which says Anti-War Veteran in the front and Viva House 50th in the
back. The cost is $10. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
Comcast dot net.
5] – Want an opportunity to work with scans of Dorothy Day's diaries?
The Guild for the Canonization is looking for volunteers to help them
transcribe all her diaries and letters! Several Catholic Workers are already
helping and you can, too! Contact Jeff Korgen at jkorgen@korgan.associates.org
or call him 862-485-5807.
6] – 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/.
7] – On
Sat., Nov. 24 & Sun., Nov. 25 at 10 AM, see the World Press Photo
Exhibition 2018, hosted by Lightscape Foundation at the Dupont Underground,
19 Dupont Circle NW, WDC 20036. The Exhibition is on a world-wide tour
showcasing the stories that matter. A specially tailored exhibition has been
created for Washington, D.C. including with a retrospective of the Photos of
the Year since 1955, photographs of four African Photojournalism Database
photographers, and Images honoring the work of Agence France-Presse
photographer Shah Marai. Call 202 337 3686. The visiting hours are until
6 PM, while the doors will close at 7 PM. It is closed on Mondays and
Thanksgiving (Nov. 22). There is a discounted admission of $12, while
general admission is $18. Children under 14 enter free (however should be
accompanied by an adult, given the nature of the some images). Audio
guides with information from the photographers will be available at no charge
(first-come first served). Visitors are free to come back multiple times
by leaving their names with the volunteers at the entrance. See http://www.lightscapedc.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1668929476569252/.
8] – 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.
9] – On
Sat., Nov. 24 from noon to 5 PM, attend
the Wilmington in Transition's Annual Handmade Holiday Gift Fair at St.
Stephens Lutheran Church, 1301 N. Broom St., Wilmington, DE. Go to https://transitiontownmedia.org/event/2018-wilmington-in-transition-food-gift-fair/.
10] – Thanksgiving
Weekend in Horsham, PA, IGNITE PEACE. Stop the Violence. End the Drone War
Command at the Horsham Air Guard Station on Sat., Nov. 24 from
noon to 2 PM. Close the drone war command at Horsham Air Guard
Station, Route 611/Easton Road & County Line Road. This protest
is the last Saturday of the month with a winter pause in January and February.
The U.S. Air Force has established this drone war command center. From
there, MQ-9 Reaper drone can be piloted by remote control to launch their
deadly Hellfire missiles against people on the other side of the world. Since
April 2013, there have been focused protests at the base organized by the
Brandywine Peace Community. Call 484-574-1148 or see www.brandywinepeace.com.
11] – Come to the Participatory Defense Community Meeting on
Sat., Nov. 24 from 1 to 3 PM at the Oakcrest Community Center, 1300
Capitol Heights Blvd., Capitol Heights 20743. This will take place every Saturday through
December. CONTACT
qiana johnson at q.johnson@peoplesaction.org at
240-845-4007. Visit http://www.progressivemaryland.org/participatory_defense_community_meeting_20181103?utm_campaign=wkmem_oct_29_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=progressivemaryland.
12] – On Sat., Nov. 24 and Sun., Nov. 25 at 5:30 PM, be at
Pasta Pesto Day to help the people of Genova, Italy, hosted by San Lorenzo
Ristorante + Bar, 1316 9th St. NW, WDC 20001. San Lorenzo is joining
restaurants around the world to offer up a special plate of GNOCCHI AL PESTO
for the people of Genova, Italy, who were devastated by the Morandi Bridge
collapse. The Bar will donate $2 from the price of a bowl of Gnocchi al Pesto
(which is the "sauce" of Genova) to the people of Genova! MANGIA! If
you want to learn more about Pasta Pesto Day, go
tohttp://www.pastapestoday.it/. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/348576275900648/.
13] –
On
Sunday, November 25 celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women. People around the world go out into the streets to make
their voices heard and for violence against women to end. Remember that the
violence that women suffer begins with symbolic, cultural and structural
violence of the patriarchy that historically has limited and oppressed them,
stripping them of rights, severing aspirations, eliminating self-esteem and the
capacity to react, even life itself. On this day, denounce war as the
women and girls in conflict zones are those who suffer the greatest violence:
they are victims of sexual violence, trade, exploitation and prostitution and
see how their sons are militarized and assassinated. In addition to the
hardships of war, responsibility for rebuilding relationships and the torn
social fabric falls upon them.
It
is essential that women be provided with security, understanding that security
is to feel included the processes for peace and to be present at the official
tables for negotiation so that their demands and contributions to the building
of peace, which they have always exercised in an informal way, become known.
14] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St.,
Baltimore 21218, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and
discussion at 10:30 AM. On Sun., Nov. 25, the platform address is “Self-Hatred, Inner Peace, and Gratitude.” Often
we are war with ourselves. We amplify the inner voices telling us that we are
good enough and not ethical enough. We can fall into an unproductive cycle of
self-hatred. How do we escape from self-criticism on the one hand and
indifference on the other? How do we take a heroic stance against injustice,
while admitting that we usually fall well short? In this season of thanksgiving
and gratitude, Hugh Taft-Morales explores these questions. He joined the
Baltimore Ethical Society as its professional leader in 2010, the same year he
was certified by the American Ethical Union as an Ethical Culture Leader.
Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
15] – On Sun., Nov. 25 from 4 to 5 PM, attend a
Black Lives Matter monthly vigil at Governor Warfield Parkway and Windstream
Drive in Howard County. The vigil will continue until Dec. 9. Join
in on the second Sunday of each month for a public witness to remind the community
that all lives will matter when black lives matter. Show up to tell the world
that injustice will not be ignored in Howard County or anywhere else. Check out
https://www.facebook.com/events/408704056256085/.
16] – On Sun., Nov. 25 at 4 PM, join The CALL - ERA Education
Program, hosted by One Rural Woman at Katrina's Dream, PO Box 32003,
WDC 20007. Get tickets at www.katrinasdream.org.
Help build the groundswell. The collaboration of grassroots organizers,
lobbyists, and professionals is dedicated to promoting and educating folks
across the United States of America to empowering women around the world.
PASS THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
There
is a NATIONAL WEEKLY SUNDAY CALL at 4 PM with E.R.A. ADVOCATES -- CALL IN NO:
563.999.2090 CONFERENCE NO: 898879#. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1710130249022424/.
17] – Jamming for Justice is hosted by Maceo Kemp
on Sun., Nov. 25 from 6 to 8 PM at the Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301
North Capitol St. NE, WDC 20011. Email washingtondc@poorpeoplescampaign.org.
18] – There is a weekly
Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the
Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Nov. 26, and it is sponsored by
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. By Metro, take
Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the
Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to
protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off
at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary
Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army
Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is
meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these
spots begin at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds.
Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S.
Fern and Army Navy Dr.
19] – Dick
Ochs is organizing a delivery to all members of Congress a holiday card calling
for the removal of U.S. military involvement in the attack of Yemen. Can you help
hand deliver cards to Congressional offices in Washington, D.C., starting Mon.,
November 26 starting at 9 AM? Contact Dick at mailto:rjochs@comcast.net.
20] – On Mon., Nov. 26 from 11:30 to 1 PM, come
to a League of Women Voters lunch: Delaware limited liability companies (LLCs) have been
reported as fronts for illicit activities, Should there be
reforms to Delaware's LLC Act and business entity voting rights
statutes? The guest speaker is Nick Wasileski, president of DE
Coalition for Open Government, and he will speak at Michael’s Restaurant,
1000 Churchman's Rd., Newark, DE. See http://www.lwvdelaware-newcastlecounty.org/calendar.html.
21] – On Mon., Nov. 26, and every Monday until
Feb. 4, 2019, at noon, there will be a Food Rescue at Land of Kush, 840 N.
Eutaw St., Baltimore 21201. Food Rescue Baltimore is honored to partner with
The Land of Kush each and every Monday to bring access to free
vegan/plant-based food in the community. Bring a bag. Take what you want from
noon to 1PM or while supplies last. No purchase is necessary to take
advantage of the Food Rescue Baltimore give away. Items from The Land of Kush's
menu are not included in the give-away but will be available for sale. See https://www.facebook.com/events/415842178868197/.
22] – On
Mon., Nov. 26 from 7 to 8:30 PM, come to a Carroll County Information Meeting
hosted by the Maryland Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral
Revival. At the Westminster Library, 50 Main Street, Westminster 21157,
discuss the Maryland Poor People's Campaign and how it will grow in Carroll
County! See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carroll-county-information-meeting-tickets-52907111595.
23] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland
Teleconference on Monday, Nov. 12 from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. Call
605-475-6711, code 1136243#. Work only on brainstorming ideas for
participation in the upcoming General Election.
24] – Do you have any
interest in challenging the Trump administration for reneging on the Iran Deal?
If yes, would you be interested in joining a Peace Caravan to the Iranian
embassy in Washington, D.C.? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
Comcast dot net.
25] – It is
a violation of U.S. law for us to attack a country that has not attacked us, as only
Congress can declare war. The Trump administration is nevertheless beating the
war drums for war against Iran and North Korea. The Mueller investigation is
tightening the vise, and could cause Trump to attack those countries in order
to divert attention from Russian interference in the 2016
presidential election. Such a military strike would demand an immediate
and unequivocal response from us to show that we will not tolerate his abuse of
power.
Let's mobilize to show that we the
people will not tolerate another military adventure, which would be bound
to have profound negative consequences. If a preemptive military strike
against Iran or North Korea takes place, then meet outside the War Memorial, 101 N. Gay St., Baltimore, MD 21202. If the
attack is before 2 PM local time, then events will begin at 5 PM,
local time. If the attack occurs after 2 PM local time, then events
will begin at noon, local time, the following day. Contact Max at
410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
26] -- If you would like
to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max
at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
27] -- Can you use any
book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1637 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
28] -- 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.
29] – A Peace
Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call
202-682-4282.
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
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