19] Stop the
Pipeline
– Jan. 2
20] Undesign the Redline
exhibit – through Feb. 28
21] Get an animal friend –
Jan. 2
22] Food Rescue – Jan. 2
23] School of Food
and Food Rescue – Jan. 2
24] Thrive DC Monthly
Dinner – Jan. 2
25] Baltimore County House
Delegation Town Hall – Jan. 2
26] Uprising in France: The
Yellow Vest Movement – Jan. 2
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19] – On Wed., Jan. 2 from 10 AM to 1:30 PM, attend the
Maryland Board of Public Works Hearing, hosted by the Eastern Panhandle
Protectors at Maryland State House, 100 State Circle, 2nd floor in the
Governor’s Reception Room. Hello Pipeline and Rockwool opponents. HERE IS A
CHANCE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN OF MARYLAND ABOUT THE PIPELINE
AND ROCKWOOL ISSUES!! TransCanada/Columbia Gas is trying to push the pipeline
through. Please, if you cannot attend, email them with your comments against
the pipeline. To sign up to testify, contact Missy Hodges at email.bpw@maryland.gov or 410-260-7335.
CONTACT
HEADS OF THE BPW: Comptroller Peter Franchot - pfranchot@comp.state.md.us, (410)
260-7801; Treasurer Nancy Kopp - 800.974.0468, Treasurer@treasurer.state.md.us; and Gov.
Larry Hogan - 410-974-3901. Submit comments here - https://governor.maryland.gov/contact-the-governor/.
TransCanada
is seeking an easement from the Maryland Board of Public Works to construct a
3.37 mile, 8" distribution line for fracked gas from Pennsylvania to be
transported to West Virginia. The pipeline right-of-way includes a Potomac
River crossing through the C&O Canal and the Maryland Rail Trail. The
construction and operation of the Potomac Pipeline would impact at least 10
wetlands and 19 streams, in addition to the Potomac River. More info at https://www.potomacriverkeepernetwork.org/project/protect-potomac-from-pipeline-campaign/.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/373967956503009/.
20]
– On
Wed., Jan. 2 at 10 AM, get over to the Undesign the Redline exhibit, hosted
by Choose Civility and Howard County Library System until Feb.
28 at HCLS Central Branch. Tickets available 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.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2267409960209446/.
21] – On Wed., Jan. 2 from noon to 7 PM, get involved
with New Year, New Animal, Pick Your Price! It is hosted by the Fairfax
County Animal Shelter, 4500 West Ox Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030. What better
way to start the New Year than to adopt a new family member? If your New Year's
Resolution is to go for more walks/runs/hikes, get a dog to keep you company.
If your New Year's Resolution is to spend more time relaxing and practicing
your self-care, get a cat, dog, bunny, or guinea pig to help you with that.
Pick your price! One of the New Year's Resolutions is to make more awesome
matches and get more animals adopted! View https://www.facebook.com/events/2208982412754551/.
22] – On Wed., Jan. 2 at noon and every
Wednesday until Feb. 6, 2019, get food at the Free Farm, 3510 Ash St.,
Baltimore 21211. This is hosted by Food Rescue Baltimore. Bring a
bag, bring a friend, and take delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/327125147795282/.
23]
– On
Wed., Jan. 2 at 2 PM, and every Wednesday until July 24, 2019, School of Food
and Food Rescue Baltimore will give out food at 1412 N. Wolfe St.,
Baltimore 21213. Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take delicious, nutritious,
free rescued food. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2105994779640314/.
24] – On Wed., Jan. 2 from 2 to 4 PM, join in the
Thrive DC Monthly Dinner, hosted by CREW DC at St. Stephen & the
Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC 20010. Find tickets
at crewdc.org. Volunteers are needed to serve dinner to Thrive DC's clients,
the 1st Wednesday of every month. Pre-register at www.thrivedc.org. Volunteer to serve dinner, coordinate
shower & laundry schedules and to pass out hygiene supplies to clients.
Thrive DC's dinner program offers a safe peer supported environment for women
and children. This includes a warm nutritious dinner, crisis intervention
services and physical fitness/therapeutic activities. Seek out https://www.facebook.com/events/2206201502938180/.
25]
– On
Wed., Jan. 2 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM, come to the Baltimore County House
Delegation Town Hall, hosted by Pat Young at 6901 N. Charles St., Towson
21204-3711. Ring in the New Year by meeting, listening and being heard at the
first annual Baltimore County House Delegation Legislative Town Hall! Sign up
to speak by following this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SwcU0WKX2yfJUVSVpdZaK0u4P6feqVDMsdS_eZoSISY.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1040492826131051/.
26]
– On
Wed., Jan. 2 at 7 PM, check out the Uprising in France: The Yellow Vest
Movement, hosted by D.C. Socialists - ISO and UMD Socialists at
the Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW, WDC 20001. The past 5 weeks have seen
a major uprising in France against the state, an uprising of hundreds of
thousands of people wearing the "gillets jaunes." The movement spread
across France, and includes those from the periphery, workers, students,
anti-racist organizers, immigrants and others. It is primarily united and
directed against the Macron administration with its regressive tax policies and
capitalist program of destroying labor conditions and cutting taxes for the
richest. After a month of mobilization, the movement has pushed back the
regressive tax measures and also forced Macron to pretend to be in favor of
raising the minimum wage.
The
movement won't stop because it expresses deep anger at the way things have been
going in France for decades, a class hatred of the arrogant financier and
capitalist class behind and embodied in Macron. The effect of the movement has
been irreversible, expressing a desire by most of the populace for a new mode
of governance. Whatever the outcome, Macron's project of Americanizing French
capitalism has been temporarily checked. What new forces and consensus emerges
is a question that the left faces today. Join the ISO for a talk and
discussion on the causes, significance and future of the yellow vest movement,
as well as the lessons to be taken for the United States. Read the article from
the socialist worker to prepare for the discussion: https://socialistworker.org/2018/11/28/frances-uprising-of-the-yellow-jackets.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1961995973896671/.
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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