Baltimore Activist Alert February 10 - 11, 2019
"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] Redlining – through
Feb. 28
6] Stop the Hurt -- Feb. 10
7] Feeding the Homeless
& Hungry – Feb. 10
8] Ethical Eating – Feb. 10
9] PetValu Adoption Meet
and Greet – Feb. 10
10] See the play
"Shame 2.0" through Feb. 17
11] DC Detention Visitation
Network volunteer training – Feb. 10
12] MUPJ meeting – Feb. 10
13] See film “Home Front:
Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah” – Feb. 10
14] Sexual Exploitation –
Feb. 10
15] Indivisible meeting – Feb. 10 – Feb. 11
16] Pentagon Protest – Feb. 11
17] Convince the District
Council to protect the environment – Feb. 11
18] Protest Israeli soldier –
Feb. 11
19] Refugees and Global
Migration – Feb. 11
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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] – At 10 AM through February 28, 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/.
6] – On Sun., Feb. 10
from 9:15 to 10:30 AM, see Stop the Hurt – 5 Steps to Stop Implicit
Racial Bias, hosted by Stony Run Friends Meeting, 5116 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore 21210. The Working Group on Racism will show and discuss this
video. This is the first half of a forum that will conclude on February 24.
Visit www.dramandakemp.com. Go to https://www.facebook.com/StonyRunFriendsMeeting/.
7] – On Sun., Feb. 10
from 10 AM to noon, be a part of Neighbors Without Walls: Feeding the Homeless &
Hungry at Terra Cafe Bmore, 101 E 25th St., Baltimore 21218. Homelessness
is by far one of the largest issues that plague our city and there is
something, no matter how small, we all can do to about it. This event will also
happen on Sun., Mar. 10 at 10 AM and Sun., Apr. 14 at 10 AM. Terra Cafe is the
proud sponsor of Neighbors Without Walls. On the 2nd Sunday of each month at 10
AM Terra Cafe and a group of volunteers, prep, package and distribute meals,
water, clothing and care packages to homeless residents of Baltimore City. See https://www.facebook.com/events/413038186102928/?event_time_id=413038192769594.
8] – 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., Jan. 27, the
platform address is “Ethical Eating.” Discussions about the food we eat
can be intense and divisive. The cruel treatment of animals used to
provide humans with food, along with environmental and social justice issues,
can divide progressive groups that agree on many things. How do we work
through differences about personal decisions about what we consume? How do
changing social norms affect what we put in our bodies? Hugh Taft-Morales
shares his unfinished personal journey into this ethical thicket. 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. He also serves as Leader of the Ethical Humanist
Society of Philadelphia. Call 410-581-2322
or email ask@bmorethical.org.
9] – On Sun., Feb. 10
from 11 AM to 3 PM, come to the PetValu Adoption Meet and Greet, hosted
by Wings of Love at Petvalu, 871 E. Fort Ave., Baltimore 21230. Meet some
of the newest furry friends available for adoption! Volunteers will be on-site
to introduce you to dogs and discuss the foster and adoption process with you.
There will be a kissing booth for you and your pooch to snap a picture! See https://www.facebook.com/events/1904022703029398/.
10] – DC's Mosaic Theater is offering Just World Ed
supporters a 25% discount for Morad Hassan & Einat Weizman's play
about Israeli violence & intolerance, now through Sun., Feb. 17. For
tickets see https://www.atlasarts.org/events/mosaic-theater-company-shame/.
"Shame 2.0" is presented at the Atlas Performing Arts Center near
Washington DC's Union Station. The discount applies to any show except
the one on February 7. You can learn more about the play and buy tickets here.
Just use the coupon code "JWE" at checkout to claim your discount! "Shame
2.0" is described as a production that includes "Comments from the
Populace". These apparently consist of readings of many of the hateful and
derogatory messages that have been sent to Hassan and his acting partner, Einat
Weizman, in recent months.
It's
really great that Mosaic has brought this play to Washington DC at this exact
time... when members of the U.S. Senate are considering a bill that would help
clamp down on the free-speech rights of Americans on matters connected to
Israel. Weizman and Hassan's play sharply portrays some of the many ways in
which Israel's rightwing governments have already been clamping down on free
speech and free expression inside Israel itself. These attacks on free
speech have been accompanied by the Israeli Knesset's recent passage of the "Nation
State Law", which yet further curtails the cultural rights of the
indigenous Palestinians who make up more than 20% of the country's citizenry.
11] – The DC Detention Visitation Network will
hold a volunteer training session on Sun., Feb. 10 from 1 to 3 PM at
Sandy Spring Friends Meeting, 17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring
20860. On any given night, more than 1,000 people are held in immigration
detention in at least six detention facilities in Maryland and Virginia,
incarcerated in actual or virtual jails solely because they have been accused
of or determined to be in the US without authorization. The DC Detention
Visitation Network seeks to lessen their isolation and vulnerability by
providing friendship and support through in-person visits and letters. RSVP to
Bette Hoover at bette@justpeacecircles.org or 202-329-4667
to attend.
12] –Maryland United for Peace and Justice, Inc. is meeting
on Sun., Feb. 10 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM at Adelphi Friends, 2303 Metzerott Road,
Adelphi 20783. At 3:15 PM Del. Jimmy Tarlau, citizen activist, will discuss
progressive legislation in the new session of the Maryland General Assembly.
The schedule of the next meetings (the second Sunday of each month--for your
calendar) at Adelphi Friends, 2:30 to 4:30 PM -- March 10, April 14 and May
12. Contact Paulette Hammond at 443-418-5479 (c).
13] – On Sun., Feb. 10 from 2:30 to4:30 PM, enjoy a Free Film
Series: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah, hosted by the Islamic Center of
Maryland, 19411 Woodfield Rd., Gaithersburg 20879. The film “Home Front:
Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah” gives the account of a Palestinian teenager
forced to give up half his home in Jerusalem to Israeli settlers, an
American-born Israeli mother who gets drawn into the demonstrations after her
children’s arrest, a Palestinian community organizer who brings local women to
the forefront of the struggle, and a veteran of the Israeli army who becomes
one of the resistance campaign’s leaders. This film welcomes viewers to the
lived experience of those struggling to stop Israeli settlement expansion by
evictions and demolitions in East Jerusalem (traditionally the Palestinian
quarter). Instead, these people, of many faiths, work to build a future of
pluralism and equality, respecting the rights of all who live there.
Philip
Farah, Co-Chair of the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace,
will moderate the Q&A discussion. For more information about the Voices
from The Holy Land Film Series, visit www.voicesfromtheholyland.org.
Email Outreach@icomd.org, or phone
240-912-4976 (Option 8). Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1235707656609494/.
14] –
On
Sun., Feb. 10 from 3 to 6 PM, check out Sexual Exploitation with Dr. Oya Maat,
Professor Griff and Dr. Patricia Newton The topic is History of Sexual
Exploitation and Abuse in the Black Community: Uncovering the Home, Community
and Entertainment Industry. This is hosted by Reality Speaks at Pleasant
Hope Baptist Church, 430 E. Belvedere Ave., Baltimore 21212. IF WE GONNA TELL
THEN WE GOTTA TELL IT ALL!! Live Stream Available, go to
RealitySpeaksmedia.com. A ticket is $30. Call 410 303 -4120. See https://www.facebook.com/events/286036348736450/.
15] –
Attend the Annual Membership
meeting at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way,
Columbia 21045 on Sun., Feb. 10 at 3:30 PM. In 2017 we RESISTED. In 2018 we
built the BLUE WAVE. Now Indivisible is on Offense! Come see what YOU can do in
2019 to build a fairer and more compassionate democracy in Howard County and
America. We'll be reviewing successes from 2018, laying out the game plan for
2019, and holding an Action Team Fair where you can talk to the different teams
and find out where you fit. Guest speaker: new State Senator (and former Action
team founder) Katie Fry Hester! Link to event information: https://actionnetwork.org/events/indivisiblehocomd-annual-membership-meeting?source=direct_link&.
16] – 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 Feb. 11, 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.
17] – Bladensburg and its neighbors, in Prince George’s
County, face another skirmish in the long battle to keep a concrete batching
plant from threatening residences and businesses in the heart of the Port Towns
community. Port Towns Environmental Action urges a big turnout at a Mon.,
Feb. 11 meeting at 10 AM in the County Admin. Building, 14701 Governor Oden
Bowie Drive, 1st Floor, Upper Marlboro 20722. Convince the District
Council (the County Council convening to rule on zoning issues) to deny an OK
for a special exception for this noxious installation. The District Council
last year OKed an appeal from PTEA after a zoning examiner gave the go-ahead to
the plant. But now there are six new members on the Council who may need
schooling on the idea of putting the community first. See more at https://www.joinptea.org/.
18] – On Mon., Feb. 11
from noon to 2 PM, protest a speech by an active Israeli soldier, hosted
by Freedom2Boycott at Newell Hall, 8000 York Road, Newell Ave., Towson
21204. Aaron Goldenberg, an active Israeli soldier is coming to give a speech
about his experience in the Israeli military at the Towson University Campus.
See https://www.baltimoreisraelcoalition.org/coalition-calendar/an-afternoon-with-aaron-goldenberg.
Let Mr. Goldenberg and the wider community know that soldiers involved in the
occupation and oppression of Palestinians are unwelcome. Ask Mr. Goldenberg
tough questions. Don't let the expected bad weather put you off. There will be
ample indoor stuff to do! Bring your protest signs and dress in your
Palestinian regalia. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/381391496024566/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1549673977844854.
19] -- On Mon., Feb.
11 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, hear GREAT DECISIONS - Refugees: Refugees and Global
Migration, hosted by League of Women Voters, at the Newark Free Library, 750
Library Ave., Newark, DE 19711. Visit http://www.lwvdelaware-newcastlecounty.org/calendar.html.
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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