18] Protest Trump – Feb. 18
19] Students Reclaim Their
Future – Feb. 18
20] Catholic Teach-in &
Climate Action – Feb. 18
21] Fight for $15 – Feb. 18
22] Represent
Maryland Lobby Night – Feb. 18
23] PeaceSeekers monthly
meeting – Feb. 18
24] Coalition
to Dismantle the New Jim Crow – Feb. 18
25] Confronting
Racism in Healthcare -- Feb. 18
26] Honest Conversations on
Immigration -- Feb. 18
27] Special
Meeting about JHU Police Department -- Feb. 18
28] State of
the Bay Report – Feb. 18
29] For Us, Not
Amazon Community Forum – Feb. 18
30] Beyond Bars – Feb. 18
31] Andrew Yang is running
for president. – Feb. 18
32] Get the Money Out
conference call – Feb. 18
33] Bike
Maryland Symposium -- Feb. 19
34] Clean Energy Jobs Act
Lobby Night – Feb. 19
35] Forgotten
History of the Car Barn – Feb. 19
36] Migration
and Security in the Age of Climate Change -- Feb. 19
37] Peace Vigil – Feb. 19
38] No Drone Research DEMO – Feb. 19
39] BACKS AGAINT THE WALLS – Feb. 19
40] Meeting of American Promise Delaware – Feb. 19
41] THICK – Feb. 19
42] Maryland Food Bank Benefit – through Mar. 28
43] Come to Witness Wednesday – Feb. 20
44] Green
Amendment movement
– Feb. 20
45] How Much
Should Medicare Pay for Drugs? – Feb. 20
46] Gentrification
& Affordable Housing -- Feb. 20
47] The 'New Cold War' Metaphor Makes No
Sense -- Feb. 20
48] Hate and Its Impact – Feb. 20
49] School of Food
and Food Rescue Baltimore – Feb. 20
50] “Mapping
Baltimore Apartheid and Civil Rights” – Feb. 20
51] The Great
Firewall
– Feb. 20
52] PG County Budget Meeting – Feb. 20
53] Occupation
Free DC Meeting –
Feb. 20
54] "THE AMPHITHEATER
OF THE DEAD" – Feb. 20
55] CATHOLIC WORKERS AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT –
Feb. 22
56] Stop US war on
Venezuela
– Feb. 23
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18] -- Join a
Presidents Day Protest against Trump's fake emergency on Mon., Feb. 18 at noon
on the sidewalk in front of Whole Foods on Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia,
MD. Donald Trump has declared a #FakeNationalEmergency—an illegal
power grab from an unhinged man to push his racist, dangerous policies
19] -- On Mon., Feb. 18 from 1:30 to 2 PM, join Students
Reclaim Our Future, hosted by RELEaF at the Maryland House of
Delegates, 6 Bladen St., Annapolis 21401. Students from around our state
are gathering at the Maryland State House to call for bold action to protect
our future and our climate. Please come to Annapolis to strike with me to alert
state leaders that youth demand action. Join with the Chesapeake Climate Action
Network, Interfaith Power & Light (MD.DC.NoVA), Maryland Environmental
Health Network, Maryland LCV and Moms Clean Air Force to enhance the lives of
our children. Now is the time to pass a Healthy Green Amendment to
guarantee a healthy environment as a constitutional right and the Clean Energy
Jobs Act to ensure a clean and renewable energy future and help create
sustainable jobs in our state. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/2057558691000921/.
20] – On Mon., Feb. 18 from 2:30 to 5 PM, come to a Catholic
Teach-in & Climate Action, hosted by Interfaith Power & Light
(MD.DC.NoVA) at Seelos Hall, St. John Neumann Catholic Mission, 620 Bestgate
Rd., Annapolis 21401. RSVP at bit.ly/mdcommonhome. Catholics from
all over Maryland will gather to connect Catholic tradition, climate justice,
and advocacy. This is an event of Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home,
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas South Central Community, Franciscan Action
Network (FAN), Chispa Maryland, and Interfaith Power & Light
(DC.MD.NoVA). Learn about Catholic tradition on the environment, hear
from fellow community members about their experience with climate change, and
pray together for Our Common Home. The program will close at 4:15 PM with a
procession to the Maryland State House.
After the program, participants will join the Maryland Climate Coalition’s
Maryland Climate Lobby Night for the Clean Energy Jobs Act until 8 PM. If
you RSVP for the lobby night, you will be sent more detailed information. More
info is available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/381563039057470/?ti=ia).
See https://www.facebook.com/events/1138653136309387/.
Clean Energy Jobs Act Lobby Night Is taking place on Mon., Feb. 18 from 4:30 to
8 PM in the Maryland House of Delegates Building, Room 145, 6 Bladen Street,
Annapolis 21401. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ8tZf674pr9lEdbbExr-uQbbW0X3uR62X3qxq08avdLD7Mw/viewform.
Urge the Maryland General Assembly to pass Maryland’s top climate bill:
Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Act. Carpooling is available at https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/87n5fj.
For parking locations, visit https://annapolisparking.com/.
Contact Emily Frias at emily@chesapeakeclimate.org.
21] – On Mon., Feb. 18 at 5:30 PM, get over to the Fight for
$15 Lobby Night with the Justice & Peace Committee, St. Ignatius Parish,
Baltimore. Lobby to raise the minimum wage in Maryland to $15! Respond to Terry
Cavanagh at tcavanagh@seiumddc.org
or 202-368-4814. St. Ignatius will be providing transportation to and from the
event. Leave from St. Ignatius at 4:30 PM and return around 8:30 PM.
Communities United is gearing up for significant action in
February! On Mon., Feb. 18 at 5:30 PM, Communities United
is urging you to join the Fight for $15 Lobby Night in
the House of Delegate Building. RSVP by email at jane@communitiesunite.org or by calling 410-775-6673.
22] – On Mon., Feb. 18 from 5:30 to
8:30 PM, there is a Represent Maryland Lobby Night 2019 in the Miller Senate
Office Building, 11 Bladen St., Annapolis 21401. Join other
#AntiCorruptionVoters to lobby MD lawmakers for a #ProDemocracy solutions!
Discuss Ranked Choice Voting, Public Election Funds and more! Meet at
5:30 PM in the lobby of the Miller Senate Office Building for a brief
overview/training and to pair up, then get going! Reconvene between 8 and 8:30
PM for a report back then move over to 49 West for an informal "Happy
Hour." There will be a SECOND meet up/training time at 7 PM for anyone who
cannot make it at 5:30 PM. Sign up at http://www.representmaryland.org/lobbynight2.html.
23] – On
Mon., Feb. 18 from 6 to 7:30 PM, get over to the PeaceSeekers monthly meeting
at Pacem in Terris, 401 N. West St., Wilmington, DE. All welcome. http://depaceminterris.org/who-we-are/.
24] – On Mon., Feb. 18 from 6 to 7:30 PM. catch
up with Black History Matters with Syl Woolford, hosted by The Coalition to
Dismantle the New Jim Crow, at the Prayer Temple Ministries, 49 New London Rd.,
Newark, DE. Visit https://endnewjimcrowde.org/.
25] – On
Mon., Feb. 18 from 6:30 to 9:45 PM, get over to Confronting Racism in
Healthcare, Past & Present, hosted by Healthcare is a Human Right -
Maryland at the Old Greenbelt Theatre, 129 Centerway, Greenbelt 20770.
Tickets are at www.hchrmd.org. Join Healthcare is a
Human Right Maryland and Reel and Meals dinner for a special showing of POWER
TO HEAL, a new PBS documentary about the untold story of how the implementation
of Medicare was used to desegregate America's hospitals. The New Deal
Cafe will be offering a delicious vegan buffet for $14. RSVP at reelandmeal@newdealcafe.com. The
New Deal is just across the plaza from the Theatre at 113 Centerway. The film
itself is free (donations are welcome) and will start promptly at 7:45
PM. Following the movie, there will be a panel-led discussion about
inequality in healthcare today and the movement for universal healthcare. Find
out more about the film here: https://www.blbfilmproductions.com.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/369750777153975/.
26] -- On Mon., Feb. 18
from 6:30 to 8 PM, get involved in an Honest Conversations on Immigration
hosted by the Latino Racial Justice Circle. There will also be a meeting
on Mon., Feb. 25 at 6:30 PM. These meetings will be at 528 E. 22nd St.,
Baltimore 21218-5405. The Latino Racial Justice Circle (LRJC) and the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) will hold a series of community
dialogues on religion, race and immigration at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in
Baltimore. The goal is to promote mutual understanding and collaboration
between immigrants and people born in the United States. Registration is
required and free. Contact Dr. Felipe Filomeno at filomeno@umbc.edu.
This project is made possible by a grant from Maryland Humanities, through
support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings,
conclusions or recommendations expressed in the Honest Conversations do not
necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or
Maryland Humanities. See https://www.facebook.com/events/949827501875178/?event_time_id=949827505208511.
27] -- On
Mon., Feb. 18 from 6:30 to 8 PM, attend Special Meeting about JHU Police
Department, hosted by Harwood Community Association at the 29th Street
Community Center, 300 E 29th St., Baltimore 21218. JHU has requested community
feedback about their proposal to create a university police department, which
was introduced before the Maryland General Assembly on Feb. 4. The
Community Association will meet to discuss thoughts and questions about the
proposal and how it will affect the community. The meeting will decide its
position on the proposal and feedback will go directly to JHU and to Maryland
legislators. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/239940280224622/.
28] -- On
Mon., Feb. 18 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM, attend a Baltimore Chapter Meeting of
the CCA Baltimore Chapter at Little Havana, 1325 Key Hwy., Baltimore
21230. Capt. John Page Williams will present Chesapeake Bay Foundations
2018 State of the Bay Report -- http://www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/state-of-the-bay-report/.
This is the first of an educational series. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/377634159685917/.
29] --On
Mon., Feb. 18 from 6:30 to 8 PM, be at the For Us, Not Amazon Community Forum
at the Cafe Sazon, 4704 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204. In November,
Amazon announced its plans to take over part of Arlington for its new
headquarters. Instead of taking steps to protect Virginians from the threat of
displacement and skyrocketing housing prices, local and state officials
negotiated a backroom deal to pay $750 million in taxpayer dollars to one of
the wealthiest corporations in the world, leaving many of our community members
out of the process. For Us, Not Amazon coalition believes that our
neighbors should be able to afford to stay in the community and that the power
to decide what progress and development looks like belongs to the people. Come
to the forum to learn more about what we want to see from county and state
officials and how you can join the effort to ensure that investments are made
with and for us -- the people, Not Amazon. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/596676684107417/.
30] -- On Mon., Feb. 18
from 7 to 9 PM, hear about Beyond Bars, hosted by They/Them
Collective at the William Penn House, 515 E Capitol St. SE, WDC
20003. Friends and comrades come to a panel discussion with prisoners
fighting for liberation beyond prison bars, at the intersections of race,
class, religion, mass incarceration, and indigenous movements. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/339508076906833/.
31] -- On Mon., Feb. 18 from 7 to 9 PM, hear from Andrew Yang
who is running for president. He will speak at Charm City Meadworks, 400 East
Biddle St., Baltimore 21202. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang (D) is running to give
The Freedom Dividend - $1,000 a month - to every American adult. With
automation threatening one-third of all jobs, we need a plan for a radically
different future. You can learn more about Andrew's platform at yang2020.com.
Local food trucks will be on site with food for purchase and free tours of
Charm City Meadery will be available! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/286705848671606/.
32] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland
Teleconference on Monday, Feb. 18 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.
33] – On
Tues., Feb. 19 from 8 AM to 3:30 PM, come to the 2019 Bike Maryland Symposium
at Bike Maryland, 1415 Bush St., Baltimore 21230. Tickets are at www.bikemaryland.org. The Bike Maryland
Symposium is a day in Annapolis where you can network with like-minded Maryland
cyclists and advocates and your Maryland legislator to discuss Maryland cycling
issues that matter to you. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2228810953997090/.
34] – Don’t miss this opportunity to support the
Clean Energy Jobs Act by joining a solar rally and lobby day in
Annapolis! On Tues., Feb. 19, meet at 9 AM at 191 Main St., # 200,
Annapolis 21401. This will be base camp that day. There will be coffee and a light
breakfast provided. Meet with legislators throughout the day. The
Maryland General Assembly is deliberating on a measure that would grow
Maryland’s in-state solar generation nearly seven-times as part of an ambitious
plan to meet 50% of our energy needs from renewables by 2030. The Clean Energy
Jobs bill (SB 516) is our best chance to make a meaningful impact on the
Maryland solar market this year. RSVP at https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/maryland/get-involved-with-solar-united-neighbors-of-maryland/advocate-for-solar-in-maryland/solar-energy-lobby-day-annapolis/.
You will be given materials, talking points, and a brief training, but the key
to making the day a success will be to tell your story as a solar supporter and
why the expansion of solar in our state is important to you. Snacks and drinks
will be available during the day as well!
35] – On
Tues., Feb. 19 from 2 to 3:30 PM, go to The Forgotten History of the Car Barn,
hosted by Georgetown Center for Latin American Studies, Copley Formal Lounge,
3700 O St. NW, WDC 20007. From late 1963 through 1975, the Car Barn was home to
the International Police Academy, which trained thousands of police from around
the world. Under the auspices of the Agency for International Development, the
IPA offered training in topics from riot control to traffic management, personnel
management to forensics. The Academy touted its results: many of its graduates
went on to high-ranking positions in governments of their home countries. But
there was a dark side to this success. Accusations surfaced in these countries
and among activists in the US that the training participants learned methods of
surveillance, torture, and even bomb-making. Graduates were linked to death
squads in El Salvador, genocide in Guatemala, and the brutal Idi Amin regime.
This public lecture will discuss the Academy’s history, explaining how it
emerged, what occurred within the Car Barn’s walls, and how political protests
led to its abrupt closure. Email cws52@georgetown.edu.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/243202729909263/.
36] – On
Tues., Feb. 19 from 2 to 3 PM, get over to Migration and Security in the Age of
Climate Change, hosted by American Security Project, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Suite 520, WDC 20004. In 2018, more people were displaced from their
homes worldwide than ever before, including post-World War II. Already, studies
have linked that surge of refugees to a changing climate. As the effects of
climate change worsen, the numbers displaced could surge. How will the
world prepare for the anticipated influx of people on the move? What does that
mean for the communities that hold them? And what security consequences could
arise? Join ASP for a discussion on the future of climate change,
migration, and security and how we can begin to build resiliency both from the
ground up and top down. See https://www.facebook.com/events/314706769171119/.
37] – Each Tuesday from
4:30 - 5:30 PM, the Catholic Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for peace in
Afghanistan and Iraq gathers at the Suburban Station, 16th St. & JFK
Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The next
vigil is Feb. 19. Call 215-426-0364.
38] – Vigil to say "No
Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd & North Charles Sts. The
next vigil will be on Feb. 19 from 5 to 6 PM. Contact Max at
mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
39] -- There is a
WHUT: Film Screening - "Backs Against the Wall" (Howard Thurman
Story) on Tues., Feb. 19
from 6:30 to 9:30 PM. A Panel Discussion will follow. The event is hosted
in conjunction with The Howard University, Andrew Rankin Chapel. The
documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of theologian Howard Thurman, a
poet and “mystic” who used a religious expression to help ignite sweeping
social change. Thurman was born the grandson of slaves in segregated Daytona,
Florida. Despite the circumstances of his upbringing, he went on to become one
of the great spiritual and religious pioneers of the 20th century, whose words
and influence continue to echo today. His landmark book, "Jesus and the
Disinherited," was the first to state that Jesus Christ — who was born in
poverty as part of a powerless minority — lived a life that spoke directly to
black Americans. In his own time, Thurman was a celebrated religious figure
with profiles in major magazines such as LOOK, Ebony and others. His efforts at
the height of World War II to create the nation’s first interfaith, interracial
church stands as a precursor for many contemporary faith communities. And for
millions today who consider themselves “spiritual but not religious,” Thurman’s
poetry, meditations, sermons and prayers continue to be wildly popular.
See the documentary at Howard University Law School - Dunbarton Chapel, 2900
Van Ness St. NW, WDC 20008. View https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whut-film-screening-backs-against-the-wall-howard-thurman-story-tickets-55372850687?ref=eattnewsrecs&utm_source=strongmail&utm_medium=discovery&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=EBrecommend&utm_term=eventcard&afu=219117122755&rank=2&aff=eattnewsrecs.
40] - On Tues., Feb. 19 from 7 to 8:30 PM, attend
the meeting of American Promise Delaware, which promotes a 28th Constitutional
amendment to get Big Money out of politics, in Room 25 at the First Unitarian
Church of Wilmington, 730 Halstead Rd. All welcome. See http://www.americanpromise.net/take_action#sign_up_to_learn_more%20%20.
41] – On Tues., Feb. 19 from 7 to 9 PM, TRESSIE MCMILLAN
COTTOM PRESENTS "THICK" at Red Emma's Bookstore
Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. Call (443) 602 7611 or
go to https://www.redemmas.org/. In these
eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan
Cottom—award-winning professor and acclaimed author of “Lower Ed” embraces
her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about
all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.
An intrepid intellectual force hailed by the likes of Trevor Noah, Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie, and Oprah, Tressie McMillan Cottom is “among America’s most
bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time” (Rebecca
Traister). This stunning debut collection—in all its intersectional glory—mines
for meaning in places many of us miss, and reveals precisely how the political,
the social, and the personal are almost always one and the same.
42] – On Wed., Feb. 20 through Sun., Mar. 31,
2019, there is a Maryland Food Bank Benefit, hosted by The Admirals Cup - Fells
Point, Baltimore, 1647 Thames St., Baltimore 21231. Do we give so we shall
receive, or give because it feels good? Giving has never felt better or
made a more significant impact than this unique opportunity. The Maryland Food
Bank and Harbor Magic Hotels presents “HOLIDAY GIVEBACK.” Experience
the adventures of the Fells Point at one of the two beautiful Harbor Magic
Hotels: The Admiral Fell Inn or the Inn at Henderson’s Wharf. Gracefully
awaken to the aromas and tastes of a fabulous breakfast and set sail on your
day in one of the most amazing places in America. Harbor Magic is donating 10%
of dollars generated from this promotion to benefit the Maryland Food Bank.
BOOK NOW at https://www.admiralfell.com/en-us/packages/maryland-food-bank-holiday-giveback-special?page_id=4266673.
Call (410) 534-5555. See https://www.facebook.com/events/349755175583179/.
43] – On Wed., Feb. 20 from 9 to 11 AM, come to
Witness Wednesday at Friends Committee on National Legislation – FCNL,
245 2nd St. NE, WDC 20002. Tickets are at act.fcnl.org. Be at the Quaker
Welcome Center every Wednesday for Witness Wednesday! On Wednesday
mornings, people can participate in a lobby training and talk to an FCNL staff
person who will be on hand to help people prepare for lobby visits. RSVPs are
strongly encouraged. Then from 5:15 to 6 PM, there will be silent
reflection. This is in keeping with the Quaker practice of silent
worship. The Quaker Welcome Center is located through the garden to the right
of FCNL's office building. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/170498007153740/?event_time_id=170498023820405.
44] – On Wed., Feb. 20 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM,
tune in to the American University Exploring Social Justice Series, hosted by
Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Green Amendments For The Generations at The
Gianni Lounge (Mary Graydon Conference Room 200), 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW,
WDC 20016-8002. Join veteran environmentalist and original petitioner and
leader of the Green Amendment movement, Maya van Rossum, at American
University's Exploring Social Justice Series, as she discusses her new book, “The
Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment,” followed by
Q&A and a signing. Registration is required for this event: https://bit.ly/2NVNQt5. In the decades long fight for a
cleaner environment, we’ve been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our
laws are designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. People feel
powerless when it comes to preserving the quality of their water, air, public
parks, and special natural spaces. The solution, argues Delaware
Riverkeeper Maya K. van Rossum in a path-breaking book, is to bypass the laws
and turn to the ultimate authority, our state and federal constitutions. In
2013, van Rossum and her team won a watershed legal victory that not only
protected Pennsylvania communities from ruthless frackers, but affirmed the
constitutional right of people in the state to a clean and healthy environment.
Following this victory, van Rossum inaugurated the Green Amendment
movement, dedicated to empowering every American community to mobilize for
constitutional change. In The Green Amendment, van Rossum lays out an inspiring
new agenda for environmental advocacy, one that will finally empower
people. Purchase a copy of The Green Amendment here:
forthegenerations.org/the-green-amendment. Maya K. van Rossum is the Delaware
Riverkeeper and leader for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware
Riverkeeper Network works throughout the four states of the Delaware River
watershed (NY, NJ, PA & DE) and at the national level using advocacy,
science and litigation. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1931120400275972/.
45] – On
Wed., Feb. 20 from noon to 1 PM, get an answer to this question How Much Should
Medicare Pay for Drugs? This discussion is hosted by The Cato Institute
in 2045 Rayburn House Office Building. Tickets are at www.cato.org. In response to bipartisan outrage over
drug prices, which have risen dramatically in recent years, the Trump
administration has proposed adjusting rules that determine how much the
Medicare program and Medicare enrollees will pay for pharmaceuticals.
Some conservatives oppose these changes and defend the current pricing system
on free-market grounds, arguing that reducing drug prices will necessarily
reduce innovation. What is the “right” price for prescription drugs? What
is the price Medicare should pay? Hear panelists as they explain the current
drug pricing system, the Trump administration’s efforts to reform it, and
bipartisan ways to address the problem. REGISTER at https://www.cato.org/events/how-much-should-medicare-pay-drugs.
If you can’t make it to the event, you can watch it live online at www.cato.org/live and join the conversation
on Twitter using #CatoHillEvents. See https://www.facebook.com/events/512102949313152/.
46] – On
Wed., Feb. 20 from noon to 2 PM, hear about Gentrification & Affordable
Housing: the Good the Bad & the Ugly, hosted by Law Offices of Ann Wilcox,
DC Bar Headquarters, 901 - 4th St. NW, WDC. This program will discuss the
economics of housing policy in D.C., the impact of current policies on
gentrification and the availability of affordable housing, and what might be
done going forward. This is open to the public, but a fee may
apply. You may register at the door or in advance at
DCBar.org/communities. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2270369653239988/.
47] – On Wed., Feb. 20 at 12:30 PM, hear from Mark Kramer,
Harvard University, on why The 'New Cold War' Metaphor Makes No Sense.
This is part of A Russia Eurasia Forum at the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies, Rome Building, conference room 806, 1619
Mass Ave, NW, WDC 20036. European and Eurasian Studies Program cordially
invites you to hear from an expert in the field to share research, professional
experiences and personal insight with students and guests. The series is led
and moderated by Professor Charles Gati and EES faculty as noted. RSVP at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ees-russia-eurasia-forum-tickets-55100583328.
Contact Cristina Benitez at cristina.benitez@jhu.edu.
48] – On Wed., Feb. 20 from 1 to 2:30 PM, check
out Hate and Its Impact: Sowing the Seeds of Global Antisemitism, hosted by the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, WDC
20024. Tickets are www.ushmm.org. Anti-Semitic
rhetoric, symbols, and ideology that were once on the fringes and largely
invisible from mainstream society are increasingly visible and commonplace
today throughout the world. This panel discussion will examine how age-old
myths and lies like "blood libel" and Jewish world domination, as
well as widely recognized symbols like the swastika, have been reframed to
stoke public fear and perpetuate modern forms of antisemitism.
Expert panelists will discuss where antisemitism began, how it
laid the groundwork for the Holocaust and became state policy in Nazi Germany,
and why antisemitism continues to be a divisive and destructive force globally.
They'll also look at what we can learn from history to combat the current
increase in anti-Semitic beliefs and violence. The event is the first in
the two-part Hate and Its Impact series. The second program in the series, Hate
and Its Impact: Nazi Ideology and Racism in the Jim Crow South, will explore
the link between racism and antisemitism and how pervasive they still are in
America today. This program is free and open to the public but
reservations are required. Email calendar@ushmm.org.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/642060119561176/.
49] – On Wed., Feb. 20 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/.
50] – On
Wed., Feb. 20 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM, get over to Can We Talk: “Mapping Baltimore
Apartheid and Civil Rights,” hosted by the Baltimore City Office of Civil
Rights and Wage Enforcement at the Baltimore City Hall, 100 Holliday St.,
Baltimore 21202. Morgan State University Professor, Dr. Lawrence Brown,
Ph.D., will be the first speaker in new series of community dialogues sponsored
by the Baltimore’s Office of Civil Rights Baltimore. The first dialogue of the “Can
We Talk?” series will be in the Curran Room at Baltimore City Hall, 100 North
Holliday St., and the event is open to the public. Dr. Brown is the
co-founder of the environmental justice initiative, #BmoreLEADfree. His
research examines the impact of historical trauma on community health. A
Q&A session with Dr. Brown will follow. Call 410-396-8858 or go to https://www.facebook.com/events/302518580467324/.
51] – On Wed., Feb. 20 from 6 to 8 PM, hear about
The Great Firewall: The Effects of China’s Internet Policies, hosted by the
Asia Society Policy Institute at The Loft at 600 F St. NW, WDC 20004.
Tickets are at asiasociety.org. China’s efforts to restrict internet
access and freedom has created what has been called a “great firewall” for
Chinese internet users. It’s also created a conundrum for global technologies
companies seeking to invest in China—as highlighted in the recent uproar over
Google’s Project Dragonfly. The Dragonfly incident is a reminder that China’s
censorship and internet surveillance policies have global implications. As
China further expands the reach of its domestic cyber regime, it’s worth asking
what impact these policies could have abroad. Are other countries modeling
their own cyber regimes after China? And how will China’s approach to
online privacy and internet freedom influence global cyber norms and internet
freedom?
The Asia Society Policy Institute is pleased to host Tiffany Li, a
Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and head of the
Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information, for a
discussion of these and other issues at the next installment of ASPI’s AsiaX
speaker series. Tiffany will draw on her background as a technology attorney
and legal scholar to explore how Chinese internet and privacy law could impact
global internet norms and what can be done to protect free speech online.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2214534298811943/.
52] – Each year, the PG County Executive hosts
listening sessions so that citizens can provide their input as she develops her
FY2020 budget. The meetings are held at locations around the county. The 2020
Fiscal Year starts on February 20, 2019. On Wed., Feb. 20 from 6:30
to 8:30 PM at Charles Herbert Flowers High School, 10001 Ardwick Ardmore Road,
Springdale 20774. See https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/2404/Budget-Listening-Sessions.
People who are interested in testifying must pre-register
online or by calling 301-952-4547 / 301-985-3894 TDD Monday
thru Friday from 8:30 AM to 4 PM. Testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per
presenter and one speaker per organization. Written testimony will be accepted
in lieu of, or in addition to, oral comments.
53] –
There is an Occupation Free DC Meeting is hosted by Jewish
Voice for Peace - DC Metro on Wed., Feb, 20, Wed., Mar. 13 and Wed., Apr.
3 at 7 PM . RSVP at info@occupationfreedc.org,
and receive the address of each meeting. It's an exciting time to join
the Occupation Free DC campaign, as the group just launched a petition and
video! Learn how to help build power for the campaign to end DC Metropolitan
Police Department (MPD) participation in US-Israel police exchanges. SIGN at https://occupationfreedc.org/petition.
See a VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/JewishVoiceforPeace/videos/2056201571264002/.
Real safety means investing in the community, not in biased police trainings.
Investing in the community is the only path toward real safety, and that's why
it's so important that the campaign makes sure that occupation is no model for
DC! Learn more about the campaign at occupationfreedc.org. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2254594541451285/?event_time_id=2254594578117948.
54] – On Wed., Feb. 29 from 7 to 9 PM, MAX FOX PRESENTS
GUY HOCQUENGHEM'S "THE AMPHITHEATER OF THE DEAD" at Red
Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201.
Call (443) 602 7611 or go to https://www.redemmas.org/.
He will be in conversation with Todd Shepard, JHU scholar of imperialism and
sexuality. “The Amphitheater of the Dead” is a lightly
science-fictionalized memoir by the French thinker Guy Hocquenghem, written in
the last months of his life with the intention of prolonging it. “Writing
saves,” he writes. “Each time that I started work on a book, I knew I would get
to the end. That’s the challenge that I launch with this one, one more time.” From
May to the end of June 1988, Hocquenghem worked on this last book, writing in
pen from his bed until complications from AIDS developed into paralysis and “his
hand no longer responded to commands from his brain,” as his comrade Roland
Surzur writes in the preface. He did not get to the end. Set in 2018, the novel
dramatizes the task of living with death, imagining a future of chronic
deferral remarkable for depictions of AIDS at the time. Fox is a writer
and translator, an editor of the New Inquiry, and a founding editor
of Pinko Magazine. He lives in Philadelphia.
55] –CATHOLIC WORKERS
AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT: AN EVENING With DAVE EBERHARDT, BRENDAN WALSH, AND
WILLA BICKHAM is happening on Fri., Feb. 22 at 7PM at Red Emma's
Bookstore Café, 1225 Cathedral St., across from the Meyerhoff Symphony
Hall. Join Dave Eberhardt, author of “For All the Saints: A Protest
Primer” and Brendan Walsh and Willa Bickham of Viva House, authors
of “The Long Loneliness in Baltimore” for an evening celebrating the intersections
of faith and resistance. Call 410-235-7507 or email mozela9@comcast.net
56] – Baltimore will join dozens of cities
nationwide to protest U.S. threats to Venezuela on Sat. Feb. 23 at 4 PM at 33rd
and N. Charles Sts. at 4 PM with signs and banners, bull horns and
chants. It is sponsored by the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Baltimore
Peace Action and Peoples Power Assembly. Please promote this event.
There will be a meeting of Baltimore Peace Action on Thurs., Feb. 21 at 7 PM at
a place to be determined to make signs and banners. Contact Dick Ochs at
443-846-6638 [textable].
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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