Baltimore
Activist Alert February 3 - 4, 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] R4J Peace Challenge Run – Feb. 3
6] Redlining – through Feb. 28
7] “Frederick Douglass and the
Ethics of Equality” – Feb. 3
8] Guest speaker is U.S.
Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester –
Feb. 3
9] See the play "Shame 2.0"
through Feb. 17
10] Lead Sacred Space Rituals – Feb. 3
11]
Welcome
the Stranger -- Feb. 3
12]
Moms
Demand Action – Feb. 3
13] Jail Support – Feb. 3
14] The
CALL - ERA Education Program – Feb. 3
15]
Pentagon
Protest –
Feb. 4
16] Maryland Poor People’s Campaign – Feb. 4
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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]
– On Sun., Feb. 3 from 9 AM to noon,
get over to the R4J Peace Challenge Run, hosted by Runners4Justice at 3418
Belair Rd., Baltimore 21213-1233. Join Runners4Justice for its Peace
Challenge Run during the February Ceasefire weekend! Meet at the pop-up space
in Belair-Edison for a run to honor the lives lost to violence in Baltimore, to
raise up their names and commit to spreading peace. Families, bikes,
scooters, strollers all welcome! One to 5 mile routes through Herring Run Park
will be provided. Stay after for snacks and to continue the conversation and
set commitments to the city. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/339671996873827/.
6] – 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/.
7]
– 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 “Frederick Douglass and the Ethics of Equality” by Lenneal Henderson, Ph.D. Frederick Douglass is
known as an abolitionist, advocate of racial equality and feminist supporter.
However, his life is a statement about the practice of ethics as a vocation,
avocation and provocation. He was not only a lifelong advocate but a policy-maker
and administrator serving as U. S. Marshal for the District of Columbia,
President of the Freedmen’s Bureau and minister to both Santo Domingo and
Haiti. Long before the 1967 Loving Supreme Court case, he defended the marriage
to his second wife by indicating that his first marriage was a tribute to his
African roots and the second to his white father. He opposed the relocation of
blacks to both Africa and Santo Domingo. Thus, like King, he insisted that the
United States live out the true meaning of its ethics and constitutional
values!
Henderson is a Distinguished Professor of Public and
International Affairs Emeritus, Senior Fellow at the William Donald Schaefer
Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. He is currently a
faculty member of the Fielding Graduate University and a Visiting Professor of
Government at the College of William and Mary where he teaches ethics and
Public Policy. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
8]
– On Sun., Feb. 3 at 11 AM, at the worship service the
guest speaker is U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester. This is part
of Black History Month at the Hanover Street Presbyterian Church, 1801 N.
Jefferson St., Wilmington, DE 19802. Call (302) 658-5114.
9] – 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.
10]
– On Sun., Feb. 3 from 2 to 4 PM, learn to Lead Sacred
Space Rituals, hosted by Baltimore Ceasefire 365 at 3333 Greenmount Ave.,
Baltimore 21218-2839. We shouldn't have to know a person who was killed in
order to honor their light. We should care about every life lost to violence.
One way we do that is by going to each murder location and covering it in light
& love... making it a sacred space... instead of leaving a pit of darkness
there. If you are interested in helping to cover Baltimore with this kind of
love, please attend this meeting! Feel free to bring your drum, sage, crystals,
prayer beads, tobacco, etc... things you use in your healing practices. This
will be an opportunity to learn from each other! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/377715056362596/.
11]
–
On
Sun., Feb. 3 from 2 to 5 PM, Welcome the Stranger, hosted by Kol HaLev in
Baltimore, 130 W. Seminary Ave., Lutherville 21093. Salute the profound
contributions of immigrants through songs of hope, unity and understanding
featuring Kolot HaLev (Voices of the Heart). This Jewish community choir is
from the greater Washington area and includes Cantor George Henschel. General
Admission is $20, and it benefits the Maryland Food Bank. Tickets are required
and are available by clicking here https://www.kolhalevmd.org/event/kolot-halev-concert.html
or calling 410-299-7967. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2135030213225111/.
12] –On Sun., Feb. 3 from 4 to 7 PM, come to Ellicott City and Meet the
Moms, hosted by Moms Demand Action at Cafe Bene, 10039 Baltimore National
Pike. Tickets are at act.everytown.org. Join Howard County’s Moms
Demand Action leadership members for coffee and conversations about the
organization. This is a great way to learn about what is done and how to get
involved in the movement to end gun violence. All are welcome. RSVP at https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/19281/.
Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/318860842088117/.
13]
– On Sun., Feb. 3 from 4 to 8 PM, get involved in Week
#124 Jail Support, hosted by Baltimore Jail Support at Eager St. and
Fallsway. JAIL SUPPORT (or “jail sitting”) means providing support in the
form of food & water, rides or bus fare, basic first aid and resource
guides to people being released from jail. This happens on Sundays at Central
Booking. Bear witness and provide comfort to denaturalize racist police abuse,
to resist, and to build relationships within the struggle for a prison-free
world. What is needed are water bottles, juice, granola bars, fruit and chips!
Cash donations also go a long way. Feel free to drop off items the day of, or
post on the event page to set up a time. Go tohttps://www.facebook.com/events/376441106519072/.
14] – On
Sun., Feb. 3 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/.
15]
– 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. 4, 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.
16]
– Join
the Maryland Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral
Revival on Mon., Feb. 4 at 11 AM for a news conference and demand
delivery. Maryland will join with states around the country and Washington DC
to put our legislatures on notice. We won’t be silent as regressive policies
continue to directly impact poor and disenfranchised people in Maryland. 44
percent of people in Maryland are poor or low-income — a total of 2.6 million
residents. Income for the top 1% grew by 160 percent, while the income
for the bottom 99% increased by 26 percent between 1979 and 2012. 372,100
people are uninsured. 10 percent of census tracts show people are at-risk for
being unable to afford water and 16,264 tons of NOx are emitted annually in
Maryland, which is leading to respiratory issues. Gather at Whitmore Park, 92
W. Washington St., Annapolis 21401. Stand united with folks across the
country as they too deliver the Moral Agenda to legislative leaders at their
state capitals when their legislators return to session. Together we are
bringing attention to the impact of policies which promote systemic racism,
poverty and inequality, the war economy and militarism, environmental
devastation, and the corrupt moral narrative. Email Maryland@poorpeoplescampaign.org.
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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