49] Gender Related
Killings in the Americas -- Mar. 15
50] WIB peace
vigils –
Mar. 15
51] White House vigil -- Mar. 15
52] Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of
Mass Incarceration – March 15
53] Black Lives Matter –
March 15
54] Politics in Film – March 15
55] Emergency Dinner for
Yemen -- Mar. 15
56] Ballroom Dancing – Mar.
15
57] Movement Politics Training – Mar. 16
58] Peace Vigil
–
March 16
59] UNICEF USA Annual
Summit – March 16 - 19
60] U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! – March 16
61] Next meeting of Our
Revolution – Mar. 16
62] Computer Literacy
classes for immigrant women – Mar. 16
63] Baltimore Civil Rights
Leader Victorine Q. Adams -- Mar. 16
64] Zero Waste – Mar. 16
65] SOFT MAGIC – Mar. 16
66] Kings Bay Plowshares
are hiring
67] Emergency Demonstration
against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
68] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
69] Do you need any book
shelves?
70] Join the Global Zero
campaign
71] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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49] – On Fri., March 15
from 9 AM to 12:30 PM, you are invited in commemoration of International
Women's Day to participate in a debate on Gender Related Killings in the
Americas. It will take place at the Organization of American States
(OAS), OAS Hall of the Americas, 200 17th St. NW, WDC 20006. Hear a Keynote
Speech on Femicide in the Americas and a group interview by a renowned feminist
journalist of specialists from Latin America and the Caribbean. There
will be simultaneous interpretation into English and Spanish. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/228559294757862/.
50]
– On Fri., Mar. 15 from noon to 1 PM, join a Women in Black peace
vigil. A vigil will take place in McKeldin Square at the corner of Light and
Pratt Sts. STAY FOR LUNCH at Baba's
Kitchen. Warm-up, dry off, and enjoy a vegetarian chili lunch and
lots of good conversation. Bring a side or topping for the chili. There
are still places at the table; invite a friend to come along with you.
Another vigil is at Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40th St, Baltimore.
21211. However, if weather is iffy, contact Anne at awyattbr@gmail.com. Lunch will
take place at 1 PM at the RPP Café, 830 W. 40th St., Baltimore 21211.
A third vigil will be in Chestertown, Kent County at Memorial
Park at Cross Street and Park Row. This vigil is looking for more peace
bodies on the Eastern Shore. Welcome to the network, Chestertown Women in
Black.
Wear black. Dress for who knows what kind of weather. Peace signs will be available. When there are
others to stand with, you don't need to carry the burden alone. Do this to be
in solidarity with others....when everything around us says “Be afraid of the
stranger.” Carpool and parking available. Just
send an email that you need a ride to: wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org.
51]
–
On Fri., Mar. 15 from noon
to 1 PM, join the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in a vigil urging the powers that
be to abolish war and torture, to disarm all weapons, to end indefinite
detention, to close Guantanamo, to establish justice for all and help create
the Beloved Community! This vigil will take place at the White House, 1600
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contract Art @ artlaffin@hotmail.com or at
202-360-6416.
52] – On Fri., March
15 from noon to 1:30 PM, get over to Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle
of Mass Incarceration, hosted by The Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts
Ave. NW, WDC 20001. Tickets are at www.cato.org.
“Mass incarceration” has been a ubiquitous term in criminal justice circles
because of the extraordinary number of people behind bars in the United States.
Many partial solutions have been implemented on the state and federal levels,
mostly concerned with sentence length and re-entry services for nonviolent
offenders. Those changes have been improvements, for the most part, and have
been life changing for thousands of inmates, returning citizens, and their
families. However, the fundamentals of our criminal justice system remain
unchanged, and our policies continue to put too many people in cages for too
long. The politics surrounding crime policy are often driven by fear and
vengeance, not experience and data, and thus many jurisdictions are one tragedy
— or a crime-rate increase — away from another wave of bad criminal laws. Our
collective desire to punish wrongdoing through our criminal justice system too
often outweighs the data that suggest better ways to improve public safety and
reduce criminal recidivism.
In her new book,
“Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration,” Professor
Rachel Elise Barkow provides a new conceptual framework for criminal justice
policy. Barkow suggests new institutions and policies to provide oversight to
prosecutors who currently have free rein over the most important aspects of
criminal cases. She also proposes new expert bodies to collect and analyze data
to formulate evidence-based crime policy to insulate policymakers from the
populist whims that too often result in punitive laws and long sentences. In
these and other ways, Barkow shows how our criminal justice system could reduce
crime and roll back mass incarceration at the same time. REGISTER https://www.cato.org/events/prisoners-politics-breaking-cycle-mass-incarceration.
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 #CatoCJ. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2316401691711885/.
53] – There is usually a silent vigil on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM,
sponsored by Homewood Friends Meeting, outside the Homewood Friends
Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on Mar. 15.
Black Lives Matter.
54] – On Fri., March
15 from 6:30 to 8 PM, catch up with History Happy Hour: Politics in Film,
hosted by Sandy Spring Museum, 17901 Bentley Rd., Sandy Spring 20860.
Tickets are at www.sandyspringmuseum.org.
Films, both fiction and documentary, are a fascinating chronicle of how we as a
society feel about our nation and its government. How have they portrayed our
government officials in good and bad economic times, war and peace, and in the
current polarizing political climate? Join Christopher Llewellyn Reed for a
selection of takes on Uncle Sam, past and present, and a discussion of how such
representations have reflected and influenced the public sphere. He is a
film critic, filmmaker, and professor and Chair of Film & Moving Image at
Stevenson University. He is the lead film critic at Hammer to Nail, an online
magazine devoted to independent cinema, and a regular commentator for the Roughly
Speaking podcast. Enjoy drinks and snacks. The series is sponsored
by Therrien Waddell, Inc. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/638752436540580/.
55] – On Fri., March 15 from 7 to 10 PM, Together for
Yemen is hosted by Islamic Relief USA at Chandni Chowk Restaurant and
banquet hall, 1109 Ingleside Ave., Baltimore 21207. This is an Emergency
Dinner for Yemen. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2872286199455650/.
56]
– There
is an opportunity to participate in ballroom dancing, usually every Friday of
the month, in the JHU ROTC Bldg. at 8 PM. Turn south on San Martin
Dr. from the intersection of Univ. Parkway and 39th St. Drive on campus
by taking the third left turn. The next dance will be on Mar.
15. Call Dave Greene at 301-570-3283; or email eneergdivad@gmail.com.
57] – On Sat., March 16 from 10 AM to 6 PM, get over to
a Movement Politics Training, hosted by Progressive Maryland at the
Startup Nest, 1401 Severn St., Baltimore 21230. Get tickets at www.progressivemaryland.org. Are you
interested in running for office, working on a campaign, or volunteering on one
in 2020? Progressive Maryland is excited to announce its first one-day Movement
Politics Training of 2019! Cover a range of topics from the process and
rules of filing to run for office and how to run a campaign, including
fundraising, campaign strategy, endorsements, field operations, communications,
and budgeting. You'll also learn how the political system functions, why it’s
currently failing Maryland voters, and what trainees can do to change that as
we get ready for the next election cycle. RSVP to Alexiss Kurtz at 301-684-6715
or by email at alexiss@progressivemaryland.org.
Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/809634849383581/.
58] – 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.
59]
– On Sat., March 16 at noon
through Tues., Mar. 19 at 6 PM, attend the 2019 UNICEF USA Annual Summit at the
International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004. Tickets
are at unicefusa.cvent.com. Network with inter-generational global
citizens from around the country who are ready to raise their voice for
children. Learn about innovative UNICEF programs. Take action,
attend interactive workshops on tapping into social media, and learn how to
leverage the power of community organizing to receive the tools needed to use
your voice and act in real-time to benefit the world’s children. To
register for the event, learn more about the schedule, and read through our
FAQs, click here unicefusa.org/annualsummit. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2248702815405390/.
60]
– On Sat., March 16 from noon to 5
PM, join a National March on the White House: U.S. Hands Off Venezuela!
Gather in Lafayette Square, 1608 H St. NW, WDC 20006. U.S. hands off Venezuela!
NO to the coup — NO to sanctions — NO to a new U.S. war. March against
the Trump administration’s brazen coup in Venezuela and a new devastating war
there. The outrageous, illegal attacks against Venezuela repeats the ugly
pattern of wars for regime change in the oil-rich countries of Iraq and Libya.
National Security Advisor John Bolton is reading from the same script,
declaring a “troika of tyranny” in Latin America (like the George W. Bush’s
“axis of evil”) as a precursor for attempted regime change first in Venezuela,
and then Cuba and Nicaragua. Trump has always said that the real “mistake” of
the Middle East wars was that the U.S. didn’t “take the oil.” Visit
https://www.facebook.com/events/242059076711261/.
61]
– Upcoming Membership
Meeting The next meeting of Our Revolution, which holds monthly membership
meetings the 3rd Saturday of every month from 12:30 to 2:30 PM, will be on
March 16 at the Waverly Library, 400 E 33rd St., Baltimore 21218. Hear
about Education in Baltimore, Funding, Kirwan and More. Go to http://ourrevolutionmd.com/local-chapters/baltimore-city-and-county/.
62] – Beginning
on Sat., Mar. 16 from 1 to 4 PM, the Immigration Outreach Service Center will
hold its second cohort of Computer Literacy classes for immigrant women. This
is a great opportunity for women with some English skills to learn how to use a
computer and how to search for jobs online. Classes will be held at the
St. Matthew Rectory, 5401 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore 21239 for three hours
every Saturday through May 11th, with the exception of Easter weekend, April
20th. Email info@ioscbaltimore.org
or call 410-323-8564.
63]
-- On
Sat., March 16 from 1 to 3 PM, hear from Ida E. Jones about Baltimore Civil
Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum,
830 E Pratt St., Baltimore 21202. Tickets can be had at lewismuseum.org. Her
book is “Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams: The Power of the
Ballot.” Adams was the first African American woman elected to the
Baltimore City Council. In 1946, she founded the Colored Women’s Democratic
Campaign Committee to educate African American women about the vote and the
power of the ballot box. Jones reveals the story of this civic leader and her
crusade for equity for all people in Baltimore. You can hear her talk which is
included with Museum Admission. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/376734829757431/.
64]
-- On
Sat., March 16 from 1 to 3 PM, catch up with Zero Waste: Youth Leadership in
Action Day, hosted by United Workers at City Garage, 101 W. Dickman St.,
Baltimore 21230. Join youth leaders from South Baltimore to move our city
away from environmental injustice and failed development towards a just
transition to Zero Waste and Fair development. Right now, in response to years
of grassroots work for our basic right to breathe clean air - our city is
envisioning a future free from the BRESCO trash burning incinerator which
causes 55 million dollars in health damages every year. This is a big change
that calls for bold action. In response, youth leaders have initiated a concrete
action research program to identify connections between vacant housing, land
ownership, safety in our communities, food systems and our waste
infrastructure. Students at Benjamin Franklin High School who formed Free Your
Voice in 2011 and spent years researching and eventually organizing to stop the
plan to build the nation's largest trash burning incinerator from being built
less than a mile from their school - are now building the next generation of
youth leaders at their former high school and throughout Lakeland, Curtis Bay,
Westport, Mt. Winans, Brooklyn and Cherry Hill. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/353694002142832/.
65]
– On
Sat., Mar. 16 from 7 to 9 PM, UPILE CHISALA PRESENTS "SOFT MAGIC" at
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. From
Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala comes a collection of poetry and
prose exploring the self, joy, blackness, gender, matters of the heart,
spirituality, the experience of Diaspora, and above all, how we survive. Told
in five parts, soft magic is a shared healing journey.
Born in 1994 and raised in Zomba, Malawi, writer Upile Chisala
hopes to tell stories from the margins and, through her work, to help others
and herself come to terms with pasts, celebrate presents, and confidently dream
beautiful futures. Call (443) 602 7611 or go to https://www.redemmas.org/. See https://www.facebook.com/events/382884212505161/.
66]
– The
Kings Bay Plowshares 7 are looking for a SHORT-TERM PAID ORGANIZER. Go to
https://www.kingsbayplowshares7.org/help-wanted/
or contact Sarah Cool at 404.449.7893.
67]
– 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 Venezuela. 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.
68]
--
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.
69]
--
Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1637 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.
70]
--
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.
71]
– 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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