21] Film FOOD, INC. – April 29
22] Bringing Truth and
Justice to Colombia – April 29
23] “Understanding
U.S. Intervention in Venezuela, Colombia, and Central America” – April 29
24] Listening Session on
Racism, – April 29
25] Climate Change &
Public Health – April 29
26] Hear the music of
Annelies – April 29
27] Get the Money Out
conference call – April 29
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21] – On Mon.,
April 29 from 6 to 8 PM, Food & Water Watch Presents the film “Food Inc.”
with Carole Morison at Busboys and Poets, Hyattsville, 5331 Baltimore Ave.,
Hyattsville 20781. Tickets are at secure.foodandwaterwatch.org.
Join Eastern Shore activists for a 10 year anniversary screening of the
documentary, Food Inc. Maryland's Eastern Shore has one of the country's
highest concentration of poultry producers. And communities suffering from the
impact of this industrial pollution are up against an industry-entrenched
economy and political leadership. For the past three years, the coalition has
been fighting for air quality monitoring on Maryland's Eastern Shore near
factory farms. #healthyairstudy
Also hear from Michele
Merkel who will talk about factory farming in our state, why we need the
support of Marylanders everywhere, and the industry's & legislature's response
to efforts to pass the Community Healthy Air Act. See https://www.facebook.com/events/358879851636116/.
22] – On Mon., April 29 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, catch up
with The Monumental Task of Bringing Truth and Justice to Colombia, hosted
by Washington Office on Latin America – WOLA, 1666 Connecticut Avenue NW,
Suite 400, WDC 20009. Colombia’s Commission on Truth, Coexistence, and
Non-Repetition began its mandate to report on Colombia’s 52-year civil conflict
on November 29, 2018. The 11-member commission and its Ethnic Division
represented a victory for Colombia’s minorities who have suffered
disproportionate violence and discrimination. Two of the Commissioners,
Patricia Tobón Yagarí (Embera) and Angela Salazar (Afro-Colombian), will
present on the Commission’s work to date. In order to guarantee that the ethnic
perspective is fully integrated into the transitional justice system, ethnic
minorities within the system organized an Ethnic Commission. This Commission
organized a consultation process at the regional level with Afro-Colombian,
indigenous and rom communities in order to guarantee that their view is
integrated into their work. The panelists will discuss the important regional
work done by the Truth Commission, its methodology and how they are advancing
in spite of budget cuts and other obstacles. RSVP at https://www.wola.org/events/monumental-task-bringing-truth-justice-non-repetition-fractured-colombia/.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/328635951038773/.
23] – Please attend an evening with Daniel
Kovalik whose
talk is entitled: “Understanding U.S.
Intervention in Venezuela, Colombia, and Central America” on Mon., April 29 at 6:30 PM
at Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way,
Columbia, MD 21045. Learn why so many people
are fleeing to the United States and how U.S. policy and practices contribute
to this migration. Following the presentation there will be a Q&A
session. The event is co-=sponsored by several groups including Friends
of Latin America. Daniel Kovalik currently teaches International Human
Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He also served for over
25 years as Associate General Counsel of the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO
(USW). He began working for the USW after graduating from Columbia Law School
in 1993. While with the USW, he served as lead counsel on cutting-edge labor
law litigation, including the landmark NLRB cases of Lamons Gasket and
Specialty Health Care. He has also worked on Alien Tort Claims Act cases
against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond and Occidental Petroleum – cases
arising out of egregious human rights abuses in Colombia. The Christian Science
Monitor, referring to his work defending Colombian unionists under threat of
assassination, recently described Mr. Kovalik as “one of the most prominent
defenders of Colombian workers in the United States.” Mr. Kovalik received the
David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford University School of Law and
was the recipient of the Project Censored Award for his article exposing the
unprecedented killing of trade unionists in Colombia. He has written
extensively on the issue of international human rights and U.S. foreign policy
for the Huffington Post and Counterpunch and has lectured throughout the world
on these subjects.
The books he has
written are: “The Plot to Control the World: How the US Spent Billions to
Change the Outcome of Elections Around the World” and “The Plot to Attack Iran:
How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran.” Feel
free to share this event with all your contacts. Visit www.friendsoflatinamerica.org.
24] – On Mon., April 29 from 7 to 9 PM, catch up with a
Listening Session on Racism, hosted by the Archdiocese of
Baltimore and Notre Dame of Maryland University, 4701 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, Maryland 21210. As an initial response to Archbishop William
E. Lori’s recent pastoral statement on racism, The Journey to Racial Justice,
the Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes all to attend a Listening Session on
Racism at LeClerc Auditorium. The event will be co-sponsored by the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops and NDMU, and will include a series of invited
speakers who will share their experiences of racism in the Catholic Church.
Participants will also be invited to share written input on how the Church
should move forward in addressing racism.
Most
Rev. Shelton Fabre, chair of the USCCB Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism;
Archbishop Lori and all three auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of
Baltimore, and Most Rev. John Ricard, Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola-Tallahassee
will compose the panel of listeners. Go to www.archbalt.org/racism. Also see The
Catholic Review's preview article on this event: https://www.archbalt.org/listening-session-will-share-experiences-of-racism-in-the-catholic-church/.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/377996156261496/.
25] – On Mon.,
April 29 from 7 to 8:30 PM, hear Climate Change & Public Health by Nobel
Laureate Jonathan Patz, hosted by Baltimore County Progressive Democrats
Club at the Loch Raven Recreation Center, 1801 Glen Keith Boulevard, Parkville
21234. The Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Club is proud to
present a talk by Dr. Jonathan Patz, the longtime lead author for the United
Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared in the 2007
Nobel Peace Prize. This free, unique event brings to Baltimore County a
compelling presentation by one of the world's leading experts on the
intersection of climate change and public health.
Dr. Patz, a Baltimore
native, is director of the Global Health Institute at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. He has been with the UN IPCC for 15 years, and he co-chaired
the health expert panel of the U.S. National Assessment on Climate Change, a
report mandated by the U.S. Congress. As part of BCPDC’s commitment to
political action, it strives to engage and inform Baltimore County citizens on
a wide range of progressive issues. A voluntary donation at the door is
encouraged. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1161599900674177/.
26] – On Mon.,
April 29 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM, hear the music of Annelies, hosted
by Accent Concerts and the Washington National Cathedral, 3101
Wisconsin Ave. NW, WDC 20016. Anne Frank would have turned 90 this year,
but her memory lives on in the warmth, strength, and deep humanity of her
writing. Experience the drama, the fear, and the hope of the world's most
beloved teen writer as the musical artistry of the Westminster Williamson
Voices breathes life into her words. The Westminster Williamson Voices
and soprano Arianna Zukerman received a Grammy nomination for their recording
of Annelies, and they will perform it in the Washington National Cathedral
under the baton of composer James Whitbourn. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/2207340089356923/.
27] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland
Teleconference on Monday, April 29 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.
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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