67] Peace Vigil – April 6
68] Computer Literacy classes for immigrant
women – April 6
69] Our Revolution Meet and
Great – April 6
70] Guatemala
Solidarity Project – April 6
71] Celebration at the Embassy of Venezuela – April 6
72] Freedom Farmers – April 6
73] Quakers in Palestine – April 7
74]
The Truth Must
Dazzle
– April 7
75]
Emergency
Demonstration against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
76] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
77] Do you need any book shelves?
78] Join the Global Zero campaign
79] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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67] – 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.
68] – Beginning
on Sat., April 6 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.
69] – Swing
by Panera Bread, 1238 Putty Hill Avenue, Towson, on Sat., April 6 from 11
AM to 1 PM for an informal chat with other Our Revolution Baltimore
members and leadership. Feel free to come with any questions, suggestions, or
just to kibbutz! These have been a lot of fun over the past few months, and
consider dropping in. Email ormdbaltimore@gmail.com.
70] – On
Sat., April 6 from 1 to 3:30 PM, come to Guatemala Solidarity Project, hosted
by Planting Seeds International at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 6030
Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda 20814. Tickets are $30 to $50. See www.eventbrite.com. Come support two amazing organizations
that work collectively with Guatemalan Communities to create sustainable change
in education and environmental justice! It will be a taste of Guatemala with
live music, lunch and a market place to purchase Guatemalan items. Hope to see
you there! https://www.facebook.com/events/247011966243881/.
71] – Are you a friend of democracy, an opponent of coups, a friend
of justice and the RULE OF LAW? If you can identify with any of the above
issues, you are invited to join CODEPINK at the Embassy of Venezuela, 1099 30th
St. NW, WDC 20007 from 7 to 9 PM on Sat., April 6. Celebrate solidarity
with the resistance to the Coup, and support of the rule of law! Contact Paki at 413-695-1877.
72]
-- On
Sat., April 6 from 7 to 9 PM at
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201, Monica
M. White presents "Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black
Freedom Movement." In May 1967, internationally renowned activist
Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta,
launching the Freedom Farms Cooperative (FFC). A community-based rural and
economic development project, FFC would grow to over 600 acres, offering a
means for local sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and domestic workers to pursue
community wellness, self-reliance, and political resistance. Life on the
cooperative farm presented an alternative to the second wave of northern
migration by African Americans--an opportunity to stay in the South, live off
the land, and create a healthy community based upon building an alternative
food system as a cooperative and collective effort.
Monica
M. White is assistant professor of environmental justice at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison. Call (443) 602 7611 or go to
https://www.redemmas.org/.
73] – On
Sun., April 7 from 9 to 10:30 AM, hear about Quakers in Palestine, hosted
by Stony Run Friends Meeting, 5116 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21210. This
is about Quakers in Palestine: Ramallah Friends School and the Military
Occupation by Meg Meyer and Arthur Boyd. They will report on their six
months in Ramallah, Palestine. Under military occupation in Palestine, a Quaker
school is thriving. How are Quaker values providing hope and building a
foundation for a peaceful, just future? How does the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict affect daily life in Israel and Palestine? What might the future hold
for this troubled region? Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/366579430600861/.
74] –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., April 7, the platform address is “The
Truth Must Dazzle.” There is power coiled within poetry. Some of
it is quite accessible, some falls into the hard-nut-to-crack category,
and some unspools with a minimum of effort. This is the month when we especially
credit poetry for how it gifts us. A selection of poems—remnants, bits and
pieces, whole cloth—reminds us that poetry has its
ways, baffling and not, to offer both bite and beauty to our lives.
Rosemary Klein edited The Maryland Poetry Review throughout
its 15-year existence, is founding editor and publisher of Three Conditions
Press, has publications in regional, national, and international journals and
anthologies, was a fellow at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a
poet-in-residence at Carver Center and for the Maryland State Arts Council, and
a recipient of a Poetry for the People Baltimore Legacy Award. With fellow
writer Karen Elliott, she brought poetry readings and events to BES (a
tradition now present in poetry salons helmed by author Kirk Mullen). She
served as president of BES for two terms. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
75]
– 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.
76]
-- 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.
77]
-- Can you use
any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1637 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.
78]
-- 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.
79]
– 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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