55] Addressing China’s
Coercion in the Indo-Pacific – June 21
56] Great Labor Arts
Exchange – June 21
57] Black Lives Matter –
June 21
58] Prayer Walk – June 21
59] Abolition Now – June 21
60] Premonition – June 21
61] Ballroom Dancing – June 21
62] Frederick Douglass
Walking Tour – June 22
63] Pollinator Appreciation and Summer Celebration
– June 22
64] Stream Ecology – June
22
65] Stop Police Terror – June 22
66] Franciscan Center - OPEN HOUSE – June 22
67] Peace Vigil – June 22
68] Birth Strike – June 22
69] DSA Labor
Night with the Nats – June 22
70] Emergency Demonstration
against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
71] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
72] Do you need any book
shelves?
73] Join the Global Zero
campaign
74] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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55] – On Fri., June 21 from 9 to 10 AM, get over to
Addressing China’s Coercion in the Indo-Pacific, hosted by the United
States Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave. NW, WDC 20037. Check
out tickets at www.usip.org. China continues to develop
and invest in its military in the Indo-Pacific and around the world at a
startling pace. However, Beijing has also increasingly pursued non-military
means of coercion and power projection including infrastructure lending,
internal political meddling, and leveraging economic dependence through
programs like the Belt and Road Initiative. Along with the escalating
geopolitical competition between the United States and China, these initiatives
deserve a serious discussion. Congressperson Ed Case (D-HI) and Congressperson
John Rutherford (R-FL), members of the House Appropriations Committee, will
discuss what Congress is doing to address this issue at USIP’s ninth Bipartisan
Congressional Dialogue. RSVP at https://www.usip.org/events/addressing-chinas-economic-and-military-coercion-indo-pacific.
56]
–
On Fri., June 20 at 2 PM through Sun., June 23 at 10 AM, get with the 40th
Anniversary 2019 Great Labor Arts Exchange, hosted by Labor Heritage
Foundation and People's Music Network at the Tommy Douglas Conference
Center, 10000 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring 20903. Tickets are at
actionnetwork.org. This is a weekend of workshops, films, discussion
groups, spoken word, jam sessions and open mike! Bring your instrument, your
voice, your beat box, your song, your poem, your story or just yourself! Look
at https://www.facebook.com/events/2185005468438786/.
57] – 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 June 21.
Black Lives Matter.
58] – On Fri., June
21 from 5:30 at 7:30 PM, join the June Prayer Walk, hosted by the
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, starting at the Collington Square Elementary,
1409 N. Collington Ave., Baltimore 21213. Canon Scott Slater will lead
the walk through Baltimore City to offer prayers for those who have died of gun
violence along the route in the last twelve months. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/2505053309521433/.
59] – On Fri., June
21 from 6 to 9 PM, get over to Abolition Now! Opening Reception, hosted
by Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St., Philadelphia 19107. Tickets
are at asianartsinitiative.org. How do policing, prisons, and detention affect
marginalized communities? What is restorative and transformative justice in
practice? What does an abolitionist future look like, and how do we get there?
What are the stakes for Asian Americans in abolition? Japanese American
internment, racial profiling of Muslim people, and deportations of Southeast
Asian immigrants are just a few of the ways that Asian American communities are
subjugated by the prison industrial complex. Abolition asks us to imagine a
world without policing, prisons, and other forms of state-sponsored violence
against black and brown communities. On an interpersonal level, abolition asks
us to rethink the ways that we address harm in intimate and societal
relationships. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2345977262121033/.
60] – On Fri., June
21 from 7 to 9 PM, AK Thompson presents "Premonitions" at Red Emma's
Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. Bringing
together a decade of AK Thompson’s essays on the culture of revolt,
Premonitions offers an engaged assessment of contemporary radical politics.
Inspired by Walter Benjamin and addressing themes ranging from violence and
representation to Romanticism and death, Thompson combines scholarship and
grassroots grit to disabuse readers—and rebels—of cherished certainties.
Whether uncovering the unrealized promise buried in mainstream cultural
offerings or tracing our course toward the inevitable moment of reckoning
ahead, the essays in Premonitions are both practical investigations and
prescient provocations.
AK
THOMPSON got kicked out of high school for publishing an underground newspaper
called The Agitator and has been an activist and social theorist ever since. He
is a Professor of Social Movements and Social Change at Ithaca College. See https://www.facebook.com/events/625490964632138/.
61]
– 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 June
21. Call Dave Greene at 301-570-3283; or email eneergdivad@gmail.com.
62]
– On
Sat., June 22 from 9:15 to 10:45 AM, participate in the Frederick Douglass &
The Anacostia Community Guided Walking Tour, hosted by Underground
Railroad Tours and Washington DC History & Culture started at the
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W. St. SE, WDC 20020. Join
local reporter and historian John Muller on a walk through Old Anacostia,
examining the neighborhood through the eyes of residents past and present.
Blending historic research and contemporary Ward 8 politics, our guide will
lead the group on a walk through time, exploring our city’s most historic
Historic District. Stories of presidents, famed resident Frederick Douglass,
19th-century architecture and neighborhood folklore will be woven throughout.
Walking tours have been conducted with and in close counsel and collaboration
of Old Anacostia Douglassonians of all walks of life who for generations have
guarded, upheld and uplifted the history of neighborhood activist Dr. Frederick
Douglass. An anonymous local philanthropist has offered to cover costs of
complimentary tickets to all seniors, veterans and students from indigenous
Douglassonian communities from the corner to the world whether 16th & W in
Old Anacostia or young scholars from Al-Azhar University in Old Islamic Cairo,
where Douglass visited in February 1887.
The
registration is $10 per person. This event will take place light rain
(sprinkles) or shine. There is free parking in the lot next door to the
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site as well as along the streets
throughout the neighborhood. The nearest Metro Station is Anacostia, 0.7 miles
away. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2259261730957359/.
63]
– On
Sat., June 22 from 10 AM to 3 PM, appreciate the Pollinator Appreciation and
Summer Celebration, hosted by the Herring Run Nursery, 6131 Hillen Rd.,
Baltimore 21239. June 17-23 is National Pollinator Week, and summer
starts on June 21! Learn more about native plants that support our
precious pollinators! Plenty of perennials are blooming now supporting the
plethora of pollinators out foraging for pollen and nectar. See https://www.facebook.com/events/373296813290408/.
64]
–
On Sat., June 22 from 10 AM to 2 PM, here about Stream Ecology with Dr. Ken
Belt: Aquatic Insects Workshop, hosted by The Natural History Society of
Maryland at Holt Park, 34 Elmont Ave., Baltimore 21206. Tickets can be had at
marylandnature.wildapricot.org. To attend this program please register at https://marylandnature.wildapricot.org/event-3414695.
Explore life underwater as we investigate aquatic insects and their connection
to the health of our streams. Dr. Ken Belt will present, “Urbanization in the
1800's Stream Ecology” which will follow the history and evolution of an urban
reservoir and its watershed, the legacies of pollution, and a look at live
aquatic insects from urban and forested watersheds. Afterwards, investigate a
nearby stream, take a close-up look at live aquatic insects, and discuss our
findings. This workshop will give you a great chance to see some aquatic
insects under a microscope and learn how to identify some of the common local
groups. See https://www.facebook.com/events/520143348516636/.
65]
– Join
the ANSWER Coalition on Sat., June 22 from 11 AM to 4 PM at a Stop Police
Terror Project DC Community Celebration & Resource Fair at Marvin Gaye
Park, near Foote St. NE & Division Ave. NE, 411 Division Ave. NE, # 499,
WDC 20019 . Use the Benning Road Metro (Blue/Silver Lines). Finishing
out a Juneteenth Week of Action and Celebration, Stop Police Terror Project DC
will be hosting a Resource Fair. This community celebration and resource
fair is to celebrate the Black community’s legacy of resistance, perseverance
and strength of the human spirit. In an effort to support local Black owned
businesses, a number of local artisans and business owners will have vendor
tables set up throughout the park. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/2318470168421427/.
66] – On Sat., June 22 from 11 AM to 1 PM, come to the
Franciscan Center - OPEN HOUSE, 101 W. 23rd St., Baltimore 21218. Are you
an individual, group, business or nonprofit that wants to help the community?
Do you have an idea, a passion, a calling to help people who are experiencing
homelessness and or poverty? The Franciscan Center wants to meet you and
see how we can work together to help people in need who live in our City.
Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/1016850941844100/.
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] – On Sat., June
22 from 7 to 8:30 PM, hear about a book “Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over
Women's Work,” at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St.,
Baltimore 21201. Join Jenny Brown, author of “Birth Strike: The Hidden
Fight Over Women's Work,” for a discussion of the book. On one side, elite
policymakers want an expanding workforce reared with a minimum of employer
spending and a maximum of unpaid women’s work. On the other side, women are
refusing to produce children at levels desired by economic planners. By some
measures our birth rate is the lowest it has ever been. With little access to
childcare, family leave, health care, and with insufficient male participation,
U.S. women are conducting a spontaneous birth strike. Brown is a National
Women’s Liberation organizer and former editor of Labor Notes. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/628908544254604/.
69]
– On
Sat., June 22 from 7:15 to 10:15 PM, attend the DSA Labor Night with the Nats,
hosted by Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America at Nationals Park,
1500 South Capitol St. SE, WDC 20003. Join DSA and local labor unions as
the Washington Nationals take on the Atlanta Braves. Sit with the rest of the
Metropolitan Washington Labor Council. Tickets are $16 and can be purchased by
following the process below. Please purchase your tickets in Section 234. Go to
https://www.facebook.com/events/732379930490012/.
70]
– There
will be a Peace Service on Sat., June 22 at 7:30 PM at St. Ignatius, 740 North
Calvert St., Baltimore. Pray
for Peace. Contact the
Rev. Charles Cloughen, Jr. at 443-388-3768.
71]
– The Trump
Administration is again beating the war drums. In this case, the target
is Iran. Should the Trump administration initiate an act of war against
Iran, consider joining us. It is a
violation of U.S. law for the Trump Administration 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. Should a
war criminal, John Bolton, convince Trump to attack rather of these countries,
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 Venezuela takes place, then meet at 33rd and N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218. If the attack
is before 2 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local
time. If the attack occurs after 5 PM local time, then the event
will begin at 5 PM, local time, the following day. Contact Max at
410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
72]
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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.
73]
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Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1637 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.
74]
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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.
75]
– 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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