55] No Pepco
Pledge Campaign Launch – Oct. 4
56] Tree Giveaway – Oct. 4
57] Observations of a Chinese Journalist – Oct. 4
58] Food Rescue – Oct. 4
59] White House vigil– Oct. 4
60] WIB peace
vigils –
Oct. 4
61] Book
Launch: “Globalizing Morocco” – Oct. 4
62] Peace and justice vigil – Oct. 4
63] Chesapeake Film Festival – Oct. 4
64] Film THE PUBLIC – Oct.
4
65] The sisters vs. the
pipeline – Oct. 4
66] Ballroom Dancing – Oct.
4
67] Help out a family in
Latin America, Africa or inner-city Baltimore – Oct.
4
68] Harriet Tubman Bus Tour
– Oct. 5
69] NATIONAL SOLAR TOUR –
Oct. 5 - 6
70] Hike the South Wind Loop Trail – Oct. 5
71] Bike Tour – Oct. 5
72] Coffee and Conversation
with Our Revolution Baltimore – Oct. 5
73] Peace Vigil -- Oct. 5
74] Keep
Space for Peace Week at the NSA – Oct. 5
75] Climate Action Open
House – Oct. 5
76] Two Berrigan Books still in
print
77] Emergency Demonstration
against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
78] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
79] Do you need any book
shelves?
80] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
81] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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55] – On Fri., Oct. 4 from 7:30 to 8:30 AM, join
a No Pepco Pledge Campaign Launch, hosted by 350 DC at 4200 Connecticut
Ave. NW, WDC 20008-1122. Energized by the climate strikes? Eager to get
involved in the climate movement? Join 350 DC and plug in to the local fight
for a just transition to renewable energy in the District! DC council
campaign season is upon us and we are asking all candidates to reject money
from Pepco, the regional electrical utility, and other fossil fuel companies!
For years, Pepco has exerted control over our councilmembers and DC's
future. In 2016, they made backroom deals and false promises of rate hike
freezes to push through the extremely unpopular merger with Exelon. In 2018,
they fought to undermine efforts to equitably transition the district to a
renewable energy future and weakened the Clean Energy Omnibus Act. In 2020,
fight back. See https://www.facebook.com/events/660239511129645/.
56] – On Fri., Oct. 4 from 9 AM to noon, get with the Robert
W. Coleman Tree Plantings, 2141 N. Smallwood St.,
Baltimore 21216-3221, hosted by Blue Water
Baltimore and Herring Run Nursery. Tickets are at
bluewaterbaltimore.org. Planting trees is good for the water, good for the air,
and good for the soul. Come get your hands dirty for clean water and a greener
community! Help add 80 new street tree pits and trees to beautify the
neighborhood and cool and clean the air for all residents. The tree
planting projects are rain or shine, so wear proper clothes and sturdy
(closed-toe) shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty or wet. Please bring a
reusable water bottle. We will provide the trees, gloves, tools, training, and
lots of fun! Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1323181331189487/.
57] – On Fri., Oct. 4 from noon to 1:15 PM, check out the Observations
of a Chinese Journalist, hosted by The American Mandarin Society at the
Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC 20036. Tickets are at www.mandarinsociety.org. Hear a
stimulating conversation, in Chinese, with Caijing magazine’s DC bureau chief
JIN Yan. Ms. Jin has spent seven eventful years in Washington DC reporting for
one of China’s leading business magazines on topics ranging from politics, to
economics, to society. She has also been working on a book that collects some
of her most important observations about current American society. Hear her
reflections on her time in the U.S. This is a brown bag lunch event, so feel
free to bring your own food. She has been with Caijing Magazine for almost a
decade, and previously worked for the Economist. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2431582053767920/.
58] – On Fri., Oct. 4
from noon to 1 PM, Fridays at Grace Baptist Church, 3201 The Alameda.,
Baltimore 21218, are by Food Rescue Baltimore. Bring a bag, bring a
friend, and take delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/644335165987205/?event_time_id=644335232653865.
59] – The Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 4 at noon. Contact
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649, artlaffin@hotmail.com.
60] – Women in Black
VIGILS FOR PEACE take place on Fri., Oct. 4 from noon to 1 PM. One is at
McKeldin Square, corner of Light and Pratt Sts., in the Inner Harbor,
Baltimore. Use the purple circulator line. Enjoy an AFTER VIGIL
LUNCH from the food trucks in the Inner Harbor. Bring Your Own Sandwich
or stop by one of the food trucks in the McKeldin Square.
Another is at
Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40th St., Baltimore. Free Parking
available. Vigil from noon to 1 PM. Lunch in the Bistro at 1 PM. If there's a
storm, there is no vigil, but there will be lunch. Contact Anne: awyattbr@gmail.com. The final vigil is in Chestertown,
Kent County on the Eastern Shore at Memorial Park at Cross
Street and Park Row. Email wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org.
61] – On Fri., Oct. 4 from 12:30 to 2 PM , get
over to a Book Launch: “Globalizing Morocco” with Dr. David Stenner, hosted
by Institute for Middle East Studies at GWU and Elliott School
of International Affairs, 1957 E. St. NW, Room 505, WDC 20052. The book
will be available for purchase and a light lunch will be provided. The end of
World War II heralded a new global order. Decolonization swept the world and
the United Nations, founded in 1945, came to embody the hopes of the world's
colonized people as an instrument of freedom. North Africa became a
particularly contested region and events there reverberated around the world.
In Morocco, the emerging nationalist movement developed social networks that
spanned three continents and engaged supporters from CIA agents, British
journalists, and Asian diplomats to a Coca-Cola manager and a former First
Lady. The book traces how these networks helped the nationalists achieve
independence—and then enabled the establishment of an authoritarian monarchy
that persists today.
David Stenner tells the story of the Moroccan activists who managed
to sway world opinion against the French and Spanish colonial authorities to
gain independence, and in so doing illustrates how they contributed to the
formation of international relations during the early Cold War. Looking at
post-1945 world politics from the Moroccan vantage point, we can see fissures
in the global order that allowed the peoples of Africa and Asia to influence a
hierarchical system whose main purpose had been to keep them at the bottom. In
the process, these anticolonial networks created an influential new model for
transnational activism that remains relevant still to contemporary struggles.
Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/574673363270180/.
62] – There is usually a silent peace and justice 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
Oct. 4. Black Lives Matter.
63] – On Fri., Oct. 4 from 5 to 9:30 PM,
participate in the Chesapeake Film Festival Environmental Shorts and Reception,
hosted by The Nature Conservancy MD/DC and Chesapeake Film
Festival at the Avalon Theater, 114 S. Washington St., Easton, 21601-2912.
Tickets are at chesapeakefilmfestival.com. Enjoy, for example, "Chesapeake
Waterways," a series of documentary shorts directed by Dave Harp and Sandy
Cannon-Brown. TNC's Deborah Landau and Joe Fehrer are featured in the
film and will join a post-screening panel discussion led by the filmmakers
which will include Matt Pluta and Zack Kelleher of ShoreRivers and Alan Girard
of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The rivers and creeks of Maryland’s
Eastern Shore once seemed endless havens of beauty and abundance, but
tragically we have polluted these treasures. Water quality is poor. Excess nutrients
create algae growth, which chokes out light, oxygen, underwater grasses and
estuarine life. But thanks to our professional and volunteer riverkeepers,
there is hope. Dedicated scientists, environmental activists, educators,
volunteers, and policy and legal advocates are working daily to protect and
restore our rivers. Visit http://chesapeakefilmfestival.com/video/environmental-shorts-1/
for tickets and more information. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/2469432796479418/.
64] – On Fri., Oct. 4 at 7 PM, see
the film THE
PUBLIC, as
part of the First-Friday
Free Film Screening/Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Old Sproul Road,
Springfield, PA with doors open at 6:30 PM for refreshments. Directions
and more are at www.delcopeacecenter.org
. Or call the Brandywine Peace Community, 484-574-1148.
This is a film from Emilio Estevez (director of BOBBY and THE
WAY)
comes a tale of people cold and homeless inside one of the last 'places of
democracy-in-action': a public library. Within their walls, we see
manifested issues not just of homelessness, but of race, class, addiction,
mental illness and income inequality.
THE PUBLIC opens as its
Cincinnati setting is experiencing a severe cold snap. All the shelters for
homeless people are filled, and two have died from exposure. The public library
is a daytime refuge for homeless people. Facing deadly temperatures, dozens of
the library’s homeless regulars decide to stay the night beyond closing hours
in an "occupy" type of action. Tired
and beside themselves, librarians, having built emotional connections with
their homeless patrons, attempt to side with them. However, what begins as an
act of civil disobedience becomes a stand-off with police, with
rush-to-judgment media speculating about what’s "really happening,” and a
political candidate seeing an opportunity to score points with the public.
The
film is
also written by Emilio Estevez, who stars as the head librarian. The
memorable cast includes Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, and
Jeffrey Wright. Michael Kenneth Williams is particularly memorable as the
homeless man who gives voice for the homeless 'occupiers.' The story
speaks honestly about two of our society's most challenging issues—homelessness
and mental illness.
65] – On Fri., Oct. 4 from 7:30 to 9 PM, hear about Respect
God's Creation- the Nonviolent Campaign to Stop the Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline
presented by Sr. Sara Dwyer at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503 Rock
Creek Church Rd. NW, WDC 20010. The U.S. region of the Adorers of the
Blood of Christ, an international order of Catholic sisters, have been part of
a nonviolent campaign to stop the construction of a natural gas pipeline
underneath a strip of land they own in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania.
Despite
the Adorers’ refusal to cooperate with this endeavor, the Williams Corporation
and Transcontinental Pipe Line Co. (Transco) has gotten approval from the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granting them the right to
construct, maintain and operate a pipeline on this land for the Atlantic
Sunrise Project. The Adorers received a request from the grassroots
coalition, Lancaster Against Pipelines, to install and use, and to invite other
people of faith to use, a portable prayer “chapel” on their land. The purpose
of this structure is to draw people to prayer and reflection about just and
holy uses of land.
While
the Adorers understand that the federal court order of eminent domain, once it
goes into effect, can allow Williams/Transco to call for the removal of the “chapel”
from the easement, they believe that having this structure on their land, for
however long, gives tangible witness to the sacredness of Earth. In a
legal case that attracted national attention, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of
Appeals sided with the fossil fuel industry over the religious freedoms of the
Adorers of the Blood of Christ when they upheld the forced seizure of the
Sisters’ land for a climate-warming pipeline. This project, and subsequent
court ruling, represented a blatant violation of the Adorers’ deeply held
religious convictions about the sacredness of the Earth. After a careful
consideration of their options, the Adorers filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme
Court on September 7, 2018.
Sr. Sara, a sister of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, will speak
about her order's commitment to protect and care for God's creation and share
the story of the inspiring faith-based nonviolent witness to stop the
pipeline. As October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, she will
also speak about the common threads of spirituality and mission of St. Francis,
Dorothy Day and Pope Francis and how they invite us to be a Gospel
witness today. For more info about the campaign to stop the pipeline see: https://adorers.org/pipeline/. Contact
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649, artlaffin@hotmail.com
66] – 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 Oct. 4. Call
Dave Greene at 301-570-3283; or email eneergdivad@gmail.com.
67] – On Sat., Oct. 5
from 8:30 AM to 6 PM, get on the Harriet Tubman Bus Tour, hosted
by the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park & Museum, 300 Oella Ave,
Catonsville 21228. Travel to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
State Park and Visitor Center. Visit over ten stops along the Underground
Railroad Byway. Listen to Master Griot Janice Curtis Greene portraying Harriet
Tubman as she unweaves stories and songs. There is a cost to the bus
trip. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/344882943058738/.
68] – These goods are
WANTED: Eyeglasses; Musical Instruments; Hearing Aids; Adult & Children’s
Bicycles; Portable Sewing Machines; Women’s Pocketbooks; and Baseball
Equipment. The churches of the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia will
send your no longer wanted items listed above to a needy family in Latin
America, Africa or inner-city Baltimore. The sewing machines and musical
instruments need to be in working order; the other items need not be. Drop
them off at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center parking lot on Twin Rivers Rd. on
Sat., Oct. 5 from 9 AM to 1 PM. Tax receipts will be given. For
further info, call Tom McCarthy at 301-774-7069.
69] – Tune in to the NATIONAL SOLAR TOUR by visiting 7116
Garland Ave., Takoma Park 20912 on Sat., Oct. 5 from 9 AM to 5 PM. Go to https://www.nationalsolartour.org/open-houses/1601/.
On
Sun., Oct. 6 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM, visit 1715 Brisbane St., Silver Spring
20902. See https://www.nationalsolartour.org/open-houses/3915.
This weekend is a fantastic opportunity to visit one of the 850+ solar open
houses and 79 local solar tours across the country, in your state, and
near you! See solar panels up close... Ask solar homeowners questions
about how their solar systems work... Learn why people in your community made
the choice to go solar... And connect with other people in your community who
support solar energy! The National Solar Tour is free and open
to the public — everyone is welcome to attend. Whether you are a solar
owner, completely new to solar, or somewhere in between – this event is for
you. Email solartour@solarunitedneighbors.org.
70] – Hike the South Wind Loop Trail on Sat., Oct. 5 from 9
to 11 AM, organized by the Howard County Sierra Club Group at 6490 S.
Wind Circle, Columbia 21044.Contact Bryan Gale at bryanmgale@gmail.com or (240) 593-8255.
This is a short hike through “Forest, River, and Meadows” in the Middle Patuxent
Environmental Area. Hike 2.3 miles through wooded and open meadow trails,
stopping along the way to discuss the varied habitats of the area and how
humans impact it. This hike is best for Adults and children 8 and older.
Beginners welcome. Long pants and closed toed shoes recommended.
Hat/Sunglasses, water bottle, sunscreen, and insect repellent advised. Any
animals must be leashed.
71] – On
Sat., Oct. 5 from 10 AM to 1 PM, get over to Bikemore and the Doors Open Bike
Tour, hosted by the Baltimore Architecture Foundation at 2209
Maryland Ave., Baltimore 21218. Bikemore will showcase some of the city's
local bicycle infrastructure while visiting some of the Doors Open tours.
Riders will visit various Doors Open Baltimore sites while cycling on bike
friendly streets advocated by Bikemore. The ride will be at an easy slow pace
and as flat as possible.
Bikemore
is Baltimore’s livable streets advocacy organization. It advocates for policies
and infrastructure that create thriving neighborhoods in Baltimore, and works
to expand protected bicycle infrastructure between our neighborhoods and work
within neighborhoods to ensure policies are in place so the goods and services
people need are easily accessed on foot or by bike. Focus on putting
people before cars and expanding opportunity for all of Baltimore's
residents. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1300453670114734/.
72] – Enjoy Coffee and Conversation with Our Revolution
Baltimore on Sat., Oct. 5 from 11 AM to 1 PM at R House, 301 W 29th St.,
Baltimore 21211. Back on the job and need a break from the work grind?
Formal meetings aren't your style? Just want a place to talk politics and
activism? Have a question about or idea for OR Baltimore? If any of these apply
to you, or you just want a cup of coffee on a Saturday morning, then come out
for a fantastic monthly Coffee and Conversation with OR Baltimore. Email ormdbaltimore@gmail.com.
Did you know
that the General Motors CEO made $21.87 million in compensation last year,
about 281 times the pay of the median worker? If she worked 40 hours a week,
that works out to around $10,500 per hour! United Auto Workers (UAW) are striking
nationwide against GM, and the UAW members who still remain at the closing
White Marsh plant have joined the strike. The union is striking for fair wages
and healthcare, a reversal on the recent closure of the White Marsh and other
plants, and a path to permanent status for temporary workers. Join in
solidarity with our fellow workers down at the White Marsh plant on Sat., Oct.
5 at 10 AM for a big rally! Gather at 10301 Philadelphia Road, White Marsh
21162. Email ormdbaltimore@gmail.com.
73] – 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.
74] – Each fall the Global Network Against
Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space organizes Keep Space for Peace Week where
it invites activists around the world to hold local events. And each October
Baltimore peace groups participate in Keep Space for Peace Week by going to the
National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland. As part of Keep Space for Peace Week, the Baltimore Nonviolence Center
will organize a demonstration on Saturday, October 5 from 11 AM to noon at the
NSA at Fort Meade. We will be leaving Baltimore at 10:15 AM. If
interested in joining us, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast dot net.
A letter to the director of the NSA and to the NSA Inspector General
will be posted soon. Also don’t miss the film OFFICIAL SECRETS, taken
from a true story, in which the NSA is engaged in criminal activity. What
Katherine Gun did in 2003 should give us all the courage to speak out. Join us
on Saturday if you can.
75] – On Sat., Oct. 5
from 5 to 7 PM, come to a Climate Action Open House, hosted by the
Citizens Climate Lobby DC at HOLE IN THE SKY, 2110 5th St. NE, Unit 2, 2nd
Floor, WDC 20002. This festival-style open house features different
stations with climate actions. Take action immediately and connect with the
local movement for a national response to climate change. There will be a short
presentation from people working on Juliana v. United States -- the
groundbreaking youth-led legal case which argues that a safe climate is a
constitutional right. There will be food! Please bring your own cup, plate, and
silverware. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/370647860536985/.
76] – Two books by Fred Wilcox are still in
print. The first one is “Fighting the Lamb's War Skirmishes with the
American Empire” by Philip Berrigan and Fred A. Wilcox with a FOREWORD
by Tripp York. It can be purchased by Wipf and Stock: https://wipfandstock.com/fighting-the-lamb-s-war.html.
It is a Memoir in paperback/ISBN: 9781532660078/240 pages/republished
8/21/2018/ Retail Price: $26.00/and Web Price: $20.80.
The
second one is “Uncommon Martyrs The Berrigans, the Catholic Left, and the
Plowshares Movement” by Fred Wilcox, who profiles members of this anti-war
movement, whose Christianity compels them to acts of civil disobedience against
the military industrial complex. The ISBN is 0201522314/$6.50 for a
hardcover, and it can be purchased at Powell's Books. See https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/7094/uncommon-martyrs.
77] – The Trump Administration is again
beating the war drums. Most recently, 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 either 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 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.
78] -- 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.
79] -- Can you use any
book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1637 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
80] -- 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.
81] – 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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