42] Climate Action Coffee – Nov. 6
43] Support
Improving Low-Income Tax Credits! – Nov. 6
44] Food Drive for the
animals – Nov. 6
45] Universal Family Care – Nov. 6
46] Join a MetroBus Strike
Rally – Nov. 6
47] Food Rescue – Nov. 6
48] “Blueprint for
Maryland’s Future.” – Nov. 6
49] DSA Happy Hour – Nov. 6
50] Current Movements Film
Festival – Nov. 6 - 7
51] Police
Accountability Workshop – Nov. 6
52] Combatants for Peace
Speaking Tour – Nov. 6
53] Poetry Slam – Nov. 6
54] The Hermit King – Nov.
7
55] Food Rescue at the
Pratt – Nov. 7
56] Food Rescue with
Dovecote Café – Nov. 7
57] Poetry Slam – Nov. 6
54] The Hermit King – Nov.
7
55] Food Rescue at the
Pratt – Nov. 7
56] Food Rescue with
Dovecote Café – Nov. 7
57] Expose Hogan’s Dark
Money – Nov. 7
58] PSR Awards Dinner – Nov. 7
59] Noise Protest at the
GOP Senate Retreat – Nov. 7
60] Solidarity with Aging
Prisoners – Nov. 7
61] Baltimore Welcome
Dinner – Nov. 7
62] Vegetarian Afghan
Cooking – Nov. 7
63] Community Choice Energy
Forum – Nov. 7
64] Prep for State
Legislator Meetings – Nov. 7
65] "Baltimore Civil
Rights Leader Victorine Adams" – Nov. 7
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42] – On Wed., Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 from 7:30 AM to 9 AM,
get over to Climate Action Coffee with Takoma Park Mobilization at Busboys and
Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW, WDC 20012. The Climate Action Coffee is
an every-Wednesday gathering at Busboys and Poets Takoma, a cooperative
production of Busboys and the Takoma Alliance for a Local Living Economy
(TALLE), a working group of the Takoma Park Mobilization.
This
weekly series is meant to provide an organizing workspace with action-oriented
discussion circles focused on building the kinds of markets, society, food
systems and resiliency that we want for our region; raising watershed and
environmental justice consciousness; and following youth climate leaders in
taking immediate action to reverse the dramatic disruption of our climate
systems. Bring your vision and passion for reshaping our communities and local
economies in the service of resiliency, racial equity, and carbon-neutrality.
More info at http://tpmobilization.org/talle.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2536864976380836/?event_time_id=2536864993047501.
43]
– The Coalition on
Human Needs [mailto:info@chn.org] is sending
out an Action Alert that November 6th is a Call-in Day of Action to Tell
Your Senators to Support Improving Low-Income Tax Credits! Congress is
looking to add bipartisan tax legislation to the end-of-year budget package. It
is imperative that if there is any tax legislation helping businesses and the
rich that we also do what we can to help low-wage workers. The Earned Income
Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) help working families and
individuals better provide for basic needs. These two tax credits together
lifted 8.9 million people out of poverty in 2018, and helped millions more, and
with improvements they can do more to alleviate poverty and help low-income
families keep up with the increasing cost of living. On November 6th
call: 1-888-678-9475. When you are connected with your Senator’s D.C.
office, ask the receptionist who answers your call to share this message with
your Senator and their lead tax staff person: “Any tax package that
passes this year must include improvements to the low-income tax credits: the
Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.”
The
overwhelming beneficiaries of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) are
corporations and wealthy individuals while largely ignoring low-wage workers,
whose wages have been stagnant in recent decades, and their families. Congress
will likely add a bipartisan package of tax provisions to end-of-year budget
legislation including ‘technical corrections’ for business provisions in the
TCJA. Those corrections will add more tax breaks worth billions for business.
Senators need to hear from us now that any tax package must help low-income
workers.
44] – On Wed., Nov. 6, Thurs., Nov. 7, and more dates
from 8:30 AM to 6:30, help with the Food Drive for SPCA Food Bank at
the Annapolis Cat Hospital, 2244-48 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis 21403.
Consider donating to an animal in need. Details about donation drop off days,
times, and items accepted can be found below. Your donations mean so much, and
the entire Annapolis Cat Hospital staff thanks you! Donations accepted are
unopened Canned or Bagged dog and cat food. No boxed foods or treats.
Call Annapolis Cat Hospital at 410-268-2287 or Bay Ridge Animal Hospital at 410-268-6994.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/397186717891355/?event_time_id=397186731224687.
45] – The Economic Policy Institute is hosting "The Future of Work and
Care: Universal Family Care" on Wed., Nov. 6 from noon to 1:30 PM at EPI,
1225 I St. NW, Suite 600, WDC 20005. The National Academy of Social
Insurance, with support from Caring Across Generations and the Ford Foundation,
recently released a groundbreaking report on Designing Universal Family
Care: State-Based Social Insurance Programs for Early Child Care and Education,
Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Long-Term Services and Supports. The report
explores strategies that states could pursue to better support families in
meeting evolving care needs over the lifespan. This analysis was developed over
a year of deliberations by a Study Panel of 29 experts in care policy from a
variety of perspectives. In this symposium, Alexandra Bradley (Lead
Policy Analyst on the Academy Study Panel) and Benjamin Veghte (Study
Panel Director and now Research Director at Caring Across Generations) will
identify gaps in our care infrastructure and policy options developed by the
Study Panel to address them. Elise Gould (Senior Economist at EPI)
will discuss her recently co-authored study on value-based budgeting for
California's early care and education system. And Robert Espinoza (Vice
President of Policy at PHI) will report on his research on the relation between
quality direct care jobs and quality long-term care and propose standards for
direct care jobs and workforce policy.
A
light lunch will be served. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-work-and-care-universal-family-care-tickets-77877707319?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=262f5f83c1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_02_06_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-262f5f83c1-59830565&mc_cid=262f5f83c1&mc_eid=72ea77dbdd.
46] – On Wed., Nov.
6 from noon to 1 PM, join a MetroBus Strike Rally, hosted by Todd
Brogan and ATU Local 689 at 600 5th St. NW, WDC 20001-2610.
Metrobus drivers at WMATA’s privatized Cinder Bed facility are entering their
third week on strike, the first Metrobus strike in 41 years. Thousands of bus
riders have been left stranded, because the private contractor WMATA hired to
lower costs on the backs of workers, Transdev, refuses to negotiate a fair
contract with these union members. Transdev escalated the situation by
involving union workers from Fairfax Connector, The Bus, and other transit
agencies in the region. Their tactics risk disrupting transit across the entire
DMV. The WMATA Board and GM Paul Wiedefeld created this problem, and it’s their
job to fix it. Learn more at facebook.com/atulocal689group. Donate to the
strike fund at bit.ly/cinderbedstrike. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2619793094731010/.
47] – On Wed., Nov. 6 and many more dates from noon to
1 PM, get with Food Rescue Baltimore at the Baltimore Free Farm, 3510 Ash
St., Baltimore 21211. Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take delicious,
nutritious, free rescued food. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/2335352913149645/?event_time_id=2335352969816306.
48] – Progressive
Maryland is hosting forums to find out more about the Kirwan proposals: the “Blueprint
for Maryland’s Future.” How about more funding for education? The next forum is
on Wed., Nov. 6 at 6 PM at Montgomery Blair
High School, 51 University Blvd. E, Silver Spring, MD 20901. Our schools
are underfunded. Our students have growing needs. An out-of-date funding
formula doesn't address the needs of our schools. Join us for a discussion
about public education funding and find out how you can get involved to
advocate for full funding for our students, our teachers, our families, and our
future! Look at https://www.marylandblueprint.org/.
49] – On
Wed., Nov. 6 from 6 to 9 PM, attend the New Member Happy Hour, hosted by the
Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America at Walt's Inn, 3201 O’Donnell St.,
Baltimore 21224. Join members, new and old, for a casual happy hour.
Bring your roommates, your friends, your kids - all are welcome! Email baltimoredsa@gmail.com. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2686368138082465/.
50]
–On
Wed., Nov. 6, Thurs., Nov. 7 and other dates from 6:30 to 9:30 PM, check out
the Current Movements Film Festival, hosted by Eaton Workshop, 1201 K St.
NW, WDC 20005. Tickets are at cmfilmfestival.bpt.me. This is a week
of documentary films, inspiring panel discussions, healing arts workshops, and
a Saturday party! The Current Movements Film Festival was created to connect a wider
audience to documentary films and to what is happening in social movements
today. This 6-day event will not only highlight stories of social
change, but will also bring together artists, activists, filmmakers, and
collectives who are building a future we want to live in. Each day,
see documentaries that will be the starting point to talk about the issues
facing real people and communities. Hear the voices of global activists who are
doing the work day-in and day-out to make a difference. This form of multi-layered
storytelling is to engage attendants into getting involved in movements by
understanding the issues, see they have a role to play, and to learn how they
can meaningfully take part. In the process, the hope is that it will bring
folks in movements together to build relationships and find new ways to build
power. Wednesday’s film is AMERICAN HOUSING IN BLACK AND WHITE. See
the trailer at https://www.ownedfilm.com/trailer.
A panel discussion will follow. The Thursday film is about the PALESTINIAN
DIASPORA: WHERE WE COME FROM, and its title is “You Come From Far Away.” See
the TRAILER at https://vimeo.com/277536600?fbclid=IwAR1_2E-5p132J2GqG6wjWrxNyM2en30xszYJBnl350_nabuzYqnU4rTAGKA.
Again a panel discussion will follow. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/536795517069707/?event_time_id=536795533736372.
51]
– On
Wed., Nov. 6 from 6:30 to 9 PM, attend a Police
Accountability Workshop at the Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Place,
Silver Spring 20910, hosted by Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. The
Together Diversity Team and Silver Spring Justice Coalition are co-sponsoring a
session to get updates about police accountability in Montgomery County; information
about how state legislation impacts county law; and how you can have a voice
about police accountability. Speakers include Will Jawando, Montgomery
County Council Member At-Large. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/police-accountability-workshop-tickets-73695271541.
Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/690717518109813/.
52]
– The Combatants for Peace
Speaking Tour will be in Baltimore on Wed., Nov. 6 from 7 to 9 PM at Homewood
Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. For over a decade, Combatants for
Peace has embodied and served as a model for our values of freedom, democracy,
security, respect and dignity for all. Combatants for Peace is an Israeli-Palestinian
bi-national community – a community that exemplifies viable cooperation and
renunciation of all forms of violence. Palestinian co-founder Sulaiman
Khatib and Israeli Director Tuly Flint will share their stories of personal
transformation as well as the work they are doing to bring peace, justice, and
equality to their homeland. RSVP to
the Beth@afcfp.org.
This event is co-sponsored by Homewood Friends Meeting (Quaker), Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl and Baltimore
Palestine Solidarity.
53] – On
Wed., Nov. 6 from 7 to 9 PM, get over to a Poetry Slam/Word Slam/Experience
Sharing at Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW, WDC 20012. Sign
in to speak at 6:30 PM. The event starts at 7 PM. Tell your story or hear "others."
Whether we are immigrants ourselves or connected to immigrant through loved
ones, we all know the feeling of being "othered." ( I don't belong
here, I can't fit in, I am the odd one out, I don't look/talk/love/think or
feel the same as a group, I feel excluded, unwelcome, less than wanted,
discriminated, ostracized, ghosted, ridiculed, etc.). Let’s come together and
create an environment of shared understanding between women, men and non-binary
children of all origins, color and orientations. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2397524450365093/.
54] – On Thurs., Nov. 7 at 11 AM, hear about The Hermit
King: The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC 20036-2103. Look at https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/11/07/hermit-king-dangerous-game-of-kim-jong-un-event-7218.
The Kim family has clung to power for three generations in North Korea by
silencing dissidents, ruling with an iron fist, and holding its neighbors
hostage with threats of war. Under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, North Korea
has come closer than ever to creating a viable nuclear arsenal, and despite
President Trump’s assertions, Kim won’t give them up. As much as Kim wants to
change North Korea, he can’t because he needs to maintain a totalitarian
system. Chung Min Lee will preview his new book "The Hermit
King: The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un.”
55] – There
is a Food Rescue at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1303 Orleans St., Baltimore
21231 on Thursdays from noon to 1 PM. Food Rescue Baltimore partners with
Baltimore’s esteemed Enoch Pratt Free Library at the Orleans Street Branch.
Come to the library, bring a bag, and take home delicious free food. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/567424937414955/?event_time_id=567425064081609.
56]
– On
Thursdays from 4 to 5 PM, Food Rescue Baltimore is working with Dovecote
Café, 2501 Madison Ave., Baltimore 21217. Bring a bag, bring a friend,
and take delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2095151417235683/?event_time_id=2095151543902337.
57] – On Thurs., Nov. 7 at 4:30 PM, Expose
Hogan’s Dark Money Against School Funding. Communities united is joining
with the Baltimore Teachers Union and other allies to expose Governor Hogan’s
fundraising for dark money specifically aimed at defeating increased investment
in our schools. Protest outside Change Maryland Action Fund’s “Governors Gala” at
the Live! Casino at Arundel Mills where rich Marylander’s will be paying $1,000 to $2,500
a plate to OPPOSE our children and
our schools. Email jessi@communitiesunite.org for the most up-to-the-minute information or to
carpool from Baltimore.
58]
-- As
part of the 2019 PSR Visionary Leaders Awards, the organization is honoring
outstanding contributions to the advancement of nuclear weapons abolition and
addressing environmental hazards to health, including the climate crisis. Dr.
Helen Caldicott, a past PSR president and highly influential advocate who
played a pivotal role in PSR's work for many years, will be honored with PSR's
distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award. She will also be delivering a keynote
address at the "sold out" Symposium on nuclear weapons and climate
change. However, a few tickets are still available for the Awards
Reception (following the Symposium) where Dr. Caldicott will be presented with
the Lifetime Achievement Award. Go to https://www.psr.org/blog/event/2019-visionary-leaders-awards/.
Attend the awards reception on Nov. 7 from 6 to 9 PM at the International Trade
Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004. The COST is $135; $65 for
students. At the awards reception, Marylia Kelley, cofounder of
Tri-Valley CAREs; Kelly Campbell and Regna Merritt, Oregon PSR chapter leaders;
and the Sunrise Movement will be honored. Visit psr.org/visionaryleaders. While
the Symposium is "sold out," you can still attend via livestreaming.
Visit facebook.com/psrnational on Thursday, November 7 from 2 to 4 PM.
59] – On
Thurs., Nov. 7 from 6 to 9 PM, get over to a Noise Protest at the GOP
Senate Retreat, hosted by Remove Trump at Trump International Hotel, 1100
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004. Senate Republicans are holding a
strategy retreat at -- where else? -- the Trump Hotel. Pay a visit and let them
know, loud and clear, how we feel about them continuing to defend the indefensible
and protect Donald Trump. Meet at the White House (16th & H Sts.) at 6 PM
and then march to the Trump Hotel. Bring pots, pans, whistles, drums -- and
earplugs! -- for a raucous noise protest. This event is part of the
nonviolent Nov 2-11 convergence to remove Trump. Learn more at
remove45.org. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/611049452764732/.
60]
-- On
Thurs., Nov. 7 from 6 to 8 PM, come to a Letter Writing Night- In Solidarity
with Aging Prisoners, hosted by The Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Rd. NW,
WDC 20009. The vast majority of seniors in prison, many who have been in prison
for decades, are routinely denied parole and compassionate release by the
state. They are often denied release even though they pose no threat to the
public. Join Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign. You will be provided
with all the materials and a quick “how to” for writing to people in prison.
Write to governors and parole boards who hold the power to intervene in
individual cases, and learn how mass incarceration affects prisoners in their
'60s, '70s, and '80s. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/656960934833623/.
61] –On
Thurs., Nov. 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, be at the Baltimore Welcome Dinner, hosted
by Jews United for Justice at Loyola University Maryland MTS, 4501 N.
Charles St., Baltimore 21210. On October 26th, dozens of undocumented
youth, DACA recipients, TPS holders, and allies set off from New York City on
the 18-day, 230-mile #HomeIsHere March to the Supreme Court, where the highest
court will hear the case on DACA. They will make a stop in Baltimore for
dinner. The dinner will take place at McGuire Hall, Loyola University, located
in the second floor of the Student Center. This will include words from
community members and Counsel Lindsay Harrison who will give insight into the
legal arguments and history of the case. The gathering will be followed by a
city-wide migrants’ rights rally organized by CASA on Thurs., Nov. 8 at 1:45 PM
at Baltimore City Hall! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1016112115396308/.
62] – On Thurs.,
Nov. 7 from 7 to 9 PM, enjoy Vegetarian Afghan Cooking with Shakilia, hosted
by KAMA DC at YMCA Anthony Bowen, 1325 W. St. NW, WDC 20009. Tickets
are at easytoenroll.ymcadc.org. If you didn’t catch Shakila’s powerful
performance at the last storytelling night, you’re not going to want to miss
her vegetarian Afghan cooking class! Past immigrant experiences have shaped
Shakila into an adaptable, resilient, and strong woman. She has overcome many
obstacles after growing up in Afghanistan and Iran to become an educated,
career-driven woman. She aspires to help others, especially from her country.
Shakila
will be making Kechiri, a dish of rice with green mung beans that comes from
Herat City, and Spinach with Black Eyed Beans. Class tickets for Y
members are $20 and $30 for non-members. Register at https://www.facebook.com/events/2651261218259560/.
63]
-- On
Thurs., Nov. 7 at 7 PM, Progressive Cheverly Community Choice Energy Forum will
take place at Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School multipurpose room, 3324
64th Ave. with Del. Lorig Charkoudian (D-20) and Lily Hawkins from Food & Water
Watch. They will discuss community choice energy, a powerful tool that
lets local governments bargain for cleaner, more affordable energy on behalf of
residents and businesses. Maryland should join other states (including
Virginia), in adopting legislation authorizing community choice energy, the
speakers argue.
64]
– Join Jews United For Justice Montgomery County to get ready for
intimate, in-person conversations with your state legislators. Experience a
mock house meeting, learn about this year’s issues, and practice your advocacy
skills. Enjoy light refreshments! Prep for State Legislator Meetings on
Thurs., Nov. 7 from 7 to 9 PM at Tikvat
Israel Congregation, 2200 Baltimore Road, Rockville 20851. Visit https://jufj.org/event/prep-leg-moco/.
65]
– On
Thurs., Nov. 7 from 7 to 9 PM, hear from Ida Jones about "Baltimore Civil
Rights Leader Victorine Adams" at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225
Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. Victorine Quille Adams was a Baltimore
native and the first African American woman elected to the city council. Born
in 1912, she lived through stringent segregation, racial violence and economic
turbulence. Educated at Morgan State and Coppin State Universities, she took to
the classroom and enriched the lives of her students. 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.
Author Ida E. Jones reveals the story of this civic leader and her crusade for
equity for all people in Baltimore. She is the university archivist at
Morgan State University. She became intrigued with Victorine Adams during
Morgan’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2016. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2446936462260358/. Go to http://redemmas.org/.
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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