63] Vigil for Peace with
Iran – Jan. 11
64] Latino Racial Justice
Circle – Jan. 11
65] 7th Congressional
District Candidates Forum – Jan. 11
66] Garden Work
Day
– Jan. 11
67] Dog Days of Winter
Adoption Event – Jan. 11
68] Adoption Event – Jan.
11
69] 2020 Kick-Off Party:
Swing Left Baltimore – Jan. 11
70] Close Guantanamo &
End Torture Rally –
Jan. 11
71] Free Store
& Meal-Share
– Jan. 11
72] Race and
Equity
-- Jan. 11
73] 348 candles for the
lives lost in 2019 – Jan. 11
74] U.S. HANDS OFF CUBA – Jan. 11
75] Get Money Out –
Maryland rally – Jan. 11
76] Write letters supporting the
Plowshares
77] Two Berrigan Books still in
print
78] Emergency Demonstration
against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
79] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
80] Do you need any book
shelves?
81] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
82] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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63] – Join Pacem in
Terris for a special Vigil For Peace with Iran on Sat., Jan. 11 from 10 to
11 AM at Concord Square (Giant-Marshalls), Route 202/Concord Pike in front of
La Tolteca. Bring signs, and please spread the word far and wide through
social media, email, and phone. See http://depaceminterris.org/.
64] –
On
Sat., Jan. 11 from 10 AM to noon, attend a meeting, hosted by the Latino
Racial Justice Circle at the Enoch Pratt Free Library - Canton Branch, 1030 S.
Ellwood Ave., Baltimore 21224. New members are always welcome! If you
have any questions or would like to be added to the email list, go to latinoracialjusticecircle@gmail.com.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/827697277690871/.
65] – On Sat., Jan. 11
from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, come to a 7th Congressional District Candidates Forum,
hosted by the Baltimore County West Democratic Club at the Randallstown
Community Center, 3505 Resource Drive, Randallstown 21133. This is an
opportunity to come out, meet and listen to some of our candidates for the 7th
Congressional District Seat. All candidates have been invited. Get over
to https://www.facebook.com/events/441677346739733/.
66] – On
Sat., Jan. 11 from 11 AM to 1 PM, get with a Garden Work Day, hosted
by Baltimore Free Farm, 3510 Ash St., Baltimore 21211. Anyone is
welcome to join us for a day of garden work around the Baltimore Free
Farm! Go to the greenhouse at the corner of Everhart and Yeager Streets,
across the street and up the hill from 3510 Ash Street. Please bring a bottle
for water. Gloves, tools, and some goodies (herbs & veggies) from the
garden will be provided for your work! Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2629688567115287/.
67] – On Sat., Jan. 11
from 11 AM to 2 PM, enjoy Dog Days of Winter Adoption Event, hosted
by Saving Grace Animal Rescue of Maryland at the Mutt Mart, 2904 Hamilton
Ave., Baltimore 21214. Come meet our adoptable dogs and puppies!! Mutt
Mart will graciously be donating 10% of their sales during the event, so be
sure to stock up! Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/2894658563880435/.
68] – On Sat., Jan. 11 from 11 AM to 2 PM, get over to a
Timonium Adoption Event, hosted by TRU Rescue, Pet Valu, Yorkridge Shopping
Center, 18 West Ridgely Road, Lutherville 21093. Come out and learn about
TRU Rescue, and meet dogs available for adoption and fostering
opportunities. Some adoptable dogs who will be available to meet you are
Milo, Bobby, Ina, Foxy and others. Tune in to https://www.facebook.com/events/479359939382665/.
69] – On Sat., Jan. 11 at 11:30 AM, get over to the 2020
Kick-Off Party: Swing Left Baltimore at the Towson Library, 320 York Road,
Towson 21204. Swing Left Baltimore kicks off its 2020 year of action.
Come learn about what you can do to get Democrats elected in the mid-Atlantic
region and across the country. Unite to make positive changes! Look at
ttps://www.facebook.com/events/440816883528654/.
70] – On Sat., Jan. 11
from 1 to 3 PM, check out Justice Now: Close Guantanamo & End Torture
Rally, hosted by Witness Against Torture at the White House, 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue, WDC 20500. This January 11th, 2020 will mark the
18th year anniversary of Guantanamo's opening in the War on Terror in 2002.
Witness Against Torture will join other human rights organization in once again
calling attention to the brutality of the prison, including indefinite
detention and for an end to any and all uses of torture. We cannot let
Guantanamo disappear from the public consciousness. Numerous speakers
will share their thoughts. See https://www.facebook.com/events/506210566914846/?notif_t=event_aggregate¬if_id=1578572530818869.
71] –
On Sat., Jan. 11 from 3 to 4:30 PM, get over to a
Free Store & Meal-Share, hosted by Food Not Bombs at Franklin Square
Park, 1332 I St. NW, WDC 20005. Bring your unwanted clothes, magazines,
DVDs, backpacks, tents or whatever to share with the Franklin Square Park
community and the larger DC community! Or come empty handed and ready to help
save some awesome stuff from the dumpster! It doesn't matter because it's all
free! Food Not Bombs will also be simultaneously continuing its weekly vegan
meal-share, so come hungry. Keep in mind the busiest time is at the start, so
don't miss out! Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/471048427173740/.
72] –
On Sat., Jan. 11 at 5 PM, check out Social Justice,
hosted by the Sandy Spring Slave Museum, 18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring
20860. Troy Boddy, director of the Montgomery County Public Schools
Equity Unit, will discuss Race and Equity. Visit https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/clusteradmin/equity/whoweare.aspx
and https://www.facebook.com/events/2517506458537666/.
73] –
On Sat., Jan. 11 at 7 PM, be part of 348 candles for the lives lost in 2019,
hosted by No one left unhelped Inc. at Edmondson and Hilton Parkway,
Baltimore 21229. Light a candle and say the name of every life lost to violence
in 2019. They were not numbers, they were people and our family and friends.
Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/744795479351124/.
74] –
On Sat., Jan. 11 from 7 to 9 PM, U.S. HANDS OFF CUBA, hosted by the D.C.
Metro Coalition in Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution at St. Stephen &
the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC 20010. Be a
part of the effort to end the U.S. blockade against Cuba. Get the U.S. out of
Guantanamo. End travel restrictions to Cuba. Stop U.S. regime change in Cuba.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/633154284155898/.
75] –
Get Money Out – Maryland is hosting a rally on Mon., Jan. 20 marking the 10th
anniversary of the tragic Supreme Court Citizens United decision. RALLY FOR A
DEMOCRACY AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION at 6:30 PM on MON., Jan. 20 at
BLADEN & CALVERT STREETS, ANNAPOLIS. GMOM will observe the 10th
Anniversary of Citizens United v. FEC, and members will visit legislators
after the rally. Go to https://www.getmoneyoutmd.org/coming_events.
The rally is co-sponsored by many groups including Our Revolution Maryland, Our
Revolution Baltimore City/County, Maryland United for Peace and Justice, Peace
Action Montgomery, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Baltimore Peace Action and
Prevent Nuclear War Maryland.
Just a few blocks from where the rally will be held, in what was Mann’s Tavern
in Annapolis, 12 delegates from five states met in 1786 to discuss commercial
problems of the new nation. Their call for a convention in Philadelphia
resulted in the creation of The Constitution of the United States. It’s
fitting, then, that a rally, calling for an amendment as defined in that
Constitution, should be held in Annapolis, an amendment designed to correct
mistakes those 12 delegates could not have foreseen, but the Constitution gave
us the tools to correct.
76] – The PLOWSHARES SENTENCING is PENDING, so
please WRITE THE JUDGE. Now is the time to write letters to Judge Lisa Godbey
Wood regarding her sentencing of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. The group is
collecting letters, especially from those who know the defendants, testifying
to their character and the good work that they are doing in their communities
which will not be done if they are serving long terms in prison. These letters
are not the forum to criticize the law, the legal process or government
policies. Rather it is the place to point out positive things about the
defendants that should mitigate a harsh sentence. Letters should be sent
to defense attorney Bill Quigley at the address below. He will compile them and
distribute to various defendants' attorneys for delivery to Judge Wood. The
attorneys suggest it would be helpful to get these done by Thanksgiving or the
week after in order to get processed and delivered. Sentencing may be in
January or possibly February. The best letters are simple, polite,
and tell good things about the person you are writing to support.
The suggested format is as follows:
Date
Sender’s Name
Sender’s Address
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood
C/o Bill Quigley
Loyola University New Orleans Law Clinic
Campus Box 902
7214 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Regarding Sentencing of: Mark Colville [or] Clare Grady [or]
Martha Hennessy [or] Fr. Steve Kelly SJ [or] Elizabeth McAlister [or] Patrick
O’Neill [or] Carmen Trotta (or all seven of the Kings Bay Plowshares)
Dear Judge Wood,
Suggested outline for the letter:
- Explain who you are.
- Explain who you are writing about, how you know them, and what
good they do for their community.
- Explain why the Judge should not send them to jail.
- Thank the Judge for reading your letter.
Valediction,
Signature
For more ideas and details for your letters, you are welcome to
see the defendants' biographies here: https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/about/bios/.
Thank you for your attentiveness to the trial, your support for
the defendants and their families, and your focus on the issue of the abolition
of nuclear weapons.
As Fr. Steve Kelly says, "The nuclear weapons won't go away
by themselves." We do this work together.
77] – 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.
78] – 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.
79] -- 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.
80] -- Can you use any
book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1637 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
81] -- 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.
82] – 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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