58] Protest Port of
Baltimore loading weapons on Saudi ship – Jan. 17
59] Peace and justice vigil – Jan. 17
60] YOUTH RISING
2020 –
Jan. 17
61] Peace and justice vigil – Jan. 17
62] Social Justice Film
Series – Jan. 17
63] Women's March Poster
Making Party – Jan. 17
64] Ballroom Dancing – Jan.
17
65] 2020 Women’s March on
Washington – Jan. 18
66] Public hearing of two offshore wind projects – Jan. 18
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58] –
Dick Ochs sent out this message: Try to be at the World
Trade Center (Pentagon tower at Harbor Place) on Fri., Jan. 17 at 8 AM. Then
for the lunch break at 11:45 AM. Then at quitting time at 4 PM. The
Saudi ship is in Baltimore, and it will be loaded with weapons to kill Yemen
children. He will have signs and fliers. The ship is at the Dundalk
Marine Terminal, but there is no way to get near it. Email [mailto:rjochs@comcast.net].
59] – 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
Jan. 17. Black Lives Matter.
60] – Join Youth Empower, the official youth arm of
Women’s March, for pre-march fun and conversation on Fri., Jan. 17 from 5:30 to
8:30 PM at The Outrage, 1722 14th St. NW, WDC 20009. Come meet seasoned
activists and ask them your burning questions about organizing in our
Speed-Friending session, make new friends with youth activists from all over
the country, make posters, talk your 2020 vision and more. This event is
the place to be for all youth ages 13-23 in town for the march. Note: Consent
forms are needed for youth under 18. Please fill out consent form here for
youth under 18. Email youth@womensmarch.com
with questions. Go to https://actionnetwork.org/events/youth-rising-the-outrage.
61] –
On Fri., Jan. 17 from 6 to 7:30 PM, XRDC is exhibiting Solidarity with Bushfire
Rebellion at 1145 17th St. NW, WDC 20036-4707. Join XRDC outside of the
Australian Embassy to support our comrades in XR Australia and around the globe
demanding action on the climate crisis. Australia is on fire. Twelve
million acres have burned or are currently engulfed in flames. The fires have
killed more than one billion animals, destroying rich habitats as they sweep
across vast swathes of the country. 27 people have died, among them brave
firefighters who were trying to put out the inferno, and many more are missing.
Many of the firefighters battling the inferno are volunteers. They have been
working round the clock for weeks. They are exhausted. So too are communities
in Australia whose resilience is being tested as the flames destroy buildings
and engulf the natural world around them. These are the largest bushfires
in recorded history in Australia. And they have been enabled by the hottest
year in Australian history (2019) coupled with unprecedented droughts.
And
yet the Australian government refuses to tackle the root cause of the
bushfires. It is actively denying the linkage between the bushfires and global
heating despite overwhelming scientific evidence. Instead, it is seeking to
double coal exports to China and India and actively blocking international
climate agreements. The Australian government has the blood of its people, its
wildlife, and its future generations on its hands. See https://www.facebook.com/events/3756827731001918/.
62] –
On Fri., Jan. 17 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM, attend the Social Justice Film Series:
and see “Sanctuary” & “Health Undocumented,” hosted by the Washington
Ethical Society and the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar
Lane, Bethesda 20814. Come to a vegan/vegetarian potluck, watch film
selections from the DC Immigration Film Festival, and talk back. Bring a dish
to share or make a small donation as you're able.
Sanctuary (10 min) highlights reflections from a Unitarian Universalist
congregation in the US providing physical sanctuary for a woman and her child
escaping deportation. Vicky Chavez fled domestic abuse and violence in her
native Honduras to seek asylum in the US. Nearly 4 years later, with her
appeals exhausted and facing deportation, she asked a community of faith in
Salt Lake City for sanctuary. Sheltered inside the church, she finds herself
part of an ancient conflict.
Health Undocumented (Salud Sin Papeles) (85 min) shows a neo-Nazi rally and a stream
of strict anti-immigrant laws passed in Arizona, which causes a group of
activists to organize to build Phoenix Allies for Community Health, a unique
free clinic serving undocumented immigrants. Health Undocumented captures the
inspirational birth of a local grassroots movement. Juan Freitez is a
Venezuelan filmmaker and video journalist debuting his first feature-length
documentary. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2453907164926350/.
63]
– On
Fri., Jan. 17 from 7 to 9 PM, get over to a Women's March Poster Making Party,
hosted by the Republic Restoratives, 1369 New York Ave. NE, WDC.
20002. Are you joining women around the country in making their voices
heard at this weekend's Women's March? Make posters on the Distillery
Floor--posters/markers for first 25 people. Tables will be available for poster
making. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2451764275064504/.
64]
– 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 Jan.
17. Call Dave Greene at 301-570-3283; or email eneergdivad@gmail.com.
65]
– Join
the 2020 Women’s March on Washington when hundreds of thousands of women,
femmes, and allies will join together in the streets to show our collective
power and make 2020 the year we finish what we started and defeat Donald Trump.
On Sat., Jan. 18 at 10 AM, gather in Freedom Plaza. Check out http://womensmarch.com/2020-march-info#2020-2.
66]
–
On Sat., Jan. 18 at noon, Maryland’s Public Service
Commission will hold a public hearing regarding the approval of two offshore
wind projects that will help shape the future of renewable offshore wind energy
in Maryland. Opponents will attend the hearing and speak against offshore wind
projects currently under development in Maryland. It is up to us to show agency
officials that Marylanders want offshore wind! Join us to show that Maryland is
ready for a green energy future. It will take place at the Roland E. Powell
Convention Center, Bayfront Ballroom, Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD
21842. Email anthony@chesapeakeclimate.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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