Monday, January 27, 2020

Baltimore Activist Alert -- January 28, 2020


31] How to Recycle in Baltimore County – Jan. 28
32] The Case for Extending New START – Jan. 28
33] Protest killer drone research at JHU – Jan. 28
34] The Future of Progressive Foreign Policy – Jan. 28
35] Healthcare Behind The Wall – Jan. 28
36] The Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy – Jan. 28
37] Human Trafficking Community Awareness – Jan. 28
38] The Antidote to Climate Depression – Jan. 28
39] Democratic Socialists of America Bernie Working Group Meeting – Jan. 28
40] “The Daily Miracle” – Jan. 28
41] When Islam Is Not a Religion – Jan. 28
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31] – On Tues., Jan. 28 from 1 to 2 PM, get to know How to Recycle in Baltimore County, hosted by Gunpowder Valley Conservancy at the Seven Oaks Senior Center Council.  View gunpowdervalleyconservancy.org.  Don’t just recycle. Recycle properly! Confused about what can or can’t go into your recycle bin? Come learn best practices from a Baltimore County Material Recovery Facility (MRF) speaker. Learn what Baltimore County Single Stream Recycling is all about, learn how to prevent contamination of the recycled material, and learn what those “recycle” numbers on the products we buy really mean. Ask questions. Get the answers.

This is a FREE event open to the public, but sign-ups are requested. Contact Seven Oaks Senior Center at (410) 887-5192 to register.  Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/460559704633836/.

32] – On Tues., Jan. 28 from 2 to 4 PM, catch The Case for Extending New START at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor, WDC 20045.  On February 5, 2021, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) will expire unless the U.S. and Russian presidents choose to extend it by up to five years. This treaty verifiably limits U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals to 1,550 deployed warheads, 700 deployed missiles and heavy bombers, and 800 deployed and non-deployed missile launchers and bombers. Since February 2018, the United States and Russia have met and maintained their obligations under the treaty. Although Russia has indicated its support for a clean, unconditional extension, the Trump administration has yet to officially decide on the future of the treaty. Administration officials have said President Trump is seeking a “new era of arms control” that includes more types of Russian weapons as well as China.

If New START expires without an extension or replacement, there will be no legally binding constraints on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals for the first time in half a century. The treaty’s rigorous monitoring and verification regime, which includes on-site inspections and the exchange of thousands of notifications, would also disappear. Speakers will outline the case for extending New START and address frequently asked questions about the treaty and the future of arms control. Check out https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA9Mu8jfNmcV3a-deHehw27TeCDhfzDXINKMr6Rn8OCppxFA/viewform.

33] – Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. on Tuesday, Jan. 28 from 5 to 6 PM. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607. 

34] – On Tues., Jan. 28 from 5 to 6:30 PM, TUESDAY, catch The Future of Progressive Foreign Policy: 2020 and Beyond, featuring Kate Kizer, Policy Director, Win without War; Adam Mount, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Posture Project, Federation of American Scientists; Dan Nexon, Associate Professor, Georgetown University; Loren DeJonge Schulman, Deputy Director of Studies and the Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security; Mena Ayazi, Manager for Policy and Communications at Alliance for Peacebuilding; and moderated by Trevor Thrall, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute. It will take place at the Cato Institute Hayek Auditorium, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC 20001-5403.  Even before Donald Trump’s election, foreign policy thinkers were beginning to realize that American grand strategy had to change. After more than 15 years of war in Afghanistan and the Middle East, Americans’ enthusiasm for foreign adventures had expired and many believed that public support for traditional American leadership of the liberal international order had expired along with it. The big question was: What would come next?  During the third year of the Trump administration, the 2020 Democratic candidates have offered a range of arguments about what’s wrong with U.S. foreign policy today and where it should be headed. Some of these hew fairly close to the traditional, pre‐​Trump approach, while others represent more significant departures from the status quo. Come hear a panel of distinguished experts discuss the state of the foreign policy debate within the Democratic Party and the future of progressive foreign policy.  Go to https://www.cato.org/events/future-progressive-foreign-policy-2020-beyond.

35] -- On Tues., Jan. 28 from 5:30 to 8 PM, hear about Healthcare Behind The Wall: Crisis of Deliberate Indifference, hosted by Maryland Prisoners' Rights Coalition at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 500 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore in the first floor moot courtroom.  This is a public forum on the current state and quality of healthcare received by incarcerated individuals in Maryland Correctional Facilities. Parking is available at the Baltimore Grand Garage located directly across the street from the venue.  Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/452908202265881/.

36] – On Tues., Jan. 28 from 6 to 8:30 PM, get over to The Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy Discourse Across the Generations at the Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 East Street NW, WDC 20052. On behalf of the Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Policy Working Group, the WCAPS Young Ambassadors Program, N Square and George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, you are invited to a discussion on “The CBRN Discourse: What is the language of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear policy across the generations?” This fireside chat-style discussion will illuminate some of the challenges that exist in how different generations discuss weapons of mass destruction issues. It will explore better ways to engage the next generation in traditional policy discussions and improve the overall engagement of different generations. After the formal fireside chat conversations, there will be light refreshments and time for networking to continue the discussion. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-weapons-of-mass-destruction-policy-discourse-across-the-generations-tickets-87563555953. 

37] – On Tues., Jan. 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, get over to a Human Trafficking Community Awareness: What About the Children?  This is hosted by Amazing Grace - To End Human Trafficking and Anne Arundel County Commission for Women.  What happens to the children of those involved in human trafficking and how do the children receive services to handle the trauma they have seen, heard and experienced? Dr. Renee Murrell (FBI Victims Services) presents a collaborative approach to working with children whose parents are survivors and traffickers. Learn about how to collaboratively support children of human trafficking survivors.  Suggested donations for the program are small denomination gift cards ($5 or $10 increments) to Subway, McDonalds, and any other area 24-hour fast food places, which will be used to purchase meals/snacks for survivors during rescue operations.  Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1495135760637504/.

38] – On Tues., Jan. 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, catch The Antidote to Climate Depression: How to Solve Climate by 2030, hosted by the Bard Center for Environmental Policy and Bard MBA in Sustainability at the REI Co-op, 201 M Street, WDC 20002.  Can we really stop climate change soon? Yes. Low-cost solar plus low-cost battery storage are fast emerging as "the dominant backbone" of a future global energy economy. Join an evening of conversation on the Solar Dominance Hypothesis: the idea that the 2020’s highly will experience a massive global market disruption in energy, so that within ten years 50% or more of power will be produced from solar plus storage. Combined with Green New Deal type policies to ensures justice in the transition, this could open the road to “solve climate”—the energy side—over the next decade.  Hear from Hunter Lovins, a founding professor at the Bard MBA program and the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS), a non-profit formed in 2002 in Longmont, CO.  Also speaking is Eban Goodstein, an economist and the founding Director of the Bard MBA in Sustainability program. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2433813910212198/.

39] – On Tues., Jan. 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, get over to the Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America Bernie Working Group Meeting: Primary Season Planning at 2309 18th NW, WDC 20009.  Virginia votes on March 3 (Super Tuesday), and door knocking will happen in NoVA and calls will be made to people in other early primary states all throughout February to get people excited about Bernie.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/842006979603087/.

40] -- On Tues., Jan. 28 from 7 to 10 PM, get with an Author's Salon with Fraser Smith, hosted by Charm City Books, 782 Washington Blvd., Baltimore 21230.  An award winning journalist, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Smith visits the store for a reading from his new book, “The Daily Miracle.”  Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2455357781391166/.

41] – On Tues., Jan. 28 from 7 to 9 PM, hear a discussion on Religious Freedom in America with Atty. Asma Uddin at The Ivy Bookshop, 6080 Falls Road, Baltimore 21209.  She will discuss her new book: “When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom.” You might already be familiar with Asma’s work as a religious liberty lawyer who has worked on cases at the US Supreme Court, federal appellate and trial courts, including Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Inc., Holt v. Hobbs, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, Islamic Center of Murfreesboro v. Rutherford County, EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, and more.  This event is FREE and open to all. Space is limited, registration is encouraged: https://www.facebook.com/events/2555114768064945/.

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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