73] Get out the Vote for Bernie -- Feb. 29
74] Public Transit: Ballot
Launch – Feb. 29
75] Community
Meeting on Public Safety – Feb. 29
76] Rally in Northern
Virginia with Bernie Sanders & Rep. Ilhan Omar – Feb. 29
77] Exhibit of
Willa Bickham’s art work – Feb. 29 – Apr. 13
78] Write letters
supporting the Plowshares
79] Two Berrigan Books
still in print
80] Emergency Demonstration
against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
81] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
82] Do you need any book
shelves?
83] Join the Global Zero campaign.
84] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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73] – On Sat., Feb. 29
from 12:30 to 4 PM, Get out the Vote Canvass, hosted by Metro D.C.
Democratic Socialists of America. You are encouraged to plug in where you
can with the Bernie campaign’s Get out the Vote efforts! DSA will help
organize carpooling as well as host an after-party for canvassers, phone
bankers, and text bankers. If you can drive or need a ride to get to a canvass,
please fill out the following Google form: https://forms.gle/XESFmZ8xuvph94V58. After
canvassing, come to a GOTV happy hour at Courthaus Social at 5 PM. Stay
in the loop for MDC DSA4Bernie efforts as well as MDC DSA Chapter happenings by
subscribing to the weekly update here: https://bit.ly/3bSZbU1.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/182227403164745/.
74] –On Sat., Feb. 29
from 2 to 4 PM, join a People-Powered Public Transit: Ballot Launch, hosted by
Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition and Baltimore Regional Transportation
Authority Mandate. It will take place at the Enoch Pratt Free Library,
1303 Orleans St., Baltimore 21231. Gather to hear stories from
transit-dependent people today, and learn how a Regional Transit Authority can
create an accessible, efficient, multi-modal transit system our region
deserves! Email Maura at maurasdwyer@gmaill.com.
Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2560377074246294/.
75] – On Sat., Feb. 29 from 3:30 to 5 PM, attend
a Community Meeting on Public Safety, hosted by Sen. Mary Washington for
Mayor at 1100 Wicomico St., Baltimore 21230. Mary Washington wants to hear your
thoughts and feedback on her public safety proposal because community should be
at the center of this conversation. RSVP at http://bit.ly/bybmore,
and check out https://www.facebook.com/events/177840756972834/.
76] – On
Sat., Feb. 29 from 4 to 5:30 PM, rally in Northern Virginia with Bernie Sanders
& Rep. Ilhan Omar at The St. James, 6805 Industrial Road, Springfield, VA
22151. RSVP HERE: https://events.berniesanders.com/event/245116/.
Doors open at 2:30 PM. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/204743927395164/.
77] – There
is a reception as part of the opening of an Exhibit of Willa Bickham’s art work
on Sat., Feb. 29 from 4 to 6 PM at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church,. 811
Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. The exhibit runs until Apr. 13. Gallery
hours are Fridays, 5:30 to 8 PM, Saturdays, 1 to 4 PM, and Sundays noon to 4
PM. Willa paints what she sees around her home in Southwest Baltimore,
the flowers in the backyard, the evicted family huddled on a door stoop,
Christmas at her granddaughters' home, the Arabber's wagon full of fruit and
vegetables, the burned-out house where children have died. Her home is
the Catholic Worker Viva House that she and her husband, Brendan Walsh, founded
more than 50 years ago at 26 S. Mount St. in a struggling neighborhood where
survival is even harder today. See https://www.facebook.com/emmanueldowntown/
or call (410) 685-1130.
78] –
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.
78] – 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.
79] – 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.
80] -- 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.
81] -- Can you use any
book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
82] -- 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.
83] – 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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