Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane,
Apartment 206, Baltimore, MD 21212 Ph: 410-323-1607
CONTACT:
Max Obuszewski 443-761-5899 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net
Baltimore Peace and Justice Advocates to Engage in Peace Caravan
on Memorial Day
PRESS
RELEASE-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May
24, 2020
WHO: A group of organizations in Baltimore are joining with CODEPINK,
which is organizing demonstrations around the country, to do Peace Caravans on
May 25, Memorial Day. The event in Baltimore is co-sponsored by the
Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Baltimore Peace Action, Baltimore Phil Berrigan
Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace, Pax Christi-Baltimore, the Peoples Power Assembly
and Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland.
WHAT: The theme for the Peace Caravan is
HEALTHCARE, NOT WARFARE. Advocates will participate in two ways. Those
with a vehicle will decorate it with some peace signs and park by Wyman Park
just off 29th Street at 5 PM. Those without a vehicle will gather with
peace signs wearing masks and remaining six feet away from each other at 33rd
and North Charles Streets by John Hopkins University, Baltimore’s #1 nuclear weapons contractor.
At 5:30 PM
the Peace Caravan will depart heading north on Howard Street. The lights
on the vehicles will be turned on and blinking, and
the horns will be honking. It will continue to Wyman Park Drive near the
Baltimore Museum of Art. Continue to follow around the university on San
Martin Drive until University Parkway. At the light, the caravan will
turn right and proceed to Charles Street. There it will head south
hugging the university past 33rd Street until turning right at 29th
Street. Then it will go south on Maryland Avenue until 25th Street.
There it will turn left and head to Greenmount Avenue. At Greenmount,
turn left and go north until 33rd Street. Turn left and head to Barclay
Street. At Barclay turn left and head south to 25th Street. At 25th
turn right at Guilford Ave. Head north until 33rd Street. Go to St.
Paul Street and turn left. Head south to 25th Street. At 25th turn
left and go to Calvert Street. Turn left on Calvert and proceed to 33rd
Street. At 33rd head to Charles St. At Charles Street turn right
and head north. Cross University Parkway and pull into the parking lot of
the Episcopal Cathedral. Those on foot at 33rd Street will come to the
parking lot.
WHEN: Monday, May 25 starting at 5:30 PM
WHERE: Starting at 29th Street, by Wyman Park,
continuing through Charles Village and ending at the Episcopal Cathedral
parking lot at University Parkway in Baltimore
WHY: Celebrate peace and justice in
Charles Village, as far as possible away from President Donald Trump and his
horrible policies and dangerous behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. The
progressive neighborhood of Charles Village was selected for Baltimore’s Peace
Caravan so that participants would hear that Peace Will Not Be Denied.
Many of us have been in lock down
since mid-March while watching continued insanity out of the White House, not
just around COVID-19 but even in the midst of a rising death toll, they are
still threatening countries with war, and doubling down on sanctions. It
is time to be visible for peace again. May 25th is Memorial Day, often
used to celebrate war but the day before is International Women’s Day of Peace
and Disarmament.
We hope to inspire onlookers with
the message of Peace as we call for an end to wars, and deaths to be memorialized.
CODEPINK LA is starting theirs in a parking lot and organizing the cars in the
image of a peace sign for a drone photo and driving along the beaches ending
the caravan by delivering care packages at centers serving the ever growing
houseless population. In Miami they will caravan around Senator Marco
Rubio’s house.
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"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
Donations can be sent
to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206,
Baltimore, MD 21212. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at]
comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
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