57] History of the Peace Movement -- Aug. 28
58] Commitment March – Aug. 28
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59] Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank – Aug. 28
60] Clear the
Shelters 2020 Adoption Event – Aug. 28 - 30
61] Food
rescue – Aug. 28
62]
White House vigil – Aug. 28
63] Women in Black VIGILS FOR PEACE – Aug. 28
64] PROTEST
FEDERAL EXECUTIONS -- Aug. 28
65] Conversation
with Glenn Greenwald– Aug. 28
66] Peace and justice vigil – Aug. 28
67] From
Charlottesville to the District – Aug. 28 - 29
68] March on
Washington 2020 – Aug. 29
69] Black
Lives Matter – Aug. 29
70] Get Free
Fresh Produce – Aug. 29
71] Our Revolution 4 POINT PLAN to WIN – Aug. 29
72] Backpacks & Food Grab – Aug. 29
73] Humanism
in Healthcare – Aug. 29
74] New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic”
75] Contribute to the Lin
Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship
76] Do you need a doctor?
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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57]
– Check out
the History of the Peace Movement III: Achievements of
the Peace Movement on Fri., Aug. 28 from 7 to 8 AM EDT. Peace movements have struggled to create a
world without war for over a century. Nonetheless, conflicts persist and some argue
that the world is in a more dangerous state than ever before. Find out more at http://masspeaceaction.org/venue/online-event/?emci=8e52efb4-a8e0-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&emdi=bf9a56b8-a9e0-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&ceid=269591.
58] -- There is a Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks! Join Arab Americans in Washington, D.C. on Fri., Aug. 28, and march against racism, anti-Blackness, and injustice! Launched after the protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd, the ‘Get Off Our Necks’ Commitment March on Washington will be a day of action to fight for racial justice and police reform. There are many partners with the organizers, the National Action Network. The Commitment March will take place on the 57th anniversary of the historical March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Contact communications@aaiusa.org with questions. Visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1D6SZPdDkepSSclNqMkBYn5G-MGVGSzlAxrDvGfPkpt0/viewform?emci=32549775-3be2-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=381744&edit_requested=true.
59] – On Fri., Aug. 28 from 9 AM to 9 PM, get with the Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank Every Friday! Flatten the climate pollution curve together! Help run an online climate strike at Chase Bank--the #1 investor in fossil fuels of any bank in the world--every Friday until further notice. You can post your own virtual climate strike on social media in 4 easy steps: https://www.climatefirst.us/calendar. Contact Ted at tconwell@climatefirst.us/ (301) 589-7598 (mobile). Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/3398894953477457/.
60] -- Clear The Shelters 2020 Adoption Event, hosted by the Montgomery County Animal Services & Adoption Center continues on Fri., Aug. 28 from 10 AM to 5:30 PM and continuing each day until Aug. 30. The Adoption Center is at 7315 Muncaster Mill Road, Derwood 20855, and is participating in NBC/ Telemundo's "Clear the Shelters" adoption event! Eastern Motors is sponsoring the adoption fees for the first 40 animals adopted! So start browsing the available animals! Adoptions are by APPOINTMENT ONLY! To make an appointment, fill out an adoption questionnaire and email it to the adoptions team who will contact you with available appointment times. For full details visit our COVID-19 adoption page below: https://montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices/adoption/covidadoption.html. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2145662548910452/?event_time_id=2151880574955316.
61] – On Fri., Aug. 28 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, come to the Grace Baptist Church, 3201 The Alameda., Baltimore 21218, for a Food Rescue. Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. This will continue every Friday through Sept. 4. See https://www.facebook.com/events/479389629278759/?event_time_id=479389689278753.
62] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Aug. 28 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
63] – There will be two Women in Black VIGILS FOR PEACE on Fri., Aug. 28 from noon to 1 PM. One is at Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40th St., Baltimore. Free Parking is available. There will be NO LUNCH. If it doesn't rain, vigil. If it rains, the vigil will be cancelled. If you arrive for the vigil and don't see someone else, please don't leave. Other folks are on the way. Email awyattbr@gmail.com.
The other is in Chestertown, Kent County on the Eastern Shore in Memorial Park at Cross Street & Park Row. This will be a safe-distanced stand for Peace with Justice & No to War. Email wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org.
64] – PROTEST FEDERAL EXECUTIONS & CALL ON CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE & END THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY! There will be demo at the Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC from 3:30 to 5 PM on Fri., Aug. 28. Another federal execution is scheduled for August 28. Federal executions take place in Terre Haute, Indiana under the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the United States Department of Justice. If the federal execution currently scheduled for August 28th takes place, it will be the 5th execution under the Trump Administration since July 14th. This execution is scripted to provide Donald Trump with a "Law and Order" talking point, which is why it is scheduled just as the Republican National Convention closes out. Join in solidarity with Death Penalty Action, the Abolitionist Action Committee, Vote Common Good, WalktheWalk2020, Red Letter Christians, the Terre Haute Death Penalty Resistance Network, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Pax Christi USA and numerous other coalition partners to protest these executions and the political use of capital punishment by the Trump Administration and the campaign to reelect the president. Confirmed speakers include Congresspersons Adriano Espaillat and Ayanna Pressley. See http://deathpenaltyaction.org/federal-death-penalty.
65] – Join Defending Rights & Dissent on Fri., Aug. 29 at 4:30 PM ET for a special one-on-one conversation with Glenn Greenwald, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist who broke the story about the Snowden revelations of NSA and FBI mass surveillance. Get Glenn's take on President Trump's recent musings about giving a pardon to Edward Snowden. While it is unclear how serious this is, Trump’s comments have launched a renewed debate about Snowden. Snowden is currently charged under the Espionage Act for revealing to the US people the vast extent of the NSA’s mass surveillance programs that directly infringe on our rights. Chip Gibbons will moderate the discussion. RSVP at https://rightsanddissent.org/live/snowden-greenwald/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=62e23cb0-6ae4-48c3-a461-8dea65b1879c.
66] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on Fridays, from 5 to 6:30 PM, hosted by the Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee (BQPJC) outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on Aug. 28. From 6 to 6:30 PM strategize. Black Lives Matter. Stop the Killing. Physical distancing applies. Wear your face mask. Email homewoodfriends@gmail.com or call 410-235-4438. Quaker values call us to speak truth and to seek equality for all people. We aim to follow Bayard Rustin’s wisdom that “we need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers” and John Lewis’s call to “make good trouble.” See https://www.facebook.com/events/311508100243529/?event_time_id=311508113576861.
67] – A number of religious leaders are walking from Charlottesville to the District, in daily stages, to arrive at the Commitment March planned for Fri., Aug. 28. This is the march and rally planned by the Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network.
68] - On Fri., AUG. 28 from midnight to Sat., Aug. 29 at 8 PM, get with the March on Washington 2020, hosted by RISE - Resilient Intellectuals Striving for Excellence at the Lincoln Memorial, 2 Lincoln Memorial Circle NW, WDC 20037. See https://www.facebook.com/events/877461362760318/.
69] –There's another Black Lives Matter rally/vigil on Sat., Aug. 29 between 10 and 11 AM at Charles St. and Northern Parkway. Pax Christi Baltimore is among the sponsors of this rally. JOIN THE RALLY- BRING A SIGN. Another sponsor is GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. WEAR A MASK/HONOR SOCIAL DISTANCING. You can park in the lot at GRACE UMC. Call or email Ryan Sattler – ryansattler@comcast.net / 717-891-6156.
70] – Get Free Fresh Produce (Fruits & Vegetables) & Milk Distribution, hosted by Indian Cultural Association of Howard County on Sat., Aug. 29 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. This is happening at the Charles E. Miller Branch Library, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City 21042. NO ID is REQUIRED. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/760697091370147/?event_time_id=760697094703480.
71] – Election Day is fast approaching and Our Revolution is ramping up its organizing! On Sat., Aug. 29 at noon ET, Our Revolution will discuss the 4 POINT PLAN WIN in 2020 and beyond — this means defeating Trump, electing more progressives to the House and flipping the Senate, winning key down-ballot races, and growing a movement powerful enough to pressure the people in power to advance the progressive policy agenda. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/268540/?akid=337.8252965.hl7LiK&rd=1&t=8.
72] – On Sat., Aug. 29 at 4 PM, be at Let’s Thrive Baltimore is giving away Backpacks & Food Grab at 1911 N. Payson St., Baltimore 21217. See www.eventbrite.com/e/114468797254 or https://www.facebook.com/events/309745376743939/. Wear masks and do social distancing.
73] – On Sat., Aug. 29 from 6:30 to 8 PM, find out about Humanism in Healthcare, hosted by the AHA Center for Education and American Humanist Association. Join in on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91843782348. Hear how humanists provide care with empathy and compassion while promoting science and reason, the struggles of working in religious institutions like hospitals and prisons, and the importance for humanists in the healthcare field to meet together and organize. The event will include a discussion among Ovais Khalil, a cardiac trauma ICU nurse; his wife Megan, a mental health counselor who has worked in prisons; and Jonathan Bailey, an LPN with the United States Army. They will discuss the importance of humanism in the healthcare field and introduce the Healthcare Humanists group that launched in the Washington, DC area. See https://www.facebook.com/events/4274687099270141/.
74] – Check out a New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic: A Memoir by Fred L. Pincus,” now available from Adelaide Books (https://adelaidebooks.org/collections/latest-releases/products/confessions-of-a-radical-academic) or from Amazon. Fred taught sociology at UMBC for more than 40 years and is on the board of Research Associates Foundation. His memoir details his struggles to have a successful career while keeping true to his radical principles and activism. One major theme is his struggle with race and racism both on and off campus. Go to www.fredlpincus.com.
75] – Consider making a donation to a scholarship in her honor that would be most welcome. Contributions to the Lin Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship can be made online via https://www.ndm.edu/lin-romano-peace-and-justice-scholarship or by check made out to Notre Dame of Maryland University (Memo line: Lin Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship) and mailed to Notre Dame of Maryland University, Office of Institutional Advancement, 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210.
76] – Yousef Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
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 410-323-1607 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 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/.
“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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