67] Workshop on A Nuclear Weapon-Free country – May 21
68]
Global Imperative to Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy – May 21
69]
White
House vigil – May 21
70] HIAS Book and Film Club
– May 21
71]
“Negotiating
the New START Treaty" – May 21
72]
Fire
Drill Friday – May 21
73] Protest the violence
against Palestinians - May 21
74] Peace and justice vigil – May 21
75] Institute for Corean-American Studies – May 22
76] Annual Peace Conference – May 22 - 23
77] Food Pantry and Food Donation Center – May 22
78] Confronting Central
America Realities – May 22
79]
Authoritarianism and Right-wing Nationalism – May 22
80] Advocacy training – May
22
81] Peace Service Zoom –
May 22
82]
Tell
JHU no more weapons contracts
83]
Beauty
Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh 84] Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints-
a Protest Primer"
85] New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic”
86] Two
Berrigan Books still in print
87] Contribute to the Lin
Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship
88] Do you need a doctor?
89]
Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
90]
Do you need any book shelves?
91] Join the Global Zero campaign.
92] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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67]
– On
Fri., May 21 at 6:30 AM ET, join a Workshop on A Nuclear Weapon-free Peaceful
Asia & Europe – with Treaty to Prevent Nuclear War as leverage. Learn and
discuss the situation over nuclear weapons & peace in Asia and Europe and
how we should advance the abolition of nuclear weapons, using the TPNW as
leverage. Enjoy a dialogue with parliamentarians from Japan and Belgium. Register
here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArc-qpqDorH9T4tDE0_J5jo9h9ejRjyIXW.
68] – Physicians for Human Rights [web@email.phr.org] is alerting you to an event on Fri., May 21 at 11:30 AM as part of the COVID Speakers Series: Global Imperative to Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy. Following the development of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine hesitancy has stunted vaccine uptake among chronically at-risk communities with historical lack of trust in public health, some faith-based communities, and even health care professionals. In fact, vaccine hesitancy is so widespread that it could threaten progress made in protecting the world’s population from COVID-19. Enjoy a discussion on the need to address vaccine hesitancy and the ways in which governments, advocates, and community organizations are working to build trust in public health systems globally.
The conversation will be moderated by Heidi Larson, MA, PhD, director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The panelists are Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH, FAAP, dean of the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy; Rev. Alvin Herring, MS, executive director of Faith in Action, the largest grassroots, faith-based organizing network in the United States; Ingrid Katz, MD, MHS, associate faculty director at the Harvard Global Health Institute; and Charles Shey Wiysonge, MD, MPhil, PhD, director of Cochrane South Africa at the South African Medical Research Council, an Extraordinary Professor of Global Health at Stellenbosch University, and an honorary professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Cape Town. Register at https://phr-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s3nE-IENTeW4oDKXmyt21g?utm_campaign=671810_FY21%20May%20COVID-19%20Webinar%20Invitation%2028-rs_05192021&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Physicians%20for%20Human%20Rights&dm_i=4GV7,EEDE,1TO2EP,1IC43,1. Submit questions for consideration to webinar@phr.org. Please note, pre-registration for this panel is required.
69] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., May 21 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
70] – HIAS [info@hias.org] wants to remind you that you should know about the HIAS Book and Film Club which is meeting on Fri., May 21 at noon ET. Watch and then discuss the film MAINE GIRLS. In Maine — where 95% of the population is white — immigrant students are entering public schools in record numbers. But as the population increases, so does the number of hate crimes. Following 13 immigrant and non-immigrant teenage girls, this documentary film explores the important role that young people play in bridging cultural divides. This will be an interactive discussion, so you are encouraged to watch the film before the meeting. The film is available to rent for a very small fee here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mainegirls. RSVP at https://www.hias.org/events/hias-book-and-film-club-may-2021?utm_medium=email&utm_source=hias.org&utm_campaign=events&utm_content=Youre+Invited+Resettlement+Journeys+and+more+at+HIAS+Events.
71] – On Fri., May 21 at 1 PM, attend “Negotiating the New START Treaty," online event co-sponsored by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Center for International Security and Cooperation. Register in advance for this webinar: https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/7516191168203/WN_YSHJJfh7Qa61YFOE1NUFcQ. Rose Gottemoeller served as the US chief negotiator of the New START treaty. The first woman to lead a major nuclear arms negotiation, she played a critical role in creating US policy on arms control and ensuring that a deeply divided Congress came together to ratify the treaty to safeguard the future of all Americans. In her new book, Negotiating the New START Treaty, Gottemoeller gives an insider’s account of the negotiations between the US and Russian delegations in Geneva in 2009 and 2010. Gottemoeller will be joined by Michael McFaul, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the former US Ambassador to Russia. Visit https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/negotiating-new-start-treaty.
72] – Jane Fonda for Greenpeace [info@greenpeaceusa.org] wants you to learn about fossil fuel racism. Break down how the fossil fuel industry is deeply embedded in our nation’s legacy of systemic racism. Every stage of coal, oil, and gas production disproportionately harms Black, Brown, Indigenous, and low-income communities. By phasing out fossil fuel production and holding polluting corporations accountable, we can fight the climate crisis and improve health for millions of people at the same time. On this week’s Fire Drill Friday, May 21 at 2 PM ET, hear from Colette Pichon Battle, Esq., founder and Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy; Tim Donaghy, Senior Researcher of Greenpeace USA; and Joe McNeil, General Manager of SAGE Development Authority, for a powerful discussion about fossil fuel racism, and how President Biden and Congress can take historic action to end it. RSVP on Zoom at https://greenpeace.zoom.us/webinar/register/2716202451423/WN_96H2fsgLTAy1MROIWhSTVQ?emci=0a90f698-76b9-eb11-a7ad-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=1413a163-86b9-eb11-a7ad-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=1705696.
73] – Concerned citizens will gather in Pikesville at the corner of Park Heights and Slade Avenue on Friday, May 14 from 4 to 6 PM to protest the assault on the people of Palestine. Why is the US government distributing tax dollars to an occupier and human rights abuser? In a recent report, Human Rights Watch has designated Israel as an Apartheid State. Bibi and Biden lack any sense of morality in the treatment of the Palestinian people. The Protest against Israeli ethnic cleansing is sponsored by Baltimore Peace Action.
74] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on Fridays, from 5 to 6 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 May 14. 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. 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=311508113576861.3&akid=18263%2E3302379%2Ez6bJVQ.
75] – On Fri., May 21 from 7 and 8:30 PM ET, the Institute for Corean-American Studies is holding a Spring Symposium Epilogue with Sydney A Seiler, National Intelligence Officer for North Korea National Intelligence Council. ICAS promotes pertinent relations and conducts appropriate activities to enhance co-operations and to pursue peace and prosperity in association with people of mutual interests, with a special emphasis on multilateral relations between the United States and Asia-Pacific rim nations. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/icas-spring-symposium-epilogue-tickets-153582981833.
76] – The 2nd Annual Peace Summit: Organizing Towards Peace, Justice, and Conflict Resolution will take place on Sat., May 22 from 10 AM to 1 PM ET and Sun., May 23 from 11 AM to 2 PM ET. Get info about this Online Event at http://masspeaceaction.org/venue/online-event/?emci=ddbb21ca-9cb1-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=fe05109c-a8b1-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=269591. Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/kLWb5XXrBUm53w8KeGYoZw2. The KEYNOTE SPEAKER is Margaret Flowers, the co-director of Popular Resistance, an online publication for movement news and resources.
77] – On Sat., May 22 from noon to 2 PM EST, get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a treat. Contributions of shelf stable foods can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to the church. How else can you help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those you know who are facing food insecurity. See https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.
78] – Confronting Central America Realities: Militarism, Human Rights, Immigration, and Guns will take place on Sat., May 22 from 2 to 3:30 PM EDT as an Online Even. See http://masspeaceaction.org/event/confronting-central-america-realities-militarism-human-rights-immigration-guns/?emci=ddbb21ca-9cb1-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=fe05109c-a8b1-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=269591. Join Prof. Aviva Chomsky, Lulu Matute of SOA Watch & John Lindsay Poland of Global Exchange, with Massachusetts Peace Action's Latin America Working Group, for an exploration of these issues. Chomsky has just published Central America’s Forgotten History and will review this history to address the current situations in Central America and their impact of immigration. Lulu Matute will speak on U.S. intervention in Honduras, the resulting human rights crisis, and efforts to change U.S. policy towards Honduras. Register at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcoc-CgqDgtGdXsWXvvCr3a9WCRz30ajcYT.
79] – Massachusetts Peace Action invites you to join the Study/Action Group on Authoritarianism and Right-wing Nationalism on Sat., May 22 from 2 to 3:30 PM ET. The group meets the second Saturday of each month to study how progressives should deal with these issues. This Saturday discuss Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
An armed insurrection in Washington on January 6 threatened our democracy, with open encouragement from Donald Trump. While Trump was defeated in November due to his bungling of the COVID pandemic and his general incompetence, he assaulted the rule of law, whipping up his reactionary, racist base with ever more explicit threats and falsehoods. Trump was defeated, but a portion of the electorate is refusing to accept his defeat. Is the United States threatened by fascism and right-wing nationalism, and if so what should the peace and progressive movement do to answer the threat? What are the international dimensions of the situation and what historical precedents are applicable? Register to attend: http://masspeaceaction.org/event/study-action-group-twilight-of-democracy/.
80] – The Indivisible Training Team is holding advocacy trainings! On Sat., May 22 at 3 PM ET, there is a Distributed Technology Training Day. Register at https://indivisible.org/indivisible-distributed-technology-training-day-registration?akid=72087.839288.EZksew&rd=1&t=5&utm_medium=_link1_20210517&utm_source=email. There is a Strategy Session to decide what should come next for the movement. Go in-depth on using Indivisible tools, including the specific technology that will assist your on-the-ground organizing, dive into how to create a digital organizing plan, and more.
81] – Charles Cloughen [CCloughen@episcopalmaryland.org] invites you to a Peace Service Zoom on Sat., May 22 at 7:30 PM ET. Keep our brothers and sisters in Gaza, West Bank, Jerusalem and Israel in the light. The sponsoring group is the Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson.
82] –This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
83] – Bad Attitude Publishers Announces the release of Beauty Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh. In light of the fascist/Q Annon/Truther/Alex Jones and Trump-inspired attack on the capital, Bad attitude Publications has released a photo essay by Alan Barysh. In the follow-up book to Sorry Truther, it was an OUTSIDE JOB Beauty Fades.... gives the reader an upfront look at the reactionary forces and the deadly beliefs these folks uphold. In pictures and texts, one gets a good look at the faces and ideas that pose a real threat to this country. The Trial According to Alan Barysh is a rewrite of the Kafka Classic The Trial. With pictures from the original movie, Alan Barysh rewrites this scathing satire with just a tad more cutting edge satire, and a different ending. The appendix to the book talks about the lonely uphill struggle of Tawanda Jones to get justice for her brother. This afterthought is included, because of the real Kafkesque struggle of the West Family to get justice for her brother. Both books can be purchased on Amazon.com. For every purchase of The Trial, Alan Barysh will give all of his royalties to the West Family. Just text a picture of the book to 443-239-5325.
84] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. Dave has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Phil Berrigan’s wife, Elizabeth McAlister, is a member of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7.
Dave just printed the 5th edition of the book which is available for $25 by sending him a check: Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218. You can contact him at mozela9@comcast.net. He prefers that you DO NOT order the book from Amazon. Image 1 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. David Eberhardt; Image 2 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER; and FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. This is a self-published book printed in 2017 with updates.
The
price is $25 for a Spiral Bound, and Signed.
This edition being what the publisher calls “The 4th edition (or first edition
4th state?) of this books (with “final” additions) has been printed by the firm
of FEDEX numbered 150-200, signed by the author, February 2017.”This is copy 187 and is numbered and signed by David
Eberhardt on the title page.~~While the bibliographical information is a bit
head-spinning, this is an engaging memoir by David Eberhardt recounting his
involvement with the Brothers Berrigan in the protests against the Viet Nam
war, and his subsequent time as an inmate at the Lewisburg Federal Prison.
There is Near Fine binding: Item #291479.
85] – 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.
86] –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, who’s 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.
87] – 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.
88] – 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.
89] -- 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.
90] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
91] -- 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.
92] – 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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