36] Oral arguments in
37] Trilateral Process – Mar. 9
38] Join Pledge in
39] Protest the death penalty – Mar. 9
40] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Mar. 9 -- 12
41] Forum on uranium – Mar. 9
42] TORTURING DEMOCRACY film – Mar. 9
43] Flood Congress with calls to support HR676/Join demo – Mar. 10
44] Tuesday peace vigil – Mar. 10
45] Ecolocity DC meeting -- Mar. 10
46] Two films at 2640 – Mar. 10
47] Green Film Festival – Mar. 11-22
48] Witness Against Torture members to speak – Mar. 11
49] Peace vigil in
50] Peace vigil in W.
51] BUPJ meeting – Mar. 11
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53] Israel/Palestine roundtable – Mar. 12
54] Remember
55] Speak out for the repeal of the death penalty – Mar. 14
56] Benefit for homeless shelter -- Mar. 14
57] Pledge of Resistance meeting – Mar. 16
58] Death penalty meeting – Mar. 17
59] Remember the War – Mar. 19
60] Remember William Thomas – Mar. 20
61] CINEMA PARADISO film – Mar. 27
62] Antiwar march in NYC – Apr. 4
63] MUPJ conference – Apr. 4
64] Contribute to the
65] Human rights lawyer from the
66] Join Global Zero campaign
67] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
68] Publish your peace article
69] Become a member of the
70] Click on The Hunger Site
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36] – Join the Center for Constitutional Rights on Mon., Mar. 9 at 11:30 AM in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 6500 Cherrywood Lane, Courtroom 4C, Greenbelt, MD 20770, to demand that L-3 Services and Adel Nakhla be held accountable for the crimes they committed in Iraq prisons. The lawsuit, filed in 2008 by CCR and a team of lawyers, including Susan Burke of Burke O'Neil LLC and Shereef Akeel of Akeel & Valentine, PLC, asserts that translators employed by L3 Services, including Adel Nakhla, instigated, aided or participated in horrific, illegal acts in Iraqi prisons, causing lasting physical and mental injury to their victims.
37] – On Mon., Mar. 9 from noon to 1 PM, Steven Pifer, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, will discuss "The Trilateral Process: Washington, Kyiv, Moscow, and the Removal of Soviet Nuclear Weapons from Ukraine" at the Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Auditorium, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, WDC.
38] – Come out on Mon., Mar. 9 for Citizen Lobby Night for Death Penalty Repeal. Gather from 4 to 8 PM at St Anne's Parish Hall, 199 Duke of
Members of the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will meet at the Rotunda back parking lot and leave promptly at 4 PM in order to hear Sister Helen’s talk. RSVP to Max at 410-366-1637 if you intend to join the carpool.
39] – The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 6 PM on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community. The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also be sent by email steinershow@gmail.com.
You can listen to interviews by Steiner through his Center for Emerging Media podcasts. To hear the interviews, email Jessica@centerforemergingmedia.com. Go to http://www.centerforemergingmedia.org.
40] – There is usually a vigil to abolish the death penalty every Monday from 5 to 6 PM, outside the prison complex and across the street from Maryland’s death row, at the corner of Madison Ave. and Fallsway in Baltimore. The next vigil is scheduled for Mon., Mar. 9. Call 410-233-0488.
41] – On Mon., Mar. 9 from 6:30 to 8 PM, the World Affairs Council is hosting Tom Zoellner who will discuss Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World at the Charles Sumner School, 1201 17th St., NW, WDC.
42] – On Mon., Mar. 9 at 7 PM, Witness Against Torture presents the film “Torturing Democracy” at Foundry Methodist Church, 1500 16th St NW, WDC 20036. Members of TASSC and Witness Against Torture will be present to lead a discussion afterwards.
43] – The PDA National Team [mailto:info@pdamerica.org] is reminding us that on Tues., Mar. 10, it is the 4th National Call-In Day and Fax your Health Insurance Bills to Congress! As the new administration takes on the task of reforming health care, the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care must continue to keep up the heat in support of meaningful reform and the tremendous momentum for the only plan proven to work: Expanded and Improved Medicare for All. Support HR 676 by flooding phone and fax machines in Congress.
Contact the new Secretary-designate, Kathleen Sibelius, and in addition to congratulating her on her nomination, let her know you support HR 676 and single-payer national health care. Call 877-696-6775, between 9 AM & 5 PM, for the Office of Secretary Nominee of Health and Human Services. Let her staff know Everybody In, Nobody Out. Universal means access to healthcare for everyone, period.
The American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) develop the policies which keep profit first in our health care system while leaving over a third of the population uninsured or with inadequate coverage. It is hosting a conference in
Say "Health Insurance NO! Health Care YES!" You can walk your neighborhood and talk to your neighbors about HR 676.
44] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
45] – There is a meeting of Ecolocity DC every Tuesday from 7 to 9 PM at the EMERGENCE COMMUNITY ARTS COLLECTIVE, 733 Euclid St. NW,
46] – On Tues., Mar. 10 at 7 PM @ 2640 [
PLACE IN THE CITY, about shackdwellers in Durban, South Africa, and 5 ½ ROOFS, a documentary about people in
47] – There is a Green Film Fest from Wed., Mar. 11 through Sun., Mar 22. Go to http://www.newdream.org/emails/al33.html. At this year's Environmental Film Festival, the health and sustainability of earth’s oceans and sea life will be a major theme. Presentations will include journalist Hedrick Smith about his film, POISONED WATERS, comparing the health of the Chesapeake Bay and
There’s a special screening honoring environmentalist Rachel Carson on Wed., Mar 18 at 7 PM at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for America Art and Portraiture, Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium. The screening of A SENSE OF WONDER is free, and actress Kaiulani Lee will appear.
Contact Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital,
48] – On Wed., Mar. 11, Matt and Amanda Daloisio, members of Witness Against Torture and Loyola Univ. alumni will speak at the university in Baltimore.
49] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in
50] – Each Wednesday in clear weather, there is a peace vigil from 5 to 6 PM outside the Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Drive (between Wayne & Hortter) in West Mount Airy, PA. The next vigil is Mar. 11. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
51] –
52] – Each Wednesday, there is a peace vigil from 7 to 8 PM outside the Borders Book Store, Germantown Ave. at Bethlehem Pike in
Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
53] – On Thurs., Mar. 12, the WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL takes place from 12:30 - 1:30 PM at Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, WDC. Join a civil discourse which explores the history, issues, myths, realities, and truth of the conflict between
54] – Support the families which have lost love ones to violence in
55] – The Coalition Against the Death Penalty is hosting a speak out on Sat., Mar. 14 at 1 PM outside the SuperMax, Fallsway and
56] – Gimmie Shelter Productions continues to do benefits that raise consciousness about the state of homeless shelters and funds to help them serve the needy. On Sat., Mar. 14 at 8 PM at
57] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM at the AFSC,
58] – The Coalition Against the Death Penalty will meet Tues., Mar. 17 at 7 PM at the AFSC,
59] –
60] – William Thomas (known to most as Thomas) passed away the morning of January 23rd. He spent the last 27 years in front of the White House, in
61] – The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee is hosting its latest FILM & SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS VIDEO SERIES. The theme is First Amendment rights. The next film is CINEMA PARADISO [
Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, the film includes Jacques Perrin and Philippe Noiret. In a Sicilian village, the fatherly projectionist takes a boy under his wing and instills a love of movies. The village priest, though, censors the films.
Doors open at 7 PM, and the DVD starts at 7:30 PM. There is no charge, and refreshments will be available. A discussion will follow.
62] – There will be a United for Peace and Justice demonstration in New York City on Sat., Apr. 4, anniversary of Dr. King's 1967 "Beyond Vietnam" speech and his assassination in 1968 and concurrent with international demonstrations for peace on the 60th anniversary of NATO. Buses leave from Stony Run Friends,
63] – The 24th annual Maryland Peace and Justice conference has been set for April 4, 2009 at the Church of the Resurrection in Burtonsville, MD, easily accessible off of Rt. 29. Please put the date on your calendar and try not to schedule any other major events on that day. Thanks so much for your cooperation, and the organizers hope to see you there! Call Paulette at 410-747-3811.
64] – Larry Egbert and Nick Sheridan remain in
65] – Sylvie Maunga Mbanga, a human rights lawyer and women’s activist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is in the DC area waiting for asylum. She works with seven local organizations to end the horrific sexual violence against women in the eastern region of the
66] – 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.
67] – WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER signs from Friends Committee on National Legislation are again for sale at $5. To purchase a sign, call Max at 410-366-1637.
68] – Publish Your Peace Article. Daniel Frasier is soliciting peace articles for the biweekly series of commentaries Paths to Peace in the Frederick News Post Religion and Ethics section. For details, email path2peace07@yahoo.com.
69] – Become an active member of the
70] – The Hunger Site was initiated by Mercy Corps and Second Harvest, and is funded entirely by advertisers. You can go there every day and click the big yellow "Give Food for Free" button near the top of the page; you do not have to look at the ads. Each click generates funding for about 1.1 cups of food. So consider clicking.
71] – 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.
"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
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