Baltimore Activist Alert May 15 – May 18,
2015
"I speak as an American to the
leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The
initiative to stop it must be ours." - Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends, this list and other email
documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore
Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com. If you
appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send
contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Max
Obuszewski can be reached at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
1] Books, buttons & stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Buy coffee through HoCoFoLa
5] Two friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore
6] Get your animal friend in the Maryland SPCA 2016
calendar – through May 15
7] Out of Rubble exhibit – through May 16
8] Peace Vigil at the White House – May 15
9] Silent Peace
Vigil – May 15
10] Celebrate 20 years for the Asian/Pacific American Domestic
Violence Resource Project – May
15
11] Come to the Nakba Commemoration – May 15
12] Film “Voices Across the Divide” – May 15
13] 67th Nakba Commemoration and Protest – May 15
14] "The Night of 1000 Dylans”– May 15
15]
Ballroom Dancing – May 15
16] Capital Trans Pride 2015 – May 16 -
17
17] United Workers "occupy" General Growth Properties
– May 16
18] West Chester, PA demo – May
16
19]
Come for an evening with Dr. Abdel Fattah Abu
Srour – May 16
20] Replace the prisoners
– May 16
21] Punk rock-inspired prose
and poetry – May 16
22] “Separation Anxiety:
The First Amendment at Risk” – May 17
23] Capital Trans Pride march – May 17
24] Commemorate the Catonsville Nine – May
17
25] DC Days 2015 – May 17 -
20
26] 2015 Bridge Builders Awards Ceremony – May 17
27] Central Maryland Ecumenical Council Spring Awards Gala -- May
17
28] Pentagon Vigil – May 18
29] Marc Steiner on WEAA – May 18 – May 22
30] "Bursting the Plutonium Bubble: How Utopian
Communities Made Dystopian Nuclear Landscapes" –
May 18
31] Film “German Companies: Working Towards
the Future Forging the Future” – May 18
32]
Pledge of
Resistance/FOC meeting – May 18
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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available.
“God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Donate your
books to Max. Call him at 410-366-1637.
2] – To obtain information how your federal legislators
voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.
Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or
800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary decision-making
mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR]. It
will be augmented by conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as
needed. It will consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local,
regional, or national organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively
work to carry out the NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent
resistance to the war in Iraq. To join the ORGANIZING List, please send
your name, group affiliation, city and email address to mobuszewski at Verizon
dot net. Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged
to subscribe.
THE NOTICES LIST will include only notices
of NCNR actions and related information and is open to any interested person to
subscribe. It will be moderated to maintain focus & will include
periodic notices about getting involved in NCNR national organizing. To
join the NOTICES List, send an email message to mobuszewski at Verizon dot net.
4] – You can help safeguard human rights and fragile
ecosystems through your purchase of HOCOFOLA Café Quetzal. Bags of ground
coffee or whole beans can be ordered by mailing in an order form. Also note
organic cocoa and sugar are for sale. For more details and to download
the order form, go to http://friendsoflatinamerica.typepad.com/hocofola/2010/02/hocofola-cafe-quetzal-order-form-2010.html. The coffee comes
in one-pound bags.
Fill out the form and mail it with a check
made out to HOCOFOLA on or before the second week of the month. Be sure
you indicate ground or beans for each type of coffee ordered. Send it to
Francine Sheppard at 5639B, Harpers Farm Rd., Columbia 21044. The coffee will
arrive some time the following week and you will be notified where to pick it
up. Contact Francine at 410-992-7679 or FrancineMSW@aol.com.
5] – Two friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore. Let Max know
if you have any leads—410-366-1637 or mobuszewski@verizon.net.
6] – Enter a photo of your animal
friend in the Maryland SPCA 2016
Calendar for $50. Each entry also includes one (1) free calendar! Participants can send photos after
registration, so don't worry if you need a little extra time to find the purr-fect
photo of Fluffy! To enter, go
to www.mdspca.org/photo and use discount code "SPCAcalendar" during
checkout, or contact Jennifer Mion at petcalendar@mdspca.org or 410-235-8826, ext.
133.
The 2016 Pet Calendar will be a full-color wall calendar, released in the fall of 2015. Thirteen of the best photos will be selected for the cover and pet-of-the-month pages. Photographs must be of animals, no people, and must be in color. High-resolution horizontal photos are preferred. Small photos, especially those taken by phones, are difficult to enlarge. All entered photos will appear in the calendar. A maximum of 400 photos will be accepted through Fri., May 15. The calendar is an important fundraiser for the Maryland SPCA. Proceeds benefit the needy and homeless animals in our care!
7] – Out of Rubble is an exhibit currently on
display at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture until May 16 at the
University of Maryland Baltimore County.
The exhibition reacts to the wake of war — its realities and its
representations. The rubble that each war leaves behind shapes today and
tomorrow — physically, psychologically and spiritually. Responding to a wide
range of violent encounters taking place over four continents, Out of Rubble
presents works by seventeen artists and architects from over ten countries who
consider its causes and consequences, its finality and future, moving from
decimation and disintegration to the possibilities of regeneration and
recovery. Featured artists and architects include Susanne Slavick, who curated
the exhibit is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon
University.
8] – On Fri., May 15 from noon to 1 PM, join the Dorothy
Day Catholic Worker in a vigil urging the powers that be to abolish war and
torture, to disarm all weapons, to end indefinite detention, to close
Guantanamo, to establish justice for all and help create the Beloved Community!
The vigil takes place at the White House on Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact
Art @ artlaffin@hotmail.com or at 202-360-6416.
9] – There is usually a silent peace vigil on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, sponsored by Homewood Friends and Stony Run Meetings, outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next vigil is on May 15. On that Friday it will remind us that War Is Not the Answer, that Black Lives Matter and that there is the need to stop torture, and prosecute the torturers.
10] – Come to The Sphinx Club, 1315 K St.
NW, WDC on Fri., May 15 at 5:30 PM to celebrate 20 years for the Asian/Pacific
American Domestic Violence Resource Project (DVRP). Together with supporters, they will mark two
decades of serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in
Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. There is a dress code, so check out https://www.facebook.com/events/701245383331734/.
11] – Come to the Nakba Commemoration: The
Evolving Musical Narrative a performance and commentary by Foty Fusion on Fri.,
May 15 from 6:30 to 8 PM at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia
Ave. NW, WDC 20037. Foty Fusion, a Palestinian-American
group will commemorate this year's anniversary of the Nakba through a musical
performance and visual presentation highlighting the historical significance of
a series of songs. Over the past 67 years, Palestinian resistance music has
continued to evolve by navigating and redefining itself in different cultural
spaces in the diaspora. The chosen themes of the evening will reflect on
Palestinian history and the struggle for self-determination as well as
symbolism and the resurfacing of old ideologies in present day music.
Foty Fusion is a Palestinian-American family band,
comprised of a father, Fuad Foty (oud), and his five children,
Cherine (violin), Ziad (piano), Fairouz (cello), Nadine (flute), and Yasmine
(guitar). Go to http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/RegisterForEvent/i/51406. Call 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.
12] – See
a screening
of “Voices Across the Divide” on Fri.,
May 15 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave.,
Baltimore 21201. May 15 is Nakba
("Catastrophe" in Arabic) Day, the annual commemoration of the mass
expulsion, displacement and dispossession of Palestinians that preceded and
followed the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. After the
screening, enjoy a discussion, hosted by Baltimore Palestine Solidarity and
Baltimore Jewish Voice for Peace. The film by Alice Rothchild and Sharon
Mullally is a documentary and oral history project featuring interviews with
Palestinians from Ann Arbor to Boston who tell their Nakba stories. The stories
reveal a Nakba that has never ended, revealing the ongoing trauma of
statelessness and the complicated issues of identity and personal agency in the
face of loss and rebuilding. Call 410-433-3269 or go to http://www.redemmas.org.
13] – Come to the 67th Nakba Commemoration and Protest on Fri., May 15 at 7:30 PM in Lafayette Square, H and 17th Sts. This year marks 67 years since the catastrophic Nakba, which initiated the systematic ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinians from their ancestral homeland by Zionist terrorist militias. Sixty seven years of apartheid, occupation, displacement, and massacre shows us that the Nakba is ongoing, and it is our duty to take a stand against Israel's egregious human rights abuses. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/384691011718491/.
14] – On Fri., May 18 at 7:30 PM, the Creative Alliance at
the Patterson will host "The Night of 1000 Dylans." The Creative
Alliance is at 3134 Eastern Avenue in Baltimore. Call 410-276-1651. Tickets are $16, but $11
for members. The proceeds will go to the Baltimore College Peace Network, the
Roots Café and the Creative Alliance.
The event will feature
The Stone Hill All-Stars (featuring alumni of the Polkats and Two Legs); Bruce
Sprinstone's Tom Chalkley & Craig Hankin; the Junkyard Saints' Brian Simms,
Howard Markman and Sandy Asirvatham. The benefit concert will be hosted by
Geoffrey Himes. Almost every U.S. songwriter of any ambition cites Bob Dylan as
an inspiration, and the best songwriters in the Baltimore-Washington area are
no exception. During this special show to raise money for three of Baltimore's
best community organizations, eight of those singer-songwriters will play the
Dylan songs that mean the most to them. Go to www.creativealliance.org and www.rootscafe.org.
15] – There is an opportunity to
participate in ballroom dancing, usually every Friday of the month, in the JHU
ROTC Bldg. at 8 PM. Turn south on San Martin Dr. from the
intersection of Univ. Parkway and 39th St. Drive on campus by taking the
third left turn. The next dance will be May 15. Call Dave Greene at
410-599-3725.
16] – Capital Trans Pride 2015 takes place
Sat., May 16 at 10 AM through Sun., May 17 at 4 PM at the Reeves Center
Municipal Building, 2000 14th St. NW [at U St.], WDC. The event is open to the public of all ages.
There will be live performing artists, visual and interactive art, chipotle
lunch, and discussions and workshops. Following CTP15 there will be a Trans
Visibility March from the Reeves building to DuPont Circle. CTP15 has partnered
with The Gryphon (www.thegryphondc.com). Email TransPride@CapitalPride.org or go to https://www.facebook.com/events/771153386302511/.
17] – United Workers of Baltimore will march to
"occupy" General Growth Properties (GGP), the giant mall developer
and owner, on Sat., May 19 beginning at 11 AM. Low wage workers at the Inner
Harbor are leading a growing call for one of the largest mall owners in the
country, GPP, to ensure economic human rights in all of its Baltimore area
malls--Mondawmin Mall, HarborPlace and the Towson Town Center.
The
march to occupy GGP will start at the Mondawmin Mall and go to the Inner Harbor
arriving at 3 PM for a rally at HarborPlace.
The rally will conclude with a prayer and closing at 3:30 PM.
18] – Each Saturday, 11 AM – 1 PM, Chester
County Peace Movement holds a peace vigil in West Chester in front of the
Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Sts. Go to www.ccpeace.org. Email
ccpeacemovement@aol.com.
19] – Come for
an evening with Dr. Abdel Fattah Abu Srour, the director of the Palestinian Al
Rowwad Cultural and Theater Center and the president of the Palestinian Theater
league. Hear him speak about “beautiful resistance,” a fusion of the arts,
human rights, justice and active nonviolence, all embedded, of course, in the
current political reality of the Palestinian Israeli conflict. Go to
http://www.alrowwad-acts.ps/. The event will be held Mon., May 21 at 6:30 PM at
Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, 430 East Belvedere Ave. (just west of York Road).
Dr. Abusrour is an
impressive person, an eloquent speaker, a social entrepreneur, a peacemaker, an
artist, a poet and a playwright. His center, Al Rowwad, builds community, grows
hope and cultivates peace through the arts with youth from Aida Refugee camp (Bethlehem)
and other camps in the Palestinian territories. His community organizing
efforts have spread throughout the West Bank, and recently internationally in
his role as one of the organizers of the recent Flotilla campaign. Donations
will be accepted for the Al Rowwad Center.
20] – Baltimore Fightback
calls on everyone to support the Protest Action on Sat., May 16 at 3 PM at
McKeldin Square, Light & Pratt Sts., for the release of all arrestees
of the Baltimore Uprising and for the dropping all charges. Go to https://www.facebook.com/fightbackbaltimore?fref=ts.
There is a call to release Allen Bullock to his parents,
reduce his bail. The Peoples Power Assembly is calling on our sisters and
brothers from Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and NYC to join in. Note that a
number of Philadelphia people were arrested and have court dates pending. In
addition, the police also arrested "green hats" from the Nat'l
Lawyers Guild whose sole purpose is to observe and who were not participating
in protests. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/690742971029692/.
21] – On Sat., May 16 at
7:30 PM in the Free School Classroom @ Red Emma's Bookstore
Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201,
join in an evening of punk rock-inspired prose and poetry with touring
novelist Michael T. Fournier and
local stalwarts Colin Seven and Eric De Jesus! Check out Swing State: punk rock authors present! Call
410-433-3269 or go to http://www.redemmas.org.
22] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306
W. Franklin St., Suite 102, Baltimore 21201-4661, meets on Sundays, and
generally there is a speaker and discussion from 10:30 AM to noon. On May 17,
however, note the change of time and venue. The theme “Separation Anxiety:
The First Amendment at Risk” will be explored at 11 AM at the First Unitarian Church, NW corner of
Charles and Franklin Sts. Rev. Barry Lynn will provide updates about
the newest events in church-state separation. Some of the topics he will cover
are same-gender marriage license refusals, upcoming Supreme Court cases,
memorials on public grounds, and, of course, his interactions with the
Religious Right.
Since 1992, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn has served as
executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a
Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to the preservation of the
Constitution’s religious liberty provisions. In addition to his work as a
long-time activist and lawyer in the civil liberties field, Lynn is an ordained
minister in the United Church of Christ, offering him a unique perspective on
church-state issues. Learn more at au.org and visit
the Maryland Chapter at au-md.org. Call 410-581-2322 or
email ask@bmorethical.org.
23] – There is a Capital Trans
Pride Rally and Visibility March on Sun., May 17 at 2 PM at the DuPont
Circle Fountain. March
to protest transphobia and anti-trans violence and to celebrate the trans
community! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1591375737790283/.
24] – On
Sun., May 17
at 3 PM, gather on the parking lot of the Knights of Columbus hall and commemorate the anniversary of the
Viet Nam War draft files burning by Phil Berrigan and eight others. At one time, this was where the Selective
Service had an office. The K of C is just adjacent to the
Catonsville Public Library at 1010 Frederick Road, Catonsville 21228. Bring
peace banners and flags and your peaceful selves. The event is sponsored
by Baltimore's Phil Berrigan chapter of Veterans for Peace.
25]
– DC
Days 2015 will take place starting Sun., May 17 through Wed., May 20, and over
20 organizations will participate! Join activists from across the country for
four days of training and advocacy. Combining advocacy, networking, and
fun; DC Days is a unique opportunity to learn how to effectively voice
your concerns about nuclear weapons, power, and waste. Meet with and educate
members of Congress, and the Obama administration.
You are cordially invited to the
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's Awards Reception on Mon., May
18, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in Rayburn HOB, B-340. Honor Senator Harry Reid,
Representative John Garamendi, Jon Lipsky, and Jim Doyle for their
contributions towards a safer, saner world. The guest speaker is Joe
Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund. On Tues., May 19, there will be a
pizza party from 5:30 to 8:30 PM at the Mott House, 122 Maryland NE (between
the Supreme Court and the Hart Senate Building). This is a great opportunity to
meet and network with some 50 activists from across the country who will be in
town participating in ANA's 27th annual DC Days. The cost is $10. RSVP to Kevin Davis at kdavis@ananuclear.org. Printed materials will be distributed. Email
Scott Kovac, DC Days Committee contact, at scott@nukewatch.org. Go to http://www.ananuclear.org/dcdays/.
26]
– The 2015 Bridge Builders Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the InterFaith Conference, will
recognize, among others, the Honorable Ike Leggett, County Executive,
Montgomery County. Other Honorees include Mythili Lee Bachu, chair of Hindu
Temples of North America, and Andy Shallal, social entrepreneur and founder, Busboys and Poets
restaurants, on Sun., May 17 from 4 to 6 PM at the Washington, D.C, Temple Visitors' Center, the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9900 Stoneybrook Dr., Kensington,
MD 20895. Admission is $75/person. Email ifc@ifcmw.org or go to http://www.ifcmw.org.
27]
–The Central Maryland
Ecumenical Council (CMEC) will have its Spring Awards Gala on Sun., May 20 from
6:30 to 9:30 PM at the Douglass Memorial
Church, 1325 Madison Ave., Baltimore 21217. Tickets are $40. Use the PayPal
button on the CMEC website--www.cmecouncil.org--or send a check to the office:
CMEC, 5400 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore 21239. There will be a buffet dinner,
music and awards. Rev. Dr. Marion Bascom will receive the Ecumenical Lifetime
Achievement Award; Dr. Michael Gorman will receive the Bryce W. Shoemaker
Ecumenical Leadership Award, and Ms. Rosanna Miles will receive the Rev. Dr.
Lorenzo Handy Ecumenical Award.
28]
-- There is a weekly Pentagon Peace
Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro
stop. The next vigil is Mon., May 11, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy
Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. By Metro, take
Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the
Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to
protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off
at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary
Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army
Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is
meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these
spots begin at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds.
Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S.
Fern and Army Navy Dr.
29]
– The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Friday from
10 AM to noon on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community, or online at
www.weaa.org. The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can
also be sent by email to steinershow@gmail.com. All shows are also available as
podcasts at www.steinershow.org.
30]
– On Mon., May 18 from 4 to 5:30 PM, Kate Brown,
University of Maryland, "Bursting the Plutonium Bubble: How Utopian
Communities Made Dystopian Nuclear Landscapes." Wilson Center, Sixth
Floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP
at http://pages.wilsoncenter.org/20150518Brown_HAPPEventSingleSpeaker_ModelEvent_ModelEvent_Registration.html.
31]
– See a film “German Companies:
Working Towards the Future Forging the Future” at the Goethe-Institut
Washington, 812 7th St. NW, WDC on Mon., May 18 at 6:30 PM. There is no charge. Call 202-289-1200 or email info@washington.goethe.org.
Visit http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/ver/en14148151v.htm.
32]
– The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at
7:30 PM, and the meetings take place at Max’s residence. The next meeting
will be on Mon., May 18. The proposed agenda will include anti-drone
activities, Freddie Gray, John Sarbanes/Ben Cardin, JHU graduation peace
diplomas, annual July 4 visit to the NSA and the Hiroshima-Nagasaki
Commemoration. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net.
To be continued.
Donations can be sent to
the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218.
Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
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