26] Cuba Summit – Dec. 3
27] Protest Saudi
Arabia – Dec. 3
28] Plowshares at FCNL – Dec. 3
29] ACLU App – Dec. 3
30] Pledge meeting
– Dec. 3
31] GMOM
conference call – Dec. 3
32] Legal
training – Dec. 4
33] Peace
vigil at White House – Dec. 4
34] Black
Lives Matter – Dec. 4
35] Film about
gentrification in Baltimore – Dec. 4
36] Systemic
incarceration – Dec.
4
37] White
Supremacy – Dec. 4
38] Film
COWSPIRACY – Dec. 4
39] Book
THE EXECUTED GOD – Dec. 4
40] Ballroom Dancing – Dec. 4
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26] – Come
to the Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Thurs., Dec. 3 at
9 AM for the Cuba Summit, which will explore the most pressing issues facing
potential investors in Cuba. Hear from Economist editors, senior leaders, and
those most familiar with Cuba to learn how to navigate the short- and
long-term risks and opportunities of doing business there. To date,
foreign businesses operating in Cuba have faced many restrictions, which have
prevented them from responding quickly to emerging opportunities. Additionally,
a shift in U.S.-Cuban relations will give a further boost to Cuba’s integration
with the global economy, opening a new frontier for international companies.
Visit http://www.economist.com/events-conferences/americas/cuba-2015.
27] – Last
week, the Saudi government announced that it plans to execute over 50 people
before the end of the year for "terrorism" (aka political dissent)!
The news comes days after the Saudi government sentenced Palestinian poet
Ashraf Fayadh to death for making “blasphemous” statements during a discussion
group and in one of his poetry books. Protest outside the Embassy of Saudi
Arabia, 601 New Hampshire Ave. NW, WDC, on Thurs., Dec. 3 at 2 PM. These
outrageous sentences must be repealed, and it's long past time that the United
States end its alliance with this corrupt and repressive regime. Saudi Arabia
is also engaged in a horrific and bloody war on Yemen that must be stopped
immediately. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1091499570894304/.
28] –Megan
Rice and Michael Walli of the Transform Now Plowshares will be guests at
the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s offices, 245 2nd St. NE,
WDC, on Thurs., Dec. 3 from 4 to 5:30 PM. The Transform Now
Plowshares is an effort by people of faith to transform weapons into real,
life-giving alternatives, to build true peace. Inspired by the prophets
Micah and Isaiah, Jesus and Gandhi, the Transform Now Plowshares began a
symbolic conversion of the Y-12 Highly-Enriched Uranium Manufacturing
Facility on July 28, 2012. Consequently they faced trial and conviction
for property damage and were sentenced in February of 2014 to 3 and 5 year
sentences. An unprecedented appellate court ruling invalidated their
sabotage conviction and they were released from prison this past May. They
will lead a discussion about their disarmament action at the Y12 National
Security plant in Oak Ridge TN, and the challenges it continues to present
for resisting nuclear weapons. RSVP to Jacob Chappell at jacob@fcnl.org or 202-547-6000.
29] – On
Thurs., Dec. 3 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave.,
Baltimore 21201, be part of the Launch Event for the ACLU Maryland Mobile
Justice App! The increasing access to smart phones has given us a greater
ability to record our encounters with police. However, instances of phones
being confiscated before their video can be uploaded are a continuing concern.
The ACLU Mobile Justice App is finally making its way to Maryland, and we
couldn’t be more pleased to be hosting a local release party. The Mobile
Justice Apps allows users to send with a click of a button their video and
answer a survey about what happened to trained legal professionals offsite to
log and analyze. Call 443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
30] – The
Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore now meets on Thursdays at 7:30 PM, and the
meetings take place at Max’s residence. There will be a meeting on
Thurs., Dec. 3 at 7:30 PM. The agenda will include Freddie Gray & local
organizing, killer drones and Obama, the Drone Report, the refugees and the
unending wars. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski at verizon.net.
31] –The
Weekly Get Money Out - Maryland [GMOM] Conference Call is happening on Thurs.,
Dec. 3 at 8 PM. Call 302-202-1092, and then use the code 1136243#. The
agenda is as follows 1) debrief from recent actions; 2) report from the GMOM
Board; and 3) planning for GMOM events this fall, including more
petitioning and the multi-media show. Go to http://www.getmoneyoutmd.org/.
32] –
Come to an introductory training at UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, 4340
Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Dec. 4 from 10 AM to 4 PM. It is
primarily designed for DC attorneys and law students who have a basic
understanding of business law. The session focusing on accounting and tax
is appropriate for accountants and attorneys. Non-attorneys, including
potential co-op owners, are welcome to attend. While presenters will do
their best to accommodate various levels of knowledge, non-attorneys should
know that this training may seem advanced and should not substitute this
training for legal advice from an attorney. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TYtKb8fLyS0QwQRNdUl_uik7i7L1pvbgcPo1YyJmn0Y/viewform.
Email eva.seidelman@udc.edu.
33] – On
Fri., Dec. 4 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! This vigil will take place at the White
House on Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contract Art @ artlaffin@hotmail.com or at 202-360-6416.
34] –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 scheduled vigil is on Dec. 4.
Black Lives Matter. Since this is the First Friday, there will be a
potluck dinner after the vigil, followed by a DVD screening of a film.
35] – The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, Baltimore
Quaker Peace and Justice Committee of Homewood and Stony Run Meetings and
Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility are continuing the FILM &
SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS DVD SERIES. The DVDs will be shown at Homewood
Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218, usually on the
First Friday. At 7:15 PM, from September through December, a DVD will be shown
with a discussion to follow. There is no charge, and refreshments will be
available. The series theme is CAN WE HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE?
On Fri., Dec. 4 see GENTRIFICATION
K[NOT] (USA, 2013, 47 min.), a documentary by Baltimore filmmaker Jude
Lombardi. She is an activist, social worker, sociologist, and former
professor who will attend the screening. The film explores the meaning of
the term gentrification and how it functions as an element of a system that
displaces people from their communities during the revitalization of an urban
neighborhood. It all started in August 2012 at Station North Arts Cafe (SNAC),
when owner Kevin Brown and the filmmaker had a conversation about the meaning
of gentrification provoked by the closing down of the Load of Fun building. The
movie focuses on a particular neighborhood in Baltimore. Artists, academics,
ministers, politicians and everyday people present their views about
neighborhoods in flux and possibilities for change. Call
410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski [at] verizon.net for further information.
36] – This
public action forum, which is a part of ongoing open communal dialogues, is
happening America's Islamic Heritage Museum, 2315 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
SE, WDC, on Fri,, Dec. 4 from 6 to 9 PM. The first half of the
program participants will review the historical legacy of systemic
incarceration of the African American family and how it has contribute to the
displacement of various family roles. The second half of the program
participants will give suggestions and ideas that move towards creating new
ways of living for the African American family. Email communiversity@openmailbox.org.
37] – The
white supremacist attack on Minneapolis's #4thPrecinctShutDown encampment --
formed to demand justice for Jamar Clark, who was murdered by police -- which
left five protesters wounded, must be answered with mass action across the
country. The racists and fascists are counter-attacking, just as they always
have done when the anti-racist movement has surged forward. Get over to 617
Florida Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Dec. 4 from 7 to 9 PM for the
discussion on this rising tide of racist violence and new attacks against
Muslims, Arabs and immigrants, whether there is a danger of a new fascism, and
what we can do to fight back. Hear Brian Becker, National Director
of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism). Contact the
Party for Socialism & Liberation at 202-234-2828 or dc@pslweb.org.
38] – On
Fri., Dec. 4 @ 7:30 PM, see COWSPIRACY followed a discussion by Art
Milholland, M.D., board member of Chesapeake Physicians for Social
Responsibility, at Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW,
WDC 20010. Is the most important cause of global warming really what you
think? Why was Sister Dorothy Stang murdered in 2005 in the Amazon Basin of
Brazil? What did Albert Einstein have to say about all this? Contact
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker at 202-882-9649.
39] – Be
at the Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Rd. NW, WDC, on Fri., Dec. 4 at 7 PM and
celebrate the release, presented in Partnership with the National Religious
Campaign Against Torture (nrcat.org), “The Executed God: The Way of the Cross
in Lockdown America” (Second Edition). The new edition of Mark Lewis
Taylor’s award-winning book is a searing indictment and a visionary statement
of hope. It is also a call for action to Jesus followers to resist US imperial
projects and power. Outlining a “theatrics of state terror,” Taylor identifies
and analyzes its instruments—mass incarceration, militarized police tactics,
surveillance, torture, immigrant repression, and capital punishment—through
which a racist and corporatized Lockdown America enforces in the United States
a global neoliberal economic and political imperialism.
Mark
Lewis Taylor is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture at
Princeton Theological Seminary. Among his numerous books are The Theological
and the Political: On the Weight of the World (Fortress Press 2011), Religion,
Politics, and the Christian Right: Post-9/11 Powers in American Empire
(Fortress Press 2005), and Remembering Esperanza: A Cultural-Political Theology
for North American Praxis (2005). Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/864520073656036/.
40] – 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 Dec. 4. Call
Dave Greene at 410-599-3725. 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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