Baltimore Activist Alert January 9 - 15, 2016
"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 and stickers
2] Web site
for info on federal legislation
3] Join
Nonviolent Resistance lists
4]
Buy coffee through
HoCoFoLa
5]
Two friends are
looking to buy a house in Baltimore
6] Witness Against Torture Fast for
Justice – Jan. 9 -
10
7] Protest
CIA drone strikes – Jan. 9
8] West Chester peace vigil – Jan. 9
9] War on
Muslims – Jan. 9
10] Four hundred years of racism – Jan. 10
11] Multi-Faith MLK Service – Jan. 10
12] What’s happening in Cuba – Jan. 10
13] Work for Bernie – Jan. 10
14] Pentagon
Vigil – Jan. 11
15] Marc
Steiner on WEAA – Jan. 11 – Jan. 15
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1] –
Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available. “God Bless
the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max 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.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 ncnrnotices-subscribe@lists.riseup.net.
You will get a confirmation message once subscribed. If you have
problems, please write to the list manager at ncnrnotices-admin@lists.riseup.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]
– Janice and Max are looking to buy a house in Baltimore. Let Max know if
you have any leads—410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at Verizon dot net.
6]
– You’re invited to Washington, D.C., to join the
Witness Against Torture community through January 13 to fast, reflect and lift
the voices of the men unjustly detained at Guantanamo Bay Prison. Jan.
11, 2016 marks 14 years of torture and indefinite detention at the prison, as
well as President Obama’s 8th year of broken promises. This is the final chance
to hold his administration accountable to its promise to release those unjustly
detained and close the prison. Right now 107 men remain detained, 48 of whom
have been cleared for release and are held without charge or trial.
Go to http://www.witnesstorture.org/events/.
Participants are staying at the First Trinity
Lutheran Church, 501 4th St. NW (entrance on 4th St.), WDC 20001 (4th and E
Sts. NW). Use Judiciary Square Metro.
7]
– On Sat., Jan. 9, WAT members will join the monthly vigil against killer drone
strikes at the CIA at 10 AM held at the 900 block of Dolly Madison Blvd. (Route
123), Langley, Virginia. Oppose CIA & US Military drones used in
extrajudicial killings. US killer drone strikes are illegal, immoral, and
must stop now! The vigil is supported by Pax Christi Metro DC, Northern
Virginians for Peace & Justice, and others.
8]
– 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.
9]
– On Sat., Jan. 9 from 7 to 9 PM, a panel will examine the physical
confinement and conditions under which the Muslim body has been held in the War
on Terror in the sanctuary of First Trinity Church. Further, the discussion
will focus on the ways in which Muslims have been criminalized by virtue of
their religious and racialized identity and subjected to a separate system of
justice. Using specific examples, panelists will speak both to prisoners held
at Guantanamo Bay, and Communication Management Units, two prisons that are
notorious for their treatment of Muslim prisoners. Underscoring all of these
issues, the panel will also interrogate the degree to which state violence has
become law. The panelists are Major Raashid Williams, Counsel of Ammar
Al-Baluchi, Abdul Ali (Avon Twitty), current leader of Dar At-Tawhid Masjid and
Former Communication Management Unit prisoner, and Dr. Maha Hilal, Executive
Director, National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms. There will be artwork
available for purchase by Mohammed Shnewer, Muslim prisoner of the Fort Dix
Five Case. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1684672801776341/.
10]
– 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 Jan. 10, the
topic is “400 Years: How History Fuels My Anti-Racism” 400 years is a
long time. In 2019, three years from now, we will mark the 400th anniversary of
the first time Africans were brought to this continent against their will. How
can anyone possibly process the stunning juxtaposition of systemic oppression
of people of color set in the context of expressions of noble democratic
ideals? Hugh Taft-Morales shares his personal journey from minimization of this
reality, through guilt and humility, to empowerment. Today he begins work on a
project to mark the coming 400th anniversary. Come hear how he embraces
anti-racism activism in a way that makes his life more meaningful and
fulfilling. Taft-Morales joined the Baltimore Ethical Society as its
professional leader in 2010, the same year he was certified by the American
Ethical Union as an Ethical Culture Leader. He also serves as Leader of the
Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia.
11]
– On Sun., Jan. 10 from 3 to 5:30 PM come to a
Multi-Faith MLK Service at St. Paul AME Church, 4901 14th St. NW, WDC. Hosted
by Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFC), go to http://www.ifcmw.org. The
InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFC), created in 1978, now
brings together the Baha'i, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, Jewish, Latter-day
Saints, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Sikh and Zoroastrian faith communities in
this region to promote dialogue, understanding, and a sense of community among
persons of different faiths and to work cooperatively for social and economic
justice in metropolitan Washington.
12]
– On Sun., Jan. 10 at 5 PM at the Impact Hub DC, 419 7th St. NW, 3rd Floor,
WDC., join Witness Against Torture for music, poetry, and movement building
with The Peace Poets!! As January 11th, 2016 will mark 15 years of
indefinite detention and torture in Guantanamo, musicians, poets and activists
will come together to work towards a world where human beings are no longer
locked in prisons cells. During CODEPINK and Witness Against Torture's recent
trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, they witnessed the impact on the Cuban people
being denied their home by the continued occupation of the U.S. Naval base in
Guantanamo. They confronted the reality of the men that have had years of their
lives stolen away from loved one and families. Join them as they dream of
homecomings for the Cuban people and those locked away in Guantanamo and
domestic prisons. Witness Against Torture and CODEPINK will discuss their
most recent trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Center of Constitutional Rights
will share the stories of the men they represent in Guantanamo. Email witnesstorture@gmail.com.
13]
– Get to work for Bernie on Sun., Jan. 10 from 6 to 8
PM EST by phone banking at 803 East Lake Ave., Baltimore 21212. Contact
Gabrielle Marshall at 410-258-6049 or 410-464-0497. House members don't wear
shoes, and two cats live there.
14]
– You are invited to a nonviolent witness at the Pentagon on Mon., Jan. 11 at 7
AM. Meet on corner of Army-Navy Drive and S. Eads St.
Join
members of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker and other peacemaking friends in a
nonviolent witness for a world of nonviolence, peace and justice. Call
202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
15]
– 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.
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/.
"The master class has always declared the wars; the
subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to
gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and
everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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