11] Neighborhood
Voices – Mar. 12
12] Flowers for
Senate opens office – Mar. 12
13] FCNL Lobby
Training – Mar. 12
14] Freedom School 2016 – Mar. 12
15] Showing Up for Racial Justice – Mar. 12
16] Women of Color
and Environmental Justice – Mar. 12
17] Stop Police Terror – Mar. 12
18] MY NAME IS
RACHEL CORRIE – Mar. 12
19] A novel about
bigotry – Mar. 12
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11]
– Neighborhood Voices: Our Stories About Race Where We Live takes place at
Patterson Park Library, 158 N Linwood Ave., Baltimore 21224, at Sat., Mar. 12
from 10:30 AM to 3 PM. Go to www.creativealliance.org.
12]
– At noon on Sat., Mar. 12, the Flowers for Senate
campaign is opening an engagement center to meet and work with community
members as she seeks the U.S. Senate seat from Maryland at 100 E. 23rd
St., Suite 2A, Baltimore 21218. Margaret and
her staff and volunteers will use the space to hold public discussions and
forums, help volunteers contact voters, and coordinate her campaign. Help
arrange furniture, clean up the space, and strategize on ways to reach out to
the community. Go to http://www.flowersforsenate.org/move-in-day?utm_campaign=ww_3_9_16&utm_medium=email&utm_source=flowersforsenate.
13]
– Starting Sat., Mar. 12 at noon through Tues., Mar. 15, the Friends Committee
on National Legislation (Quakers) will hold Spring Lobby Weekend at the
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, WDC. Go to http://fcnl.org/events/slw/.
Some
of the issues for discussion are Sentencing Reform, the State Perspective from
Virginia, Changing This System: From Crack Cocaine to Sentencing Reform, “America's
Original Sin,” and more. On Tues., Mar. 15, there is a new location: the
Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St.
14]
– At
St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC, on
Sat., Mar. 12 from noon to 4 PM, join ONE DC to learn about 'The Four
Wheels of Capitalism' and explore the issue of land dispossession and
displacement, learn about its root causes, and highlight national and
international examples of community resistance to dispossession. Freedom School
2016 will include group discussion, group breakouts and exercises, videos,
fellowship with other ONE DC members, and more. RSVP at 1 (203)-232-2915
or email organizer@onedconline.org. Food and
childcare will be provided. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/545964195581114/.
15]
– Get over to the Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) DC Community Launch at
the Friends Meeting of Washington, 2111 Florida Ave. NW, WDC, on Sat., Mar. 12
from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. Celebrate this national network which
organizes white people in the multi-racial struggle against racism and white
supremacy. Connect with other anti-racist accomplices, get involved in the
formation of our educational and action initiatives, and help shape the vision
for the future of the chapter. Email surjdc@gmail.com.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1036725309702477/.
16]
– Hear about Women of Color and Environmental Justice at the Anacostia
Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE, WDC, on Sat., Mar. 12 from
2 to 4 PM. This forum aims to bring residents together to focus
on the experiences of women of color in the fight for Environmental Justice.
Conversation will explore the various impacts on women's communities, the
importance of self-reliance, activism, and resistance. For reservations,
call 202-633-4844 (not required). Explore Empower DC's website: http://www.empowerdc.org/.
17]
– Stop Police Terror Project: See Something, Say Something Campaign Launch
happens at the Justice Center, 617 Florida Ave. NW, WDC, on Sat., Mar. 12 at 2
PM. Get an update on the struggle against racist, militarized policing in the
District, and learn how to get involved. Email questions or comments to
Stoppoliceterrorprojectdc@gmail.
18]
– Come to Joe's Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, MD, on
Sat., Mar. 12 at 7:30 PM for Ashley Malloy's production of “My Name is
Rachel Corrie.” This is Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner's dramatic
adaptation of Rachel Corrie's diary entries and emails. She was a U.S. activist
involved in Palestinian solidarity work, and was killed by Israeli forces
during the Second Intifada while protecting a Palestinian home from
demolition. RSVP at https://joesmovement.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a03F000000Jfz0SIAR.
Email RachelCorrieTour@gmail.com.
19]
– On Sat., Mar. 12 at 7:30 PM come to Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W.
North Ave., Baltimore 21201, to hear ERIK PARSHALL present BLACK CAT ON A WHITE PORCH.
Parshall’s debut novel turns his grandmother’s true experience into a shocking
tale of prejudice in 1966. Set in Petersburg, Virginia, it follows Muriel
Porter and Bea Byrne, two military wives pursuing teaching degrees in a town
divided by prejudice. Their lives take a turn one weekend when Muriel, Bea, and
several other classmates meet in Muriel’s home for an assignment. Call
443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.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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