57] Max is at the JHU Spring Fair – Apr.
15 - 17
58] Peace Vigil/Black Lives Matter – Apr. 15
59] George Jackson exhibit – Apr. 15
60]
Black Jacobins – Apr. 15
61] Funk the War Tax – Apr. 15
62]
Benefit Concert – Apr. 15
63] Ballroom
Dancing – Apr. 15
64] West Chester
peace vigil – Apr. 16
65] Billions for war – Apr. 16
66] End the Drug War
– Apr. 16
67] Nicaragua
fundraiser – Apr. 16
68] Job available with Little Friends For
Peace
69] Sign up with Washington Peace Center
70] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
71] Do you need any book shelves?
72] Join the Global Zero campaign
73] Join the Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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56] – On
Fri., Apr. 15, the Communications Workers of America locals in Baltimore will
picket, starting at 10 AM at the following VZ Wireless stores: 1964 York Rd.,
Timonium, 6220 Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville, the Avenue at White
Marsh, 8149 Honeygo Blvd, and 1852 Reisterstown Rd., #105 (at Mt Wilson Ln.).
One striker summed it up: "If we lose this strike, we might as well all go
to work for Wal-Mart."
57] – The
JHU Spring Fair will take place on Fri., Apr. 15 from noon to 8 PM, Sat., Apr.
16 from 10 AM to 8 PM and Sun., Apr. 17 from 10 AM to 6 PM on the Homewood
Campus, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore 21218. Max will be selling books,
buttons, bumperstickers, CDs, DVDs and vinyl in the Upper Quad, just opposite
the Eisenhower Library. Contact Max at 727-543-3227.
58] – 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 Apr. 15. Black Lives Matter.
59] – Come to The Jerusalem Fund,
2425 Virginia Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Apr. 15 from 5:30 to 7 PM.
Professor Greg Thomas will discuss his recently curated exhibition, “George
Jackson in the Sun of Palestine,” at the Abu Jihad Museum on the campus of Al
Quds University in Jerusalem. George Jackson, convicted on charges of robbing a
gas station of $70 in 1961 and handed a one-year-to-life sentence in prison,
became a Black Panther activist and author while incarcerated. Jackson was
assassinated in 1971 in what prison authorities claimed was an escape attempt.
There is a sun motif that hovers around his name: first, when he became known
as one of the Soledad Brothers for the alleged killing of a white guard in
Soledad prison in 1970; and second, upon his death when a copy of Enemy of the
Sun (Drum and Spear Press, 1970), an anthology of Palestinian poetry, was found
among the 99 books in his cell. This anthology includes the famous Samih
Al-Qasim poem “Enemy of the Sun” after which it is named. Interestingly,
handwritten copies of the poems, “Enemy of the Sun” and “I Defy,” both by
Al-Qasim, were found in Jackson’s jail cell among his other belongings after
his death. At the time they were mistakenly attributed to George Jackson by a
Black Panther Party newspaper when they were printed as one long poem. Go
to http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/events/upcoming/sunlight-sumud-george-jackson-lives-abu-jihad-center-palestinian-captives-movement.
60] – On Fri., Apr. 15 at 7:30 PM come to Red Emma's
Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, to hear GERALD
HORNE discuss “Confronting Black Jacobins: The United States, the Haitian
Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic.” The Haitian
Revolution, the product of the first successful slave revolt, was truly
world-historic in its impact. When Haiti declared independence in 1804, the
leading powers—France, Great Britain, and Spain—suffered an ignominious defeat
and the New World was remade. The island revolution also had a profound impact
on Haiti’s mainland neighbor, the United States. Inspiring the enslaved and partisans
of emancipation while striking terror throughout the Southern slaveocracy, it
propelled the fledgling nation one step closer to civil war. Gerald Horne’s
path breaking new work explores the complex and often fraught relationship
between the United States and the island of Hispaniola. Giving particular
attention to the responses of African Americans, Horne surveys the reaction in
the United States to the revolutionary process in the nation that became Haiti,
the splitting of the island in 1844, which led to the formation of the
Dominican Republic, and the failed attempt by the United States to annex both
in the 1870s. Call
443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
61]
– Funk the War Tax at 1809 Monroe St. NW, WDC, on Fri., Apr. 15 at 8 PM.
As part of the SOA Watch Spring Days of Action, you are invited to a DANCE
PARTY. US taxpayer money is funding empire and militarization across the
globe. Organize together to build a culture of justice and peace! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1715856868686156/.
62] – There
is a BENEFIT CONCERT, featuring Broken Ground, at 2333 18th St. NW, WDC, from 8
to 10 PM. Help raise funds for Mentors of Minorities in Education,
Inc. The Society for Peace and Conflict Resolution present a concert featuring
rock band Broken Ground, who will be performing popular Rock and Pop hits
from the 90's to now! Cover fee is $10 at the door. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1737120019907616/.
63] – 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 Apr. 15. Call Dave Greene at
410-599-3725.
64] – 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.
65] – Get over to the Teach-In:
Billion $ Wars: How Money Out of Politics Will End American Militarism and Make
a More Peaceful World. It is happening at All Souls Church, Unitarian. 2835
16th St. NW, WDC, on Sat., Apr. 16 from 2 to 3 PM. A few members of
the peace movement will be leading an educational teach-in as part of Democracy
Awakening. Visit http://democracyawakening.org/events/saturday/.
66] – Come to the Bolivarian Hall of
the Embassy of Venezuela, 2443 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC, on Sat., Apr. 16
from 5 to 8 PM. From Central America, to Mexico, to the US,
communities, movements and individuals are resisting militarism and brutal
state violence in creative ways. Come hear from some of these courageous
activists including youth protesting police brutality across the US and members
of the Peace, Life, and Justice, Caravan that will be arriving in DC after
traveling through Central America and Mexico speaking out against the US’s
disastrous drug war. Come hear from activists, religious leaders and
academics on the Caravan about how this war has impacted their countries and
communities as well as the courageous resistance to it and other forms of
militarization that has blossomed across the region. See https://www.facebook.com/events/554811838029245/.
67] – There is a Variety
Show/Nicaragua Partnership Annual Fundraiser at Ascension Lutheran Church, 7601
York Road, Towson 21204, on Sat., Apr. 16 at 7 PM. However, there
is a Pot Luck Dinner at 6 PM in the Great Hall. Finally, there is a
Post-Show Social in the Luther Room. Church members have been active in
traveling to Nicaragua and supporting a training center for women located in
the countryside of Nicaragua... The students learn sewing, cooking, baking and
hair salon skills to enable them to supplement their incomes and live more
abundant lives. A portion of the funds raised at the Variety Show will go to
support this mission of Fe y Esperanza church (the ILFE) in Nicaragua. Visit www.ascensiontowson.org.
Donations
support "green projects" (seed banks, planting drought resistant
crops, solar powered drip irrigation), education in poor rural areas, job
training and medical support. Among the performers are the Apollo chorus
from the Friends School, Flutopia, Tyler St. Clare, and "The Rave
Ons."
68] – Little
Friends for Peace is seeking an Associate Director! See http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LittleFriendsforPeac/62044daa7b/361a8a1b5e/2126310dfa. The new Associate
Director position is a giant step toward achieving a strategic goal of building
capacity to make a greater impact on the communities and expand outreach to new
unserved communities. Reporting to the Executive Director (MJ Park), the
Associate Director will share strategic and operational responsibility for
LFFP's staff, programs, mission execution, and expansion. For the full
Associate Director job posting and instructions on how to apply, click here:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LittleFriendsforPeac/62044daa7b/361a8a1b5e/33b07f4182.
69] -- The
Washington Peace Center has a progressive calendar & activist alert!
Consider signing up to receive its weekly email: info@washingtonpeacecenter.org.
70] -- If you would like to get rid
of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski
at verizon.net.
71] -- Can you use any book shelves?
Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
72] -- 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.
73] – A 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.
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/.
“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 US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing
favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for
the better" - Daniel Berrigan
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