Baltimore Activist Alert April 30, 2017
"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 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
1] Books,
buttons and stickers
2] Web site
for info on federal legislation
3] Join
Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Two
friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore
6] Resistance Rally - Apr. 30
7] Auschwitz, 70 years later, – Apr. 30
8] Stop Delaware Death Penalty – Apr. 30
9] Baltimore Green Forum – Apr. 30
10] Hear Amy Goodman –
Apr. 30
11] See 13th – Apr. 30
12] Pentagon Vigil – May 1
13] Marc
Steiner on WEAA – May. 1 – May. 5
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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 410-323-1607.
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]
– Janice and Max are looking to buy a house in Baltimore. Let Max know if
you have any leads—410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at Verizon dot net.
5]
– 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 Sun., Apr. 30, the Sunday Platform Address is “The Good Will Revolution: Leave the
Rat Race to the Rats.” Our rat race culture pits people against each other in a
competition to get as much money, materials, and power as possible. Greed,
selfishness and ruthlessness are assets, and kindness and sincerity are
liabilities. Winners are highly respected and everyone else is a loser.
Surprisingly, rat race culture is not compulsory. The alternative is the
Goodwill Revolution which encompasses a set of principles that mobilizes the
inherent goodness of mankind as the key to true happiness. Kindness,
compassion, and honesty become valuable assets, while selfishness becomes a
liability. The book is a blueprint for transforming American ghettos through
revolutionary cultural change to improve education, employment, crime and
reclaim political power using bottom-up solutions.
Michael Irving Phillips is the author of ‘Leave the Rat
Race to the Rats’ and “Boycott Money and Save Your Soul – Launching The
Goodwill Revolution,” He is the Co-host of WEAA’s ‘Caribbean Exchange.’ He
received an MA degree in Education from Howard University, and is also the
author of several poetry books.
6]
-- There is a Resistance Rally on Sun., Apr. 30 at noon at Busboys &
Poets, 1025 5th St. NW, WDC. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bxOMDPH6SzSyKR1avTdQ1N0teUSevB3tEPdlXoavZEQ/edit#gid=1172185737.
Go to http://www.wolf-pac.com/.
7] – Auschwitz, 70 years later and the Interpretation(s) of Memory, is to be heard on Sun., Apr. 30 at 1 PM at the· Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore. The speaker is Dr. Anna Sommer Schneider, Georgetown University. Since its liberation in January 1945 and the creation of the Museum the following year, the memory of this notorious Nazi death camp has often been twisted, distorted or even abused. What remains clear, however, is that the policy of the communist government in Poland regarding Auschwitz, and the narrative created after the war, exerted tremendous impact on the awareness of the post-war generations in Poland and Polish-Jewish relations. Inevitably, the distortions of memory shed light on the lack of awareness and comprehension of the different meanings and symbolism of Auschwitz by the post-World War II generations. This program is presented in partnership with The Gordon Center for Performing Arts.
Go to http://www.wolf-pac.com/.
7] – Auschwitz, 70 years later and the Interpretation(s) of Memory, is to be heard on Sun., Apr. 30 at 1 PM at the· Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore. The speaker is Dr. Anna Sommer Schneider, Georgetown University. Since its liberation in January 1945 and the creation of the Museum the following year, the memory of this notorious Nazi death camp has often been twisted, distorted or even abused. What remains clear, however, is that the policy of the communist government in Poland regarding Auschwitz, and the narrative created after the war, exerted tremendous impact on the awareness of the post-war generations in Poland and Polish-Jewish relations. Inevitably, the distortions of memory shed light on the lack of awareness and comprehension of the different meanings and symbolism of Auschwitz by the post-World War II generations. This program is presented in partnership with The Gordon Center for Performing Arts.
8]
– On Sun., Apr. 30
from 3 to 5 PM at the Grace United Methodist Church, (00 Washington St.,
Wilmington 19081, attend a Movement for a Culture of Peace Forum,
"Stopping the Delaware Death Penalty." This is Action Forum to Stop
HB 125, which seeks to restore capital punishment in the First State.
Delaware’s former death penalty statute was declared unconstitutional last year
by the state supreme court. Go to https://wilmingtonpeacemarch.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/lock-the-door-on-delawares-death-penalty-april-30/.
9]
– The BALTIMORE GREEN FORUM, a monthly environmental
education and discussion forum, takes place on Sun., Apr. 30. The
presentation and Q&A goes from 4 to 5:15 PM, followed by announcements
& networking from 5:15 to 5:45 PM. Finally there will be a Roundtable
Discussion from 5:45 to 6:30 PM. The forum is at 1105 Providence Road,
Towson 21286. Go to http://www.mpchurch.org/location-2/. For the
very first time, e the entire meeting will be a round table
discussion. Also note that refreshments will be available.
The topics will include reports from those at
the meeting who marched in D.C. on April 22 or 29, those who attended
the film, “This Changes Everything,” on April 21, what other environmental
groups are saying about the April 29 Climate March
and what they are doing and asking each of us to do to follow up on the
march. Finally, opine about an 'environmental impact statement' on the first 100 days of the new administration.
The
Baltimore Green Forum seeks to educate and stimulate dialogue about what humans
can do to make modern civilization more sustainable, including adjusting to
finite resource limits and preserving biodiversity and a healthy environment.
We do this through 8 monthly meetings a year. The topics are far ranging. They
vary from local to planetary and from philosophical to scientific to very practical.
BGF is open to the public and is free of charge, but donations to Maryland
Presbyterian Church are collected during the meeting to thank the church for
their generous gift of the space to us. Email BaltimoreGreenForum@gmail.com or call Sam Hopkins at 410
554-0006. Go to http://www.baltimoregreenforum.org.
10]
-- On Sun., Apr. 30 at 5 PM
at Busboys & Poets,
1025 5th St. NW, WDC 20001, join award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, for
her North American tour. Goodman will speak about increased threats to freedom
of the press and the importance of truly independent media to hold those in
power accountable. In more than 20 years of reporting, Democracy Now! has
covered the social movements that are now forming the groundswell of opposition
to the Trump administration; movements long ignored by the corporate media, but
central to Democracy Now’s daily journalism. Amy will be introduced by her
co-author, Democracy Now’s Denis Moynihan. Go
to https://www.democracynow.org/events/2017/4/amy_goodman_at_busboys__poets_1373.
11]
– See a “13th” screening at American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Ward building 101, WDC, on Sun., Apr.
30 from 5 to 7:30 PM. Join the Socialist Party of DC in a screening
of the documentary 13, eat some food, and discuss the prison industrial complex,
and alternatives to policing and prison. Those coming by Metro can use the
shuttle service from Tenleytown. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/429372217408864/.
12]
– 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 Apr. 24, 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.
13]
– The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Friday fr6m 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: 410-323-1607; 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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