Baltimore Activist Alert May 27 to 29, 2018
"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 mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.
1] Books, buttons and
stickers
2] Web site for info on
federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent
Resistance lists
4] Write
Reality Winner
5] Benefit Day
for Frisky’s Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary – May 27
6] Remembrance Sunday – May 27
7] Canvass for Mary
Washington – May 27
8] Dog adoption – May 27
9] Jewish
Voice for Peace meeting – May 27
10] Black Nationalist Women
– May 27
11]
Jail Support -- May 27
12] Justice reform – May 27
13] Benefit
for Project PLASE, Inc. – May 27
14] Protest at
the Pentagon –
May 28
15] Memorial Day Parade – May 28
16] Rally in Harrisburg --
May 28
17] Rally in D.C. – May 29
18] Support
Informal Workers –
May 29
19] Action at Lawyers Mall
– May 29
20] "The Future of
U.S. Forces on the Korean Peninsula" – May 29
21] Baltimore
Data Day Community Brainstorming Session – May 29
22] Peace Vigil – May 29
23] No Drone Research DEMO – May 29
24]
Chelsea Manning fundraiser – May 29
25] DSA meeting – May 29
26] Baltimore Ceasefire
Meeting – May 29
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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 6address 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] –
On
June 3, 2017 Reality Leigh Winner was arrested and jailed and later charged
under the Espionage Act for allegedly releasing a top-secret document to a
media outlet, The Intercept. The document analyzed information about
Russian online intrusions prior to the 2016 presidential election. Reality had
been employed by a contract agency and worked at the NSA in Augusta, Georgia
following her honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force in December of
2016. Reality has pleaded not guilty to this one charge, and her defense
team is working furiously to defend against the Espionage charge, but the Court
in Georgia continues to rule against Reality at every turn. Reality has
been denied pretrial bail and awaits trial in a small county jail in
Lincolnton, Georgia.
The
impact this has had on Reality and our entire family is devastating. Because
of her special diet, Reality’s nutritional and medical needs are not met in
jail. She has been spontaneously denied mail, books, and visits. In
order to assist in her defense, she must be transported to the Federal
Courthouse in Augusta, Georgia and spends up to 12 hours in full shackles and
is strip-searched multiple times during the day. Please write to Reality at
Reality L. Winner, Inmate # 3342, Lincoln County Jail, PO Box 970, Lincolnton,
GA 30817.
5] – On Sun., May 27 from 10 AM to 9 PM, get over to the Benefit Day
for Frisky’s Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary, hosted by Great Sage, 5809
Clarksville Square Dr., Clarksville 21029. Frisky's is a non-profit Wildlife
Rehabilitation Center located in Howard County. It takes in injured, orphaned,
abandoned, or displaced wildlife. It is a rescue center and home to primates
and other small exotics who have been kept as pets and are no longer able to
live with their owners. Volunteers will be available during the brunch
hours with information and to answer your questions. Great Sage is
honored to donate 10% of its daily sales to Frisky’s to help them educate the
public, take in primates when needed and consult about how to care for these
mistreated animals. Reservations are welcome -- 443.535.9400. Learn more
@ www.friskys.org. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/617496728613092/.
6] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St.,
Baltimore 21218, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and
discussion at 10:30 AM. On Sun., May 27, this is Remembrance Sunday. This
is a day to remember those who have died in the last year or before, and
whose lives and work have made a positive impact. We may have known them
personally and miss their living presence but take solace in the work, ideals,
friendship, and love they offered to the world. We may never have met them, but
been inspired by their words and actions. In our quest to live more meaningful
and ethical lives, we can turn to those who have gone before for inspiration,
guidance and strength. This interactive program will be led by Karen Elliott
and Hugh Taft-Morales. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
7] – On Sun., May 27 from noon to 4 PM, gather at 2701 Miles Ave.,
Baltimore 21211 to join Our Revolution’s canvass for Mary Washington. Email
robertbrooking@yahoo.com.
8] – On Sun., May 27 from noon to 3
PM, there is a Lucky Dog Animal Rescue's Dog Adoption Event at Petco, 1507
Rockville Pike, Rockville 20852. Meet adoptable Lucky Dogs. To adopt a Lucky
Dog, fill out the application found at www.luckydoganimalrescue.org. To
volunteer, email info@luckydoganimalrescue.org!
Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/710044606007809/.
9] – On Sun., May 27 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM, there is a meeting
of Jewish Voice for Peace - DC Metro at Dupont Circle, WDC 20009. New
members are always welcome! Email info@jvpdc.org
for meeting location. Check out Occupation Free DC
at occupationfreedc.org. With new campaigns that connect the fight for
racial justice in the US to the oppression Palestinians face by the state of
Israel, you are needed to build up the work for justice for all oppressed
people! Work to make sure resistance is the new normal, from the U.S. to
Palestine. Get info at https://www.facebook.com/events/238414930048550/.
10] – On Sun., May 27 from 3 to 5 PM, catch
Keisha Blain: "Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women," hosted
by Not Without Black Women at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse,
30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201. In 1932, Mittie Maude Lena Gordon spoke to a
crowd of black Chicagoans at the old Jack Johnson boxing ring, rallying their
support for emigration to West Africa. In 1937, Celia Jane Allen traveled to
Jim Crow Mississippi to organize rural black workers around Black Nationalist
causes. In the late 1940s, from her home in Kingston, Jamaica, Amy Jacques
Garvey launched an extensive letter-writing campaign to defend the Greater
Liberia Bill, which would relocate 13 million black Americans to West Africa.
Gordon, Allen, and Jacques Garvey—as well as Maymie De Mena, Ethel
Collins, Amy Ashwood, and Ethel Waddell—are part of an overlooked and
understudied group of black women who take center stage in Set the World on
Fire, the first book to examine how black nationalist women engaged in national
and global politics from the early twentieth century to the 1960s. Historians
of the era generally portray the period between the Garvey movement of the
1920s and the Black Power movement of the 1960s as an era of declining black
nationalist activism, but Keisha N. Blain reframes the Great Depression, World
War II, and the early Cold War as significant eras of black nationalist—and
particularly, black nationalist women's—ferment. Blain has given us an
unobstructed window into the minds of Black Nationalist women. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/191819921543833.
. Call 443-602-7585. RSVP at http://www.redemmas.org.
11] – On Sun., May 27 from 4 to 8 PM, it is Week #89 Jail Support at
Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, 300 E. Madison St., Baltimore
21202. Jail Support (or “jail sitting”) means providing support in the
form of food / water, rides or bus fare, basic first aid and resource guides to
people being released from Baltimore’s central booking. It does not matter why
someone was locked up, we want to acknowledge that arrest and incarceration is
a dehumanizing experience. Bear witness and provide comfort, denaturalize petty
abuse at the hands of the police and corrections facilities, resist, and build
relationships within the struggle for a prison-free world. Bring water bottles,
juice, granola bars, fruit, chips, and JACKETS. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/120231545521263/.
12] – On Sun., May 27 from 4:30 to 6 PM, hear
DeRay Mckesson and Thiru Vignarajah discuss Criminal Justice at Southern
Provisions, 3000 O'Donnell St., Baltimore 21224. Tickets are free at www.eventbrite.com. The civil rights activist and host
of the popular Crooked Media podcast “Pod Save the People” will lead a
conversation with Baltimore City State’s Attorney candidate Thiru Vignarajah
who has pledged to forge the most progressive prosecutor’s office in the
USA. Baltimore has faced a crisis of crime that has not only ravaged
communities across the city but has challenged our commitment to principles of
reform—from cash bail to mandatory minimums to juvenile justice. Mckesson and
Vignarajah both believe that we cannot allow the surge in violence to claim as
one of its victims the dedication to remaking the criminal justice
system. See https://www.facebook.com/events/598414303867549/.
13] – On Sun., May 27 from 5 PM to midnight, become Friends
Of The Homeless, hosted by Project PLASE, Inc. at Joe Squared, 33 W. North
Ave., Baltimore 21201. You are invited to the 'Friends of the Homeless' benefit
concert, put on by Daniel Croke, in memory of Richard J. Croke. Come together
as a community in the name of music, compassion, and great food. This a
charity/benefit concert to help raise funds for our Baltimore neighbors dealing
with homelessness. A series of bands are set to perform. All proceeds
from this event including price of admission will be donated to Project PLASE.
The cost will be $10, and there will be a private bar in the basement (where
the show will be), and Joe's famous pizza and delicious food will be available
upstairs. Consider making a contribution at https://www.firstgiving.com/Npo/403665/Donation/?designId=112205.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2059561740958222/.
14] – 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 May 28, 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.
15] -- On Mon., May 28 from 2 to 5 PM, walk for
Gun Safety in the Memorial Day Parade, hosted by the Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence, Northern Virginia Chapter and Virginia
Coalition for Gun Violence Prevention. This is the CITY OF FALLS CHURCH
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE & FESTIVAL. Wear orange or Hokie colors to raise
awareness about gun violence prevention in Falls Church City. Children in
decorated wagons and strollers are especially welcome for the 6 block parade
route. The festival begins at 9AM with the Don Beyer 5K Fun Run, the Veterans
Memorial Day ceremony, live music, amusement and pony rides, arts, crafts, and
food booths. Get over to the Falls Church City Hall Grounds, 300 Park Ave.,
Falls Church, VA 22046. Visit www.concernedcitizensva.org.
Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/249247639149140/.
16] – Come to
HARRISBURG, PA, on Tues., May 29 and rally at the State Capitol Building for
Week 3 of the Poor Peoples Campaign. The theme is the War Economy: Militarism
and the Proliferation of Gun Violence. First, participants are welcome to come
on Mon., May 28 at 5 PM. Food and shelter will be provided. Then on
Tues., May 29 the day will begin at 9 AM with breakfast. At 2 PM, rally
at the Pennsylvania Capitol Complex, 501 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg, PA 17120
before direct action takes place. Email pennsylvania@poorpeoplescampaign.org
or call (215) 667-0066. After the nonviolent moral resistance at 4 PM,
there will be post-action support and debrief.
17] – The
Poor People’s Campaign enters its third week with events in D.C. and over 35
state capitals around the country. Sign up to join the Poor Peoples Campaign at
https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/demands/.
This week’s events from May 27 to June 2 are on the theme of The War Economy:
Militarism and the Proliferation of Gun Violence. On Tues., May 29 meet
at 10 AM for Nonviolent Direct Action Training at St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church, 301 A St. SE. At 2 PM, rally at the US Capitol Lawn.
Finally, at 7:30 PM, get involved in the Teach-In Tuesday at The Festival
Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW.
18] – On Tues., May 29 from 10 AM to noon, catch
Including the Excluded: Supporting Informal Workers, hosted by World
Resources Institute, 10 G St. NE, WDC 20002. Tickets are available at www.wri.org. A small but growing number of cities are
adopting more inclusive approaches to informal workers and this offers important
lessons for cities that seek a more equal, productive and environmentally
sustainable future. This event examines different approaches that cities have
taken towards the informal self-employed workers and their livelihood
activities. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/116197619262913/.
19] – The Poor People's Campaign Week 3 will continue on
Tues., May 29, starting at noon at the Calvary United Methodist Church, 301
Rowe Blvd., Annapolis. This is a pre-action training and a light lunch.
Then at 2 PM, there will be a rally at Lawyer's Mall, 100 State Circle next to
the State Capitol. This a season of moral resistance as part of the Poor
Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The third week's theme is
The War Economy: Militarism and the Proliferation of Gun Violence.
20] – On
Tues., May 29 from noon to 1 PM., Frank Aum, U.S. Institute of Peace, and ret.
Col. David Maxwell, Institute for Corean-American Studies, will discuss
"The Future of U.S. Forces on the Korean Peninsula" at the Korea
Economic Institute, Suite 300, 1800 K St. NW, WDC. RSVP at http://www.keia.org/webform/rsvp-event.
21] – On Tues., May 29 from 4
to 5 PM, there is a Baltimore Data Day Community Brainstorming Session, hosted
by The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance at 11 W. Mount Royal
Ave., Room 205, Baltimore 21201. Tickets are at www.eventbrite.com. This is an opportunity for
communities across Baltimore to come together and discuss what they would like
to see at this year’s Data Day on July 13, 2018, including what types of
topics, workshops, speakers, and panels would be particularly helpful to you
and your community. Take the online survey where you can provide input: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/datadayideas.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baltimore-data-day-community-brainstorming-session-tickets-33905862347.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/2036117300041740/.
22] – Each Tuesday from
4:30 - 5:30 PM, the Catholic Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for peace in
Afghanistan and Iraq gathers at the Suburban Station, 16th St. & JFK
Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The next
vigil is May 29. Call 215-426-0364.
23] – Vigil to say "No
Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd & North Charles Sts. Join
this ongoing vigil on May 29 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Contact Max at
mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
24] -- You are cordially invited to attend a
fundraising house party on Tues., May 29 at 6 PM at 2913 Overland Ave.,
Baltimore 21214, to benefit Chelsea Manning in her bid to unseat Ben Cardin as
the Democratic candidate for senator. If there ever was a person who
single-handedly ended a war, it was Chelsea. After she leaked the “collateral
murder” video, the president of Iraq announced that war crimes will be
prosecuted, thereupon Obama pulled out combat troops. Chelsea suffered
solitary confinement and prison. Here is an opportunity to personally
thank her for her sacrifice, hear what she has to say about current issues and,
if you are so moved, help her confront the disinformation and misdeeds of the
incumbent.
The party will be at the home of Bonnie Raindrop and Richard
Ochs. RSVP at 443-846-6638. Refreshments will be served.
25] – On Tues., May 29 from 6:30 to 8
PM, the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America Labor Working Group is
meeting at 1616 P St. NW, Suite 150, WDC. Follow up about the Democracy @ Work
panel, an organizing workshop for non-profit workers, get updates from APWU,
and explore the potential for a wage theft base building project. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/166310150730684/.
26] – On Tues., May 29 from 7 to 9 PM, attend a
Baltimore Ceasefire Public Meeting – EAST, hosted by Baltimore Ceasefire
365 at Ark Church, 1263 E North Ave., Baltimore 21202. Come learn about
Baltimore Ceasefire and what you can do to help to support Baltimore City
during the August 2018 Ceasefire weekend. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1779307242090836/.
To be
continued.
Donations
can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.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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