52] Maryland Food Bank Benefit – through Mar. 28
53] Race &
Policy Symposium
– Jan. 17
54] India and
Nuclear Asia –
Jan. 17
55] Iran’s
Nuclear and Missile Programmes -- Jan. 17
56] Free Food Rescue – Jan.
17
57] Celebrating our Unsung
Hero James Forman – Jan. 17
58] Communities United
“Committee Night”/Medicare for All lobbying – Jan. 17
59] Baltimore Human Trafficking
Forum – Jan. 17
60] Workplace
democracy in Barcelona – Jan. 17
61] Reversing
Global Warming
– Jan. 17
62] See the film “Where There Is Darkness” – Jan. 17
63] Indigenous
Peoples March
– Jan. 18
64] Women's
March Lobby Day
-- Jan. 18
65] WIB peace vigils – Jan. 18
66] White House vigil –
Jan. 18
67] Free Food Rescue – Jan.
18
68] MLK Civil
and Human Rights Conference -- Jan. 18 – Jan. 21
69] Rally at the Department
of Homeland Security – Jan. 18
70] Black Lives Matter --
Jan. 18
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52] – On Thurs., Jan. 17 through Sun., Mar. 31,
2019, there is a Maryland Food Bank Benefit, hosted by The Admirals Cup - Fells
Point, Baltimore, 1647 Thames St., Baltimore 21231. Do we give so we shall
receive, or give because it feels good? Giving has never felt better or
made a more significant impact than this unique opportunity. The Maryland Food
Bank and Harbor Magic Hotels presents “HOLIDAY GIVEBACK.” Experience
the adventures of the Fells Point at one of the two beautiful Harbor Magic
Hotels: The Admiral Fell Inn or the Inn at Henderson’s Wharf. Gracefully
awaken to the aromas and tastes of a fabulous breakfast and set sail on your
day in one of the most amazing places in America. Harbor Magic is donating 10%
of dollars generated from this promotion to benefit the Maryland Food Bank.
BOOK NOW at https://www.admiralfell.com/en-us/packages/maryland-food-bank-holiday-giveback-special?page_id=4266673.
Call (410) 534-5555. See https://www.facebook.com/events/349755175583179/.
53] – On Thurs., Jan. 17 from 9:30 AM to 2 PM,
attend Race & Policy Symposium: Advancing Racial Equity & Economic
Inclusion in D.C., hosted by Kenyan R. McDuffie at the RISE Demonstration
Center, 2730 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, WDC 20032. You're invited to join
Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie at the symposium to implement a city-wide
strategy to achieve racial equity in the District of Columbia. Join academics,
industry, and community leaders committed to normalizing conversations about
race, operationalizing new policies, eliminating occurrences of racial
discrimination, and implementing a city-wide strategy to achieve racial equity
in the District of Columbia. https://www.facebook.com/events/1959813590980096/.
54] – On Thurs., Jan. 17 at 9:30 AM, go to India
and Nuclear Asia: Forces, Doctrine, and Danger at the Stimson Center,
WDC. See https://www.stimson.org/content/india-and-nuclear-asia-forces-doctrine-and-danger-.
55] – On Thurs., Jan. 17 at 10:30 AM, listen in
on Uncertain Future: The JCPOA and Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Programmes at
IISS Americas, 2121 K St. NW, Suite 801, WDC 20037. Check out https://www.iiss.org/events/2019/01/adelphi-jcpoa-iran-nuclear.
56] – On
Thurs., Jan. 17 from 4 to 5 PM, hosted by Food Rescue Baltimore, every
Thursday until Feb. 7, 2019, come to the Dovecote Café, 2501 Madison Ave.,
Baltimore 21217. Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take delicious,
nutritious, free rescued food. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/178973439543642/.
57] -- Celebrating our
Unsung Hero James Forman is An Evening of Remembrance on Thurs., Jan. 17 with a
reception at 5:30 PM, and the program running from 6 to 8 PM. The program will
include a panel of SNCC Veterans. This is taking place at the
African-American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Ave. NW, WDC 20001. Email washingtondc@poorpeoplescampaign.org.
58] -- Join Communities
United on Thurs., Jan. 17 for its very first “Committee Night,” which begins at
6 PM with a yummy potluck (contributions most welcome but not required). The
working part of the meeting will begin at 6:30 PM. This is your opportunity to
shape all of our organizing efforts – for good schools, livable housing, equity
in local and state budgets, improved quality of life for our neighbors returning
from prison, stopping overdoses, a $15 minimum wage, redefining public safety,
and more. Email jane@communitiesunite.org.
Join
Communities United’s delegation on Fri., Jan. 18 for the Medicare for All Lobby
Day in Washington, DC. Federal legislation is about to be introduced and this
important action in support is being organizing by the Center for Popular
Democracy, in coalition with the Women's March, Social Security Works, and
National Nurses United. CU will be traveling via the MARC train. IF you want to
go, contact Tia at tia@communitiesunite.org
or 443-965-8725.
59] – On Thurs., Jan. 17 at 6:30 PM, be at the
Baltimore Human Trafficking Forum, hosted by Greater Baybrook Alliance at
the City of Refuge Baltimore, 901 Pontiac Ave., Baltimore 21225.
Baltimore City Human Trafficking Collaborative will be hosting a forum for
citizens of Baltimore to learn and increase awareness about human
trafficking. See https://www.facebook.com/events/274104693285918/.
60] –On
Thurs., Jan. 17 at 7 PM, hear a talk by Bernardo Vigil, worker-owner at
Baltimore Bicycle Works, about his research into workplace democracy in
Barcelona, exploring the strategies small and mid-sized worker co-ops are
using to build meaningful pathways toward self-management, participation, and
cooperative leadership development at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225
Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. Call (443) 602 7611 or go to https://www.redemmas.org/. There is a special
co-op happy hour hosted by the Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy—the
non-extractive local loan fund run by worker co-ops, for worker co-ops—at 5 PM.
61] – On
Thurs., Jan. 17 from 7 to 9 PM, check out Reversing Global Warming:
Introduction to Drawdown, hosted by Climate Stewards of Greater Annapolis
at the Annapolis Friends Meeting, 351 Dubois Rd., Annapolis 21401. Pachamama's
Drawdown Project gives us hope! Project Drawdown is a coalition of more than
200 researchers and other experts from 22 countries led by author,
environmentalist, and entrepreneur Paul Hawken. Over the course of 5 years of
rigorous scientific research, they identified and modeled the 100 most
substantive, already existing solutions for addressing global warming and
revealed astounding news: that it is possible not just to slow global warming,
but to actually reverse it by 2050. Through videos and group activities,
participants learn about a comprehensive plan to reverse global warming from
Project Drawdown. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2382592458482757/.
62] – On Thurs., Jan. 17 from 8 to 10 PM, see the
film “Where There Is Darkness,” hosted by the Catholic Mobilizing Network
to End the Use of the Death Penalty at Catholic University Of America,
WDC. Tickets are at stellamarfilms.com. This award-winning documentary
tells the story of Fr. Rene Robert and his plea from beyond the grave to save
the life of the man who murdered him. See the trailer at
wherethereisdarkness.com. The screening will be held in Room #108 of
Hannan Hall Room at the Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE,
WDC 20064. Tickets are $8 and are available for purchase here: https://bit.ly/2CUsh5T. Light refreshments will be
available free of charge. To request accommodations for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Emma Tacke at emmat@catholicsmobilizing.org.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/236626350561300/.
63] – On Fri., Jan. 18 from 8 AM to 5
PM, join the Indigenous Peoples March, hosted by Indigenous Peoples
Movement in WDC. Unite the indigenous peoples across the World to stand
together to bring awareness to the injustices affecting indigenous men, women
and children. Indigenous people from North, Central and South America, Oceania,
Asia, Africa and the Caribbean are a target of genocide. Currently, many indigenous
people are victims of voter suppression, divided families by walls and borders,
an environmental holocaust, sex and human trafficking, and police/military
brutality with little or no resources and awareness of this injustice. Visit
indigenouspeoplesmovement.com or https://www.facebook.com/events/2242403212710541/.
64] – On
Fri., Jan. 18 from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM, get involved with the Women's March
Lobby Day at the Longworth House Office Building, 1 US Capitol, WDC
20003. Tickets are at actionnetwork.org. With a growing progressive
caucus inside the most diverse Congress in U.S. history, it’s time to push
forward the agenda -- the Women’s Agenda. First up on the list? Achieving
Medicare for All, because access to healthcare is a key part of every woman’s
life.
On Fri., Jan. 18, right after the Indigenous People's March and
one day before the 2019 Women’s March on Washington, Women’s March and friends
at Center for Popular Democracy Action, Social Security Works, and National
Nurses United, will be holding a lobby day on Capitol Hill to demand that our
legislators support the Medicare for All bills being introduced by
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Senator Bernie Sanders, as well as 22 other
urgent policies that make up the Women’s Agenda. In the previous session, the
Medicare for All bill in the House had the support of 123 House
representatives. We’re going to make sure that the new members of Congress hear
our demands on healthcare. It is far past time for the U.S. to join every other
industrialized country and guarantee healthcare for every resident through
Medicare for All. The for-profit health insurance system in the U.S.
fails to provide quality healthcare to Americans, while wasting billions of
dollars every year in profits and unnecessary administrative costs. Roughly 30
million Americans are uninsured, and tens of millions more cannot obtain the
care they need, even though they have insurance, because of high deductibles
and co-pays. Despite this, the U.S. spends nearly twice as much on healthcare
per capita than any other major industrialized country. Medicare for All would
improve and expand the Medicare program, ensuring that every woman --
cisgender, transgender, and non-binary and gender non-conforming femmes -- and
person living in the U.S. has guaranteed, therapeutic health care.
Participants will meet at 11:30 AM in the basement cafeteria of
the Longworth House Office Building located at 15 Independence Ave. SE, WDC
20515. Registration is not required, but it will help know how many people to
expect! Register at actionnetwork.org/events/womens-agenda-lobby-day/. Go
to https://www.facebook.com/events/308723736420465/.
65] – On Fri., Jan. 18 from noon to 1 PM, join a
Women in Black peace vigil. A vigil will take place in McKeldin Square at the
corner of Light and Pratt Sts. STAY FOR LUNCH at Baba's Kitchen. Warm-up, dry off, and enjoy a
vegetarian chili lunch and lots of good conversation. Bring a side or topping
for the chili. There are still places at the table; invite a friend to
come along with you.
Another vigil
is at Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40th St, Baltimore. 21211. However, if weather
is iffy, contact Anne at awyattbr@gmail.com. Lunch will take place at 1 PM at the RPP Café, 830
W. 40th St., Baltimore 21211.
A third vigil
will be in Chestertown, Kent County at Memorial Park at Cross Street and
Park Row. This vigil is looking for more peace bodies on the Eastern
Shore. Welcome to the network, Chestertown Women in Black.
Wear black. Dress for who
knows what kind of weather. Peace signs
will be available. When there are others to stand with, you don't need
to carry the burden alone. Do this to be in solidarity with others....when
everything around us says “Be afraid of the stranger.” Carpool and parking available. Just send an email that you need a ride
to: wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org.
66] – On Fri., Jan. 18 from noon to 1 PM, join the
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in a vigil urging the powers that be to abolish war
and torture, to disarm all weapons, to end indefinite detention, to close
Guantanamo, to establish justice for all and help create the Beloved Community!
This vigil will take place at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW. Contract Art @ artlaffin@hotmail.com or at
202-360-6416.
67] – On Fri., Jan. 18 at
noon, get over to Grace Baptist Church, 3201 The Alameda., Baltimore 21218,
hosted by Food Rescue Baltimore. This occurs every Friday until Feb. 8,
2019. For Friday Food Rescue, bring a bag, bring a friend, and take
delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. See https://www.facebook.com/events/579834149018638/.
68] – On Fri., Jan. 18 at 3 PM through Mon., Jan.
21 at 5 PM, come to the 2019 AFL-CIO MLK Civil and Human Rights Conference at
the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC 20009. For more than
25 years, the AFL-CIO’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance has
brought together more than 500 trade unionists annually to honor the life and
legacy of Dr. King, perform community service, and examine current civil and
human rights issues. This event reinforces the historic bond between the labor
and civil rights movements, honors Dr. King’s vision on the importance of
collective action—whether at the voting booth or at the workplace—and mobilizes
participants to continue their work to make Dr. King’s dream a reality.
After Congress passed legislation creating a federal holiday honoring Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., an effort in which the AFL-CIO played a key role, the
AFL-CIO formed a labor committee to find a way to honor the holiday and
birthday of Dr. King. At the outset, the AFL-CIO worked in conjunction with the
Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta to
organize an annual observance in Atlanta. Starting in 1998, the annual
observance has been held in different cities each year. See https://www.facebook.com/events/376863002890333/.
69] – Rally again on
Fri., Jan. 18 outside the Department of Homeland Security from 4
to 6 PM to keep the pressure on the government to reunify families
separated at the border. Hundreds of children are still separated from their
parents after the July 26th deadline set by the courts for reunification.
This is a permitted, peaceful event and families are welcome. You can
bring your own sign or use one of the available signs. Gather
at 4401 Massachusetts Ave. NW. This location is about 50 yards south
[in towards downtown] of Ward Circle. There is parking on Massachusetts
Avenue across the street, or you can park at the Katzen Center for the Arts for
$2/hour and free after 5 PM on the other side of Ward Circle. View https://youtu.be/GKUtkVT9qLQ. Email triduncan05
AT gmail. Com.
70] – There is usually a silent vigil on Fridays, from 5 to
6 PM, sponsored by Homewood Friends Meeting, outside the Homewood Friends
Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on Jan. 18.
Black Lives Matter.
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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