45] Make a donation to Food Rescue Baltimore –
March 8 & 9
46] Breaking the Silence – March 8
47] Stop
Subsidizing Pollution – March 8
48] WIB peace
vigils –
Mar. 8
49] White House vigil -- Mar. 8
50] Protest at the Saudi embassy
– March 8
51] We Were There – March
8
52] Anti-War Speak Out –
March 8
53] Black Lives Matter –
March 8
54] THE BATTLE FOR RANKED CHOICE VOTING – March 8
55] Film EATING ANIMALS --
Mar. 8
56] White Supremacy – Mar. 8
57] Ballroom Dancing – Mar.
8
58] Vigil to
End the Nuclear Danger – March 9
59] Peace Vigil
–
March 9
60] Volunteer
to organize with ANSWER – March 9
61] Protest Mano Swartz
Furs – Mar. 9
62] Come to a former CCC
WWII Conscientious Objectors Camp -- Mar. 9
63] Computer Literacy
classes for immigrant women – Mar. 9
64] Housing & the
Comprehensive Plan – Mar. 9
65] In the Name of the
People – Mar. 9
66] Kings Bay Plowshares
are hiring
67] Emergency Demonstration
against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
68] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
69] Do you need any book
shelves?
70] Join the Global Zero
campaign
71] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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45] – On Fri., Mar. 8 you can make a donation at www.foodrescuebaltimore.org. Food Rescue
Baltimore currently recovers and redistributes over 5,000 lbs. of food across
nine different struggling Baltimore neighborhoods per week. With every dollar
of your support, the group is able to provide a full week's worth of groceries
to one struggling Baltimore resident. On Sat., March 9, the director
Matthew Burke will be competing in the Bel Monte 50 -- a 52.4 mile endurance
run in the mountains of Northern VA -- in order to raise awareness and funds
for Food Rescue. A contribution of $52 (a dollar per mile) can help bring
food security to a struggling individual for an entire year. See https://www.facebook.com/events/430454464363945/.
46] – On Fri., Mar. 8 from 10 AM to noon, come to
Forum Breaking the Silence, hosted by DC Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs,
2000 14th St. NW, 2nd Floor, WDC 20009. “Breaking the
Silence, Being a Latina in the District of Columbia” aims to address the
challenges of being a Latina in the District of Columbia, raise awareness, and
propose solutions to overcome those challenges. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1500165933451604/.
47] – On Fri., Mar. 8 from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM,
speak out to Stop Subsidizing Pollution, hosted by Clean Water Action
Maryland at the Miller Senate Office Building, 1 West Wing, 11 Bladen St.,
Annapolis 21401. Burning trash is not clean energy - but Maryland
subsidizes it as though it were. The BRESCO trash incinerator in Baltimore City
and Covanta incinerator in Montgomery County receive millions of dollars in
state subsidies every year, subsidies that should go toward real climate
solutions like wind and solar. The House Economic Matters Committee will hold
its public hearing on House Bill 961: part of a bipartisan initiative to remove
trash incineration from the Tier 1 classification of the Renewable Portfolio
Standard and take away its subsidies. Speak out in Annapolis to tell the House
of Delegates: no more cash for burning trash! Rides will be available from Baltimore
— sign up here to join a carpool or to offer a ride: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsL6FMdrJL2Pg5d93TeSyLFsZXSxezOGbVCjCNVDX5N2mF2w/viewform.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/254695265448067/.
48] – On
Fri., Mar. 8 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.
49] – On Fri., Mar. 8 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.
50] – On Fri., Mar. 8
from noon to 1 PM, there is an International Women's Day Protest at Saudi
Embassy, hosted by CODEPINK: Women For Peace, 601 New Hampshire Ave. NW, WDC
20037. Protest against the detainment of Saudi women's rights
activists. Honor these women who have challenged the repressive policies
of Saudi Arabia and demand for their immediate release! Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1736178646527005/.
51] – On Fri., Mar. 8 from 3 to 5 PM, hear We Were There,
hosted by Labor Heritage Foundation at the AFL-CIO, 815 16th St. NW, WDC
20006. This is a multi-media women's labor history project featuring
voices, songs and projected images depicting our sisters' struggles from
abolitionist Sojourner Truth, fighting for women's rights to Dolores Huerta
fighting on behalf of the farmworkers of today. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/477339219420931/.
52] –The
Philly Anti-War Reach-Out takes place at the 30th Street Train Station, the
corner of 30th & Market Sts., Philadelphia 19104, on Fri., March 8
from 4 to 5 PM. There will be banners, signs and leaflets. Reach-Out to people
because only we can stop endless war and the drone war command center in
Horsham. Only we can stop Trump, the hate, the violence and
militarism of the these deadly times epitomized in the U.S. record high
Pentagon budget, more nuclear weapons in the hands of Commander-in-Chief
Trump, and his plan to set up a new separate STAR FORCE command in space (i.e.
to assure U.S. military dominance in the militarization of space),
Reach-out to people, our neighbors, as they head home, some to homes in Bucks
and Montgomery Counties, and Horsham – home to the drone war command center at
the Horsham Air Guard Station and in King of Prussia, Lockheed Martin, #1 war
profiteer from drone to nuclear warfare. Reach the Brandywine Peace
Community at 484-574-1148 or www.brandywinepeace.com.
These 2nd Friday of the month ‘Reach-Outs’ in Philadelphia alternate
between the 30th Street Train Station corner at 30th & Market Sts and the
SEPTA entrance at 15th & Market Streets, across from Phila. City Hall west
side.
53] – 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 Mar. 8.
Black Lives Matter.
54] – On Fri., Mar. 8 from 5 to 7:30 PM, get involved with
The Battle for Ranked Choice Voting at Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P
St. NW, WDC 20005. Tickets are at www.brownpapertickets.com. See the DC
Premiere of THE BATTLE FOR RANKED CHOICE VOTING at the DC Independent Film
Festival, along with the feature, THE FEMINIST. After the films there will be
will be a panel discussion with Cynthia Terrell (RepresentWomen), Rob Richie
(FairVote) and the filmmakers, followed by a celebration of Women in Film with
WIFV! Get over to https://www.facebook.com/events/366337987523707/.
55] – On Fri., Mar. 8 from 6 PM to 8 PM, seethe
film EATING ANIMALS, hosted by The Humane League – DC at JHU, Wolman
Theatre, 3339 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218-3223. CARE (Compassion,
Awareness, Responsible, Eating) at Johns Hopkins University is hosting the
screening of a film which raises awareness of factory farming. Vegan snacks
will be provided! See https://johnshopkins.campuslabs.com/engage/event/3164689.
56] – Hear about White Supremacy and Sacred Disobedience in Charlottesville
with Eric Martin on Fri., March 8 at 7:30
PM at Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW, WDC.
20010. In response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville on
August 12, 2017, the local clergy worked with Anarchist People of Color, Black
Lives Matter, and other local groups to witness against white supremacist
ideology and block the event from occurring. This talk will be one angle of the
ongoing story of people of faith leading and following the leadership of others
as the town confronts racist individuals and systems, from the lead-up to the
rally through the present.
When the University of Virginia's library gave a private study
space to Jason Kessler, who organized the violent rally and led a mob onto
campus that beat students and faculty with flaming torches, Eric occupied his
space and read a book. He was arrested, banned from campus, ordered to deliver
all his library books to the police department, and received a thirty-day
suspended sentence with two years of probation. He is currently appealing and a
jury trial is set for April 29.
Eric is a graduate student at Fordham University
and co-editor of The Berrigan Letters, Orbis Books, 2016. He is
an aspiring Catholic Worker and lives with the Charis community in
Charlottesville, Virginia. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker:
202-882-9649, artlaffin@hotmail.com. See this link to an article about Eric Martin's arrest at
UVA: https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/catholic-activist-who-resisted-white-supremacist-charlottesville-faces-jail-time.
57] – 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 on Mar. 8. Call
Dave Greene at 301-570-3283; or email eneergdivad@gmail.com.
58] –The Vigil to End
the Nuclear Danger, hosted by Consistent Life, will be on Sat., March 9 from 10
to 11:30 AM at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., WDC 20500. Invite
other people and groups who might be interested in participating or co-sponsoring.
There is increasingly ominous news from the recent collapse of the Intermediate
Nuclear Forces Treaty to the Trump administration's pursuing new "low-yield"
nuclear weapons, which sadly makes the witness more necessary than ever. The
United States and Russia’s recent decisions to abandon the Intermediate Nuclear
Forces Treaty has dramatically increased the likelihood of a new arms race.
This approaching arms race, together with the new US-Russian Cold War, rising
US-China tensions, and unresolved conflicts with North Korea and Iran, makes
nuclear war a real danger today. In the face of this growing global danger,
reject nuclear weapons and the catastrophe they threaten.
The
new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed and ratified by
over 20 nations to date, provides a perfect opportunity to renew work against
the mortal threat to humanity nuclear weapons pose. Peace activists everywhere
should join together in this common work. Support the efforts of peace
activists such as the Kings Bay Plowshares and the Nobel Prize-winning
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1214692845345422/.
59] – 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.
60] – On Sat., March 16, thousands of people will march in
Washington, D.C. against the Trump administration’s effort to engineer a coup
in Venezuela and a new devastating war. On Sat., Mar. 8, International Women’s
Day, from noon to 3:30 PM, come to the Answer Coalition, 617 Florida Ave. NW,
WDC 20001 and join volunteers who will take to the streets to spread the word
about the rally and march. Use the Shaw/Howard Metro (Green/Yellow Lines). Meet
other local volunteers and activists, and organize to help build the crucially
important Hands Off Venezuela National March on D.C. into a success! See https://www.facebook.com/events/297362127568521/.
61] -- On Sat., Mar. 9
from noon to 2 PM, protest the evil fur trade @ Mano Swartz Furs, 10801 Falls
Rd., Lutherville 21093, hosted by Stand Up For Liberation. Innocent
animals are trapped, anally electrocuted and skinned. Join us to protest the
evil fur industry. Be their voice. See https://www.facebook.com/events/230368501107115/.
62] – Come to a former CCC WWII Conscientious Objectors Camp
and hike and learn on Sat., Mar. 9 at 1 to 2:30 PM or Sat., Mar. 30 at 1 to
2:30 PM at Patapsco Valley State Park - Avalon Area, Shelter 1, Elkridge,
MD. Learn about Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and the very
first WWII Conscientious Objectors Camp in the country. Walk where these
industrious workers once lived and worked, explore the Ridge and Valley View
Trails. This walk will be moderate in difficulty. Dress for the weather and
wear sturdy shoes. This program is in partnership with Patapsco Heritage and
Greenway. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/802033340142061/?event_time_id=802033343475394.
63] – Beginning
on Sat., Mar. 9 from 1 to 4 PM, the Immigration Outreach Service Center will
hold its second cohort of Computer Literacy classes for immigrant women. This
is a great opportunity for women with some English skills to learn how to use a
computer and how to search for jobs online. Classes will be held at the
St. Matthew Rectory, 5401 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore 21239 for three hours
every Saturday through May 11th, with the exception of Easter weekend, April
20th. Email info@ioscbaltimore.org
or call 410-323-8564.
64] – On Sat., Mar. 9 from 1:30 to 4 PM, get over
to Housing & the Comprehensive Plan, hosted by DC Grassroots Planning
Coalition at First Baptist Church, 712 Randolph St. NW, WDC 20011-5911.
This is two blocks north on New Hampshire from the Petworth Metro. This
will deal with how to achieve deeply, permanently affordable housing for
families by strengthening and enforcing DC's Comprehensive Plan. Defend DC's
public housing, which is at-risk of privatization. RSVP to Parisa at Empower
DC, parisa@empowerdc.org or (202)
234-9119 x 100. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2303470299978573/.
65] – On Sat., Mar. 9 from 7 to 9 PM, the Liaisons
Collective presents "In the Name of the People" at Red Emma's
Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. In the Name
of the People is an analysis and reflection on the global populist surge,
written from the local forms it takes in the places we inhabit: the United
States, Catalonia, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Quebec,
Russia, and Ukraine. The upheaval and polarizations caused by populist policies
around the world indicates above all the urgency to develop a series of
planetary revolutionary interpretations, and to make the necessary connections
in order to understand and act in the world.
Populism has now become
familiar as a global phenomenon: from the eruptions of the far right in the
West to the populist capture of the movement of the squares—Syriza in Greece,
Podemos in Spain, the Five Star Movement in Italy, or Our Revolution in the
United States—to the electoral victories of Rodrigo Duterte, Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan, Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and
Brexit, all alongside large populist gains in every European country. While
disparate in many ways, these dynamics all share an appeal to combat the rule
and sensibility of the elites, with the help of a figure that can channel the
affective energies of discontent through operations of identification and
exclusion. And yet, from the Narodniki to the Black Panthers and Zapatistas, to
the emancipatory political movements which expressed themselves as the
authentic people—Nuit Debout, the 99%, the indignados—history reminds us of
revolutionary populisms.
More than a collective,
less than a world, Liaisons is an inclination, a tangent, a crossroads of
confrontations, encounters, and links, with authors from the United States,
France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Quebec, Russia, and Spain.
Liaisons is born from a need to share connections, experiences, ideas, and
strategies; to refine what is common in our perceptions of the age; and to
share a language with friends, from Seoul to Moscow, and from Atlanta to
Barcelona. More than ever, today's crises take on a transnational scope: from
the repercussions of wars that take place at the most local and global of
scales, to the real-time global administration of the algorithms which make up
our lives it is evident that today's political configurations and tendencies
cross borders just as much as migrants and pipelines. Call (443)
602 7611 or go to https://www.redemmas.org/.
See https://www.facebook.com/events/382884212505161/.
66] – The Kings Bay Plowshares 7 are
looking for a SHORT-TERM PAID ORGANIZER. Go to https://www.kingsbayplowshares7.org/help-wanted/
or contact Sarah Cool at 404.449.7893.
67] – It is
a violation of U.S. law for us to attack a country that has not attacked us, as only
Congress can declare war. The Trump administration is nevertheless beating the
war drums for war against Iran and Venezuela. The Mueller investigation is
tightening the vise, and could cause Trump to attack those countries in order
to divert attention from Russian interference in the 2016
presidential election. Such a military strike would demand an immediate
and unequivocal response from us to show that we will not tolerate his abuse of
power.
Let's mobilize to show that we the
people will not tolerate another military adventure, which would be bound
to have profound negative consequences. If a preemptive military strike
against Iran or North Korea takes place, then meet outside the War Memorial, 101 N. Gay St., Baltimore, MD 21202. If the
attack is before 2 PM local time, then events will begin at 5 PM,
local time. If the attack occurs after 2 PM local time, then events will begin
at noon, local time, the following day. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or
mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
68] -- If you would like
to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max
at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
69] -- Can you use any
book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1637 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
70] -- 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.
71] – 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: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.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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