16] The Warmth of Other
Suns – through Sept. 22
17] Speak for Health
Advocacy Bootcamp – July 15 & 16
18] Tell Amazon Stop
Enabling Ice Raids – July 15
19] Food Rescue – July 15
20] Food Rescue Pop-Up at
Flourish – July 15
21] DC Statehood Phone Bank
– July 15
22] Get Money
Out of Maryland Teleconference – July 15
23] Hands off Iran &
Venezuela and Stop the Raids and Deportations – July 15
24] Peace vigil – July 16
25] Protest killer drone
research at JHU – July 16
26] Monthly
Meeting of Indivisible – July 16
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16]
– The
Phillips Collection (TPC) in Washington, D.C. has a dedicated mission of
addressing contemporary social justice issues of global significance. The
museum has recently undertaken an extraordinary exhibition on the urgent topic
of immigration and the global migration crisis entitled: The Warmth of Other Suns:
Stories of Global Displacement. This important exhibition presents 75 historical and contemporary artists—from
the United States as well as Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Egypt,
Ghana, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Syria, Turkey, UK, Vietnam, and
more—whose work poses urgent questions around the experiences and perceptions
of migration, internal and cross-border displacement, and the current global refugee crisis. Check out https://www.phillipscollection.org/events/2019-06-22-exhibition-the-warmth-of-other-suns.
In conjunction with the exhibition which is on
view through Sept. 22, the museum has also created a slate of dynamic
programming including artist talks. Exemplarily, on Aug. 29, Millennium
Arts Salon Executive Director Juanita Hardy will feature a Salon Panel Talk on
the issue of migration. TPC’s flagship event, Phillips
after 5, on Aug. 1, will honor night
markets and feature global music and cuisine. Always fun, and this with a
purpose.
Contact
Phillips Director of Communications Miriam Magdieli at MMagdieli@phillipscollection.org for
complimentary passes, or to RSVP for Phillips After 5. If you have a group she
can also help to arrange a tour with museum staff. The Phillips
Collection is eager to engage in partnerships with organizations working with
migrant communities, whether by advocacy, direct action, or support for
migrants here in DC.
17] – On Mon., July 15 and
Tues., May 16 at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, WDC, come to APHA's
Speak for Health Advocacy Bootcamp. This two-day training is tailored to
public health students and early-career professionals on how to be an effective
public health advocate. This year's boot camp theme is Climate Changes Health.
The training will cover the basics of advocating for evidence-based public
health policies, including navigating Capitol Hill, communications strategy,
and messaging. Scholarships are available. See https://www.psr.org/blog/event/aphas-speak-for-health-advocacy-bootcamp/.
18] – On Mon., July 15 from noon to 1 PM, Tell Amazon
Stop Enabling Ice Raids Support Amazon Workers, hosted by Peoples Power
Assembly, at City Hall, 100 Holliday St., Baltimore. Despite horrific
conditions at detention camps and the racist war on migrants and refugees, especially
children, the richest man in the world Jeff Bezos continues to consolidate his
wealth by profiting off of deportation and detention and exploiting Amazon
workers. Research shows that Amazon is helping ICE track, detain, and
deport immigrants — in a big way! We’ve known that Amazon’s servers host
Palantir, the company that provides ICE with “mission- critical services,” such
as its case management software. But it turns out Amazon’s role in the
deportation machine goes deeper than that. Through intense lobbying of
policymakers and law enforcement officials, Amazon and Palantir have secured a
role as the backbone for the federal government’s immigration and law
enforcement dragnet.
Amazon
warehouse workers in Shakopee, Minn., plan to strike for six hours on Prime Day
to demand better work conditions. A "community rally" including
workers and supporters is also planned outside Amazon's warehouse in Shakopee.
Minnesota workers, most of them Somali and East African immigrants, will join
co-workers from Seattle in the work stoppage. Striking workers are
demanding the right to organize, and to work at normal speeds. They also are
calling on Amazon to address issues like climate change. Minnesota employees
are expected to be joined by Amazon technology workers from Seattle.
In
Baltimore, productivity rates are equally brutal and it’s been reported that
300 full time workers were fired in one year for failure to meet unbearable
rates. On Prime Days, send a message to Amazon: End profiting off the
detention of migrants and refugees and end the abuse of Amazon workers from
Shakopee and Seattle to Baltimore. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1028943690829598/.
19]
– On Mon., July 15 at noon, there will
be a Food Rescue at Land of Kush, 840 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore 21201. Food
Rescue Baltimore is honored to partner with The Land of Kush each and every
Monday to bring access to free vegan/plant-based food in the community. Bring a
bag. Take what you want from noon to 1PM or while supplies last. No purchase
is necessary to take advantage of the Food Rescue Baltimore give away. Items
from The Land of Kush's menu are not included in the give-away but will be
available for sale. See https://www.facebook.com/events/415842178868197/.
20] –On
Mon., July 15 from 3 to 4 PM, there is a Food Rescue Pop-Up at Flourish, 3418
Belair Road, Baltimore 21213-1233. Bring a bag, and take home healthy,
free food! View https://www.facebook.com/events/301851223848295/?event_time_id=301851250514959.
This
will continue into the future.
21] – Join the Hands
off Iran & Venezuela and Stop the Raids and Deportations gathering on Mon.,
July 15 at 5 PM at Centre and N. Charles Sts. at the foot of the Washington
Monument. Email sharonmarieblack@gmail.com or
call 410-218-4835.
22] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland
Teleconference on Mon., July 15 from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. Call 605-475-6711,
code 1136243#. Work only on brainstorming ideas for participation in the
upcoming General Election.
23]
– Can
you participate in a DC Statehood Phone Bank on Tues., July 16 from 10 AM to 6
PM at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004 in room
G-9. Join the Washington, DC Statehood Office for a DC Statehood Phone Bank.
Call state legislatures across the US to raise awareness of DC residents' lack
of full and equal voting representation in Congress. Phones,
scripts, materials, and light refreshments will be provided. See https://www.facebook.com/events/673834763077915/?event_time_id=673834779744580.
24]
– 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 July 16. Call 215-426-0364.
25]
– Vigil to say "No Drone
Research at JHU" near the entrance to Johns Hopkins at 34th
& N. Charles Sts. on Tuesday, July 16 from 5 to 6 PM. Contact Max at
mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
26]
– On Tues., July 16 at 7 PM, attend the Monthly Meeting of Indivisible
Highlands and Beyond at Wilmington Brew Works, 3129 Miller Rd., Wilmington, DE.
RSVP at wscott8205@aol.com.
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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