Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 30 - 31, 2019


32] Climate Action Coffee – Oct. 30
33] Conversation with Dr. Chris Ford – Oct. 30
34] Environmental Defenders Under Threat – Oct. 30
35] Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis – Oct. 30
36] Reclaiming Judaism From Zionism – Oct. 30
37] Screening “Ice On Fire” – Oct. 30
38] "The Intersection of Human Rights and Mental Health" – Oct. 30
39] The Sun Does Shine – Oct. 30
40] Sanctuary DMV Accompaniment Training – Oct. 30
41] Hear from Rabbi Arik Ascherman – Oct. 30
42] Jail Support Info Session – Oct. 30
43] YALE NEEDS WOMEN – Oct. 30
44] Biophilia – Oct. 30
45] Conversation with Sen. Van Hollen – Oct. 31
46] Food Rescue at the Pratt – Oct. 31
47] Food Rescue with Dovecote Café – Oct. 31
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32] – On Wed., Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 from 7:30 AM to 9 AM, get over to Climate Action Coffee with Takoma Park Mobilization at Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW, WDC 20012.  The Climate Action Coffee is an every-Wednesday gathering at Busboys and Poets Takoma, a cooperative production of Busboys and the Takoma Alliance for a Local Living Economy (TALLE), a working group of the Takoma Park Mobilization.

This weekly series is meant to provide an organizing workspace with action-oriented discussion circles focused on building the kinds of markets, society, food systems and resiliency that we want for our region; raising watershed and environmental justice consciousness; and following youth climate leaders in taking immediate action to reverse the dramatic disruption of our climate systems. Bring your vision and passion for reshaping our communities and local economies in the service of resiliency, racial equity, and carbon-neutrality. More info at http://tpmobilization.org/talle.  Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2536864976380836/?event_time_id=2536864993047501.

33] – On Wed., Oct. 30 from 10:30 to 11:30 AM, hear A Conversation with Dr. Chris Ford, Assistant Secretary of State, at The Stimson Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, 8th Floor, WDC 20036. Call 202.223.5956. As the Nuclear Security Summits recede into the past, it is important that the world’s leaders not forget about nuclear security. Where the Summits played a valuable role in jump-starting attention to this challenge, the global community must now do the longer-term work of making sound nuclear security into a day-to-day habit, rather than just a mere pledge.  In a world in which terrorist organizations do seek to acquire nuclear or other radioactive materials, nuclear security is far too important not to be routinized. Dr. Christopher Ford will discuss the State Department’s efforts to encourage a “new normal” that establishes healthy patterns that can and will be sustained indefinitely. Bringing this about should be the core of our collective nuclear security agenda.

Dr. Christopher Ford was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation on January 9, 2018. Before coming to ISN, Dr. Ford served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Counter-proliferation at the National Security Council. Dr. Ford began his public service in 1996 as Assistant Counsel to the Intelligence Oversight Board and then served on several Congressional staffs, including the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. In 2003, he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of Verification and Compliance (now the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance). In 2006, he was named U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, where he was responsible for U.S. diplomacy with respect to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.  See https://www.stimson.org/content/conversation-dr-chris-ford-assistant-secretary-state.

34] – On Wed., Oct. 30 from 3:30 to 5:30 PM, hear about Environmental Defenders Under Threat, hosted by World Resources Institute, 10 G St. NE, WDC 20002. Tickets are at www.wri.org. This event will bring greater awareness to the significant threats facing land and environmental defenders. The event aims to highlight the various ways defenders are coming under attack — physical attacks, being jailed, and becoming locked in costly legal battles that prevent them from carrying out their work.  Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/628375154361107/.

35] – On Wed., Oct. 30 from 5 to 8 PM, look at Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis - Legislative Oversight, hosted by Councilmember Kristerfer Burnett at Baltimore City Hall, 100 Holliday St, Baltimore 21202.  The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of social forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. We must explore these conditions and build a comprehensive public health agenda in Baltimore City, and this is the first step towards that goal.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/521653155071902/.

36] On Wed., Oct. 30 from 6 to 8 PM, get over to a Book Talk “Reclaiming Judaism From Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation.” The Talk will be at Middle East Books and More, 1902 18th St. NW, WDC 20009.  The speakers are Dr. Carolyn L. Karcher, Professor Emerita of English, American Studies and Women's Studies, Temple University, Dr. Cathy Lisa Schneider, Professor, School of International Service, American University, Emily Siegel, Program Director, Eyewitness Palestine, Charlie Wood, Activist and Lawyer, Chris Goodshall, Georgetown University Law Center, and Yael Horowitz, Educator, Tenement Museum.   Light refreshments will be served.

Today Jews face a choice. They can be loyal to the ethical imperatives at the heart of Judaism--love the stranger, pursue justice, and repair the world. Or they can give unconditional support to the state of Israel. It is a choice between Judaism as a religion and the nationalist ideology of Zionism, which is usurping that religion. In this powerful collection of personal narratives, forty Jews of diverse backgrounds tell a wide range of stories about the roads they have traveled from a Zionist world view to activism in solidarity with Palestinians and Israelis striving to build an inclusive society founded on justice, equality and peaceful coexistence. Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism will be controversial. Its contributors welcome the long overdue public debate. They want to demolish stereotypes of dissenting Jews as self-hating, traitorous and anti-Semitic. They want to introduce readers to the large and growing community of Jewish activists who have created organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow and Open Hillel. They want to strengthen alliances with progressives of all faiths. Above all, they want to nurture models of Jewish identity that replace ethnic exclusiveness with solidarity, Zionism with a Judaism once again nourished by a transcendent ethical vision. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2510403162539359/.

37] – On Wed., Oct. 30 from 6 to 9:30 PM, see “Ice On Fire,” a film by Leila Conners,  hosted by Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments at the Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW, WDC 20004. You can see the D.C. Premiere for free with an RSVP. The film is produced and narrated by Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the director and the co-producer/director of stunning cinematography, Harun Mehmedinović.  Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2449636191935939/.

38] –   You are invited on Wed., Oct. 30 at 6:30 PM to "The Intersection of Human Rights and Mental Health," co-sponsored by the Howard County Office of Human Rights, Police Dept., and NAMI-Howard County. RSVP at http://bit.ly/humanrights-mentalhealth.  It will take place at 6470 Dobbin Rd., Suite C, Columbia 21045.  Email mehmet@rumiforum.org

39] -- On Wed., Oct. 30 from 6:30 to 8 PM, get with The Sun Does Shine at Wilmington Library, 10 E. 10th St., Wilmington, DE. How can Delaware move forward with Criminal Justice Reform? This is a Book Talk and Panel Discussion with Anthony Ray Hinton.  Hinton was falsely accused and convicted of committing two murders, spending nearly 30 years on death row before he was exonerated. Visit https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/5662878.

40] –  On Wed., Oct. 30 from 6:30 to 8 PM, attend a Sanctuary DMV Accompaniment Training, hosted by Sanctuary DMV at the Silver Spring United Methodist Church, 8900 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring 20910. REGISTER FOR THIS TRAINING HERE: http://bit.ly/oct-accompaniment.  Over the past two and a half years, volunteers with Sanctuary DMV's accompaniment program have supported hundreds of immigrants at their ICE check-ins, immigration court appointments, and more. The accompaniers provide moral and emotional support to immigrants going through extremely trying processes. They show solidarity, reduce the likelihood of detention with their presence, and keep relatives or lawyers informed in case of an arrest.  Sanctuary DMV is a feminist anti-imperialist group of concerned DMV community members dedicated to protecting immigrants and targeted communities. See https://www.facebook.com/events/2504496053106663/.

41] – Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Executive Director of Torat Tzedek-Torah of Justice Recipient of the Rabbi David J. Forman Memorial Fund's Human Rights Prize for 5779, is speaking about the 20th-21st century Palestinian-Israeli situation.  He will be in Baltimore on Wed., Oct. 30 at 7 PM at 6811 Campfield Road, Apartment 4A, Baltimore 21207. Enjoy light refreshments.  There is no charge to attend the event. Donations to the Rabbi's work are welcome. RSVP, as space is limited: rondacooperstein@hotmail.com or farquhar.cindy7@gmail.com, Call (443) 604-2298.

   Rabbi Ascherman comes to the United States every year to speak about his work and to ask for support from those who care about human rights and oppose Israel's military occupation and annexation policies.  He will discuss his efforts to assist Palestinians in their struggle for land and justice.  See his biography at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arik_Ascherman.

  From the south, go West on Northern Parkway then turn right on Wabash Avenue then turn left on Patterson Avenue. Then turn right on Wildwood Parkway, which becomes Campfield Road; turn left into Circle Drive then follow signs to the right to park. The apartment is down the hill and is marked with a War is Not the Answer sign.

  From the Beltway, go west and south on I 695, then exit to the right on Route 26, turning left onto Liberty Road. Turn left on Essex Road. At dead end turn right onto Campfield Road and turn right into Circle Drive, then follow signs to the right to park.

42] – On Wed., Oct. 30 from 7 to 8 PM, get with Jail Support Info Session, hosted by Baltimore Jail Support in The Undercroft, 2629 Huntingdon Ave., Baltimore 21211.  Learn how you can support folks coming out of jail. Discuss the basic ways we provide direct service to detained people and other community members every Sunday, as well as going over some of Jail Support's history and upcoming goals. Discuss ways to help if you're available on Sundays, if you're available on other days, and other ways to support. Q&A to follow. No prior jail sitting experience required!  Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/3297795440261290/.

43] -- Join the Church of the Redeemer for its VOICES Series, and note that events start at 7 PM and will be held at the Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21210.  On Wed., Oct. 30 from 7 to 8:30 PM, hear from Anne Gardiner Perkins, author of YALE NEEDS WOMEN. In partnership with the Pratt Library’s Writers LIVE Series, The Church of the Redeemer hosts Anne Perkins. The news was so shocking that the New York Times ran it on the front page. Yale, which had banned women undergraduates for the previous 268 years, was finally going coed. The book tells for the first time the true story of the young women students who broke the gender barrier at Yale in September 1969. They came from all over the country: Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston, and the Bronx. Few were prepared for what they found when they arrived. Outnumbered seven-to-one because of the gender quota Yale put in place, these young pioneers, most of them just teenagers, were barred from many of the privileges their male classmates took for granted. Follow the story of five women students in particular—two black and three white—through the tumultuous early years of coeducation at Yale. Based on five years of archival research and eighty oral histories, Perkins’s unflinching account of a group of young women striving for change is an inspiring story of strength, resilience, and courage that continues to resonate today. Visit https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/the-church-of-the-redeemer-voices-series-october-30/.

44] On Wed., Oct. 30 from 7 to 9 PM, check out Biophilia: a Monthly Environmental Benefit Party! (Canton), hosted by B. Willow, 2822 O'Donnell St., Baltimore 21224.  Tickets are $25. Celebrate the first edition of Biophilia, a monthly environmental benefit party with drinks, air plant terrarium building, and fundraising for Friends of Patterson Park!  The goal of this series is to promote a societal understanding of biophilia, defined as: an innate human tendency to seek connections with nature & other forms of life. This goes hand in hand with doing our part to preserve our natural surroundings, especially for future generations.

Tickets include walk up air plant arrangements (pick 2 air plants, vessel, and decorative elements), tastings from Baltimore Spirits Co, and a $5 donation to the Friends of Patterson Park. 20% of sales will also be donated to them!  The Friends of Patterson Park is an independent 501c3 organization with a mission to ensure the park’s vitality as a treasured green space and encourage its use and appreciation by neighbors, visitors, and future generations.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/404812216753061/.

45] -- On Thurs., Oct. 31 at 8:15 AM, be at A Conversation with Sen. Van Hollen on U.S. Defense [sic] and Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC 20036. Look at https://www.brookings.edu/events/a-conversation-with-sen-van-hollen-on-us-defense-and-foreign-policy/.

46] – There is a Food Rescue at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1303 Orleans St., Baltimore 21231 on Thursdays from noon to 1 PM.  Food Rescue Baltimore partners with Baltimore’s esteemed Enoch Pratt Free Library at the Orleans Street Branch. Come to the library, bring a bag, and take home delicious free food. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/567424937414955/?event_time_id=567425064081609.

47] – On Thursdays from 4 to 5 PM, Food Rescue Baltimore is working with Dovecote Café, 2501 Madison Ave., Baltimore 21217.  Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take delicious, nutritious, free rescued food.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/2095151417235683/?event_time_id=2095151543902337.

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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