Baltimore Activist Alert – November 10 - 12, 2019

Baltimore Activist Alert – November 10 - 12, 2019

"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] Get involved with NCNR   

4] Lawyers Against War

5] Good and Evil -- Nov. 10

6] Feeding the Homeless & Hungry – Nov. 10

7] Coalition for Peace Action – Nov. 10

8] National Adoption Weekend – Nov. 10

9] Fall Food Drive -- Nov. 10

10] Anticolonial Conversations – Nov. 10

11] March for DACA – Nov. 10

12] Green Party meeting – Nov. 10

13] The Havel Project – Nov. 10 & 12

14] Pentagon Peace Vigil – Nov. 11

15] Urge Congress to Hold Hearings on the ERA – Nov. 11

16] Climate November Lobby Day – Nov. 11 -12

17] Food Drive for SPCA Food Bank – Nov. 11

18] Peace Convergence – Nov. 11 - 12

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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 U.S. wars.

To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.  Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.  

4] – Jeff Ross, an attorney in Maryland, is interested in gathering with other lawyers to discuss ways in which the legal profession and the law generally can be conceptualized as a peace-building and war-resisting institution and redirected to these ends. Areas to explore might include: 1) ways in which this group could support with legal analysis/writing those lawyers who are representing peace-builders/war-resisters in criminal prosecutions; 2) ways in which, from a more theoretical perspective, the law might be grounded in an ethic of non-violence; and 3) ways in which law students and young lawyers might be exposed to a non-violent vision of the law. All religious, philosophical, and critical perspectives on the law are welcome. The group might want to call itself Lawyers against War. Jeff can be reached at 443-690-6872 and jross50@hotmail.com.

5] -- 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., Nov. 10 hear about “Good and Evil.”  What are we talking about when we speak of “good” and “evil”? The dynamic struggle between good and evil has been examined through art, literature, and philosophy for millenniums, but there’s no consensus about the meaning of the terms. Hugh Taft-Morales explores evil as represented in the rise of Nazism and the attempted genocide of Jews, Romani, homosexuals, and others. He will then share the story about the residents of Le Chambon, France, who gave sanctuary to Jewish children. It shines out as what some called “a conspiracy of goodness.” How, in the midst of that dark horror, did goodness survive? What lessons can we draw from this story to help us live more ethically today?  Hugh Taft-Morales joined the Baltimore Ethical Society as its professional leader in 2010, the same year he was certified by the American Ethical Union as an Ethical Culture Leader.  Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org. 

6] – On Sun., Nov. 10 from 10 AM to 1 PM, Neighbors Without Walls:  Feeding the Homeless & Hungry at the Terra Cafe Bmore, 101 East 25th St., Baltimore 21218. Homelessness is by far one of the largest issues that plague our city and there is something, no matter how small, we all can do to about it. Terra Cafe is the proud sponsor of Neighbors Without Walls. On the 2nd Sunday of each month at 10 AM Terra Cafe and a group of volunteers, prep, package and distribute meals, water, clothing and care packages to homeless residents of Baltimore City. Our "Neighbors" come to expect our giving and support. Terra Cafe is grateful to be in our 10th year of giving back to our Community! Thanks everyone, for your generous support. Together, we really can make a difference. Love offerings and donations are welcome. See https://www.facebook.com/events/447127372744434/?event_time_id=447127379411100.

7] – On Sun., Nov. 10 at 11 AM, get over to the Coalition for Peace Action 40th Anniversary Multifaith Service with Jim Wallis (Sojourner Magazine) preaching in the Princeton University Chapel (on campus, next to Firestone Library on Washington Road).  From 1:30 to 5 PM, go to the Conference for Peace at the Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ, featuring: Daniel Ellsberg (Vietnam War Pentagon Papers, recent book, THE DOOMSDAY DAY, Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner), as well as Ray Acheson,  Women's International League for Peace (WILPF) representative to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Go to www.brandywinepeace.com  or call 484-574-1148.

8] – On Sun., Nov. 10 from noon to 3 PM, get with PetSmart National Adoption Weekend, hosted by BARCS Animal Shelter at PetSmart, 597 E Ordnance Rd., Glen Burnie 21060.  Both dogs and cats will be available for adoption. Standard adoption fees and procedures still apply. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/810264789430232/?event_time_id=810264792763565.

9] – On Sun., Nov. 10 from 1 to 3 PM, be at Eddie's Fall Food Drive for the Franciscan Center of Baltimore at 6213 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21212-1113.  Support local hunger relief efforts during the fall series of nonperishable food drives—every weekend from now until Thanksgiving! (Saturdays at Roland Avenue; and Sundays at North Charles Street). Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/423176281728818/.

10] – Not a Film Fest: Anticolonial Conversations in Baltimore, hosted by Baltimore-Palestine Solidarity on Sun., Nov. 10 from 1:30 to 6 PM at the Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore 21224.  Tickets are at www.creativealliance.org.  It explores the theme of social justice movements of the past and present that have largely been unrecognized or misrepresented. By crafting a program anchored in film, lively conversation, and debate, make clear the intimate (and sometimes problematic) connections between struggles nationally and internationally. The program includes a series of diverse events across Baltimore city that make clear the connections between liberation struggles, regardless of manufactured borders, and to inspire a conversation locally that is global and intersectional in its commitment to justice and emancipation. Email notafilmfest@gmail.com.     See the films “Las Sandinistas” (Nicaragua) and “Naila and the Uprising.”  Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/699747870447705/?event_time_id=699747877114371.

11] – On Sun., Nov. 10 from 3:30 to 4:45 PM, join the March for DACA and TPS- Welcome Rally, hosted by NAKASEC at the Supreme Court, 1 1st St NE, WDC 20002.  Welcome the hundreds of #HomeisHere marchers on the steps of the Supreme Court as they complete the final leg of their journey. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/582084085864876/.

12] – On Sun., Nov. 10 from 4 to 7 PM, attend a Membership Meeting & Social Hour, hosted by the Baltimore City Green Party at 4709 Harford Rd., Baltimore 21214-3205. To check your membership status and decision making eligibility, contact BGP Secretary Andy Ellis (s.andrew.ellis@gmail.com). Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/643670606162404/.

13] – On Sun., Nov. 10 from 7 to 9 PM and Tues., Nov. 12 from 8 to 10 PM, see The Havel Project, hosted by the Alliance for New Music-Theatre at the Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle NW, WDC 20036.  This is a Double bill of Václav Havel’s Protest and the group’s original production -- Vaněk Unleashed, a tribute to Havel and the Velvet Revolution!  "Protest" exposes a society under a totalitarian regime that spies on its citizens and the thin line between acquiescence and culpability, between comedy and creepy terror.  Vaněk Unleashed is a uniquely American response to the same, most beloved central character of Vaněk. In this work the Alliance adds to the tradition that includes playwrights Samuel Beckett and Tom Stoppard of paying tribute to Havel by making Vaněk a universal character. The performance is written and directed by Susan Galbraith.  Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/510364376469067/?event_time_id=510364389802399.

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 Nov. 11, 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] – Urge Congress to Hold Hearings on the ERA, which would be supported by Katrina's Dream.  Each Monday, including Nov. 4, at 8 AM, make calls to Senator Graham at (202) 224-5972 and your senators for the ERA. Hold hearings on S.J. Res 6, and S.J. Res. 5 which calls for the removal of a deadline for passage of the ERA. Click on this link https://bit.ly/2T1B8wp, and check out https://www.facebook.com/events/246467582967063/?event_time_id=246467699633718.

16] –On Mon., Nov. 11 at 8 AM through Tues., Nov. 12 at 11 PM, check out the Citizens' Climate November Lobby Day 2019 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, WDC 20008.  The idea is to build bipartisan support for climate action, from blue to red and everywhere in between.  Support is growing in Congress for the Energy Innovation Act. That’s thanks to 150,000+ CCL supporters, who repeatedly ask their members of Congress for meaningful climate action. To move this big climate change solution forward, a group of ordinary people will head to Washington, D.C. from all over the U.S. to ask Congress for more support.   There is a room block at the Omni Shoreham Hotel with discounted room rates starting at $229 per night, up to 4 people per room. Reservations are made on a first come, first served basis and fill up quickly, so we suggest you make your reservation early. cclusa.org/omninld. See https://citizensclimatelobby.org/november-lobby-day-2019/ or contact conference.inbox@citizensclimate.org or https://www.facebook.com/events/411042089544137/.

17] – On Mon., Nov. 11 and Tues., Nov. 12, and more dates from 8:30 AM to 6:30, help with the Food Drive for SPCA Food Bank at the Annapolis Cat Hospital, 2244-48 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis 21403.  Consider donating to an animal in need. Details about donation drop off days, times, and items accepted can be found below. Your donations mean so much, and the entire Annapolis Cat Hospital staff thanks you! Donations accepted are unopened canned or bagged dog and cat food.  No boxed foods or treats. Call Annapolis Cat Hospital at 410-268-2287 or Bay Ridge Animal Hospital at 410-268-6994.  Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/397186717891355/?event_time_id=397186731224687.

18] – On Mon., Nov. 11 at 9:09 AM through Tues., Nov. 12 at 9:09 PM,  come to the Peace Convergence & Inaugural Signing Ceremony, hosted by United We Stand Campaign at the Lincoln Memorial, 2 Lincoln Memorial Circle NW, WDC 20037. On November 11th & 12th, the United We Stand Campaign is hosting the 3rd and 4th events of its 40 Core Global Event series, designed to help heal our borders, systems of migration and human relations.  All events will be broadcasted over a livestream.

The 40 Global Core Event cycle began on September 21st, 2019 (U.N.'s International Day of Peace), as a strong statement of intention for this campaign — that this movement help bring about a sturdy foundation for a global, sovereign, integrative, and united vibrant culture of peace.  The event on 11/11 is called ‘The Peace Convergence’. On this day - the 101 year anniversary of the end of World War I (11/11/19) - there will be a first public letter signing event for those who have chosen to co-sign the letter thus far. Bringing influential community leaders, politicians, veterans, business leaders, entertainers, and more together for a signing ceremony witnessed by the world.  There will be many ceremonial signings in the months following, but this will be the torch lighting event. Below is a brief overview of the event schedule.

People are invited to gather at the Lincoln Memorial and Reflection Pond starting as early as 9:09 AM and ending at 3:33 PM, where organizational partners to the Campaign, and sponsors of, will have booths throughout the area sharing their piece of this global peace movement. As people enter the space they will walk through designated Ports of Entry, signifying the pathway to citizenship and the processes of. At these Ports of Entry we will have ritual welcoming, celebrating, cleansing and gifting practices, modeling an example of what a healthy border and immigration system could look like.

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