55] Violation of human rights in Colombia – March 18
56] End Wars and Occupations – March 18
57] White
House peace vigil – March 18
58] International
People’s Tribunal – March 18
59] DNC
National Call Crew – March 18 & 19
60]
Re-entry
Work Group – March 18
61]
Support Tiffany Jones -- March 18
62] March
with Brooke –
March 19
63] Knock on
doors for Brooke Lierman – March 19
64]
Get over to the food pantry – March 19
65] Knock on
doors for Brooke Lierman – March 19
66] Water and War
film – March 19
67] Meet and Greet with Brooke – March 19
68] Honor Bob
Alvarez – March 19
69] Support
Melissa Lucio – March 19
70] Brendan Walls is seeking a
home/apartment to rent
71] Tell
JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
72]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
73] Do you need a doctor?
74]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
75]
Do
you need any book shelves?
76] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
77] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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55] – On Fri., March 18 at 11 AM, The Solidarity
Collective [Colombia@solidaritycollective.org] will host a virtual conversation
about “Bajo Fuego” with the directors, Sjoerd van Grootheest and Irene
Vélez-Torres, and its protagonists who are members of COCCAM (National
Coordinator of Growers of Coca, Marijuana and Poppy) and Fensuagro (National
Federation of Unitary Agricultural Trade Unions. Register at https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Oop3TJ44RAmxSr4YUc87nw?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-upcoming-events-colombia-delegation-report-back-honduran-zedes-panel&email_referrer=email_1459533&email_subject=upcoming-events-colombia-delegation-report-back-honduran-zedes-panel. This space is an opportunity for grassroots organizations,
students and community members in the United States to learn about the current
violation of human rights in Colombia, especially towards indigenous,
Afro-descendants and peasant communities in the Cauca region after the
non-compliance of the peace accords signed in 2016.
56] – Marcy Winograd [marcy@pdamerica.org] wants you to get involved with End Wars & Occupations (Foreign Policy) Team Meeting on Fri., March 18 at noon ET. The Registration Link is https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkduCrqDsqGdRQ02hkVlr5MKvT-o7-i7UF. Hear from Erik Sperling, Exec. Dir., Just Foreign Policy, on Ukraine, Afghanistan and Yemen. Contact your U.S. Senate members (202) 224-3121 to urge them to publicly oppose a no fly zone over Ukraine.
57] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., March 18 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
58] – The ANSWER Coalition [info@answercoalition.org] is co-sponsoring on Fri., March 18 at 12:30 PM ET the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s4hzrqaqRRa2y3xDHat1QA. Presently, the United States, with the support of the United Nations and European Union, has imposed sanctions and other economic coercive measures on over 30 percent of the global population, mostly located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Sanctions are one of the key tools of U.S. imperialism, leading to mass starvation and suffering of peoples in the Global South, while opening up markets to U.S. and European corporations. In collaboration with international scholar activists and legal experts, the People’s Tribunal will host an introductory webinar to discuss the urgent need to take legal action against U.S. sanctions and economic coercive measures session.
59] – Make Calls virtually with the DNC National Call Crew – on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call voters in battleground states to build strength for the 2022 Midterms. Please email digitalorganizing@dnc.org. Sign up for calls on Fri., March 18 and Sat., March 19. The times are 2 to 3 PM, 3 to 4 PM, 4 to 5 PM, 5 to 6 PM, 6 to 7 PM, and 7 to 8 PM EDT. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/388091/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
60] – The Reentry Work Group of Progressive Maryland is hosting Reentry: Where Do You Stand?, a series of virtual listening sessions with candidates running for statewide and Prince George's County office. At each session, candidates will present their plans to support reentry services for the formerly incarcerated and will take questions from community members during a Q & A session. These candidate forums will take place over Zoom on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6 to 7:30 PM. The next session is on Fri, March 18 with the Maryland House of Delegates in PG County Districts 21, 22 & 23. Sign up at https://secure.everyaction.com/5csW_dapMkenSZ-QvfK9pg2?emci=1f93b3bb-ec98-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&emdi=ce593161-f498-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&ceid=136680. Contact the Reentry Work Group at reentryworkgroup@progressivemaryland.org with any questions.
61] – The Progressive Maryland Team [info@progressivemaryland.org] is urging you to support Tiffany Jones, candidate for Democratic State Central Committee, on her virtual birthday fundraiser on Fri., March 18 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM on Zoom. RSVP at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/itsmyparty.
62] – March with Brooke in the St. Patrick's Gaithersburg Parade on Sat., March 19. Gather at 9:30 AM at RIO Lakefront Area, 9841 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg 20878. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/445083/?emci=ca44be0d-76a2-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&emdi=6c83ccc4-d1a2-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&ceid=14404480.
63] --On Sat., March 19 from 10:30 AM to noon ET, knock on doors for Brooke Lierman for Comptroller in Baltimore County starting at 3820 Fernside Road, Randallstown 21133. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/397538/. Canvass the community and share Brooke's vision to transform the Comptroller's office to work for every Marylander. Once you sign up the team will follow up with everything you need to knock on doors! https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/397538/.
64] – On Sat., Mar. 19 from noon to 2 PM EST, get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a treat. Contributions of shelf stable foods can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to the church. How else can you help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those you know who are facing food insecurity. See https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.
65] – On Sat., March 19 from noon to 3 PM ET, knock on doors for Brooke Lierman for Comptroller. Meet at Starbucks, 9100 Alaking Court, Capitol Heights 20743. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/442693/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_do_it_again.
66] – This year’s “Water & War” theme explores the intersection of militarism & water, survival & resistance, in the lead-up to #WorldWaterDay. A unique mix of films explores this theme, from PFAS pollution on a military base in Michigan and the infamous U.S. Navy's Red Hill fuel leak in Hawai’i poisoning groundwater, to Syrian war refugees fleeing violent conflict by boat to Europe and the story of the assassination of Honduran Indigenous water activist Berta Cáceres. Get tickets at worldbeyondwar.org/water.
On
Sat., March 19 at 3 PM ET, there is a screening of the film The Crossing, with director George
Kurian. A rare, firsthand account of one of the most dangerous journeys of our
time, this timely, nail-biting documentary follows the grueling plight of a
group of Syrian refugees as they cross the Mediterranean Sea and travel across
Europe. The panel discussion will feature director George Kurian and Niamh Ní
Bhriain, coordinator of the Transnational Institute’s War and Pacification
Programme.
67] – There is a Meet and Greet with Brooke on Sat., March 19 from 4 to 5:30 PM ET at Locally Crafted, 125 Boardwalk Place, Gaithersburg 20878. Brooke Lierman is a current State Delegate and candidate for Maryland Comptroller! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/443806/?followup_modal_context=email_shift_followup_other_events.
68] – The Nuclear Information & Resource Service [nirs@nirs.org] is inviting you to honor Bob Alvarez with the Lifetime Achievement Award on Sat., March 19 from 3 to 4:30 PM ET. Join the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) and Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) as they honor Alvarez. He is one of the bedrock founders of the national movement to unmask the human and environmental carnage that resulted directly from the US production of a massive nuclear arsenal. Register at https://www.everywhereplus.com/bobalvarezaward/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=fe13a1ab-268c-40ad-81d6-5fe06d0f13b0.
69] – Abe // MELISSA LUCIO CAMPAIGN [info@deathpenaltyaction.org] wants you to know about an ongoing Saturday vigil at the DA's Office in Brownsville, Texas. On Sat., March 19 at 8:30 PM ET, get an update on the case of death row inmate Melissa Lucio. Call Gov. Abbott at (512) 463-2000. My name is _____ and I am calling from ____. I wanted to ask Governor Abbott to watch the documentary The State of Texas vs. Melissa and pursue granting clemency to Melissa Lucio. I believe the documentary conveys the compelling evidence for her innocence which should be considered before her scheduled execution date. And call the CAMERON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY at 956-544-0849 to POLITELY ask Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz (pronounced Sa-Enz) to "Please rescind (withdraw) the execution warrant, reinvestigate the case, and to watch the film, The State of Texas vs. Melissa." Visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QhYrZZyZQaiSwRMkd5nwUg?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-tonight-live-update-on-melissa-lucio-campaign&email_referrer=email_1476506&email_subject=starting-now-ongoing-vigil-at-das-office-in-brownsville.
70] – A friend, Brendan Walls, has to move out of a rented home on March 1. So he is looking for housing and wants to live south of the Baltimore beltway, east of US 95 and north of Route 214. Do you know of a house or apartment in the Annapolis area with as much peace and quiet as I can get for no more than $1800 a month? He does not mind pet sitting, house sitting, keeping someone company or community living. Let me know if you have a lead on a home or apartment for Brendan to rent. Thanks for giving this your consideration.
71] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
72] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. Dave has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Phil Berrigan’s wife, Elizabeth McAlister, is a member of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7.
Dave just printed the 5th edition of the book which is available for $25 by sending him a check: Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218. You can contact him at mozela9@comcast.net. He prefers that you DO NOT order the book from Amazon. Image 1 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. David Eberhardt; Image 2 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER; and FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. This is a self-published book printed in 2017 with updates.
The price is $25 for a Spiral Bound, and Signed. This edition being what the publisher calls “The 4th edition (or first edition 4th state?) of this book (with “final” additions) has been printed by the firm of FEDEX numbered 150-200, signed by the author, February 2017.”This is copy 187 and is numbered and signed by David Eberhardt on the title page.~~While the bibliographical information is a bit head-spinning, this is an engaging memoir by David Eberhardt recounting his involvement with the Brothers Berrigan in the protests against the Viet Nam war, and his subsequent time as an inmate at the Lewisburg Federal Prison. There is Near Fine binding: Item #291479.
73] – Yousef Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
74] -- 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.
75] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
76] -- 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.
77] – 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 Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212. Ph: 410-323-1607; 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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