"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
The
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Join Nonviolent Resistance lists
4] Max is seeking housing/peace house is available
5] Buy Mankekolo’s book
6] Buy coffee through HoCoFoLA
7] Used stamps for humanitarian causes
8] Folklife Festival - through July 5
9] First Thursday demo – July 2
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11] PeaceAction Montgomery meeting – July 2
12] Declare Peace – July 3
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14] WIB Roland Park vigil – July 32
15] White House vigil – July 3
16] Human Rights Mobilization – July 3
17] Support The
18] Silent vigil at
19] Film THE VISITOR – July 3
20] Vigil at Walter Reed – July 3
21] Ballroom dancing – July 3
22] Station North Flea Market – July 4
23] Join Pledge at NSA – July 4
24] Olney vigil to end the war – July 4
25] Peace vigil in
26] Picnic for peace – July 4
27] Bake Bread for Peace – July 4
28] Peace vigil at Capitol – July 4
29] African service – July 5
30] Bridge peace vigil – July 5
31] Discussion on Race – July 5
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33] Red Emma’s needs volunteers – July 5
34] Pentagon vigil – July 6
35] Marc Steiner on WEAA – July 6 — July 9
36] Protest the death penalty – July 6
37] Pledge of Resistance meeting – July 6
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39] Churches seek help on kiosk scam – July 7
40] Witness Against Torture vigil – July 7
41] Tuesday peace vigil – July 7
42] Ecolocity DC meeting – July 7
43] Free School reception – July 7
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45] Death penalty meeting – July 7
46] Climate/Global Justice meeting – July 7
47] Peace vigil in
48] Peace vigil in W.
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50] Israel/Palestine roundtable – July 9
51] Visit legislator’s office -- July 9
52] End occupation book signing – July 9
53] End War conference – July 10 - 12
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55] Help the Bedouins – July 12
56] BUPJ meeting – July 20
57] Faith & Resistance Retreat – Aug. 5-9
58] Peace Path – September 11
59] David Swanson’s book DAYBREAK available
60] Buy a red maple tree
61] Help available in buying a house
62] People are looking for work
63] Contribute to the
64] Join Global Zero campaign
65] War Is Not the Answer signs for sale
66] Publish your peace article
67] Become a member of the
68] Click on The Hunger Site
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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 410-366-1637.
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.
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 the war in
To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to donmuller@msn.com. Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
THE NOTICES LIST will include only notices of NCNR actions and related information and is open to any interested person to subscribe. It will be moderated to maintain focus & will include periodic notices about getting involved in NCNR national organizing. To join the NOTICES List, send an email message to ncnrnotices-subscribe@lists.riseup.net. You will get a confirmation message once subscribed. If you have problems, please write to the list manager at ncnrnotices-admin@lists.riseup.net.
4] – Max is in need of housing. If you have any leads, please call him at 410-366-1637. Note that there may be an opportunity for two or three people to move into a “peace house.” If interested, call Max.
5] – Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo has returned to live in
6] – You can help safeguard human rights and fragile ecosystems through your purchase of HOCOFOLA Café Quetzal. Bags of ground coffee or whole beans can be ordered by mailing in an order form. For more details and to download the order form, go to http://friendsoflatinamerica.typepad.com/hocofola/fair_trade/index.html.
Be sure you indicate ground (G) or bean (B) for each type of coffee ordered. Make the check out to HoCoFoLA and send it with your order form to HoCoFoLA,
7] – Brad Hathaway spearheads an effort to sell donated used stamps to raise money for different humanitarian causes around the world. Go to www.mattapoisettquakers.org, and click the link for the stamp ministry. Carefully clip canceled postage stamps and send to Quaker Missions,
8] – The Smithsonian Folklife Festival continues through Sun., July 5 from 11 AM to 9 PM. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage celebrates cultural traditions around the world through the Folklife Festival, which includes daily and evening music and dance performances, crafts and cooking demonstrations, storytelling and discussions of cultural issues. The themes of the 2009 program will be Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture, The
9] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore hosts an End the War! End the Occupation! rally on Thurs., July 2 from 5 to 6:30 PM in
10] – Learn the history behind the slogan "When Africa Calls, Cuba Answers!" at the Social Action & Leadership School for Activists (SALSA) on Thurs., July 2 from 6 to 9 PM at 1112 Sixteenth St., NW, Suite 600, WDC. Call 202-234-9382 or email info@hotsalsa.org. Join SALSA for the screening of
11] – PeaceAction Montgomery, meets every first Thursday, next being July 2, at 7 PM at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, room 16 in the basement, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4099.
12] – "And now, DECLARE PEACE!" on Fri., July 3 at noon at Independence Mall,
13] – Women In Black sponsor a peace stand/vigil on Fri., July 3 from noon-1 PM at the
14] – There is also a noon vigil on Fri., July 3 at
15] – A peace vigil takes place every Friday from noon to 1 PM on Pennsylvania Ave., by the press gate to the White House. It is organized by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
16] – There is a Human Rights Mobilization on Fri., July 3 from 3 to 4:30 PM at the CONVENTION CENTER, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, WDC 20001. American Muslims (with the support of concerned citizens from the non-Muslim community) will spearhead a three-part initiative to draw attention to, and educate the public on, the enormous gulf that still exists between promise and fulfillment, and how this socio-political deficiency within the American body-politic has impacted the Muslim community (globally) post 9/11. It will begin with a press conference, followed by a rally outside of the convention center. These are the issues that will be addressed: (1) The relentless targeting of Muslim organizations, (2) the insertion of agent-provocateurs into the Muslim community, (3) the oppressive use of “conspiracy law” to impose punishments on Muslim defendants which are often more harsh than what convicted murders receive in U.S. courts; (4) to protest the innocent lives lost (“collateral damage”) to wrong-headed U.S. foreign policy in the so-called war on terrorism; (5) and to protest the war against the Palestinian people (especially in Gaza)! Call 301-762-9162.
17] – There is a peace vigil to support the Congo every Friday, 4 to 6:30 PM at the Rwandan Embassy, 1714 New Hampshire Ave, NW. Call the Rwandan Embassy at 202-232-2882 and register your concern about
18] – There is a silent vigil on Fri., July 3 from 5 to 6 PM outside of
19] – On Fri., July 3 watch THE VISITOR, which is being shown as part of the "JUST-REEL First Friday Free Film Series at the Peace Center of Delaware County, 7 PM, 1001 Old Sproul Road, Springfield, Delaware County, light refreshments and after-film discussion. Co-sponsored by the
Prior to film showing, you are invited to a cook-out beginning at 5 PM - rain or shine. The
20] – SHED LIGHT ON US WAR CASUALTIES: FROM THE FRONT LINE TO THE BACK DOOR of Walter Reed Army Medical Center (North Gate), every Friday night, from 7 to 9 PM in the middle of the 7100 block of Georgia Ave., NW. Call 202-441-3265. Go to http://www.codepinkalert.org/Local_CODEPINKs_Washington_DC.shtml.
21] – 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
22] – On Sat., July 4, the Station North Flea Market will be located on North Ave. between
23] – Members of the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will make its annual trek to Fort Meade to protest the illegal operations of the National Security Agency on Sat., July 4. The activists intend to protest from 10 to 11 AM. To participate, email Max at mobuszewski at verizon.net.
24] – Friends House, 17715 Meeting House Rd., Sandy Spring, MD 20860, hosts a peace vigil every Saturday, 10:30 to 11:30 AM, on the corner of Rt. 108 and Georgia Ave. in Olney, MD. The next vigil is July 4. Call Chuck Harker at 301-570-7167.
25] – 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. This vigil has been the target of counter-demonstrators and harassment from the "
26] – Picnic for Peace on Sat., July 4 from noon to 4 PM. Frederick Friends Meeting (Quakers), Women in Black Frederick, The Peace Resource Center and Unity Church in Frederick are all co- sponsors of the 6th Annual Picnic For Peace to be held in Baker Park adjacent to Schifferstadt Museum. Establishing sustainable peace, at all levels (inter-personal, community, national and international), will require us all to participate in the process and share our talents. Email peacethrujustice at aol.com.
27] – The Change We Knead Now: Bake Bread for World Peace is happening on Sat., July 4 at noon. Bake bread for WORLD PEACE using the sun in
28] – There will be a peace vigil on the West Lawn of the Capitol at noon on Sat., July 4. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It.--Psalms 34:14." The vigil lasts one hour and is silent except when one responds to the occasional questions. Go to http://www.quaker.org/langleyhill/seekpeace.htm or email seekpeacevigil@yahoo.com.
29] – On Sun., July 5, the KALAFONG AME CHURCH invites you to a Prayer for Africa at 11 AM at the HISPANIC SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST DAY CHUCH, 5100 Edmondson Ave.,
30] – Maryland Bridges for Peace welcomes you to stand for peace Sundays from noon (or thereabouts) to 1 PM on the
31] – There will be a discussion on race at Busboys and Poets, 14th & V Sts. on Sun., July 5 from 4 to 5:30 PM in the Langston Room.
32] – Every Sunday until Nov. 3, from 4:30 to 6 PM at the corner of Woodmont and Bethesda Aves., near Barnes & Noble and the Landmark Theaters, there will be a peace vigil organized by
33] – Red Emma’s needs volunteers. Stop in to the weekly Sunday meeting at 7 PM at
34] – 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 Mon., July 6, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Call 202-882-9649.
35] – The Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 PM on WEAA 88.9 FM, The Voice of the Community. The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also be sent by email steinershow@gmail.com.
You can listen to interviews by Steiner through his Center for Emerging Media podcasts. To hear the interviews, email Jessica@centerforemergingmedia.com. Go to http://www.centerforemergingmedia.org.
36] – There is usually a vigil to abolish the death penalty every Monday from 5 to 6 PM, outside the prison complex and across the street from Maryland’s death row, at the corner of Madison Ave. and Fallsway in Baltimore. The next vigil is scheduled for Mon., July 6. Call 410-233-0488.
37] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore usually meets on Mondays at 7:30 PM at the AFSC,
38] – There will be a meeting of the Frederick Peace Resource Center on Mon., July 6 at 7:30 PM at 4 East Church St. Call Gus Fahey at 301-663-6117.
39] – CHURCHES UNITED FOR JUSTICE & NAACP HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHURCH KIOSK SCAM on Tues., July 7 at 10 AM at the United Baptist Missionary Convention Office, 940 Madison Ave., Baltimore 21217. The churches will indicate they have been defrauded out of tens of thousands of dollars and their potential liability could be in the millions of dollars. Maryland Attorney General Gansler has consented to meet with a select group of representatives regarding this matter. It will be the objective of the group to encourage the Attorney General to pursue legal action against certain involved companies and to provide relief to the churches from these alleged practices, just as the Attorney General for the
40] – On Tues., July 7 at 5:30 PM, Witness Against Torture will continue its weekly vigil, each Tuesday, in Lafayette Park, H and 16th Sts., NW. Contact Helen Schietinger at h.schietinger at verizon.net.
41] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
42] – There is a meeting of Ecolocity DC every Tuesday from 7 to 9 PM at the EMERGENCE COMMUNITY ARTS COLLECTIVE, 733 Euclid St. NW,
43] – The
44] – An Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee meeting will take place on Tues., July 7 from 7 to 8 PM at the Washington Peace Center 1525 Newton St. NW
45] – The Coalition Against the Death Penalty will meet Tues., July 7 at 7 PM at the AFSC,
46] – The next meeting: of Climate Justice/Global Justice is Tues., July 7 at 7:30 PM @ St. Stephen’s, 16th and
47] – Each Wednesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the House of Grace Catholic Worker holds a weekly vigil for peace in
48] – Each Wednesday in clear weather, there is a peace vigil from 5 to 6 PM outside the Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Drive (between Wayne & Hortter) in West Mount Airy, PA. The next vigil is July 8. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
49] – Each Wednesday, there is a peace vigil from 7 to 8 PM outside the Borders Book Store, Germantown Ave. at Bethlehem Pike in
50] – On Thurs., July 9, the WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL takes place from 12:30 - 1:30 PM at Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, WDC. Join a civil discourse which explores the history, issues, myths, realities, and truth of the conflict between
51] – The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will be visiting the office of Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger on Thurs., July 9 at 4:30 PM. Meet in the lobby at 4:15 PM at
52] – There will be a lecture & book signing by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi on Thurs., July 9 from 6 to 8 PM at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V Sts. NW, WDC, hosted by the US
53] – Starting Fri., July 10 through Sun., July 12, the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations, a national network of hundreds of peace groups, is holding its second annual meeting to discuss and formulate dates for mass actions in the coming year. At the conference at La Roche College in
The purpose of the National Assembly and the conference is to bring members of the peace movement together to democratically decide how to move forward together. Each participant in the conference will be voting on the action proposals: one person, one vote. Very reasonable overnight room rates, as low as $26/night at the college are available, though guaranteed room reservations must be made by Thurs., July 2. Register for the conference at https://www.natassembly.org/.
Organizations and individuals attending the conference are encouraged to submit action proposals spelling out what they believe the antiwar movement should do in the period ahead. Send to natasembly@aol.com before the deadline Tues. July 7.
54] – The Cuba Caravan dinner and speaker will be at the Meeting House (in the Oakland Mills Village Center), 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, Maryland 21045, on Fri., July 10. This is the 20th Pastors for Peace
55] – On Sun., July 12 at 1 PM., Bette Hoover will do a talk The Bedouins vs. the State of Israel: From Freedom to Fear, at the Howard County Central Library, Little Patuxent Pkwy. and
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57] – The annual Faith and Resistance Retreat sponsored by Jonah House and Dorothy Day Catholic Worker - entering together into a praxis of reflection, action, reflection - is happening Wed., Aug. 5 through Sun., Aug. 9. The retreat will include reflections on two films - ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB, a documentary based on Thomas Merton's book by the same title, and ON PAPER WINGS, a documentary about
Contact the Jonah House at 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@verizon.net or DDCW at 202-882-9648 or artlaffin at hotmail.com. Go to http://www.jonahhouse.org.
58] – Save the date. On Fri., Sept. 11, the Peace Path will form on
59] – David Swanson's new book DAYBREAK: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming A More Perfect
60] – Max bought two red maple trees for $10 each as part of the Trees for
61] – A progressive-thinking realtor is indicating that people of modest incomes can get assistance from both the state and federal governments in purchasing a home. If you are interested in speaking with him about available programs, call Max at 410-366-1637.
62] – Brendan.Walls, who volunteers as a community outreach worker at the Hezekiah Movement, down by the
Paul Kawika Martin from Peace Action is trying to find a job for Brittany Gregory, a college student who is doing an internship with the peace group. Again if you have any leads, contact Paul at 301-565-4050 x 316 or pmartin at peace-action.org.
63] – Larry Egbert and Nick Sheridan are in
64] – 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.
65] – WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER signs from Friends Committee on National Legislation are again for sale at $5. To purchase a sign, call Max at 410-366-1637.
66] – Publish Your Peace Article. Daniel Frasier is soliciting peace articles for the biweekly series of commentaries Paths to Peace in the Frederick News Post Religion and Ethics section. For details, email path2peace07@yahoo.com.
67] – Become an active member of the
68] – The Hunger Site was initiated by Mercy Corps and Second Harvest, and is funded entirely by advertisers. You can go there every day and click the big yellow "Give Food for Free" button near the top of the page; you do not have to look at the ads. Each click generates funding for about 1.1 cups of food. So consider clicking.
69] – 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.
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