43] US-Iran tensions rising
with Iraq in the middle – Jan. 9
44] Food Rescue at Dovecote
Café– Jan. 9
45] NO to war with Iran on
Capitol Hill – Jan. 9
46] NO to war with Iran in
Baltimore – Jan. 9
47] NO to war with Iran in
Annapolis – Jan. 9
48] Fair Share
Town Hall – Jan. 9
49] Bust the Boss – Jan. 9
50] For Health Autonomy in
Greece – Jan. 9
51] Less Plastic Please
Meeting -- Jan. 9
52] Baltimore Peace Action
meeting – Jan. 9
53] Witness Against Torture
activities – Jan. 10
54] Right to Housing
Alliance Presentation – Jan. 10
55] Fire Drill Friday –
Jan. 10
56] White House vigil – Jan. 10
57] WIB peace
vigils –
Jan. 10
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43] – On Thurs., Jan. 9
at 2 PM, hear US-Iran tensions rising with Iraq in the middle at the Atlantic
Council, 1030 15th St. NW, 12th FLOOR, WDC 20005. Tensions are
on the rise between the United States and Iran and US-Iraq relations are
experiencing a potential crisis following the recent US drone strike that
killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport. Listen to
Abbas Kadhim, Atlantic Council; Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council; and Thomas S.
Warrick, Atlantic Council. Check out https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/us-iran-tensions-rising-with-iraq-in-the-middle/.
44] – On Thurs., Jan 9
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. This will continue until Feb.
6.See https://www.facebook.com/events/2095151417235683/?event_time_id=2095151543902337.
45] – No War with Iran
demo on Thurs., Jan. 9 at 4:30 PM on Capitol Hill, Area 10, WDC 20004. Join
together and speak out in opposition--MoveOn, Win Without War, Indivisible,
NIAC, and About Face: Veterans Against the War--on the steps of Congress to
oppose Trumps’ war and say: #NoWarWithIran. The event is scheduled to run
approximately one hour. Area 10 is just across the street from the Library of
Congress. There is limited public parking, so use public transportation. From
Capitol South Metro (Orange/Blue/Silver Lines): exit station using main exit,
walk approximately two blocks north on First Street SE.
46] – No War with Iran
protest on Thurs., Jan. 9 at 5 PM at McKeldin Square, Baltimore 21230. Bring
your posters, your whistles, and your willingness to stand up! Message the
homeward commuters and the media that Baltimore is not in favor of military
escalation in Iran.
47] – No War with Iran demo will happen on
Thurs., Jan. 9 at 5 PM at the Governor's Mansion, Annapolis 21401. Stand
in solidarity and tell the governor, our representatives, and the president
that we are against war or escalating violence with Iran. Make your voices
heard!
48] –
Communities United is
making a CALL TO ACTION: Fair Share Town Hall on Thurs., Jan. 9 from 6 to 8 PM
at Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 Madison Ave., Baltimore 21217.
Contact Jessi at 410-212-2225 or jessi@communitiesunite.org.
Speakers will share how city and state budgets need to change so that wealthy
individuals and corporations pay their fair share. Only if we can pressure
those in City Hall and Annapolis to make reasonable changes, can we fund our
schools fairly for the next decade. Come together with other community members
to learn, act and organize to work for state and city budgets that support
schools our kids and communities deserve. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/435484117339946/.
49] – On Thurs., Jan. 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, attend Bust the
Boss Planning Session Part 2, hosted by Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists
of America at 1616 P St. NW, WDC 20036-1404. Bust the Boss is a project of the
Labor Working Group that seeks to help workers in non-unionized industries fight
for better working conditions. At this planning meeting, the conversation will
continue about how to improve the project in 2020. Newcomers are encouraged to
attend. See https://www.facebook.com/events/1031685230506004/.
50] – On Thurs., Jan. 9
at 7 PM, the CARENOTES COLLECTIVE PRESENTS "FOR HEALTH AUTONOMY: HORIZONS
OF CARE BEYOND AUSTERITY—REFLECTIONS FROM GREECE" at Red Emma's
Bookstore Coffeehouse, 1225 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201. The present way of
life is a war against our bodies. Amidst the perpetual crises
of capitalism is a careful resistance—organized by medical professionals and
community members, students and workers, citizens and migrants. For Health
Autonomy: Horizons of Care Beyond Austerity—Reflections from Greece explores
the landscape of care spaces coordinated by autonomous collectives in Greece.
These projects operate in fierce resistance to austerity, state violence and
abandonment, and the neoliberal structure of the healthcare industry that
are failing people. For Health Autonomy is a powerful collection of
first-hand accounts of those who join together to build new possibilities
of care and develop concrete alternatives based on the collective ability
of communities and care workers to replace a dependency on police and
prisons. Go to http://redemmas.org/.
51] – On Thurs., Jan. 9 from 7 to 8:30 PM, get over to a Less
Plastic Please Meeting and discuss Plans for 2020 at Panera Bread, 6435 Dobbin
Road, Columbia 21045. 2019 was a very good year for Less Plastic Please!
Discuss local and state legislation, Courageous Conversations on the Climate
Emergency, plans for a HoCo event for marking the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.
Working together is the answer. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/568496673710619/.
52]
– Baltimore Peace Action meets
every second Thursday of the month. The next meeting is Thurs., Jan. 9 at
7 PM at First & St. Stephens UCC, 6915 York Road, Baltimore (near the
corner of Register Ave.) The AGENDA is as follows: Stop war with Iran, US
Troops out of Iraq, Stop arms ship to Saudis, Oppose ICE roundups, Racist
& Political Repression, Chelsea and Julian Assange, Lobbying
Congress, JHU/APL, drones, Green New Deal, Sunrise & Extinction Rebellion
and Suggestions for website : www.bmore4peace.org. Contact
Richard Ochs [mailto:rjochs@comcast.net].
53] – The Witness Against
Torture 2020 Fast for Justice continues. The fasters gather at the First
Trinity Lutheran Church Hostel, 501 4th St. NW, corner of 4th St NW and E St.
NW, WDC 20001. RSVP at witnesstorture@gmail.com.
On Fri., Jan. 10 at 9 AM, attend a hearing re: Ammar
Al-Baluchi at
Prettyman US Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave. NW, WDC. Then attend a
demonstration and/or congressional visits. At 7 PM, get over to Until Justice, We
Resist: An Evening of Music, Poetry and Political Comedy — Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron
(Folksingers); Gustavo Vargas and Cesar Mazat (Wayta); Frank Lopez (Peace
Poets); Maha Hilal (Standup comedy) in the First Trinity Lutheran Church sanctuary.
54]
– On
Fri., Jan. 10 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, check out the Right to Housing
Alliance Presentation, 1303 Orleans St., Baltimore 21231-1002. Come to
the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Catch a presentation about who is this
organization and what is the fight for affordable and safe housing. Come out
and get to know what is happening and how to get involved in the movement. Go
to https://www.facebook.com/events/2365503090426833/.
55] – On Fri., Jan. 10 join a Fire Drill Friday event from 11
AM to 12:30 PM at the United States Capitol, WDC 20515. This is Jane’s
last Fire Drill Friday before she returns to Los Angeles. Sign up to risk
arrest: firedrillfridays.com/jan-10. We can’t burn all of the known oil,
coal and gas reserves currently known to the fossil fuel companies and still
have a livable climate (or in other words, stay within the remaining “carbon
budget” / the 1.5 to 2 degree Celsius increase range).
So then, why are fossil fuel companies still looking for more fossil fuels that
they can’t ever burn without endangering human civilization and all coastal
cities of the world? And why are the big Wall Street banks and other
international financial institutions still investing in helping companies
drill, dig and explore for even more fossil fuel reserves we can never
burn?
One of the worst offenders is JP Morgan Chase, a financial institution that is
one of the largest sources of capital to the fossil fuel industry in their
quest to drill oceans, frack our land and build more pipelines. We cannot let
Chase and so many other financial institutions continue this way! Learn more
about this big climate fight for 2020, and receive a very special update about
Jane and Greenpeace USA's plans for Fire Drill Fridays. Jane will be joined by
Naomi Klein, Greenpeace USA's Annie Leonard, 350.org's Bill McKibben, Joaquin
Phoenix, Martin Sheen and more. See https://www.facebook.com/events/3141168239231624/.
56] – The Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Jan. 10 at noon. Contact
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649, artlaffin@hotmail.com.
57] – Women in Black
VIGILS FOR PEACE take place on Fri., Jan. 10 from noon to 1 PM. One is at
McKeldin Square, corner of Light and Pratt Sts., in the Inner Harbor,
Baltimore. Use the purple circulator line. Enjoy an AFTER VIGIL
LUNCH from the food trucks in the Inner Harbor. Bring Your Own Sandwich
or stop by one of the food trucks in the McKeldin Square.
Another
is at Roland Park Place, 830 W. 40th St., Baltimore. Free Parking
available. Vigil from noon to 1 PM. Lunch in the Bistro at 1 PM. If there's a
storm, there is no vigil, but there will be lunch. Contact Anne: awyattbr@gmail.com. The final vigil is in Chestertown,
Kent County on the Eastern Shore at Memorial Park at Cross
Street and Park Row. Email wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org.
To be continued
Donations
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21218. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
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