Baltimore Activist Alert October 30 – November 1, 2016
"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 mobuszewski [at] verizon.net.
1] Books,
buttons and stickers
2] Web site
for info on federal legislation
3] Join
Nonviolent Resistance lists
4]
Two
friends are looking to buy a house in Baltimore
5] Guns and democracy – Oct. 30
6] What’s up with democracy? – Oct. 30
7] LGBT
awards dinner – Oct.
30
8] “Feast of St. Francis” – Oct. 30
9] Transform Now Plowshares – Oct. 30
10] Green Halloween Party – Oct. 30
11] Presidential Election and the Left – Oct. 30
12] Pentagon Vigil – Oct. 31
13] Marc Steiner on WEAA – Oct. 31 – Nov. 4
14] NSA at Towson University – Oct. 31
15] Nukes and the Next Administration
– Oct. 31
16] Text to
bury Trump – Oct. 31
17] Peace vigil in Philadelphia – Oct. 31
18] Protest drone research at JHU – Oct. 31
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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 the war
in Iraq.
To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group
affiliation, city and email address to mobuszewski at Verizon.net.
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] – Janice
and Max are looking to buy a house in Baltimore. Let Max know if you have
any leads—410-323-1607 or mobuszewski at Verizon dot net.
5] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W. Franklin
St., Suite 102, Baltimore 21201-4661, meets on Sundays, and generally there is
a speaker and discussion from 10:30 AM to noon. On Sun., Oct. 30,
the topic is “Gun Rights and the Threat to Freedom
and Democracy” with Prof. Firmin DeBrabander received his Ph.D. in
philosophy from Emory University, and is on the faculty at the Maryland
Institute College of Art (MICA). Possibly the most emotionally charged debate
taking place in the U.S. today centers on the rights of citizens to bear arms.
The core argument of Second Amendment advocates is that firearms are essential
to maintaining freedom, providing citizens with a defense against possible
government tyranny, safeguarding our other rights. But do guns indeed make us
free? This philosophical examination exposes the contradictions and
misinterpretations inherent in the case presented by gun rights supporters, and
provocatively demonstrates that lax gun laws actually hinder democratic
participation. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
6] – Friends of the Baltimore Green Forum should note that the
monthly event may not take place in November. BGF is recommending an
alternative event. Where on Earth are we going? And what can we do about
it? It's time to wake up and imagine what can be. If you are ready to explore
bringing forth the dream of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually
fulfilling, and socially just presence on Earth.
On Sun., Oct. 30 attend and discover what the possibilities for an
inspired future means for you at the Stony Run Friends Meetinghouse, 5116 North
Charles St., Baltimore 21210, from 2 to 6 PM. Please make a free will
donation. Park in the meetinghouse lot and come to the glass doors at the rear
of the building. Go to www.pachamama.org/engage or call 920-312-0301 or email NoelBob@LightPartners.org. Register at www.pachamama.org/events.
7] – On Sun., Oct. 30 from 2 to
5 PM at DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, 1726 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, the
Building Bridges Award will be given to Fr. James Martin. New Ways Ministry—a
ministry of advocacy and justice for LGBT Catholics—invites you to be on hand
when it honors Jesuit Fr. James Martin, Editor at Large, America Magazine. Come
and hear Fr. Martin’s message to both the Catholic Church and the LGBT
community. Order a ticket at info@newwaysministry.org.
8] – On
Sun., Oct. 30 at 2:30 PM, the Archdiocese of Washington's Creation Care Team,
in collaboration with Catholic Climate Covenant, will host a 90-minute “Feast
of St. Francis” program at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, North Conference Room, 1725
Rhode Island Ave. NW. The program, developed by Catholic Climate Covenant, is
entitled, “Dial Down the Heat: Cultivate the Common Good for our Common Home,” and
is aimed at answering Pope Francis’s call for engaging in civil and
constructive dialogue on climate protection. Dan Misleh, Catholic Climate
Covenant’s Executive Director, will be facilitating the program.
9] – Make
your way over to an event in Sandy Spring, MD: "Courage & Resistance
in a Nuclear Age." Are we safe if a nun, a housepainter and a
Vietnam vet can breach security where nuclear weapons are stockpiled? Why do
the US and Russia have enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the world several
times over?
On Sun.,
Oct. 30 from 3 to 5 PM at Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House, 17715 Meeting
House Road, Sandy Spring, MD. Meet Dan Zak, Washington Post reporter and
author of “Almighty: Courage Resistance and Existential Peril in the Nuclear
Age,” Paul Magno of the Catholic Worker, and Sister Megan Rice, one of the
Plowshares Now activists who protested nuclear weapons in 2012 by breaking into
the Y-12 nuclear weapons facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Sister Megan
subsequently spent two years in federal prison. This discussion is sponsored by
Sandy Spring Friends Peace Committee and Pax Christi. Contact Ellen Atkinson at
301-774-1328 or Bette Hoover at bette@justpeacecircles.org.
10] – On
Sun., Oct. 30 from 5 to 9 PM at 2508 Hamilton Ave., Baltimore
21214-1634, you are invited to hear from the Green Party candidate for U.S.
Congress, 7th District. Myles Hoenig invites you to his home for a Green
Halloween Party! The cost is $10, but you are free to pay more. Costumes
are optional. Myles is running for Congress because we need to turn the
United States Congress Green and turn it away from the two capitalist
parties. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1791629064383023/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1476990149883173.
11] –
The Presidential Election
and the Left will be heard at Busboys and Poets, 5th and K Sts. NW, WDC, on
Sun., Oct. 30 from 5 to 7 PM. This election season has been
unprecedented. Donald Trump has fueled a tidal wave of
racism, sexism, and xenophobia to clinch the GOP nomination and run
the most un-hinged campaign for the presidency in US history. In
the Democratic primary, tens of millions rallied to Bernie Sanders' call
for a political revolution, and advocated sweeping changes in US society.
With the election weeks away, social justice movements and the Left
face critical challenges. Should we unite behind Hillary Clinton's
candidacy, while aware that she represents the status quo of corporate
influence on politics? Or should the left support Green Party candidate
Jill Stein, understanding the profound limits to the ability of the Greens
to meaningfully impact the race? And what will the election mean for
the terrain in which activists campaign once a new president is
inaugurated, for the movement for black lives, the struggle for climate
justice, the movement for immigrant rights, and more? The suggested
donation is $5-$10, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. RSVP
at https://www.facebook.com/events/1848838842013526/.
Email david.thurston78@gmail.com or
call 202.957.7862.
11] – 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 Oct., 31, 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.
12] – The
Marc Steiner Show airs Monday through Friday fr6m 10 AM to noon on WEAA 88.9
FM, The Voice of the Community, or online at www.weaa.org.
The call-in number is 410-319-8888, and comments can also be sent by
email to steinershow@gmail.com. All
shows are also available as podcasts at www.steinershow.org.
14] – Do you have interest in doing an information
protest at this event? If yes, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski@verizon.net. A cybersecurity event brings FBI and NSA experts
to Towson University on Mon., Oct. 31from 12:30 to 4:30 PM. Guests can watch a live hack and enter to win prizes.
Presentations will focus on assessing
threats and combating cybercrime. Experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
and the National Security Agency (NSA), and a Towson professor, will take part
in this event in the West Village Commons Ballroom. TU’s Office of Information
Security in the Office of Technology Services (OTS) is hosting this event as
the culmination of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout October,
OTS will hold events and information tables to share tips and answer questions
on data security. Visit www.towson.edu/securityawareness.
15] – On
Mon., Oct. 31 from 2 to 3:30 PM, Michael O'Hanlon and Steven Pifer,
Brookings Institution, will tackle "Nuclear Arms Control Choices for the
Next Administration" at the Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms,
1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, WDC. 20036. RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/nuclear-arms-control-choices-for-the-next-administration/.
16] – On
Tues., Nov. 1, one week before the election, the divestment movement will hold
a national day of action to get out the vote and bury Trump with 200,000 texts
to millennials in swing states. Divestment organizers
around the country will be holding texting parties. If
you’re a student or recent grad, sign up to be a part of it at http://act.350.org/event/nov1-text-parties/create/?akid=17532.75494.hD2uJS&rd=1&t=1&utm_medium=email.
(If that’s not you, join
the action here.) If you are not a student or recent grad,
go
tohttp://act.350.org/event/gotv-house-parties/create/?akid=17532.75494.hD2uJS&rd=1&t=2&utm_medium=email.
17] – Each
Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, the Catholic Peace Fellowship-Philadelphia for
peace in Afghanistan and Iraq gathers at the Suburban Station, 16th St. &
JFK Blvd., at the entrance to Tracks 3 and 4 on the mezzanine. The
next vigil is Nov. 1. Call 215-426-0364.
18] – Vigil
to say "No Drone Research at JHU" each Tuesday at 33rd & North
Charles Sts. join this ongoing vigil on Nov. 1 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Call
Max at 410-323-1607.
To be
continued.
Donations
can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.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
