NSP Maryland Winter 2009-2010

Wed, Nov 18 - 7:30 pm - NSP Maryland Meeting - We'll continue discussion on our co-sponsorship of Middle East Peace event 12/6, climate action initiatives and the economy, as well as discuss the "End of Coal in Maryland" initiative and upcoming possible activities for campaign finance reform. Last meeting we briefly discussed an NSP "Personal Environmental Commitment" that we will go over in more depth. (See discussion document here.) Plans are to have a major speaker in February which we will also discuss in more detail. We hope to see many of you at our meeting! At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, Room 1 of the Education Bldg.

Yes We Can: Middle East Peace
Unique Performing Arts Event
Sunday Dec 6 2-6pm
The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue,
600 I St NW Washington DC 20001

www.yesmep.org

Network of Spiritual Progressives/TIKKUN
National Conference June 11-14, 2009 in Washington DC

Weekly Monday night 9pm EST Tikkun/NSP
Author Teleconferences Info here.

More on Peace & Justice here.

More on Climate Change Activism here.

Peace & Justice Activism Winter 2009-2010

Thurs Nov 12 7:30pm American Ca$ino - A Premiere Screening @ The Senator Theatre to Benefit The Community Law Center. Movie runs for one week. This compelling documentary, filmed in Baltimore, examines how the Wall Street meltdown has affected the working class. Senator Theatre, 5904 York Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21212 Info here. www.americancasinothemovie.com
www.senator.com/

Fri Nov 13, 9:15 am to 1 pm Economists for Peace & Security - Live webcast from the New American Network - www.newamerica.net/events/2009/next_stage
Includes James K. Galbraith and Robert Kuttner and a host of others with progressive perspectives on Banks and Regulation, Financial Crisis, Jobs and Housing, and Money.

November 14-15, Washington, DC, "Rolling Back Militarism: A Task for the Global Movement" Conference of the International Peace Bureau (IPB), and Peace Action. at Georgetown University. Flyer here Signup here.

Sun Nov 15, 1-3 pm, Baltimore Tikkun Community - Presentation on and Discussion of J Street Conference at the Pikesville library, 1301 Reisterstown Rd Pikesville, MD 21208-3831. See www.tikkun.org and www.jstreet.org and http://conference.jstreet.org/

Mon, Nov 16, 2009 - 7:30-9:00 PM Tent of Nations, Daoud Nassar, a Palestinian Christian farmer speaks about peace and non-violence in Palestine. St. John the Evangelist Parish, Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia MD 21044 Co-sponsored by Friends of Tent of Nations North America (FOTONNA), a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization. (www.fotonna.org)

Thurs, Nov 19, 2009 7pm in Baltimore - Why Fund War While Our Cities Die, a lecture by Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC LOCATION: Kelly Lecture Hall, Goucher College, Towson, Md Sponsored by Goucher College’s Peace Studies Program and Baltimore United for Peace and Justice Coalition. See flyer here. Info: www.goucher.edu/x37517.xml

Sat, Nov 21, 2009 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Rethink Afghanistan - A ground-breaking documentary film exploring key issues of the war in Afghanistan. In Columbia MD “We are on the wrong track in Afghanistan and unless we re-think this carefully, we could …wind up pursuing a policy that is unachievable.” Senator John Kerry --Film screening followed by discussion. Lite refreshments provided. Everyone welcome! Howard County Central Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044 Additional parking available across the street near Merriweather Post Pavilion.

Sun 11/22 1:30 pm - Support Progressive Legislation in Maryland meeting. Howard County Delegate Elizabeth Bobo welcomes group, Jamie Raskin, Montgomery State Senator speaks. Then exploration of process for Maryland Progressives to cooperate on key State legislative issues. Howard County Central Library -10375 Little Patuxent Pkw Columbia Mdn- Additional parking available across the street near Merriweather Post Pavilion or in Mall parking lot. There are many issues that will be in the Md legislature in January including campaign finance reform. If you are interested fostering cooperation for effective progressive action, please attend! See article on Montgomery/Prince Georges Progresssive Working Group here.

Sun Nov 22, 2009, 4-7:30pm 3rd Anniversary Celebration - Why Do We Still Need A Regional and Interfaith Antiracism Alliance for a Greater Washington? Sponsored by Greater Washington Allies in Reconciliation An Interfaith (And Good Faith) Antiracism Alliance. Location: Church of the Pilgrims, PCUSA, 2201 P St. NW, Washington DC -Dupont Circle Metro - RSVP: www.gwair.org or email us: info@gwair.org

Sat, Dec 5, 2009, 6:30 to 9 PM - 12th Annual Human Rights Pot-Luck Dinner - Howard County Friends of Latin America at the Florence Bain Senior Center, 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia, Maryland 21044 Directions here. Info here.

Sun Dec 6 2-6pm - YesMEP Concert "Music, Theater, and Pleas for Middle East Peace" At the The Sixth & I Historic Synagogue 600 I St NW Washington DC 20001 - Co-sponsored by NSP Maryland. Flyer here. See www.yesmep.org


LOCAL PEACE INFO
Partners for Peace - www.partnersforpeace.org/
Washington Peace Center - www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/
Baltimore Activist Alert -www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
Women in Black - Baltimore - www.peacepath911.com/
Women in Black - Frederick - www.wibfrederick.org/
American Friends Service Committee Mid-Atlantic -www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore/
Peace Action Montgomery County Md - www.peaceactionmc.org/
PG County Peace and Justice Coalition - www.justpeace-pgmd.org/
Anne Arundel County Peace Action -www.aapeaceaction.us/pages/home.htm
Nonviolent Communication Training (NVC) in the DC area -www.capitolnvc.org/
Maryland United for Peace and Just - http://mupj.org/
Bring the Maryland National Guard Home - www.mdguardhome.org

Climate Change Action, Winter 2009-2010

Every Tues at 7pm - Ecolocity - The Transition Town Movement in DC - http://ecolocity.ning.com

Tues Nov 10- Sat Nov 14 – Showings of video “Coal Country” a stunning documentary of the horrors of our major source of electricity. Sponsored nationwide by the Sierra Club. Search for local event here.

Nov 10 and Continuing - Large-Scale Color Photo Exhibit "Earth Under Fire" at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Ave NW,Wash, DC 20005

“Climate Change in Our World” is an exhibit of large-scale color photographs by Gary Braasch, from his book Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World, Companion exhibit for kids, parents and school groups, “How We Know About Our Changing Climate” will highlight how scientists learn about climate change and include kids taking action, in the films “Young Voices on Climate Change.” Info here.

Sun. Nov 15, 3 PM The Earth Forum, "Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk" in Columbia MD - Dr. Cindy Parker of John Hopkins Univ. How climate threatens your health, the health of the earth, and what can be done. Author wrote outstanding book: "Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk, What You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Your Family" First Presbyterian Church of Howard County is located at 9325 Presbyterian Circle just off the Rt. 108 and Rt. 29 - Directions here. - Flier here.

Thurs, Nov 19, 2009, 2:15 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. “Climate Change, Air Quality and Human Health” ( Flyer) Speaker: Patrick Kinney , Ph.D. part of The Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute Fall 2009 Seminar Series, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore Md Room W4030 . Lunch will be served Directions here.

Thurs, Nov 19, 6 - 8:30 PM, 'Introduction to Solar Energy Systems' in Baltimore - Jeff Blankman of Sunnyside Solar will answer your questions on practical aspects of getting started with photovoltaic or solar thermal systems in the home or office. He is also an expert in energy efficiency analysis. Also CHERYL WADE, solar energy advocate and co-owner of the solar-powered Mill Valley Garden Center (which takes the locally grown concept to a new level). She will discuss opportunities and barriers with net metering: selling excess energy back to the grid. Questions & Answers, light fare. Free of charge. $5 optional contribution appreciated. Sponsored by the Baltimore Climate Action Network: www.baltimoreclimate.org. Mill Valley Gene

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 4:30-6:30 PM "Power Companies’ Dirty Plans for Maryland - Help Stop New Coal Power in Our State" - Balt Green Forum at Maryland Presbyterian Church, 1105 Providence Road, Towson, MD 21286 This presentation will begin with a showing of “Coal Country,” a film that tells of the dramatic struggle around coal mining in Appalachia. Coal is mined more cheaply than ever, and nationwide demand for electricity generated from burning this fuel is rising. However, what results from this process is chemical-filled air and water, as well as the destruction of an ancient mountain range. After the film, attendees will have the opportunity to hear about power companies’ plans to build new power lines through Maryland to import dirty electricity from coal from Appalachia and how they can help in the fight against these projects directions here.

Tues Dec 1, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Down with King Coal: Rally for a clean energy revolution in Maryland. Where: Preston Gardens Park (Corner of St. Paul & Saratoga, across from Mercy Hospital) 308 St Paul Pl., Baltimore, MD 21202 Info and sign up here and info here.

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local MD-VA-DC climate activism and climate activism news atwww.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org

Transition Towns DC area group and Maryland groups - http://ecolocity.ning.com/ http://transitionmaryland.ning.com/

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/
www.focusthenation.org

Transitions Towns - www.transitiontowns.org/ &http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . Also Bethesda, Howard County and Baltimore Sunday Forums

EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change
10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online atwww.wpfw.org/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info:http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage

Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Wed, Oct 28 - 7:30 pm - NSP Maryland Meeting- Reports backs from participation at the 350.org International Day of Climate Action and the J Street Conference "Driving Change, Securing Peace". Planning local support for NSP national spring conference in DC June 11-14, and expanding on the values process we began at our September meeting. At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, Room 1 of the Education Bldg.

Wed, Sept 23, 2009 NSP Maryland Meeting. Sharing and envisioning for the coming year, we'll search our hearts for where we are connecting now with our deepest values - caring, generosity, nonviolence, social justice, and care for our earth/climate. How do these energize our activism, how is this manifesting and where do we find support and renewal and rejuvenation? Join this exploration. We are at so many critical turning points! How do we save the world joyfully! At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, Room 1 of the Education Bldg.

Future dates - generally the 4th Wed, but the 3rd in Nov and Dec
Wednesdays: 11/18, 12/16, 1/27, 2/24, 4/28, 5/26 and 6/23

Network of Spiritual Progressives/TIKKUN National Conference
June 11-14, 2009 in Washington DC
www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=june2010conference

Weekly Monday night 9pm EST
Tikkun/NSP Author Teleconferences
Info here.

Peace/ Justice Activism Fall 2009

Fall 09 Semester of Peace at the University of Maryland - There are many activities planned for students and the general public - lectures, art, music, drama and more. See
www.peace.umd.edu

Sept 20-30 Health Care Justice Week in DC - www.healthcare-now.org/

Sun Sept 20 4-6 Reaching for Health Care Reform - Town Hall - River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Road, Bethesda 20817. Sponsored by Montgomery Health Care Action. www.rruuc.org/mhca

Sept 25-26 - Compassionate Listening Training in Baltimore -
www.compassionatelistening.org/ Space very limited
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Thur-Sat Oct 1-3 - Sabeel Conference in DC - Framing the Discourse – Mobilizing for Action - A Conference for Peacemakers. See
www.fosna.org/content/program-dc-conference-oct-2009

Fri-Sat - Oct 2-3 - National Conference on War Powers, Law and Democracy at Georgetown University www.whodecidesaboutwar.org/ Convened by the national campaign to Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law and the Liberty Tree Foundation, with hosts National Lawyers Guild at Georgetown Law School, and in coordination with the Institute for Policy Studies, Democrats.com, and Veterans for Peace, After Downing Street, CODEPINK, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Peace Action USA, and Progressive Democrats of America.

Sat Oct 3 and continuing dates - Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One shared Vision speaking tour - Begins at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V NW in DC and continues at various locations in the DC-MD-VA area through October. See this website for details: www.partnersforpeace.org/tours/16th-jerusalem-women-speak-tour-2009/

Oct 4 & 5 - DC - End the War Workshop and Civil Disobedience - Voices for Creative Nonviolence. See: http://vcnv.org/vcnv-calendar/end-the-afghanistan-war-nonviolence-workshop

Sun Oct 25, 2-6pm Tents of Abraham program "New Approaches to Community Among Three Abrahamic Faiths" at Stony Run Friends Meeting House, 5116 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21218 www.tentofabraham-baltimore.org

Sun-Thurs - Oct 25-28 J Street - Driving Change Securing Peace Conference - in DC
www.jstreet.org/

Sun Dec 6 2-6pm - YesMEP Concert "Music, Theater, and Pleas for Middle East Peace" - Co-sponsored by NSP Maryland Flier here. See www.yesmep.org

LOCAL PEACE INFO
Partners for Peace - www.partnersforpeace.org/
Washington Peace Center - www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/
Baltimore Activist Alert - www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
Women in Black - Baltimore - www.peacepath911.com/
Women in Black - Frederick - www.wibfrederick.org/
American Friends Service Committee Mid-Atlantic - www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore/
Peace Action Montgomery County Md - www.peaceactionmc.org/
PG County Peace and Justice Coalition - www.justpeace-pgmd.org/
Anne Arundel County Peace Action - www.aapeaceaction.us/pages/home.htm
Nonviolent Communication Training (NVC) in the DC area - www.capitolnvc.org/
Maryland United for Peace and Just - http://mupj.org/
Bring the Maryland National Guard Home - www.mdguardhome.org

Climate Change Action, Fall 2009

Sat - Sept 19 -10-1 - Eco-Living Fair - Mt Pleasant Solar Coop in DC www.mtpleasantsolarcoop.org/

Mon - 9/21 7:30 pm - The Age of Stupid - in theatres for one night only www.ageofstupid.net/

Thurs-Sat - Sept 30 to Oct 3, 2009 - Webcast of The Governors' Global Climate Summit 2: On the Road to Copenhagen - http://climatesummit.greenstreetscene.com/channel/conferences/globalclimatesummit2/welcome

Fri Oct 2 - 5:30pm - Les Brown on Plan B 4.0, Mobilizing to Save Civilization at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW , 2nd floor, Washington Dc www.earth-policy.org/index.php?/events/

Oct 10-11 - Green Festival in DC - www.greenfestivals.org/washington-dc/

Oct 9-13 and 15-18 Solar Decathlon on the Mall in DC - www.solardecathlon.org/

Wed Oct 14 - 7-9pm Program on Agenda for a New Economy - David Korten's work on sustainable economies - Greenbelt Climate Action Network meeting - Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd Greenbelt, MD

Sun Oct 18 - Earth Forum in Columbia MD 3pm - Mike Tidwell of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network with a multimedia presentation "Hot Planet Love: A Story of Global Warming, Passion, and Doing the Right Thing" at First Presbyterian of Howard County, 9325 Presbyterian Circle, Columbia, MD 21045

Sat -Oct 24 - International Day of Climate Action - www.350.org . See DC event info. at http://www.350.org/dc - noon to 5 pm at Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park, 16th and Euclid Streets NW followed by a march to Lafayette Park in front of the White House.
Columbia MD 350.org Concert at 7pm - www.350.org/node/5560

Sun Oct 25 - 7pm - Faith Response To Environmental Conservation and Justice - Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - at Beth Shalom, 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia Md 21044


CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local climate activism and climate activism news at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org

Transition Towns DC area group - http://ecolocity.ning.com/

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/
www.focusthenation.org

Transitions Towns - www.transitiontowns.org/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/ has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change
10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online at www.wpfw.org/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info: http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage

The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Wed, May 13, "Agenda for a New Economy" 7:30 pm - in Adelphi MD. Part II of program on David Korten's, author of "the Great Turning". David Korten wrote an article for TIKKUN magazine, "AN ECONOMY FOR THE 21st CENTURY", available at www.tikkun.org/article.php/20090226000943808. His new book is "Agenda for a New Economy - From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth". We'll continue discussing Korten's vision which is locally based, community oriented and devoted to a better life for all, and watch parts of a online video of a talk he gave. At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives in MD

Wed June 17 - 7:30 pm- Next NSP Meeting Continuing to Explore Economic Justice and Sustainability and A New Way Forward -At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 Continuing to explore improving our economy and our democracy informed by the work on sustainability and the economy of David Korten and by www.ANewWayForward.org. We'll show a short A New Way Forward Video, and explore action steps and next steps we can take individually and as a chapter. Finally, we'll have a short business meeting on planning our 4th of July Inter-Dependence Day Picnic and other upcoming events.

4th Annual 4th of July Inter-Dependence Day Picnic

Sat July 4th At Paint Branch UU Church - 4-7:30 pm (Rain or Shine)

Sponsored by Paint Branch Social Action Committee and the Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland. Co-sponsors include: PeaceAction Montgomery, The Howard County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Maryland United for Peace and Justice, the Greenbelt Climate Action Network, Grandmothers for Peace in Md, Prince George's Peace & Justice Coalition, World Peacemakers at Dayspring Church

Flyer here.
Rabbi Lerner on Inter-Dependence Day here.
Many Declarations of Inter-Dependence here.

Links to more Interdependence Day Quotes here.

NSP/TIKKUN Author Phone Calls - Every Monday at 9 pm EST Info here.

June 1: What To Do When the Bailout Fails. David Schweickart

June 8: Peter Gabel, Tikkun Associate Editor

More on Area Peace and Justice events here.

More on Area Climate Change Action here.

Peace/ Justice Activism, Spring-Summer 2009

Fri May 15 - 7 - 9pm, Presentation: "Gaza Relief." With Mai Abdul Rahman, Founder of American Palestinian Women's Association, and Medea Benjamin, Co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange. At the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Rd, Columbia, MD. Minimum donation $10 for school supplies, backpacks and playground equipment for children in Gaza. Co-sponsored by the Howard County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Just Peace Circles, Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Grandmothers for Peace, Howard County Friends of Latin America, Code Pink and the American Palestinian Women's Association.
arrive early 6:30 - 7, light refreshments and music

Sat, May 3o, 11:30 a.m. Peace Lunch to Benefit Childen of Gaza.
Fellowship Hall, Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville 100 Welsh Park Dr., Rockville.
Food by Lebanese Taverna. Suggested donation, $20, with proceeds to support a playground in Gaza. Co-sponsors: PeaceAction Montgomery, Pax Christi and the Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville. Nationally acclaimed writer and activist Frida Berrigan will talk about the U.S. military budget, and Pam Rasmussen, coordinator of the Code Pink Palestine/Israel campaign, will show slides from her recent trip to Gaza and talk about the children of Gaza-and what we can do to help. Please RSVP, to assist in ordering food or for questions: info@PeaceActionMC.org or 301-570-0923

June 1-3 in DC - America's Future Now Conference - http://ourfuture.org/now

June 7-9 in DC - Churches for Middle East Peace Conference -
www.cmep.org/2009_conference/index.htm

Thurs, June 11, 2009 Noon - 1:30 PM Religious Public Witness Against Torture - www.nrcat.org Press Conference at the National Press Club followed by Gathering in Lafayette Park at NOON, across from the White House. Ending with a Religious Witness on Pennsylvania Avenue. Details here. Sign up here.

Fr. Louie Vitale appears in this area June 15-18.
He is a Franciscan priest, activist, inspired by St. Francis, Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr to risk arrest in pursuit of peace and justice. Recently he served time in jail after protesting US involvement in torture. http://paceebene.org/calendar-list

• Mon, June 15, 2009 7-9pm - Fr. Louie Vitale on No to Torture! Close Fort Benning and Fort Huachuca - Owen Brown Community Center 6800 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045
• Tues June 16, 2009 7-9 pm Fr. Louie Vitale on Living as a Peacemaker - St. Camillus Church, 1600 St. Camillus Drive , Silver Spring, MD, 20903
• June 17, 2009 7-9 pm Fr. Louie Vitale on Loving Your Enemies: Transforming Us vs Them Thinking - St. Mary's of the Assumption Church, 5502 York St, Baltimore, MD 21212
  
• June 18, 2009 7-9pm - Fr. Louie Vitale on Loving Your Enemies: Transforming Us vs Them Thinking - St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC, 20010
  

June 12-14 in DC - Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee National Convention www.adc.org/convention/

July 18, 2009 9am-5pm "The Dollars and Sense of Racial Justice: Faith, Hope And Organizing in a Time of Economic Crisis" - GWAIR (Greater Washington Area Allies in Reconciliation) 2nd Annual Community Conference - Join us for a special day with an Interfaith Shabbat Service, Music and Action- planningChallenging Workshops - on Bridging the Wealth Gap, Living Wages, Organizing, Black-Brown Cooperation, Alternatives to Banks, Reparations & White Privilege and more. Keynote by Bill Fletcher, Jr., Director of Field Services & Education for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Editor of the Black Commentator and former President of TransAfrica Forum. Info and registration at:
www.gwair.org/Conference_July_18__2009.html/ Flyer here.

Wed, June 24, 4-7pm, Believe Together - Health Care for All - Interfaith Service in Washington DC (at Freedom Plaza, Pennsylvania Avenue adn 13th St NW).
Gathering at 4pm, Service 5-7pm. Bring people and banners from your faith group and your prayers for Health Care for all. Confirmed Speakers:
*Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
* Dr. Sayyid Syeed, Executive Director, Islamic Society of North America
* Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Pastor Emeritus, Riverside Church, NYC,Executive Director, The Healing of the Nations Foundation
Questions? Email june24@healthcarechaplaincy.org
Register to let them know you plan to attend here. List of sponsors here. The Network of Spiritual Progressives is part of this large coalition!

LOCAL PEACE INFO
Washington Peace Center - www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/
Baltimore Activist Alert - www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
Women in Black - Baltimore - www.peacepath911.com/
Women in Black - Frederick - www.wibfrederick.org/
American Friends Service Committee Mid-Atlantic - www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore/
Peace Action Montgomery County Md - www.peaceactionmc.org/
PG County Peace and Justice Coalition - www.justpeace-pgmd.org/
Anne Arundel County Peace Action - www.aapeaceaction.us/pages/home.htm
Nonviolent Communication Training (NVC) in the DC area - www.capitolnvc.org/
Maryland United for Peace and Just - http://mupj.org/

Climate Change Activisim Spring-Summer 2009

Mon May 18 - Public EPA Hearing in Arlington Va. Opportunity for public to comment to support of the proposed endangerment finding from President Obama's EPA - which gives the EPA the authority and obligation to regulate greenhouse gases. More info here - http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageNavigator/adv_bigpicture

Every Tues - Ecolocity Every Tues in DC - The Transition Town Movement http://ecolocity.ning.com/

Wed May 27 7pm, "Hope is in the Details: Reclaiming our Food and our Health", Sister Miriam MacGillis Co-founder of Genesis Farm www.genesisfarm.org speaks at Towson Presbyterian Church, 400 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD. She is a noted speaker who gives presentations around the world on the work of Thomas Berry about returning the natural rhythms of the earth. More info at: www.slowfoodbaltimore.com/events.html

Thurs/Fri June 25-26, 2009 10-5 pm, Convergence on Zero - FREE groundbreaking climate change conference at Smithsonian in DC. Bringing together leading climate change thinkers. Opening with an analysis of global challenges, and moving on to explore options to fix broken systems and strengthen those still working. A new US/British dialogue on a future with ZERO carbon emissions. LOCATION: Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, at the intersection of 10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, D.C. 20560 See www.convergenceonzero.org/ Free registration for one or both days here. Schedule here.

MAJOR CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/GREEN JOBS LEGISLATION
Pending in Congress Now - Waxman-Markey's bill - the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) H.R. 2454. See analysis here. Take action here. Join climate change advocacy at www.1sky.org and www.chesapeakeclimate.org

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local climate activism and climate activism news at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/
www.focusthenation.org

Transitions Towns - www.transitiontowns.org/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns, DC area http://ecolocity.ning.com/, Md group http://transitionmaryland.ning.com/

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/ has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . SMEI offers discussion and action circles in the MD from Balti to Frederick to Annapolis and DC on voluntary simplicity, globalization, etc, and a new popular 4 week discussion circle on global warming. Info at: SimplicityGrpsMD@aol.com . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change
10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online at www.wpfw.org/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info: http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage

The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Wed, May 13, "Agenda for a New Economy" 7:30 pm - in Adelphi MD. Part II of program on David Korten's, author of "the Great Turning". David Korten wrote an article for TIKKUN magazine, "AN ECONOMY FOR THE 21st CENTURY", available at www.tikkun.org/article.php/20090226000943808. His new book is "Agenda for a New Economy - From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth". We'll continue discussing Korten's vision which is locally based, community oriented and devoted to a better life for all, and watch parts of a online video of a talk he gave. At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives in MD

Mon Apr 13, 7:30 pm, NSP Meeting - "Agenda for a New Economy" Video and Discussion - David Korten's article for TIKKUN's Nov/Dec08 issue "AN ECONOMY FOR THE 21st CENTURY, A Proposal for the Obama Administration" quickly became a book "Agenda for a New Economy - From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth". Read the article here. We'll show a video of David Korten discussing his book on 1/23/09 (viewable online here) . The "New Economy" Korten envisions is locally based, community oriented and devoted to a better life for all, not simply increasing profits of the rich. We'll have a guided discussion on economic myths and new realities focusing on our varied and personal responses as progressives, as spiritual and ethical beings, as family members etc living in the midst of uncertainly. David's prior 2 books the now classics for sustainable economics: The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community - 2006, and When Corporations Rule the World - 2001. More at: www.davidkorten.org/, http://thegreatturning.net/
At Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783

Mon, Mar 16 at 7:30 pm NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783

NSP Maryland Co-sponsors:

New Freedom Seder for the Earth

Sun March 29, 5pm - An Interfaith Seder focusing on the most profound issue facing the world today - the danger of climate catastrophe --- "global scorching". Jointly led by multireligious/multicultural leaders, artists and activists. Location: Shiloh Baptist Church1500 9th Street, NW Washington, DC Remembering the 40th anniversary of the original Freedom Seder, written by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, which wove together Black, Jewish, and other liberation struggles Co-sponsors include: Adat Shalom, Am Kolel, DC Green Muslims, Fabregan, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, National Coalition Building Institute, Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland, Operation Understanding DC, Pax Christi USA, Shiloh Baptist Church, The Shalom Center, Shirat HaNefesh, Shomrei Adamah of Greater Washington. Info/co-sponsorship/volunteer for setup/cleanup - email Rain Zohav at rainzohav@earthlink.net or 301 294 8849. Reservations/online payment/contribution for meal requested by 3/19 at The Shalom Center website - www.shalomctr.org - registration link here. Press Release here.

24th Annual Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference

Sat, April 4, 2009 9-4pm
Church of the Resurrection, 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD 20866
Broshure/Registration here.

The Network of Spiritual Progressives
is a Christian Peace Witness for Iraq Partner
http://christianpeacewitness.org/ Broshure here.
April 29, 2009 12:30 to 5:30 pm National City Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW Wash DC - Opening and Workshops on Nonviolence
April 29, 2009 7pm Worship at National City Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW Wash DC and Candlelight Procession to the White House
April 30, Join Witness Against Torture 100th Day Action
(www.100dayscampaign.org)

UPDATE ON RABBI LERNER's Health here.
We are glad for a good prognosis for healing, and envision his committing to rest and the very best of self-care in order to continue his inspiring leadership for a more compassionate and generous world for many many many years to come.
Planned DC NSP conference for April 28 to May 2, 20009 has been postponed.

NSP Author Conference Calls and archive of past calls - Info here.

• Mon, 3/9/09 Cherie Brown of the Natl Coalition Building Institute., Seven Principles about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Mon, 3/23/09: Thad Williamson, Re-Thinking American Capitalism
• Mon, 3/30/09: Glen Stassen, The Ten Commandments
  

More on Area Peace and Justice events here.

More on Area Climate Change Action here.

Peace/ Justice Activism, Winter/Spring 2009

Thurs, Mar 19 - 6th Anniversary of Iraq War - United for Peace and Justice call for action here.

Sun, Mar 22 from 3-5:30 pm Activists or Terrorists? The case of police spying in Maryland - Panel on The Maryland "Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act of 2009" (Senate Bill 256/House Bill 182) includes an ACLU Representative, Sue Udry director of the Defending Dissent Foundation, and 3 activists Nadine Bloch, Pat Elder, and Bette Hoover from the 53 local activists who were mistakenly entered into a database as being “suspected of involvement in terrorism”. The ACLU of Maryland exposed the Maryland State Police for spying on peaceful activists, infiltrating their meetings, compiling dossiers on them, and falsely labeling them in a criminal intelligence database as suspected terrorists. Legislation at both the state and federal level to ban such political spying and protect our first amendment rights is in the works. Discussion and refreshment to follow presentation. Sponsored by Howard County Coalition for Peace & Justice. LOCATION: Howard County Central Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD

Fri, Mar 27:, 7:30 pm Film, "Encounter Point". Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land encounter each other as individuals, with intriguing results. And snacks throughout the evening! Film produced by Ronit Avni, Joline Makhlouf, and Nahanni Rous, and filmed on location in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. No admission fee. Sponsored by The Palestine-Israel Peace Project (PIPP) of Montgomery County, Maryland. Location: Crusader Lutheran Church, 1605 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville, Maryland, in the Fellowship Hall. Directions: Go north on Veirs Mill Road, away from Wheaton. Cross through the intersection of Veirs Mill with Twinbrook Parkway. At the second light, which is the intersection with Broadwood Drive, turn left. Then take the second of two immediate lefts into the back parking lot of the church. Enter the Fellowship Hall through the door in the back. (note: Crusader Lutheran Church graciously allows the Palestine-Israel Peace Project (PIPP) to use its space for monthly events. PIPP, however, is not a committee or a ministry of the Church.)

Sun, March 29 1:00 p.m. DVD "Life in Occupied Palestine" – by Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American peace worker who spent eight months in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories documenting human rights abuses and supporting nonviolent direct action in the West Bank with the International Women's Peace Service. She has been touring the United States ever since, giving an incredible talk that clearly explains what is going on in that part of the world and why. This DVD presentation contains Anna Baltzer's superb and well documented talk – and also includes photos, charts, facts, commentary and ideas for action. Sponsored by: Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, HCCEIO@yahoo.com LOCATION: Howard County Central Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD

Sat, April 4, 2009 9-4pm - Annual Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference - Church of the Resurrection., 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD 20866

April 26-29, 2009 Sojourners Mobilization to End Poverty. Washington Convention Center, 8801 Mt Vernon Place NW, Washington DC 20001

April 29-30, 2009 - Christian Peace Witness for Iraq , Washington DC event http://christianpeacewitness.org/

LOCAL PEACE INFO
Washington Peace Center - www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/
Baltimore Activist Alert - www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
Women in Black - Baltimore - www.peacepath911.com/
Women in Black - Frederick - www.wibfrederick.org/
American Friends Service Committee Mid-Atlantic - www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore/
Peace Action Montgomery County Md - www.peaceactionmc.org/
PG County Peace and Justice Coalition - www.justpeace-pgmd.org/
Anne Arundel County Peace Action - www.aapeaceaction.us/pages/home.htm
Nonviolent Communication Training (NVC) in the DC area - www.capitolnvc.org/

Climate Change Action, Winter/Spring 2009

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 6:45-8:45pm - Climate Change, Movement Building and You Attend this forum, as we talk about where the climate crisis came from, what solutions are currently on the table, and what action needs to be taken. Led by Janet Redman a researcher for the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where she provides analysis of the international financial institutions\ energy investment and carbon finance activities. www.hotsalsa.org/index.php?dept=POL - FREE class at 1112 Sixteenth Street, NW, Wash DC Suite 600

Tues Mar 24-May 5, 2009, 7--8:30 p.m. - One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment - Odyssey Class - Coordinator: Cindy Parker MD, MPH, is a board-certified Preventive Medicine physician who specializes in the health impacts of global climate change and global environmental change. She is Co-Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has just released her first book Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk with coauthor Steven Shapiro. Homewood campus in Baltimore - FEE - info http://odyssey.jhu.edu/about-odyssey/

Mar 28, 2009 8:30 pm - Earth Hour - Turn off lights for one hour Turn Out. Take Action. www.EarthHourUS.org

Sun March 29, 5pm - An Interfaith Seder focusing on the most profound issue facing the world today - the danger of climate catastrophe --- "global scorching". Jointly led by multireligious/multicultural leaders, artists and activists. Location: Shiloh Baptist Church1500 9th Street, NW Washington, DC Remembering the 40th anniversary of the original Freedom Seder, written by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, which wove together Black, Jewish, and other liberation struggles Co-sponsors include: Adat Shalom, Am Kolel, DC Green Muslims, Fabregan, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, National Coalition Building Institute, Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland, Operation Understanding DC, Pax Christi USA, Shiloh Baptist Church, The Shalom Center, Shirat HaNefesh, Shomrei Adamah of Greater Washington. Info/co-sponsorship/volunteer for setup/cleanup - email Rain Zohav at rainzohav@earthlink.net or 301 294 8849. Reservations/online payment/contribution for meal requested by 3/19 at The Shalom Center website - www.shalomctr.org - registration link here.

Sat Apr 4, 10-4 Howard County Green Fest "Energy and Water Conservation" at Howard Community College's main campus at 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway • Columbia, Maryland 21044, in the Burrill Galleria

Tues, April 14th, 6:15 - 7:45 PM 'The Baltimore Green Jobs Movement', Public Presentation & BCAN Meeting (www.baltimoreclimate.org) Jerry Raitzyk, leading green jobs & environmental justice advocate, Board Member of the Entrepreneurial Training
University in Baltimore (hub of the local Green Job movement), describes a surge of new enthusiasm, projects, & funding. Jerry is also active with the Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland. Then a brief open meeting of www.baltimoreclimate.org. All welcome. Refreshments. Free. At the Central (main) branch of the Pratt Library, Poe Room, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Map (A few blocks from both the Lexington Market Metro stop and the Lexington Market Light Rail stop). Optionally afterwards continue with drinks and conversation at a nearby eatery across the street. Questions or to carpool:
mail [at] baltimoreclimate.org or 410-812-1447.

Wed, April 22, 2009 EARTH DAY http://earthday.net/

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local climate activism and climate activism news at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org
Transition Towns DC area group - http://ecolocity.ning.com/

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/
www.focusthenation.org

Transitions Towns - www.transitiontowns.org/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/ has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . SMEI offers discussion and action circles in the MD from Balti to Frederick to Annapolis and DC on voluntary simplicity, globalization, etc, and a new popular 4 week discussion circle on global warming. Info at: SimplicityGrpsMD@aol.com . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change
10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online at www.wpfw.org/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info: http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage

The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Tues Feb 17 at 7:30 pm- NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 - Planning for Feb 22 Service on Gaza, Maryland National Guard lobby Feb 23, Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference April 4 and more

Sun, Feb 22nd 2 - 4 PM GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Campaign Interfaith Worship Service and Workshop - Focus: GAZA: In Search of our Common Humanity - Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD - Co-sponsored by Sharing Jerusalem - www.sharingjerusalem.org/ and WIAMEP (Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace) - Hosted by Paint Branch UU Church and NSP Maryland - Flyer here.

Join NSP, Peace Action Montgomery and a large Coalition to Lobby to Bring the Maryland National Guard home

Mon Feb 23, 2009 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Meet in Reception Room in the Neall Conference Room, 2nd floor, James Senate Office Building, for lobby packets, snacks and to report on your meetings.
Parking information: Gotts Court garage www.ci.annapolis.md.us/info.asp?page=8305 www.annapolisparkshop.com/garages.html
Sign up to lobby - www.mdguardhome.org/lobbynight.html

UPDATE ON RABBI LERNER's Health Here

NSP Author Conference Calls and archive of past calls - Info Here

Feb 16: How to Get Full Employment - Bob Pollin
Feb 23: How to get Universal Health Care - John Geyman past president of Physicians for a National Health Program

Area Peace and Justice events here.

Area Climate Change Action here.

Peace and Justice Activism, Winter/Spring 2009

Mon Feb 23 - Maryland National Guard Home Lobby Night in Annapolis - www.mdguardhome.org/ and www.mdguardhome.org/lobbynight.html

Thurs, Mar 19 - 6th Anniversary of Iraq War - United for Peace and Justice call for action here.

Sat, April 4, 2009 9-4pm - Annual Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference - Church of the Resurrection., 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD 20866

April 26-29, 2009 Sojourners Mobilization to End Poverty. Washington Convention Center, 8801 Mt Vernon Place NW, Washington DC 20001

April 29-30, 2009 - Christian Peace Witness for Iraq , Washington DC event http://christianpeacewitness.org/

LOCAL PEACE INFO
Washington Peace Center - www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/
Baltimore Activist Alert - www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
Women in Black - Baltimore - www.peacepath911.com/
Women in Black - Frederick - www.wibfrederick.org/
American Friends Service Committee Mid-Atlantic - www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore/
Peace Action Montgomery County Md - www.peaceactionmc.org/
PG County Peace and Justice Coalition - www.justpeace-pgmd.org/
Anne Arundel County Peace Action - www.aapeaceaction.us/pages/home.htm
Nonviolent Communication Training (NVC) in the DC area - www.capitolnvc.org/

Climate Change Action, Winter 2009

Thurs, Feb 19 7pm - Living Without Oil - Green Building Institute - EnviroCenter, 7761 Waterloo Road (MD Rte 175), Jessup, MD 20794 - FEE - info www.greenbuildinginstitute.org/LivingwithoutOil.htm

Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2009 POWER SHIFT 2009 -At Power Shift 2009, more than 10,000 young people in the youth climate movement will converge on DC for three days of training, strategy and action, uniting as a movement and holding elected officials accountable. On the last day all will be invited to join the youth to demonstrate support for climate action! see http://powershift09.org/ Location: DC Convention Center.

Sun, Mar 1, 6:30-8:30 pm Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben and Gus Speth -- for a night of discussion, poetry and inspiration. George Washington University Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st Street NW, Washington, DC $15 or $10 for Students. Register here .

Mar 2, 2009 - Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben invite activists to civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill. Info here, here and here.

Tues Mar 3, 2009 - Dr. Vandana Shiva on “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in An Age of Climate Crisis”, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health (Wolfe Street Building), Baltimore, Md www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/#clf

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 6:45-8:45pm - Climate Change, Movement Building and You Attend this forum, as we talk about where the climate crisis came from, what solutions are currently on the table, and what action needs to be taken. Led by Janet Redman a researcher for the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where she provides analysis of the international financial institutions\ energy investment and carbon finance activities. www.hotsalsa.org/index.php?dept=POL - FREE class at 1112 Sixteenth Street, NW, Wash DC Suite 600

Tues Mar 24-May 5, 2009, 7--8:30 p.m. - One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment - Odyssey Class - Coordinator: Cindy Parker MD, MPH, is a board-certified Preventive Medicine physician who specializes in the health impacts of global climate change and global environmental change. She is Co-Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has just released her first book Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk with coauthor Steven Shapiro. Homewood campus in Baltimore - FEE - info http://odyssey.jhu.edu/about-odyssey/

Mar 28, 2009 8:30 pm - Earth Hour - Turn off lights for one hour Turn Out. Take Action. www.EarthHourUS.org

Wed, April 22, 2009 EARTH DAY http://earthday.net/

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local climate activism and climate activism news at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org
Transition Towns DC area group - http://ecolocity.ning.com/

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/
www.focusthenation.org

Transitions Towns - www.transitiontowns.org/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/ has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . SMEI offers discussion and action circles in the MD from Balti to Frederick to Annapolis and DC on voluntary simplicity, globalization, etc, and a new popular 4 week discussion circle on global warming. Info at: SimplicityGrpsMD@aol.com . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change
10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online at www.wpfw.org/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info: http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage

The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Wed, Jan 14 at 7:30 pm- NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783
Planning meeting - upcoming table at All Souls for the Remembering King Peace witness Jan19, Co-sponsorship of Sharing Jerusalem program at Paint Branch Sun Feb 22 focused on Gaza/Israel conflict, involvment in MD United for Peace and Justice conference Sat April 4, upcoming NSP National Conference in DC May 1-4, 2009, advocacy for Global Marshall Plan and more. Join Us!

SUPPORT TIKKUN/NSP "Cease Fire Now in Gaza" Ad in Major Newspapers. See
www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php/gaza
More of Rabbi Lerner on Gaza here and here.

Bring the National Guard Home!

Wed, Jan 21 noon to 3pm - National Press Club National Launch!
Wed, Jan 21 6-8pm - National Launch - Bring the National Guard Home! and Cities for Peace at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V Streets NW, Washington DC
Mon, Jan 26 - Bring the Maryland National Guard Home Lobby Night in Annapolis www.mdguardhome.org/

Mon, Jan 19 5:30 pm Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America - Celebratory interfaith service , teaching on justice and peace, and preparation for historic inauguration. And the evening will focus on King’s teachings on the triple evils of militarism, materialism and racism.
LOCATION: All Souls'Unitarian Church, 2835 16th st NW at Columbia Rd - Doors open at 5pm
Speakers include Rabbi Michael Lerner, a co-founder of NSP.
Speaker list to date:
Vincent Harding of Iliffe School of Theology, one of Dr. King's closest advisers;
Rev. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches;
Dr. Sayyid Syeed, general secretary of the Islamic Society of North America;
Sammie Moshenberg of the National Council of Jewish Women;
Rabbi Michael Lerner of the Network of Spiritual Progressives;
Celeste Zappala of Gold Star Families for Peace;
Mubarak Awad of Nonviolence International;
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, of the Chautauqua Institution; and
Rev. William G. Sinkford of the Unitarian Universalist Assoc.
Sponsored by the Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership www.olivebranchinterfaith.org
For preparation see Dr. King's speech at Riverside Church at www.shalomctr.org/node/71

Sat, Jan 17- Jan 19, 2009 10 AM - 6pm - The MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery will be open to the public in Washington, DC for the days preceding the Presidential Inauguration. MANIFEST HOPE: DC gathers together a diverse array of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to mark this monumental achievement in our nation’s history and encourages artists and activists to maintain the momentum to bring about true change in the United States. Judges for the art include Spike Lee and Van Jones. LOCATION: 3333 M Street NW, Washington DC 20007 - www.manifesthope.com

WEEKLY TIKKUN/NSP AUTHOR TELECONFERENCES - Mondays - 9pm EST -INFO HERE - and audio of past author teleconferences can be downloaded from this link.
Jan 5: An Economy for the 21st Century - David Korten
Jan 12: Coming Out... Again - Idit Klein
Jan 21 (Wednesday): Special Post-Inauguration Forum with Michael Lerner and Peter Gabel
Jan 26: Engaging Obama's Volunteers - Randy Shaw
Feb 2: Riane Eisler
Feb 16: Bob Pollin

Area Peace and Justice events here.

Area Climate Change Action here.

Peace and Justice Activism, Winter 2009

Frequent Area Events re Gaza - see
www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1773

Dec 6, 2008 through Jan 30, 2009 - The Peace Mural in DC, 3336 M Street, NW, Washington, DC - Open every day - free admission. Sponsored by the Peace Mural Foundation, Inc., the aim of this exhibition is to bring Huong’s Peace Mural to the nation’s capital where it can evoke wide civic response through the power of art that stimulates dialogue, education, and creative nonviolent action for peace. It is interactive and participatory . Visitors are invited to “sign on” for peace by adding their own thoughts and comments to panels scattered throughout the mural. Special peace related events/music/happenings every week including some To Be Announced events Inauguration week. See the events list, directions and more at: www.talkingthewalk.net/PMF-DC.html See Peace Action Montgomery Co special event Fri Jan 9 at 7:30 pm info here.

Sun Jan 11, 2009 - 2pm Demonstration Against Torture at DuPont Circle - Witness Against Torture, 9-11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Amnesty International, Center for Constitutional Rights, United for Peace and Justice. Program includes Theatre Against Torture, Statements condemning Guantanamo and Torture, and the launch of the nine-day Fast for Justice. Info at www.100dayscampaign.org/jan11 and at 7pm - at the Huong Peace Art Mural, 3336 M Street, NW, Washington, DC. - Presentations by Hector Aristizabal, Torture Survivor, Theatre Director and Actor & Witness Against Torture.

Sun Jan 11 - Tues Jan 20 - Ten Days of Prayer: Countdown to End Torture by the National Religious Campaign to End Torture (NRCAT) . Info here.

Sat: Jan 17, 2009, 3:30PM - Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (HCCEIO) meeeting. Speaker Pam Rasmussen on PALESTINE TODAY: THE PEOPLE AND THE CHANCES FOR PEACE . Location: Howard County Central Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy (Little Patuxent Pkwy and South Entrance Road), Columbia MD 21044

Tues, Jan 20, 5-11pm Antiracist Inaugural Ball in at The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Road, NW, Washington, DC (Columbia Hts. METRO) Dinner, drummers, dancing and more. An Interfaith, Antiracist, Intergenerational & Multicultural Event. Suggested Donation: $5 Child, $10-$100 Adults . Reserve Your Space (125 limit) by 1/13/09 by sending your contact information, number of tickets, and check (“The ARCH for GWAIR”) to: GWAIR, 1121 Oates St. NE, Washington, DC 20002. Sponsored by Greater Washington Allies in Reconciliation - www.gwair.org

Sat, April 4, 2009 9-4pm - Annual Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference - Church of the Resurrection., 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD 20866

April 26-29, 2009 Sojourners Mobilization to End Poverty. Washington Convention Center, 8801 Mt Vernon Place NW, Washington DC 20001

April 29-30, 2009 - Christian Peace Witness for Iraq , Washington DC event http://christianpeacewitness.org/

LOCAL PEACE INFO
Washington Peace Center - www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/
Baltimore Activist Alert - www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/
Women in Black - Baltimore - www.peacepath911.com/
Women in Black - Frederick - www.wibfrederick.org/
American Friends Service Committee Mid-Atlantic - www.afsc.org/midatlantic/baltimore/
Peace Action Montgomery County Md - www.peaceactionmc.org/
PG County Peace and Justice Coalition - www.justpeace-pgmd.org/
Anne Arundel County Peace Action - www.aapeaceaction.us/pages/home.htm
Nonviolent Communication Training (NVC) in the DC area - www.capitolnvc.org/

Climate Change Action, Winter 2009

Sat, Jan10, 2009 - Chesapeake Climate Action Network Annual Polar Bear Plunge! Keep winter cold! www.keepwintercold.org/

Wed Jan 21-Fri Jan 23 - Local Webcast of Conference - "Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability" including two speakers who are heroes of the climate change movement Majora Carter and David Korten. At the Cathedral of the Incarnation, 4 East University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218 www.ang-md.org/christian_formation/trinity/2009-registration-form_pub_0001.pdf

Mon, Jan. 26 4-8:30 - Environmental Summit in Annapolis - Show your support for global warming solutions!
President's Conference Center West I & II, 11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
4:00 - 5:00 Skills Workshop TBA
5:00 - 5:30 Registration
5:30 p.m. - Welcome
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Presentations information from top state officials (Governor O'Malley, Senate President Miller, Speaker Busch, and others invited), expert briefings on the top environmental issues
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Opportunities to make your voice heard: County Caucuses to prep for future lobby meetings, distribution of environmental legislative agenda to legislators, and rally on state house steps as legislators enter for 8:00 p.m. session. Info here.

Feb 4 - 6, 2009 Green Jobs Conference, Marriott Wardman ParkHotel, Washington, D.C. Green Jobs Expo on Thurs, February 5 from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - If you would like to attend the expo as a person interested in green careers or jobs (e.g., you are not an exhibitor), no registration is needed and attendance is free.

Thurs, Feb 5 , 2009 The National Teach-in on Global Warming Solutions. Create or find a Teach-In in your school, neighborhood, faith community.
www.nationalteachin.org/

Sat, Feb 7, 10 to 2pm, Growing Food, Growing Faith: Creating a Vegetable Garden with Your Faith Community - Solid Rock Apostolic Church, 523 North Schroeder Street Baltimore, MD 21223 www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/events/GardeningWorkshop_Flyer09.pdf

Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2009 POWER SHIFT 2009 -At Power Shift 2009, more than 10,000 young people in the youth climate movement will converge on DC for three days of training, strategy and action, uniting as a movement and holding elected officials accountable. On the last day all will be invited to join the youth to demonstrate support for climate action! see http://powershift09.org/ Location: DC Convention Center.

Mar 2, 2009 - Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben invite activists to civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill. Info here and here.

Tues Mar 3, 2009 - Dr. Vandana Shiva on “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in An Age of Climate Crisis”, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health (Wolfe Street Building), Baltimore, Md www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/#clf

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

The Alliance for Global Warming in Maryland - www.alliancemd.org/

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local climate activism and climate activism news at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/

Simplicity Matters Earth Institute (SMEI) calendar is here . SMEI offers discussion and action circles in the MD from Balti to Frederick to Annapolis and DC on voluntary simplicity, globalization, etc, and a new popular 4 week discussion circle on global warming. Info at: SimplicityGrpsMD@aol.com . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/ has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here

EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change
10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online at www.wpfw.org/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info: http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage

The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Tues, Dec 16 at 7:30 pm- NSP Mgt - Discussion Topic: What Do We think of The Anti-Consumerism Movement? At: Paint Branch Unitarian Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783

What do we think when we hear activists say "Buy Less, Give More"? How does this fit with NSP's new bottom line of compassion, generosity and care of the earth as opposed to the old bottom line of money and materialism. We'll explore the work of Rev Billy Talent and his fictional "Church of Stop Shopping". They provide performance art done as comedy and satire but with a gravely serious message in this year of economic down turn, and distress in so many families who are in deep debt and losing homes partially due to greed and consumerism. What do we think of the connections these activists draw and how does this impact our holiday decisions? We'll see segments about a documentary on the Stop Shopping movement called "What Would Jesus (or Buddha or Krishna, or Moses etc) Buy" and have a lively discussion. (For a preview see YouTubes here and here and here). Join our holiday spiritual refocusing! More information: www.revbilly.com/ Optional preparation for the discussion - read the General and Christian resource/disscussion guides here and here.

Next NSP meeting - Wed. January 14th - same time and place.

SEE NSP WEBSITE HERE FOR INFO ON WEEKLY TIKKUN/NSP AUTHOR TELECONFERENCES - Mondays - 9pm EST
Dec. 15: Israel/Palestine: Tom Friedman's Myths - Jerome Slater
Dec. 22: Is Christmas Christian? - Richard Rohr
Jan 5: An Economy for the 21st Century - David Korten
Jan. 12: Coming Out... Again - Idit Klein
Jan 26th: Engaging Obama's Volunteers - Randy Shaw
AND More to come— and download PODCASTS OF PREVIOUS MONDAYS:
Dec. 1: Childhood & Capitalism - Allen Kanner (click to download WAV file)
Dec. 8: Obama's Emotional Intelligence - Peter Dunlap (click to download WAV file)

Last Month's Meeting: Mon Nov 24, 2008, 7:30 pm, NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783

Our NSP chapter will have a discussion on the current economic meltdown, and explore the causes, and the winners and losers in the current crisis. We'll discuss how we and those we know are affected, and how to respond as spiritual progressives. A short video and a summary of some articles will guide our discussion. This is not a time for progressives to retreat. How are we responding? In difficult choices in the days ahead, what are the choices that help reflect our values and our care for the vulnerable in our neighborhoods? Globally, we will continue our discussion of how this impacts our Global Marshall Plan advocacy. Join us!
Optional background for our discussion:
"Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics" by John R. Talbott
and an NPR: This American Life radio segment
http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1242
OR
http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=355


Also two events where NSP Co-Founders are in DC:

Fri, Nov 21 - Dr. Cornel West will discuss his new book Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom, a collection of quotations, speech excerpts, letters, philosophy, and photographs. This gift book features an original CD that highlights Dr. West's outstanding spoken-word artistry. At Busboys and Poets Bookstore, 14th and V Streets NW Washington DC.

Mon, Jan 19 5:30 pm Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America - Celebratory service and teaching. Scheduled to speak:
Vincent Harding of Iliffe School of Theology, one of Dr. King's closest advisers;
Rev. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches;
Dr. Sayyid Syeed, general secretary of the Islamic Society of North America;
Sammie Moshenberg of the National Council of Jewish Women;
Rabbi Michael Lerner of the Network of Spiritual Progressives;
Celeste Zappala of Gold Star Families for Peace;
Mubarak Awad of Nonviolence International;
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, of the Chautauqua Institution; and
Rev. William G. Sinkford of the Unitarian Universalist Assoc.
Sponsored by the Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership
For preparation see Dr. King's speech at Riverside Church at www.shalomctr.org/node/71
LOCATION: All Souls'Unitarian Church, 2835 16th st NW at Columbia Rd

Peace and Justice Activism, Winter 2008-9

Sat, Nov 22th, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, 2008 Maryland Progressive Summit - Annapolis Senior High School, 2700 Riva Road, Annapolis - Join hundreds of your fellow progressive activists from all over Maryland for this substantive conference and discussion to help form the upcoming progressive agenda for 2009. Come hear from progressive leaders in the labor, education, environmental, civil rights, health care, and criminal justice reform as they discuss their own agendas and add your voice. Buses from many areas around Maryland. Reserve your space here.


Nov 21 - 24 - Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision. Three women -- a Palestinian Christian, an Israeli Jew, and a Palestinian Muslim -- living the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will share their experiences and their hopes for a just peace. Ms. Enas Muthaffar, a Palestinian Muslim film maker from Jerusalem, OPT, Dr. Julia Chaitin, an Israeli Jewish educator from Kibbutz Urimin in the Negev, Israel, and Ms. Lucy Talgieh, a Palestinian Christian conflict resolution specialist from Bethlehem, OPT.
http://www.partnersforpeace.org/JerusalemWomenSpeak15.html

Fri Nov 28 - BUY NOTHING DAY

"There’s only one way to avoid the collapse of this human experiment of ours on Planet Earth: we have to consume less.

It will take a massive mindshift. You can start the ball rolling by buying nothing on November 28th. Then celebrate Christmas differently this year, and make a New Year’s resolution to change your lifestyle in 2009.

It’s now or never!" From Adbusters site - www.adbusters.org and ww.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd

• Find out how to Simplify Your Holidays with the Center for the New American Dream in Takoma Park, Md here where you can download a free "Simplify Your Holidays" brochure
  
• Then share the steps you and your family took to simplify here.

Nov 30, 2008, 6:00 - 8:30 PM -Economic Crisis - How we got in and how we get out: A participatory teach-in on the roots of the collapse, its effects on our communities and how we are going to organize ourselves to respond
LOCATION: 2640 Space (St. John’s of Baltimore United Methodist Church), 2640 St. Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218 Presenters: Bill Fletcher, Executive Director of The Black Commentator and former President, TransAfrica Forum; Kostis Papadantonakis, Professor Emeritus of Economics, CCBC-Essex; Kevin Zeese, Executive Director, Campaign for Fresh Air and Clean Politics and co-founder BreakTheBailout.com
Sponsored By: Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, Ric Pfieffer Memorial Lecture Committee, Advocacy Committee of the Baltimore Algebra Project, Campaign for Fresh Air and Clean Politics, Generations for Peace and Democracy, United Workers, Campaign for Fresh Air and Clean Politics

Sat, Dec 6, 6:30pm Human Rights Potluck Dinner in Howard County - Commemorate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Florence Bain Senior Center 5470 Ruth Keaton Way, Columbia, MD 21044 .Event Co-sponsors: Amnesty International Chapter 228, Howard County Friends of Latin America, and Howard County Human Rights Commission

Sun, Dec 7, 4 pm: Dramatic Performance: "A Land Twice Promised" with Noa Baum. Suggested minimum donation: $15. At the Rabbis for Human Rights Conference, Dec. 7-9, for Rabbis, Cantors, Rabbinic Students and all who are committed to human rights. At Adas Israel Congregation, 2850 Quebec Street, NW Washington, DC. Information: www.adasisrael.org
Registration : http://www.rhr-na.org/files/SOPflyer-4.pdf

Wed, Dec 10, Human Rights Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Day

Sun, Dec 14 5pm - Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Executive Director, The Shalom Center, Philadelphia, PA; co-author of The Tent of Abraham: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Stories of Hope and Peace at the Pax Christi Baltimore 2008 Advent Prayer Series. Reception with speaker follows service. All Welcome! All Invited! LOCATION: Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart Chapel - 1001 W. Joppa Rd., Towson, MD 21204 - (Joppa at Chestnut, west of Bosley Ave.)


Thurs Dec 18, 6-9 pm Washington Peace Center is throwing us all a Gala! All Souls'Unitarian Church, 2835 16th st NW at Columbia Rd Tickets are $10-20, $35 Premier Entry (includes gift). Info and RSVP to wpc@igc.org or 202-234-2000.
www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/civic/

Sat, April 4, 2009 9-4pm - Annual Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference - Church of the Resurrection., 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD 20866

April 26-29, 2009 Sojourners Mobilization to End Poverty. Washington Convention Center, 8801 Mt Vernon Place NW, Washington DC 20001

April 29-30, 2009 - Christian Peace Witness for Iraq , Washington DC event http://christianpeacewitness.org/

Climate Change Action, Winter 2008-9

Sun, Nov 23 - 4:30-6:30 PM Baltimore Green Forum - Legislative Preview with League of Conservation Voters (Jen Brock) MD Presbyterian Church, 1105 Providence Road, Towson, MD 21286 www.mpchurch.org/directions.htm

Fri, Nov 28,, 7 pm to 9 pm, Dayton, MD. Sustainable Community Suppers- Topic: Sustainable Holiday Celebrations. Fourth Friday, vegetarian potluck, discussion, sharing and speakers to support environmentally conscious living. Location: 5085 Green Bridge Rd, Dayton, MD. For more information & to RSVP, contact Karen at 410-489-6651 or sustainablecommunitysuppers@gmail.com . For directions, go to www.edenvalleycenter.org

Fri Dec. 5 2008, 7:30 pm - Howard Co. Sierra Club - "Polar Bears, "Where's the Ice?" At Howard County Recreation and Parks Headquarters, 7120 Oakland Mills, Rd., Columbia. maryland.sierraclub.org/hc/

Sun, Dec 7 - Live Earth India - One World. One Climate. Be the Change. Entertainers from inside and outside of India will perform at Live Earth, and the stage will be set for never-before seen collaborations as they, and other guests, raise awareness and offer solutions to the world's climate crisis. http://liveearth.org/india/ CANCELLED DUE TO MUMBAI ATTACK

Sat, Dec 13, 1-4pm Takoma Park Md, Clean Energy Open House and Native Plant Garden Tour Come see solar panels! View electric, biodiesel, and hybrid cars firsthand! Eat solar-baked cookies and barbequed veggie burgers from a grill that burns corn kernels! Learn how to landscape your yard with native plants! Buy wind power certificates and energy-saving light bulbs! Test drive a tofu-powered lawn mower! And more! 7125 Willow Ave, Takoma Park, MD - Map to the Open House here.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=7125+Willow+Ave,+Takoma+Park,+MD+20912&ie=UTF8&z=15&om=1&iwloc=addr

Mon, Dec 15 7-9pm, Betheda MD - 2008 Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light Awards - An Evening of Chocolate Local sacred eco-building tour, talks by two local environmental champions, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb and Mike Tidwell and yummy Chocolate Reception at Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane in Bethesda, MD Reservations here or call 202-885-8684

Sat, Jan10, 2009 - Chesapeake Climate Action Network Annual Polar Bear Plunge! Keep winter cold! www.keepwintercold.org/

Wed Jan 21-Fri Jan 23 - Local Webcast of Conference - "Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability" including two speakers who are heroes of the climate change movement Majora Carter and David Korten. At the Cathedral of the Incarnation, 4 East University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218 www.ang-md.org/christian_formation/trinity/2009-registration-form_pub_0001.pdf

Mon, Jan. 26 4-8:30 - Environmental Summit in Annapolis - Show your support for global warming solutions!
President's Conference Center West I & II, 11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
4:00 - 5:00 Skills Workshop TBA
5:00 - 5:30 Registration
5:30 p.m. - Welcome
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Presentations information from top state officials (Governor O'Malley, Senate President Miller, Speaker Busch, and others invited), expert briefings on the top environmental issues
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Opportunities to make your voice heard: County Caucuses to prep for future lobby meetings, distribution of environmental legislative agenda to legislators, and rally on state house steps as legislators enter for 8:00 p.m. session. Info here.

Feb 4 - 6, 2009 Green Jobs Conference, Marriott Wardman ParkHotel, Washington, D.C. Green Jobs Expo on Thurs, February 5 from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - If you would like to attend the expo as a person interested in green careers or jobs (e.g., you are not an exhibitor), no registration is needed and attendance is free.

Thurs, Feb 5 , 2009 The National Teach-in on Global Warming Solutions. Create or find a Teach-In in your school, neighborhood, faith community.
www.nationalteachin.org/

Sat, Feb 7, 10 to 2pm, Growing Food, Growing Faith: Creating a Vegetable Garden with Your Faith Community - Solid Rock Apostolic Church, 523 North Schroeder Street Baltimore, MD 21223 www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/events/GardeningWorkshop_Flyer09.pdf

Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2009 POWER SHIFT 2009 -At Power Shift 2009, more than 10,000 young people in the youth climate movement will converge on DC for three days of training, strategy and action, uniting as a movement and holding elected officials accountable. On the last day all will be invited to join the youth to demonstrate support for climate action! see http://powershift09.org/ Location: DC Convention Center

Tues Mar 3, 2009 - Dr. Vandana Shiva on “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in An Age of Climate Crisis”, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health (Wolfe Street Building), Baltimore, Md www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/#clf