The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland - June 2007

War is wrong, repentence is necessary.
Generosity is our strategy, not domination and control.
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Sat, June 9 - Baltimore NSP Meeting
Arrive at 9:45 to socialize--meeting to start at 10AM
In a home. For info, contact Jerry, 410-404-8535 or email: jraitzyk@hotmail.com

Mon, June 18, 7:30 pm - Prince Georges/Montgomery NSP Meeting
Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road
Adelphi, Maryland 20783-1097
Phone: (301) 937-3666
For info email: nsp.maryland.pgmc@earthlink.net

Thurs, June 21 - NSP house parties to discuss the Strategy of Generosity.
All over the country. For more info click here.
Locally at 7 pm in a home in Savage (N.Laurel), MD (near of Rt 95 and Rt 32.)
Do you struggle to be generous in a culture that says that you better watch out for your own interests or you'll never have enough? Here's your opportunity to discuss with others how this same prevailing ideology of scarcity has shaped a foreign policy of extreme national self-interest. Scarcity should not shape our foreign policy. Explore the NSP Generosity Strategy: world security through generosity, kindness, and concern for other people. We'll start with socializing, then hold a simple ceremony acknowledging the summer solstice.
Then we'll watch a short NSP video, talk and eat and party a bit more, until 8:30 pm, when we'll participate in a conference call with NSP founder Rabbi Michael Lerner.
Bring light snacks to share. Join us!
Space is limited: RSVP with your name, city, email and phone number to: nspmaryland@gmail.com or 443-803-8546 and we'll send you the address and directions.
For more info on the NSP generosity strategy click here.

NSP Alternative 4th of July Celebrations Nationwide and in Columbia MD at Centenniel Park, Pavilion A

• Celebrating what is good about the United States
  
• Affirming our interdependence with all of the other peoples of the world
• Affirm our visons for world peace, and our care and concern for our ecosystem.

Join us for a mid-day July 4, 2007 picnic and alternative 4th celebration at Centennial Park in Columbia MD, Pavilion A.
To RSVP and get additional details and directions: email: nspmaryland@gmail.com
See map of the park here and park details here.

RESOURCES:

"An Ethical Way to End the War With Iraq"
See this NSP AD in the New York Times Thurs, May 17. Click here and here.
War is wrong, repentence is necessary. Send in an international peace force acceptable to the Iraquis. Rebuild Iraq and launch the Global Marshall Plan.

The Global Marshall Plan - The key alternative to war/domination/control "our alternative, what we call the Strategy of Generosity, is our commitment to reestablish trust and hope among the peoples of the world so that we might begin to reflect and act coherently on ending world poverty in our lifetimes." To read more click here.

We have an 8 point Spiritual Covenant with America.

Ecological sensitivity and a commitment to reduce global warming are key parts of our covenant. For related local events click here.

Peace among and between all are also key. For related local events click here.

OTHER CALENDARS OF NOTE:

For ongoing area climate activism and updates see the Chesapeake Climate Action Network site.

Info on ongoing Nonviolent Communication Classes is here . See great NVC article "Connecting Across the Political Divide" 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, global warming etc.
ANNUAL STATEWIDE SMEI SIMPLE PICNIC!
Simplicity Matters Earth Institute
Sunday June 24, 1-5 pm
Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Congregation
3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi , MD
Directions: http://www.pbuuc.org/info/directions/index.html

OTHER

Sojourners Hosts Presidential Candidates Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty
Mon, June 4, 7 to 8 pm on CNN
With Jim Wallis and Senator Hillary Clinton, former Senator John Edwards and Senator Barack Obama
For info click here. To find a local TV watch party click here and here.