Thursday, May 10, 2007

NSP CHAPTER MEETINGS IN MAY:

Sat, May 12 at 10AM, Network of Spiritual Progressives in Baltimore Meeting

Info: jraitzyk@hotmail.com or call 410-404-8535

Mon. May 21, 7:30pm Montgomery/PG NSP

Paint Branch Unitarian Church,
3215 Powder Mill Road
Kelley Room of the Education building
Adelphi, Md
Info: nsp.maryland.pgmc@earthlink.net

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

May 12 (Saturday), 8:00 pm "A Land Twice Promised"
Moving tale by Israeli storyteller Noa Baum of her heartfelt dialogue with a Palestinian woman while living in the United States. Noa weaves together their memories and their mothers' stories. She creates a moving testimony illuminating the complex and contradictory history and
emotions that surround Jerusalem for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
See preview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoZw0mEI4YI
Location: Dumbarton United Methodist Church
3133 Dumbarton Avenue NW, (Georgetown), Washington, DC.
For more information visit www.DumbartonUMC.org or call 202-238-0245.

May 12/13 (Sat and Sun) Greenbelt Green Man Festival
http://greenbeltgreenmanfestival.org/

Tues, May 15, 9 to noon, Grappling with Climate Change: Beyond the Scientific Implications, How Our Faith Urges Us to Respond
Featuring Speaker:
Fr. Sean McDonagh, Missionary Society of St. Columban author "Climate Change: The challenge to all of us" and other books on the environment
Location:
Friends Committee on National Legislation Conference Room
245 Second Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
RSVP helpful by Friday, May 11 to tpolk@columban.org
Sponored By:
Africa Faith & Justice Network
Columban Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Jubilee USA Network
SHARE Foundation: Building a New El Salvador Today

Fri, May 18 7:30 Pm PEACE X PEACE, Connecting Women World-Wide for Peace
PEACE X PEACE led a workshop at the 2006 NSP Conference
Washington Society for Jungian Psychology Library
5200 Cathedral Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20016
Fee: $15.00, members; $20.00, nonmembers; $10.00, full-time students and seniors over 65

May 22 (Tuesday), Ecumenical Service for Peace in the Middle East.
At the Church of the Ascension, 7601 York Rd., Towson, MD. Information: frcharles@us.net

May 30 (Wednesday), 7 pm: Presentation: "Why the Occupation of Palestine Must End," with Rami El-Amine. He is the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation’s D.C. Metro Area Organizer for the June 10 Demonstration Against the Israeli Occupation, and Member of the
Coalition for Justice and Accountability. He will discuss recent developments in the Middle East related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and explain the significance of the June 10-11 events in Washington D.C. At the Howard County Central Library, 10375 Little
Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, Maryland 21044. No admission charge. Free parking.
Sponsored by: Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
. For more information: HCCEIO@yahoo.com

May 30 (Wednesday), 7:30 pm: Video and Discussion: “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid.” Baltimore Archdiocese Bishop Denis Madden will answer questions after participants watch a 15-minute video of Jimmy Carter’s presentation at Brandeis University on his book by this title.
LOCATION:
Church of the Resurrection Multi-Purpose Room under the Gym
3175 Paulskirk Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21042.
Sponsored by Resurrection’s Social Justice Committee. Ellicott City. Information: 410-461-2040

Tues, June 5 - 8pm The June 5th Initiative - Events marking 40 years since the June 1967 war
Speakers: Amjad Atallah and Aaron Miller
Kay Spiritual Life Center at American University,
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C
see: www.june5.org/

Sun/Mon June 10 and 11 - US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice event marking 40 years since the June 1967 War
see DC area events here and here