PEACE AND JUSTICE ACTIVISM - Feb 08 and Beyond

Sat, Feb 2, 7:30 pm Hootenanny for Peace in Columbia MD
Benefit sponsored by Maryland Chapter Grandmothers for Peace
Celebrate peace, and network with likeminded others while groovin to the Columbia Psychedelic Hoot Band. Dress may include: Tie- Dyes, Love Beads, Headbands, '60s Clothes, etc. Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia (behind McDonalds and Sunoco) Directions here. See flyer here.

Tues Feb 12 - Maryland Presidential Primary Day! VOTE!

Thurs, Feb. 14, 7pm, BLOOD AND TEARS, a well-balanced primer on the Arab-Israeli conflict which goes from the roots of Zionism to the electoral victory of Hamas. One in a 2nd Thurs. film series Middle East Peace Film Series ending March13. At the Mission Helpers, 1001 W. Joppa Rd. (at Chestnut Ave.), Towson. Admission is free. Sponsored by the Baltimore Tikkun Community is a multi-faith organization devoted to a just durable peace in the Middle East and other social justice issues

Fri, Feb 15 - A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
At the Owen Brown Interfaith Center, Columbia Md - Directions here.
Part 2 of highly rated film. (Part 1 was shown in Jan) -This film explores one of the 20th century's most important but least understood stories -- how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all over the world. Narrated by Ben Kingsley, and nominated for an Emmy, it premiered on PBS in September 2000.

Fri, Mar 7, 9-11 AM - Interfaith Mini-Conference on U.S.-Sponsored Torture
Church of the Reformation, 212 E Capitol St Ne, Wash, DC 20003 - Info here. This is one of many workshop and options Thurs night and Fri morning preceding the National Interfaith Peace Witness at noon.

Fri March 7, 2008 noon to 5 pm - National Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Witness in DC . See here and here and www.olivebranchinterfaith.org/
On Friday March 7 join folks of all spiritual traditions, including those who are spiritual but not religious, for a large Interfaith Peace Witness and optional direct action for peace. People from all over the country, and from many spiritual paths will convene at noon in various places for a variety of spiritual services, and after that walk/subway to the upper Senate Park for a large Interfaith Peace Celebration at 2:30 pm There are also workshops on peacemaking Thurs night and Fri AM, a peace coffeehouse Sat night and lobbying for peace on Monday, March 10.


Fri Mar 7 7pm and Sat Mar 8 9-5, Deep Shift with Brian McLaren
Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 Park Street, NE Vienna, VA 22180
The "Everything Must Change" Tour, a Christian response to the premise that the world’s in deep trouble and that sincere people of faith need to find some way to make a constructive, creative difference. Learn about the suicide machine: crises in prosperity, equity, security and spirituality and about the revolution of hope. Brian McLaren is an and a regular blogger on the Sojourners (Jim Wallis) website, www.sojo.net/ See the Deep Shift website at http://deepshift.org/ Online registration & payment link is here. Co-sponsored by the Sierra Club and Sojourners.

Thurs, Mar13, 7pm, Searching for Peace in the Middle East
Film at the Mission Helpers, 1001 W. Joppa Rd. (at Chestnut Ave.), Towson. Admission is free.
Sponsored by the Foundation for Middle East Peace, this film is a vivid, compassionate portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through the voices of Israeli and Palestinian citizens of diverse backgrounds, it reveals their hopes and fears and explores the issues that divide them. It also describes in a compelling way a broad common ground of yearning for peace, pointing the way toward a resolution of this tragic conflict that would meet the deepest needs of both societies.
Sponsored by the Baltimore Tikkun Community is a multi-faith organization devoted to a just durable peace in the Middle East and other social justice issues

Wed, March 16 - 5th Anniversary of the War UFPJ action in DC
United for Peace and Justice also supports the Iraq Veterans Against the War and its Winter Soldier activities in Washington, DC, on March 13th-16th. Re: Wed March 16, UFPJ will participate in the planning and organizing for what we hope will be the largest nonviolent civil disobedience action yet against the war in Iraq. See info here and check back to the UFPJ home page www.unitedforpeace.org

NSP supports the Global Marshall Plan - see new video on this plan to send poverty on YouTube posted by David Hart - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NSPdavid
And support this video in the DAVOS contest on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/davos
You should see a box with three tabs “Home” “Submit” and “View / Vote”
Click on “View / Vote”
Enter “NSPdavid” in the search box, click “Go”
Select the video by clicking on it just below the search box
Watch the video
Give it a thumbs up

Check out singer songwriter Susan Werner whose new CD is "The Gospel Truth" was inspired by her reading of Rabbi Lerner's "The Left Hand of God". Many NSP members are quite excited by her work! See her on www.Youtube.com here and search on her name for other videos.
Sat Jan 25 7:30 pm Susan Werner appears with John Gorka at the Birchmere in Alexandria VA
Fri Apr 18 8pm Susan Werner is at Cellar Stage/Uptown Concerts in Baltimore

LOCAL PEACE INFO
Washington Peace Center - http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.net/
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/
Nonviolent Communication Training (NVC) in the DC area - www.capitolnvc.org/