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/