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/