The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Wed, Jan 14 at 7:30 pm- NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783
Planning meeting - upcoming table at All Souls for the Remembering King Peace witness Jan19, Co-sponsorship of Sharing Jerusalem program at Paint Branch Sun Feb 22 focused on Gaza/Israel conflict, involvment in MD United for Peace and Justice conference Sat April 4, upcoming NSP National Conference in DC May 1-4, 2009, advocacy for Global Marshall Plan and more. Join Us!

SUPPORT TIKKUN/NSP "Cease Fire Now in Gaza" Ad in Major Newspapers. See
www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php/gaza
More of Rabbi Lerner on Gaza here and here.

Bring the National Guard Home!

Wed, Jan 21 noon to 3pm - National Press Club National Launch!
Wed, Jan 21 6-8pm - National Launch - Bring the National Guard Home! and Cities for Peace at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V Streets NW, Washington DC
Mon, Jan 26 - Bring the Maryland National Guard Home Lobby Night in Annapolis www.mdguardhome.org/

Mon, Jan 19 5:30 pm Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America - Celebratory interfaith service , teaching on justice and peace, and preparation for historic inauguration. And the evening will focus on King’s teachings on the triple evils of militarism, materialism and racism.
LOCATION: All Souls'Unitarian Church, 2835 16th st NW at Columbia Rd - Doors open at 5pm
Speakers include Rabbi Michael Lerner, a co-founder of NSP.
Speaker list to date:
Vincent Harding of Iliffe School of Theology, one of Dr. King's closest advisers;
Rev. Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches;
Dr. Sayyid Syeed, general secretary of the Islamic Society of North America;
Sammie Moshenberg of the National Council of Jewish Women;
Rabbi Michael Lerner of the Network of Spiritual Progressives;
Celeste Zappala of Gold Star Families for Peace;
Mubarak Awad of Nonviolence International;
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, of the Chautauqua Institution; and
Rev. William G. Sinkford of the Unitarian Universalist Assoc.
Sponsored by the Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership www.olivebranchinterfaith.org
For preparation see Dr. King's speech at Riverside Church at www.shalomctr.org/node/71

Sat, Jan 17- Jan 19, 2009 10 AM - 6pm - The MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery will be open to the public in Washington, DC for the days preceding the Presidential Inauguration. MANIFEST HOPE: DC gathers together a diverse array of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to mark this monumental achievement in our nation’s history and encourages artists and activists to maintain the momentum to bring about true change in the United States. Judges for the art include Spike Lee and Van Jones. LOCATION: 3333 M Street NW, Washington DC 20007 - www.manifesthope.com

WEEKLY TIKKUN/NSP AUTHOR TELECONFERENCES - Mondays - 9pm EST -INFO HERE - and audio of past author teleconferences can be downloaded from this link.
Jan 5: An Economy for the 21st Century - David Korten
Jan 12: Coming Out... Again - Idit Klein
Jan 21 (Wednesday): Special Post-Inauguration Forum with Michael Lerner and Peter Gabel
Jan 26: Engaging Obama's Volunteers - Randy Shaw
Feb 2: Riane Eisler
Feb 16: Bob Pollin

Area Peace and Justice events here.

Area Climate Change Action here.

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/

Climate Change Action, Winter 2009

Sat, Jan10, 2009 - Chesapeake Climate Action Network Annual Polar Bear Plunge! Keep winter cold! www.keepwintercold.org/

Wed Jan 21-Fri Jan 23 - Local Webcast of Conference - "Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability" including two speakers who are heroes of the climate change movement Majora Carter and David Korten. At the Cathedral of the Incarnation, 4 East University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218 www.ang-md.org/christian_formation/trinity/2009-registration-form_pub_0001.pdf

Mon, Jan. 26 4-8:30 - Environmental Summit in Annapolis - Show your support for global warming solutions!
President's Conference Center West I & II, 11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
4:00 - 5:00 Skills Workshop TBA
5:00 - 5:30 Registration
5:30 p.m. - Welcome
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Presentations information from top state officials (Governor O'Malley, Senate President Miller, Speaker Busch, and others invited), expert briefings on the top environmental issues
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Opportunities to make your voice heard: County Caucuses to prep for future lobby meetings, distribution of environmental legislative agenda to legislators, and rally on state house steps as legislators enter for 8:00 p.m. session. Info here.

Feb 4 - 6, 2009 Green Jobs Conference, Marriott Wardman ParkHotel, Washington, D.C. Green Jobs Expo on Thurs, February 5 from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - If you would like to attend the expo as a person interested in green careers or jobs (e.g., you are not an exhibitor), no registration is needed and attendance is free.

Thurs, Feb 5 , 2009 The National Teach-in on Global Warming Solutions. Create or find a Teach-In in your school, neighborhood, faith community.
www.nationalteachin.org/

Sat, Feb 7, 10 to 2pm, Growing Food, Growing Faith: Creating a Vegetable Garden with Your Faith Community - Solid Rock Apostolic Church, 523 North Schroeder Street Baltimore, MD 21223 www.jhsph.edu/clf/PDF%20Files/events/GardeningWorkshop_Flyer09.pdf

Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2009 POWER SHIFT 2009 -At Power Shift 2009, more than 10,000 young people in the youth climate movement will converge on DC for three days of training, strategy and action, uniting as a movement and holding elected officials accountable. On the last day all will be invited to join the youth to demonstrate support for climate action! see http://powershift09.org/ Location: DC Convention Center.

Mar 2, 2009 - Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben invite activists to civil disobedience outside a coal-fired power plant near Capitol Hill. Info here and here.

Tues Mar 3, 2009 - Dr. Vandana Shiva on “Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in An Age of Climate Crisis”, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health (Wolfe Street Building), Baltimore, Md www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/#clf

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

The Alliance for Global Warming in Maryland - www.alliancemd.org/

Chesapeake Climate Action Network site -see this site for cutting edge local climate activism and climate activism news at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/blog/.

Local Climate Action/Climate Change groups:
Baltimore - www.baltimoreclimate.org
Greenbelt - www.greenbeltclimateaction.com/
Howard County - www.hococlimatechange.org

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org
www.1sky.org/

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, etc, and a new popular 4 week discussion circle on global warming. Info at: SimplicityGrpsMD@aol.com . Also Bethesda and Baltimore Sunday night Forums

Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - www.gwipl.org/ has many great climate change resources and a local calendar here

EVERY TUES - Radio and TV on Climate Change
10 to 11 AM - Earthbeat with Mike Tidewell & Daphne Wisham WFMW 89.3 FM DC www.earthbeatradio.org - listen online at www.wpfw.org/
9pm ON TV - "The Green" on Sundance - Info: http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen#/homePage