Peace/ Justice Activism, Spring-Summer 2009

Fri May 15 - 7 - 9pm, Presentation: "Gaza Relief." With Mai Abdul Rahman, Founder of American Palestinian Women's Association, and Medea Benjamin, Co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange. At the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Rd, Columbia, MD. Minimum donation $10 for school supplies, backpacks and playground equipment for children in Gaza. Co-sponsored by the Howard County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Just Peace Circles, Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Grandmothers for Peace, Howard County Friends of Latin America, Code Pink and the American Palestinian Women's Association.
arrive early 6:30 - 7, light refreshments and music

Sat, May 3o, 11:30 a.m. Peace Lunch to Benefit Childen of Gaza.
Fellowship Hall, Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville 100 Welsh Park Dr., Rockville.
Food by Lebanese Taverna. Suggested donation, $20, with proceeds to support a playground in Gaza. Co-sponsors: PeaceAction Montgomery, Pax Christi and the Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville. Nationally acclaimed writer and activist Frida Berrigan will talk about the U.S. military budget, and Pam Rasmussen, coordinator of the Code Pink Palestine/Israel campaign, will show slides from her recent trip to Gaza and talk about the children of Gaza-and what we can do to help. Please RSVP, to assist in ordering food or for questions: info@PeaceActionMC.org or 301-570-0923

June 1-3 in DC - America's Future Now Conference - http://ourfuture.org/now

June 7-9 in DC - Churches for Middle East Peace Conference -
www.cmep.org/2009_conference/index.htm

Thurs, June 11, 2009 Noon - 1:30 PM Religious Public Witness Against Torture - www.nrcat.org Press Conference at the National Press Club followed by Gathering in Lafayette Park at NOON, across from the White House. Ending with a Religious Witness on Pennsylvania Avenue. Details here. Sign up here.

Fr. Louie Vitale appears in this area June 15-18.
He is a Franciscan priest, activist, inspired by St. Francis, Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr to risk arrest in pursuit of peace and justice. Recently he served time in jail after protesting US involvement in torture. http://paceebene.org/calendar-list

• Mon, June 15, 2009 7-9pm - Fr. Louie Vitale on No to Torture! Close Fort Benning and Fort Huachuca - Owen Brown Community Center 6800 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045
• Tues June 16, 2009 7-9 pm Fr. Louie Vitale on Living as a Peacemaker - St. Camillus Church, 1600 St. Camillus Drive , Silver Spring, MD, 20903
• June 17, 2009 7-9 pm Fr. Louie Vitale on Loving Your Enemies: Transforming Us vs Them Thinking - St. Mary's of the Assumption Church, 5502 York St, Baltimore, MD 21212
  
• June 18, 2009 7-9pm - Fr. Louie Vitale on Loving Your Enemies: Transforming Us vs Them Thinking - St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC, 20010
  

June 12-14 in DC - Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee National Convention www.adc.org/convention/

July 18, 2009 9am-5pm "The Dollars and Sense of Racial Justice: Faith, Hope And Organizing in a Time of Economic Crisis" - GWAIR (Greater Washington Area Allies in Reconciliation) 2nd Annual Community Conference - Join us for a special day with an Interfaith Shabbat Service, Music and Action- planningChallenging Workshops - on Bridging the Wealth Gap, Living Wages, Organizing, Black-Brown Cooperation, Alternatives to Banks, Reparations & White Privilege and more. Keynote by Bill Fletcher, Jr., Director of Field Services & Education for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Editor of the Black Commentator and former President of TransAfrica Forum. Info and registration at:
www.gwair.org/Conference_July_18__2009.html/ Flyer here.

Wed, June 24, 4-7pm, Believe Together - Health Care for All - Interfaith Service in Washington DC (at Freedom Plaza, Pennsylvania Avenue adn 13th St NW).
Gathering at 4pm, Service 5-7pm. Bring people and banners from your faith group and your prayers for Health Care for all. Confirmed Speakers:
*Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
* Dr. Sayyid Syeed, Executive Director, Islamic Society of North America
* Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Pastor Emeritus, Riverside Church, NYC,Executive Director, The Healing of the Nations Foundation
Questions? Email june24@healthcarechaplaincy.org
Register to let them know you plan to attend here. List of sponsors here. The Network of Spiritual Progressives is part of this large coalition!

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/
Maryland United for Peace and Just - http://mupj.org/