Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Tues Feb 17 at 7:30 pm- NSP Meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 - Planning for Feb 22 Service on Gaza, Maryland National Guard lobby Feb 23, Maryland United for Peace and Justice Conference April 4 and more

Sun, Feb 22nd 2 - 4 PM GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Campaign Interfaith Worship Service and Workshop - Focus: GAZA: In Search of our Common Humanity -
Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD - Co-sponsored by Sharing Jerusalem - www.sharingjerusalem.org/ and WIAMEP (Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace) - Hosted by Paint Branch UU Church and NSP Maryland - Flyer here.

Join NSP, Peace Action Montgomery and a large Coalition to Lobby to Bring the Maryland National Guard home
Mon Feb 23, 2009 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Meet in Reception Room in the Neall Conference Room, 2nd floor, James Senate Office Building, for lobby packets, snacks and to report on your meetings.
Parking information: Gotts Court garage www.ci.annapolis.md.us/info.asp?page=8305 www.annapolisparkshop.com/garages.html
Sign up to lobby - www.mdguardhome.org/lobbynight.html

UPDATE ON RABBI LERNER's Health Here

NSP Author Conference Calls and archive of past calls - Info Here
Feb 16: How to Get Full Employment - Bob Pollin
Feb 23: How to get Universal Health Care - John Geyman past president of Physicians for a National Health Program

Area Peace and Justice events here.

Area Climate Change Action here.

Peace and Justice Activism, Winter/Spring 2009

Mon Feb 23 - Maryland National Guard Home Lobby Night in Annapolis - www.mdguardhome.org/ and www.mdguardhome.org/lobbynight.html

Thurs, Mar 19 - 6th Anniversary of Iraq War -
United for Peace and Justice call for action here.

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

Thurs, Feb 19 7pm - Living Without Oil - Green Building Institute - EnviroCenter, 7761 Waterloo Road (MD Rte 175), Jessup, MD 20794 - FEE - info www.greenbuildinginstitute.org/LivingwithoutOil.htm

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.

Sun, Mar 1, 6:30-8:30 pm Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben and Gus Speth -- for a night of discussion, poetry and inspiration. George Washington University Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st Street NW, Washington, DC $15 or $10 for Students. Register here .

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

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 6:45-8:45pm - Climate Change, Movement Building and You Attend this forum, as we talk about where the climate crisis came from, what solutions are currently on the table, and what action needs to be taken. Led by Janet Redman a researcher for the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where she provides analysis of the international financial institutions\ energy investment and carbon finance activities. www.hotsalsa.org/index.php?dept=POL - FREE class at 1112 Sixteenth Street, NW, Wash DC Suite 600

Tues Mar 24-May 5, 2009, 7--8:30 p.m. - One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment - Odyssey Class - Coordinator: Cindy Parker MD, MPH, is a board-certified Preventive Medicine physician who specializes in the health impacts of global climate change and global environmental change. She is Co-Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has just released her first book Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk with coauthor Steven Shapiro. Homewood campus in Baltimore - FEE - info http://odyssey.jhu.edu/about-odyssey/

Mar 28, 2009 8:30 pm - Earth Hour - Turn off lights for one hour Turn Out. Take Action. www.EarthHourUS.org

Wed, April 22, 2009 EARTH DAY http://earthday.net/

CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCES

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
Transition Towns DC area group - http://ecolocity.ning.com/

National Climate Change Groups
www.wecansolveit.org

www.1sky.org/
www.focusthenation.org

Transitions Towns - www.transitiontowns.org/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Towns

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

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

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