Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Wed, May 13, "Agenda for a New Economy" 7:30 pm - in Adelphi MD. Part II of program on David Korten's, author of "the Great Turning". David Korten wrote an article for TIKKUN magazine, "AN ECONOMY FOR THE 21st CENTURY", available at www.tikkun.org/article.php/20090226000943808. His new book is "Agenda for a New Economy - From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth". We'll continue discussing Korten's vision which is locally based, community oriented and devoted to a better life for all, and watch parts of a online video of a talk he gave. At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives in MD

Wed June 17 - 7:30 pm- Next NSP Meeting Continuing to Explore Economic Justice and Sustainability and A New Way Forward -At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783 Continuing to explore improving our economy and our democracy informed by the work on sustainability and the economy of David Korten and by www.ANewWayForward.org. We'll show a short A New Way Forward Video, and explore action steps and next steps we can take individually and as a chapter. Finally, we'll have a short business meeting on planning our 4th of July Inter-Dependence Day Picnic and other upcoming events.


4th Annual 4th of July Inter-Dependence Day Picnic

Sat July 4th At Paint Branch UU Church - 4-7:30 pm (Rain or Shine)

Sponsored by Paint Branch Social Action Committee and the Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland. Co-sponsors include: PeaceAction Montgomery, The Howard County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Maryland United for Peace and Justice, the Greenbelt Climate Action Network, Grandmothers for Peace in Md, Prince George's Peace & Justice Coalition, World Peacemakers at Dayspring Church

Flyer here.
Rabbi Lerner on Inter-Dependence Day here.
Many Declarations of Inter-Dependence
here.
Links to more Interdependence Day Quotes here.

NSP/TIKKUN Author Phone Calls - Every Monday at 9 pm EST Info here.
June 1: What To Do When the Bailout Fails. David Schweickart
June 8: Peter Gabel, Tikkun Associate Editor

More on Area Peace and Justice events here.

More on Area Climate Change Action here.

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/

Climate Change Activisim Spring-Summer 2009

Mon May 18 - Public EPA Hearing in Arlington Va. Opportunity for public to comment to support of the proposed endangerment finding from President Obama's EPA - which gives the EPA the authority and obligation to regulate greenhouse gases. More info here - http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageNavigator/adv_bigpicture

Every Tues - Ecolocity Every Tues in DC - The Transition Town Movement http://ecolocity.ning.com/

Wed May 27 7pm, "Hope is in the Details: Reclaiming our Food and our Health", Sister Miriam MacGillis Co-founder of Genesis Farm www.genesisfarm.org speaks at Towson Presbyterian Church, 400 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD. She is a noted speaker who gives presentations around the world on the work of Thomas Berry about returning the natural rhythms of the earth. More info at: www.slowfoodbaltimore.com/events.html

Thurs/Fri June 25-26, 2009 10-5 pm, Convergence on Zero - FREE groundbreaking climate change conference at Smithsonian in DC. Bringing together leading climate change thinkers. Opening with an analysis of global challenges, and moving on to explore options to fix broken systems and strengthen those still working. A new US/British dialogue on a future with ZERO carbon emissions. LOCATION: Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, at the intersection of 10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, D.C. 20560 See www.convergenceonzero.org/ Free registration for one or both days here. Schedule here.

MAJOR CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/GREEN JOBS LEGISLATION
Pending in Congress Now - Waxman-Markey's bill - the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) H.R. 2454. See analysis here. Take action here. Join climate change advocacy at www.1sky.org and www.chesapeakeclimate.org

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

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, DC area http://ecolocity.ning.com/, Md group http://transitionmaryland.ning.com/

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