Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

Wed, Oct 28 - 7:30 pm - NSP Maryland Meeting- Reports backs from participation at the 350.org International Day of Climate Action and the J Street Conference "Driving Change, Securing Peace". Planning local support for NSP national spring conference in DC June 11-14, and expanding on the values process we began at our September meeting. At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, Room 1 of the Education Bldg.

Wed, Sept 23, 2009 NSP Maryland Meeting. Sharing and envisioning for the coming year, we'll search our hearts for where we are connecting now with our deepest values - caring, generosity, nonviolence, social justice, and care for our earth/climate. How do these energize our activism, how is this manifesting and where do we find support and renewal and rejuvenation? Join this exploration. We are at so many critical turning points! How do we save the world joyfully! At Paint Branch UU Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, Room 1 of the Education Bldg.

Future dates - generally the 4th Wed, but the 3rd in Nov and Dec
Wednesdays: 11/18, 12/16, 1/27, 2/24, 4/28, 5/26 and 6/23

Network of Spiritual Progressives/TIKKUN National Conference
June 11-14, 2009 in Washington DC
www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=june2010conference

Weekly Monday night 9pm EST
Tikkun/NSP Author Teleconferences
Info here.

Peace/ Justice Activism Fall 2009

Fall 09 Semester of Peace at the University of Maryland - There are many activities planned for students and the general public - lectures, art, music, drama and more. See
www.peace.umd.edu

Sept 20-30 Health Care Justice Week in DC - www.healthcare-now.org/

Sun Sept 20 4-6 Reaching for Health Care Reform - Town Hall - River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Road, Bethesda 20817. Sponsored by Montgomery Health Care Action. www.rruuc.org/mhca

Sept 25-26 - Compassionate Listening Training in Baltimore -
www.compassionatelistening.org/ Space very limited
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Thur-Sat Oct 1-3 - Sabeel Conference in DC - Framing the Discourse – Mobilizing for Action - A Conference for Peacemakers. See
www.fosna.org/content/program-dc-conference-oct-2009

Fri-Sat - Oct 2-3 - National Conference on War Powers, Law and Democracy at Georgetown University www.whodecidesaboutwar.org/ Convened by the national campaign to Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law and the Liberty Tree Foundation, with hosts National Lawyers Guild at Georgetown Law School, and in coordination with the Institute for Policy Studies, Democrats.com, and Veterans for Peace, After Downing Street, CODEPINK, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Peace Action USA, and Progressive Democrats of America.

Sat Oct 3 and continuing dates - Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One shared Vision speaking tour - Begins at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V NW in DC and continues at various locations in the DC-MD-VA area through October. See this website for details: www.partnersforpeace.org/tours/16th-jerusalem-women-speak-tour-2009/

Oct 4 & 5 - DC - End the War Workshop and Civil Disobedience - Voices for Creative Nonviolence. See: http://vcnv.org/vcnv-calendar/end-the-afghanistan-war-nonviolence-workshop

Sun Oct 25, 2-6pm Tents of Abraham program "New Approaches to Community Among Three Abrahamic Faiths" at Stony Run Friends Meeting House, 5116 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21218 www.tentofabraham-baltimore.org

Sun-Thurs - Oct 25-28 J Street - Driving Change Securing Peace Conference - in DC
www.jstreet.org/

Sun Dec 6 2-6pm - YesMEP Concert "Music, Theater, and Pleas for Middle East Peace" - Co-sponsored by NSP Maryland Flier here. See www.yesmep.org

LOCAL PEACE INFO
Partners for Peace - www.partnersforpeace.org/
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/
Bring the Maryland National Guard Home - www.mdguardhome.org

Climate Change Action, Fall 2009

Sat - Sept 19 -10-1 - Eco-Living Fair - Mt Pleasant Solar Coop in DC www.mtpleasantsolarcoop.org/

Mon - 9/21 7:30 pm - The Age of Stupid - in theatres for one night only www.ageofstupid.net/

Thurs-Sat - Sept 30 to Oct 3, 2009 - Webcast of The Governors' Global Climate Summit 2: On the Road to Copenhagen - http://climatesummit.greenstreetscene.com/channel/conferences/globalclimatesummit2/welcome

Fri Oct 2 - 5:30pm - Les Brown on Plan B 4.0, Mobilizing to Save Civilization at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW , 2nd floor, Washington Dc www.earth-policy.org/index.php?/events/

Oct 10-11 - Green Festival in DC - www.greenfestivals.org/washington-dc/

Oct 9-13 and 15-18 Solar Decathlon on the Mall in DC - www.solardecathlon.org/

Wed Oct 14 - 7-9pm Program on Agenda for a New Economy - David Korten's work on sustainable economies - Greenbelt Climate Action Network meeting - Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd Greenbelt, MD

Sun Oct 18 - Earth Forum in Columbia MD 3pm - Mike Tidwell of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network with a multimedia presentation "Hot Planet Love: A Story of Global Warming, Passion, and Doing the Right Thing" at First Presbyterian of Howard County, 9325 Presbyterian Circle, Columbia, MD 21045

Sat -Oct 24 - International Day of Climate Action - www.350.org . See DC event info. at http://www.350.org/dc - noon to 5 pm at Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park, 16th and Euclid Streets NW followed by a march to Lafayette Park in front of the White House.
Columbia MD 350.org Concert at 7pm - www.350.org/node/5560

Sun Oct 25 - 7pm - Faith Response To Environmental Conservation and Justice - Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light - at Beth Shalom, 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia Md 21044


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 . 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