Thursday, May 20, 2010

Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland

NSP DC/Regional & NSP Maryland Meeting

Tues Sept.28 2010 at 7:00 pm

Plymouth Congregation Church
5301 North Capitol Street NE
Washington, DC 20011-2495

Focusing on One Nation Working Together Sat October 2, 2010
www.onenationworkingtogether.org

Nationally the Network of Spiritual Progressives/TIKKUN is a Partner

We want to do our part in the DC Metro area to support this day

Justice - Faith - Peace

Join us and hear from One Nation Planners on the latest about this important day.

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Tues, July 20, 2010 noon Take Action for Clean Energy Now -
CONGRESS YOU HAVE OIL ON YOUR HANDS
Join Rabbi Waskow of the Shalom Center and many others
Tuesday, July 20th is the 3-month anniversary of the start of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, but Congress hasn't even voted on legislation to end our addiction to oil. In the meantime, Big Oil continues to hand out millions in campaign donations to Congress. In short, Congress has been caught with oil on their hands. Join us at high noon on July 20th in Upper Senate Park, Constitution and New Jersey Avenues, on Capitol Hill to demand:
-Dirty Energy Money Out of Politics!
-Pass Climate Legislation That Reduces Carbon and Promotes Clean Energy!

Initiating groups: 1Sky, 350.org, Center for Biological Diversity, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Climate Crisis Coalition, Code Pink, Corporate Ethics International, Energy Action Coalition, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Gulf Restoration Network, Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters/JPIC, Mobilization for Climate Justice West, MoveOn.org, N.C. WARN, Oil Change International, Pax Christi USA, Price Carbon Campaign, Progressive Democrats of America, Public Citizen, Shalom Center



NSP MARYLAND MEETING - Wed, June 23, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Paint Branch UU Church
3215 Powder Mill Road, RE bldg Room 1
Adelphi, MD 20783
Directions here.
Speaker Eric Naumburg, M.D. of www.mdsinglepayer.org
& Informal Sharing NSP Conference Highlights and Reconnnecting in MD/DC area!
Join us!

NSP MEETING in DC
Sunday July 11 at 5pm
At The Potters House
1658 Columbia Road NW
Washington, DC 20009-3602 - www.pottershousedc.org/mapdirections
(202) 232-5483

DON'T Miss this MOVING NSP/TIKKUN LaFayette Park video on YouTube!


NSP Conference DVD and Audio available for purchase here:
www.conferencerecording.com/aaaListTapes.asp?CID=NSP10

More on Peace & Justice here.

More on Climate Change Activism here.

FREE NPS/TIKKUN Conference Preview!
2 NSP Conference Speakers at Busboys&Poets 14&V
2021 14th St, NW DC 20009

Wed, June 9 6.00pm Rabbi Michael Lerner:
A Progressive Vision and Strategy for The Obama Years

Thur June 10, 8.15pm Rabbi Arik Ascherman
(Executive Director of Rabbis For Human Rights in Israel)

Network of Spiritual Progressives/TIKKUN
National Conference June 11-13, 2010 in Washington DC
"Creating the Caring Society"
Addressing the Social Responsibility of Corporations and Fair Elections Reform,
Sustainable Economies, Climate Change Solutions and more
Costs on sliding scale. All welcome.
Speakers here. Agenda here. More info here.

Co-Sponsored by:
The Nation Magazine, Yes! Magazine, Peace Action, Progressive Democrats of America, Common Cause, Interfaith Alliance, Pace e Bene, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Code Pink, The Institute for Policy Studies, The Shalom Center, Democracy Matters, OpEdNews, The Backbone Campaign, United Religions Initiative, the Washington Peace Center, and 350.org

Volunteers needed - call 410-262-8565

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PUBLIC EVENT
Sunday June 13 beginning 11 AM
Join us at Lafayette Park across from the White House to Send a message to President Obama: BE THE OBAMA WE VOTED FOR & Join the Campaign to Resist the Corporate Takeover of America

From 1-2 pm Rabbi Michael Lerner and Rabbi Arthur Waskow
will lead a Memorial Service for Those Killed in Gaza Aid Flotilla

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Weekly Monday night 9pm EST Tikkun/NSP
Author Teleconferences Info here.
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NSP MARYLAND MEETING - Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Paint Branch UU Church
3215 Powder Mill Road, RE bldg Room 1
Adelphi, MD 20783
Directions here.

Joe Adams of Fair and Clean Elections - Maryland will speak about Citizens United and ways to counteract it through a grassroots movement to restore the integrity of our electoral process!

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Peace & Justice Activism

Mon May 24, 12-2pm "The History of the Middle East from 1947 to the Present," with Ambassador Philip Wilcox, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace. At the Sixth and I Synagogue, 600 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Near Gallery Place Metro Stop.) Free admission. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP to info@fmep.org. Sponsored by the United Nations Association--National Capital Area, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Am Kolel Jewish Renewal Center, Peace Cafes and Sixth and I Historic Synagogue.

Mon-Wed June 7-9 2010 - Our Future Now Conference www.ourfuture.org/now

Sun- Tues - June 13-15, 2010 - Churches for Middle East Peace Conference - www.cmep.org/

Sat June 19 10:30 to 1pm, Vote 2010 Community Forum at Howard County Central Library, 10373 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia Md 21044. Learn new voting procedures, which offices/positions are up for elections, who is running, key issues this year and more!

WAS Sat, June 19, 10:00AM-3:30PM - POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2010 - Workshop on Starting a Common Security Club, The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW Washington, DC. A Common Security Club is a new way for group leaders and trainers to help communities help themselves in these troubled economic times. The curriculum links the the economic and environmental crises to the need for sustainability. Training on how to lead our 5-session curriculum designed to launch your Club. It's simple, participatory and truly rewarding. The Trainers: Chuck Collins and Andrée Zaleska from the Institute for Policy Studies. $20 covers materials and lunch. A sliding fee scale is available. Space is limited, so please register early. For Registration see:
http://www.ips-dc.org/events/workshop_economic_worries_hey_join_the_club More Info: http://commonsecurityclub.org

Mon, June 21, Movie at Greenbelt Reel and Meal - Refusing to be Enemies:the Zeitouna Story http://refusingtobeenemies.org/ This documentary profiles a self-formed group of twelve ordinary women - six Arabs and six Jews, calling themselves "Zeitouna," the Arab word for "olive tree." Optional Vegan Meal at 6:30 pm for $13, and movie at 7pm. at the New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt Md. www.newdealcafe.com/

Wed June 23 & Sat June 26 - 2 events re: FILM - Budrus: Saving a Palestinian Village from the Separation Barrier through non-Violent Resistance. Budrus is a stunning documentary film about Palestinian villagers, under the leadership of Ayed Morrar and his fifteen-year-old daughter, Iltezam, who adopted the strategy of non-violent resistance, united all political factions along with Israelis and stopped construction of Israel's Separation Barrier that would have destroyed the villagers' lands, cemetery and livelihood. Their nonviolent effort has inspired villages across the West Bank and East Jerusalem to adopt similar methods. Ronit Avni, Julia Bacha and Ayed Morrar will speak and present clips from the film.
1. Wed June 23, 9-11 a - Clips from Budrus and a discussion led by Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha of Just Vision and Ayed Morrar, Community Organizer, Budrus, Palestine, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Masschusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC. RSVP - info@fmep.org or call 202-835-3650
2. Full Budrus film showing - at the Silverdocs Film Festival at the American Film Institute in Silver Spring - More info on- www.justvision.org/budrus

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/

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Climate Change Action

HURRAH - Montgomery County passed a Carbon Tax - Info here.

Wed, June 16. 6.30pm - 8.30pm Washington Area Local Living Economy - Strategic Conversations to Promote a More Just & Sustainable Metro-area Economy with Larry Chang (Ecolocity), Rev. Peter Dennebaum (First Congregational UCC, DC), Jerry Konohia (Open Door Housing Fund), Beth Norcross (Sustainable Seminaries Project), Rev. Janet Parker (Rock Spring UCC, Arlington, VA), Irv Sheffey (Sierra Club). LOCATION: Friends of the Earth, 1100 15th Street NW, ( Corner of L Street), 11th floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 http://songsforpeace.home.comcast.net/WALLE061610.pdf

WAS Sat, June 19, 10:00AM-3:30PM - POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2010 -Workshop on Starting a Common Security Club, The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW Washington, DC. A Common Security Club is a new way for group leaders and trainers to help communities help themselves in these troubled economic times. The curriculum links the the economic and environmental crises to the need for sustainability. Training on how to lead our 5-session curriculum designed to launch your Club. It's simple, participatory and truly rewarding. The Trainers: Chuck Collins and Andrée Zaleska from the Institute for Policy Studies. $20 covers materials and lunch. A sliding fee scale is available. Space is limited, so please register early. For Registration see:
http://www.ips-dc.org/events/workshop_economic_worries_hey_join_the_club More Info: http://commonsecurityclub.org

Tues, June 22, 2010 5-6:30 p.m. Covenanting for Creation at Bolton Street Synagogue. 212 W. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore, MD 21210. Eucumenical gathering hosted by the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Join leaders from the Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities in an ecumenical signing ceremony of a covenant working toward the fulfillment of the sacred, equitable, and joyous partnership of God, humanity and all creation. Coordinated by Chesapeake Covenant Community and the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. For the full text of the covenant, visit www.freewebs.com/chesapeakecc/covenantingforcreation.htm

Sat, June 26th, 11am to 12:15 pm - Hands Across the Sand www.handsacrossthesand.com/
No to Offshore Oil Drilling! Yes to Clean Energy!
http://handsacrossthesand.org/organize.php?state=Maryland
STEP 1
Go to the beach at 11 am for one hour, rain or shine.
STEP 2
Join hands for 15 minutes at 12:00 forming lines in the sand against oil drilling in our coastal waters.
STEP 3
Leave only your footprints.

Hands Across the Sand - Annapolis - 3:30 pm
6/26/2010
City Dock

Hands Across the Sand - Deal Island
6/26/2010
Deal Island Harbor Beach

Hands Across the Sand - Ocean City
6/26/2010
Ocean City - Inlet Beach

Hands Across the Sand - DC
6/26/2010
TBD

Sat, June 26th, 10am to 4pm - Maryland Sierra Club Fifth Annual Cool Cities Workshop - In Annapolis http://maryland.sierraclub.org/events/e039.asp
Guest speakers include:
  • Alice Kennedy from the Baltimore Energy Challenge Group
  • Adam Ortiz, Mayor of Edmonston Town- "Green Streets"
  • David Brosch, founder of University Park Solar Coop
Sun, July 4th, 1 pm - Lafayette Park in Washington DC. Declare YOUR Independence from Oil! Gather with banners, fliers and signs to reach out to the thousands of people who will be gathering in DC on that day. Peace of the Action will be kicking off their Sizzlin' Summer Protests. The fliers we will be passing out can be downloaded and used that day here. For more information go to: www.PeaceoftheAction.org http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ep4I7caFtSffsmk69K4HMMASQ6I7JOLW

Mon, July 12 Noon to 1:30 pm, "Can you eat meat and be an environmentalist?" a talk by Nicollette Niman at 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, Room W2008 Sponsored by the Center for a Liveable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, JHU
www.jhsph.edu/clf/images/Events/niman.gif www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/ www.jhsph.edu/clf/events/events_desc/niman.html

Tues, July 20, noon - Interfaith gathering for lament, hope, and action on behalf of Mother Earth at the Upper Senate Park on the Senate side of the United States Capitol in Washington DC- convened by Rabbi Waskow of the Shalom Center,
Friends of the Earth and MoveOn - During mid-July, the United States Senate will be struggling over whether to pass a climate/energy bill. We will join our voices to the grief voiced by the Earth in places like the Gulf Coast, West Virginia mountains, the Amazon forest, and the stricken fields of Central Africa, where drought has triggered starvation, civil war, and genocide. Yet even these are only precursors to the deadly scorching of our entire planet. We invite you to join in this interfaith affirmation––to pray not only with our voices but also with our arms and legs. www.theshalomcenter.org/node/1738 www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shalom-Center/135811659788 rsvp--lamentandHope@gmail.com (NOTE DATE CHANGE - previously event was for Sun 7/18 at 2pm)
This action is also called:
Take Action for Clean Energy Now - CONGRESS YOU HAVE OIL ON YOUR HANDS
Tuesday, July 20th is the 3-month anniversary of the start of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, but Congress hasn't even voted on legislation to end our addiction to oil. In the meantime, Big Oil continues to hand out millions in campaign donations to Congress. In short, Congress has been caught with oil on their hands. Join us at high noon on July 20th in Upper Senate Park, Constitution and New Jersey Avenues, on Capitol Hill to demand:
-Dirty Energy Money Out of Politics!
-Pass Climate Legislation That Reduces Carbon and Promotes Clean Energy!

Initiating groups: 1Sky, 350.org, Center for Biological Diversity, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Climate Crisis Coalition, Code Pink, Corporate Ethics International, Energy Action Coalition, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Gulf Restoration Network, Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters/JPIC, Mobilization for Climate Justice West, MoveOn.org, N.C. WARN, Oil Change International, Pax Christi USA, Price Carbon Campaign, Progressive Democrats of America, Public Citizen, Shalom Center


Possible Transition Town Training in MD/DC in August 2010
August 21-22 Heathcote, MD - www.heathcote.org/cms/ (410) 343-DIRT
info@heathcote.org
August 28-29 Washington DC - ecolocitydc@gmail.com
Contact possible sites above for more info, costs and to tentatively request one of the limited training slots. Scholarships may be available.
More on Transition - www.transitionnetwork.org/ & www.transitionnetwork.org/about/training/training-transition

See Chesapeake Climate Action Network local calendar here.

Sun, October 10, 2010 - 350.org Global Work Parties - Find a local action here.

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