Washington Peace Center

The Bush administration has committed crimes against humanity. Time to hold them accountable.

Evil Empire, Washington DC's Rage Against the Machine Cover Band will be debuting several original songs and there will be a speaker from SOA Watch and the Center for Torture Accountability to talk about the US torture regime and what you can do about it. The night will be uplifting and inspiring, despite the darkness of the topic.

TortureAccountabilty.org will be a unique website dedicated to documenting the role that government officials have played in creating, enabling and concealing the Bush regime's torture program. We must not let those responsible be lost to history.

The WPC's own Climate Change Working Group will join us for a discussion afterwards...

Out of Balance (2007): Documentarian Tom Jackson turns his lens on some inconvenient truths about energy titan Exxon Mobil and its effect on climate change. Spotlighting the company's efforts to fund skewed media campaigns and support global-warming skeptics, Jackson builds his case in interviews with leading writers and scientists in the field of climatology. The film also explains the science behind global warming, as well as offering up some solutions to the crisis.

We are inviting someone from Iraq Vets Against the War to join us for discussion afterwards...

Sir! No Sir! (2005): Filmmaker and activist David Zeiger's documentary chronicles the largely forgotten anti-war activities of American GIs and other members of the military during the Vietnam era. Powerful and surprising, this look back at a little-investigated chapter of history weaves together the stories of veterans who participated in the opposition movement, an effort that, by the early 1970s, found widespread support from civilians and troops alike. 

As part of the Washington Peace Center's Film Series, we have invited some from the National Campaign for Fair Elections to join us for the discussion afterwards...

Hacking Democracy (2006): With electronic voting machines tabulating more than 80 percent of the ballots cast in America, Seattle grandmother Bev Harris set out to determine the obvious: Do they work? Based on the evidence presented here, the answer is "not really" The picture that emerges as Harris unearths a treasure trove of info about mishandled votes and the inner workings of the machines is that they're not only fallible but also highly vulnerable to hacking.

Foundation for Middle East Peace and Middle East Institute invite you to a discussion with the Jerusalem Old City Initiative: Michael Bell, John de Chastelain, Marshall J. Breger and Arthur Hughes.

At its core, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about control over Jerusalem's Holy Sites, the most important of which are located in the Old City. Sites such as the Temple Mount and Western Wall are powerful religious, cultural and emotional symbols which must be administered with fairness and equity if the profound needs of the stakeholders are to be met. Without mutually-agreed and sustainable arrangements for the Old City, enduring peace for Israel with Palestinians and Arabs will be unattainable. The Jerusalem Old City Initiative was created to pursue creative governance and management options for Jerusalem's Old City. For over four years, working in close consultation with Palestinian, Israeli, regional and international experts and advisors, the JOCI has been working toward this end.

Appearing for the JOCI will be Michael Bell, Professor of International Diplomacy at the University of Windsor, Canada, and former Canadian career foreign service officer including assignments as Ambassador to Israel, Egypt and Jordan; John de Chastelain, retired general, former chief of Canada's Defence Staff, Ambassador to the United States and one of the three International Chairmen for the Northern Ireland Peace Process and Chairman of the Arms Decommissioning  Commission; Marshall J. Breger, professor of law at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, a former senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Solicitor and Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor, alternate delegate to the UN HRC, chair of the administrative conference of the US, visiting professor of law at Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University, and President Reagan's liaison to the Jewish community; and Arthur Hughes, former US foreign service officer with service as Deputy in Israel, Ambassador to Yemen and deputy assistant secretary of Defense and also of State, he was director general of the MFO, Israel-Egypt peacekeeping, and is now an adjunct scholar at MEI.

To RSVP please email: info@fmep.org or call 202-835-3650.

George Washington University presents: Transnational Network On Women's Issues.

Raj Patel and Uma Asher will talk on "Global Food Crisis and Women" (Patel) and "Feminist  Uses of Media" (Asher).

These talks will be videocast from San Francisco.

To join us in watching the videocasts, come to George Washington University, Phillips Hall, Room 411, 801 22nd St, NW.

Join us Sunday, October 5th from 1:00pm to 6:00pm, for the first ever "Concert For Peace, People in Solidarity," to celebrate DC's  multicultural communities and call for end to the raids and deportations taking place in the metro area.

In the context of severe economic hardships, immigration raids, foreclosures, and displacement by gentrification, communities across cultures must stand in solidarity with each other. The festival aims to strengthen the bonds between immigrant and non-immigrant groups as we learn about each others’ cultures and histories and find ways to work together in a common struggle. The festival also calls for an end to immigration raids that only foster terror and division in our neighborhoods. The artists and participants of the Festival stand in solidarity with the families affected by the recent immigration raids in the DC metro area and nationwide.

"Concert For Peace, People in Solidarity" will feature percussion groups, hip-hop artists, salsa bands, and much more. This will be a family-oriented festival that will also host community organization information tables on safety, health, housing, youth programs, immigration, and services from organizations in the D.C. metro area. Religious leaders in the community will also participate.

For more information, please contact Sarahi Uribe at 202-285-9673 or sarahi@ndlon.org.

Organized by DC Jobs With Justice

Sponsored by CARECEN, Tenants and Workers United, Legal AID Justice Center, CASA of Maryland, Liberated Muse Productions, DC Jobs with Justice, United Workers of Baltimore, Union de Trabajadores de Washington DC, Reston Interfaith, Metro D.C. Interfaith Sanctuary Network, Centro Manuel Zapata Olivella, Association Milpa, National Capital Immigration Coalition, and National Day Laborer Organizing Network.

Christian Fascist Rick Santorum is speaking at the Catholic U on
Wednesday Oct 1st at 8:00pm in great room A in the Edward J Pryazabla
center. Join others who speak against hate by attending his speech and
exactly 15 minutes after he starts speaking stand up on your seat and
turn your back to him. Show him we don't live in the 1600s anymore,
that gay people are human, the women should not be forced to stay in
the kitchen their whole lives, and that women are more then
incubators.

This action can have much power if a large number of people of do it.
We can  prove that Human Dignity is still a Catholic Value even if
some people don't want it to be.

As part of a national day of action, “Billionaires for the Bailout” are meeting in the heart of Washington D.C. and making a special visit to their favorite banks that stand to make a profit from the proposed bailout. Come join the crowd of community members saying NO to the Billionaire’s proposal and YES to a real economic recovery package.

Join DC Jobs with Justice and allies in the struggle for social and economic justice to demand REAL economic reform that puts Main Street before Wall Street.

This week, in a “fast-tracked” process similar to the one that brought us the Patriot Act, Congress tried to pass a horrendous give-away package to greedy and unscrupulous bankers and corporate interests who created the conditions and mess we’re currently in. In a time when America wants a new direction, new politics, and new ideas to move us forward, we’re seeing Washington play their same old-games at the expense of the American taxpayer.

Join us in saying NO to the Billionaires for the Bailout!

CODEPINK invites you to join us in a "TAXPAYER REVOLT," two days of resistance to the bipartisan BAILOUT for BILLIONAIRES about to be foisted on the American taxpayer! The House will vote on the bill on Monday, and the Senate will likely vote on Wednesday. Please join us!

Some of us will be performing "Die-Ins" at both of these actions. Others will be simply expressing their outrage. Feel free to bring your own messaging!

Tell Congress we won't take this lying down (even during the "Over Our Dead Body" Die-Ins): "No Bailouts for Billionaires," "No Swindles for Speculators," "Protect Main Street Not Wall Street," "No Taxpayer-Funded Golden Parachutes!"

We will begin Wednesday's demonstration at the office of Finance chair Christopher Dodd, and from there we will march to the offices of Senator's John McCain and Barack Obama.

Let's protest against this latest power grab by the administration and the Congress that never stops TAKING!

Currently, the Examiner for the State of Maryland Public Service Commission is reviewing evidence prior to making a decision on an application filed by UniStar (Constellation Energy) for the construction of a new 1710 MW nuclear reactor. If built, this reactor would join two existing reactors at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant on the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County.

The Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition opposes the construction of a new, double-size, EPR experimental design reactor on the basis that nuclear power is “costly” to Marylanders. In addition to being expensive, nuclear power is not a healthy, safe, clean, or green solution to satisfying Maryland’s energy needs.

Join concerned citizens in saying NO to more nuclear power at a legal, peaceful protest!

As you may be aware, the District of Columbia has adopted a Housing First plan designed at housing the most vulnerable homeless individuals in DC, while at the same time closing down the Franklin Shelter housing 300 homeless men by October 1. The latter has been done. We invite you to watch a special production surrounding these matters on DCTV this Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30 PM.

The host will be WPFW's Ms. Gloria Minott. The confirmed panelists are:

Marion Barry - Council Member, Ward 8
Yvette Akexander - Council Member, Ward 7
Mary Ann Luby - Washington Legal Clinic
David Pirtle - Homeless Advocate
Steven Thomas - Homeless Advocate
Eric Sheptock - Franklin Shelter Resident

Monthly meeting of Capacity Building Coalition.  Discuss working groups, plans for inauguration actions, other upcoming DC actions. 

Questions and RSVP to Sonia@washingtonpeacecenter.net.