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«	May 09, 2008 - June 08, 2008	»
05 / 9 (event) Spring Atlantic Life Community retreat Start: 8:00 am Start: May 9 2008 - 8:00am End: May 11 2008 - 5:00pm Body: The spring Atlantic Life Community retreat begins Fri., May 9 and continues through Sun., May 11 at the Mariandale Retreat Center, 299 N. Highland Ave. (Route 9), Ossining , NY 10562. The phone number there is 914 941-4455. The theme for the retreat is “War and the Racial Divide in America : Then and Now.” Documentary footage from significant events of 1968 including the burning of draft files at Catonsville and speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy will be shown. RSVP if you are coming and if you need a bed or can bring a pad and sleeping bag. RSVP to theresecw@gmail.com or call 508 753-3588. Mariandale will make all the meals. It is suggested each participant make a $20 donation. To get directions call Mariandale or go to http://www.mariandale.org/directions.asp. more info (event) Iraq Trip Report: Code Pink - Medea Benjamine Start: 10:00 am End: 12:00 pm Body: May 9: Join us for a report back from cofounder Medea Benjamin about the Iraqi refugee crisis. Medea will have just returned from a trip to Jordan and Syria where she is researching and meeting with Iraqi refugees this week. Here is an account from her trip that we just received. 10 am at the Mott House, 122 Maryland Ave, NE. more info
05 / 10 (event) Spring Atlantic Life Community retreat (all day) Start: May 9 2008 - 8:00am End: May 11 2008 - 5:00pm Body: The spring Atlantic Life Community retreat begins Fri., May 9 and continues through Sun., May 11 at the Mariandale Retreat Center, 299 N. Highland Ave. (Route 9), Ossining , NY 10562. The phone number there is 914 941-4455. The theme for the retreat is “War and the Racial Divide in America : Then and Now.” Documentary footage from significant events of 1968 including the burning of draft files at Catonsville and speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy will be shown. RSVP if you are coming and if you need a bed or can bring a pad and sleeping bag. RSVP to theresecw@gmail.com or call 508 753-3588. Mariandale will make all the meals. It is suggested each participant make a $20 donation. To get directions call Mariandale or go to http://www.mariandale.org/directions.asp. more info
05 / 11 (event) Spring Atlantic Life Community retreat End: 5:00 pm Start: May 9 2008 - 8:00am End: May 11 2008 - 5:00pm Body: The spring Atlantic Life Community retreat begins Fri., May 9 and continues through Sun., May 11 at the Mariandale Retreat Center, 299 N. Highland Ave. (Route 9), Ossining , NY 10562. The phone number there is 914 941-4455. The theme for the retreat is “War and the Racial Divide in America : Then and Now.” Documentary footage from significant events of 1968 including the burning of draft files at Catonsville and speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy will be shown. RSVP if you are coming and if you need a bed or can bring a pad and sleeping bag. RSVP to theresecw@gmail.com or call 508 753-3588. Mariandale will make all the meals. It is suggested each participant make a $20 donation. To get directions call Mariandale or go to http://www.mariandale.org/directions.asp. more info (event) Code Pink Mother's Day Peace-Nic and Rally Start: 11:45 am End: 2:00 pm Body: May 11: Join CODEPINK for a Mother's Day Peace-Nic in Dupont Circle! Bring your pink picnic blankets and a lunch, and we'll supply the Pink lemonade and peace cookies! We'll have games and music to keep everyone entertained, so bring your instruments if you have them. A rally will follow the picnic at 1, and we'll march along Connecticut Ave. and finish at St. Thomas Church so that we can all walk the labyrinth to focus our thoughts and energies on ending the war! St. Thomas, the church Eleanor Roosevelt attended, is at 1772 Church St., NW (18th &P). The picnic is free, but we will be raising money for Iraqi refugees, so bring your checkbooks! more info
05 / 12 (event) The Nakba: What Happened to the Palestinians When the Israeli State Was Established? Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Body: What: The Nakba: What Happened to the Palestinians When the Israeli State Was Established?Where: Howard County Public Library, East Columbia Branch, 6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045When: 7:00pm - 9:00pmContact(s): Joanne Heisel hcceio@yahoo.comSponsor(s): Howard County Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation more info
05 / 13 (event) The Expressions of Nakba Washington DC Exhibit Start: 7:00 pm Start: May 13 2008 - 7:00pm End: May 15 2008 - 9:00pm Body: May 13th-15th, 2008 5:00PM-9:00PM Josephine Butler Parks Center 2437 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 * Exhibit opening reception May 13th, 7:00PM * Nakba Commemoration May 15th, 7:00PM EXPRESSIONS OF NAKBA is an international competition and exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba; the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. The exhibit strives to present the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people through a diverse range of expressions that interpret the collective identity, historic struggle, and emotional experience of the Nakba for the Palestinians. more info
05 / 14 (event) The Expressions of Nakba Washington DC Exhibit (all day) Start: May 13 2008 - 7:00pm End: May 15 2008 - 9:00pm Body: May 13th-15th, 2008 5:00PM-9:00PM Josephine Butler Parks Center 2437 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 * Exhibit opening reception May 13th, 7:00PM * Nakba Commemoration May 15th, 7:00PM EXPRESSIONS OF NAKBA is an international competition and exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba; the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. The exhibit strives to present the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people through a diverse range of expressions that interpret the collective identity, historic struggle, and emotional experience of the Nakba for the Palestinians. more info
05 / 15 (event) The Expressions of Nakba Washington DC Exhibit End: 9:00 pm Start: May 13 2008 - 7:00pm End: May 15 2008 - 9:00pm Body: May 13th-15th, 2008 5:00PM-9:00PM Josephine Butler Parks Center 2437 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 * Exhibit opening reception May 13th, 7:00PM * Nakba Commemoration May 15th, 7:00PM EXPRESSIONS OF NAKBA is an international competition and exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba; the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. The exhibit strives to present the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people through a diverse range of expressions that interpret the collective identity, historic struggle, and emotional experience of the Nakba for the Palestinians. more info
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05 / 17 (event) Remember Catonsville 9! Action at Andrews AFB Start: 12:00 pm End: 2:00 pm Body: Please join us in Temple Hills, Md. on the 17th for... Saturday, May 17, Witness at Andrews AFB Weapons of War Nothing to Celebrate Our presence, our messages of peace on our shirts, our prayer is our witness. Anniversary of Catonsville 9meet at 10 am to get bus to Andrews Air Force Base More information at 2008 Joint Services Open House about Andrews Air Force Base call 410-233-6238 to reserve a seat on the bus Please contact me with any further questions... I believe there will be carpooling from DC, as the above I think will be from Baltimore. 202-669-8419 more info
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05 / 26 (event) Tent City Protest Planning Meeting Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Body: 7:00pm, May 26 CODEPINK DC House, 712 5th St, NE, between G&H (5 blocks from Union Station- Red Line) Help set the date and logistics of this important action. Please attend this meeting and forward this announcement to as many interested people and organizations as possible. http://www.consensus.net/tent_city_protest.html TENT CITY PROTEST Summer 2008 BUILD THE WORLD WE KNOW IS POSSIBLE- Washington DC Peace, healthcare, education, food, housing, a safe environment, and democracy. END THE OCCUPATIONS AND STOP WORLD WAR III Students and activist are starting to make plans for a summer of Tent City Protest to stop the U.S. attack on Iran, to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while showing that we can create world free from domination, coercion and violence. Thousands of people are making plans to set up a tent city outside the White House and Capital Buildings in Washington D.C, as soon as final exams are over this May. Tent City Protests have been powerful. The tent city during the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine brought down the government. Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas, and the 600 day farmer's action at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Square in Sarajevo had huge impact. Activists are also planning to organize Tent City Protests outside military installations, federal buildings and U.S. embassies. All peace and social action groups are invited to join in the tent city protest. There is a vigorous debate about what strategy might work to end the crisis caused by the "war on terrorism." Rallies, marches and petitions haven't done enough to stop torture, secret prisons, the use of cluster bombs against civilians, wire tapping and data collection, laws such as the Military Commissions Act and the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. At the same time actions to protect the environment, healthcare, education and housing haven't been successful. One strategy that has proven effective at bringing positive social change has been the tent city protest. We are facing an urgent crisis. Bush is talking of World War III against Iran using nuclear weapons, the global economy is failing for most, climate change continues to become more urgent and the U.S. empire is using every measure possible to protect its power. Join us in participating in the Tent City Protest. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND ORGANIZE A MEETING IN YOUR COMMUNITY! Endorsed by: Code Pink DC, Food Not Bombs, The Iraqi Moratorium, Voices for Creative Nonviolence Please contact us to endorse. http://www.consensus.net/tent_city_protest.html more info
05 / 27 (event) Witness Against Torture Trial Start: 8:30 am End: 4:00 pm Body: 35 anti-torture activists from across the country will stand trial for the January 11th Shut Down Guantanamo protest at the US Supreme Court. Defendants face up to 60 days in Jail. Trial will begin at 9:30a.m. in DC Superior Court, 500 Indiana Avenue NW. Brief press conference will be at 8:30a.m. in front of the courthouse. more info
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05 / 29 (event) ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL Start: 12:30 pm Body: Thurs., May 29, the WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE SEEKING A JUST PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL takes place from 12:30 - 1:30 PM at Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, WDC. Join a civil discourse which explores the history, issues, myths, realities, and truth of the conflict between Israel and Palestine . Contact Alice Azzouzi at 202-232-5483. more info
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05 / 31 (event) Torture is Terrorism Vigil: CIA Start: 11:00 am End: 5:00 pm Body: Hello friends,Are you ready to express your complete opposition to state-sponsoredtorture, extraordinary rendition and continual detention in Guantanamo and nefarious black sites without official charge? Join us as we take our message to The CIA: TORTURE IS TERRORISM!11 months ago we held a 10-hour vigil in front of the CIA on Dolley Madison Blvd (193), and CLOSED their entrance. We did not enter onto their property, but were simply adjacent to it. At times there were as many police as there were vigilers. Some wore orange jumpsuits and black hoods, others simply carried signs or banners. We stayed in the brutal sun that day, and thousands passing by had to notice -- including CIA employees turned away from this main entrance.That was the first time in 20 years the CIA closed one of its entrances. Let's do it again, nonviolently but with passion in our hearts!pax,Pete more info
06 / 1 (event) 6/1 Nakba Commemoration in DC Start: 12:00 pm End: 2:00 pm more info (event) Film: LIFE AND DEBT - WTO decimation of Jamaica Start: 12:30 pm End: 3:00 pm Body: LIFE AND DEBT will be shown on Sun., June 1 at 12:30 PM at the Foundry United Methodist Church , 1500 16th St .., NW. The film takes a moving look at the effects of “structural adjustment policies” and other consequences of the WTO, World Bank and IMF conditions imposed on poor countries. The country in the film is Jamaica. Go to http://www.lifeanddebt.org/about.html. Call 202-234-2000 or email wpc@igc.org. Listing is thanks to: Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 East 25th St. Baltimore , MD 21218 Ph: 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski [at] Verizon.net. more info (event) Code Pink Training (Weeks in June and July) Start: 1:50 pm Body: June and July: This summer CODEPINK is offering 8 weeklong (Sunday-Friday) activist training and action camps at our Pink House on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. We will mentor you and joyfully hold your hand as you learn all the skills needed to creatively pressure Congress into bringing our troops home. While enhancing your commitment to peace, you will gain the confidence to organize and mobilize locally. You don't have to be an out-of-towner to take part. Meet new activists from around the country, sharpen your skills, and have fun with us! You can find more info and sign up here. more info
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06 / 3 (event) AIPAC Conference Demonstration Tuesday, June 3 Start: 5:30 pm End: 10:30 pm Body: The annual AIPAC Conference will hit its climax Tuesday evening, as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will speak before a packed crowd, including many prominent U.S. politicians. Join us and other Jewish groups as we protest the violent zionist policies of this nation, which is pushing Palestinians to the brink of extinction and continues to violate U.N. resolutions and defy international law. We plan to be in the space directly across from the front entrance of the Washington Convention Center, 9th and Mass. Avenue, NW; 5:30-10:30PM. Bring signs and noisemakers! more info
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06 / 6 (event) WPC Happy Hour at Chief Ike's Mambo Room - Thanks! Start: 5:30 pm End: 8:30 pm Body: Join us for drinks, progressive conversation, and music of love and justice! Open Mic for musicians and poets. Plus tunes from Tim and Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, and more of your favorites. $3 Donation Requested at the Door. See you there! more info
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