Baltimore Grassroots Media

Mon., Aug. 25, 2008 First day of classes for Baltimore City Public Schools 2008-09 school year. Contact: 443-984-2000.

Sun., Aug. 24, 2008, 4pm Memorial for Eddie Boyd, Maryland War Memorial Building, 500 E. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD, This second service is a potluck event and is being held on what would have been Eddie's 47th birthday. RSVP to mariarichard at verizon.net.

Sat., Aug. 23, 2008, 5pm Community Harvest Reading, Minás Gallery and Boutique, 815 W. 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21211, Community activist and humanitarian Marcus Colasurdo hosts a second poetry reading to benefit the Mount Street Family Shelter in Sandtown. $5. Proceeds will be used to buy fresh fruits & vegetables from local organic farmers for the shelter. Featured readers include: Ron Williams, Kathleen Hillen, Suzanne X, (aka Suzanne Diggs), Alan Barysh, Auset, Jasaga, and Leo Horrigan. For more info: 410-732-4258, www.minasgalleryandboutique.com

Thu., Aug. 21, 2008 5:45-7:45pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Transportation, Orleans St. Public Library, 1303 Orleans St., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Thu., Aug. 21, 2008, 11am-12pm Media Briefing: NIST to Release Report and Recommendations from Investigation of World Trade Center Building 7, Gaithersburg, Md., credentialed journalists who wish to register for the media briefing should contact Ben Stein, 301-975-3097, ben.stein at nist.gov. For more info, see http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/calmed/wtc_081808.html

Wed., Aug. 20, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on the Built Environment, Brooklyn Public Library, 300 E. Patapsco Ave., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Tue., Aug. 19, 2008, 7-9:30 pm Public Service Commission hearings on UniStar (a Constellation affiliate) proposal to build new nuclear power plant at Calvert Cliffs, Holiday Inn Select,155 Holiday Dr., Solomons, MD, public can comment during three evening hearings Aug. 4, 11, 19, or submit written testimony to the commission by Aug. 19 (see: http://www.psc.state.md.us/psc/index.htm).

Tue., Aug. 19, 2008 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Waste, The Village Center (Bath House), 904 Washington Blvd., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Tue., Aug. 19, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Energy & Air, Department of Planning, 417 E. Fayette St., 8th Floor, www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Mon., Aug. 18, 2008, 7-9pm PEPTalk #4: The RHIZOME COLLECTIVE presents Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-ourselves Guide, 2640 St. Paul St. Scott Kellog will be coming to Baltimore to present the book, with an evening talk and demonstration session as part of Red Emma's and 2640's PEPTalk series. Red Emma's is also working to set up an in-depth, hands-on, get some dirt under your nails workshop earlier in the day, where you'll get the chance to help deploy some of the extremely appropriate technology at the lovely Forrest St. Garden (between Biddle and Chase). Details on this to follow. URL: http://redemmas.org/event/1127

Mon., Aug. 18, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Water, New Herring Run Watershed Association Headquarters, 3545 Belair Rd., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Mon., Aug. 18, 2008, 1pm Memorial Service for Eddie Boyd, J. B. Jenkins Funeral Home, 7474 Landover Rd., Landover, MD

Sat., Aug. 16, 2008, 10am Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Green Infrastructure, Morgan State University, Room TBA, 1700 E. Cold Spring Ln., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Tue., Aug. 12, 2008, 12pm press conference: Victims of State Police Spying Scandal Demand Complete Investigation, outside State Police headquarters, 1201 Reisterstown Rd., Pikesville, MD 21208, The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore. Contact: Max Obuszewski 410-366-1637, mobuszewski at verizon.net or Terry Fitzgerald 410-925-1220.

Mon., Aug. 11, 2008, 7-9:30 pm Public Service Commission hearings on UniStar (a Constellation affiliate) proposal to build new nuclear power plant at Calvert Cliffs, Holiday Inn Select,155 Holiday Dr., Solomons, MD, public can comment during three evening hearings Aug. 4, 11, 19, or submit written testimony to the commission by Aug. 19 (see: http://www.psc.state.md.us/psc/index.htm).

Mon., Aug. 11, 2008, 9am Evidentiary PSC hearings on UniStar (a Constellation affiliate) proposal to build nuclear power plant at Calvert Cliffs in Lusby, Hilton Garden Inn, 13100 Dowell Road, Dowell, MD, will continue on successive days as long as needed. The public is welcome to observe, though no comments will be taken. (see: http://www.psc.state.md.us/psc/index.htm).

Sat., Aug. 9, 2008, 7:30pm Nagasaki Commemoration, at the American Friends Service Committee office, 4806 York Rd. [three blocks north of Coldspring Ln.], Baltimore, MD 21212. Doors open at 7pm. At 7:30pm, there will be an open microphone for poets and musicians. RSVP at 410-366-1637 to perform poetry or music. The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee and Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, for the 24th year, will remember the atomic bombings of Japan on August 6 & 9, 1945, which killed more than 200,000 people.

Thu., Aug. 7, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), New meeting location: 25th floor conference room, Suntrust Building, 120 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21202.

Wed., Aug. 6, 2008, 5-6pm Peace vigil to commemorate the destruction of Hiroshima, 34th & Charles Sts. At 6:30 PM, visitors from Japan, Mr. Akinori Hara, Hiroshima survivor, and Ms. Yasuko Ota, Nagasaki survivor, will speak in the Bufano Sculpture Garden on JHU’s Homewood campus. The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee and Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, for the 24th year, will remember the atomic bombings of Japan on August 6 & 9, 1945, which killed more than 200,000 people.

Mon., Aug. 4, 2008, 7-9:30 pm Public Service Commission hearings on UniStar (a Constellation affiliate) proposal to build new nuclear power plant at Calvert Cliffs, Holiday Inn Select,155 Holiday Dr., Solomons, MD, public can comment during three evening hearings Aug. 4, 11, 19, or submit written testimony to the commission by Aug. 19 (see: http://www.psc.state.md.us/psc/index.htm).

Sat., Aug. 2, 2008, 12pm Continue the fight against police surveillance! AFSC Office, 4806 York Rd. Stand up for your First Amendment rights!

Thu., July 31, 2008, 7pm movie: "PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND" BY JOHN GIANVITO. 2640 St. Paul St. JOHN GIANVITO'S breathtaking documentary, which retells the people's history of the US through an exploration of the monuments it left behind. The screening will be proceeded by a salon presenting other artistic work and performance, including short films by MICHAEL SHAMBERG and JEM COHEN, photography from RYAN COFFMAN and ADRIANNA AMARI (whose collaborated with Daniel Berrigan on the great book Prayer for the Morning Headlines), as well as a short talk by the Jonah House's LIZ MCALISTER. Donations requested. See http://www.redemmas.org/event/1092/

Sat., July 26, 2008, 6:30-9:30pm Street Law & The Bermuda Crime Triangle: Tricks, Traps and Trappers - Avoiding a Life of Death, Dying and Banishment, Baltimore City Correctional Center, Speakers: Dr. Tyrone Powers (educator, former law enforcement officer and author of Eyes To My Soul: The Rise or Decline of a Black FBI Agent), Warren Brown (prominent Baltimore attorney), Sergeant De Lacy Davis (founder of Black Cops Against Police Brutality).

Fri., July 25, 2008, 10am House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses, in room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. For more information see http://judiciary.house.gov

Thu., July 24, 2008, 7pm WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED: Maryland Anti-Death Penalty Activists Speak Out! 2640 St. Paul St., speakers include some of the activists who were named in the documents the Maryland ACLU forced the state to release revealing an extensive surveillance operation run by the Maryland State Police Division of Homeland Security and Intelligence, including MAX OBUSZEWSKI, TERRY FITZGERALD, MIKE STARK, AMY FUSTING, and DAVE ZIRIN. Free. For more information, check out http://baltimore.indymedia.org/feature/display/9748.

Tue., July 22, 2008, 6pm Fundraiser for Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain, The Center Club, Legg Mason Building at 100 Light Street (between Lombard and Pratt Sts.), Tickets are $1,000 a person, or $2,300 for a photo with the candidate. Baltimore AFL-CIO members plan to protest outside. VIP reception at 6pm, general reception at 6:30pm.

Tue., July 22, 2008, 6-8pm Baltimore City Branch NAACP Monthly Meeting. Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave. Call 410-366-3300 for more info.

Tue., July 22, 2008, 6pm SPOONBOY, RYAN HARVEY, SINE JENSEN AND SARA LANKUTIS, at Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St., radical acoustic madness with local favorites RYAN HARVEY and SINE JENSEN, plus DC's SPOONBOY (Plan-it-X). Free.

Fri., July 18-Sun., July 20, 2008, 12noon-10pm (except Sun. until 8pm) Artscape, Mt. Royal Ave. and Cathedral St., midtown Baltimore - and new for 08! Artscape expands onto Charles St. (The Lyric Opera House at 140 West Mount Royal Avenue, 21201 sits at the center of the festival). http://www.artscape.org/

Thu., July 17, 2008, 8pm Moonlight Madness bike ride in memory of Bob Moore, ride starts in front of the Baltimore Hostel, 17 W. Mulberry St. 21201 (corner of Mulberry and Cathedral, by the main branch of the Pratt Library and the Basilica), ride is casual speed: 10-12 mph, length: 20 miles.

Thu., July 17, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on the Built Environment, Department of Planning, 417 E. Fayette St., 8th Floor, www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Thu., July 17, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Green Infrastructure, Historic East Baltimore Action Coaltion, 901 N. Milton Ave., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Thu., July 17, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Water, Pleasant View Gardens, 201 N. Aisquith St., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Tue., July 15, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Waste, JCC of Greater Baltimore, 5700 Park Heights Ave., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Tue., July 15, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Transportation, Department of Planning, 417 E. Fayette St., 8th Floor, www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Tue., July 15, 2008, 6pm Baltimore City's Sustainability Commission community conversation on Energy & Air, The Village Center (Bath House), 904 Washington Blvd., www.cleanergreenerbaltimore.org

Fri., July 4, 2008, 7-10pm Public Rally and Candlelight Demonstration Protesting BGE Rate Hikes at Constellation Energy Group, 250 W. Pratt St., Maryland Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes.

CANCELLED: Thu., July 3, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), Location TBA, last meeting was: City Hall, 4th Floor, Reeves Conference Room, 100 N. Holiday St., Baltimore, MD 21202.

Thu., July 3, 2008, 3:30-6pm Public Rally and Demonstration Protesting BGE Rate Hikes at Office of Gov. O'Malley, Schaeffer Building, Baltimore & Light Sts., Maryland Coalition to Stop the BGE Rate Hikes.

Tue., July 1, 2008, 7:30pm In the middle of a whirlwind: 2008 Convention protests, Movement and Movements. Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 800 St. Paul St., Baltimore, A one-off online journal of theory, practice, art, activism and organzing. Coordinated by Team Colors Militant Research Collective and published by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest. There will be a brief presentation on this one-off followed by a facilitated discussion on the meaning and function of mass mobilizations in the context of contemporary U.S. power dynamics and class composition. http://redemmas.org/event/1091

Tue., Jun. 24, 2008, 6-8pm Baltimore City Branch NAACP Monthly Meeting. Forest Park Senior Citizen Center, 4811 Liberty Heights Ave. Baltimore City Police Commissioner Fred Bealefeld, Fire Department Chief James S. Clack and Health Commissioner Dr. Joshua Sharfstein will be the distinguished speakers. Open and free to the public. Call 410-366-3300 for more info.

Sun., Jun. 15, 2008 (Father's Day), 3-7pm A Call to Action for Baltimore's African American Men, Baltimore City Convention Center, Pratt St., Keynote speakers: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson (nationally acclaimed author, commentator, advocate and clergyman) and Susan Taylor (retired editor of Essence magazine) www.c2a5000.com, 443-984-4039.

Tue., Jun. 10, 2008, 5-8pm Fundraiser for Alternative Directions, Douglass Myers Maritime Park, 1417 Thames St., Fells Point. Alternative Directions, Inc. has for 26 years helped women and men, both in prison and leaving prison, to become independent, responsible citizens. 410-889-5072.

Mon., Jun. 9, 2008, 12 noon Press Conference for Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises, City Hall, 100 N. Holiday St., Baltimore, MD 21202. For more info, see www.p2pyouthenterprises.org or contact: Chris Goodman at 443-957-5346.

Fri., Jun. 6 - Sun., Jun. 8, 2008 National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR), Minneapolis, MN, www.freepress.net/conference

Thu., Jun. 5, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), City Hall, 4th Floor, Reeves Conference Room, 100 N. Holiday St., Baltimore, MD 21202.

Thu., Jun. 5-Sun., June 8, 2008 Bilderberg Group annual meeting, Westfields Marriott, 14750 Conference Center Drive, Chantilly, VA 20151, phone: 703-818-0300. Private meeting by invitation only.

CANCELLED: Wed., Jun. 4, 2008, 6:30pm Press Conference by Students Who Recently Suspended Hunger Strike for Peer-to-Peer Funding, Following Their Meeting with Mayor Dixon, City Hall. Contact: Chris Goodman 443-957-5346 or Michaela Brown 443-455-4264.

Mon., Jun. 2, 2008, 5-7pm Day 4 of Hunger Strike to Fund Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises: Mayor's Night-In, march at 5 p.m. from the Legg Mason Plaza to War Memorial Plaza and with supporters will attend the Mayor's Night-In with students at 6 p.m. For more info contact Chris Goodman, 443-957-5346; chris_byc-AT-yahoo.com or Daimen Poole, 443-642-1333, Daimenhhcbaltimore-AT-gmail.com

Fri., May 30, 2008, 4:30-9:30pm Start of Hunger Strike to Fund Peer-to-Peer Youth Enterprises, march from the Amphitheater (at the Inner Harbor) to the Legg Mason Plaza, 100 Light St. For more info contact Chris Goodman, 443-957-5346; chris_byc-AT-yahoo.com or Daimen Poole, 443-642-1333, Daimenhhcbaltimore-AT-gmail.com

Wed., May 28, 2008, 7pm African American Women and HIV/AIDS in Baltimore. Dr. LaJoyce Brookshire, author of Faith Under Fire: Betrayed by a Thing Called
Love, and a panel discuss the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Baltimore. EPFL Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St. Presented by Civic Frame. Panelists: Lennie Green (Chairman, Greater Baltimore HIV Services Planning Council), Heather Hauck (Director,Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene's AIDS Administration), Rev. Debra Hickman (Co-Founder, President & CEO, STAR: Sisters Together and Reaching), Deborah Jacobs Rock (Executive Director, Light, Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services). Moderator: April Yvonne Garrett (Founder & President of Civic Frame).

Tue., May 27, 2008, 7pm Report back from the first day of the Guantanamo/torture resistance trial, in the sanctuary of St. Stephens Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, Washington, D.C. (corner of 16th and Newton Sts.). Also includes a discussion with Orlando Tizon, a survivor of torture who works with the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International and others.

Tue., May 27, 2008, 6-8pm Baltimore City Branch NAACP Monthly Meeting. Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave. Call 410-366-3300 for more info.

Tue., May 27, 2008, 8:30am Public Witness Against Torture, D.C. Superior Court, 500 Indiana Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., 35 people will go on trial for non-violent resistance to the Guantanamo concentration camp and to U.S. sponsored torture. A "march of prisoners" will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the U.S. Supreme Court, where the defendants were arrested, and proceed to the Superior Court on Indiana Ave., where a press conference will be held at 8:30 a.m. followed by a vigil. The trial will begin at 9:30 a.m., and all are invited to attend all the proceedings. For more info call 347-683-4928 or visit www.witnesstorture.org

Sun., May 25, 2008, 3pm Actor and activist Mike Farrell talks about his memoir, Just Call Me Mike. EPFL Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St.

Tue., May 20, 2008, 12pm Ralph Nader and the Nader/Gonzalez team to protest oil industry speculation, manipulation, and conglomeration that is driving gasoline prices over $4 a gallon at oil industry lobby headquarters (American Petroleum Institute) at 1220 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. (Corner of 13th and L Streets, NW).

Sun., May 18, 2008 10am-1pm Baltimore People's Bus Tour Commemorating the Catonsville Nine Anniversary. The bus will depart from St. John's United Methodist Church at 2640 St. Paul Street at 10:00 a.m. and return at 1:00 p.m. (rain or shine). There is ample on-street parking. Tickets: $10 may be purchased in advance at Red Emmas, 800 St.Paul Street (St. Paul at West Madison).

Fri., May 16, 2008, 7-8:30am Bike to Work Day 2008, bicycle commuters throughout the Baltimore region will converge on five locations: (1) Anne Arundel Co./Annapolis - City Dock, Annapolis; (2) Baltimore City - War Memorial Plaza at City Hall, 100 N. Holliday St.; (3) Baltimore County - Courthouse Square, 400 Washington Ave., Towson; (4) Harford County-Government Center, 220 S. Main St., Bel Air; (5) Howard County - The Mall in Columbia by Sears Service Center , 10300 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. See http://www.baltometro.org/content/view/258/230 for more info.

DEFERRED: Wed., May 14, 2008 9am Baltimore City Board of Estimates to approve CMBC operating agreement, Room 215, City Hall, 100 N. Holiday St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Board of Estimates meetings are open to the public. For agenda see www.comptroller.baltimorecity.gov/

Tue., May 13, 2008, 6pm Taxpayers' Night, in City Council Chambers, 4th floor, City Hall, 100 N. Holiday St., hosted by the Board of Estimates and the Baltimore City Council. Taxpayer’s Night provides people with a unique opportunity to share comments and concerns about the city budget.

Tue., May 13, 2008, 4pm Students call for Operation Occupation, a rally and camp-out at City Hall to urge Mayor Dixon to fund Peer to Peer Youth Enterprises.

Sat., May 10, 2008, 10am Unchained Talent presents: Concrete Jungle: A Student-Original Hip-Hop Musical, followed by a cast/audience conversation. Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Dr., tickets: free, suggested ticket donation: adults: $5-$15, students $2 - $5, adult themes, viewer’s discretion is advised. More information: www.unchainedtalent.org or call 443-386-4365.

Wed., May 7, 2008, 7pm Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Enduring Legacy of Injury and Healing, Clarence Mitchell School of Engineering Building, Morgan State University, 1700 E. Cold Spring Ln., Baltimore MD 2125, free and open to the public, for further information contact Charlotte St. Pierre at 443-885-3006 or Ray Winbush at 443-722-0783.

Sun., May 4, 2008, 9am-3pm Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off. Polytechnic Institute, NW corner of Coldspring Ln. and Falls Rd., Must be Baltimore City resident and have proof of residency. See flyer at http://cityservices.baltimorecity.gov/MOIT/2008HazardousWasteDay.pdf

Sat., May 3, 2008, 6pm Film: "365 Days in Clichy Montfermeil" The Institute of Urban Research at Morgan State University, Main Auditorium, Room 241, Schaeffer Building, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering (north end of campus), 5200 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21239. In October 2005, the world looked on as young Afrikans in France rebelled against their historic mistreatment by police. Though there has been a whiteout by French media on these incidents, Afrikan filmmakers Ladj Ly and Diarapha Diallo created a compelling documentary that presents the relationship between racism, despair, urban living and hope. The filmmakers will be present and answer any questions you have about being Black in France. It will be the only showing of the film in the Baltimore Area. For more information call Charlotte St. Pierre, 443-885-3006 or Ray Winbush, 443-722-0783.

Sat., May 3, 2008, 10am-3pm 2008 Maryland Green Party Assembly, Linthicum Hall, Towson University, Registration opens at 9am. Last chance for Maryland registered Greens to vote in primary for Green candidate for U.S. President. Carl Romanelli, Green Party of Pennsylvania's 2006 candidate for Governor, will deliver the keynote address. Suggested registration fee $20. No one will be excluded because of lack of funds. For more info see http://www.mdgreens.org/assembly/ or call 410-662-8169.

Sat., May 3, 2008, 8am-6pm Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race, 8am sculpture brake test and safety check, 9:30am Opening ceremonies, 10am-4:30pm race starts and ends at American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM), 800 Key Hwy., 4:30-5pm Dinner, 5-6pm awards ceremony, www.kineticbaltimore.com

Thu., May 1, 2008, 6:30-8pm Van Jones speaks at Morgan State University, Main Auditorium, Room 241, Schaeffer Building, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering (north end of campus), 5200 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21239. Hear one of today’s leading voices in helping to create jobs for low income and inner city communities through the Green Industrial Revolution. Van Jones is the founder and president of the Green for All Foundation, which focuses on environmental justice and jobs, and his new Green For All campaign. www.greenforall.org. Hosted by Marc Steiner!

Thu., May 1, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), New location: Baltimore City Hall, Reeves Conference Room, 4th Floor, 100 N. Holiday St., Baltimore, MD 21202.

Wed., Apr. 30, 2008 Deadline for mail-in voting for Green Party Presidential Primary. Mail-in ballots must be post marked by this date or or returned in person to the Maryland Green Party Assembly at Towson University on May 3, 2008. For more info, see www.mdgreens.org

Wed., Apr. 30, 2008, 6-9pm Community Forum on the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel Boycott, Hotel Workers Union Hall, 7-9 W. Mulberry St., Baltimore, MD 21201.

Wed., Apr. 30, 2008, 9am-3:15pm Extravaganza! Youth Fighting for Jobs! Each organization in the Peer 2 Peer Network will be presenting a workshop showing what peer to peer teaching could look like. The students are encouraging young people to join them to learn from their peers and older folks to come support them as they urge Mayor Sheila Dixon to fund Peer to Peer Enterprises. Tentative schedule: 9:05-9:30: Morning Assembly: Community Rap Session on P2P, presentations, discussion, 10-12 pm: Session One (2 sets of 45 minute workshops by Peer2Peer groups), 12-1pm: Break and Lunch, 1-1:30: Afternoon Assembly: Community Rap Session on P2P, presentations, discussion, 1:30-3 pm: Session Two: (2 sets of 45 minute workshops by Peer2Peer groups), 3-3:15 pm: Closing and Finale. Sponsored by: Hip Hop Congress Baltimore, Safe and Sound, Baltimore Algebra Project, Y.O.U.R.S., Kids on the Hill, Chesapeake Youth Development, Youth As Resources, Liberty Learning Center, Entrepreneurial Training University, Unchained Talent, WombWork Productions, Baltimore Urban Debate League, Follow Your Dreams, Student Sharing Coalition. For more information, call Chris Goodman, 443-957-5346, or by e-mail: chris_byc at yahoo.com.

Sun., Apr. 27, 2008, 11am-4pm Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off. Patterson High School, 100 Kane St., Must be Baltimore City resident and have proof of residency. See flyer at http://cityservices.baltimorecity.gov/MOIT/2008HazardousWasteDay.pdf

Sat., Apr. 26, 2008, 7pm Unchained Talent presents: Concrete Jungle: A Student-Original Hip-Hop Musical, followed by a cast/audience conversation. 2640 Cooperative, 2640 St. Paul St., tickets: free, suggested ticket donation: adults: $5-$15, students $2 - $5, adult themes, viewer’s discretion is advised. More information: www.unchainedtalent.org or call 443-386-4365.

Sat., Apr. 26, 2008, 11am-5pm EcoFestival, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland (with a rain date of April 27) Celebration of sustainable living with food, music, and fun for the family to kick off Baltimore Green Week (April 28 - May 2). 410-225-0330, baltimoregreenweek.org

Sat., Apr. 26, 2008, 9am-3pm Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off. Patterson High School, 100 Kane St., Must be Baltimore City resident and have proof of residency. See flyer at http://cityservices.baltimorecity.gov/MOIT/2008HazardousWasteDay.pdf

Fri., Apr. 25, 2008, 7pm Unchained Talent presents: Concrete Jungle: A Student-Original Hip-Hop Musical, followed by a cast/audience conversation. Lake Clifton Campus, 2801 St. Lo Dr., tickets: free, suggested ticket donation: adults: $5-$15, students $2 - $5, adult themes, viewer’s discretion is advised. More information: www.unchainedtalent.org or call 443-386-4365.

Tue., Apr. 22, 2008, 6-8pm Baltimore City Branch NAACP Monthly Meeting: Legislative Wrap-up featuring state legislators. Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave. Call 410-366-3300 for more info.

Sat., Apr. 19, 2008, 7:00-10-45om The Black Panther Party Reconsidered: Dinner and Dialog with Eddie Conway. The Cork Factory, 302 E. Federal St. (at Guilford Ave.) Baltimore, MD 21202, Eddie will call in at 7:30. Three course cousine, wine and soulful sounds (live music) after phone call with Eddie. RSVP to 301-919-6846 or info at freeeddieconway.org. $35 advance, $40 door.

Fri., Apr. 18, 2008, 7pm Unchained Talent presents: Concrete Jungle: A Student-Original Hip-Hop Musical, followed by a cast/audience conversation. Lake Clifton Campus, 2801 St. Lo Dr., tickets: free, suggested ticket donation: adults: $5-$15, students $2 - $5, adult themes, viewer’s discretion is advised. More information: www.unchainedtalent.org or call 443-386-4365.

Thu., Apr. 17, 2008, 6-7:15pm Town Hall Meeting to Discuss The Senator Theatre's Future, Senator Theatre, 5904 York Rd., discussion moderated by city councilman, Bill Henry, and stay over as our guests to enjoy "Shine A Light" at 7:30pm, featuring The Rolling Stones in concert. Free. Theatre: 410-435-8338, office: 410-435-9892.

Thu., Apr. 17, 2008, 4:30-6:30pm Truth Speakers: a performance and poetry slam. Centerstage’s Mezzanine Café, 700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202, Featuring Kids on the Hill and Filmmaker and Goucher College Assistant Professor Nsenga Burton. Free. Bring your young people for this fun, inspiring event! Snacks provided.

Wed., Apr. 16, 2008, 3pm National Protest to Stop Mortgage Foreclosures and Evictions. Bail out people - not bankers! Demand a national moratorium on foreclosures and evictions, in front of the Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Policy Conference, Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW, Wash. DC, bet. E & F Sts., near Union Station. Called by: the Ad-Hoc National Network to Stop Foreclosures & Evictions.

Wed., Apr. 16, 2008, 1pm Buses to DC for National Protest to Stop Mortgage Foreclosures and Evictions. YMCA parking lot at 33rd St. & Ellerslie Ave. to travel to the national protest against the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual policy conference in Washington D.C. to demand a freeze/moratorium on foreclosures and evictions. Bail out people - not bankers! Buses will return to Baltimore City approximately 8pm. To reserve a seat call 410-218-4835. No one turned away for lack of funds. $10 to $15 donation. If you can not get on the bus, please consider donating $ for others to attend. You can send donations to Stop Foreclosures & Evictions, 703 E. 37th St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Make checks out to "Stop Foreclosures & Evictions"

Tue., Apr. 15, 2008, 3pm WYPR Board of Directors Meeting. Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210. For more info check http://www.wypr.org/About_WYPR.html

Mon., Apr. 14, 2008, 8pm Kimberly Dozier, CBS News Correspondent wounded in Iraq. Hodson 101, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Wed., Apr. 9, 2008, 8pm The Rise of Socialism in Latin America. Panel Discussion. Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Tue., Apr. 8, 2008, 8pm Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winner and former Chief Economist of the World Bank. Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Tue., Apr. 8, 2008, 4pm AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney Inaugurates New Lecture Series on Labor. University of Baltimore School of Law, Langsdale Auditorium, corner of Maryland Ave. and Oliver St., free and open to the public.

Fri., Apr. 4, 2008, 11am-4pm Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemerative March on Baltimore City and Rally, begins at Concord Baptist Church, 5204 Liberty Heights Ave., proceeds down Liberty Heights Ave. to Gwynns Falls Pkwy. and ends at Frederick Douglas High School, 2301 Gwynns Falls Pkwy. (about 3.5 miles). Call 410-574-9142 for more info. Sign up at www.wbccdc.blog.com or www.projectgarrison.org.

Thu., Apr. 3, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), Mayor’s Office of Cable & Communications, 8 Market Place, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Thu., Apr. 3, 2008, 4:30-6:30pm Make Art or Die: the importance of the arts for youth. A dialogue with Filmmaker Lee Boot and Artist and Assistant Professor of Photography at Goucher College Laura Burns. Centerstage’s Mezzanine Café, 700 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202, Free. Light fare compliments of Carma’s Café. Call Wide Angle Youth MEdia at 410-338-0947 or e-mail info at wideanglemedia.org to reserve your seat.

Wed., Apr. 2, 2008, 8pm Robert Kagan, author of Dangerous Nation. Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Wed., Apr. 2, 2008, 7pm El Kilombo Intergaláctico collective from Durham, North Carolina. Red Emma's Bookstore Cafe, 800 St. Paul St., touring for their independently published book called: "Beyond Resistance: EVERYTHING! An Interview with Subcomadante Marcos", an interview with Marcos of the Zapatista movement during the Other Campaign in 2006. http://www.elkilombo.org

Wed., Apr. 2, 2008, 6pm-7:45pm Baltimore organizing meeting for the National Protest to Stop Mortgage Foreclosures and Evictions, Loch Raven Branch of the Enoch Pratt Library (meeting room), corner of Loch Raven Blvd. and Coldspring Ln. For more information call 410-218-4835.

Wed., Apr. 2, 2008, 5:30pm Bring Back Steiner Movement protest of WYPR fund drive, WYPR, 2216 N. Charles St. www.sossteiner.com, www.savesteinershow.com

Tue., Apr. 1, 2008, 8pm Nuclear Proliferation in Iran. Panel Discussion. Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Mon., Mar. 31, 2008, 5pm EST Deadline to submit application for scholarship assistance to attend National Conference for Media Reform 2008 in Minneapolis, June 6–8, 2008. www.freepress.net/conference/scholarship08

Sat., Mar. 29, 2008, 5pm Unbind Our Media: Journalist Dahr Jamail, and former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg talk about truth, courage and a free media. Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland. This event is the annual fundraiser for the most widely circulated Muslim newsletter in the Mid-Atlantic area, the Muslim Link. Tickets can be purchased online at www.muslimlinkpaper.com, or by calling the Muslim Link at 301-982-1020. They are $25 for adults.

Wed., Mar. 26, 2008, 8pm AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Contemporary Global Epidemics. Panel Discussion. Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Tue., Mar. 25, 2008, 6-8pm Baltimore City Branch NAACP Monthly Meeting with Panel Discussion on Foreclosures and Lending Practices. Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave. Discussion starts at 6:30pm with panelists: Angela Ciccolo (NAACP Interim General Counsel), Suzanne Sangree (Chief Solicitor, City of Baltimore Law Department), Mike Reza (President, Breeze Mortgage), Deizshel Setzer (Mortgage Planner, Priority Financial Services), Robert J. Strupp, Esq. (Director of Research & Policy, Community Law Center), Stuart Katzenberg (Maryland ACORN), Diane Cipollone (Special Project Attorney, National Fair Housing Alliance), Dan Pontious (Acting Executive Director, Citizens Planning and Housing Association), pending confirmations from the Center for Responsible Lending and Greater Baltimore Urban League. Call 410-366-3300 for more info.

Wed., Mar. 19, 2008 Nonviolent Action and Civil Disobedience in Washington, DC to end the war in Iraq. United for Peace and Justice. www.5yearstoomany.org

Tue., Mar. 18, 2008, 3pm Rally in Support of Housing for All, at Baltimore's City Hall, To stand up for the universal human rights to affordable housing, health care, and living wages. Demonstrators will testify why Code Blue, a 364-person shelter located at 1634 Guilford Avenue, must remain open beyond March 31, 2008. Contact Abby Maloney at AM.Maloney at Gmail.com or 410-814-9917.

Thu., Mar. 13-Sun., Mar. 16, 2008 Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afganistan. Four-day event will feature testimony from U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, who will tell the hard truth about what is really happening, day in and day out, in Iraq and Afghanistan. National Labor College, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. http://www.ivaw.org/wintersoldier

Wed., Mar. 12, 2008, 4pm Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence. Shriver Hall, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

CANCELLED: Wed., Mar. 12, 2008, 3pm WYPR Board of Directors Meeting. POSTPONED UNTIL TUE., APR. 15.

Tue., Mar. 11, 2008, 8pm Energy Conservation and Sustainability: The Impending Climate Crisis. Panel Discussion. Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Sun., Mar. 9, 2008 Neighbors' Night Out 2 is a bold statement against crime. In honor of Zach Sowers, neighbors across Baltimore will meet at select bars and restaurants to drink, dine and send the message that we stand together against violence. 10-20% of that evening’s sales will go toward the cost of Zach's lengthy hospitalization. For more info, see http://www.zachsowers.com/NNO2.php

Thu., Mar. 6, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), Mayor’s Office of Cable & Communications, 8 Market Place, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Tue., Mar. 4, 2008, 8pm College Democrats vs. College Republicans Debate, Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Mon., Mar. 3, 2008, 4pm NAACP bus trip to Annapolis, meeting with Baltimore City delegates. Bus leaves from 8 W. 26th St., Baltimore, MD at 4pm and leaves from Annapolis at 8pm. free, first come first served. 410-366-3300.

Sun., Mar. 2, 2008, 9am-6pm The 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference Speaking Truth to Power: MEDIA JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, Hunter College, 68th St. and Lexington Ave., New York, NY. For more info, see http://www.nycgrassrootsmedia.org/

Sun., Mar. 2, 2008, 2-5pm Legacy Film Festival, day 2. First annual minority film festival in Baltimore City. Reginald F. Lewis Museum.

Sat., Mar. 1, 2008, 5:30-9:30pm Legacy Film Festival, day 1. First annual minority film festival in Baltimore City. Reginald F. Lewis Museum.

Sat., Mar. 1, 2008, 3-7pm Raw Food Lunch and Lecture with Paul Nison, internationally acclaimed best-selling raw food author and chef. Spirit Bliss Farm, 1851 Florence Rd., Mount Airy, MD 21771. $20 for lunch (3pm) and lecture (5-7pm). Call 301-703-4116 ext. 112 for more info and to make reservations.

Sat., Mar. 1, 2008, 1-9pm Libertarian Party of Maryland 2008 Convention. Squire’s Italian Restaurant, 6723 Holabird Ave., Dundalk, MD 21222. Speakers include Kevin Zeese (1:10 pm), Steve Kubby (2pm) and Sebastian Sassi (3pm). For more info, see http://www.md.lp.org/events/convention2008.pdf

Sat., Mar. 1, 2008, 10am-3pm Baltimore Free Store is collecting NON CLOTHING donations. Warehouse is located at 31 N. Haven St. in East Baltimore (Highlandtown). We promote RECYCLING & REUSE. We are tired of so much usable, useful stuff going to waste while people live in poverty in our city. That’s why we want to empower COMMUNITIES to come together and meet these needs through giving and taking. Check out www.baltimorefreestore.org or call 410-340-9004 for more info.

Sat., Mar. 1-Apr. 7, 2008 Mail-in voting for Green Party Presidential Primary (for those registered to vote as Green). For more info, see www.mdgreens.org.

Fri., Feb. 29, 2008, 7:30 pm movie: Winter Soldier [U.S., 1972] at American Friends Service Committee, 4806 York Rd., Baltimore, MD. Doors open at 7pm. Discussion follows. There is no charge and refreshments will be available. Call 410-366-1637 or email mobuszewski [at] verizon.net for more info.

Wed., Feb. 27, 2008, 7-9pm Death Penalty: Broken System-Crying Out for Justice. Barbara Becnel -- a friend of Stan Tookie Williams, a co-author with him, and a witness to his execution -- will speak on her experience in the struggle against the death penalty. St. John's United Methodist Church, 2640 St. Paul St., Contact: Terry Fitzgerald (410-925-1220, SaveVernon@excite.com).

Wed., Feb. 27, 2008, 6pm John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Shriver Hall, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 34th & Charles Sts., Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS). See http://www.jhu.edu/fas/

Wed., Feb. 27, 2008, 1pm ACLU Action Alert: Restricting access to public records for litigants - hearing on HB 615, Health and Government Operations Committee, Room 240, House Office Building, Annapolis, MD 21401, 410-841-3770.

Tue., Feb. 26, 2008, 6-8pm Baltimore City Branch NAACP Monthly Meeting with panel discussion on job discrimination. Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave. Panalists: M. Patricia Tanner (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) and Carl O. Snowden (Office of the Attorney General). call 410-366-3300 for more info.

Tue., Feb. 26, 2008 10am-12pm Emergency Rally for 9/11 Health, West Lawn of U.S. Capitol, Washington DC, organized by the FealGood Foundation and 9/11 Health Now. Media contact: Vin Gopal 732-299-5625.

Mon., Feb. 25, 2008, 6-8pm Noche de Inmigrantes en Accion / Immigrant Action Night in Annapolis. Buses leaving at 3:30 pm from St. Patrick’s Church (Broadway), Our Lady of Pompei Church (Highlandtown), Sacred Heart Church (Glyndon/Owings Mills) and Wildlake Interfaith Center (Columbia) and at 4 pm from across from Patterson High School (shoppers’ – for students and their families: students need to bring permission slips if not accompanied) and Holy Trinity Church (Glen Burnie), call 410-732-7777 to reserve your seat. CASA de Maryland.

Sat., Feb. 23, 2008 9-11pm movie: Hold Fast, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 800 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21202. See http://redemmas.org/event/883 for more info.

Fri., Feb. 22, 2008, 8am Baltimore City Coaltion for a Majority Elected School Board goes to Annapolis. It is time to testify in Annapolis before our Legislatiors. This is a very important hearing for our Legislation. Baltimore City Teachers Union is sponsoring a bus to leave from BTU's headquarters located at 5800 Metro Drive, Baltimore. Our bus will be leaving for Annapolis at 8 am to return back to Baltimore City at 1:30 pm.

Wed., Feb. 20, 2008, 7-9pm WYPR Community Advisory Board Meeting, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Dr., doors to the auditorium open at 6:30 first come first seated. Call Maria Allwine at 443-762-0892 for info about the Bring Back Marc Steiner Movement.

Wed., Feb. 20, 2008, 6:30pm Congressman Elijah E. Cummings hosts a town hall meeting on Breast Cancer Disparities. Pratt Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD. Speakers include Dr. Vanessa Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University; Dr. Mary De Shields, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland; and Rev. Renee Cole, Breath of Life Ministries.

Tue., Feb. 19, 2008, 7pm Digital Video Users Group Meeting: Don Peebles, Apple Sr. Systems Engineer, Gives Overview of Final Cut Studio 2, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, 2nd floor, 4805 Edgemoor Ln., Bethesda, MD 20814 (one block from the Bethesda Metro) parking is available under the building. Doors open at 7:00 pm for set-up and socializing. If Montgomery County Schools close early or for the day because of weather or other conditions, this meeting will be cancelled. www.dvug.org

Tue., Feb. 19, 2008, 7pm Cynthia McKinney will speak in Washington, DC, at Howard University in the Locke Hall auditorium. Ms. McKinney will show 'American Blackout', an award-winning documentary on the disenfranchisement of African-American voters in recent elections and the odds she faced in her own reelection to Congress. The event will be open to the media and the public. Cynthia McKinney will be accompanied at these events by Capitol Resistance, a hip-hop-based community education campaign.

Tue., Feb. 19, 2008, 12 noon Cynthia McKinney will speak to students and faculty at the Nyumburu Cultural Center, at the University of Maryland in College Park. The event will be open to the media and the public.

Tue., Feb. 19, 2008, 10am Press Conference: Cynthia McKinney will discuss her Power to the People Campaign for the Presidency. William Penn House, 515 East Capitol Street, Washington, DC a few blocks from the Capitol. Reporters and photographers are encouraged to attend.

Mon., Feb. 18, 2008, 7:30pm Sheraton City Center Hotel workers panel discussion, UNITE HERE! Mid Atlantic Office, 7-9 W. Mulberry St. (Mulberry between Cathedral & Charles Sts.) 410-659-2191.

Tue., Feb. 12, 2008, 7am-8pm Presidential Primary Election (for voters registered Democrat or Republican). Voters in line at 8pm may vote. http://www.elections.state.md.us

Mon., Feb. 11, 2008, 2:45pm Stand for Change Rally with Barack Obama in Baltimore, 1st Mariner Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Free and open to the public, however an RSVP is strongly encouraged, http://my.barackobama.com/baltimore. For security reasons, do not bring bags. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners are permitted. Please note: RSVPs do not guarantee admission. Admission is on a first come, first-served basis.

Sat., Feb. 9, 2008, 2pm Killer of Sheep – see Charles Burnett’s first feature film, shot in Watts while he was still a film student at UCLA. (1977, 83 min., b&w). Pratt Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St.

Sat., Feb. 9, 2008, 12noon An Afternoon with Cathy B. McClain, Cherry Hill Community Activist. Cherry Hill Branch, 606 Cherry Hill Rd. Ms. McClain will speak about revitalization efforts in and around Cherry Hill.

Sat., Feb. 9, 2008 10am Film Talk: viewing and discussion of Nothing But a Man, starring Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln. (USA, 1964, 92 min., b&w). Pratt Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St.

Thu., Feb. 7, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), Mayor’s Office of Cable & Communications, 8 Market Place, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Wed., Feb. 6, 2008, 7-9pm Baltimore Indymedia Presents: Brad, One More Night at the Barricades. 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Join Baltimore Indymedia for the first of a monthly series of public media interventions. This month: Brazillian filmmaker and media activist Miguel, who is touring the US with his recently completed documentary tribute to Brad Will, the American anarchist and Indymedia filmmaker who was shot dead by paramilitaries in the employ of the state while documenting the popular revolt in Oaxaca in 2006. Free, donations for the filmmaker appreciated. http://www.redemmas.org/2640/upcoming/

Wed., Feb. 6, 2008, 10:30am Baltimore Algebra Project Student Action in Annapolis, "CSI Annapolis" silent march to the State House begins at 1:30pm from Asbury United Methodist Church, 87 West Street, Annapolis MD where students will begin with a teach-in/conference at 10:30am. Rides needed for parents—please call 410-338-0679 for help or more info.

Mon., Feb. 4, 2008, 4pm NAACP bus trip to Annapolis, meeting with Baltimore City senators. Bus leaves from 8 W. 26th St., Baltimore, MD at 4pm and leaves from Annapolis at 8pm. free, first come first served. 410-366-3300.

Sun., Feb. 3, 2008, 10-11am Anti-death penalty talk by Jane Henderson, executive director of Maryland Citizens Against State Executions (mdcase.org) who will speak on new developments in the movement to abolish the death penalty in Maryland. Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1316 Park Ave., in the Bolton Hill section of Baltimore. Free; all are welcome. For info, call Tom Waldron at 410-323-5152.

Sat., Feb. 2, 2008, 10am Green Party Presidential Candidate Forum. Busboys & Poets, 14th and V Streets, NW Washington, DC. Contact Tom Yager at 703-534-2187 or vagreen@earthlink.net

Fri., Feb.1, 2008, 7-9pm Evan Greer, Shannon Murray & Ryan Harvey of Riot Folk, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 800 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21202, powerful and relevant music that speaks to social justice and personal liberation. 410-230-0450.

Mon., Jan. 28, 2008, 7:30pm Shahid Buttar & Ryan Allen Hancock: First Hand Analysis of the Crisis in Pakistan, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 800 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-230-0450, www.redemmas.org/events/

Sat., Jan. 26, 2008, 2-8pm D.C. Social Forum movement meeting, Plymouth Congregational Church, 5301 North Capitol Street NE, Washington DC (Ft. Totten Metro), solidarity and strategy session 2-5pm, break 5-6pm, celebration and pot luck 6-8pm, more info: contact Daphne at 202-454-5106 or takeactiondc@gmail.com.

Sat. Jan. 26, 2008 10am-3pm Stop Smoking Seminar, NAACP Baltimore City Branch, 8 W. 26th St., Baltimore, MD 21218, 410-366-3300, RSVP to Dr. Ball at 410-664-2489.

Thu., Jan. 24, 2008, 6-9 pm Public Access TV Producers Meet and Greet, hosted by Community Media of Baltimore City Board of Directors, Mayor’s Office of Cable & Communications, 8 Market Place, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21202, for more info, contact CMBC board member and ombudsman Troy Johnson at: troy@troyjohnsonradio.com

Tue., Jan. 22, 2008, 9pm Deadline to Register to Vote before Presidential Primary Election (for Democrats and Republicans. Deadline to change party affiliation to vote in the primary for existing Maryland registered voters was back on Mon., Nov. 19, 2007). Baltimore City Board of Elections, 417 E. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21202. 410-396-5550. Maryland State Board of Elections: http://www.elections.state.md.us

Mon., Jan. 21, 2008 12pm Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade, Steps off at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Eutaw Street and travels south on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

Thu., Jan. 17, 2008 11am Flood Annapolis with activists to show support for global warming solutions in Maryland, Lawyer’s Mall, next to the Maryland State House, for more info: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/423/t/1906/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=32644

Sat., Jan. 12, 2008 11am Youth Voting Process Training, NAACP National Headquarters, 4805 Mount Hope Dr., Baltimore, MD 21215.

Mon., Jan. 7, 2008, 7:30pm Single Payer Health Insurance Study Session. St. John's United Methodist Church, 2640 St. Paul St. Call Bill Harvey at 410-467-7756 to RSVP. www.mdsinglepayer.org

Thu., Jan. 3, 2008, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), Mayor’s Office of Cable & Communications, 8 Market Place, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Wed., Dec. 19, 2007, 7pm Kids on the Hill: TV Dinner THAWED OUT! at 2640 (2640 St. Paul Street) Second fundraiser due to snow during earlier event. $10 for adults and free for youth. Tickets are available at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse or by reserving a ticket at 410-383-7200 x.1

Sun., Dec. 16, 2007, 12-3pm Baltimore Free Store Free Market. At 2640 St. Paul St. Everything and anything will be 100% free for the taking! Donations, especially toys and housewares (no clothes please!), will also be accepted during the free market.

Fri., Dec. 14, 2007, 7pm Nankama. Documentary performed by Farafina Kan and directed by Genell Canty focuses on the positive psychological effects of West African drumming. At Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 800 St. Paul St., Baltimore. Including a short drumming performance by some of the Farafina Kan members.

Tue., Dec. 11, 2007, 3-7pm 9/11 Truth Visibility Action, holding signs and distributing information near Broadway Plaza in Fells Point, Baltimore, then getting dinner afterwards, WeAreCHANGE Maryland.

Mon., Dec. 10, 2007, 7-9pm New Directions/Reconnections: Baltimore Regional Summit on Transit Oriented Development. Thumel Business Center Auditorium, University of Baltimore, 11 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201, free and open to the public, 7-8:30pm: welcoming remarks by Mayor Sheila Dixon, presentation Reconnecting America, moderated panel discussion/panelists: Chris Donatelli, Donatelli & Kline; Zelda Robinson, West Baltimore Coalition; Wim Wiewel, University of Baltimore; John Porcari, Secretary for Department of Transportation; Otis Rolley III, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance. 8:30-9pm: audience questions and answers. Co-sponsored by City of Baltimore Department of Planning, The Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, Citizens Planning and Housing Association, The Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative.

Sat., Dec. 8, 2007, 5:30-8pm Celebrate the launch of Seeing Beyond Sight – Photographs by Blind Teenagers, a new book by Tony Deifell, at the American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230-3940, 410-244-1900, Wide Angle Youth Media is proud to be a co-host of this event that challenges our expectations and perceptions of vision and images, free, Party + Interactive Art + Film Short + Storytelling + Music + Food + Drinks.

Sat., Dec. 8, 2007, 2-4pm Executive Power and Human Rights: Torture, Secrecy and the Rule of Law, Kelley Lecture Hall, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Rd., Towson, MD 21204, panel and public discussion, keynote: Scott Shane, panelists: Susan Burke, Curtis Cooper, Matthew Crenson, Ph.D., moderator: Ken Allen, Ph.D., free and open to the public, for more info: www.unamd.org

Fri., Dec. 7, 2007, 7-9pm 2640 Neighborhood Celebration, open house and community celebration, 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, featuring free food by the Red Emma's catering squad and great music by Charles Village's Jazz Caravan. More info: http://redemmas.org/event/739

Thu., Dec. 6, 2007, 6pm Community Media of Baltimore City monthly board meeting (CMBC is the governing body of Baltimore public access TV, Ch. 75), Mayor’s Office of Cable & Communications, 8 Market Place, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Wed., Dec. 5, 2007, 7:30-9:30pm Open Meeting: Get involved with the Baltimore Independent Media Center and/or the Indypendent Reader. 2640 St. Paul St., Baltimore, first of a series of monthly public meetings to be held on the first Wednesday of every month, intended to help get new people involved in both of these really important projects. More info: http://redemmas.org/event/752

Wed., Dec. 5, 2007, 7-9pm Baltimore premiere of "The Trial" narrated by Oscar winning actor and activist Danny Glover. Yabba Pot, 2431 St. Paul St., Baltimore, This dynamic film exposes the enormous injustice meted out by the U.S. government to the Cuban 5 who remain falsely incarcerated behind U.S. prison walls. Hear special guest speaker Teresa Gutierrez of New York City Committee to Free the Cuban 5, the film showing will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Che Guevara. $5 donation.

Wed., Dec. 5, 2007, 7pm Kids on the Hill annual TV dinner, Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, 7pm dinner, 8pm show of video works by young people, adults: $20 suggested donation, free for youth accompanied by adult, groups of 5 or more youth $3/person, to RSVP or sponsor call 410-383-7200 x.1, www.kidsonthehill.org

Wed., Dec. 5, 2007, 6-7:30pm The Advocates Speak: Guantanamo Detainee Cases, Jones Day (int'l law firm), 51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, panelists: David Cynamon, Partner, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, and Pittman, LLP - Counsel to Al Odah; Ketanji Brown Jackson, Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster LLP; Timothy Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute; Cecillia Wang, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project; Paul Wolfson, Partner, WilmerHale - Counsel to Boumediene; moderator: Katherine Stern, Jones Day. A reception will follow the event, free, for more info and to RSVP: http://www.acslaw.org/node/5775

Wed., Dec. 5, 2007, 5:15-7:45pm The 65th Annual Meeting of the Citizens Planning and Housing Association (CPHA), at the Railway Express Building, 1501 St. Paul St., (across St. Paul St. from Penn Station). Program begins at 6:15pm. The meeting will honor retired Baltimore Sun columnist Eric Siegel with the Francis Froelicher Civic Statesmanship Award and Madeira Community Garden with the Hathaway Ferebee Neighborhood Achievement Award and include a discussion on what BRAC (military base realignment) can mean for older communities, commuters, and economic opportunity in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Panelists will include: Raymond Skinner, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development; Paul Wiedefeld, Administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA); and J. Howard Henderson, President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Urban League. On-street parking and building parking lot available.

Sat., Dec. 1, 2007, 2-4pm Expand the Debate: Empowering Health Care Reform and Creating Community Action, Episcopal Diocese Center, 4 East University Parkway, Baltimore, Md., guest speakers: Dr. Robert Zarr, Pediatrician, President of D.C. Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program and Joel Segal, Health Care Legislative Assistant to Rep. John Conyers, sponsored by Maryland Universal Health Care Action Network and the Conversation Coalition, free admission, but RSVP to Margaret Flowers at nose1@aol.com or 410-591-0892.

Fri., Nov. 30, 2007, 6:30pm A Night of Remembrance, 4400 Parkside Dr. This is the beginning of a movement toward healing for those of us who have lost love ones to senseless acts of street violence or illness and are left without help in restoring and moving forward through the process of grieving and understanding. A Night of Remembrance offers an opportunity to be with others who understand your pain and are willing to share and assist each other to move from pain to healing. Contact: Kimberly at 443-845-3116, just4me.diamond@gmail.com.

Thu., Nov. 29, 2007, 7pm Cora Daniels, author of Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless, will talk about “The Impact of Ghetto Mores, Attitudes and Lifestyles on American Culture.” Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St.

Tue., Nov. 27, 2007, 7pm Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice, at The Charles Theatre, 1711 N. Charles St., Baltimore, www.thecharles.com/schedules, www.blackdiamondsmovie.com, tickets are $8.00, this event is a fundraiser for Coal River Mountain Watch - www.crmw.net, filmmaker, Catherine Pancake, coalfield Activist Judy Bonds and others will take questions after the screening.

Tue., Nov. 27, 2007, 6pm Baltimore City Branch NAACP general membership meeting and panel discussion on the recent legislative session, Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave., 410-366-3300.

Wed., Nov. 21, 2007, 4pm Press conference to address a noose hanging today in a Baltimore City Fire Department station on 25th Street, press conference at Vulcan Blazers of Baltimore, Inc., 2811 Druid Park Dr., contacts: Vulcan Blazers of Baltimore, Inc. President Henry Burris (443-416-2824) and NAACP Baltimore City Branch President "Doc" Cheatham (410-669-8683).

Tue., Nov. 20, 2007, 7-8:30pm Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the U.S., to speak on Venezuela's proposed constitutional reforms, Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus, 3400 N. Charles St., Hodson Hall, Room 110, free and open to the public, reception follows the event, for more information, contact Prof. Eduardo Gonzalez at eduardo.gonzalez@jhu.edu.

Sat., Nov. 17, 2007, 4-5:30pm Rally to Repeal the Death Penalty, guest speakers: Shujaa Graham (exonerated from California’s death row), Vicki Schieber (mother of a murder victim), meet at E. Madison St. & Ensor St., march to Death Row at 401 E. Madison St. at 4:30, for more information contact bpeterson@aiusa.org.

Sat., Nov. 17, 2007, 2pm Baltimore Exposed: Short Films by Local Filmmakers, Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St.

Sat., Nov. 17, 2007, 12-5pm The 25th Anniversary of the Algebra Project Community Forum, keynote address by Robert Moses, founder of The Algebra Project, panelists: Dr. Andres Alonso, CEO of BCPSS, Rev. Heber Brown III, Dr. Tyrone Powers of Children 1st Movement, and Chelsea Carson of the Batimore Algebra Project. Co-sponsored by Baltimore Algebra Project and the Baltimore City branch of the NAACP, Baltimore City College High School, 3220 The Alameda. Free. 410-338-0679.

Sat., Nov. 17, 2007, 9-10am Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! gives opening plenary at Amnesty International Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Best Western Hotel and Conference Center, 5625 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD 21224, 1-800-633-9511.

Fri., Nov. 16, 2007, 9am Rally for Justice, United States Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington D.C., buses leaving from NAACP Baltimore City Branch building, 8 W. 26th St. around 9:00 a.m. and leaving Washington, D.C. close to 3:00 p.m. to return to Baltimore City. NAACP members free, $10 for non-NAACP members. Children under 18 free with accompanying adult. 410-366-3300.

Thu., Nov. 15, 2007 3:30pm UNITE HERE rally to kick off boycott against the Columbia Sussex-owned Sheraton City Center hotel, meet at the Hopkins Plaza on West Baltimore Street, between Liberty and Charles, right behind the Sheraton, at 101 Fayette Street.

Wed., Nov. 14, 2007, 7:30pm Historian and author Charles M. Payne to speak on urban education and school reform, Gilman School, 5407 Roland Ave., Alumni Auditorium, free and open to the public, call 410.323.3800 ext. 308 for more information.

Thu., Nov. 8, 2007, 7pm An interactive panel discussion on the history of the African American experience in journalism and the future of the black press (opening program for the exhibit, The Afro-American Newspapers) Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral St. Panelists include Frances L. Murphy II, John J. Oliver, Jr., Moses Newsome, and Sean Yoes.

Wed., Nov. 7, 2007, 7pm Naomi Wolf at Bolton Street Synagogue, 212 W. Cold Spring Lane, talk and book signing for The End of America, call breathe books at 410-235-7323 for more information.

Tue., Nov. 6, 2007, 7am-8pm Baltimore City General Election, for information, contact Baltimore City Board of Elections, http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/elections/index.php, 410-396-5550.

Mon., Oct. 29, 2007, 6-9pm The Mayor's Cultural Town Meeting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Brown Center, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave., Mayor Sheila Dixon will take questions from the audience, free, 410-223-2300.

Mon., Oct. 29, 2007, 5:30pm Join Baltimore Education Network in Annapolis on the first day of session to fight cuts to Thornton, buses leave BCPSS at 5:30 p.m. (200 E. North Avenue - East lot) and leave Annapolis at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Sun., Oct. 28, 2007, 2pm Rally/Lie-In at War Memorial Plaza addressing the Baltimore City murder rate, Justice Maryland, www.justicemaryland.org, 443-341-0320.

Sat., Oct. 27, 2007, 10:30am-8pm Bus to Bring the Troops Home Now! Rally in Philadelphia, PA, bus leaves from Stony Run Friends Meeting, 5116 Charles St., suggested donation: $25. No one turned away for lack of funds, tickets available at Red Emma’s Bookstore, 800 St. Paul St. or call Max Obuszewski at 410-366-1637.

Thu., Oct. 25, 2007, 7pm The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Black Panther Party Revisited, town hall meeting on the Black Panther Party, Morgan State University Communications Building, 5601 Perring Parkway Baltimore, MD 21251, room 101, aired live on WEAA 88.9 FM featuring radio personality Jared Ball and Black Panther experts Yohuru Williams and Nkenge Toure, call Kids on the Kill to reserve free tickets at 410-383-7200 x.1, www.kidsonthehill.org

Tue., Oct. 23, 2007, 8pm Bill Nye (The Science Guy), 2007 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, Shriver Hall on the Johhs Hopkins Homewood Campus, doors will open at 7:30pm, free and open to the public, www.jhu.edu/mse/

Tue., Oct. 23, 2007, 6:30-8:30pm Slots Panel Discussion, Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave., NAACP Baltimore City Branch, 410-366-3300, www.naacpbaltimore.org

Sun., Oct. 21, 2007, 1-4pm Open House at New National Green Party Office, 1711 18th Street NW (ground floor), www.gp.org, 202-319-7191.

Sat., Oct. 20, 2007, 11am-1pm The 2007 Mid-Atlantic Radical Bookfair, bookfair-at-redemmas.org, http://redemmas.org/event/661

Sat., Oct. 20, 2007, 10am-12:30pm Animating History, a free animation workshop taught by Kids On the Hill, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1303 Mt. Royal Ave., Fox Building room 419, learn about animation techniques, learn about the Black Panther Party, animate your reflections, www.kidsonthehill.org

Sat., Oct. 20, 2007, 8:15am-1pm Baltimore Rail Transit Stops Tour, a look at Baltimore's experience with transit and development, begins at Owings Mills Metro Station, must RSVP to Citizens Planning and Housing Association, 410-539-1369 x.103, $25 ($15 for CPHA members) includes transit pass, bagels
and coffee for breakfast, and a box lunch, http://www.cphabaltimore.org/pdf/RailStopsTourFlier.pdf

Fri., Oct. 19, 2007, 12pm-2pm Radical Film Festival, bookfair-at-redemmas.org

Wed., Oct. 17, 2007, 8pm Rory Kennedy, documentary filmmaker and daughter of Robert Kennedy, 2007 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, Shriver Hall on the Johhs Hopkins Homewood Campus, doors will open at 7:30pm, free and open to the public, www.jhu.edu/mse/

Wed., Oct. 17, 2007, 6-10pm NAACP Baltimore City Branch 2007 Freedom Fund Banquet, Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor, 101 W. Fayette St. 21201, tickets $100, 410-366-3303, www.naacpbaltimore.org

Wed., Oct. 17, 2007, 5:30-7pm, Free "Green" Wine Tasting, enjoy locally sourced food prepared by Dogwood Restaurant and learn how you can green your own home with a Home Energy Inspection© from TerraLogos, Dogwood Restaurant, 911 West 36th Street (The Avenue in Hampden), Baltimore, to RSVP or for more information, call TerraLogos at 443-451-7130.

Wed., Oct. 17, 2007, 3:30pm March for Jobs and Education, City Hall, 100 N. Holiday St., Baltimore Algebra Project, 410-338-0679.

Tue., Oct. 16, 2007, 9pm Deadline to Register to Vote for Baltimore City Nov. 6 General Election, Baltimore City Board of Elections, 417 E. Fayette St., Benton Office Building, room #129, http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/elections/index.php, 410-396-5550.

Sun., Oct. 14, 2007, 11am-10pm Baltimore Women's Film Festival, Baltimore Museum of Art, www.bwfilmfestival.com

Sat., Oct. 13, 2007, 11am-10pm Baltimore Women's Film Festival, 2640 St. Paul St., www.bwfilmfestival.com

Fri., Oct. 12, 2007, 8pm Danny Glover, 2007 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, Shriver Hall on the Johhs Hopkins Homewood Campus, doors will open at 7:30pm, free and open to the public, www.jhu.edu/mse/

Fri., Oct. 12, 2007, 7pm Tales from Venezuela: Stories, Drawings, Photos, Baltimore Hostel, 17 W. Mulberry St. (at Cathedral St.), Join two Baltimore artists/activists, Carol HIggs and Dennis Livingston, as they talk about their 2-month experience traveling in Venezuela recording what is happening in the new Bolivarian “revolution” with lessons for Baltimore, free and open to the public, refreshments served, Friends of the Baltimore Hostel, manager@baltimorehostel.org

Thu. Oct. 11, 2007, 8pm Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee Chairman , 2007 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, Shriver Hall on the Johhs Hopkins Homewood Campus, doors will open at 7:30pm, free and open to the public, www.jhu.edu/mse/

Thu., Oct. 11, 2007, 10am-12pm Community Hearing Regarding Social Security No-match Letters, St. Gabriel's Catholic Church, 6950 Dogwood Rd., Woodlawn, MD 21224, To address pending proposal for increased collaboration between the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, specifically regarding “no-match” letters Under the proposed DHS rule, employers receiving "no match" letters might be required to fire employees whose SSA discrepancies are not resolved within 90 days after the "no-match" letter is received. Transportation provided at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, at the Corner of Bank and Broadway in Fells Point, please call CASA of Md. at 410-732-7777 to reserve your seat. ealex@casamd.org, 443 802 2933.

Wed., Oct. 10, 2007, 8pm Governor Martin O'Malley, 2007 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, Shriver Hall on the Johhs Hopkins Homewood Campus, doors will open at 7:30pm, free and open to the public, www.jhu.edu/mse/

Wed., Oct. 10, 2007, 11am Press Conference to Launch Think Outside the Bottle Pledge, calling on local officials to choose tap over bottled water and support strong public water systems, Lake Montebello, Baltimore, call Jenna 404-281-6398 or 410-467-2528 (office), www.thinkoutsidethebottle.org

Tue., Oct. 9, 2007, 6-8pm, Baltimore Town Hall Meeting, for members of the Hip Hop generation to bring the community together around common goals, free to the public, refreshments served, 5 Seasons Restaurant & Lounge, 830 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21202, moderated by "Bmore's Hip Hop Ambassador" C-Love.

Wed., Oct. 3- Sun., Oct. 7, 2007, The Creative Convergence, Baltimore, MD, 540-558-8744, http://www.dancenow.org/convergence.html