Baltimore People's Bus Tour -- May 18, 2008
Commemorating the Catonsville Nine Anniversary

For over twenty years there have been many Baltimore People’s Bus Tours. This tour will commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Catonsville Nine protest of May 17, 1968.
It will also celebrate that era’s legacy of struggle, when many of Baltimore’s citizens -- women and men , black and white­worked together to protest against the Viet Nam War and against racism, sexism and poverty. Join the bus to hear some of the original organizers describe how they built a movement and alternative institutions.

Sunday, May 18, 2008
10:00-1:00
(rain or shine)

The bus will depart from St. John’s United Methodist Church at 2640 St. Paul Street at 10:00 and return at 1:00. There is ample on-street parking. .

Tickets: $10
Tickets may be purchased in advance at Red Emmas, 800 St.Paul Street (St. Paul at West Madison) or reserved and paid by credit card at <info-AT-redemmas.org>

Highlights of the Tour:

1) People’s Free Medical Clinic –Learn about collaboration among Black Panthers, Baltimore Women’s Liberation and Baltimore Defense Committee to house the clinic, Women: A Journal of Liberation and Baltimore Women’s Liberation.

2) Former site of the Customs House -- Learn about GI opposition to the war in Vietnam and parallels with the war in Iraq.

3) Viva House – Learn about feeding the poor at a Catholic Workers Soup Kitchen.

4)Former site of the Peace Action Center –Learn about Baltimore’s widespread anti-Viet Nam protests.

5)Edmondson Village/Route 40/ -- learn about the Black Panther Party in Baltimore and about Westside development (the Road to Nowhere).

6) former site of the Catonsville Draft Board –Learn about the legendary burning of draft records and ensuing trial.

Plus additional commentary en route.

Presenters and an historical link include:
* Jim Baldridge (Veterans for Peace)
*Willa Bickham and Brendan Walsh (Viva House)
*Herman Heyn (Peace Action Center)
* R.B. Jones (Black Panthers)
* Donna Poggi Keck (Women, A Journal of Liberation)
*Dean Pappas (Peace Action Center)
*Barbara Staton (teenaged witness to Baltimore’s 1968 urban rebellion)