Baltimore Activist Alert -- December 30 - 31, 2019

14] Turkey Vigil – Dec. 30

15] Get Money Out of Maryland – Dec. 30

16] DC Statehood Phone Bank – Dec. 31

17] Food rescue at YO – Dec. 31

18] Remembrance for Victims of Gun Violence -- Dec. 31

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14] – On Mon., Dec. 30 from 11 AM  to 1 PM, come to a Turkey Vigil at Plainville Farms, 304 S. Water St., New Oxford, PA 17350.  Maryland Farmed Animal Save is urging you to join and bear witness to these 14 week old turkeys heading to slaughter. At this facility, the turkeys arrive the night before and sit in the freezing cold all night on the truck. They are deprived of basic food and water.  Bundle up because it is usually cold.  There is free parking at the top of this same street (near the Hollywood and S. Water intersection). Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/780733659066960/.

15] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland Teleconference on Mon., Dec. 30 from 8:30 to 9:30 PM.  There are two ways to join the conference: Dial 1 929 205 6099, and then use meeting ID: 512 862 260. Or Click on your device if you have downloaded the app from Zoom. The focus will be on organizational sign-ups, public relations, and logistics for the January 20 observance.

16] –  Can you participate in a DC Statehood Phone Bank on Tues., Dec. 31 from 10 AM to 6 PM at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004 in room G-9. Join the Washington, DC Statehood Office for a DC Statehood Phone Bank. Call state legislatures across the US to raise awareness of DC residents' lack of full and equal voting representation in Congress.   Phones, scripts, materials, and light refreshments will be provided. The Phone Bank continues each Tuesday. See https://www.facebook.com/events/673834763077915/?event_time_id=673834836411241.

17] – On Tues., On Dec. 31 from noon to 1 PM, Food Rescue at YO! Baltimore West, 1510 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore 21217.  Get fresh, delicious, free food. Bring a bag. Bring a friend! Take what you want. The last date is Feb. 11. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/403785397093000/?event_time_id=403785437092996.

18] – On Tues., Dec. 31 from 3 to 5 PM, attend the 2019 Vigil of Remembrance for Victims of Gun Violence, hosted by the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, 4 E. University Parkway, Baltimore 21218.  The ceremony will be in the Peace Chapel located in the undercroft of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, and each person killed by gun violence in Baltimore in 2019 will be remembered by name. Participants will be invited to read some of the names as part of the liturgy. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/1537978299678356/.

To be continued

Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218.  Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.

"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs