Saturday, March 7, 2020

Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 7 to April 13, 2020.


61] Audubon Habitat Team Mar. 7
62] Logan Endow Day of Action – Mar. 7
63] Civic Legacies and Immigrant Incorporation – Mar. 7
64] Tree Pruning – Mar. 7
65] Deliver a trailer full of donated items – Mar. 7
66] City Council District 12 + Bernie Canvass – Mar. 7
67] Adoption Event – Mar. 7
68] DRONE DEATH WALK/VIGIL Mar. 7
69] Peoples Proposals for COVID 19 – Mar. 7
70] Adoption Meet & Greet -- Mar. 7
71] Meet Me in the Middle meeting – Mar. 7
72] LOVING LIFE ON THE MARGINS -- Mar. 7
73] Exhibit of Willa Bickham’s art work – through Apr. 13
74] Phone Bank for Bernie – Mar. 7
75] The Moment Was Now -- Mar. 7 & 8
76] Celebrate Elizabeth McAlister -- Mar. 21
77] Write letters supporting the Plowshares
78] Two Berrigan Books still in print
79] Emergency Demonstration against an attack on Venezuela or Iran  
80] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records  
81] Do you need any book shelves?
82] Join the Global Zero campaign.
83] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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61] – On Sat., Mar. 7 from 9 to 10:30 AM, become part of the Audubon Habitat Team, hosted by the Patterson Park Audubon Center, Patterson Park, Baltimore 21224.  There is a need for Habitat Garden Volunteers!  Bird habitat in Patterson Park needs your help! These native gardens provide food and homes for wildlife and learning spaces for students. Tools, gloves, water, and snacks will be provided. Service hours are available for helpful students. Meet at the Pollinator Garden, just west of the Boat Lake in Patterson Park, or at the Wetland Garden, uphill and northwest of the Boat Lake. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1056805184690522/.

62] –  Join a Logan Endow Day of Action on Sat., Mar. 7 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 1 to 4 PM, hosted by Elect Logan Endow.  This will continue until the primary election. Door knock to spread the message of the public health approach to violence. See https://www.facebook.com/events/195473268438325/?event_time_id=195473275104991.

63] – On Sat., Mar. 7 from 10 AM to 4 PM, get over to the B'More Healthy Expo 2020, 1 W. Pratt St., Baltimore 21201. Check out www.BmoreHealthyExpo.com and https://www.facebook.com/events/225902528277149/.

64] -- Participate in a Tree Pruning Party at Pop  Farm, 14 N. Schroeder St., Baltimore 21223 on Sat., Mar. 7 from 10 AM to noon. Be at the garden for prep work for the growing season by pruning the trees and other general maintenance. See https://www.facebook.com/events/636290576953216/.

65] -- On Sat., Mar. 7 from 10:30 AM to 5 PM, get involved with Trip to City of Refuge Baltimore, 901 Pontiac Avenue, Baltimore 21225, hosted by Life Community Church. Your love and generosity will bless countless families in the most needed communities in Baltimore. Please make plans to join in the delivery of a trailer full of donated items. Meet at the church at 10 AM. Lunch will be included. Please RSVP if you plan on attending. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/509157763086652/.

66] – On Sat., Mar. 7 from 11 AM to 3 PM, Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America will be hosting a City Council District 12 + Bernie Canvass, starting at the Greenmount Coffee Lab, 1400 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore 21202. The endorsed District 12 City Council candidate is chapter-member Dave Heilker. Do a brief training prior to the canvass, use the buddy system, and supply super great DSA-designed literature.

If you have a DSA t-shirt, it'd be a good idea to wear it.  If you have something red, please wear the color. And don't forget to bring water and wear comfy shoes! Email electoral@baltimoredsa.org or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2248952758739562/.

67] --  On Sat., Mar. 7 from 11 AM to 2 PM, get over to the Adoption Event, hosted by MAS Rescue at Mutt Mart, 2904 Hamilton Ave., Baltimore 21214.  Meet adoptable animals. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/619097172264767/.

68] – On Sat., March 7 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, attend the Center City Philadelphia DRONE DEATH WALK/VIGIL at 12th & Arch Streets.  Wear BLACK in public mourning. Organizers will bring plain white masks, banners, and signs.  Call Marge Van Cleef at 203-804-3013 if you have questions. 

69] – On Sat., Mar. 7 from noon to 1 PM, attend the Peoples Proposals for COVID 19 at a Community Press Conference, hosted by the Peoples Power Assembly at Baltimore City Hall, 100 Holliday St., Baltimore 21202.  COVID 19 raises concerns for low wage workers and the poor.  As healthcare workers and advocates and as community, civil rights and union organizers, the group calls on City and State officials to begin preparations to protect the people of Baltimore especially those most vulnerable for a COVID-19 outbreak. Much of the population are low wage workers living paycheck to paycheck; close to 25% live below the poverty line; and a large number of people regardless of age have chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease that put them at greater risk for death. This concern is being disseminated to the Governor, State and City legislators.  The group is requesting a meeting with the Baltimore City Health Department to deal with proposals. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/685987965274243/.

70] -  On Sat., Mar. 7 from noon to 3 PM, get over to Adoption Meet & Greet, hosted by Wings of Love, Kuwait at Pet Valu at the Rotunda, 711 W. 40th St., Baltimore 21211.  Meet some pups that are available for adoption! Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/619224868825805/.

71] – On Sat., Mar. 7 at noon, come to the Meet Me in the Middle meeting hosted by Communities United at 120 N. Front St., Baltimore 21202-4804. Communities United meets every first Saturday in the middle of Baltimore City at St. Vincent de Paul's (at the corner of Fayette and President Street, across from the Shot Tower Metro Stop) for the monthly public meeting. Coffee and light fare provided.
Are you familiar with Good Samaritan Laws? If you know Baltimore, you know that more people here are killed by Fentanyl than guns. You can help someone who is experiencing an overdose and are protected from prosecution. That is the essence of Good Samaritan laws. Find out more about this and about decisions that affect you and your community. Email jessi@communitiesunite.org.

72] – On Sat., March 7 from 4 to 6 PM, join the authors Suzanne Belote Shanley and Brayton Shanley on their nonviolent legacy tour as they read from their new book: LOVING LIFE ON THE MARGINS- THE STORY OF THE AGAPR COMMUNITY at the Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, WDC 20009. Call 202-232-5483.  Go to pottershousedc.org.

The authors are co-founders of The Agape Community, a lay Catholic residential community on 34 acres of land in Central Massachusetts Started 37 years ago, Agape has welcomed hundreds for retreats and rural immersions to learn contemplation, nonviolence, and sustainability. The community is involved in interfaith dialogue and practice, including witness and action against war and capital punishment, and has hosted gatherings to listen to those experiencing racial injustices. Order your book on the Agape website: www.agapecommunity.org or call (413)967-9369.

73] – The Exhibit of Willa Bickham’s continues at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 811 Cathedral St., Baltimore 21201 through Apr. 13.  Gallery hours are Fridays, 5:30 to 8 PM, Saturdays, 1 to 4 PM, and Sundays noon to 4 PM.  Willa paints what she sees around her home in Southwest Baltimore, the flowers in the backyard, the evicted family huddled on a door stoop, Christmas at her granddaughters' home, the Arabber's wagon full of fruit and vegetables, the burned-out house where children have died.  Her home is the Catholic Worker Viva House that she and her husband, Brendan Walsh, founded more than 50 years ago at 26 S. Mount St. in a struggling neighborhood where survival is even harder today. See https://www.facebook.com/emmanueldowntown/ or call (410) 685-1130.

74] –Can you Phone Bank for Bernie in the upcoming Primary States on Sat., Mar. 7 from 7 to 9 PM EST?  You will need a computer and a telephone. You may want earbuds or a headset for the phone and chargers.  The dialer does not work with Apple tablets but may work with Android. You can use a Mac but only Chrome and Firefox browsers are supported. Signup confirmation email will have all the necessary details. You can also reply to the sign-up confirmation email with any questions.  Visit https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/256685/?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-bernie-needs-our-help-2&email_referrer=email_739511&email_subject=its-super-tuesday.

75] –  The Moment Was Now is a  historical musical taking place at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 818 Cathedral St., Baltimore.  There are two shows – Sat., Mar. 7 at 8 PM and Sun., Mar. 8 at 3:30 PM.  The show is set in post-Civil War Baltimore in 1869; a year before African-American males were given the right to vote. Playwright and retired labor organizer Gene Bruskin says, “The play reveals the impassioned search for unity” by now-legendary Americans committed to equality, including Anthony, the black feminist Frances Harper, the immortal Frederick Douglass, and his partner in the black labor movement, Isaac Meyers. The question of who should receive equality under the law—and more vexingly, when—creates the conflict (argued in full-throated song) at a meeting convened by Douglass.

In perhaps her most powerful line in the play, Anthony tells Frances Harper: “I will cut my right arm off to stop the Negro male from getting the ballot” before women. They did and she did not, and the struggle continued until women got the vote in 1920, roughly a decade- and-a-half after Anthony’s death. Conceived and Created by Gene Bruskin In collaboration with Daryl! LC Moch, Director, Glenn Pearson, Musical Director, and Chester Burke, Jr., Assistant Musical Director. For information on special arrangements for students and children and for discount group ticket sales, contact themomentwasnow@gmail.com.

76] – You are invited to A Celebration of Hope and Thanksgiving Welcoming Elizabeth McAlister on Sat., Mar. 21 from 5 to 7:30 PM at St. Peter Claver Parish Hall, 1526 N. Fremont St., Baltimore 21217. McAlister is awaiting sentencing for her role in the Kings Bay plowshares disarmament action on April 4, 2018 at the naval base in Georgia.

77] The PLOWSHARES SENTENCING is PENDING, so please WRITE THE JUDGE. Now is the time to write letters to Judge Lisa Godbey Wood regarding her sentencing of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. The group is collecting letters, especially from those who know the defendants, testifying to their character and the good work that they are doing in their communities which will not be done if they are serving long terms in prison. These letters are not the forum to criticize the law, the legal process or government policies. Rather it is the place to point out positive things about the defendants that should mitigate a harsh sentence.  Letters should be sent to defense attorney Bill Quigley at the address below. He will compile them and distribute to various defendants' attorneys for delivery to Judge Wood. The attorneys suggest it would be helpful to get these done by Thanksgiving or the week after in order to get processed and delivered. Sentencing may be in January or possibly February.   The best letters are simple, polite, and tell good things about the person you are writing to support.

The suggested format is as follows:
Date
Sender’s Name
Sender’s Address
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood
C/o Bill Quigley
Loyola University New Orleans Law Clinic
Campus Box 902
7214 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Regarding Sentencing of: Mark Colville [or] Clare Grady [or] Martha Hennessy [or] Fr. Steve Kelly SJ [or] Elizabeth McAlister [or] Patrick O’Neill [or] Carmen Trotta (or all seven of the Kings Bay Plowshares)
Dear Judge Wood,
Suggested outline for the letter:
- Explain who you are.
- Explain who you are writing about, how you know them, and what good they do for their community.
- Explain why the Judge should not send them to jail.
- Thank the Judge for reading your letter.
Valediction,
Signature
For more ideas and details for your letters, you are welcome to see the defendants' biographies here: https://kingsbayplowshares7.org/about/bios/.
Thank you for your attentiveness to the trial, your support for the defendants and their families, and your focus on the issue of the abolition of nuclear weapons.
As Fr. Steve Kelly says, "The nuclear weapons won't go away by themselves." We do this work together.

78] – Two books by Fred Wilcox are still in print.  The first one is “Fighting the Lamb's War Skirmishes with the American Empire” by Philip Berrigan and Fred A. Wilcox with a FOREWORD by Tripp York.  It can be purchased by Wipf and Stock: https://wipfandstock.com/fighting-the-lamb-s-war.html.  It is a Memoir in paperback/ISBN: 9781532660078/240 pages/republished 8/21/2018/ Retail Price: $26.00/and Web Price: $20.80.

The second one is “Uncommon Martyrs The Berrigans, the Catholic Left, and the Plowshares Movement” by Fred Wilcox, who profiles members of this anti-war movement, whose Christianity compels them to acts of civil disobedience against the military industrial complex.  The ISBN is 0201522314/$6.50 for a hardcover, and it can be purchased at Powell's Books.  See https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/7094/uncommon-martyrs.

79] –   The Trump Administration is again beating the war drums.  Most recently, the target is Iran.  Should the Trump administration initiate an act of war against Iran, consider joining us. It is a violation of U.S. law for the Trump Administration to attack a country that has not attacked us, as only Congress can declare war. The Trump administration is nevertheless beating the war drums for war against Iran and Venezuela. Should a war criminal, John Bolton, convince Trump to attack either of these countries, such a military strike would demand an immediate and unequivocal response from us to show that we will not tolerate his abuse of power.

Let's mobilize to show that we the people will not tolerate another military adventure, which would be bound to have profound negative consequences. If a military strike against Iran or Venezuela takes place, then meet at 33rd and N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218. If the attack is before 2 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local time. If the attack occurs after 5 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local time, the following day. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.   

80] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

81] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

82] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees.  This is an historic window of opportunity.  With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.

83] – A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.

Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218.  Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.

“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan


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