Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 5, 2020

73] Concert of Andean music – June 5

74] Get the Green Party on the Ballot – June 5

75] Social justice protest – June 5

76] Vegan meal and film – June 5

77] Defund the Police 101 webinar – June 5

78] Wear Orange - Light Up Harford Orange – June 5

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73] – Before the death of George Floyd, Friends of Latin America had organized a happy hour to help raise funds for the musical ensemble Wayta. However, given the current sadness and anger at this violence perpetrated against a member of the Black community, we are reframing this fundraiser to help fund local BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) organizations that are working directly to help protesters that have been injured and/or arrested. On Fri., June 5 at 6 PM, enjoy a concert of Andean music with Gustavo Vargas: Charango, guitarra, sampoñas, sankas, bombito; and Cesar Mazat: Guitarra, sampoñas, sankas, quena, quenacho. Here is the link for the YouTube live stream: https://youtu.be/SRFTGm9qjQU. Here are the options you have to send your donation: Venmo @wayta, Cashapp $waytadc, Zelle and Paypal 202-664-0038. Or, send a check made out to Friends of Latin America, 6336 Sandchain Rd., Columbia, MD 21045. Indicate “Black Lives Matter” on the memo line. Go to www.friendsoflatinamerica.org.

74] – On Fri., June 5 at 6 to 7 PM is session one and Sun., June 7 from 6 to 7 PM, get the Green Party on the Ballot: Phone Bank Training, hosted by the Maryland Green Party.  The Maryland Green Party is now legally allowed to collect electronic signatures from voters for the petition to remain on the ballot in 2020. Use phone banking to call people on the lists and ask them to sign the electronic petition. These training sessions will take place via Zoom video conference and will teach volunteers how to make calls from our phone banking platform, CallHub.  You only need to attend one session for the full training.

TO SIGN UP FOR TRAINING: send an email to greenpartyballot@gmail.com with your name and the email address you want to use.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/2793932454172514/.

75] – PACEM IN TERRIS is promoting a social justice protest on Fri., June 5 from 6 to 7:30 PM.  We Still Can’t Breathe is a March for George Floyd & Breonna Taylor, starting at Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park, 80 Rosa Parks Drive, Wilmington, DE 19801.  Email peaceworks@depaceminterris.org.

76] - On Fri., June 5 through Fri., June 26 from 6:30 to 9 PM, get with dinner and a movie night, hosted by the Everlasting Life Vegan Restaurant. Most movies are centered on social justice issues that plague our everyday lives. It is deliberate to air content that is not readily discussed in mainstream media outlets. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/239881367031502/?event_time_id=239881410364831.

77] - The Women's March is hosting a Defund the Police 101 webinar on Fri., June 5 at 7 PM ET to discuss what it means to shift resources and how you can help lead the change.  The presence of police even for the slightest thing can be a death sentence for Black people. The only way we’re going to stop this endless cycle of police violence is by defunding the police and investing in our communities instead. RSVP, and you will get the link to join live: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/9015912209187/WN_q7Gy8dnITXavFDXYTjPn6w?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-rsvp-defund-the-police-101&email_referrer=email_822348&email_subject=rsvp-defund-the-police-101.

78] -- On Fri., June 5 from 7 to 10 PM, Wear Orange - Light Up Harford Orange, hosted by Moms Demand Action - Bel Air. Join Harford County Moms Demand Action in lighting up orange for gun violence prevention. Change your porch light or light an orange candle! RSVP at https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/33596/. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/567665787460164/.

To be continued.

Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Baltimore, MD 21212.  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