Thursday, July 9, 2020

Baltimore Activist Alert -- July 10 to August 9, 2020


66] Virtual film festival about the climate – July 10 - 12
67] Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank July 10
68] Animal Spotlight on Terrapins July 10
69] Food rescue – July 10
70] White House vigil – July 10
71] Rally for PPE – July 10
72] Protest, Activism, and Organizing, hosted – July 10
73] Corporate control of Maryland's poultry industry – July 10
74] Compounding mental health impacts of the pandemic -- July 10
75] Defund the Police webinar – July 10  
76] I can’t breathe. July 10
77] Peace and justice vigil – July 10
78] Hear from Maxine Waters – July 10
79] Potomac River Watershed Clean Up – July 11
80] Free Food Distribution – July 11
81] Peaceful Protest in Elkton – July 11
82] Faith, Justice and Unity Rally/March – July 11
83] Pivot to Peace with China – July 11
84] Cleveland Nonviolence Network – July 11
85] Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemorations – August 6 & 9
86] Do you need a doctor?
87] Two Berrigan Books still in print
88] Emergency Demonstration against an attack on Venezuela or Iran  
89] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
90] Do you need any book shelves?
91] Join the Global Zero campaign.
92] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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66] - Join the Virtual Climate Film Festival organized by Environment America. Sign up for the festival and you will get access to a new film each week. You can watch all of them or as many as fit into your schedule. You'll watch the film on your own time over the designated weekend, and join us for a discussion the following week. You will be sent a reminder with a link so you can watch the film and participate in a discussion each week. Each film will be available for 48 hours, all times are eastern.  RSVP at https://environmentamerica.webaction.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=925&supporter_KEY=5685115&uid=23d6263d322a90dd8662628e243038e8&utm_source=salsa&utm_medium=email&tag=email_blast:79908&utm_campaign=AME4-FGLW:DEFENDER-0620&utm_content=EM6:01C:0TH-EPA.  After registering, you'll get access to five climate films. Viewing will start on Fri., July 10 at 7 PM through Sun., July 12 at 7 PM ET: The film "Time to Choose" explores the climate crisis in depth, interviewing leading activists, scholars, and innovators working to address climate change.

67] – On Fri., July 10 from 9 AM to 9 PM, get with the Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank Every Friday! Flatten the climate pollution curve together! Help run an online climate strike at Chase Bank--the #1 investor in fossil fuels of any bank in the world--every Friday until further notice. You can post your own virtual climate strike on social media in 4 easy steps: https://www.climatefirst.us/calendar. Contact Ted at tconwell@climatefirst.us/ (301) 589-7598 (mobile). Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/3398894953477457/.

68] – On Fri., July 10 from 11 to 11:20 AM, check out an Animal Spotlight on Terrapins from a Live Video by The Howard County Conservancy. Diamondback Terrapins are the face of estuarine conservation efforts. Come get an up-close look at our animal ambassador terrapin, Torope, and learn how terrapins survive in the Chesapeake Bay. Terrapins once populated estuaries in great numbers. Learn what led to their decline, what the current threats are to this important aquatic species and what can be done to help support these creatures in the wild. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/607558056615334/.

69] –  On Fri., July 10 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, come to the Grace Baptist Church, 3201 The Alameda., Baltimore 21218, for a Food Rescue. Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. This will continue every Friday through Sept. 4.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/479389629278759/?event_time_id=479389689278753.

70] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., July 10 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

71] – On Fri., July 10 from noon to 1 PM, Rally for PPE, hosted by the Fairfax Education Association, 3917 Old Lee Hwy., Suite 1, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. This is to support requests for a safe start to schools. Protect health and safety, and Pose questions and Expect Answers. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/3108162139264894/.

72] – On Fri., July 10 from noon to 12:45 PM, get over to Protest, Activism, and Organizing, hosted by SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. How can citizens use protest, activism, and organizing to effectively—and safely—make their voices heard, hold leaders accountable, and make real change happen? As protesters across the country continue to demand an end to racial inequality, as the coronavirus pandemic persists, and as the United States heads into one of the most contentious and high-stakes presidential elections in recent history, hear a conversation on how, amid multiple crises, people can come together to navigate this historic moment.  Guests include  Erica Chenoweth is the Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University. She studies political violence and its alternatives. She is author of numerous books, including the forthcoming Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know (2021), which explores what civil resistance is, how it works, why it sometimes fails, how violence and repression affect it, and the long-term impacts of such resistance. Watch the webcast: bit.ly/SNFAgoraLive.  Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/263694728196556/.

73] – In Maryland, a handful of corporations, including Perdue and Mountaire Farms, control each step of broiler chicken production, from chick breeding to poultry processing. The companies own the birds and contract with farmers to raise them. The region's farms are raising more chickens, but on fewer farms, because farm size has been increasing. And weak state and federal regulations allow corporations to profit at the expense of farmers, workers, communities, taxpayers, and the environment. So how do we fix it? At noon on Friday, July 10, meet online to discuss the corporate control of Maryland's poultry industry and how you can get involved to help change things. RSVP at https://secure.foodandwateraction.org/act/md-friday-corporate-power-poultry-industry?j=620613&sfmc_sub=5823356&l=35&mid=100001791&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FWA_Food_Factory+Farms_MD_Factory+Farm+Friday+Vertical+Integ+(FWA%2c+noGL)_LH0720&ms=onor-em-07092020-FWA_Food_Factory+Farms_MD_Factory+Farm+Friday+Vertical+Integ+(FWA%2c+noGL)_LH0720&oms=onor-em-07092020-FWA_Food_Factory+Farms_MD_Factory+Farm+Friday+Vertical+Integ+(FWA%2c+noGL)_LH0720&eml_name=FWA_Food_Factory+Farms_MD_Factory+Farm+Friday+Vertical+Integ+(FWA%2c+noGL)_LH0720&eml_id=620613&gs=GxlJbkxjcq%2B8UZOd9mKlA%2FrUqmVv9Bhub1uCcnoOsk%2FAQ6T%2FAXyET%2BMg3cRAarznEzHCt2OjmsdtrlSDEDixGGAEUZALOZueWujWnmqqAL6EdUG%2FrkG9nV1e1aPSVG%2Br&af=RA1%2BJp3N228aRV69knhQi6HdXOURCg1a8LjFy%2FqVNQ3Po1gpJ2TWtaez2njMlOuEAnWCHkgEsbpWshTz9SyXZHZ4ZBqwHCVVpKJ%2BZXlAWLZyR%2BzfO2QzqSyd2JPeL%2BzCwsk6jgcMJb7Pj3wbBih8ImqkfiHWDev%2BgezUDN3cgbh1mDCeaXiPKbkB9fKqQpGU.

74] –The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequities in health care long felt by vulnerable populations, shining a spotlight on the lack of access to critical mental health care and behavioral health treatment in communities of color. Members of these communities, who make up a large portion of the essential workforce, risk infection in order to financially support themselves and their families. Indeed, minority communities have some of the highest infection rates and are disproportionately affected by the economic fallout of COVID-19, posing threats to both mental and physical health, including increased rates of anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. As the pandemic forces more mental health practices online, treatment is further out of reach for members of communities with limited access to technology.

  On Fri., July 10 at 1 PM EDT, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) will host a conversation on the compounding mental health impacts of the pandemic on members of vulnerable populations, including lack of access to mental health care and health risk behavior intervention, inequities in access to telehealth, absence of culturally responsive care, and how to combat the existing barriers to care that these communities already face.  Sign up for the webinar at https://phr.org/issues/covid-19-pandemic/events-and-webinars/.

75] – Join the Defund the Police Policy Webinar on Fri., July 10 at 2 PM ET.  Sign up at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrduqhrD4oEtRdLSapcdVQuHH6nShSCiwl?akid=430.3544589.M9rcGV&rd=1&t=2.  It seems that trained professionals decided that they could do a better job than the police in handling cases like mental health and homelessness. It’s time for cities across the US to do the same. But to pressure them to do it, people must organize in the community. This webinar is hosted by the Grassroots Law Project.

76] – On Fri., July 10 from 3 to 4 PM, hear from Rep. Karen Bass, Prof. Angela J. Davis, and Prof. Paul Butler, hosted by Jamie Raskin.  Look at https://act.myngp.com/Forms/1489068804864740352. I Can’t Breathe: Seeking a New Social Contract in the Movements to End Racist Police Violence, Rampant Gun Violence and the New Jim Crow. Is it time now to write a new social contract beginning with the security of African-American citizens—and extending to every other person in America--against unlawful police violence and unequal justice? Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/598637424390096/.

77] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, hosted by the Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee (BQPJC) outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St.  The next scheduled vigil is on July 10. From 6 to 6:30 PM strategize. Black Lives Matter. Stop the Killing. Physical distancing applies. Wear your face mask. Email homewoodfriends@gmail.com or call 410-235-4438. Quaker values call us to speak truth and to seek equality for all people. We aim to follow Bayard Rustin’s wisdom that “we need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers” and John Lewis’s call to “make good trouble.” See https://www.facebook.com/events/311508100243529/?event_time_id=311508113576861.

78] – On Fri., July 10 from 6 to 7 PM, hear from Maxine Waters as part of a  Busboys and Friends Zoom Dinner hosted by CEO and Founder, Andy Shallal with a special dinner guest each week. Order your favorite meal and beverage from Busboys and Poets, set your table, and tune in for a special dinner with some of the most influential leaders of our time. Waters was elected in November 2018 to her fifteenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives with more than 70 percent of the vote in the 43rd Congressional District of California. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/658011328127174/.

79] – On Sat., July 11 from 9 AM to noon, join a Potomac River Watershed Clean Up, hosted by the Potomac Riverkeeper Network at the National Harbor, 137 National Harbor Blvd., Oxon Hill 20745. Clean-ups will be held every second Saturday of the month from April to October at National Harbor. These events are basic to the mission of enhancing public use and enjoyment of local rivers. National Harbor is a fantastic PRKN supporter, so we are thrilled to give back to this community asset.  Participants should bring drinking water and wear clothes they don’t mind getting dirty. Volunteers must complete a safety waiver. Please bring a signed waiver to the event; waivers can be downloaded from the registration. Sign in starts at the Carousel Lot. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/95888678619. Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/616325282259595/.

80] – On Sat., July 11 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, enjoy Free Food Distribution by the Indian Cultural Association & Iskcon. This will also happen on Sat., Aug. 8.  Come to 200 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228. This is a DRIVE-THRU, CONTACT-FREE. Look at www.icahoward.org or email contact@icahoward.org.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/572171257005019/?event_time_id=572171263671685.

81]  On Sat., July 11 at 11:30 AM, be at a Peaceful Protest in Elkton, hosted by Cecil Solidarity at Cecil College Elkton Station, 107 Railroad Ave., Elkton 21921. Conduct a peaceful protest of the Elkton Police Department to demand tangible reforms. The route to the EPD will be determined by how hot it is that day. See https://www.facebook.com/events/598328897736963/.

82] – On Sat., July 11 from 1 to 2:30 PM, attend a Faith, Justice and Unity Rally/March, hosted by Impact Fellowship at 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt 20770-1891. The church can lead the way in all matters of justice! March to stop racial injustice, against police brutality, and to stop gun violence in our neighborhoods. Bring your mask and signs! Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/676654536233165/.

83] –  Check out a webinar: Why there should be a Pivot to Peace not war with China on Sat., July 11 at 3 PM ET. RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/558403638165106/.  This is hosted by the ANSWER Coalition.

84] – The Cleveland Nonviolence Network is hosting an online event with Kathy Kelly on Sat., July 11 at 7 PM ET. The title of the event is The Deadly Sonic Boom of the U.S. Military Budget. Register for the event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-deadly-sonic-boom-of-the-us-military-budget-tickets-109902581580.

85] – For the 36th year, Baltimore's anti-nuclear weapons community will gather on August 6 and 9. The commemorations will indicate our support for the Black Lives Matter protests.  Signs will state Demilitarize the Police and Denuclearize the Military.

  On Aug. 6 from 5 to 6:30 PM with signs, banners, ribbons and artwork, we will commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Our location will be at four corners at 33rd and North Charles Street in Baltimore.  This area was selected because of its proximity to Johns Hopkins University, the #1 nuclear weapons contractor among U.S. colleges. In fiscal year 2017, JHU received $828 million in weapons contracts. 

   On Aug. 9 from 1 to 2:30 PM, we will gather outside Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. to support the United Nations Ban Treaty and spread out on corners up Charles Street as far as possible towards the Stony Run Meetinghouse, 5116 N. Charles St.  Besides having participants holding signs, banners, ribbons and artwork commemorating the atomic attack on Nagasaki, there will be a car caravan going from Homewood to Stony Run and back.  Then there will be an anti-nuclear weapons strategy session outside Homewood. 

  On Sun., Aug.  9 at 7 PM, there will be a Zoom conference with Vince Intondi, the author of “African Americans against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement.”  Besides discussing the book, we will analyze the film IN OUR HANDS, a documentary about the largest peace demonstration in U.S. history on June 12, 1982, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.   Why did we have such a large anti-nuclear weapons movement?  Can we do it again? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

86] Yousef Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com.  Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's).  He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals.  He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.  

87] –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.

88] – 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.   

89] -- 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.

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

91] -- 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.

92] – 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 Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212.  Ph: 410-323-1607; 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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