42] COVID-19 and global
instability – July 8 - 9
43] Farming Hope: Gardening to Feed our Neighbors – July 8
44] Food
Rescue – July 8
45] Photography
Tips for Impactful Vegan Activism – July
8
46] Learn with
Food Rescue Baltimore -- July 8
47]
Interview with Amb.
Chas Freeman – July 8
48]
Meet
Keeda on Zoom – July 8
49] Junk Anti-Terror Law! – July 8
50] Women got
the Vote – July 8
51] Nursing
homes are a perfect storm for COVID-19 –
July 8
52] Virtual
Conversation about Taking Back America – July 8
53] Discussion/debate between Prince George’s County Council
members – July 8
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42] – With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic contributing to global
instability, taking a toll on national budgets, and impacting multinational
training exercises, security officials all over the world are forced to reckon
with this “new normal” and the challenges that come with it. On Wed., July 8
and Thurs., July 9, 9 AM to 1 PM on both days, the Foreign Policy program at
Brookings, in cooperation with the European Union Delegation to the United States, will convene
leaders, policymakers, and experts in the field of security and defense from
the United States and the European Union for a virtual discussion on the
pressing security matters facing the trans-Atlantic community. The ninth annual
EU Defense Washington Forum will include discussions about the impact of
COVID-19 on trans-Atlantic security and a host of other topics such as the
technology challenge from China, defense spending and capabilities,
EU-U.S.-NATO cooperation, deterrence, non-proliferation, and arms control. See https://www.brookings.edu/events/webinar-eu-defense-washington-forum/.
43] – On Wed., July 8 from 10 AM to 3 PM, be at
Farming Hope: Gardening to Feed our Neighbors, hosted by Maryland
Presbyterian Church and North Baltimore Presbyterians - Ministry
Group. This is happening at Rockrose City Farm, 3800 Clipper Road, Baltimore
21211. You’re invited to garden this summer to help feed people experiencing
food insecurity. Derrick Weston from the Mission team at Ashland Presbyterian
Church, and staff member at Hope Springs, will be gardening at the Rockrose
City Farm, located at 3999 Clipper Road, Baltimore, MD, 21211. Folks will gather
each Wednesday through Sept. 30. All of the food grown will be donated to
various food pantries in our area. Please be in contact if you would like to volunteer.
This is a great socially distanced, outside activity, but please bring a mask,
and water. Derrick can be reached at Dweston@HopeSprings.org 410-443-5867. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/261101788435840/?event_time_id=261101811769171.
44]
– On Wednesdays, at noon,
get with a Food Rescue at Umar Boxing, 1217 W. North Ave., Baltimore
21217-3535. This will continue through
Nov. 11. Bring a bag, take delicious, high quality, and nutritious free food!
Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/446288255935427/?event_time_id=446288312602088.
45]
– On Wed., July 8 from
noon to 1:30, get Photography Tips for Impactful Vegan Activism, hosted
by VegFund and We Animals Media. Look at https://vegfund.me/we-animals-webinar. Join photographer
and We Animals Media founder Jo-Anne McArthur in an immersive and LIVE talk
about how to take strong and engaging photographs of your activism. After the presentation, you'll have the chance
to interact with Jo-Anne during the live Q&A session. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1415003072022631/.
46] – On Wed., July 8 from noon to 1 PM, have a
Virtual Lunch N Learn with Food Rescue Baltimore, hosted by Repair the
World Baltimore. Grab your lunch and get
online to join Repair and community leaders for a series of discussions around
the impact of COVID-19 and how Baltimore is taking action. Welcome Matt Burke
of Food Rescue Baltimore. Hear about how to fight food injustice right here in
Baltimore. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/568823617163019/.
47] - On
Wed., July 8 at 1 PM, Helena Cobban will interview Amb. Chas Freeman! He has
written a book on matters Middle Eastern and the other on US-China relations.
Consider reading Helena Cobban’s "The Unbearable Legacies of Settler
Colonialism." You can join this interactive conversation via either
Facebook or Zoom. If you join on Zoom, you'll need to pre-register. If you
already registered earlier for the previous session, you don't need to do so
again. Register here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3NEiDcIXRiahcv9nGSAQJQ.
Check out www.justworldbooks.com.
48]
– Keeda
Haynes was wrongly incarcerated at age 22. Now, she’s fighting to improve our
justice system. To do that, she’s running in the August 6 congressional primary
against conservative, Blue Dog Dem Jim Cooper (TN-05). Meet Keeda on Zoom on
Wed., July 8 at 6 PM ET. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctdO-gpz0iGtadaNd6Ca1ua5ZTy5mZYi0w.
In the last Congress, Jim Cooper voted with Trump almost 40% of the time. He’s
taken campaign donations from military contractors that sell military equipment
to police, the prison industrial complex, and even the Koch Brothers. The
Progressive Change Campaign Committee is hosting this event.
49]
– On
Wed., July 8 from 6:30 to 8 PM, get with an Emergency Global Day of Action: Junk
Anti-Terror Law! This is hosted by the
Malaya Movement DMV/Baltimore at McKeldin Square. Branded by its own
proponents as "worse than Martial Law," the Anti-Terror Law, with its
vague and overreaching definitions of "acts of terrorism," was signed
into law by President Duterte on July 3. The Anti-Terror Law makes it legal for
a Duterte-appointed committee to declare ANY organization a "terrorist
organization" and detain any "suspected terrorist" for up to 24
days without placing any charges. The
law takes effect and will be imposed on July 18. Condemn the Anti-Terror Law and build
people-to-people solidarity. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/275542176871166/.
50]
– On Wed., July 8 at 7 PM,
hear about how Women got the Vote, hosted by Hadassah Greater Baltimore,
3723 Old Court Road, Suite 205, Pikesville 21208. Celebrate the 100th
Anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote, and
hear award winning journalist and writer, Elaine Weiss, author of “The Woman’s
Hour.” Ms. Weiss will highlight the
inspirational story of the hard-earned victory of the Nineteenth Amendment of
the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Ms. Weiss spins her
story against the backdrop of the drama that unfolded in Tennessee – the 36th
and final state to ratify the amendment, allowing the amendment to become law.
Ms. Weiss, who hails from Baltimore, weaves a story of heroines and villains
…that is both riveting and timeless given today’s challenges. Please pre-register
at https://www.facebook.com/events/327939061539863/.
51] – Nursing
homes are a perfect storm for COVID-19: close conditions, vulnerable residents,
staff without sufficient PPE and for-profit companies putting profits over the
lives of our loved ones. Register now for a conversation with special guest
Rep. Jan Schakowsky broadcast by Act.tv! A shocking 43% of deaths from COVID-19
are linked to nursing homes. More than
54,000 nursing home residents and workers have died. The coronavirus has preyed
on a weak system plagued by companies skimping on patient care to maximize
profits, lax protections, and terrible working conditions. Our elders and our
loved ones deserve better. On Wed., July 8 at 7 PM ET, learn more about the
crisis in nursing homes, and what we can do about it at the next Dispatch from
the Frontlines. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/webinar-signup-dispatch-from-the-frontlines-covid-19-and-the-nursing-homes-crisis?source=cpcc_email&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_854100&email_subject=tomorrow-covid-19-crisis-in-nursing-homes.
52]
– On Wed., July 8 from 7
to 8 PM, join Jamie: a Virtual Conversation about Taking Back America, hosted
by Jamie Raskin. This is an Evening in Support of Congressperson Jamie
Raskin and the Big Blue Wave. Register at www.JamieRaskin.com/July8th. Jamie is working hard to build the political forces
necessary to expand our House majority, recapture the Senate, and win back the
White House. All funds raised for this event will be reinvested in key Democratic
races across the country and in the Democracy Summer Project. See
https://www.facebook.com/events/268327151072473/.
53]
– On Wed., July 8 from 7
to 9 PM, discussion/debate between Prince George’s County Council members Tom
Dernoga and Dannielle Glaros on CB-48 -- a pending measure that would increase
the county’s taxing powers -- with co-moderators Suchitra Balachandran and
Stuart Adams, presidents respectively of the West College Park and Calvert
Hills Civic Associations. The event is being convened by four College
Park City Council members. Dernoga’s and Glaros’s districts jointly cover
College Park and they have taken opposing positions on this bill. Access
link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82697946073?pwd=QnlDNjgwSnpWNVRQMm5jSWlqeG9nZz09#success.
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
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