Baltimore Activist Alert -- August 19 - 20, 2020

37] Gardening to Feed our Neighbors – Aug. 19

38] No Justice Without Palestinian Voices – Aug. 19

39] Food Rescue – Aug. 19

40] Prevention of mass atrocities – Aug. 19

41] Tackling Systems of Oppression – Aug. 19

42] Jim Zogby says  "Democrats Need 'Two Wings' to Fly” – Aug. 19

43] Join Progressive Democrats of America – Aug. 19

44] August Sustainability Commission meeting – Aug. 19

45] Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg  – Aug. 19

46] Sunrise Movement Baltimore Orientation  – Aug. 19

47] Virtual Commemoration of Suffrage 2020 – Aug. 19

48] Phonebank for a Special General Assembly Session – Aug. 19

49] MD Sierra Film Club – Aug. 19

50] The Women in Forgotten Fight – Aug. 20

51] Who are the Houthis? – Aug. 20

52] I GOT A MONSTER – Aug. 20

53] Hear Robert B. Reich – Aug. 20

54] Communities United virtual meeting – Aug. 20

55] Climate Emergency and Nuclear War – Aug. 20

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37] – On Wed., Aug. 19 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 or 410-443-5867.  Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/261101788435840/?event_time_id=261101811769171.

38] –  On Wed., Aug. 19 from 11:30  AM to 12:45 PM ET, tune in to The Right to Narrate: No Justice Without Palestinian Voices- A people’s policy roundtable. In 1984 the late Edward Said would write that Israeli colonization and dehumanization of Palestinians in Western and Israeli media would continue so long as Palestinians were denied “permission to narrate.”  In this moment of global fascism and a racial justice uprising in the US, the majority of Congress is working to increase US-funding of Israeli state violence (S. 3176) and ignoring the McCarthyist tactics to which advocates for Palestinian rights and freedom have long been subjected. Organizers demanding an end to funding injustice must faces the blacklist site Canary Mission, and state legislation criminalizing BDS. All of this makes it painfully clear that Palestinian voices are still considered a threat to an oppressive status quo.

Register at http://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-right-to-narrate-no-justice-without-palestinian-voices-a-peoples-policy-roundtable/. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/889057848250544.

39] – 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.

40] –   At noon EDT on Wed., Aug.19, Physicians for Human Rights board member Ambassador Stephen Rapp, JD, Sonia and Harry Blumenthal Distinguished Fellow for the Prevention of Genocide at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, former ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, and head of the Office of Global Criminal Justice at the U.S. State Department, will moderate a conversation on the risk of mass atrocities during a pandemic. The discussion will cover the prevention of mass atrocities, the responsibility to protect, and the right to health during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on the situation facing ethnic minorities in Myanmar.  Pre-registration for this call is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hUxAdqS2RferZC55VqlAZA?utm_campaign=543286_FY21%20August%20COVID-19%20Webinar%20Invitation%207-rs_08182020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Physicians%20for%20Human%20Rights&dm_i=4GV7,BN7A,1TO2EP,17LHB,1. Contact Lesedi Ntsele, digital campaign manager, at lntsele@phr.org, should you experience any issues connecting to the webinar.

41] – Tune in to Show Up, Fight Back: Tackling Systems of Oppression in 2020. Unpack some of the biggest issues facing our world, get to know the community leaders responding, and learn how each of us can take action today. On Wed., Aug. 19 at 2 PM EST for a discussion connecting land rights, state violence, and COVID-19. Hear from ActionAid organizers in Brazil, Guatemala and the U.S. and have the chance to connect with other attendees who are just as passionate about this struggle for justice. Go to https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6515970881625/WN_CWxEUYAhR7ahs_WnROatJw.

42] –Jim Zogby wrote his Washington Watch column "Democrats Need 'Two Wings' to Fly." about the virtual Democratic Convention and the difficulties it presents for forging unity and energizing activists. Register to receive the dial-in information for the Zoom call on Wed., Aug. 19 from 2 to 2:30 PM ET at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctc--oqzouGtx8bxY7vVJ24doFCijLQIZj?emci=75e10a0d-b7e0-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&emdi=19d6668a-63e1-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&ceid=389907.

43] – Join Progressive Democrats of America for day four of the five-day series of programs focusing on the importance of the progressive movement in defeating Trump, and the path to a congressional majority via progressive issues on Wed.,: Aug. 19 from 3 to 5 PM.  Hear from Rep. Jim McGovern MA-2 at 3:10 PM.  His topic is Student Debt/Tuition-free College. Also hear from Rep. Ilhan Omar MN-5 and watch a video from Senator Ed Markey, MA. Go to https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vfuiqqzgtH938wOFfTDNMyzd1yWZP6drC%20.

44] --On Wed., Aug. 19 from 4 to 6 PM, join the August Sustainability Commission meeting, hosted by the City of Baltimore, Department of Planning. Focus on workforce development. Here is the link to join the meeting virtually: https://bmore.webex.com/webappng/sites/bmore/meeting/info/85cd1e33885a4e9f83b1043d1ffa3bb7?siteurl=bmore&MTID=m5bcbdc81136d02eefb89d2e71e264c7a.  See https://www.facebook.com/events/1222499464769463/.

45] –  On Wed., Aug. 19 at 5 PM through 6:30 AM on Thurs., Aug. 20, catch the Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hosted by Hadassah Greater Baltimore, 3723 Old Court Road, Suite 205, Pikesville 21208. Tune in an extraordinary virtual tour of the first-ever RBG dedicated exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. See the life and times of this legend with a live docent Q and A!! Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/319723629178830/.

46] – Join a Sunrise Movement Baltimore Orientation on Wed., Aug. 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.  Email general@sunrisemovementbaltimore.org.  Register at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdOytqjgiE9abgI2ZZnhRGCKxxJ0TK2DC?link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-take-action-learn-about-new-city-council-bills-attend-a-sunrise-orientation&email_referrer=email_887399&email_subject=take-action-learn-about-new-city-council-bills-attend-a-sunrise-orientation.

47] – On Wed., Aug. 19 from 7 to 8 PM, get with a Virtual Commemoration of Suffrage 2020, hosted by Montgomery County Commission for Women, Montgomery College and others. Commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the United States. The virtual event will feature special guest Robyn Muncy, Ph.D., author, guest curator of the National Archives exhibit, “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote” and Professor of History at the University of Maryland. Dr. Muncy will be joined by Dr. DeRionne Pollard, president of Montgomery College. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2785891834977171/.

48] – Sign up for a Maryland Phonebank for a Special General Assembly Session.  Our Revolution Maryland is demanding that Governor Hogan protect Maryland residents who have been physically and economically ravaged by the pandemic. With the Republican governor dithering, it's time for Democratic legislators to step up.  Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson have the power to call a special session and stop the evictions and rent increases.  On Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 PM, call residents of District 10 to urge them to contact Speaker Adrienne Jones and to demand a special session. Sign up at  https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/304141/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-actions-upcoming-events-our-revolution-baltimore-3&email_referrer=email_891764&email_subject=upcoming-events-actions-our-revolution-baltimore.

49] – The creation of the MD Sierra Film Club is a partnership between the Sierra Club Maryland Chapter and the D.C. Environmental Film Festival.  The perks include a monthly live panel with filmmakers, experts, and community voices to explore issues detailed in a free film and access to hundreds of environmental films of all lengths. Register now for the first panel discussion on Wed., Aug. 19 from 7 to 8 PM. The first monthly movie will be BLOWOUT, which dives deeply into American sourced fossil fuel and its global impacts on profits, public health and climate change. Email Sonia Demiray at sonia.demiray@mdsierra.org or call her at 202-744-2948.  You can watch the film on Amazon Prime Video (a subscription is required) or on Tubi TV for free with ads.

50] – On Thurs., Aug. 20 from noon to 1 PM, check out the Unlocking the Exhibition: The Women in Forgotten Fight at the Maryland Historical Society, 201 W. Monument St., Baltimore 21201. This virtual exhibition explores the long, combative road that Marylanders walked to get their right to be heard. But who were these champions? Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/313635359871149/.

51] – On Thurs., Aug. 20 from 2 to 3 PM, check out that Who are the Houthis? Putting Yemen’s War in a Global Context: AnsarAllah’s Resistance to the Business of Empire.  This is a cross-Atlantic webinar from Sweden with Dr. Isa Blumi. Here at last is a presentation that puts Yemen’s devastation in a global, historical context. Dr. Blumi’s talk will unveil the transnational origins of the war, placing it in the context of Yemen’s relationship with major powers since the Cold War. He will tell an even larger story of Yemen’s place in today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia.  He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlde-uqjksE9IAjGW9CNS65KMAhg0Kn43Y?emci=676e8680-d3e0-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&emdi=54a59bc7-65e1-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&ceid=269591.

52] – On Thurs., Aug. 20 from 6 to 7 PM, attend an Author Talk: “I Got A Monster,” hosted by Reginald F. Lewis Museum.  Tickets are at 17527.blackbaudhosting.com. The conversation will center around Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a super group of dirty detectives who exploited some of America’s greatest problems: guns, drugs, toxic masculinity, and hyper-segregation.  Authors and veteran journalists Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg will discuss their book, I GOT A MONSTER, with Ivan Bates, the defense attorney who helped take down Baltimore's corrupt Gun Trace Task Force. The event is free for members, and non-members will pay $5.  To purchase the book before the discussion, please click here to support a Baltimore bookstore: https://www.oururbanreads.com/product-page/i-got-a-monster-the-rise-and-fall-of-america-s-most-corrupt-police-squad.  Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/3135101519900469/.

53] – On Thurs., Aug. 20 from 6 to 7 PM, hear Robert B. Reich, hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore in an online event.  See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pp-live-robert-b-reich-the-system-tickets-113010690016. REICH is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He blogs at robertreich.org. Contribute what you can to support Politics and Prose Bookstore and the virtual event series. The other way you can support us is always by purchasing a book from the website. See https://www.facebook.com/events/331873524489775/.

54] – Communities United Is hosting a virtual meeting on Thurs., Aug. 20 at 6 PM to Demand that the Maryland General Assembly return to work! We need action from the General Assembly. Over 70 organizations are demanding that they hold a Special Session ASAP. Demand that House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson convene a Special Session. Make your voice heard and join in on Facebook! Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/975032829612002/?event_time_id=975032842945334.

Send in a picture of a dish you would LIKE to bring and share with the group. Send your picture by text at 410-212-2225, or email it to jessi@communitiesunite.org.

55] – On Thurs., Aug. 20 from 7 to 8:30 PM, get with Climate Emergency and Nuclear War: What are the connections?  Engaged experts speak on connections between the climate emergency and nuclear war and what we can do in response. It will be live-streamed through YouTube.  Registration is required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-emergency-and-nuclear-war-what-are-the-connections-tickets-114316912964.  This event will feature Ira Helfand, MD, Member of the International Steering Group, ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons).  Find out more at http://masspeaceaction.org/event/climate-emergency-and-nuclear-war-what-are-the-connections/?emci=8e52efb4-a8e0-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&emdi=bf9a56b8-a9e0-ea11-8b03-00155d0394bb&ceid=269591.

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