Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 23 - 24, 2020

38] Send letters to key voters – Sept. 23

39] Stop the censorship of Palestinian activism – Sept. 23

40] Vigil for families torn apart by ICE – Sept. 23

41] Gardening to Feed our Neighbors – Sept. 23

42] Food Pantry – Sept. 23 - 24

43] Food Rescue – Sept. 23

44] Hearings on policing bills – Sept. 23 - 24

45] WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS – Sept. 23

46] Experience of young people in Nicaragua – Sept. 23

47] Reparations in America -- Sept. 23

48] Remembering the Aftermath of 9/11 – Sept. 23

49] China Is Not Our Enemy – Sept. 23

50] The Button – Sept. 23

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38] –  The Chesapeake Climate Action Network has a goal of sending 20,000 letters to key voters in critical states in this most important election.  It is looking for 19 people in Maryland to commit to writing 100 letters to meet this goal. If you spend fifteen minutes a day, you can get to 100 letters in 20 days.  Sign up to write letters to voters in critical states: https://votefwd.org/ccanactionfund.

39] – The corporations that make up Big Tech – Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple – are ramping up their efforts to control everything we see, hear, buy, and do. It is truly frightening. Facebook has censored Palestinians and advocates for Palestinian rights for years. Last month we heard the call from Palestine to take on Facebook’s expanding censorship and raise the alarm over the appointment of Emi Palmor – whose work as a former general director of the Israeli Ministry of Justice's Cyber Unit “imposed severe limitations on freedom of expression and opinion, especially about Palestine” – to Facebook’s Oversight Board. Join the digital day of action on September 23 at https://www.facebook.com/events/s/stop-censoring-palestine-sept-/384398352565884/?ti=icl&emci=678ca517-e9f9-ea11-99c3-00155d039e74&emdi=de4e8313-95fb-ea11-99c3-00155d03bda0&ceid=237778.

40] – Vigil for families torn apart by ICE on Wed., Sept. 23 from 9 AM to  6:30 PM ET at the Bel Air Circuit Courthouse at 109 S. Main St., Apt. 4, Bel Air 21014.  Go to https://secure.everyaction.com/m4RmfzjK2UG79vI4V-bLsQ2.

41] – On Wed., Sept. 23 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.

42] –  On Wed., Sept. 23 and Thurs., Sept. 24 from 11 AM to 1 PM, there is a Food Pantry Pick-up at Saint Wenceslaus Roman Catholic Church, 2111 Ashland Ave., Baltimore 21205. The Lucielle Fitzgerald Outreach Center is open to provide food to those in need.  Due to COVID-19 concerns, please come to the handicapped entrance on Duncan St. This will continue until Dec. 21 and 22. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/304615223866431/?event_time_id=304615230533097.

43] – 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.

44] – Maryland senators are holding two more days of hearings on policing bills they are considering in 2021. Join Jews United for Justice on Wed., Sept. 23 or Thurs., Sept. 24 afternoons to tell your Senator that we are long past the need for incremental reforms: we want real police accountability now. You will receive call-in instructions via email after you RSVP at https://jufj.org/event/jprhearing/?emci=17b4fc2b-53fc-ea11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=194641c5-1bfd-ea11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=3403859.

45] –   Our Revolution is promoting WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS! Join in on Sept. 23 at 12:30 PM ET and 9 PM ET for a special training on “Taking Action When Trump Comes to Town.” You will be provided with a template which sets out the various steps to take to organize a winning event. This includes how to request t-shirts and posters, live streaming tips and techniques, and ways to publicize your event in order to maximize turnout and exposure.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/314758/?akid=458.8252965.xHwExB&rd=1&t=28.

46] –Register for Land, agroecology & peasant identity: The experience of young people in Nicaragua, co-hosted by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign and the Nicaraguan Rural Workers’ Association on Wed., Sept. 23 from 1:30 to 3 PM ET.  The global movement of peasant and indigenous food producers, La Via Campesina, warns that COVID-19 “has exposed the vulnerability of the globalized food system dominated by industrial agriculture, and the dangers it poses to all life forms. We must learn from this crisis and invest in building local, resilient and diverse food systems.” Go to https://www.tickettailor.com/events/nicaraguasolidaritycampaign1/423755?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=03e7e6ab-28da-449a-b57f-36bdf94efc50.

47] – Join Rep. Barbara Lee, NYU Wagner, and The Century Foundation for a discussion on reparations in America.  As protests against systemic racism sweep the nation, and with a majority of Americans agreeing that anti-Black racism needs to be addressed, it is time for a serious conversation about reparations. It is on Wed., Sept. 23 at 2 PM EST as Lee and others discuss policy ideas to implement reparations. Should funds be directed to individuals or communities? Who should be eligible? How will we measure the impact of reparations? Plus, experts will answer audience questions after the discussion. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-implement-reparations-in-america-tickets-121247672051?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=0d3acb89d3&mc_eid=0f57b5a0fa.

48] – Jim Zogby wrote his Washington Watch column on his memories of the impact 9/11 had on Arab and Muslim Americans and why we should never forget the fear and pain caused by the backlash. Read this week's article "Remembering the Aftermath of 9/11" at http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/872580?emci=9995389b-32fc-ea11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=062df64f-e4fc-ea11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=389907. Register to receive the dial-in information for Coffee & a Column on Wed., Sept. 23 from 2 to 2:30 PM ET at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqduurqzsrGN34e8rV-8KgCi3glaW7v6kb?emci=9995389b-32fc-ea11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=062df64f-e4fc-ea11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=389907. 

49] – Find out about China Is Not Our Enemy with the Qiao Collective on Wed., Sept. 23 at 2 PM ET on Zoom or YouTube.  The Qiao Collective is a collective of diaspora Chinese challenging the US’s aggression towards China. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/qiao_collective_cinoe?utm_campaign=cinoe_qiao_collective_webinar&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepinkutm_campaign=cinoe_qiao_collective_webinar&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink.

50] – On Wed., Sept. 23 at 2 PM, hear the discussion about The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump [Online], hosted by Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA. Hear from former Secretary of Defense [sic] William J. Perry; and Tom Z. Collina, Ploughshares Fund. Tune in at https://www.belfercenter.org/event/button-new-nuclear-arms-race-and-presidential-power-truman-trump.

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/.

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