Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 30, 2020

31] Send letters to key voters – Sept. 30

32] Gardening to Feed our Neighbors – Sept. 30

33] Food Rescue – Sept. 30

34] Ari Berman on voting rights – Sept. 30

35] Have progressive Christians talk to their personal contacts – Sept. 30

36] Conversation with Jim Zogby – Sept. 30

37] China Is Not Our Enemy -- Sept. 30

38] Climate on the Ballot -- Sept. 30

39] Pennsylvania Phone Bank – Sept. 30

40] I Saw a Bird – Sept. 30

41] Campaign of Terror – Sept. 30

42] COVID_19 and the Palestinians – Sept. 30

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31] –  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.

32] – On Wed., Sept. 30 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.

33] – 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.

34] – Ari Berman, voting rights expert and senior reporter at Mother Jones, will join Nation Editorial Director and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel on Wed., Sept. 30 at noon EDT for a critical conversation about voter suppression and the election. Sign up now! https://secure.everyaction.com/HF7d1uiB4E-7ECCUUB4UTg2?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_campaign=nation-event-berman&sourceid=1063394&ms=EME091720201A&utm_content=EME091720201A.

35] – Donald Trump's reelection strategy is to hijack religion, falsely presenting himself as the only option for Christians. It's why he's nominated the religious right's dream Supreme Court justice, why he appeared at last week's National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, and why he attacks Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi's faith at every turn.  It's vital that progressive Christian voters make sure the country knows that Trump and the religious right do not have a monopoly on faith.  This moment is urgent. The stakes have never been higher. Research shows that personal conversations can be 25 times more effective than outreach from a stranger. The idea is to have progressive Christians talk to their personal contacts in key swing states -- especially FL, MI, and PA -- about why your faith leads you to vote against the president. The next Faithful America campaign training webinars are on Zoom on Wed., Sept. 30. Register for webinar at 12:30 PM ET at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwoduuhqj0vHNeqbjln81fZ4uwg8lB8y-sg.  Register for a webinar at 9 PM ET at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqcuGtpzgiGdOTqC6qyAzyWLMuYFpsOPe9.

36] – Jim Zogby wrote his Washington Watch column on how the version of American history the President wants taught in schools doesn't convey the full story of the roles played by slavery, genocide, and imperial conquest in the development of our country. Read this week's article "I Celebrate US History" at http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/873074?emci=1a3c22fd-be01-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=788b0079-6402-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=389907. Register to receive the dial-in information for Coffee & a Column on Wed., Sept. 30 from 2 to 2:30 PM ET at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpfumgqjgsE9GbtKBpTxQhjg6K1HpQViW8?emci=1a3c22fd-be01-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=788b0079-6402-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=389907. 

37] – Get involved with China Is Not Our Enemy with John Cavanagh of the Institute for Policy Studies on Wed., Sept. 30 at 3 PM ET.  RSVP at BIT.LY/CHINA_WEBINAR.  He will be talking about the recent findings from his latest report, How Trade Policy Failed US Workers and How to Fix It. Raise awareness about the disastrous outcomes of another Cold War and the need to disarm hate towards China.

38] – The DNC Council on Environment and Climate Crisis is pushing for the bold climate policy we need. This means putting Joe Biden in the White House and electing climate champions across the country. And then continuing to organize and amplify the voices of climate and environmental justice activists.  The Council’s fifth Roundtable, “Climate on the Ballot,” will engage with these challenges. Join a group of climate leaders on Wed., Sept. 30 at 7 PM ET for an important conversation, breathtaking poetry from one of the nation’s leading eco-poets, Council updates — and calls to action. Tune in at https://www.dncclimate.org/climate-on-the-ballot-registration?&link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-climate-is-on-the-ballot&email_referrer=email_932591&email_subject=youre-invited-climate-on-the-ballot-roundtable-with-bill-mckibben-and-others.

39] – As part of the Windivisible Week of Action, there is a Pennsylvania Phone Bank on Wed., Sept. 30 at  7 PM. Make calls by signing up at https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/06cc826661bc4c00a5f4a4bac6ffbe3d.

40] – You’re invited to the next installment of I Saw a Bird on Wed., Sept. 30 at 7 PM ET on Zoom and Facebook Live. Hear from science writer, naturalist, and artist Rosemary Mosco talk about her popular web comics that bring out the funny side of the natural world. Then shift your eyes to the skies for a conversation with the Executive Director of Panama Audubon Society Rosabel Miró, and Chair of Migration Studies for Florida Keys Audubon Society and Director of the Florida Keys Hawk watch Rafael Gálvez about this year’s hawk migration. RSVP at https://audubon.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5RgB2_25QYGI1L1_YccZSg?emci=407ca382-5cff-ea11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=cdbd5b1e-2200-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=2504878.

41] –Hear about the Stop the Campaign of Terror against Honduras’ Garifuna People by the Coup Regime on Wed., Sept. 30 from 7 to 8:30 PM. The Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras, OFRANEH, and the Garifuna communities in Honduras are fighting to defend their collective territories and communities, protect the environment, and improve access to healthcare and education. Because of this, they have been relentlessly attacked by powerful corporations and individuals with close ties to the Juan Orlando Hernández dictatorship. OFRANEH is demanding that the Garifuna activists kidnapped from Triunfo de la Cruz on July 18 be returned alive.  Meanwhile, the Honduran regime is using the Covid-19 crisis to increase its power through militarization, corruption, violence, and the criminalization of the population suffering from extreme levels of poverty and inequality.  This is sponsored by the Latin America Working Group of Massachusetts Peace Action. Register at http://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-the-campaign-of-terror-against-honduras-garifuna-people-by-the-coup-regime/?emci=7329dc5f-b501-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&emdi=05db8d69-b701-eb11-96f5-00155d03affc&ceid=269591.

42] – You are invited to the next Health Advisory Council webinar, featuring Fadi Quran, an activist, organizer, Avaaz Campaign Director, and Al-Shabaka Policy Network Member.  The title of the webinar is The Responses of Palestinian Leadership to the COVID 19 Pandemic -- Successes, Failures, and Looking to the Future.  It will happen on Wed., Sept. 30 at 8 PM ET. Register at https://act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/responses-palestinian-leadership-covid-19-pandemic?emci=0d57db16-8ff8-ea11-99c3-00155d039e74&emdi=c0d45dc2-b6f9-ea11-99c3-00155d039e74&ceid=237778.  This will be a discussion on the pandemic in Palestine, Palestinian government officials' responses, and actions taken to control the spread and support medical and public institutions. There will also be discussion on possibilities for future action.

To be continued.

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