Baltimore Activist Alert -- December 31, 2020 -- January 15, 2020

36] Get out the vote in Georgia

37] Check out peace seeker – Dec. 31 – Jan. 15  

38] Phone bank training -- Dec. 31

39] Candlelight Peace Vigil -- Dec. 31

40] New Year’s Eve celebration – Dec. 31

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36] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] made a siren call Mitch McConnell must be Defeated: On to Victory in Georgia.  This special election is an Unprecedented Opportunity in Georgia to Demote the Worst Senator of the 21st Century. Help PDA deliver victory in Georgia by volunteering with PDA's Georgia GOTV project. Volunteer for the Georgia GOTV by emailing mikefox@pdamerica.org.

37] – On Thurs., Dec. 31 from 10 AM to 3 PM EST, check out peace seeker, an installation by Katie Addada Shlon at the Arcadia-Beverly Hills Historic District.  It will continue Fri., Jan. 1, Sat. Jan. 2, Thurs., Jan. 7, Fri., Jan. 8, Sat., Jan. 9, Thurs., Jan. 14 and Fri., Jan. 15.  Get tickets at calendly.com/theshedbaltimore/peace-seeker.  This is hosted by The Shed.  Through their latest installation, Katie Addada Shlon asks visitors to consider how use changes what is possible. Presenting object/instruments that have been made from second hand materials, Shlon encourages visitors to touch the sculptures gently while listening for harmony in the sounds made by the interactions. They explain, “Things may fall or break with the gentlest touch, but even that will make a sound worth listening to! People should be advised that there are sharp edges on broken ceramics and metal strings… hopefully no one gets hurt!” Despite the fragility and potential risk present in the works, the experience of this installation is conducive to a meditative state.

38] –‌ Ayanna Pressley is committed to doing everything she can to help get out the vote in the upcoming Senate runoff elections in Georgia. She is joining Stacey Abrams’ organization — Fair Fight — for a phone banking. Take action to flip the Senate by signing up for a phonebank training on Thurs., Dec. 31 from 11 AM to noon. The Fair Fight team will make sure you learn all the steps for successful voter outreach at https://www.mobilize.us/fairfight/event/363590/?akid=1008.328305.JlgCT0&rd=1&t=2. Then attend the phone bank on Sat., Jan. 2 from 11 AM to 2 PM and 2 to 5 PM and from 5 to 8 PM ET.  More phone banking on Sun., Jan. 3 from 11 AM to 2 PM and 2 to 5 PM and from 5 to 8 PM ET.   Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/fairfight/event/364553/?akid=1008.328305.JlgCT0&rd=1&t=4.

39] – On Thurs., Dec. 31 from 5 to 6 PM EST, get with a Candlelight Peace Vigil, hosted by the Trenton Friends Meetinghouse - Quaker in an Online Event.  This Annual Candlelight Peace Vigil is co-hosted by Coalition for Peace Action.  Go to trentonquakers@gmail.com.

40] – On Thurs., Dec. 31 from 10 PM to midnight, celebrate on NEW YEARS EVE @BUSBOYS&POETS ANACOSTIA, hosted by The Stones HOUSE, Javita WorldChanger and three others.  CELEBRATE THE CHURCH FOR THE STREETS! Visit https://m.facebook.com/TheStonesHouseUS/.

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