65] Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank – Feb. 19
66] Rapid Re-housing 101 Session – Feb. 19
67] Food Rescue – Feb. 19
68] Food Pantry and Food Donation Center – Feb. 19
69]
White
House vigil – Feb. 19
70]
Hear from Stacey Abrams – Feb. 19
71]
Thrive
Agenda – Feb. 19
72] The State
of the Poor – Feb. 19
73] Peace and justice vigil – Feb. 19
74] FINDING HOPE IN TURBULENT TIMES -- Feb. 20
75]
Conversation about Pending Racial Justice Legislation
in Maryland – Feb. 20
76] Human
Trafficking Education Seminar -- Feb. 20
77] Support Alabama Amazon Workers – Feb. 20
78] Tell JHU no more
nuclear weapons research
79]
Beauty
Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh
80] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest
Primer"
81] Ted Glick
has written a book
82] New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic”
83] Two
Berrigan Books still in print
84] Contribute to the Lin
Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship
85] Do you need a doctor?
86]
Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
87]
Do you need any book shelves?
88] Join the Global Zero campaign.
89] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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65] – On
Fri., Feb. 12 from 9 AM to 9 PM, get with the Climate Strikes vs. Chase Bank
Every Friday! Flatten the climate pollution curve together! Help run an online
climate strike at Chase Bank--the #1 investor in fossil fuels of any bank in
the world--every Friday until further notice. You can post your own virtual
climate strike on social media in 4 easy steps: https://www.climatefirst.us/calendar. Contact
Ted at tconwell@climatefirst.us/ (301) 589-7598 (mobile). Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/3398894953477457/.
66]
– On Fri., Feb. 19 from 10 to 11 AM EST, attend a Rapid
Re-housing 101 Session, hosted by the Mayor's Office of Homeless Services. Go online at bit.ly. Panelists will provide
an overview of the program & highlight available resources.
67] – On Fri., Feb. 19 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST, come
to Grace Baptist Church, 3201 The Alameda to get some food, hosted by Food
Rescue Baltimore. This will continue each Friday until March 26, 2021. Bring a
bag, bring a friend, and take delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. Look at
https://www.facebook.com/foodrescueday/.
68] –
On Sat., Feb. 20 from noon to 2 PM EST,
get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin
Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open
every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good
source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans
and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also
added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a
treat. Contributions of shelf stable foods
can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping
is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to
the church. How else can you
help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the
church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those
you know who are facing food insecurity. See
https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.
69] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Feb. 19 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649
or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
70] – On Fri., Feb. 19
from noon to 1:30 PM ET, hear from Stacey Abrams and Ben Jealous of People for
the American Way [alerts@pfaw.org]. Abrams
and me this Friday for an exciting discussion about organizing for our rights
and a more progressive future. The event is sponsored by the Annenberg School
for Communication, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and others. Sign up at https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8BILsYw8SM2XShhdFrs9xw.
71] – Jane Fonda for Greenpeace [info@greenpeaceusa.org] wants
you to join Fire Drill Friday on Feb. 19 at 2 PM ET. Fonda will be joined by
representatives from the Green New Deal Network pressuring President Biden to
make the #THRIVE Agenda his guiding framework for economic recovery. Visit https://www.facebook.com/firedrillfriday/.
72] – On Fri., Feb. 19 at 3:30 PM ET, Rev.
William Barber will be joining his dear sister Rev. Traci Blackmon for a
conversation on “The State of the Poor.” Register and plan to join in on Zoom: https://ucc.zoom.us/webinar/register/7016118859180/WN_UsQdqCC0QIinyexEUpPWGw?fbclid=IwAR15Uo-gUYbj9bKTT47_io3g8bRCouxPpohhfqAvONDKO9a-G8p2nqHtt1g&emci=2609ca20-466f-eb11-9889-00155d43c992&emdi=782d3ed2-a56f-eb11-9889-00155d43c992&ceid=2588083.
Who and what is hurting our poor and low-income siblings? “The way to heal
the soul of the nation is to pass policies that heal the body of the nation. It’s
the just thing to do. That’s how we as a nation can together move forward.” -
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
73] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on
Fridays, from 5 to 6:30 PM, hosted by the Baltimore Quaker Peace and
Justice Committee (BQPJC) outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N.
Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on Feb. 19. From 6 to 6:30 PM
strategize. Black Lives Matter. Stop the Killing. Physical distancing applies.
Wear your face mask. Email homewoodfriends@gmail.com or call 410-235-4438.
Quaker values call us to speak truth and to seek equality for all people. We
aim to follow Bayard Rustin’s wisdom that “we need, in every community, a group
of angelic troublemakers” and John Lewis’s call to “make good trouble.” See
https://www.facebook.com/events/311508100243529/?event_time_id=311508113576861.3&akid=18263%2E3302379%2Ez6bJVQ.
74] – On Sat., Feb. 20
from 10 AM to noon, catch up with FINDING HOPE IN TURBULENT
TIMES with Kathy Kelly & Jim Forest for a Virtual Zoom Gathering. FOREST is
an apprentice Christian and would-be peacemaker. Jim offers us a lifetime
in the cause of peace and reconciliation, past member of the Catholic Worker in
NYC; author, and friend to Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan, Henri Nouwen
and Dorothy Day. A conscientious objector against war, Jim worked with Daniel
Berrigan, Dorothy Day and Catholic Workers mobilizing religious protest to
oppose the Vietnam War. In 1968, he was a member of the Milwaukee 14
Vietnam War Resistance Action Community. KELLY is a peacemaker, pacifist,
author and occasional federal prisoner. She co-founded Voices in the Wilderness
and co-coordinated Voices for Creative Nonviolence, developing campaigns that
brought hundreds together to end military and economic warfare. A Lifetime War
Tax Resister. Kathy has lived alongside people enduring U.S. invasion &
bombing in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Bosnia. To attend, go to
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscO6upz4rEtzoQU0A5hE4tjXdTW8Zd9pv.
75] – The BLACK LIVES
MATTER INTERFAITH COALITION of Baltimore presents a Conversation about Pending
Racial Justice Legislation in Maryland, an important virtual live-stream
gathering for Sat., Feb. 20 at 2 to 3:30 PM. Hear from attorneys representing
the ACLU and Maryland Alliance 4 Justice Reform. The attorneys will review 12
State, House and Senate, bills that address legislation that speaks to
improving social justice legislation. Their presentations will be followed by a
Q&A where your questions and concerns will be addressed. After the Q&A,
a BLMIC “call to support” will be put into action. State and House elected representatives
need to hear from citizens on the pending legislation to support. The Facebook
Live Link is at
https://www.facebook.com/107072831319692/posts/122228999804075/. The YouTube
Live Stream is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig8DTdAv2eI. Any questions,
reach out to Ryan Sattler at ryansattler@comcast.net or 717-891-6156.
76]
– On Sat., Feb. 20 from 2:30 to 4:30
PM EST, attend a Human Trafficking Education Seminar at the Movement Lab, 301
W. 29th St. Visit www.themvmtlab.com/events.
This is a donation based seminar ($5-$25).
You have the option to participate in this seminar in person or
VIRTUALLY. The Link will be provided 1 hour before the seminar begins. Join
Alie Parron from a21 (https://www.a21.org). Human trafficking affects every
human being across the globe. It is the buying and selling of humans; the
illegal trade that treats bodies like they are commodities. Through this
seminar, you will be provided a space to go in-depth on this topic and
understand the economics of human trafficking, hear why it affects every human
being across the globe, gain a better understanding about the realities of
human trafficking, and be provided practical ways for you to get involved in
the fight against human trafficking. Visit University of Maryland SAFE CENTER
for survivors of human trafficking at https://umdsafecenter.org/our-impact/.
77] –
There is an Outpouring of Solidarity for Alabama Amazon Workers
with 40+ Actions Set for Sat., Feb. 20. In Baltimore, at 3 PM, there will be a
car caravan &
Socially-distanced march to Amazon. Gather at 20th & N. Charles Sts. and
contact the People’s Power Assembly at 410-218-4835. The march and caravan will
happen from 4:15 to 5:30 PM and will end at a nearby overpass near the DCA6
Amazon Fulfillment Center, 6001 Bethlehem Blvd., Baltimore. Contact Remi Debs-Bruno at 410-501-7608 or
remi.bruno@protonmail.com.
78]
– This
is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO
OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22,
2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into
force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear
War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the
outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear
arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,
a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million
contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development
services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to
renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge
him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242
Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore,
Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
79] – Bad Attitude Publishers Announces the release of Beauty Fades
/Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh. In light of the
fascist/Q Annon/Truther/Alex Jones and Trump-inspired attack on the capital,
Bad attitude Publications has released a photo essay by Alan Barysh. In the
follow-up book to Sorry Truther, it was an OUTSIDE JOB Beauty Fades.... gives
the reader an upfront look at the reactionary forces and the deadly beliefs
these folks uphold. In pictures and texts, one gets a good look at the faces
and ideas that pose a real threat to this country. The Trial According to Alan
Barysh is a rewrite of the Kafka Classic The Trial. With pictures from the
original movie, Alan Barysh rewrites this scathing satire with just a tad more
cutting edge satire, and a different ending. The appendix to the book talks
about the lonely uphill struggle of Tawanda Jones to get justice for her
brother. This afterthought is included, because of the real Kafkesque struggle
of the West Family to get justice for her brother. Both books can be purchased
on Amazon.com. For every purchase of The Trial, Alan Barysh will give all of
his royalties to the West Family. Just text a picture of the book to
443-239-5325.
80]
– David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore
Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on
October 27, 1967. They would be
convicted and sentenced to prison. Dave has written a book "For All the
Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many
others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay
Plowshares 7. Phil Berrigan’s wife,
Elizabeth McAlister, is a member of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7.
Dave just printed the 5th edition
of the book which is available for $25 by sending him a check: Dave Eberhardt,
4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218. You can contact him at mozela9@comcast.net. He prefers that you DO NOT order the book from Amazon.
81]
– Ted Glick has
written a book about his years of active draft resistance during the Vietnam
War, and published by PM Press! It’s entitled “Burglar for Peace: Lessons Learned in the Catholic Left’s Resistance to
the Vietnam War. The book is part history, part autobiography and may be
a valuable source of ideas and inspiration for today’s organizers against
injustice, oppression, war, ecological devastation and the bad guys! Frida
Berrigan has written a wonderful intro. The paperback book, all 220 or so pages,
will cost $20, but if you order it now, you can get a 20% discount if you use
the code “Burglar” when you do so. Go to: https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1093
and click 'Add to Cart'. In the coupon code area be sure to put: Burglar to get the discount.
82] – Check out a New Book: “Confessions
of a Radical Academic: A Memoir by Fred L. Pincus,” now available from Adelaide
Books (https://adelaidebooks.org/collections/latest-releases/products/confessions-of-a-radical-academic)
or from Amazon. Fred
taught sociology at UMBC for more than 40 years and is on the board of Research
Associates Foundation. His memoir details his struggles to have a
successful career while keeping true to his radical principles and
activism. One major theme is his struggle with race and racism both on and
off campus. Go to www.fredlpincus.com.
83] –Two books by Fred Wilcox are still in print. The first
one is “Fighting the Lamb's War Skirmishes with the American Empire” by Philip
Berrigan and Fred A. Wilcox with a FOREWORD by Tripp York. It
can be purchased by Wipf and Stock: https://wipfandstock.com/fighting-the-lamb-s-war.html.
It is a Memoir in paperback/ISBN: 9781532660078/240 pages/republished
8/21/2018/ Retail Price: $26.00/and Web Price: $20.80.
The second one is
“Uncommon Martyrs The Berrigans, the Catholic Left, and the Plowshares
Movement” by Fred Wilcox, who profiles members of this anti-war movement,
whose Christianity compels them to acts of civil disobedience against the
military industrial complex. The ISBN is 0201522314/$6.50 for a
hardcover, and it can be purchased at Powell's Books. See https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/7094/uncommon-martyrs.
84] – Consider making a donation to a scholarship in her honor
that would be most welcome. Contributions to the Lin Romano Peace and Justice Scholarship can be made online via https://www.ndm.edu/lin-romano-peace-and-justice-scholarship or by check
made out to Notre Dame of Maryland University (Memo line: Lin Romano Peace and
Justice Scholarship) and mailed to Notre Dame of Maryland University, Office of
Institutional Advancement, 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210.
85] –
Yousef
Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com]
started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called
East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website
is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He
is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems
and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's).
He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for
uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly
to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to
their local pharmacy if needed.
86] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records,
tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.
87] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or
mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
88] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of
nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration.
A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of
nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees. This is an
historic window of opportunity. With momentum already building in favor
of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance.
When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.
89] – A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette
Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to
http://prop1.org;
call 202-682-4282.
Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski,
Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD
21212. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
“One is called to live nonviolently, even
if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to
turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an
attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the
better" - Daniel Berrigan
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