16] COVID in ICE Detention – June 28
17] War and the Environment – Part 4 – June 28
18] Organize to Win Call – June
28
19] Starvin’ for Justice – June 28 - July 2
20] Care Corner Food Pantry – June 29
21] Rally for the American Jobs Plan
and Climate Action – June 29
22] Systematic Punishment
in the United States and Israel-- June 29
23] Protest JHU’s weapons research – June 29
24] CALL WEST VIRGINIANS. – June 29
25] Zero Waste -- June 29
26] Animal Bereavement
Support Group – June 29
27] A focus on Ethel
Rosenberg's life – June 29
28] Can you call voters in Arizona? – June 29
29] Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolutions, Violence,
and the Roots of Migration – June 29
30] Movement to End Police Violence – June 29
31] How We End the Death Penalty – June 29
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16] – Physicians for Human Rights
[web@email.phr.org] is hosting a webinar on Mon., June 28 at 11 AM -- COVID in
ICE Detention. The COVID-19 virus has
posed a heightened threat to those in immigration custody. People held in U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities across the
country have faced deplorable living conditions that do not comply with Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, and a critical lack of access to
basic hygienic necessities throughout the pandemic. This conversation will be
moderated by Lee Gelernt, JD, MSc, a civil rights lawyer at the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU), where he serves as deputy director of the Immigrants’
Rights Project and director of the Project’s Access to the Courts Program. He
is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School.
The
panelists are Nilson Barahona-Marriaga, a native Honduran who immigrated to the
United States more than two decades ago.; Eunice Cho, JD, a senior staff
attorney at the ACLU National Prison Project, where she focuses her work on
challenging unconstitutional conditions in U.S. immigration detention
facilities and the expansion of immigration detention; Josiah “Jody” Rich, MD,
MPH, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Warren Alpert Medical
School of Brown University and a practicing infectious disease and addiction
specialist at The Miriam Hospital and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
and Sophie Terp, MD, MPH, an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine
at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC)
and a clinical scholar at the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy
and Economics. Register at https://phr.org/issues/covid-19-pandemic/events-and-webinars/.
Submit questions to webinar@phr.org.
17] – Sign up for War and the
Environment, an Online Course continuing on Mon., June 28 from noon to 1
PM EDT through Sun., July 18 from noon to 1 PM ET. This is a six
week online course will provide participants an opportunity to learn
from, dialogue with, and strategize for change with World
BEYOND War experts, peer activists, and changemakers from around the
world. The cost is $100, but you can pay less or more. Contact Phill at education@worldbeyondwar.org.
Week #3 will be led by Henrique Gorbino. Visit https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/event/war-and-the-environment-online-course-by-world-beyond-war/.
18] – Our Revolution
[info@ourrevolution.com] is reminding you about the call on Mon., June 28 from
8:30 to– 9:30 PM EDT. Join call here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/993867009. Or go to Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/events/1236103730180461/.
The National
Organize to Win Call will focus on Tackling the Climate Crisis by Ending Fossil
Fuel Subsidies featuring US Rep. Andy Levin from Michigan and Michele Deatrick,
DNC Environmental & Crisis Council Chair. Also get an NY Election Update
from Brad Lander, who’s poised to win the NYC Comptroller’s race, and activist
Amy Vilela on building progressive power in Nevada. Visit
https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/148017/?akid=1686.8252965.cIf3Zz&rd=1&t=8.
19] – Abraham Bonowitz // Death Penalty Action
[info@deathpenaltyaction.org] informs us that starting on Mon., June 28 at 9 PM
with the last meal, Bill Pelke: His Legacy Continues. Pelke unfortunately died
of a heart attack in November. He will be remembered as part of Starvin’
for Justice 2021: the 28th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
at the US Supreme Court from Tues., June 29 through Fri., July 2. Pelke was a
co-founder of this event. For 27 years, Bill never missed a day. Bill will be
remembered at each of the panel discussions and events that will take place over
the four-day event. Note that fasters will gather for the last meal on
Mon. June 28 at 9 PM. Register to join the Zoom audience here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Minne3oZQHOp4pLUNukR0w?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-bill-pelke-honorary-unsubscribe&email_referrer=email_1216844&email_subject=bill-pelke-his-legacy-continues.
Email info@deathpenaltyaction.org.
20] – On Tues., June 29 from 9:30
to 11:30 AM ET, get over to the Care Corner Food Pantry at the Pasadena United Methodist
Church, 61 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena. This will continue each
Tuesday through June 29. Food bags are available for individuals and
families in need. Food bags are first-come, first-served each week.
Volunteers are needed each week to help distribute the food. Sign up
here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0c49acae2b0-care.
All COVID safety measures are followed, including outdoor distribution,
mask-wearing and social distancing.
21] -- Mike Tidwell, CCAN
Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] wants you to join Labor Leaders for the
American Jobs Plan and Climate Action on Tues., June 29 at noon on Capitol Hill
at Jefferson Drive and 3rd St. SW. RSVP at
https://actionnetwork.org/events/on-capitol-hill-june-29-join-100-labor-leaders-in-support-of-american. Rally for good union jobs and strong climate
action from Congress. President Biden’s $2.3 trillion Plan would dramatically
expand union households while rebuilding our economy and fighting climate
change. But some in Congress are dragging their feet while calling for massive
cuts to the President’s plan.
22] -- Witness
Against Torture [witnesstorture@gmail.com] is Remembering the Men Detained at
Guantanamo on Torture Awareness Day. Join the group on Tues., June 29 at 2 PM
for a co-sponsored event with Justice for Muslims Collective
"Democratizing Torture: Systematic Punishment in the United States
and Israel." Both the United States and Israel identify as democracies;
however, each continues to practice the use of torture despite the fact that
this tactic of punishment is decidedly anti-democratic. In order to whitewash
their use of torture and to justify exceptions to the rule of law, they have
consistently weaponized the democracy narrative as well as the false narrative
that torture yields credible information. In spite of all this, we know that,
as George Orwell wrote in his book 1984, “the object of torture is torture” --
the practice of torture has never been about extracting information, but rather
about power, control, and the subduing of resistance.
To
address and examine these issues in depth, a Guantanamo Bay torture survivor
and a Palestinian survivor of Israeli torture will join the panel. Their voices
will guide the conversation on the ways torture is inflicted in both the US and
Israel, the narratives imposed on them throughout their torture and after, and
what it will take to dismantle these apparatuses of torture. Go to
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SF0B3cN0Ssmr-eDrCao4hQ.
23] – There is a Vigil to say "No Drone
Research at JHU" at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. on Tuesdays from 5 to 6
PM. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
You may consider contacting President Ron Daniels and telling him that the university
should reject all military contracts, including those for killer drone and
nuclear weapons research. The president’s mailing address is Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns
Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. You
can also reach his office by Phone: (410) 516-8068, Fax: (410) 516-6097
or email: president@jhu.edu.
24] – We Have a Do-or-Die, Time-Limited Chance to Defeat White
Supremacy and Big Money. If you want equal protection so that every voter
counts the same regardless of color, income, age, or neighborhood, now is the
time to act. If you want freedom from the influence of big money, now is the
time to act. In the next months, action by people like you can create a
groundswell to pass three major bills (see details in box below). One of them
(S. 1) would provide sweeping reforms to end special-interest corruption in our
government. Congress must act early this summer or partisan redistricting –
based on a flawed census – will have happened. The House of Representatives has
the votes to pass these bills, and they can pass the Senate, too - but only if
We the People let our senators know how we feel.
If
these bills do not pass, action by some state legislatures will reduce the
freedom to vote for targeted populations. Get Money Out – Maryland
(GMOM) founded For the People – Maryland with 20 other groups to fight for
these principles in the U.S. Congress. Therefore, the filibuster rule
will need to change to allow these bills to pass with a simple majority.
While
there are several Senators who haven’t formally committed, people in-the-know
say if we can convince WV Senator Joe Manchin, the others will come along. Opponents
are putting lots of money into WV, and we need to fight back. WV residents tell
us that Manchin is often willing to do a 180 degree turn if he gets enough
pressure. Volunteers asking his constituents to contact him could trigger the
biggest reform since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Make calls to WV residents
on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Please sign up to call on Tues., June 29
from 5:30 to 8 PM ET and try to convince one friend to do so also! There
is good training and support throughout! Go to https://www.mobilize.us/vopropros/event/389987/.
CALL WEST VIRGINIANS.
25] – Zero Waste expert and Delco resident, Alex Danovitch of Nothing Left to Waste, will do a
presentation on Tues., June 29 at 7 PM. Alex will discuss how recycling markets
are healthy, and how Delaware County [PA] can move to Zero Waste, replacing
incineration with source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, and back-end
processing to maximize material recovery and reduce landfill impacts. Register
at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrdemtrzMpE9wssQkZTB1ydNPe-_uO7FIH,
and check out https://www.facebook.com/events/352885889567050
26] – On
Tues., June 29 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET, get with the Animal Bereavement Support
Group at the Baltimore Humane Society, 1601 Nicodemus Road, Reisterstown 21136.
This will continue each Tuesday, through August 3. See https://www.facebook.com/BMOREHUMANE/.
The loss of an animal can be a devastating blow. Our friends are often loved as
a member of our family, and we believe their passing should be treated with the
same respect. RSVP to vvanhof@bmorehumane.org
27] – The Rosenberg Fund for Children is excited to announce
an online event which will focus on Ethel Rosenberg's life and the
campaign to exonerate her. Join a conversation with Anne Sebba, author of
"Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy" on Tues., June 29 at 7 PM EST.
Seventy years after her trial, this is the first time Ethel Rosenberg’s story
has been told with the full use of the dramatic and tragic prison letters she
exchanged with her husband, her lawyer and her psychotherapist over a
three-year period, two of them in solitary confinement. Hers is the resonant
story of what happens when a government motivated by fear tramples on the
rights of its citizens. This online event will include a conversation with New
York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba joined by RFC Founder (and
Ethel's youngest son) Robert Meeropol. The event is hosted by Odyssey
Bookshop and is free and open to the public via Crowdcast. Email events@odysseybks.com.
Register for this event at
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/annesebbaattheodysseybookshop/register.
28] – Can you
call voters in Arizona on Tues., June 29 at 7 PM ET? Indivisible National is excited to host a
Phonebank during the Deadline to Democracy Recess! Call voters in Arizona to
inform them of the importance of the For the People Act, and to urge those
voters to call their Members of Congress. You will be provided a quick training
at the top of the phonebank to get you started! Sign up at https://indivisible.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdO-pqTguG92dqaQCS2fmi9YTLdNjRIl1.
29] – The Honduras Team
[honduras@solidaritycollective.org] wants you to register for the June Book
Discussion on Tues., June 29 at 7:30 PM ET. The Solidarity Collective will be
hosting a discussion with Aviva Chomsky about her new book Central America’s
Forgotten History: Revolutions, Violence, and the Roots of Migration - an
absolute must read for those seeking to understand and respond to the influx of
Central American refugees seeking asylum in the United States today. Chomsky is
professor of history and coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State
University. The author of several books, Chomsky has been active in Latin
American solidarity and immigrants’ rights issues for over twenty-five years.
To join the discussion, click here to buy the book
http://www.beacon.org/Central-Americas-Forgotten-History-P1650.aspx?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-register-for-our-june-book-discussion&email_referrer=email_1197202&email_subject=register-for-our-june-book-discussionand
be sure to register using this link!
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocOGrpz0pGtRSpR6shvtzsfmUhuiOOE5S?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-register-for-our-june-book-discussion&email_referrer=email_1197202&email_subject=register-for-our-june-book-discussion.
30] – Marcy
Winograd [winogradteach@gmail.com] wants you to join in on Tues., June 29 at 8
PM ET CODEPINK CONGRESS, a campaign to mobilize co-sponsors and votes
for peace legislation! This Tuesday
Capitol Calling Party will focus on a Movement to End Police Violence, One Year
after George Floyd’s Murder. Hear from Paige Fernandez, policing policy advisor
at the ACLU, an advocate for reducing the role, power, and presence of police
in communities; and Yasmine Taeb, a human rights lawyer and progressive
strategist working to repeal the 1033 program that transfers military equipment
to local police departments. RSVP at
https://www.codepink.org/06292021?utm_campaign=cp_congress_6_29_21&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink.
31] – Join a discussion
on “How We End the Death Penalty” with LA County District Attorney George
Gascon, Death Row Exoneree Herman Lindsey, Los Angeles Rabbi Sharon Brous, and
Death Penalty Focus Board Member Stephen Rohde.
They will mark the anniversary of Furman v. Georgia on Tuesday, June 29
at 9 PM ET, in a virtual panel discussion on “How We End the Death
Penalty.” On June 29, 1972, the United
States Supreme Court did abolish the death penalty in Furman v. Georgia when it
found that existing death penalty schemes were arbitrary and inconsistent, violating
the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and
unusual punishment. That ruling was overturned four years later, and the death
penalty is currently imposed in 27 states. But capital punishment opponents
continue their efforts to end the death penalty and our four panelists believe
it is only a matter of time until we see the death penalty abolished in
California and across the country.
Register at https://ikar-la.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElcO6hqzouGdC9cop6qKsfaFydPrpho5-4?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e0e3f3c2-f34a-4e2f-b923-cdd2bb706440.
To be continued.
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/.
"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
