Baltimore Activist Alert -- August 5 - 6, 2021

52] All Marylanders should have access to health care – Aug. 5

53] Back from the Brink – Aug. 5 - 6

54] Phone bank for the For the People Act! – Aug. 5

55] Support the Healthcare Task Force’s Medicare for All – Aug. 5

56] Power in the Park -- Aug. 5

57] Lower Shore Progressive Caucus monthly meeting – Aug. 5

58] Annual Hiroshima Remembrance – Aug. 5

59] Poor Peoples Campaign MoCo Region Meeting – Aug. 5

60] Paid Family Medical Leave Working Group Meeting – Aug. 5

61] National Activist Call – Aug. 5

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52] – We're all now aware of the ways the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected Black and Brown Marylanders. At the same time, we know that before the pandemic, too many Marylanders faced barriers like low-paying jobs and unaffordable health care costs, and lack of access to good doctors and healthy food. And, we know there are policy solutions that can help address the growing disparity among communities.

  The Maryland Center on Economic Policy is excited to host a conversation with public health experts and advocates on Thurs., Aug. 5 at 1 PM ET to discuss what they have learned from the pandemic, and how different policy choices can ensure that all Marylanders - no matter what they look like or where they live - have a chance at a healthy life and access to the social resources to not just live, but thrive.  Sign up at https://mailchi.mp/mdeconomy/aug-5-webinar-policies-for-advancing-health-equity-in-maryland?e=e449b78147&emci=920ca0ce-4bee-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=aa9d6144-5eee-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=136680.

53] –Back from the Brink [info@preventnuclearwar.org] wants you to take action and honor the Hiroshima & Nagasaki Anniversaries. Join in on Action Hour: Calling to Prevent Nuclear War on Thurs., Aug.5 at 1 PM ET. During Action Hours, make phone calls to state and local elected officials encouraging them to sign on to a letter to the Biden Administration and Congress urging them to take concrete action toward the goal of nuclear abolition. You will be provided with a training, phone numbers, and a script. Visit https://preventnuclearwar.org/us-officials-letter/.

  Email your local officials and state legislators on the anniversaries of the bombings (on August 6th and 9th), and encourage them to sign on to the letter. Sign up by emailing Alex at info@preventnuclearwar.org.

54] – Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the For the People Act! The August deadline for 2022 is fast approaching! Our democracy is in crisis: with redistricting around the corner and hundreds of voter suppression laws being introduced in states across the country, we do not have time to wait. Every day we’re getting closer to a very real deadline to take action to pass the For the People Act (S.1): If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass S. 1 by late August, states will not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of S. 1! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/376178/?utm_source=PFAW to call on Thurs., Aug. 5 from 3 to 6 PM ET or 6 to 8 PM ET.

55] -- The Progressive Maryland Text Team [info@progressivemaryland.org] needs you on Thurs., Aug. 5 from 6 to 7:30 PM ET to do some texting. Sign up for the Text Team Training and Textbank! Text to support the Healthcare Task Force’s Medicare for All Deep Canvassing campaign! Sign up at https://secure.everyaction.com/oBZu1c5xNUeD0zIykTEiAg2.

56] – Takoma Park Mobilization [info@tpmobilization.org] is inviting you on Thurs., Aug. 5 from 6 to 8 PM ET to attend Power in the Park. Did you know that Maryland offers some of the best home energy programs in the country? Even better, many are free and save real money every month. Hear from the experts at a fun-filled event. Learn the steps to affordable, sustainable utility bills and community solar, and even sign up at Power in the Park. It is happening at the New Hampshire Estates Neighborhood Park. 8825 Piney Branch Rd. (Corner of Piney Branch Rd. & University Blvd.) Park across Piney Branch Rd. at Clifton Park Baptist Church.  Interested folks can email Laurie.McGilvray@gmail.com.

57] – Jared Schablein [lowershoreprogressivecaucus@gmail.com] wants you to attend the Lower Shore Progressive Caucus monthly meeting on Thurs., Aug. 6 at 6 PM ET. The guest speaker will be Amanda Hopkins, the new chair of the Wicomico County NAACP. Chairwoman Hopkins will discuss her vision and how the LSPC and is brothers and sisters at the NAACP can work together moving forward!  After registering you will receive your link to the meeting. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtceChpjItG9Q3DlKreKlmeuPjF187-1Ri.

58] – The annual Hiroshima Remembrance is on Thurs., Aug. 5. Following the moment of silence at 7:15 PM in remembrance of the Hiroshima victims, approximately 200 photos & documents from the remembrances over the years will be shown with the idea of remembering people and events from the historical record. Zoom in at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82987508264?pwd=OWE4T1diNjZvUG1KM08wZDRVM2wwZz09.

For the past 40 years, the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee has been organizing for the abolition of nuclear weapons and power, and in support of nuclear victims. The group believes that if the world is to avoid repeating the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must strive to keep alive the memory of the bombings. Again the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be commemorated. The website of The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee is located at <http://hiroshimapeacecommittee.net>.

59] –On Thurs., Aug 5 at 7 PM, come to the Poor Peoples Campaign MoCo Region Implementation Meeting. Engage with food distribution sites, churches, and other organizations distributing information on COVID benefits – including help with housing, cash assistance, health, unemployment, food, and voter registration. Do PPC outreach and have a range of volunteer options. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvf-GtqjIiGtMM-OUckJtsl1JOkvpiD57r?link_id=8&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-md-ppc-weekly-update-17&email_referrer=email_1243072&email_subject=md-ppc-weekly-update.

60] –Jacob Feinspan, Jews United for Justice Campaign Fund [info@jufjcampaignfund.org] wants you to get involved on Thurs., Aug. 5 from 8 to 9 PM ET by attending a Paid Family Medical Leave Working Group Meeting. Join in biweekly strategy sessions to learn, brainstorm and take action on this issue. You will receive call-in instructions via email after you RSVP: https://jufj.org/event/pfml-wg4/?emci=9301e8e6-b4f0-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=d79951cc-5bf1-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=3403859.

61] – The Indivisible Team [no-reply@indivisible.org] is informing you about a National Activist Call on Thurs., Aug. 5 at 8 PM ET.  The National Activist Call is a space held on the first Thursday of every month for activists, group leaders, and new members alike. Join Indivisibles to discuss national strategy, and take time to create connections while building community with each other.  RSVP at https://indivisible.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QqQY9fPeTSWEhAwDGCBU1Q?amp=&amp=.

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/.

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