Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 2 - 4, 2021

43] End Medical Debt meeting – Sept. 2

44] Want to text with Fair Fight? – Sept. 2

45] For the People Act! – Sept. 2 & 4

46] Volunteer for Women's March – Sept. 2

47] For the People Act! – Sept. 2

48] Throw Down Thursday -- Sept. 2

49] Learning the Lessons of Afghanistan - Part 2 Sept. 2

50] 50 Years of Resistance – Sept. 2

51] Close down Line 3 – Sept. 2

52] Medicare for All -- Sept. 2

53] Paid Family and Medical Leave in Maryland meeting – Sept. 2

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43] -- End Medical Debt Maryland [info@sg.actionnetwork.org] wants you to attend on Thurs., Sept. 2 from10 to 11 AM ET a virtual Zoom meeting.  There is a de facto moratorium on medical debt lawsuits that will remain effective until at least January 2022 — this means hospitals are not allowed to sue their patients right now.  This pause on lawsuits is only temporary. Sign up at https://zoom.us/j/96239066070?pwd=S3JxdE5XV1g0YWZxVURZNE0wZ29MUT09&link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-virtual-coalition-meeting-tomorrow-at-10am&email_referrer=email_1277214&email_subject=virtual-coalition-meeting-tomorrow-at-10am#success.

44] – Want to text with Fair Fight? Join a texting training to see what texting with Fair Fight looks like, the texting platform, how to set up your account on it and get you all the information you need to text with Fair Fight in the future!  This is a training, NOT a text bank. No texting during this training.  To text with Fair Fight you will need either a smartphone OR a computer (you can set up the texting system on either or both). The next texting training is on Thurs., Sept. 2 from 11 to 11:45 AM ET.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/fairfight/event/380601/?emci=1ec65536-76f5-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=9099f5e0-77f5-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=1234726.

45] – 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., Sept. 2 from 3 to 6 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET or Sat., Sept. 4 from 4 to 6 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET.

46] – Shelly, Super Volunteer for Women's March [info@womensmarch.com] is inviting you to get involved on Thurs., Sept. 2 from 5 to 6 PM ET.  ‌ ‌Volunteers reached out to voters in 2020. Now there is work to be done to address the rising wave of white nationalism in our country. Help with the United Vision Project to reach out to folks who may be sympathetic to extreme nationalist movements and have deep conversations to better understand their points of view. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/womensmarch/event/398997/?akid=3537.508952.F3aqd1&rd=1&t=2&utm_campaign=em20210901.

47] – Jen Johnson, RepresentUs [hq@represent.us] is asking you to make calls to support the For the People Act on Thurs., Sept. 2 from 5:30 to 8 PM ET, right from your computer. Go to https://vol.represent.us/a/august-25th-meet-your-senator-host-call?akid=147482.680940.SczLrt&ms=ak-em-pdf-20210820&rd=1&t=8&utm_campaign=pdf&utm_content=20210820&utm_medium=em&utm_source=ak&utm_term=. 

48] – Christianne Marguerite [christianne@progressivemaryland.org] needs you on Throw Down Thursday, Sept. 2 from 6 to 7:30 PM ET.  You can get involved in texting or phone banking. Sign up at https://secure.everyaction.com/GpgRhWzzHUuZh3Q9xWkNAw2?emci=2cfa1c60-560a-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=d39e128c-240b-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=136680. Every Thursday from now on, there will be virtually reaching out to voters across the state for a variety of issues.

49] –Learning the Lessons of Afghanistan - Part 2 will happen on Thurs., Sept. 2 at 7 PM ET.  Hear from Kathy Kelly, longtime coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a campaign to end military and economic violence; and Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, focusing on Middle East, U.S. wars and UN issues; and Chris Velazquez, Digital Organizer for Veterans For Peace and the lead organizer for the Gamers For Peace initiative. Register to attend. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-msqz0jEtDiM-ypA3ebUMYqP7VjHOlJ.

50] – Workers World Party [wwp@workers.org] wants you to attend on Sept. 2 at 8 PM ET a webinar 50 Years of Resistance - Black August & Attica.  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O3rnPMrtQ-y95ZXnxKmgkg. This event is hosted by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party.  

51] – Rising Tide North America [info@email.actionnetwork.org] is urging you to get on the call on Thurs., Sept. 2 at 8 PM ET.  Folks are getting creative on the frontlines of the protest against Line 3, and throwing down to make sure that the pipeline is stopped. This resistance is incredibly inspiring. Last week, thousands gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol calling on Minnesota governor Tim Walz to Stop Line 3. Soon after, hundreds blockaded Walz’s mansion demanding he stop the pipeline. Cops came in riot gear, assaulting peaceful water protectors, hitting one on the head with a baton, and 69 were arrested. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ff8xQWTySk-zFStmfWzggg?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-more-training-its-time-to-stop-line-3-2&email_referrer=email_1277295&email_subject=stop-line-3-join-us-tomorrow.

52] –Nurses' Campaign to Win Medicare for All [info@medicare4all.org] wants you to join a text bank party on Thurs., Sept. 2 at 8 PM ET.  Sign up at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctf-GrqjMqG9ftnvJa8OuOSgPsB8PMGjqy?akid=116708.162593.YtRssz&rd=1&t=3. Medicare for All was reintroduced in the House as H.R. 1976. The bill was introduced with a record 112 original cosponsors. And, because of collective organizing, the total is now 118 cosponsors. The plan was to focus efforts on 19 Democrats who it is believed were most likely to sign on to the bill with enough pressure, along with 21 Democrats who are some of the highest recipients of corporate health care donations in Congress.  Two members of Congress on the priority list have since signed on -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19). Activists in the districts of Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-04) and Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05) have also succeeded in moving their members of Congress to cosponsor during this same time.

53] –Jacob Feinspan, Jews United for Justice [info@jufjcampaignfund.org] wants you to be part of a group on Thurs., Sept. 2 at 8 PM ET. Interested in establishing Paid Family and Medical Leave in Maryland? Come to the Paid Family Medical Leave Working Group Meeting.  Register at https://jufj.org/event/pfml-9-2/?emci=8ac404d5-6d0a-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=37b4276d-220b-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=3403859You will receive call-in instructions via email after you RSVP.

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

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