29] Discuss climate legislation – Oct. 25
30] Invest-Divest
2021: Decade of Progress Just Climate Future -- Oct. 26
31] Christian Right
and the Shaping of U.S. Policies in Israel/Palestine" – Oct. 26
32] Civil Resistance Tactics in the 21st Century – Oct. 26
33] Make calls for the Freedom to Vote Act. – Oct. 26
34] Say No to weapons research at JHU – Oct. 26
35] School-to-prison
pipeline -- Oct. 26
36] Make calls for the Freedom to Vote Act -- Oct. 26
37] Get out the Vote in Virginia – Oct. 26
38] Help break the deadlock
in Congress on climate change – Oct. 26
39]
Peace,
Activism, and the Arts – Oct. 26
40] Clemency for Cares Act
National Town Hall – Oct. 26
41] Clerks, Judges & Courts Civics Kibitz – Oct. 26
42] Want to text with Fair
Fight? – Oct. 26
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29] – Alan Minsky [alan@pdamerica.org] wants you to attend on Mon., Oct. 25
at 8 PM ET for a Special Congressional Climate Liaison Meeting at 8 PM ET. Sign
in at https://fwwatch.zoom.us/j/97588795476?from=addon. The final draft of the reconciliation bill is
to be released any day now. Will it be a pro- or anti-climate bill remains
unclear? Will Manchin and the fossil fuel industry win the day, or will
the climate champions in Congress? One thing for certain: Now is the time for us to be heard. Stand
up and defend the planet and frontline communities most impacted by fossil fuel
production.
Rep. Cori Bush's exceptional climate staffer, Saul Levin, will be on the call. Saul was previously Deb Haaland's climate staffer, and also happens to be Rep. Andy Levin's son. The Meeting URL is https://fwwatch.zoom.us/j/97588795476?from=addon with the ID: 975 8879 5476. Join by telephone for higher quality by dialing a number based on your current location. Dial: US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 975 8879 5476.
30] – Youth Climate Finance Alliance [info@futurecoalition.org] is calling for divestment from supporters of fossil fuels. In the lead up to COP26, join a global coalition of organizations to announce a historic slate of groundbreaking divest/invest commitments, to unveil a new “state of the D/I movement” report, including an update of assets under management committed to divestment, and to celebrate major victories. Join in on Tues., Oct. 26 at 11 AM EST by sending in a RSVP for the Invest-Divest 2021: A Decade of Progress Towards a Just Climate Future global event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AcAEV97PS1GIX8vp-yvOTQ?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-get-hyped-for-october-29th-new-video&email_referrer=email_1331322&email_subject=rsvp-today-for-the-invest-divest-2021-a-decade-of-progress-towards-a-just-climate-future-global-event.
31] – James J Zogby [jzogby@aaiusa.org] wants you to join him on Tues., Oct. 26 from 1 to 2 PM ET for "The Christian Right and the Shaping of U.S. Policies in Israel/Palestine." A panel will have a conversation hosted by the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at Harvard University. Discuss the multiple intersections and convergences of political ideologies and religious beliefs and their implications for U.S. policies in Palestine/Israel. Register at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aXFerN1MQA-dokKGwKpF7Q?emci=51b7239e-aa32-ec11-9820-c896653b26c8&emdi=ad3321f2-3e33-ec11-9820-c896653b26c8&ceid=389907.
32] – Nonviolence International [info@nonviolenceinternational.net] wants you to attend a book promotion meeting of Michael Beer’s book Civil Resistance Tactics in the 21st Century on Tues., Oct. 26 at 3:30 PM ET. Discuss ways to get this book into new hands by using this Zoom link- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87842620976. If you can't make the book meeting, but want to help get this incredible resource into classrooms and elsewhere, email nimesh@nonviolenceinternational.net. Go to http://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/.
33] –Join activists around the country at a virtual phone bank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the Freedom to Vote Act! 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. If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass this legislation, states may not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a Common Cause virtual phone bank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support the vote! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/commoncause/event/376178/ to call on Tues., Oct. 26 from 4 to 6 PM ET.
34] – Join us in challenging Johns Hopkins University -- Say No to Weapons Contracts at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. on Tues., Oct. 26 from 4:30 to 5:30 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, and 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.
35] – Team DAGA [info@democraticags.org] is gathering on Tues., Oct. 26 at 5:15 PM ET. You’re invited to a documentary screening of On These Grounds, ending the school-to-prison pipeline. Then join a panel discussion with Michigan AG Dana Nessel. RSVP at https://watch.eventive.org/onthesegrounds/play/6169723649ffb8003e944365?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-on-these-grounds-ending-the-school-to-prison-pipeline-2&email_referrer=email_1333230&email_subject=on-these-grounds-ending-the-school-to-prison-pipeline.
36] – James Jameson, RepresentUs [hq@represent.us] wants you to join a phone bank on Tues., Oct. 26 from 5:30 to 8 PM ET. Make calls for the Freedom to Vote Act. Sign up at https://vol.represent.us/a/pb_092121?akid=150392.680940.rFfsIK&ms=ak-em-pdf-20210917&rd=1&t=9&utm_campaign=pdf&utm_content=20210917&utm_medium=em&utm_source=ak&utm_term=. Senator Manchin just released the groundbreaking Freedom to Vote Act this week. It would make Election Day a federal holiday, ban gerrymandering, and put an end to dark money. But with the Senate vote coming in a matter of days, not enough senators have heard from their constituents pushing them to pass the bill. The Freedom to Vote Act is brand new, so there’s a lack of awareness by both constituents and senators about this legislation – and if we don't demonstrate massive support for it, the bill could fail.
37] – Future Coalition [info@futurecoalition.org] on Tues., Oct. 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET wants your help in Getting Out The Vote with Blue Future for Virginia’s Nov. 2 election where early voting is happening now! It is the leading organization behind progressive youth activism. This completely youth-led team is providing young people with the tools, resources, and support to power their ideas and amplify their impact around the nation. Phone banking will take place on Sundays at 2 PM ET and Tuesdays at 6:30 PM ET to make sure young voters Get out the Vote. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/bluefuture/event/416470/?link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-no-more-excuses-voting-rights-now-2&email_referrer=email_1325627&email_subject=virginia-phone-banking-rsvp-now.
38] – Mike Tidwell, CCAN Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] wants you to phone bank on Tues., Oct. 26 from 6 to 8 PM ET. Help break the deadlock in Congress on climate change. Global climate leaders will meet in Scotland in 26 days for a last-chance effort to cut greenhouse gases worldwide. But the US Congress will make progress impossible without first passing major domestic climate legislation this month. In other words, it's crunch time. And we need your help. So CCAN Action Fund has set up a user-friendly phone bank for every Tuesday and Thursday night in October. Connect with voters in West Virginia with their key swing-vote Senator, Joe Manchin. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/416726/.
39] – Peace, Activism, and the Arts: Contested Terrain, Possible Pathways is a webinar on Tues., Oct. 26 from 7 to 8:30 PM EDT. The arts – music, poetry, theatre, visual arts, dance, and more – have been proclaimed as a way of achieving peace. “Music brings people together,” we are told. These narratives, which also assert that music is a universal language that transcends borders, unfortunately neglect the reality that the arts often have been used in ways that serve the purposes of the ruling class: e.g., to strengthen structural and systemic violence and exclusion, to reinforce white supremacy, to establish colonial hegemony, to normalize various forms of violence, and to silence marginalized people. This expropriation and exploitation of the arts is particularly tragic because all those creative endeavors can bring joy, inspiration, and respite to all of humankind in all of its diversity. Make love, not war, and do art, not damage. These goals are in our hands.
This webinar will explore these issues, drawing attention to the contested and complex relationships between the arts and peace and justice. The webinar will also present examples of arts activism from the Mexico-U.S. border; Israel, Palestine, and the Arab world; and race and mass incarceration. In breakout rooms during the second part of the webinar, André de Quadros will lead innovative activities that encourage participants to create poetry, art, song, dance and/or other artistic work. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodO-gqjwoEt3-rpWOOCfMacOUZDNQKJXA.
40] – Scott Roberts, Color of Change [info@colorofchange.org] on Tues., Oct. 26 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET wants you to attend the Clemency for Cares Act National Town Hall! While on the campaign trail, President Biden promised he'd cut the prison population in half and help put an end to racialized mass incarceration. And yet, if he doesn't grant clemency to 4,000+ people successfully finishing their sentences on home confinement with friends and family, he may soon be presiding over the largest expansion of the federal prison population in history. RSVP to https://act.colorofchange.org/event/clemency-cares-act-town-hall/1680/signup/?akid=52303.3370182.k4Ft1I&rd=1&source=pm_52303_stage1_random_button1&t=4.
41] – Molly Amster, Jews United for Justice [info@jufj.org] wants your attendance on Tues., Oct. 26 at 7 PM ET for Clerks, Judges & Courts Civics Kibitz. Baltimore City's court system is one of the most opaque mysteries of our political landscape. Get an explanation from Jenny Egan, Chief Attorney in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Juvenile Division. Dig into how our City's justice system works (or doesn't). Clarify what judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, and clerks do, what types of power judges hold, and ultimately, what electoral power we have over this system. Register at https://jufj.org/event/kibitz5/?sourceid=1020680&utm_campaign=bmore&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=newsletter&emci=8729b7a1-7b2b-ec11-981f-c896653b9208&emdi=955d912a-9b2b-ec11-981f-c896653b9208&ceid=3403859.
42] – 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 Tues., Oct. 26 from 8:30 to 9:15 PM 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.
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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