Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 18 - 19, 2022

 Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 18 - 19, 2022

63] White House peace vigil – Feb. 18

64] DNC National Call Crew – Feb. 18 – 19

65] Anti-Blackness in Asylum Law & Policy – Feb. 18

66] Amend the Maryland constitution – Feb. 18

67] Voter Protection Phone banks with Common Cause – Feb. 18 - 19

68] Occupy Biden Two – Feb. 19 

69] Birdwatching Tour of Druid Hill Park – Feb. 19

70] Brooke Lierman opens Office -- Feb. 19

71] Knock on doors for Brooke – Feb. 19

72] Get over to the food pantry – Feb. 19

73] MUPJ meeting – Feb. 19

74] Town Hall with Comptroller Peter Franchot – Feb. 19

75] Choosing Water over War -- Feb. 19

76] Brendan Walls is seeking a home/apartment to rent

77] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

78] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"

79] Do you need a doctor?

80] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

81] Do you need any book shelves?

82] Join the Global Zero campaign.

83] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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63] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Feb. 11 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

64] – Make Calls virtually any time with the DNC National Call Crew – on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call to voters in battleground states to build strength for the 2022 Midterms. Please email digitalorganizing@dnc.org. Sign up for calls on Fri., Feb 18 from 2 to 3 PM EST, 3 –4 PM EST, 4 to 5 PM EST, 5 to 6 PM EST, 6 to 7 PM EST, and 7 to 8 PM EST and on Sat., Feb 19 from 2 to 3 PM EST, 3 –4 PM EST, 4 to 5 PM EST, 5 to 6 PM EST, 6 to 7 PM EST, and 7 to 8 PM EST. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/388091/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.

65] – Black immigrants face the double jeopardy of racism and xenophobia—resulting in higher rates of criminalization and deportation—yet are often overlooked in the conversation about U.S. immigration. This Black History Month, let's center the experiences of Black immigrants and work to expose and eradicate racism in our immigration system! The Interfaith Immigration Coalition [media@interfaithimmigration.org] is urging you on Fri., Feb. 18 at 3 PM ET to tune in to the webinar Challenging Anti-Blackness in Asylum Law & Policy. Hear from Haitian, Cameroonian, and Ethiopian migrants on why they fled their home countries and the challenges they now face as Black asylum seekers in the U.S. Plus, learn how Black-led organizations are driving change. Visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iFKLL8K5R7yvrd2dBkO_ig.

66] – Anne at Sunrise Movement Baltimore [general@sunrisemovementbaltimore.org] is alerting us to an event on Fri., Feb. 18 at 3 PM ET – Amend the Maryland constitution. Come to Annapolis (Lawyers’ Mall), and gather together to tell our legislators we need an amendment to the Maryland constitution that guarantees our inalienable right to a healthful, stable environment. Hear from student leaders from across the state and make your voice heard! Register for the rally at https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000002GXBfAAO&mapLinkHref=https%3a%2f%2fmaps.google.com%2fmaps&daddr=Maryland+Environmental+Human+Rights+Student+Rally%4038.979436%2c-76.491895&emci=f9a40066-778e-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&emdi=968f5385-7b8e-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&ceid=177631.  Need a ride? Email general@sunrisemovementbaltimore.org.

67] – Join in on Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause on Fri., Feb. 18 from 4 to 6 PM ET, and Sat., Feb. 19 from noon to 2 PM, 1 to 3 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET and call constituents in Republican states to connect them to their Senators to hold them accountable for blocking voting rights. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=newsletter. Get involved with Voter Protection Phone banks with Common Cause and call voters in targeted states and connect them to their senators to drive calls of accountability and appreciation around the vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. And begin to advocate for No Excuse Absentee Voting in Delaware and recruit poll monitors for the Texas primary.

68] – Join in for Occupy Biden Two from Sat., Feb. 19 through Mon., Feb. 21 in Wilmington, Delaware.  Tell President Biden, get inspired to declare and act on the climate emergency! You can join for any day or for all three days of Occupy Biden. But the big day is on February 21 for a nonviolent march toward his house. Sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jGFgL3E294aQwc5YSIqZ1egMpMoER26OYkFj-Cbpcxo/edit.

69] – Take a Birdwatching Tour of Druid Hill Park on Sat., Feb. 19 from 8 to 9:30 AM ET in Druid Hill Park, 3001 East Drive, Baltimore 21217. This is Baltimore's oldest large park and is home to 745 acres of forests, fields, and a large lake. 189 species of birds have been documented here, including nesting Baltimore orioles and yellow-crowned night herons. Audubon experts will lead the search of avian friends! No experience necessary. If you would like to borrow binoculars, please email baltimore@audubon.org.

70] – Brooke Lierman For Comptroller and Team 46 Office Opening and Canvass will happen on Sat., Feb. 19 from 10 AM to 1 PM EST at 1500 Whetstone Way, Baltimore 21230.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/437703/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org.

71] --On Sat., Feb. 19 from 10 AM to noon ET, knock on doors for Brooke Lierman for Comptroller in Baltimore County starting at 3820 Fernside Road, Randallstown 21133.  This will continue until Feb. 26.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/397538/. Canvass the community and share Brooke's vision to transform the Comptroller's office to work for every Marylander. Once you sign up the team will follow up with everything you need to knock on doors!

72] – On Sat.,  Feb. 12 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.

73] – Paulette Hammond is inviting you to a Maryland United for Peace and Justice, Inc. Zoom meeting on Sat., Feb. 19 from 2 to 4 PM ET. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8227421278?pwd=WGluNFI2bUp4bm5FV0J5K0RHODJKZz09 with a Meeting ID of 822-742-1278 and a Passcode of 890564. Call 301-715-8592.

74] -- On Sat., Feb. 19 at 3 PM ET, there will be a Town Hall with Comptroller Peter Franchot. The vital 2022 midterm election is just a few months away. This upcoming mid-term, the State of Maryland will elect a new Governor for the first time in Eight Years. This means we have a perfect opportunity to elect a Progressive Governor who will fight for the Eastern Shore. Attend the Town Hall and see if Peter Franchot is your candidate for governor. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMude2rpzsrGNFXJ-5xgpLGJT9qb4iDsS3l.

75] – World BEYOND War [info@worldbeyondwar.org] is inviting you to a Webinar on Choosing Water Over War on Sat., Feb. 19 at 8 PM ET with former Philippines Congressman Walden Bello, Sung-hee Choi, Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Shinako Oyakawa, and Guahan Senator Sabina Perez. Moderated by Koohan Paik-Mander. Sign up at https://actionnetwork.org/events/water-is-life-a-webinar-on-choosing-water-over-war?clear_id=true&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-choosing-water-over-war&email_referrer=email_1422164&email_subject=choosing-water-over-war.

76] – A friend, Brendan Walls, has to move out of a rented home on March 1.  So he is looking for housing and wants to live south of the Baltimore beltway, east of US 95 and north of Route 214.  Do you know of a house or apartment in the Annapolis area with as much peace and quiet as I can get for no more than $1800 a month? He does not mind pet sitting, house sitting, keeping someone company or community living.  Let me know if you have a lead on a home or apartment for Brendan to rent.  Thanks for giving this your consideration.

77] -- 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.

78] – 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 5^th 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. Image 1 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. David Eberhardt; Image 2 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER; and FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER.  This is a self-published book printed in 2017 with updates.

   The price is $25 for a Spiral Bound, and Signed. This edition being what the publisher calls “The 4th edition (or first edition 4th state?)  of this book (with “final” additions) has been printed by the firm of FEDEX numbered 150-200, signed by the author, February 2017.”This is copy 187 and is numbered and signed by David Eberhardt on the title page.~~While the bibliographical information is a bit head-spinning, this is an engaging memoir by David Eberhardt recounting his involvement with the Brothers Berrigan in the protests against the Viet Nam war, and his subsequent time as an inmate at the Lewisburg Federal Prison. There is Near Fine binding: Item #291479. 

79] – 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.  

80] -- 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.

81] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

82] -- 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.

83] – 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