Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 2 - 5, 2022

29] Decoding the Putin-Xi Summit – Feb. 2

30] How Do States Seek the Bomb? -- Feb. 2  

31] Child Interrogation Protection Act – Feb. 2

32] Ukraine and Russia on the Brink – Feb. 2

33] Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause – Feb. 2 - 5 

34] Make Calls with the DNC National Call Crew – Feb. 2

35] Phone bank for Green New Deal champion Jessica Cisneros -- Feb. 2

36] Virtual Meet and Greet with Brooke Lierman – Feb. 2

37] Book Study continues about Kazu Haga's Healing Resistance – Feb. 2

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29] – On Wed., Feb. 2 at 11 AM ET, check out Friends with Strategic Benefits: Decoding the Putin-Xi Summit [Online]. Join Erica Downs, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs; Evan Feigenbaum, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Alexander Gabuev, Carnegie Moscow Center, as they decode the upcoming Putin-Xi summit and assess the future trajectory of Sino-Russian relations. Andrew S. Weiss will moderate. This event is sponsored by the Carnegie Moscow Center.  Sign up at https://carnegiemoscow.org/2022/02/02/friends-with-strategic-benefits-decoding-putin-xi-summit-event-7802.

30] – On Wed., Feb. 2 at 11 AM ET, sign up for How Do States Seek the Bomb? [Online]  This discussion is sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with Vipin Narang, author of "Seeking the Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation," Eliza Gheorghe, Bilkent University, and Ariel "Eli" Levite, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission. Register at https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/02/02/how-do-states-seek-bomb-event-7797.

31] – Jews United for Justice want you to know about a Watch Party  for  a House Hearing - Child Interrogation Protection Act & Immigrant Access to Counsel on Wed., Feb. 2 from 1 to 3 PM.  This is a Zoom Video Conference for the House Judiciary hearing of the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings program and the Child Interrogation Protection Act. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 1 PM, but it is unclear when the bills will be heard. As of now, the bills are scheduled to be heard 12th and 10th respectively. The hearing will be monitored and you will be notified via email shortly before the bills come up so you know when to join the watch party.  Go to https://jufj.org/event/jipa-jud/?sourceid=1020680&utm_campaign=bmore_a&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=newsletter&emci=6f056406-ec7e-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&emdi=37d8d9f8-f47e-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&ceid=3403859.

32] – On Wed., Feb. 2 at 2 PM ET, you can join in for Ukraine and Russia on the Brink [Online]. Join the Intelligence Project and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies for a discussion with Retired Brigadier General and current Senior Fellow Kevin Ryan, Executive Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Alexandra Vacroux, and Senior Fellow and New York Times senior writer David Sanger. The discussion will be moderated by Intelligence Project Director Paul Kolbe.  RSVP at https://www.belfercenter.org/event/ukraine-and-russia-brink.

33] – Join in on Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause on Wed., Feb. 2 from 4 to 6 PM ET, Thurs., Feb. 3 from 4 to 6 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET, Fri., Feb. 4 from 4 to 6 PM ET, and Sat., Feb. 5 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.

34] – 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 Wed., Feb 2 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 Thurs., Feb 3 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.

35] –Help out on Sundays and Wednesdays through the end of February (times vary). On Wed., Feb. 2 from 6 to 8 PM and Sun., Feb. 6 from 4 to 6 PM ET. Phone bank for Green New Deal champion Jessica Cisneros in Texas’ 28th Congressional district! Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/sunrise2022/event/428089/?emci=6d0ae0cc-ff76-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&emdi=3402a187-0977-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&ceid=177631.

36] – Get with a Virtual Meet and Greet with Brooke Lierman, running for Comptroller, on Wed., Feb. 2 at 7 PM ET! It is hosted by Councilperson Kris Burnett. RSVP at brookelierman.com/event/burnett.

37] – Baltimore Peacebuilders [baltimorepeacebuilders@gmail.com] is hosting a Book Study which continues on Wed., Feb. 2  at 7 PM ET about Kazu Haga's Healing Resistance.  Other dates for the Book Study are Feb. 16 and March 2. Register at https://tinyurl.com/kazuhaga.  Healing Resistance can be purchased at this LINK:  https://www.parallax.org/product/healing-resistance/.

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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