62] Race, Racism & American Media – Feb. 25 - 26
63] White
House peace vigil – Feb. 25
64] DNC
National Call Crew – Feb. 25 – 26
65] Putting the War on Terror on Trial – Feb. 25
66] Voter Protection Phone banks with Common
Cause – Feb.
25 - 26
67]
Reentry
Work Group – Feb. 25
68] The Groundshakers – Feb. 25
69] Testimony Writing Happy Hour – Feb. 25
70]
Support Amazon Workers – Feb. 26
71] Take a Birdwatching Tour -- Feb. 26
72]
Knock
on doors for Brooke – Feb. 26
73] International Emergency Online Rally – Feb. 26
74]
Get over to the food pantry – Feb. 26
75] How the Word is Passed – Feb. 26
76] Meet Michele
Gregory – Feb. 26
77] Elections, Peace, and Democracy in Colombia –
Feb. 26
78] Our Revolution phonebank -- Feb. 26
79] Brendan Walls is seeking a
home/apartment to rent
80] Tell
JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
81]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
82] Do you need a doctor?
83]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
84]
Do
you need any book shelves?
85] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
86] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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62] – Venneikia Williams, Free Press [info@freepress.net] is
alerting you about a two-day virtual conference on Race, Racism & American
Media on Fri., Feb. 25 through Sat., Feb. 26 from 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM ET each
day. You’re welcome to attend any or every part of the conference. Join Media
2070, the University of Houston Law Center and Georgetown Law and explore
historic and contemporary racial discrimination in all modalities of modern
media and is open to all. Scheduled speakers include Cathy Hughes (Urban One,
Inc.) former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, Antoine Haywood, Ph.D.,
MediaJustice founder Malkia Devich Cyril, UCLA Professor and MacArthur Fellow
Safiya Noble, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and so many more. Sign up at
https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3cC1qUNqRH-G3gmvJI5QIw.
63] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Feb. 25 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. 25 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 26 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] – Defending Rights & Dissent [info@rightsanddissent.org] and others are Putting the War on Terror on Trial with Steven Donziger, Roger Waters, and Dr. Cornel West. Hold the US government accountable for its war crimes as it relates to the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Too often when people expose war crimes, they are the ones put on trial. The Belmarsh Tribunal changes this. Inspired by the famous Russell-Sartre people's tribunal, which examined US war crimes in Vietnam, it is named for the London prison where Julian Assange is held as he faces extradition to the US. As the US government seeks to persecute a publisher for exposing war crimes, turn the tables and put the War on Terror on trial. The first item is to highlight the 20th anniversary of the opening of the US detention camp at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Over the course of two decades, the US tortured hundreds of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, and 39 men continue to be detained without charge or trial. Two decades later, Guantánamo Bay is still in operation. The architects of the War on Terror walk free, while the whistleblowers have been sent to prison. Sign Up at https://act.progressive.international/belmarsh-tribunal-nyc/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c6f83f3f-a5e2-4c8c-a974-656431743ef9 to attend this important event online on Fri., Feb. 25 at 2 PM ET.
66] – Join in on Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause on Fri., Feb. 25 from 4 to 6 PM ET, and Sat., Feb. 26 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.
67] – Progressive Maryland’s Reentry Work Group is kicking off Reentry: Where Do You Stand? This is part of a series of listening sessions with candidates for Maryland state and local office. The first Reentry Candidate Forum will take place on Zoom on Fri., Feb. 25 from 6 to 7:30 PM — with candidates for Lieutenant Governor. Candidates will share their plans to support reentry services for formerly incarcerated individuals and will take questions from community members during a Q & A session. RSVP at pgmd.us/PGCandidateForums.
68] – The #BlackHistoryNow Member Social and Celebration is hosted by Color of Change on Fri., Feb. 25 from 6 to 7:30 PM ET. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/440955/?followup_modal_context=newsletter. Focus on empowering our leaders through Black joy. While devoting time to fight for justice in the community, share moments of happiness and solidarity through community building, accountability, and direct service. Join the DMV Groundshakers to celebrate in the DMV area!
69]-- Progressive Maryland is hosting a virtual Testimony Writing Happy Hour with the End Medical Debt Maryland coalition. Grab your beverage of choice and join in on Fri., Feb. 25 from 6 to 7 PM. You will be guided through the process of writing and submitting legislative testimony for The Justice for Hospital Patients Act of 2022 (HB 694/SB 944). This bill will require Maryland hospitals to reimburse low-income patients they’ve dramatically overcharged for healthcare. Register at https://actionnetwork.org/events/hgo-testimony-party?emci=8d0e97b8-3e94-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&emdi=84d7c017-4594-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&ceid=136680.
70] – Support Amazon Workers [info@supportamazonworkers.org] on Sat., Feb. 26 on Workers Power Day. Plan a rally in solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, and all workers who are organizing and fighting back. Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation – these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Enter your rally at https://solidaritycenter.ourpowerbase.net/feb26.
71] – Take a Birdwatching Tour of Patterson Park on Sat., Feb. 26 from 8 to 9:30 AM ET. Meet at the fountain, closest to E. Lombard St. and S. Patterson Park Ave. Audubon experts will lead the search of avian friends! No experience necessary. If you would like to borrow binoculars, please email baltimore@audubon.org. Over 200 bird species have visited Patterson Park, an important migratory stopover in Baltimore City. Go to https://patterson.audubon.org/events/birdwatching-tour-patterson-park.
72] --On Sat., Feb. 26 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!
73] – Join an International Emergency Online Rally: No War in Ukraine – No to NATO on Sat., Feb. 26 from noon to 1 PM EST. Come together across borders to demand a diplomatic solution to the present crisis. As part of that solution, Ukrainian membership in NATO must be off the table. The crisis over Ukraine has exposed how dangerous NATO is. It is an aggressive military alliance that has massively expanded since the end of the Cold War. And as we head towards the next NATO summit in Madrid in June – and the Peace Summit organized by the movements – let’s come together, across the Atlantic, to say No to War, No to NATO. Max is disappointed that there is no mention of Russian aggression, and Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons.
Nevertheless, hear from Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK, Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Jeremy Corbyn, UK Member of Parliament and others. The rally is organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, CODEPINK, Stop the War Coalition, and the No to NATO Network, and you can participate at https://www.codepink.org/ukraine_022622?utm_campaign=ukraine_nato_rally_2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink.
74] – On Sat., Feb. 26 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.
75] – Get with the Community Read and Discussion: “How the Word is Passed” – Part 1 on Sat., Feb. 26 from 1 to 2:30 PM ET on Zoom. This is a Reckoning with the History of Slavery across America. Clint Smith, the award winning author, “leads (us) on an unforgettable journey of monuments and landmarks that offers an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s collective history and memory.”
As activists, inspired by reading this book together, you can consider a continuum of actions: making reparations, challenging voter suppression, ending mass incarceration, and reframing the traditional racist narratives that omit the real history of what happened, including locally. Frugal Bookstore, a black owned business, has a good supply of the book at https://frugalbookstore.net. You are encouraged to purchase a book from the store. In Part 1, discuss the Prologue through Chapter 4; and in Part II on March 26, Chapter 5 through the Epilogue. This Community Read is jointly organized by The New Democracy Coalition, Kevin Peterson, Founder, and the Racial Justice and Decolonization Working Group of Massachusetts Peace Action. Register once to attend both sessions at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdeuspzsvGdCxoFk5XJLcbYZ7H_11a-_L.
76] -- Michele Gregory, candidate for State Senate in District 38 on the Eastern Shore, is a featured speaker at this weekend’s New Era Party, a fundraising event jointly organized by Progressive Maryland and the Lower Shore Progressive Caucus. On Sat., Feb. 26 from 3 to 4 PM EST, join in for a virtual house party and fundraiser! The featured speakers are Jacob Day, Mayor of Salisbury, and Michele Gregory, Salisbury City Council and Candidate for State Senate D-38. Also to speak will be Heather Mizeur, Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemarylandneweraproject/event/441243/?emci=8d0e97b8-3e94-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&emdi=84d7c017-4594-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&ceid=136680.
77] – Please join Colombia Support Network for “A Primer on Elections, Peace, and Democracy in Colombia” on Sat., Feb. 26 from 3 to 6 PM ET. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSej7P9hdPhVoKLXl0bqGi44-cHB9DaR5qb9NkP6EyS0xiAW1g/viewform?usp=sf_link. The program will have three parts with each speaker making a 30 minute presentation, followed by a 45-minute Q&A, concluding with a discussion among the speakers.
78] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] would like you to phone bank on Sat., Feb. 26 and Sun., Feb. 27 from 4:30 to 8:30 PM ET and Tues., Mar. 1 from 10 AM to 8 PM ET. These calls are to voters in Texas where the election is on March 1. Help elect progressives. Sign up to join the Our Revolution phonebank force at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/438475/?akid=2586.8252965.PaGvZd&rd=1&t=13.
79] – 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.
80] -- 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.
81] – 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 5th 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.
82] – 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.
83] -- 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.
84] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
85] -- 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.
86] – 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
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