Baltimore Activist Alert – February 27 – March 1, 2022

Baltimore Activist Alert – February 27 – March 1, 2022

"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.

Friends, this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center.  Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com. 

If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send contributions to Max Obuszewski, BNC, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212.  Max Obuszewski can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.

1] Books, buttons and stickers

2] Web site for info on federal legislation

3] Get involved with NCNR   

4] Max is looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.

5] House cleaner needed

6] Welcome an Afghan Family to Baltimore!

7] A friend needs a house or an apartment to rent

8] Creative Social Change – Feb. 27

9] Nuclear Remembrance Day – Feb. 27

10] Knock on doors in PG County – Feb. 27 

11] Knock on Doors for Brooke – Feb. 27

12] Global Town Hall – Feb. 27 

13] United against Hate meeting – Feb. 27 

14] Voter Registration Event – Feb. 27

15] PDA Town Hall – Feb. 27

16] Phone bank for Jessica Cisneros – Feb. 27 & 28 and March 1

17] Voter Protection Phonebank – Feb. 27 & 28 and March 1

18] Our Revolution phone banking -- Feb. 20 & 22

19] Pivot to Peace -- Feb. 27 & March 1

20] Protest at the Pentagon – Feb. 28

21] End medical debt – Feb. 28

22] Free all America's political prisoners – Feb. 28

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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are available.  “God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.

2] –To obtain information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.  Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.

3] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary decision-making mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR].  It will be augmented by conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as needed.  It will consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local, regional, or national organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively work to carry out the NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent resistance to U.S. wars.

  To join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and email address to mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.  Different local chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.  

4] – Max is in need of a garage or a storage space.  Any suggestions would be welcome.  Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

5] – Is there a woman in the Baltimore area who does house cleaning?  This assignment would be on an irregular basis with several hours per week.  Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

6] – St. Matthew, Blessed Sacrament, and the IOSC are partnering to welcome an Afghan Family to Baltimore! Are you interested in serving our new immigrant family? If you are interested, you will be trained in how you may serve, you will be guided and scheduled at your convenience by the Lead volunteer coordinator, you may also make donations through the IOSC to assist the family in the transition process in order to: Purchase food & Purchase clothes for winter and other necessities. Contact the IOSC at info@IOSCbaltimore.org, call the office at 410-323-8564 and leave a message for Nathalie.

7] – 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.

8] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21218, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion at 10:30 AM.  On Sun., Feb. 27, the subject is “Creative Social Change.”  In two nonconsecutive terms as mayor of Bogata, Columbia, starting in 1995, Antanas Mockus used non-traditional cultural and creative methods to induce positive social change. From hiring mimes to improve crosswalk safety to melting down guns to make baby spoons, Mockus motivated and unified his constituents. Today, when the U.S. ship of state threatens to run aground on the shoals of social anger and political division, do we need to think outside the box like Mockus? Hugh Taft-Morales explores whether unusual public interventions might help Americans find a way forward together. He serves as Leader of the Philadelphia Ethical Society and the Baltimore Ethical Society and is a member of the Ethical Action Committee of the American Ethical Union (AEU). Email PRESIDENT@BMORETHICAL.ORG for ZOOM login information.

9] – Basel Peace Office [info@baselpeaceoffice.org] is hosting an event on Mon., Feb. 28 at 10 AM ET in commemoration of Nuclear Remembrance Day and World Future Day.  Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-q9MrFS7QSSQUEFAzRQBEQ.

10] – Knock on doors for Brooke in Prince Georges County on Sun., Feb. 27 at 11 AM to 2 PM ET and 2 to 5 PM ET. Talk with your neighbors about electing Democrats up and down the ballot in 2022. Meet at Starbucks, 9100 Alaking Court, Capitol Heights 20743. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/442693/.

11] – There is a Literature Drop for Brooke in Montgomery County on Sundays from 2 to 4 PM EST starting at Panera Bread, 8541 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring 20910. Join a canvass 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 will need to knock on doors! This will continue through April. 24.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/397526/?followup_modal_context=email_post_shift_future_timeslots_other_events.

12] – Metta Spencer [project@tosavetheworld.ca] is inviting you on Sun., Feb. 27 from 2 to 4 PM ET to attend a Global Town Hall hosted by the Project Save the World.  Go to https://zoom.us/j/9108970203. On the last Sunday of every month, there is an open meeting on Zoom for activists worldwide who are addressing issues of militarism (especially nuclear weapons), global warming, famine, pandemics, radioactive contamination, and/or cyber risks. See https://tosavetheworld.ca.  Project Save the World is sponsored by Peace Magazine.

13] – Join the February United Against Hate meeting on Sun., Feb. 27 at 2 PM ET via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9132004856.  Hear from a Canadian antifascist organizer about the far-right truckers' mobilizations at the border, where MAGA racists and open neo-Nazis came together on an anti-vaccine anti-Covid lockdown conspiracy platform. The so-called "freedom convoy" was opposed by the Teamsters union, and 90% of Canadian truckers are vaccinated. Also hear about the inspiring union-backed counter-protests that happened in Vancouver and Ottawa. Then Clare will talk about the far-right and the fascist forces in Ukraine. Despite Putin's lies about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine as justification for the invasion, there seems to be a fascist movement there that will be only strengthened by this war. Putin's ties to the far-right in Russia are well known. And of course, there is a fascist and a Nazi movement in the USA.  Dos this allow another country to invade Baltimore? And lastly, discuss possible participation in the US for the World against Racism International day of action on March 19th.

14] – Get involved with a Black History Month Virtual Voter Registration Event -- When We All Vote on Sun., Feb. 27 from 2 to 3 PM EST.  Black Women in Europe and The Voices for Change Chapter of When We All Vote are hosting a Virtual Voter Registration Drive for Black History Month!  Learn how you can register to vote, update your voter registration, check your voter registration status and more! Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82350706559?pwd=OGFnclQ2RmM3U0F2Q2p6c3A4d2Y3dz09. Check out https://weall.vote/bhmvote.

15] – The Progressive Democrats of America National Team [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to attend a Town Hall on Sun., Feb. 27 at 4 PM ET. As Russia's invasion of Ukraine is rightly being condemned around the world, it seems a good moment to consider the United States' relations with its neighbors. Discuss three important and timely PDA initiatives: help build a powerful anti-war peace movement; support for Starbucks workers who are organizing to win union representation at their stores, along with workers who have been locked out at Collins Aerospace; and do a final push in support of Jessica Cisneros and Greg Casar in the Texas primary on Tuesday.

  A panel on Puerto Rico begins promptly at 5 PM ET. It features one of the national co-chairs of the 2020 Bernie Sanders campaign, former Mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin-Cruz. Joining Carmen will be Rafael Bernabe, member of the Puerto Rican Senate, and Adrian Gonzalez, the organizational secretary of the PR Independence Party. Go to https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4.

16] – On Sun., Feb. 27 from 4 to 6 PM, Mon., Feb. 28 from 6 to 8 PM, Tues., March 1 from 3 to 5 PM and Tues., March 1 from 5 to 8 PM EST, phone bank for Green New Deal champion Jessica Cisneros, running in Texas’ 28th Congressional district!  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/sunrise2022/event/428089/?emci=f9a40066-778e-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&emdi=968f5385-7b8e-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&ceid=177631.

17] – Join in on Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause on Sun., Feb. 27 from 2 to 4 PM and from 6 to 8 PM ET, Mon., Feb. 28 from 4 to 6 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET and Tues., March 1 from 4 to 6 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.

18] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] hopes you can volunteer to phone bank to get out the vote in Texas with early voting underway and Election Day around the corner on March 1st. Join the Phonebank Force to maximize impact at the polls! Make Calls to Elect Progressive Champions in Texas on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The next dates are Sun., Feb. 27 from 4:30 to 8:30 PM and Tues., March 1 from 10 AM to 8 PM ET.  Register at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/438475/?akid=2604.8252965.rhHHLt&rd=1&t=13.

19] – Elizaveta Kupriyanova, Massachusetts Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] is hosting on Sun., Feb. 27 at 9 PM ET The Shanghai Communiqué: Key to Peace - Pivot to Peace/CODEPINK Webinar. Join Pivot to Peace and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for a conversation with Xiangyu, K.J. Noh, Col. Ann Wright and Lauren from CODEPINK to better understand the Taiwan issue and how the U.S. can avoid war with China over Taiwan. Register at https://www.codepink.org/022722.

20] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop.  The next vigil is Feb. 28 and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649.  The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro.  By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr.,  and there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begins at 8 AM.  No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.  

21] – End Medical Debt Maryland [info@sg.actionnetwork.org] wants you to be heard on Mon., Feb. 28 from 8 AM to 3 PM ET.  Stand up for justice for Maryland patients. The Maryland House Health and Government Operations (HGO) Committee will hear a bill that would require hospitals to reimburse low-income patients they’ve overcharged for care. House Bill 694 is a response to a state agency report that in 2017 & 2018, Maryland hospitals collected an estimated $60 million each year from low-income patients who should have received free healthcare. Help tell the committee you won’t stand for theft from working Marylanders.  Community members who support justice for hospital patients can upload written testimony supporting HB 694 directly to the Maryland General Assembly website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/?link_id=6&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-new-bill-to-reimburse-hospital-patients-2&email_referrer=email_1458665&email_subject=this-monday-make-your-voice-heard.  Remember, the testimony has to be in PDF format — and don’t forget to hit “Save” after you upload!  Once you have your document saved as a PDF, you can upload it to the MGA website on Monday starting at 8 AM. The submission window closes promptly at 3 PM. 

22] –  Join CODEPINK and its partners on Mon., Feb. 28 at noon to demand the Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, DC 20530, free all America's political prisoners. Hear inspiring speakers, and demand justice for all nonviolent victims of the violent empire. Email Olivia at olivia@codepink.org. Register at https://www.codepink.org/20220228?utm_campaign=dc_alert_feb25&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink.

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