Thursday, March 3, 2022

Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 4 - 5, 2022

70] Climate chaos at International Court of Justice – March 4

71] White House peace vigil – March 4

72] DNC National Call Crew – March 4 & 5

73] Fire Drill Friday – March 4

74] Reach Out for Peace – March 4

75] Reentry Work Group – March 4

76] Knock on doors for Brooke – March 5

77] Knock on doors for Brooke – March 5

78] Get over to the food pantry March 5

79] Meet Brooke in Prince George's County -- March 5

80] Our Revolution Montgomery County Meeting – March 5

81] Voter Protection Phone banks with Common Cause – March 5

82] Candlelight Prayer Vigil – March 5

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

84] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

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

86] Do you need a doctor?

87] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

88] Do you need any book shelves?

89] Join the Global Zero campaign.

90] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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70] – UNFOLD ZERO [info@unfoldzero.org] on Fri., March 4 at 10 AM is stating it is Time for legal action. "Humanity has a brief and rapidly closing window to avoid a hotter, deadly future", says the U.N. Climate Report released earlier this week (Feb 28, 2022). Business as usual is not good enough. It's time for the International Court of Justice to establish a firm legal responsibility of the global community to prevent a climate disaster and to protect the human rights of current and future generations. Climate chaos does not pause for armed conflict.  The Russian invasion of Ukraine has drained political attention and civil society from the existential threat to humanity of climate change. This is understandable as people's lives are on the line right now in Ukraine. But it is also unfortunate. Climate change continues to get worse. Take a short break from peace and anti-war actions to join the next webinar in the series on taking climate change to the International Court of Justice. Sign up at http://baselpeaceoffice.org/article/world-court-and-climate-change-roads-and-bridges.

71] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., March 4 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

72] – Make Calls virtually with the DNC National Call Crew – on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call voters in battleground states to build strength for the 2022 Midterms. Please email digitalorganizing@dnc.org. Sign up for calls on Fri., March 4 and Sat., March 5. The times are 2 to 3 PM, 3 to 4 PM, 4 to 5 PM, 5 to 6 PM, 6 to 7 PM, and 7 to 8 PM EDT. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/388091/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.  

73] – Jane Fonda for Greenpeace [info@greenpeaceusa.org] is reminding you about Fire Drill Friday on March 4 at 2 PM ET. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1820157215041116/?emci=23adae32-8e99-ec11-a507-281878b80eda&emdi=147d56e6-639a-ec11-a22a-281878b85110&ceid=1705696.  Jane will be sharing an important announcement about how to directly tackle the most insidious barrier to U.S. climate action—the influence of fossil fuel money in our politics. Hear how people-powered political organizations that can serve as a direct counterforce to the fossil fuel industry and rid our government of representatives who fail to take a stand on climate at a scale and ambition aligned with what the science demands. On this episode of Fire Drill Fridays, Jane and her guests Piper Perabo and Ariel Hayes will discuss the next steps in the plan to defeat fossil fuel supporters and elect climate champions at all levels of government.   See www.firedrillfridays.com/events.

74] – The Brandywine Peace Community invites you at 4 PM ET on Fri., March 4 to 'Reach-Out' for peace in this dangerous time. NO-WAR Philly is doing Reach-Outs for Peace in Ukraine.  On Friday, be at the corner of City & Monument Avenues, in front of WPVI – ABC channel 6. Visit www.brandywinepeace.com or call Bob at 215-843-4827.

75] – Progressive Maryland’s Reentry Work Group is asking the question Reentry: Where Do You Stand? Of candidates for state and local office in this year’s elections. Join on Zoom on Fri., March 4 from 6 to 7:30 PM will feature candidates for Prince George’s County Council Districts 1–3. Register here to attend this week’s Reentry Candidate Forums. https://secure.everyaction.com/5csW_dapMkenSZ-QvfK9pg2?emci=1f93b3bb-ec98-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&emdi=ce593161-f498-ec11-a507-281878b83d8a&ceid=136680.  This will continue through March 25. 

76] --On Sat., March 5 from 10:30 AM to noon ET, knock on doors for Brooke Lierman for Comptroller in Baltimore County starting at 3820 Fernside Road, Randallstown 21133.  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! https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/397538/.

77] – On Sat., March 5 from noon to 3 PM ET, there is a Day of Action:   Knock on Doors with Team Lierman & Team 14! (Montgomery County) starting at Paint Branch High School, 14121 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville 20866. Share Brooke & Team 14's vision with voters! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/443002/?followup_modal_context=email_shift_followup_other_events.

78] – On Sat.,  Mar. 5 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.

79] – Meet Brooke in Prince George's County at Panera Bread, 10531 Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy., Bowie 20720 on Sat., March 5 from 12:30 to 1:30 PM to hear from Brooke Lierman, a current State Delegate and candidate for Maryland Comptroller!  Go to https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/443632/?followup_modal_context=email_shift_followup_other_events.

80] -- On Sat., March 5 from 1 to 2:30 PM ET, take in the Our Revolution Montgomery County Chapter Meeting virtually. At the top of the agenda will be a discussion of the endorsement process and an exciting new project for members to really get involved soon in supporting endorsed candidates. Do a deep dive on the new districts, and on campaign financing.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/443527/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type.

81] – Join in on Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause on Sat., March 5 from noon to 2 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.

82] –   On Sat., March 5 join a Candlelight Prayer Vigil, immediately after the 4 PM Divine Liturgy at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church.  The idea is to pray for the successful end of war against Ukraine. The church is located at 3401 Eastern Ave., Baltimore 21224.Call 410-675-7557 or go to https://www.facebook.com/stmichaelukrainianbaltimore/.  

  The next Pyrohy/Pierogi & Ukrainian Food Sale will happen on Sat., April 9 from 10 AM to noon. Pre-orders accepted through the deadline date of Sun., April 3 at 5 PM prior to sale's day. Submit your order to baltimorepierogi@gmail.com. 

83] – 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.

84] -- 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.

 85] – 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. 

86] 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.  

87] -- 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.

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

89] -- 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.

90] – 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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