Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 1 - 4, 2022

28] Promote June 18 – June 1

29] Make Calls with the DNC National Call Crew – June 1 – 4

30] PPP Profiteers – June 1

31] Social Media webinar – June 1

32] Door knocking for Brooke – June 1 - 4

33] Planning call for the January 6 Hearings – June 1

34] Human Rights Campaign Membership Town Hall – June 1

35] Venezuelan Feminist Tour -- June 1

36] Our Revolution phone bank – June 1 & 2

37] Film Suppressed and Sabotaged 2022 – June 1

38] Meet the new State Superintendent of Maryland public schools. – June 1

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28] – The Maryland Poor Peoples Campaign is engaged in canvassing until June 13 to promote the rally on June 18.  On Wed., June 1 from 11 AM to 3 PM, meet at Goodacre Apartments, 8619 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring. Continue to prepare for June 18 by distributing flyers while knocking on hundreds of doors in Montgomery County. Sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckz4vUWVHE7jvVWg0dQi_pA3sypX2Muz8dnKuhUTrccGqfKw/viewform.

29] – Make Calls virtually with the DNC National Call Crew through June 30.  Call voters in battleground states to build strength for the 2022 Midterms. Please email digitalorganizing@dnc.org. Sign up for calls on Wed., June 1, Thurs., June 2, Fri., June 3 and Sat., June 4. 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. For a training, sign up at https://events.democrats.org/event/440875/. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/388091/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.

30] –Americans for Financial Reform [info@ourfinancialsecurity.org] is hosting a webinar to find out to fight back against PPP profiteers on Wed., June 1 at 1 PM ET. Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, the disproportionate impact of job losses on minority and low-wage workers was well-documented with Black and Latino communities facing the brunt of unemployment and a slower jobs recovery. At the same time, Black and women-owned businesses were disproportionately shut out of the early rounds of funding provided by the Paycheck Protection Program, which was supposed to support small businesses through the pandemic but failed to ensure that the businesses most in need received an equitable distribution of funds.  As minimum and low-wage workers were being deemed “essential” and forced to work without adequate personal protection equipment (PPE), major corporations and luxury brands were taking billions of dollars in government aid they didn’t need and spent it on stock buybacks, stockholder dividends, and executive bonuses.  Join the webinar to hear about the report, Lessons Learned from the PPP: A Way Forward for an Equitable COVID Recovery, which looks over the successes and failures of the Paycheck Protection Program developed by Congress to help small businesses and their workers survive the pandemic.  RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__FY1QoVOSkuWb3aHKPaFwg.

31] – Alex Jasset [ajasset@psr-la.org] wants your participation in the Back from the Brink Social Media Collaboratory on Wed., June 1 at 2 PM ET! Staff from the Poor People’s Campaign will join the meeting and talk about social media promotion. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2170545140. 

32] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood on Wed., June 1, Thurs., June 2, Fri., June 3 and Sat., June 4 from 2 to 4 PM ET!  This event’s address is private. Sign up for the details: https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/449990/?followup_modal_context=newsletter. Canvass in your community and share Brooke's vision to transform the Comptroller's office to work for every Marylander. YOU CAN DO THIS ON YOUR OWN TIME, SELECTING A DATE IS REQUIRED TO USE THIS FORM. YOU CAN KNOCK WHENEVER WORKS FOR YOU. Once you sign up the team will follow up with everything you need to knock on doors including materials, a t-shirt, stickers, and a quick training.

33] – On Wednesdays, June 1 and June 8 from 4 to 5 PM ET, join a planning call for the January 6 Hearings. Trump Republicans are waging an ongoing campaign to sabotage American elections and attack our freedom to vote. They engaged in a criminal conspiracy that almost overturned the 2020 election and incited the violent attack on our country on January 6th. The House committee charged with investigating the January 6th attack is preparing for public hearings to expose the full scope of anti-democratic forces in this country. Discuss how to hold a watch event and help make sure these hearings break through the busy news cycle and reach the general public.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/457173/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.

34] – The Human Rights Campaign is holding a Membership Town Hall on Wed., June 1 at 6 PM ET. Kick off Pride season by celebrating the annual Membership Appreciation Day with a special group of panelists.  RSVP at https://act.hrc.org/page/106596/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=em_cul_0524922&ea.url.id=5913593. Email hrc@hrc.org.

35] – On Wed., June 1 from 6 to 7:30 PM ET, hear about a Venezuelan Feminist Tour in D.C. The DSA International Committee and CODEPINK are teaming up to host three Venezuelan feminist activists, Mónica M., Anggie H. and Yolimar M., to the United States to discuss the impact of illegal US sanctions against their country and how they disproportionately hurt women and children. Masks are required at the Mt. Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW, WDC 20010. CONTACT Leonardo Flores at Leonardo@codepink.org. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/venezueladelegation_dc?utm_campaign=dc_alert_may30&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink.

36] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] would like you to phone bank on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET. There are more than 8 million voters across the country who identify as progressive. These numbers suggest progressives can win at every level of government, but the voters must go to the polls! Sign up to join the Our Revolution phone bank force at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/440081/?akid=2556.8252965.t1Ai8m&rd=1&t=11. Sign up for Wed., June 1 and Thurs., June 2.

37] – The Takoma Park Mobilization [info@tpmobilization.org] hopes you will show up on Wed., June 1 from 6:45 to 8:45 PM ET for  an advanced viewing of Suppressed and Sabotaged 2022, a documentary by Brave New Films that raises public awareness of the alarming ways that efforts to suppress the vote and overturn election results are threatening our democracy.  See the film at the AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Register at https://tinyurl.com/39w9nauc.

  The screening (film is 43 minutes long) will be followed by a panel discussion and Q & A. The panel member are Ronnie Galvin (Managing Director for Community Investment, Greater Washington Community Foundation) will be moderating the panel discussion featuring Yanet Amanuel (Director of Public Policy, ACLU MD), Joanne Antoine (Executive Director, Common Cause, MD) and Will Wilder (Singer Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice). This is a FREE event and fundraiser, so please consider donating when you register.

38] – The ACLU-MD [info@aclu-md.org] wants your company on Wed., June 1 at 6:45 PM ET so that you can share your thoughts with Maryland’s top education official. Help transform public education for Maryland immigrants.

Meet with the new State Superintendent of Maryland public schools, Mohammed Choudhury. He wants to hear directly from you. Sign up at https://www.aclu-md.org/en/events/transforming-public-education-maryland-immigrants-and-english-language-learners-listening?initms_aff=md&initms_chan=eml&initms=220506_affcampaign_education_sail&ms_aff=md&ms_chan=eml&ms=220506_affcampaign_education_sail&utm_medium=eml&utm_source=sail&utm_campaign=affcampaign&utm_content=220506_civilliberties_education.

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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