68] Canvass for June 18 – May 27
69] Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker at the White House – May 13
70] DNC
National Call Crew – May 27 & 28
71] Door Knocking for Brooke
– May 27 & 28
72] Friends of Logan Endow Canvass – May 27 – 28
73] Voter
Protection Phonebanks – May 27 and 28
74] Remember the War Dead-- May 27 and 28
75] Meet Brooke – May 27
76] Day
of Action for Brooke – May 28
77] Get over to the food pantry – May 28
78] Phone bank to elect climate champions – May 28
79] Primary
Rally – May 28
80] Brendan Walls is seeking a
home/apartment to rent
81] Tell
JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
82]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
83] Do you need a doctor?
84]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
85]
Do
you need any book shelves?
86] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
87] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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68] – The
Maryland Poor Peoples Campaign is engaged in canvassing until June 13 to
promote the rally on June 18. On Fri.,
May 27 from 11 AM to 3 PM, meet at Sligo Park Hills, 108 Schuyler Road in
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.
69] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., May 27 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
70] – Make Calls virtually with the DNC National Call Crew through Tuesday, May 31. Call voters in battleground states to build strength for the 2022 Midterms. Please email digitalorganizing@dnc.org. Sign up for calls on Fri., May 13 and Sat., May 14. 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. On Sat., May 14, the times are 2 to 3 PM, 3 to 4 PM, 4 to 5 PM, 5 to 6 PM. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/388091/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
71] –Do Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood from 2 to 4 PM ET on Fri., May 27 and Sat., May 28. This event’s address is private. Sign up for more details. 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. This will continue through June 19. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/449990/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.
72] – Join the Friends of Logan Endow Canvass on Fri., May 27 from 4 to 6 PM and 6 to 8 PM, Sat., May 28 from 10 AM to noon, noon to 2 PM, 2 to 4 PM, 4 to 6 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET. The Canvass will continue through May 31. Email malcolm@progressivemaryland.org. This event’s address is private, but you can sign up for more details: https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemarylandneweraproject/event/449919/?followup_modal_context=newsletter. The election season is here! Come join the Friends of Logan Endow to canvass the district! New canvassers are welcome and will be trained before going out.
73] – Get involved with Voter Protection Phonebanks with Common Cause to demand bold changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not big corporations or special interests. On Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, call voters in Connecticut to connect them to Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney’s office to urge him to pass state voting legislation. On Thursdays and Fridays, call voters in Pennsylvania to recruit them for election protection work in their state. These phone banks are subject to change. On Fri., May 27 from 4 to 6 PM, and Sat., May 28 from noon to 2 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.
74] – This Memorial Day Weekend REMEMBER ALL the WAR DEAD! NO more WARs/STOP LOCKHEED MARTIN, world’s #1 war profiteer. Gather on Fri., May 27 at 4 PM at the 30th Street SEPTA Train Station, 30th & Market Streets, Philadelphia. On Sat., May 28 at 2 PM, be at Lockheed Martin, Mall & Goddard Boulevards, King of Prussia, PA (behind the King of Prussia Mall). May these words from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., accepting his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, be our tearful prayer for all those dead in Buffalo, New York, and all those who suffer the violence and racism of a society at war with itself and with much of the world. May we act for peace, not wiping away our tears until Dr. King's commitment is ours: "I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among [all people]." Go to www.brandywinepeace.com or call (215) 843-4827.
75] – Meet Brooke at 401 Delaware Ave., Towson on Fri., May 27 at 5:30 PM. Brooke Lierman, a current State Delegate and candidate for Maryland Comptroller! Brooke, will discuss the importance of the role of Comptroller and her vision for the office, answer your questions, and listen to your ideas. This is a great opportunity to learn about this important statewide race! Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/455285/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.
76] – On Sat., May 28 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM ET, join a Day of Action - Knock with Team Lierman and District 40 Team! Start at the Team 40 Campaign Office, 940 Madison Ave., Baltimore. Join Brooke Lierman and the District 40 Team (Sen. Hayes, Del. Wells, Del. Amprey, and Del. Conaway) to canvass the voters in the 40th district! Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/458056/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.
77] – On Sat., May 14 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.
78] – Anthony Field [anthony@chesapeakeclimate.org] wants your help on Sat., May 28 from 1 to 3 PM ET. Phone bank to elect climate champions in Maryland. Visit https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/464387/?referring_vol=4332328&rname=Anthony&share_context=event_details&share_medium=copy_link. The phone banking will happen on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays! You can do it virtually or in-person If desired! The CCAN Action Fund is hosting multiple phone banks (and other actions) to encourage voters to vote for its endorsed climate candidates! CCAN Action Fund has endorsed candidates for their demonstrated commitment to supporting climate justice legislation including the Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2019 and the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. We are also endorsing candidates who have pledged to support legislation to reach 100% clean electricity by 2035 (without incentives for trash incineration), investment in underserved communities, increase access to clean transportation, and include strong labor provisions for clean-energy projects. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/464387.
79] – Jared Schablein [admin@lowershoreprogressives.com] hopes you will attend on Sat., May 28 from 1 to 3 PM ET the Lower Shore Progressive Caucus Primary Rally With its Endorsed Candidates. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/johnkingforgovernor/event/462812/. The event will take place at The Hawks' Corner located on 11761 Somerset Ave., Princess Anne 21853 for a GOTV RALLY.
80] – 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. Reach Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski 2001 at comcast dot net.
81] -- 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.
82] – 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.
83] – 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.
84] -- 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.
85] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
86] -- 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.
87] – 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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