Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 15 -18, 2022

32] Demand permanent protection for DACA recipients – June 15

33] Justice and peace between Palestinians and Israelis – June 15

34] Celebrate opening of the Jamal Khashoggi Way – June 15

35] Make Calls with the DNC National Call Crew – June 15 – 18

36] Door knocking for Brooke – June 15 - 18

37] Congressional Briefing – June 15

38] Realize the Nuclear Ban – June 15

39] ICAN in Vienna – June 15

40] Maryland Legislative Redistricting – June 15

41] Meet a gun violence activist and future Squad Member – June 15

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32] –United We Dream Action [info@uwdaction.org] wants you to know the group is taking virtual action on Wed., June 15. Wednesday marks 10 years since immigrant youth won DACA.  Take action on June 15th to bring the demand for permanent protections for all 11 million directly to Congress & the Biden Administration. YOU can take action by signing up at https://unitedwedreamaction.org/the-squad/?source=email_06.13_Yazmin&link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1574159___subject_2038858&email_subject=heres-how-im-taking-action-on-wednesday.

33] – Friends of Sabeel North America [friends@fosna.org] hopes you will attend on Wed., June 15 at noon ET: The Truth Shall Set You Free. In the struggle for justice and peace between Palestinians and Israelis, the TRUTH and truth-telling is perhaps the most important weapon. Catch How To Think About Converting an Apartheid Regime into a Democratic State: A Conversation with Jonathan Kuttab. Join Robert Herbst from the Israeli Committee against Home Demolitions-USA for what promises to be an engaging conversation with human rights lawyer and FOSNA Executive Director Jonathan Kuttab. Robert Herbst is a civil rights lawyer, co-chair of the ICAHD-USA board, and a member of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and the Westchester, New York, Peace and Action Coalition (WESPAC). Register at https://fosna.nationbuilder.com/r?u=iKj5iuxBXy-0B6ifolAJk-7Mb6lE5uIHFHjDzmPEvfbt0gQ_pRZt1EzJa1Eo1GVAvPMZKgpCkR4E6pQCqQJ3nNQ6xWpD1sFsNxb0MFSzRg62qMVBU-ke9nL2NyaOF1uYbiK2D8QC7_79X0JjbKguFBSy6lLIp0fxRKgP-0tzuMbe7wvs7o3RWyzgU3U8iunGYxSxEVBpneLl0sepYQKiYhpS2gWo9SL8Dn3txOEQATCT27AwL7V6Q5euX7KSOt7MND_MD8KOjlfKNksb7x9YsGL5y8OBQP-HozC2x-9jJxwNlZSEG5uHlLam9h3sm1xxkF4NU7yceGOFm9VLKX9rjQ&e=63c44389e32dff42840fd946fb089e7d&utm_source=fosna&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_truth_shall_set_you_free&n=10.

34] –Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist, was murdered in 2018 shortly after entering a Saudi embassy in Istanbul. The Committee to Protect Journalists has described Jamal's killing as "the result of elaborate planning involving extensive coordination and significant human and financial resources.” The opening of the Jamal Khashoggi Way is one step in the direction of #JusticeForJamal.  Come celebrate it with CODEPINK on Wed., June 15 from 1 to 3 PM ET at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 601 New Hampshire Ave. NW, WDC 20037. Email Olivia at olivia@codepink.org.  RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/khashoggi_way_06152022?utm_campaign=dc_ppc_june_12&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink.

35] – 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 15, Thurs., June 16, Fri., June 17 and Sat., June 18. 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.

36] – Do Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood from 2 to 4 PM ET on Wed., June 15, Thurs., June 16, Fri., June 17 and Sat.., June 18. 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.

37] – The Congressional Briefing that Institute for Policy Studies is co-hosting will run from 4 to 5:30 PM ET on Wed.; June 15 will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/anewppc. Faith-Based and Community Leaders from Across the Country to Brief Congressional Progressive Caucus, Majority Leader Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity & Other Members of Congress on Urgent Call for Policies that Meet the Needs of the 140 Million Poor and Low-Wealth People in America.  The briefing will take place in the Longworth House Office Building, Room 1539.  Present will be U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (CA-13),  Chair of the Majority Leader Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity and U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17). Many will testify, including Bishop William J. Barber, II, and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, National Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign.

38] – 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 15 and Thurs., June 16.  

39] – Helena, Just World Ed [helena@justworldeducational.org]is holding a conversation on Wed., June 15 at 7 PM ET about The Urgency of Banning Nukes. The schedule will have an event every Wednesday at 7 PM ET, and every Saturday, starting at noon ET. Registration for these webinars is required. Please register at bit.ly/Ban-nukes-convos. Registration for any one session gives you access to all the others in this series. Dr. Ivana Nikolic Hughes is the incoming President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. She will be the guest in the webinar on Wed., June 15 at 7 PM ET.  On Thursday, Ivana will be heading for the series of meetings that ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and the U.N. Office of Disarmament Affairs will be holding in Vienna next week, in connection with the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In the webinar Wednesday evening, she'll be talking about the expectations for this inaugural MSP gathering-- and also about role in the whole TPNW process of those numerous states of the Global South that have been the main victims of nuclear-weapons testing by the United States and other nuclear -weapons states.

40] – Get over to Maryland Legislative Redistricting on Wed., June 15 from 7:30 to 8:30 PM ET. The recently concluded state-level redistricting process has provided Maryland residents with new district boundaries across the state. Join Jews United for Justice, the Baltimore Jewish Council, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County to learn more about the redistricting process and what it means moving forward. This event will include an overview of the new state legislative district maps and why it matters. Joanne Antoine from Common Cause Maryland will be the guest speaker. You will receive call-in instructions via email after you RSVP at https://jufj.org/event/md-redistricting/?utm_campaign=bmore&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=ea&emci=cbfdb51b-69dc-ec11-b656-281878b8c32f&emdi=07ce1dac-6ddc-ec11-b656-281878b8c32f&ceid=3403859.

41] –Mike Fox for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] thinks you will be interested in meeting gun violence activist and future Squad Member Maxwell Alejandro Frost on Wed., June 15 at 9 PM ET. PDA-endorsed candidate for Congress Maxwell Alejandro Frost started his activism at age 15 after the Parkland shooting in Florida. He's seen the carnage at the Pulse Nightclub in his hometown of Orlando, and he recently was a survivor of gun violence, himself. Besides being a genuinely caring person with love in his heart and who scores 100% on our progressive stances, this issue is of special salience for him, and he's the type of leader who won't be afraid to stand up to power, as was shown in his recent face-off with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.  Register here to get your secure code: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqfu-vqDsoH93arVZOYiPsnCx5oLQqa-Ub.

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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