Baltimore Activist Alert -- August 2 - 7, 2022

25] We are all Organizers – Aug. 2

26] Nuclear war with Russia or China? – Aug. 2

27] Voter Protection Phone banks with Common Cause – Aug. 2, 5 and 7

28] Tell Putin stop the killing – Aug. 2

29] Build coalition of community organizers – Aug. 2

30] Our Revolution phone bank – August 2, 3 and 4

31] Campaign Camp – Aug. 2

32] Make calls for Beto – Aug. 2, 5 and 6

33] Americans United for Separation of Church and State -- Aug. 2

34] Resisting the War Industry on Campus – Aug. 2

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25] –On Tues., Aug. 2 from 2 to 3:30 PM and 7:30 to 9 PM ET,  the Democratic National Committee has put together We Are All Organizers: Community Organizing Training. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/404981/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.  Learn how to organize in your community.  Community organizing focuses on the most important tools at our disposal: our relationships and our ability to talk with one another about things that matter. Go over the best ways to make a difference, and how to be a leader and organize in your community. You will receive a link to join on Zoom closer to the day-of.

26] – alnet@mindspring.com] is hosting on Tues., Aug. 2 at 3 PM ET a webinar: What could trigger a nuclear war with Russia and China? It will feature Bruce Gagnon. Register at https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-what-could-trigger-nuclear-war-with-russia-and-china?clear_id=true.

27] – Join the Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause to work together to demand bold changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not big corporations or special interests. Call voters in New Hampshire to connect them with Gov. Sununu and encourage him to veto SB 418 and voters in Michigan to recruit them for events happening around their state. These phone banks are subject to change based on variables outside of our control (i.e. a Senator's mailbox is full).  On Sundays, call voters in Michigan to recruit them for events happening around their state. On Tuesdays (in partnership with Newburyport Indivisible-RISE), call New Hampshire voters to connect them with Gov. Sununu and encourage him to veto SB 418.  On Fridays, there will be the Our Democracy phone bank. These shifts also always will include training for first-timers before you make calls! On Tues., Aug. 2 from 4 to 6 PM ET and Fri., Aug. 5 from 4 to 6 PM ET and Sun., Aug. 7 from 6 to 8 PM ET. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.

28] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Aug. 2 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM ET for joining the CODEPINK call for support demonstrations for the people of Ukraine.  Gather at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout Europe.  Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons.  Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant.    People who believe in peace and justice should come forward and take the risks of peace. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.

29] – Hello Democrats!! Join in on Tues., Aug. 2 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET to start building a coalition of community organizers and grassroots activists to win big all throughout the country, up and down the ballot in 2022. Help build political and organizing homes while registering people to vote all over the country. This training is convening with other leaders across the country for a barnstorm-style training to provide the resources needed to get your community activated. Review this toolkit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kk1lAetyVSVE3l7cXRcWrUX1Mkplo_pZ/edit.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/478298/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.

30] –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. Phone on Aug. 2, 3 or 4.

31] – The Working Families Party [reply@workingfamilies.org] is embarking on a Campaign Camp on Tuesdays and Thursdays designed to provide grassroots organizers and activists with the tools they need to win elections and continue fighting for the poor, the working class, and the marginalized in moments like this. Participate on Tues., Aug. 2 and Thurs., Aug. 4 from 7 to 9 PM ET on progressive campaigns and direct voter contact.  Visit https://secure.everyaction.com/sTub-C080067R7_7uoyFVQ2?utm_source=NatEmail&link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1593510&email_subject=join-us-at-wfp-campaign-camp. Sign up at wfpus.org/campaigncamp. If you have any questions, email deasterday@workingfamilies.org.

32] – Beto for Texas [info@betoorourke.com] needs your help phone banking to help elect a new governor in Texas.  Sign up for a shift on Tues., Aug. 2 from 7 to 9:30 PM, Fri., Aug. 5 from 6 to 7:30 PM and Sat., Aug. 6 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM ET. Help make direct, personal contact with as many Texans as we can. You can join in from anywhere. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/438569/?utm_source=ema20220727-200206.

33] – The Maryland Chapter Monthly Meeting of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State will happen on Tues., Aug. 2 from 7:30 to 8:30 PM EDT. This is an all-volunteer led group of dedicated individuals working to protect the country's founding principle of church-state separation. It meets monthly to discuss the latest news and to plan events. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/444394/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type.

34] – Massachusetts Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] is hosting on Tues., Aug. 2 at 8 PM ET Resisting the War Industry on Campus.  Across the country students are coming together to oppose their universities' connections to fossil fuel companies, corporations tied to incarceration, and the WAR INDUSTRY. Learn about making contact with these groups and working in solidarity. Lillian Mauldin is the founder of Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, a growing cohort of scholars, students and activists committed to producing quality research on international weapons sales and advocating for corporate and government divestment from war. Their main focus has been on divestment of war company holdings of the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company (UTIMCO), the largest public endowment fund in the U.S. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpfu2spzwvE91gabi2aREabaWuqd44nOuT?emci=2bc9d01a-160d-ed11-b47a-281878b83d8a&emdi=198dfe91-7d0e-ed11-b47a-281878b83d8a&ceid=269591.

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