Baltimore Activist Alert -- August 5 - 9, 2022

56] Knock on doors for Brooke – Aug. 5 - 6

57] Fashion, faith and justice – Aug. 5

58] Dorothy Day Catholic Worker at the White House – Aug. 5

59] Media training for health care activists – Aug. 5

60] Make Calls with the DNC National Call Crew – Aug. 5 - 6

61] Fire Drill Friday -- Aug. 5

62] Voter Protection Phone banks – Aug. 5, 7 & 9

63] Phone bank for Beto – Aug. 5 & 6

64] Baltimore Ceasefire 365 – Aug. 5

65] Write letters for Beto – Aug. 5, 7 & 9

66] Nagasaki Day Zoom meeting – Aug. 5

67] Eliminate Nukes, Not Life on Earth.  – Aug. 5

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56] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood, hosted by Brooke Lierman for Comptroller.  Sign up for Fri., Aug. 5, and Sat., Aug 6.  The door knocking takes place from 10 AM to 8 PM ET.  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. Once you sign up, the team will follow up with everything you will need to knock doors including materials, a t-shirt, stickers, and a quick training. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/484676/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_custom_marketing.

57] – Sojourners [sojoaction@sojo.net] hopes you will attend on Fri., Aug. 5 at noon ET for Network call: Fashion, faith, and justice.  This conversation Clothed in Glory: Gender Justice Conversation will take place each First Friday.  On the monthly call, learn about fashion as a way to live out one’s faith and strengthen social justice actions.  Visit https://act.sojo.net/page/26935/survey/1?ea.url.id=1368510.

58] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Aug. 5 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

59] – Make Calls virtually with the DNC National Call Crew to voters in battleground states to build strength for the 2022 Midterms. Please email digitalorganizing@dnc.org. Sign up for up to six shifts on Fri., Aug. 5 from 2 to 8 PM ET and eight shifts on Sat., Aug. 6 from noon to 8 PM. 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.

60] – Jane Fonda for Greenpeace USA [info@greenpeaceusa.org] wants you to join in on Fire Drill Friday, Aug. 5 at 2 PM ET.  On this week’s Fire Drill Friday, Jane is joined by Dr. Mustafa Ali and Arlo Hemphill. https://www.facebook.com/events/1130781660805658?emci=7c56b947-7f13-ed11-bd6e-281878b83d8a&emdi=7d830ade-2914-ed11-bd6e-281878b83d8a&ceid=1705696.

61] – 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! Call on Fri., Aug. 5 from 4 to 6 PM, Sun., Aug. 7 from 6 to 8 PM ET, and Tues., Aug. 9 from 4 to 6 PM ET. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.

62] – 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 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.

63] – Join BLMIC on Fri., Aug. 5 from 5 to 6 PM ET at Stony Run Friends Meeting, 5116 Charles St., Baltimore 21210 to support Baltimore Ceasefire 365.  Baltimore Ceasefire is committed to zero murders, healing violence and holding life-affirming events. Contact Black Lives Matter Interfaith Coalition at BLMInterfaithCoalition@gmail.com.

64] – Write Letters for Beto after a virtual training. Letter writing parties are a great opportunity to meet other Beto for Texas volunteers and get trained on the letter writing process. Sign up for Fri., Aug. 5 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET, Sun., Aug. 7 from 3:30 to 5 PM and Tues., Aug. 9 from 7 to 8 PM ET: https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/427673/?utm_source=ema20220628-195998.

65] – For the past 41years, the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area has been organizing for the abolition of nuclear weapons and power and in support of nuclear victims. The group believes that if the world is to avoid repeating the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we must strive to keep alive the memory of the bombings. The atomic bombings serve as a warning to humanity of the genocidal nature of nuclear weapons, and the pressing need for their abolishment. We link our work for nuclear disarmament with our opposition to militarism, oppression, social injustice, and environmental degradation. 

 On Aug. 5 at 7 PM ET [Aug. 6, 8 AM Japan Time], hear from Mary Olson, founder of the Gender and Radiation Impact Project, and long-time anti-nuclear activist. Mary will speak about her life-long work on radiation and human health, especially the disparate effects on women. Mary will be joined by Environmental Health Specialist, Dr. James Wagner, and Nuclear Waste Expert, Diane D’Arrigo of NIRS.

Join the Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86981111526?pwd=M243MmtPY3VJNXpoUkxuZGt2NHp3dz09. Dial by your location -- +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC). The Meeting ID is 869 8111 1526 with a Passcode: 338087.

66] – World BEYOND War [info@worldbeyondwar.org] hopes that on Fri., Aug. 5 from 7 to 9 PM ET, you will come to Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, WDC 20009 for 77 Years Later: Eliminate Nukes, Not Life on Earth.  There is a bevy of speakers including Reiner Braun of International Peace Bureau and Vicki Elson of NuclearBan.us.  Be on time to hear opening song performed live by Richard Ochs! RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/77-years-later-eliminate-nukes-not-life-on-earth?clear_id=true&link_id=8&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-in-dc-on-aug-5-eliminate-nukes-not-life-on-earth-4&email_referrer=email_1612839&email_subject=join-us-at-busboys-and-poets-in-dc-on-august-5.

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