Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 15 - 21, 2022

52] Knock on doors with MD Dems – Sept. 15 - 17

53] Knock on doors for Brooke – Sep. 15 – 17

54] Phone Bank for Brooke – Sept. 15 - 17

55] Learn How to Pass a Local Resolution – Sept. 15

56] All in PA Statewide Virtual Phone Bank – Sept. 15, 17, 19 & 21

57] Buena Vista tenant organizers fundraiser – Sept. 15

58] Throw down Thursday – Sept. 15

59] Write handwritten letters to voters – Sept. 15

60] The Iran Deal – Sept. 15

61] United We Dream – Sept. 15

62] Reverse the harm caused by Trump judges – Sept. 15

63] Special elections meeting – Sept. 15

64] Blame Wall Street – Sept. 15

65] Ban book bans – Sept. 15

66] In These Times celebration – Sept. 15

67] Stop Manchin's Dirty Deal – Sept. 15

68] Midterms Victory Team Call – Sept. 15

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52] – Baltimore City - Knock on doors with the MD Dems Coordinated Campaign, hosted by the Maryland Democratic Party through Fri., Sept. 30.  Meet at 415 N. Howard St., Suite G-1, Baltimore 21201.  Knock on doors and talk to our neighbors to make sure voters are engaged and excited to vote for Wes Moore, Senator Chris Van Hollen, Brooke Lierman, Anthony Brown, and the rest of the democratic slate. The canvassing shifts are on Thurs., Sept. 15, Fri., Sept. 16 and Tues., Sept. 17 from 10 AM to 1 PM, 1 to 4 PM and 4 to 7 PM ET.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/498322/.

53] – On Thurs., Sept. 15 through Sat., Sept. 17 from 10 AM to 8 PM ET, phone bank for Brooke Lierman for comptroller.  Can you spare a few hours to phone bank for Brooke? You can do it from your home and you will be sent a list and a script!  Once you sign up, an organizer will reach out directly to you and get you your phone book and a training if you need it! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/489251/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.OTH_VirtualConventionSignup_080822&t=4&akid=16578%2E508952%2EHQOuGi.

54] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood, hosted by Brooke Lierman for Comptroller.  Sign up for Thurs., Sept. 15 through Sat., Sept 17.  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.

55] – Learn How to Pass a Local Resolution in Response to the January 6 Investigation, a Virtual Meeting, hosted by January 6 Hearings on Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:30 PM EDT.  Passing local resolutions helps build momentum on a local, state and national level to protect our freedom to vote from ongoing efforts by Trump and MAGA Republicans to sabotage our elections.

  The bipartisan January 6th Select Committee has shown that Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a criminal conspiracy to overturn an election they knew they’d lost. Trump and his MAGA allies continue to work to sabotage future elections by changing state laws, threatening state officials and packing election administration offices so that they can have the final say over election results – even when they lose. Sign up for the Sept. 15 webinar at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/482504/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.

56] – There is an All in PA Statewide Virtual Phone Banks. The next slots are on Thurs., Sept. 15 from 5 to 7 PM ET, Sat., Sept. 17 from 11 AM to 1 PM and 3 to 5 PM, Mon., Sept. 19 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM ET and Wed., Sept. 21 and.  Talk with voters about electing Pennsylvania Democrats up and down the ballot! WHAT YOU'LL NEED are a computer, tablet, or smartphone with reliable internet service and a comfy, quiet place in your home. Join the phone bank and set up a few minutes before your scheduled start time so you can focus on having good conversations for your full shift. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/445906/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.

57] – Stomp out Slumlords fundraiser for Buena Vista tenant organizers will happen on Thurs., Sept. 15 from 6 to 9 PM ET. Join MDC DSA and Stomp out Slumlords at Midlands Beer Garden, 3333 Georgia Ave. NW, WDC 20010 for a chapter-wide happy hour and fundraiser to benefit the tenants of Buena Vista Apartments as they try to use their TOPA rights to form a tenant co-op. For the past two years, the tenants of Buena Vista Apartments have fought to protect their homes and families from the greed of their slumlord. Now, they have the chance to cooperatively buy their building and create dignified, permanently affordable homes. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/september-happy-hour-and-sos-tenant-fundraiser?link_id=12&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-sep-2-2022&email_referrer=email_1658940&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-sep-9-2022.

58] – Progressive Maryland wants you to phone bank on Throwdown Thursday, Sept. 15 from 6 to 8 PM. Join every Thursday to call or text for one of the endorsed candidates! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/416692/?followup_modal_context=newsletter. 

59] – The Coalition on Human Needs [info@chn.org] is teaming up with Vote forward on Thurs., Sept. 15 from 6 to 7 PM ET. Also involved is the cast of Hamilton to increase voter turnout in vulnerable communities. Get involved virtually to write handwritten letters to voters encouraging them to vote in this year’s midterm elections.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/votefwd/event/497485/?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-alexander-hamilton-would-want-you-to-rsvp&email_referrer=email_1662807&email_subject=alexander-hamilton-would-want-you-to-rsvp.

60] – Tune in on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 7 PM ET to Getting to Yes: Is an Iran Deal Final Agreement Possible? This Actionar will focus on the current JCPOA status – resolved and remaining unresolved issues to get to YES.  Hear from Barbara Slavin of the Atlantic Council and Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group. More than four years after Trump pulled the US out of the JCPOA, it is clear that maximum pressure has failed. Assassinations of Iranian scientists and military leaders and attempts at sabotage have completely failed to change or reshape Iran’s foreign policy toward the concept of success defined by a hostile America.   What it has produced instead is an Iran that is more determined to chart a path free of American direction, pushing it closer to China and Russia rather than the West.  Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcOyorz4vHtND-1NUT7TZAhJk1slR_S7C.

61] – United We Dream's Unafraid Team [info@unitedwedream.org] wants you to phone bank.  Young people are facing so many challenges – lack of healthcare and high student loan debt, plus rent, gas, and food prices are all too high - which keep us from truly feeling safe and thriving. But we’re UNAFRAID to take control, to lead, and to trust ourselves. From now until Election Day in November, get the tools young people need to feel empowered, unafraid and ready to make our voices heard at the polls. Call eligible voters to make sure our communities and young people are heard and feel Unafraid at the polls. If you have never phone banked before, no worries - you will be trained! There is a phone bank on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 7 PM.  Sign up at https://action.unitedwedream.org/calendars/live-unafraid-2022/?source=email_0902&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1653139&email_subject=come-chill-phone-bank-with-us-next-week-_.  

62] –Elie Mystal [alerts@pfaw.org] wants your attention on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 7 PM ET to discover What you can do to reverse the harm caused by Trump judges. Also joining Elie will be the People for President Ben Jealous and Executive Vice President Marge Baker.  The beginning of the next Supreme Court term is right around the corner on October 3. And after the Court’s attacks on our democracy and fundamental rights in the last term, the arrival of another term is nothing short of alarming. And it’s not just Supreme Court justices who are attacking our rights. As hundreds of newly minted far-right Trump judges (the most conservative in modern history) on the lower courts also begin to erode our more cherished rights, we can and must do more to push back against their attacks. RSVP at https://act.pfaw.org/sign/rsvp-courts-briefing-091522/?utm_source=aa&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sep15courtsbriefing&t=2&akid=32267%2E3302379%2ESjiM3p.

63] – Charlie [charlie@getmoneyoutmd.org] indicates there will be a special meeting on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 7:30 PM ET. Get Money Out of Maryland has been fighting for fair elections since 2013. We now face escalating crises because election deniers are impervious to the thorough and repeated debunking of the Big Lie.  To join the GMOM Teleconference, dial 1 301 715 8592 with a meeting ID of 931 3066 2622. The password is 173976. Or you could join by Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93130662622?pwd=OE15SURJUWdXNHFicW94SDI3c2x3UT09#success.

64] – Stop the Money Pipeline [info@stopthemoneypipeline.com] is doing three online training sessions for activists and organizers.  The first will be Action Planning 101 on Thurs., Sept. 15 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET to Blame Wall Street for funding climate chaos. Hold Wall Street accountable. Email info@stopthemoneypipeline.com.

65] – Volunteer for Amnesty [alerts@takeaction.amnestyusa.org] on Thurs, Sept. 15 at 8 PM ET and speak out against violations of freedom of speech. Efforts to censor and ban books across the country are increasing with great concern. These trends are extremely concerning, considering freedom of expression is a human right. To kick off Banned Books Week, Amnesty is hosting a virtual event with several brave individuals who have been targeted for simply promoting and protecting free speech. Register at https://www.amnestyusa.org/banned-books-2022/.

66] – Christopher Hass, In These Times [itt@inthesetimes.com] thinks you may be interested in an online event on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 8 PM ET.  Join in the 46th annual celebration and a raffle with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay, Chris Smalls, and more. RSVP to watch for free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-these-times-46th-anniversary-celebration-and-raffle-tickets-379919508477?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-rsvp-for-tomorrow-nights-event&email_referrer=email_1664936&email_subject=rsvp-for-tomorrow-nights-event.

67] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] is holding a SPECIAL EVENT – hear the plan to stop Manchin's Dirty Deal on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 8:30 PM ET. Democratic Leadership are working on a secret deal with Joe Manchin and fossil fuel lobbyists like the American Petroleum Institute. The deal would fast-track fossil fuel projects, cancel out recent climate gains, and strip protections for frontline communities. Join frontline communities and allies in Congress to learn what you can do to help us stop Manchin's Dirty Deal: https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/504861/?akid=3386.8252965.kUU2_b&rd=1&t=12.

68] – Mike Fox for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] hope the Democrats win the house and senate.  On Thurs., Sept. 15 at 9 PM ET, get on a Midterms Victory Team Call. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErce-oqT8rG9PRICnRbQtiUuwswuQxZPYq. In the end, this will all come down to how much each of us in the movement commits to communicating with voters. If we talk to enough voters, we win. If we don't, the pundits win.

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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