Baltimore Activist Alert -- December 28 - 29, 2022

18] Executions in Iran – Dec. 28

19] Watch THE LETTER – Dec. 28

20] Celebrate new executive director – Dec. 29

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18] – Get involved with abolitionists on Wed., Dec. 28 at 8 PM ET for a discussion about executions of protesters and others in Iran, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. Mohammad Shokouh-Amiri, Sara Bana and Hooman Hedayati will discuss the situation in Iran, how it is relevant to each of us no matter where we live.  Each one is an Iranian-born human rights activist who will bridge the experiences they had in Iran with the lives and work they have created here in the US. Click here to register. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RMDKOSoQSAGs7RwqD5HzNA?link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-tuesday-wednesday-this-week-2&email_referrer=email_1774345&email_subject=abolitionist-events-this-week. ALSO JOINING THIS PANEL is Wajeeh Lion, a board member of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, and asylee from Saudi Arabia living with a death sentence on his head.

19] – Watch "The Letter" at 8 PM on Wed., Dec. 28. Go to https://www.theletterfilm.org/watch/. The Letter tells the story of a journey to Rome of frontline leaders to discuss the encyclical letter Laudato Si’ with Pope Francis. The exclusive dialogue with the Pope, included in the film, offers a revealing insight into the personal history of Pope Francis and stories never seen since he became the Bishop of Rome.

20] – Celebrate the birthday of Herman Lindsey and welcome him as the new executive director of Witness to Innocence on Thurs., Dec. 29 at 2 PM ET for a Zoom party.  Register at https://witnesstoinnocence.salsalabs.org/hermanlindsey50th/p/jenniesheeks/index.html?link_id=5&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-tuesday-wednesday-this-week-2&email_referrer=email_1774345&email_subject=abolitionist-events-this-week.

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