17] The Red Scare class – starting Jan. 9
18] Election Protection forum – Jan. 9
19] Zoom Phone Bank for VA
Democrats -- Jan.
9 - 10
20] Jews United for Justice District 43 meeting -- Jan. 9
21] Environmental ambassador training --
Jan. 9
22] Get Money Out Maryland -- Jan. 9
23] Our Revolution call -- Jan.
9
24] Russia out of Ukraine -- Jan. 10
25] Kiwanis Club meeting -- Jan. 10
26] Pen America meeting – Jan. 10
27] Peacebuilders podcast – Jan. 10
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17] – William Barry [billbarry21214@gmail.com] is offering a Zoom course on
the History of the Red Scare in Baltimore starting on Mon. Jan. 9 from 1 to 2:30 PM ET and concluding on Mon.,
March 6. The class will be offered through The Community College of
Baltimore County - HIT 765. Trace
the U.S. reactions to the communist threat from 1919 to the present: the rise
and fall of McCarthyism; hearings from the House Un-American Activities
Committee; accusations and investigations at Sparrows Point; the challenges to
unionism; the influence of television on political movements; the long-term
implications today. The cost is $88 (Tuition: $20 Fees: $68) CRN# Day/Ses.
19] – Join this SPECIAL ELECTION: Zoom Phone Bank for VA Democrats, hosted by The Democratic National Committee on Mon., Jan. 9 from 6 PM and on Tues., Jan. 10 from noon to 2 PM and from 5 to 7 PM ET. Join the DNC Call Crew, and talk about the calls to make, and then get started! The Zoom phone bank includes a brief training so all new callers will be talking to voters in no time! This link will give you a preview on the dialer and call processes -- https://txt.democrats.org/Call-Guide. Email calls@dnc.org if you have a question. SIGN UP WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/546943/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_custom_marketing.
20] – Matan Zeimer [matan@jufj.org] has indicated that Jews United for Justice is organizing on Mon., Jan. 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET a District 43 meeting to prepare for the legislative session in Annapolis. If you are interested in having a speaking role at the meeting — sharing a personal connection to JUFJ's issue areas, asking legislators a question, or more — please respond to this email. RSVP for the meeting at https://jufj.org/event/mdga23-d43/?emci=37711845-3a77-ed11-819c-000d3a9eb474&emdi=33c09d6f-4e77-ed11-819c-000d3a9eb474&ceid=3403859.
21] – Claire Miller [claire@mdehr.org] hopes you can attend an Ambassador Orientation & Training by the Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human Rights on Mon., Jan. 9 at 7 PM ET on Zoom. If you are passionate about environmental health and securing a right to a healthful environment, RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-for-ambassador-training-4?source=direct_link&&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1777728&email_subject=the-weekly-brief-hh-income-and-location-drive-up-climate-impact. MDEHR Ambassadors are individuals who are passionate about protecting everyone’s right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment, and are committed to working with us to place such a right in Maryland’s state constitution. MDEHR Ambassadors will learn the history, use and legal and moral impact of such foundational rights and be trained to speak on behalf of the MDEHR about the need for this amendment to their friends and communities, which could include any groups you are affiliated with (civic groups, faith groups, hobby clubs, walking, fishing, biking, gardening, book groups, etc.)
22] – Charlie [charlie@getmoneyoutmd.org] indicated that there will be a meeting to do a strategic review and plan the priorities for 2023 on Mon., Jan. 9 at 7:30 PM ET. You can join the Get Money out of Maryland Teleconference by dialing 1 301 715 8592 with a meeting ID: 931 3066 2622. The password is 173976. Or click on your device at https://zoom.us/j/93130662622?pwd=OE15SURJUWdXNHFicW94SDI3c2x3UT09#success.
231 – Join Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] on Mon, January 9 at 8:30 PM ET for a 2023 Kickoff Call! Strategize directly with progressive leaders for the year to come! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/148017/?akid=3867.8252965.oYEP4b&rd=1&t=11. New US Rep Greg Casar will talk about his first week in the House and how the largest progressive bloc ever in Congress is strategizing for the New Year! Hear from new St. Louis Board President Megan Green on how to build and wield local power! The progressive bloc passed a Guaranteed Basic Income pilot program in St. Louis last month, and they’re organizing to elect more mayors and council members in major cities in 2023!
Our Revolution is launching campaigns in states across the country to raise the minimum wage because one job should be enough! Saru Jarayaman, President of One Fair Wage will explain organizing for workers and higher wages in 2023! Then, CA Dems Progressive Caucus Chair Amar Shergill will give an update on efforts to transform the party. The next call will be on Mon., Jan. 23.
24] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Jan. 10 from 4 to 5 PM ET 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. Now they are stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. People who believe in peace and justice should come forward and take the risks of peace. The burial sites continue to expose ruthless war crimes by the invaders, Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
25] – On Tues., Jan. 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET, the Kiwanis Club of Washington, D.C. is having a Meetup at Lost & Found DC, 1240 9th St. NW, WDC 20001. Hear about what the Kiwanis Club is doing to support D.C. youth this winter. Email info@kiwanisdc.org with questions. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/545983/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type.
26] – PEN America [editorial@pen.org] is hosting Jamila Minnicks and Jamise Harper on Tues., Jan. 10 from 7 PM ET at the Loyalty Bookstore Petworth, 843 Upshur St. NW, WDC. Visit https://pen.org/events-calendar/. Register at https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/. They wrote the winner of the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Moonrise over New Jessup. It is a thought-provoking and enchanting debut about a Black woman doing whatever it takes to protect all she loves at the beginning of the civil rights movement in Alabama. A conversation will be followed by a meet and greet and book signing.
27] – The Peace Alliance [info@peacealliance.org] on Tues., Jan. 10 at 8 PM ET is doing its doing National Monthly Peacebuilders Podcast about becoming aware of the relationship between peacebuilding and inner peace with Julia Gandy Torres. Torres recently launched her book. "A Jersey Girl Finds Peace: Finding Inner Peace After a Lifetime of Anxiety.” She has an online course, "Embodying Peace.” Sign up for the podcast at https://us02web.zoom.us/postattendee?mn=Hh1wIdd6hxm-PUZubszjaJ3dQzkCkR1Qhwyk.TjQXP1QMbmul7uPT.
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
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