61] Responding to apartheid – April 14
62] Election Protection
phone bank – April 14, 16, 18 & 20
63] Speak out for Medicare for All – April 15
64] Get over to the food pantry –
April 15
65] Yemen lobby
training –
April 15
66] Raise Maryland’s minimum wage –
April 15
67] Close down the incinerator – April 15
68] Alan & Dave do spoken words – April 15
69] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
70] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
71]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
72] Do you need a doctor?
73]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
74]
Do
you need any book shelves?
75] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
76] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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61] – On Fri., April 14 at 1 PM ET,
participate in the webinar People of Faith Responding to Apartheid, hosted by
Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East: Palestinian rights group
Al-Haq, Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, and the global organizations
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have reported that Israel has
created a situation of apartheid. Unitarian Universalists are urged to
center Palestinians as their oppression increases. Panelists will give an
update on the situation on the ground in Palestine/Israel and then guide
attendees in how they can take action as people of faith. A new initiative,
Apartheid-Free Communities, will be introduced.
This event will be recorded with a live audience for on-demand viewing
later during the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Panelists include the following esteemed individuals: Jonathan Kuttab, Dov
Baum, Rev. John H. Thomas and Rabbi Brian Walt. Register at
https://www.uujme.org/apartheidwebinar.
62] – On Fri., April 14 from 4 to 6 PM, Sun., April 16 from 6 to 8 PM, Tues., April 18 from 4 to 6 PM & Thurs., April 20 from 5 to 7 PM ET, there is a Common Cause organized Election Protection phone bank. Work together to demand bold changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not big corporations or special interests. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations. Register for a shift to make calls to recruit poll monitors to support nonpartisan Election Protection efforts in the GA Run-Offs.
63] – The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists of America [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] want you to speak out for Medicare for All at the Alexandria City Hall on Sat., April 15 at 9:15 AM. Show up at the City Council public hearing holding signs in support of Medicare for All. Meet in City Hall, 2nd Floor, 301 King St., Room 2400, and Alexandria, VA 22314. Look for someone holding a star-spangled "Alexandria Needs Medicare for All" sign. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/m4all-comments-at-alexandria-city-hall/?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-94&email_referrer=email_1875399&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events.
64] – On Sat., April 15 from noon to 2 PM EST, get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a treat. Contributions of shelf stable foods can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to the church. How else can you help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those you know who are facing food insecurity. See https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.
65] – Action Corps is hosting an organizers' virtual training on Sat., April 15 from noon to 2 PM ET. The training will provide advocacy skills, action steps, training on how to talk about campaign focuses, and team building. It’s geared for Action Corps community members, but open to others if you’d like to participate. Email isaac@actioncorps.org.
66] – Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about a meeting on Sat., April 15 from noon to 2 PM ET about raising Maryland’s minimum wage. PG County DSA will meet at the Greenbelt Public Library’s Small Conference Room, 11 Crescent Road, which is not far from the town center. Email info@pgdsa.org for more info.
67] – Environmentalists and Reclaim Renewable Energy Act (RREA) Coalition members submitted hundreds of heartfelt in person and written testimony in support of the RREA bill that would remove ratepayer-subsidized pollution, deleting factory farm waste, woody biogas and trash incineration from the states clean energy program. This would have removed the financial incentives for dirty energy, but back door deals caused the bill to die on crossover day (March 20th). Join SirJames and the Environmental Justice Task Force on Sat., April 15 from 3 PM to 4:30 PM ET at the Enoch Pratt Library Brooklyn Park Branch, 300 E. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore 21225. Discuss strategies to stop the Baltimore trash incinerator. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/556189/?emci=20d0d04b-e7cc-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&emdi=b33c3874-f1cc-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&ceid=136680.
68] -- Join Alan Barysh, Dave Eberhardt and friends at Dear Globe Coffee, 422 West Mulberry St. on Sat., April 15 from 5 to 7 PM ET for a night of spoken word wonder. Mr. Barysh will be reading from his book The New Milford Quartet and from two other books of his. Mr. Eberhardt will enthrall you with his poetry. An open mic and sacred name exchange will follow. There is no admission charge. However it is more than just suggested that you purchase some of the fine products of Dear Globe Coffee. Bring a lap top and purchase books from Mr. B who, with proof of purchases, will give you a special one of a kind poem. For more info, call 443-239-5325 days only. DO NOT TEXT! CALL!
69] -- If you are able to donate any kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please email Brendan.walls@seaseton.org or call 410-721-5770 x231. There is a colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.
70] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
71] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. Dave has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7.
Dave just printed 50 new copies of For All the Saints, a Protest Primer- 250+ pp w photos-therefore #'s 351-400 making it o so collectable with two Berrigan book reviews added. The books are signed, and the price remains $25. Will send free if need b- he is not in it for the money! If you want one, send him a check: or contact Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218 by email at 1941mireille@gmail.com .
72] – Yousef Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
73] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
74] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
75] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees. This is an historic window of opportunity. With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.
76] – A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
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/.
“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
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