17] Election and Climate Protection Zoom – May 15
18] PPC is holding a campaign training – May 15
19] Progressive
Harford chapter meeting – May 15
20] US role in human rights
violations in Middle East – May 15
21] Phone bank for Adele McClure – May 15 & 17
22] See three environmental films – May 15
23] MoveOn's virtual call – May 15
24] Stop the Money Pipeline – May 15
25] International Day of Living Together in Peace – May 16
26] No way to treat a child – May 16
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17] – Mike Hersh for Progressive Democrats of America
[info@pdamerica.org] wants you to join the Election and Climate Protection Zoom
on Mon., May 15 at 5 PM ET. There are attacks on our democracy, and
climate chaos threatens us. Since its founding in 2004, PDA has mobilized
for open, clean, and fair elections and for stopping global warming. Register
at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc.
18] – The Poor People's Campaign [madison@poorpeoplescampaign.org] is preparing for the Moral Action Congress in Washington D.C. on June 18 and encouraging you to attend the Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. Join the next national campaign training on Mon., May 15 from 7 to 8:45 PM ET. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdOioqTwoE9ZbaDozqABT5MuSppv8hpTe?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-us-march-27th-at-7-pm-et-for-our-next-national-ppc-training-10&email_referrer=email_1907304&email_subject=join-us-may-15th-at-7pm-et4pm-pt-for-our-next-national-ppc-training#/registration.
19] – Sign up for Progressive Harford's chapter meeting on Mon., May 15 at 7 PM on Zoom. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/560404/?referring_vol=5069981&share_context=dashboard-event-details&sharer_role=SharerRole.ORGANIZER at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/560404/?referring_vol=5069981&share_context=dashboard-event-details&sharer_role=SharerRole.ORGANIZER. Review the latest events and initiatives for the chapter.
20] – Massachusetts Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] thinks you will be interested in this webinar on Wed., May 15 at 7 PM ET -- Repression of Human Rights in the Middle East, The U.S. Role. The U.S. provides vast resources – military aid, economic assistance, arms transfers, and political support – to the region’s leaders, nearly all of whom have presided over years of human rights abuse in their countries. Allison McManus, managing director of the Freedom Initiative, will explore the U.S. impact. U.S. influence in the region is waning, and new poles are emerging, including around Israel and the Gulf. This discussion will explore America’s role in the Middle East and North Africa and its impact on the repression of human rights. The Freedom Initiative is a Washington D.C.-based organization dedicated to ending abusive detention practices in the Middle East and North Africa. Register to attend: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldOutrT4qG9z08cmQMW6OayoVidONTFH9#/registration.
21] – On Mon., May 15 & Wed., May 17 at 7 PM ET, join a virtual phone bank for Adele McClure for Delegate in Virginia. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/550425/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type. Through the lens of her community activism and her many lived experiences, Adele has worked with advocates and members of the Virginia General Assembly to draft, pass, and implement legislation that breaks down systemic barriers, expands human rights, and improves access to services for people in Arlington and across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Adele’s lived experiences combined with her policy expertise and experience in the state legislative and executive branches make Adele ready to hit the ground running on the first day. Already running in the election for over a year now, Adele has met some amazing folks doing some dials - and we hope you are able to help however you can! Join us for a virtual phone-bank and help us share Adele's plans for the newly redrawn 2nd house district. Learn more about Adele's historic campaign at https://adeleforva.com/. The phone bank will conclude on Mon., June 19 at 7 PM ET.
22] – Susan Barnett [reelandmealatnewdealcafe@gmail.com] wants you to know that May’s REEL and MEAL is in person only. On Mon., May 15 at 7 PM ET, see three environmental films. Come to the New Deal Café, 113 Centerway (Roosevelt Center) in Greenbelt and enjoy the new wide-screen film projection system. Masks are encouraged. It is encouraged to eat a plant-based meal to support a mission focused on environmental, social justice and animal rights issues.
Featured first is an animation, “The Sprayer”, whose job is to destroy all plant life. This technically sophisticated and poignant film comes from Iran. Following will be “Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops.” Narrated by Richard Gere, this film shows how nature's own systems may actually accelerate the process of Global Warming our fossil fuel burning has created. The final film, “Trees: the Lungs of Our Community,” documents local forest and tree loss in Hyattsville. Over 30% of their canopy has been lost in just the past few years to development and climate change. Filmmaker Matt Carl will discuss this significant loss and what is being done to restore this most vital part of their community.
The film and discussion are free. Call Frank Gervasi at 301 467-2418 for more details. The Reel and Meal at the New Deal is a monthly film series focused on environmental, social justice and animal rights issues, presented by Utopia Film Festival, the Prince George’s County Peace and Justice Coalition and Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group. For more information on the series see the Reel and Meal Facebook page – Reel & Meal at the New Deal Cafe | Greenbelt MD | Facebook.
23] – Join MoveOn's virtual Volunteer Network's Monthly Call on Mon., May 15 from 8 to 9 PM ET. This Call is a monthly gathering space for MoveOn's volunteers, members and those looking to get more deeply involved in its organizing work. These calls give all an opportunity to do a deep dive into campaigns, the political landscape, and build community with one another. If you know one another, all can fight for one another. And that's what these community calls allow us to do.
This month, celebrate all the wins from Wisconsin to Chicago to New York City. Following that, take a deep dive into the Trump arraignment - what it means, what we can expect and what we can do about it. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/545679/?akid=349086.37684438.ZzzPoM&rd=1&t=2. The calls will continue on Mondays, June 19, July 17 and Aug. 21 at 8 PM ET.
24] – Stop the Money Pipeline [info@stopthemoneypipeline.com] needs your help on Tues., May 16 for a Twitterstorm to tell JPMorgan Chase: Stop financing fossil fuels! Chase’s AGM is on May 16. Make your voice heard. The AGM comes shortly after the news that JPMorgan Chase purchased First Republic, an acquisition that makes Chase – already the nation’s largest bank and the world’s largest financier of fossil fuels – even larger. In the past six years, Chase financed fossil fuels to the tune of $434 billion. Tell Chase that they can’t stop the groundswell of momentum: Climate action must happen now! Join the Twitterstorm and call out Chase at https://stopthemoneypipeline.com/tweet-at-chase/?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-twitterstorm-chase-stop-financing-fossil-fuels&email_referrer=email_1912297___subject_2425885&email_subject=twitterstorm-chase-stop-financing-fossil-fuels.
25] -- The UN General-Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity. The Day aims to uphold the desire to live and act together, united in differences and diversity, in order to build a sustainable world of peace, solidarity and harmony. Visit https://www.unesco.org/en/days/living-together-peace?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3ef3e511-e6a0-4e2e-8915-37a686571b17.
26] -- Register for the next No Way to Treat a Child campaign webinar on Tues., May 16 at noon ET at https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/nwttac_webinar_20230523?utm_source=weekendreading0513&utm_medium=email&ms=EMA23WR0513&emci=7344b423-02f0-ed11-907c-00224832eb73&emdi=ae5a17df-89f1-ed11-907c-00224832eb73&ceid=764241. Will you take the next step in advocating for Palestinian rights by engaging your members of Congress? Sign up for this webinar to learn more about H.R. 3101 and how you can lobby your representative to support it. Learn everything you need to know about the Palestinian Children and Families Act, reintroduced by Rep. Betty McCollum on May 5, 2023 as H.R. 3103. This bill prohibits Israel from using U.S. funding to detain and torture Palestinian children, demolish Palestinian homes, and further annex Palestinian land. Understand the details of this legislation so you can be an effective advocate for pushing it forward in Congress.
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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