"I speak as an American to the
leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The
initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
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1]
Books,
buttons and stickers
2]
Web
site for info on federal legislation\
3]
Need
help in archiving activist material
4] Max is looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.
5] Support the Pratt Workers United
6] Get the book Surely Goodness and Mercy by Murphy Davis
7] Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An
Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois
8] Can you sponsor a Ukrainian family?
9] Vote NO phone bank – July 30
10] Encampment for Citizenship – July 30
11] DSA party – July 30
12] Project
Save the World Town Hall –
July 30
13] Keith
Ellison has a new book --
July 30
14] Phone bank for Virginia
– July 30
15] Tribute to Dan Ellsberg – July 30
16] Charlie King concert – July 30
17] Protest at the Pentagon – July 31
18] Blowing the Whistle – July 31
19] Election and Climate
Protection Zoom – July 31
20] Erasing Palestine – July 31
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1] – Buttons, bumper stickers and books are
available. “God Bless the Whole World, No
Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
2] –To obtain
information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/. Congressional
toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White
House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – Janice
Sevre-Duszynska needs some assistance in archiving her activist material. If you are interested in this project,
contact Max at 410-32301607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
4] – Max is in
need of a garage or a storage space. Any suggestions would be
welcome. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot
net.
5] – The workers
at the Enoch Pratt Free Library have started a drive to organize a union
calling themselves Pratt Workers United. Go to https://www.prattworkersunited.org/.
There is a letter of support for community members to sign at https://www.prattworkersunited.org/community-letter-support.
"Pratt Library workers are
forming a union, Pratt Workers United. We are seeking pay equity for all, safer
working conditions, benefits for part-time workers, and a voice in decisions
that affect our work.” The workers voted to unionize
6] – Consider getting HOSPITALITY, the newsletter of OPEN DOOR: A
prophetic discipleship community honoring the Black Jesus, Dorothy Day and
Martin Luther King, Jr. The September/October 2022 issue contains a wonderful
review by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy of Surely Goodness and Mercy by Murphy Davis,
reprinted from The Catholic Worker, March-April 2022. Davis, a co-founder
of the Open Door Community, died in 2020. You can subscribe to the
newsletter or buy a copy of the book by calling 404-290-2047 or by emailing opendoorcomm@bellsouth.net.
7] – Another book to consider purchasing is Male Supremacy in the
Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois. His new book is both
memoir and position-paper, and it makes the case that the Roman Catholic Church
is a corrupt system that spits out truth-tellers. The crime he was
excommunicated for was attending the ordination ceremony of Janice
Sevre-Duszynska in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2008. The ordination was
under the auspices of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.
The Vatican’s response has been to excommunicate any woman who has the audacity
to see herself as a priest equal to a male priest. You can purchase a copy
from Amazon or by Kindle.
Here are two quotes to contemplate: “I permit no woman to teach or to have
authority over men. She is to keep silent.” – Timothy 1, 2:12-13. “If the
patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not
treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die.”
– Roy Bourgeois.
8] –
Jerry Windley-Daoust is looking for an
individual or community that might be in a position to sponsor a Ukrainian
refugee family under the Uniting for Ukraine program. The head of this family,
Dymtro, needs a sponsor. He is 33 and a male fashion model living in Kyiv. He
speaks and writes English very well. His 54-year-old mother and his 19-year-old
brother, Artem, live in a nearby city. His brother has autism, is nonverbal,
and had been receiving care from a local institution until the onset of the
war; in recent months, he has not received adequate care due to medical
facilities prioritizing war-related physical and mental health issues. Dmytro’s
mother is a professional baker who has been out of work and suffers from
depression, likely due to the stress of the war and care for her 19-year-old
son.
Dmytro is the sole breadwinner and supporter
of his mother and brother. He is keen to leave Ukraine to avoid military
conscription, since that would leave his mother and brother in a more
vulnerable position. He is legally able to leave the country due to his
circumstances. The family would probably best be placed in a major urban center
with an existing Ukrainian population, but at this point, they just want to get
out of the country and will accept placement anywhere.
The main
responsibilities of the sponsor would be to provide the family with temporary
shelter and assistance getting Artem connected to the health care system. You
can learn more about U4U sponsorship at the USCIS web page. If you or your community are interested
in possibly sponsoring this family, please reach out to me at wind@gracewatch.org or
jerry@catholicworker.org.
9] –
There is a Vote NO Campaign virtual phone
bank and training, hosted by Ohio Democratic Party. Join other pro-democracy
callers on phone banks run by the Ohio Democratic Party to help ensure that the
60% threshold to pass a citizen-led constitutional amendment never, ever
becomes Ohio law. Call as many voters throughout Ohio as humanly possible to
turn them out to vote. At the outset of a phone bank, you will be trained on
how to make phone calls using a dialer! After you attend a training and the
phone bank afterwards, you'll be equipped to make calls anytime that works for
your schedule in the future. The phone
bank times are as follows on Sun., July 30 from 10 AM to noon ET and from 1 to
3 PM ET. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/563286/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
10] –
Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St.,
Baltimore 21218, meets on Sundays, and usually there is a virtual platform address
at 10:30 AM ET. On July 30, hear about the Encampment for Citizenship
(EFC). This
All Society Program is about EFC which was co-founded by the Ethical Culture
Movement. Share stories of youth activism and intergenerational social justice.
If you are an EFC alum and would like to participate, please email Anne
Klaeysen: aklaeysen@gmail.com. Email
PRESIDENT@BMORETHICAL.ORG for Zoom login information.
11] –The Metro
DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] indicates that the Northern Virginia branch is hosting
a party at Quincy Park, 1021 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22201 on Sun., July
30 from 11 AM to 6 PM. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/sunday-funday-fundraiser-food-drive-open-to-all?link_id=11&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-21-2023&email_referrer=email_2002368&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-28-2023.
12] – The
Project Save the World invites you to its next monthly Global Town Hall on
Sun., July 30 at 2 to 4 PM ET. Join the Town Hall at https://zoom.us/j/9108970203. On the last
Sunday of every month, there is an open meeting on Zoom for activists worldwide
who are addressing issues of militarism (especially nuclear weapons), global
warming, famine, pandemics, radioactive contamination, and/or cyber risks.
Visit https://tosavetheworld.ca. Visit https://tosavetheworld.ca.
13]
– Alan Minsky for
Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] needs you to attend on
Sun., July 30 at 4 PM ET a Town Hall
with Keith Ellison. He will
discuss his new book, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence, and
the participants will celebrate Medicare's Birthday! RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration.
Ellison, a longtime PDA ally, is the former co-chair of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus. His book is a trial diary from when Ellison
successfully brought charges against Derek Chauvin for the killing of George
Floyd.
14] – On Sun., July 30 from 6 to 8 PM ET, the Democratic
National Committee is organizing VIRTUAL PHONE BANKS FOR THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF
DELEGATES- TO TURN VA BLUE! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/569453/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
This event will continue on Sundays from 6 to 8 PM ET THROUGH November 5. Call voters in Virginia to get them out to
vote in the November election. NO EXPERIENCE is NECESSARY. Get TRAINING and
hear from COACHES TO HELP ALL ALONG THE WAY.
15] – The Committee for the Republic
[events@committeefortherepublic.org] is organizing a tribute to Daniel Ellsberg
on National Whistleblowers Day at the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW
(13th Floor), WDC on Sun., July 30 from 6 to 8 PM ET. Register for tickets at https://www.whistleblowersummit.com/tickets. Tickets for the Pillar Awards and a screening
of "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and The Pentagon
Papers" are available to purchase separately. This is the capstone event
of the 11th Annual Whistleblower Summit.
See https://www.whistleblowersummit.com/.
16] – Join
Charlie King and Lindsey Wilson for a virtual concert on the theme "There
is More Hope Somewhere." They will cover some familiar songs for you to
sing, some new-to-you songs for you to hope with them and some original songs
by Lindsey and Charlie that best show what keeps us hopeful. The show will be
at on Sun., July 30 at 7 PM ET. The Zoom link will be sent to ticket buyers 24
hours before the show. Go to https://www.facebook.com/charliekingmusicalstoryteller.
17] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on
Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is
July 31, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. This vigil will
honor the visit to the area of the anti-nuclear ship the Golden Rule.
By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the
"Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south
escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C.
area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South
Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and
right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay
to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is meter parking one block
on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begins at 8 AM. No
cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located
inside Marriot Providence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.
18] – CovertAction Magazine is
hosting Blowing the Whistle on Covert Warfare & Economic Sanctions on Mon.,
July 31 at 3 PM ET at Busboys
and Poets, 450 K St. NW, WDC. The speakers include Lou Wolf, John Kiriakou and
Chris Agee. The webinar will also be accessible via You Tube and Zoom. To get the link, call 203-803-9066. Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blowing-the-whistle-on-covert-warfare-coercive-economic-sanctions-tickets-674363568587.
19] – Mike Hersh for Progressive Democrats of America
[info@pdamerica.org] wants you to join the Election and Climate Protection Zoom
on Mon., July 24 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.
20]
– Check out ERASING PALESTINE
with Rebecca Ruth Gould at Busboys and Poets, 14th & V Sts. NW, WDC 20009
on Mon., July 31 at 6 PM ET. More info
at https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-33082227/. Author Ramsey Hanhan will
interview Gould about her new book related to free speech and Palestine issues.
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
Sen. Bernie Sanders watches
during a hearing at Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 29, 2023, in
Washington, D.C.MATT MCCLAIN / THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES