Baltimore Activist Alert -- Baltimore Activist Alert -- July 24 - 25, 2023

15] Election and Climate Protection Zoom – July 24

16] Swing Left – July 24

17] Palestinian and Israeli destinies are inextricably linked – July 25

18] No Way to Treat a Child – July 25

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15] – 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.

16] – On Mon., July 24 from 6 to 7 PM ET, · Swing Left is holding a virtual Blue Victory 2024 War Room!  Visit https://linktr.ee/BlueVictoryWarRoom. Join Blue Victory 2024 for a discussion of democratic news, events, actions and resources! There was a preview presentation from CEO Shion Deysarkar who is launching a new organizer app called "Unified" in 2023. Watch the recording here: https://fb.watch/iKii7-di7H/.  You can sign up for the waitlist here: https://www.joinunified.us.  Jim McBride is a Swing Left Group Leader (Blue Victory 2022, ""Keep Virginia Blue"" Outreach Crew) as well as Member of Virginia Grassroots Coalition and the Fairfax County Democratic Committee. He is focused on mobilizing grassroots networks from DC/MD/VA and beyond.

JOIN the BASECAMP COMMUNITY: https://tinyurl.com/JoinBlueVictoryBasecamp (group information-sharing and discussion forum).  You can FOLLOW developments at https://www.facebook.com/bluevictorywarroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluevictorywarroom https://twitter.com/bluevictoryusa.  Swing Left is a national network that helps people find high impact ways to support Democratic candidates. It focuses on the most flippable races as an important step towards ensuring the progressive change needed to create a more inclusive and equitable government and society.  Check out https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/511729/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type.

17] – The American Friends of Combatants for Peace [tiffany@afcfp.org] is engaging in a Collective Liberation Series: Israeli & Palestinian Solidarity on Tues., July 25 at 11 AM ET.  This is the first virtual talk of a four-part summer series.  The program will focus on the idea that there is a human right to a diverse education. Nivine Sandouka & Mickey Gitzin will explore how Palestinian and Israeli destinies are inextricably intertwined and how there can be no democracy with occupation.  Throughout the Collective Liberation series, the speakers will explore the intersectionality of systemic oppression in Palestine and Israel and around the globe, including in our own communities, and learn how we can move towards liberation through dynamic solidarity.  Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/zMX2eI7wu0a4ky0DpBN3MA2?contactdata=svq7F4zCofbDiOj9ll5PrCCZjcClzB4Vf13hagNYnp2DonMcZ0OXcveNsybCqKhwwg2%2fxyf3Dk7siySQD9sHYYmtcaLdsxPC38MXwmlZ18RRiYkeOzMgQam1J1eSLOEzPf7r5E2kWioe43dsaVVgRXzN01eBdWgFMcqQcnf+Der6VRqOYIeEBXz1Tp%2f0PZl9g%2fJ7Pd7A+i6rqrnTZGv2z3elmWDXpPm798wclCRqfLnK%2flh7yihhCDoDqiexcjEP7Wh1YWrQ9mtZ3UqamVk3xA%3d%3d&emci=389a54b6-401f-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&emdi=10637800-8e21-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&ceid=8142762.

18] –There is a No Way to Treat a Child campaign webinar on Tues., July 25 at noon ET. This monthly webinar from American Friends Service Committee and Defense for Children International - Palestine on advocacy for Palestinian rights will feature lessons learned from Palestinian rights advocates who engage with elected officials in local communities and on Capitol Hill. The webinar is timed before the August recess when members of Congress return to their home districts. Sign in at https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/nwttac_webinar_20230725?ms=EMA23EI0714&=&emci=1f8215e7-8821-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&emdi=9ef3752e-5722-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&ceid=764241.

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