26] Peace vigil at the White House – July 14
27] Women in Black vigil – July
14
28] Common Cause Election Protection phone bank – July 14 & 19
29] Global Network against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
confab – July
15
30] Meet your Muslim Neighbors – July
15
31] Sunrise Baltimore hub
meeting – July 15
32] Food Pantry and Food Donation Center – July 15
33] Medicare for All – July 15
34] Stomp out Slumlords
anti-eviction canvas – July 15
35] The fight to save
Anthony Sanchez – July 15
36]
Medical
supplies are needed in Ukraine
37] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
38]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
39] Do you need a doctor?
40]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
41]
Do
you need any book shelves?
42] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
43] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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26] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will
host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri.,
July 14 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
27] – Every
Friday from noon to 1 PM, Baltimore Women in Black vigil for peace with men and
women who live in Roland Park. WIB invites all to join, and any peace sign is
welcome, such as "Defuse Nuclear War." The vigil takes place outside Roland Park
Place at the corner of West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP
or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.
28] – On Fri., July 14
& Wed., July 19 from 4 to 6 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 for a shift to make calls and help strengthen the phone
bank team to protect our democracy. These shifts will also always include
training for first-timers before you make calls, so if this is your first time,
no worries! Register
at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.
29] – The Global Network against Weapons
& Nuclear Power in Space [globalnet@mindspring.com] indicates that the
annual Space Confab is happening on Sat., July 15 from 9 to 11 AM ET. This is the Zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-network-31st-annual-meeting-latest-developments-on-war-via-space-tickets-638565886757. There are a number of speakers and subjects
such as How corporations form the backbone of Space militarization? Or The
drive to militarize & weaponized Space.
30] – The ADAMS Center <marketing@adamscenter.org> is
holding a Mosque Open House. Meet your
Muslim Neighbors on Sat., July 15 from 9 AM to 4 PM ET at the All Dulles Area
Muslim Society (ADAMS), 46903 Sugarland Road, Sterling, VA 20164. Call 703-433-1325. Go to adamscenter.org/event/open-house-2023.
31] – Sunrise
Baltimore is doing an IN PERSON Hub meeting on Sat., July 15 from noon to 1:30
PM ET at Red Emma's, 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore 21218. Get acquainted
with one another, get caught up on the latest from the nationwide Sunrise
Movement, and talk about taking action on climate in Baltimore and beyond. If you're new, you'll learn about who we are
and what we're doing, and meet people who care about the climate crisis as much
as you do. If you've been around for a while, it's a chance to reconnect in
person, meet new folks and get involved with a local campaign. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/sunrisemovement/event/569186/?utm_source=event-map&utm_content=list.
32] –
On
Sat., July 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.
33] – On Sat., July 15 at 1 PM ET, join a Care over Cost
door knocking canvass. This event’s
address is private. Talk to people in the Aspen Hill/Wheaton/Silver Spring area
during July. Gather petition signatures to support the Care over Cost campaign
and hear about people's concerns about the health insurance system. The shift
times are 1 to 3:30 PM ET. Sign up at
https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/569985/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.
34] –
The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] is
doing a Stomp Out Slumlords anti-eviction canvas on Sat., July 15 at 1:30 PM at
L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station, 650 D St. SW, WDC 20024. Join comrades in this
anti-eviction canvas! Come out and inform tenants facing eviction of their
rights in court, how to get a lawyer, and to see if they're interested in
organizing their building. Meet on the D St. exit between 6th and 7th above the
escalators. If the weather is bad, go
downstairs just before the turnstiles. There will be a short training to
explain why these canvasses are necessary, how to talk to tenants about their
upcoming eviction suits, and how to fill in walk-sheets. If you have a car,
please drive it down to the meeting spot! Cars are helpful for getting
canvassers to metro-inaccessible areas. Sign up at https://actionnetwork.org/events/sos-anti-eviction-canvas-7?source=direct_link&&link_id=52&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1983331&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-7-2023.
35] – Watch
the World Premiere of "EVIDENCE UNRAVELED: The Fight to Free Anthony
Sanchez" on Sat., July 15 at 9 PM ET. The film will be followed by a
panel discussion with the film’s editor and principal participants in the film,
include David Ballard, President of Valour Investigations LLC, of Norman, OK.
This event is part of the #FreeAthonySanchez campaign, whose goal is to halt
the execution and free an innocent man who has been on Oklahoma's death row
nearly 20 years for a crime he did not commit. Additional information is at https://www.freeanthonysanchez.org. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zQYcQY1wRc6-SmdqxUqkag?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-executions-next-week-and-sat-night-film-premier&email_referrer=email_1988056&email_subject=executions-next-week-and-sat-night-film-premier#/registration.
36] -- 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.
37] -- 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.
38] – 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 .
39]
– 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.
40] -- 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.
41] -- Can
you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.
42] -- 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.
543] – 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
43] – Charles
Cloughen [charlescloughenjr@gmail.com] hopes you will come out on Wed., March
22 at 7:30 PM ET for an Interfaith Peace Service at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1131 Mace Ave.,
Essex. Pray for Peace for the first in person Peace Service since the COVID
invasion. Masks are optional. If you
would rather say prayers remotely, the service will be streamed via Zoom.
Join the Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86595216740?pwd=T0hRaTlUN1BFNVhpdGpUNkRWSTByZz09. The meeting ID is 865 9521 6740, and the
passcode is 857716.
Host
congregations are needed for Sat., April 22 and Mon., May 22. Please pray for
peace in Israel, Palestine, and Ukraine. If you can host us in person
and/or Zoom, please email Charles.
46] – Massachusetts
Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] wants you to join the monthly showing
and discussion of JFK's famous peace speech on ?., April 10 from 7:30 to 9 PM
ET. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdOmppzMsHNL_Q_cclZoTX5cYZehj8rJQ?emci=1270a466-4bbc-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&emdi=420a433c-dfbd-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&ceid=320042. This event will continue on April 10, May 10
and June 10.
The
JFK Peace Speech Committee will host its monthly showing and discussion of
President Kennedy’s critically important address on world peace. This month the
discussion will focus on how we might apply the principles of world peace that
President Kennedy articulated. Those who
are familiar with the speech and only want to participate in the discussion can
join the webinar at 8 PM.
64] – The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists of America
[novabranch@mdcdsa.org] wants your involvement on Sat., March 25 from 11 AM to
4 PM ET as Socialist mechanics are set up for a FREE brake light clinic, as a
way to build community support for getting police out of traffic enforcement by
having volunteers replace car brake lights for free. The clinic will be held at
3801 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22305. The process for fixing brake lights
is simple, but it will help educate the community on legislation that may pass
in DC in the near future. If you or someone you know would be interested in
getting their brake light fixed at one of the clinics on March 25, please fill
out a repair request form for the Alexandria clinic. Register at https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-branch-dsa-and-defund-nova-pds-brake-light-repair-clinic?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-84&email_referrer=email_1837620&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events.
The Metro
DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants your involvement on Sat., March 25 from 11 AM to
4 PM ET as Socialist mechanics are set up for a FREE brake light clinic, as a
way to build community support for getting police out of traffic enforcement by
having volunteers replace car brake lights for free. The clinic will be held at
H St. NE, WDC. The process for fixing brake lights is simple, but it will help
educate the community on legislation that may pass in DC in the near future. If
you or someone you know would be interested in getting their brake light fixed
at one of the clinics on March 25, please fill out a repair request form for
the DC clinic. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiT0_SOJYKzfydieCmX-kFSEYFb4TGIBUp2aq7zO_33YuczA/viewform.
67] – On Sat., June 10
from 1 to 3 PM ET, join the Western York County Democratic Club monthly
meeting at 771 Stoverstown Road, York, PA 17408. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/549381/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type.
The agenda usually includes a speaker on a special topic, action items for
Democrats looking to volunteer and the opportunity to meet and socialize with
like-minded individuals. This event will continue on Saturdays once a month
through October, except that there will not be a meeting in July.
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