Baltimore Activist Alert -- November 6 - 7, 2023

21] Make sure Democrats win – Nov. 6 - 7

22] Phone bank for Working Families Party candidates – Nov. 6

23] Determine JUFJ’s Baltimore priorities – Nov. 6

24] Russia out of Ukraine – Nov. 7

24] Phone bank with Virginia voters – Nov. 7

25] Migrant Justice Working Group meeting – Nov. 7

26] M4All Alexandria Working Group meeting – Nov. 7

27] Israel & Gaza – Nov. 7

28] Censored: Voices of Palestine – Nov. 7

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21] –The DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council [info@dncclimate.org] needs your help on Mon., Nov. 6 from 4 to 6 and 6 to 8 PM ET and Tues., Nov. 7 from 2 to 4 PM and 4 to 6 PM ET and other dates.  Join Get out the Vote virtual phone banks for 2023 Priority States. The key Priority States include Kentucky, Virginia, and Louisiana. The focus will be on rallying support for Democrats in their important November elections and engaging voters in volunteer opportunities. We will continue to make calls into Priority States through the November election dates.  RSVP at https://events.democrats.org/event/569897/?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-vote-call-knock-share-what-will-you-do&email_referrer=email_2090780&email_subject=we-need-you-to-win

22] – Team WFP [reply@workingfamilies.org] hopes you can join a phone bank on Mon., Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET or on Tues., Nov. 7 at 10 AM, at 5:30 PM & at 8:30 PM ET. Election Day is November 7th, and you can help get Working Families Party champions over the finish line in the final days! On Monday, get with a NYC Get out the Vote phone bank for a champion running for Civil Court Judge and 16 trailblazing candidates for City Council on the ballot.

On Tuesday, phone bank for Nicolas O’Rourke and Kendra Brooks to elect to the minority party seats on the Philadelphia City Council.  Talk with residents about the participatory budgeting charter amendment that would allow them to directly propose and vote on how a portion of the city’s budget is spent. By voting YES, the people of Cleveland will deepen their democracy, build stronger communities, and create a more equitable distribution of public resources.  And on Tuesday at 8:30 PM ET, join a Tucson phone bank for Regina Romero and Lane Santa Cruz — two proven progressive leaders — who are running for office. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/workingfamilies/event/591207/?utm_source=NatEmail-20231104&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2102450&email_subject=virtual-volunteer-opportunities-for-you

23] – Jews United for Justice [info@jufj.org] is finalizing its priorities for the coming year on Mon., Nov. 6 at 6:30 PM ET at the Bolton Street Synagogue or on Zoom. Discuss two campaign options and help determine JUFJ’s Baltimore priorities for the coming years. The program begins at 7 PM, start schmoozing and be in community starting at 6:30 PM ET. RSVP at https://jufj.org/event/bam-course/?emci=f41275fc-f278-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=a2384110-0079-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=3403859

24] -- Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Nov. 7 from 4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout Europe.  Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons.  Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.   People who believe in peace and justice should come forward and take the risks of peace. The burial sites continue to expose ruthless war crimes by the invaders, Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.

25] – The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] are holding on Tues., Nov. 7 at 6 PM ET a Migrant Justice Working Group meeting. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZV0wYx8MQkiLvPuWV6QFUKVTBSbvG-QrqNUWhqCR1ZoI2zg/viewform?link_id=23&can_id=3fcd7916f2ff367c3b859d45270fd1d5&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-117&email_referrer=email_2042256&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events?clear_id=true&link_id=17&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2065553&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events

26] – Join the M4All Alexandria Working Group on Tues., Nov. 7 at 6 PM ET and discuss plans for furthering the M4All petition in Alexandria - and now in Arlington. The group meets the first and third Tuesday of the month. RSVP for the zoom link at https://actionnetwork.org/events/m4all-alexandriaarlington-first-tuesday-update-tuesday-november-67th-6pm?link_id=65&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-13-2023&email_referrer=email_2085322&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-20-2023

27] – Massachusetts Peace Action [info@masspeaceaction.org] on Tues., Nov. 7 at 7 PM is holding a webinar Dan Cohen on Israel and Gaza.  Cohen, a journalist, will offer his perspective and respond to audience questions. He is the founder of Uncaptured News and a contributor to the Redacted news program. He is also a documentary filmmaker whose work includes the film Killing Gaza. Dan has spent considerable time in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdOChrT8qGNOO6SjwOKyxa1xm-FapW-ET?emci=c5f6b7d9-0878-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=7a4ada61-f47b-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=269591#/registration

28] – CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] is hosting a webinar Censored?! ¡Viva Palestina! on Tues., Nov. 7 at 8 PM ET.  Join CODEPINK Congress and uplift the voices of Palestinian resistance and expose those who seek to censor them. While the Israel lobby–AIPAC, the ADL, Democratic Majority for Israel– has long campaigned to vilify advocates for Palestinian human rights, attempts to censor, punish and cancel pro-Palestinian voices has taken on a new chilling dimension.

Since October 7th, Germany and France have issued orders prohibiting pro-Palestinian protests, US corporate media have fired reporters, and universities have sent professors packing and denounced college students demanding an end to Israel’s collective punishment in Gaza. In the Middle East and North America, mental health clinicians are also being targeted for challenging the Israeli occupation and genocide–with Palestinian clinicians in Israel prohibited from using “Palestinian” in their organization’s names and communications.

Hear the other side with Dr. Osama Abuirshaid, executive director and board member of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP); Lara Sheehi, PsyD, an assistant professor of Clinical Psychology at the George Washington University’s Professional Psychology Program where she is the founding faculty director of the Psychoanalysis and the Arab World Lab; Soetkin Van Muylem works for Vrede, a Belgian peace organization in support of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and the campaign to boycott, divest and sanction Israel; and Zahra Billoo who serves as the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.  RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/110723?utm_campaign=cp_110723&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

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/.

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