Baltimore Activist Alert -- December 27, 2023 -- January 15, 2024

18] Hear Rev. Munther Isaac– Dec. 27

19] Virtual phone bank with IfNotNow – Dec. 27

20] Disabilities Issues Organizing Team Call – Dec. 27

21] “Decolonizing Palestine” – deadline Dec. 30

22] March with Healthcare for All – Maryland – Jan. 15

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18] – James Zogby [jzogby@aaiusa.org] hopes you will join him on Wed., Dec. 27 at 2 PM ET for Coffee and a Column with Rev. Munther Isaac from Bethlehem. Register to receive the dial-in information for the Zoom call: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcu6uqjouE9JZ6nGNe1zuHtdS-oaMVcLP?emci=2d435b91-36a4-ee11-bea1-002248223f36&emdi=d8d98404-38a4-ee11-bea1-002248223f36&ceid=389907#/registration

Rev. Isaac was the pastor whose church at Christmas placed baby Jesus amongst the rubble in solidarity with the suffering people of Gaza. Read A Merry but Meaningful Christmas:https://www.aaiusa.org/library/a-merry-but-meaningful-christmas?emci=2d435b91-36a4-ee11-bea1-002248223f36&emdi=d8d98404-38a4-ee11-bea1-002248223f36&ceid=389907

19] –Get involved with a virtual Phone Bank with IfNotNow on Wed., Dec. 27 from 5 to 6 PM, 6 to 7 PM, 7 to 8 PM and 8 to 9 PM ET. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/594916/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual  Help to make calls to donors and potential donors to meet end-of-year fundraising goal! Every week will feature a phone bank which will include live training and tech support. This is great to join especially if you've never called us before. But all who can join should regardless of experience. Please come on time to receive training.   Please use the following link to watch the training video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15wlcyo8Q_leuSgHugeY2jQ9zEctbHVE1/view?usp=sharing

20] –Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] are hosting on Wed., Dec. 27 at 8 PM ET a Disabilities Issues Organizing Team Call, Holiday Edition. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdumvqDwoGNx6xKMg-liSlwcpK1dJ0jzb#/registration  Share Some Holiday Cheer at an End of Year Disabilities Issue Organizing Team Call. Share good news as a community and discuss federal legislation and ways we can all help make the world a more just place for all with disabling challenges.

21] -- Eduard Loring [edloring@opendoorcommunity.org] is promoting a course by The Alternative Seminary “Decolonizing Palestine.” He has started reading the book, and brings to our attention that children and the elderly are starving to death in Gaza.  Since he states we are complicit, he hopes that people will act and learn what can be done to bring Peace to this war torn land.  If you have any questions or problems registering for the course, contact Will O’Brien at (267) 339-8989 or willobrien59@gmail.com.

 Settler Colonial Theory in Conversation with Palestinian Liberation Theology is a FOUR-WEEK VIRTUAL COURSE on Monday evenings, January 8 – 29 from 7 to 9 PM ET, led by Rev. Amy Yoder McGloughlin.  Two weeks before the war began, Palestinian liberation theologian, Mitri Raheb, released his latest book, Decolonizing Palestine:  The Land, The People, and The Bible.  This book contains a much-needed framework to understand what's happening in Israel and Palestine, and to address the questions that often come up as folks struggle to understand the history and context of modern-day Palestine.  Discuss a chapter each week, and engage with Palestinian guest speakers to unravel the colonial mindset and envision a world where all are liberated from oppression. Amy is a Mennonite pastor who travels to Palestine every year and volunteers with Community Peacemaker Teams, an organization that monitors human rights violations in the West Bank and stands in solidarity with Palestinians using nonviolent practices.

A donation of $50 is recommended, to cover the costs associated with having Palestinian guest speakers, but please pay what you can.  The deadline for registration is December 30.  Register at https://bit.ly/DecolonizingPalestine

22] – As it has done for many years, Healthcare is a Human Right- Maryland will be participating in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Baltimore on Mon., Jan. 15.  Join in and march behind a banner that contains Dr. King's famous quote, "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."  The t-shirts will say "Medicare for All" and "Healthcare is a Human Right." Signs will be available for all.  You are encouraged to join the parade and show your support for healthcare justice.

The parade starts at noon at MLK Jr. Blvd. and Eutaw Street.  HCHR-MD will gather there by 11:30 AM.  For additional information, please contact Rich Bruning [barbruland@gmail.com] at [410] 235-3504 or [443]-509-7095.

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