49] Call the UN ambassador – Dec. 8
50] Weekly Town Hall Podcast
about Media & Democracy – Dec. 8
51] Peace vigil at the White
House -- Dec. 8
52] Women in Black vigil – Dec.
8
53] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire – Dec. 8
54] Sex Work 101 – Dec. 8
55] Power Hour for
Palestine – Dec. 8
56] Courage in the Unknown – Dec. 8
57] Common Cause Election Protection phone bank – Dec. 8
& 13
58] Food pantry – Dec. 9
59] Food Pantry and Food
Donation Center – Dec. 9
60] Door Knocking for Care over Cost – Dec. 9
61] Belmarsh Tribunal – Dec. 9
62] Medical
supplies are needed in Ukraine
63] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
64]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
65] Do you need a doctor?
66]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
67]
Do
you need any book shelves?
68] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
69] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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49] – PLEASE LEAVE A PHONE MESSAGE FOR THE US AMBASSADOR TO
THE UN: Hours left before UN vote for Gaza ceasefire. Call 212-415-4000 (OPTION
6). The UN Security Council will vote on
Friday on a ceasefire. Almost all Council members seem ready to back this…but
the US who is threatening a veto!! Call
the UN Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield today and urge her not to veto the
ceasefire resolution. This is one of those moments when our voices can make a
serious difference — a life or death difference.
50] – The Democratic National
Committee is holding a Weekly
Town Hall Podcast about Media & Democracy on Fri., Dec. 8 from noon to 1:30
PM ET. Tune in at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/546677/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
The podcast will continue through Fri., Jan. 26 from noon to 1 PM ET
51] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Dec. 8 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
52] – 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.
53] – The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action Hour for a Cease-fire Now every Friday at noon ET. Join AFSC staff to hear updates from Gaza. Then, take action by contacting elected officials and call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241
54] –The National Harm Reduction Coalition’s Lighthouse Learning Collective's queer harm reduction training series is back! Running through February 2024, there will be one session each month. Remaining sessions include: Sex Work 101, Queer History of Harm Reduction part 2, and Abolition & Harm Reduction. Register here for “Sex Work 101” on Fri., Dec. 8 from noon to 2 PM ET: https://harmreduction.org/our-work/action/lighthouse-learning-collective/?emci=75159d6d-c884-ee11-8925-00224832e811&emdi=f04f15dd-4789-ee11-8925-00224832e811&ceid=10722134
55] – US Campaign for Palestinian Rights [contact@uscpr.org] will hold a Power Hour for Palestine on Fri., Dec. 8 at 1 PM ET. NO more military funding to Israel. Hold your elected officials accountable. Jam their phone lines, and flood their Twitter feeds at the same time. We only have a few more chances before Congress goes out of session on Dec. 14! Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1q7iKfniRxaMfRVHF5HERg?emci=02240093-1795-ee11-8925-002248223f36&emdi=a6ea5f2c-2995-ee11-8925-002248223f36&ceid=5467956#/registration
56] – The American Friends of Combatants for Peace [lindsay@afcfp.org] are hosting on Fri., Dec. 8 at 1 PM ET -- Courage in the Unknown: Exploring New Possibilities. Hear from Palestinian & Israeli activists and human rights defenders. Two of our speakers, Avi and Ahmed, will share how they have been intimately impacted by the violence. Avi is CEO of Rabbis for Human Rights and a survivor of the massacre at Kibbutz Nirim in the Negev. Ahmed is a former Hamas member, second generation refugee, and long-term CfP member. Ahmed has lost over 51 loved ones in Gaza.
As we navigate through the painful unknown, we continue to listen to those on the ground who courageously remain in partnership. Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/jnnIaNZjbU6T4GdGKNszVg2?contactdata=o%2fJZCrNykXKaUxNjcxWuIdKWizBYzMHoCVjGpvOJqRp3%2fn8YEj1OWLJaHyzomvvjvy3n9%2fTZW1SVv3+l2ku1Igfm4i74f8GSBF0zxSv1VOK3f6sxhQl+EhlfoHuSOaDpMsihBzUhdxvZybbdkrujCDImMtb5myS968qO1QRoJQWvGeKoyP0HLaeoV6nR8kg2iBCoi5VsZMnFos3jxcGrmuQhDSGu8JtwlrqB8oRUteS4sT310r2j7Mag9%2fYZXUXz53L%2f8bsjJGKT4QEsi+xRbw%3d%3d&emci=dbaaf0c2-df92-ee11-8925-002248223f36&emdi=08d8ec21-e692-ee11-8925-002248223f36&ceid=8142762
57] – On Fri., Dec. 8 from 5 to 7 PM and Wed., Dec. 13 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.
58] – St. Matthew United Methodist Church, 101 Avon Beach Rd., Turner Station, MD 21222, holds a Food Pantry every Saturday from 10 AM to noon ET. Please bring nonperishable items such as canned fruits & vegetables, pasta, cooking oil, mixes, etc. to the church or make out a check payable to St. Matthew UMC with "food pantry" in the memo line. Visit https://stmatthewts.org/
59] – On Sat., Dec. 9 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.
60] – Does some Door Knocking for Care Over Cost on Sat., Dec. 9 from 1to 3:30 PM ET in Prince George's County. Reply to your registration email to confirm your requirements or request more information. RSVP to a community canvass. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/593850/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendationsg in support in Prince George’s County for the Care over Cost campaign. We’ll provide materials, training, the “turf” and hot chocolate!
61] – You are cordially invited to the second sitting of the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C. on Sat., Dec. 9 at 2 PM ET. Register at https://act.progressive.international/belmarsh/?link_id=3&can_id=f83a153c271f4ab6cd77d945fba0cefc&source=email-the-belmarsh-tribunal-returns&email_referrer=email_2127278___subject_2651220&email_subject=firstname-default-friend-join-the-belmarsh-tribunalNow, representatives of the world’s leading press freedom and human rights organizations — from the ACLU to PEN International to the Committee to Protect Journalists — are coming together at the second sitting of the Belmarsh Tribunal. Co-chaired by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) and Ryan Grim (The Intercept), the Washington Tribunal will convene witnesses from across the world to give testimony to the Biden administration’s crackdown on press freedom and the First Amendment. Members of the DC sitting of the Tribunal include: Marjorie Cohn, professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and former president of the National Lawyers Guild, Michael Sontheimer, journalist and historian (formerly Der Spiegel), and many others.
62] -- 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.
63] -- 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.
64] – 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 .
65] – 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.
66] -- 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.
67] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
68] -- 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.
69] – 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
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