Baltimore Activist Alert -- January 23 - 24, 2024

30] Who profits from Israeli genocide? -- Jan. 23

31] Memoir Waging Peace – Jan. 23

32] Russia out of Ukraine – Jan. 23

33] Palestine week – Jan. 23

34] The Great Displacement -- Jan. 23

35] Discuss Coretta’s autobiography – Jan. 23

36] Visit embassies to call for ratification – Jan. 24

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30] -- The Rābet Team [info@thepipd.com] thinks you will be interested in Who is profiting from Israel's genocide? This online event will happen on Tues., Jan. 23 at 1 PM ET. This is the second episode of the Solidarity Sessions. Learn from Palestinians about the call to pressure our governments and institutions to stop arming Israel! Hear from two Palestinian experts and activists Dr. Shahd Hammouri, lecturer in Law and expert in International Law and War Economies, and Saleh Hijazi, Apartheid-free policy coordinator for the Palestinian BDS National Committee. They’ll be speaking about the types of weapons being used by Israel in its assault on Palestinians (many of which are made in the UK) and why Palestinian civil society has called on the solidarity movement to work for a full military embargo through campaigns to stop arming Israel. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A4Twj2zLpo

31] -- The Fellowship of Reconciliation [arielgold@forusa.org] is doing Gathering Voices on Tues., Jan. 23 at 4 PM ET. Meet Army Medic turned peace activist, Diana Oestrich. Oestreich served 407 days as a combat medic in Iraq. But when she was commanded to run over an Iraqi child to keep her battle buddies safe, she became a peacemaker instead. She is the author of a memoir, Waging Peace, which exposes the false divide between loving our country and living out our faith’s call to choose love over fear.  RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrf-uprT0vGNFv7E6H8rUhCBwf44_G_tNE#/registration

32] -- Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Jan. 23 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.

33] -- Busboys and Poets is hosting Palestine Week from January 18 through 25 for a Jubilee of Peace.  RSVP at https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-36628073/

 On Tues., Jan. 23 at 5 PM ET, tune in to a conversation with Miko Peled and Gina Dent at Busboys and Poets, 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW, WDC 20009.  And on Tues., Jan. 23 at 6 PM ET, have lunch & Learn with Nadim Nashif from the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media at Busboys, 14th & V, 2021 14th St NW, WDC, 20009. Or on Tues., Jan. 23 at 6 PM ET, an Evening with Angela Davis on Palestine at Busboys, 14th & V, 2021 14th St NW, WDC, 20009.

34] Food & Water Watch [act@messages.fwaction.org] on Tues., Jan. 23 at 7 PM ET is holding a virtual event with Jake Bittle, a journalist who covers climate change, energy, and housing, brings this to light in his book The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration. Through their personal stories, his book gives a lens into the lives of people experiencing climate displacement. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/588384/?utm_content=1796477&utm_source=moam_em_01182024_jan-lfl-Jake&j=1796477&sfmc_sub=5823356&l=35&mid=100001791&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-01-18_FWW_c3_NAT_Climate_January-LFL-Jake-Bittle-Email-Invite-2-GENERAL_Event_em_nL_D_MC&ms=onor-em-01222024-2024-01-18_FWW_c3_NAT_Climate_January-LFL-Jake-Bittle-Email-Invite-2-GENERAL_Event_em_nL_D_MC&oms=onor-em-01222024-2024-01-18_FWW_c3_NAT_Climate_January-LFL-Jake-Bittle-Email-Invite-2-GENERAL_Event_em_nL_D_MC&eml_name=2024-01-18_FWW_c3_NAT_Climate_January-LFL-Jake-Bittle-Email-Invite-2-GENERAL_Event_em_nL_D_MC&eml_id=1796477&gs=&af=RA1%2BJp3N228aRV69knhQi6HdXOURCg1a8LjFy%2FqVNQ3Po1gpJ2TWtaez2njMlOuEAnWCHkgEsbpWshTz9SyXZHZ4ZBqwHCVVpKJ%2BZXlAWLZyR%2BzfO2QzqSyd2JPeL%2BzCwsk6jgcMJb7Pj3wbBih8ImqkfiHWDev%2BgezUDN3cgbh1mDCeaXiPKbkB9fKqQpGU

35] The Peace Alliance [Karen.Johnson@interpublic.com] needs you on Tues., Jan. 23 at 8 PM ET for a Dept. of Peacebuilding Campaign Call about the Beloved Community and the Study and Practice of Kingian Nonviolence.  At this event, participate in a book discussion: Mrs. Coretta Scott King’s Autobiography, My Life, My Love, My Legacy. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/464735321?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=4c280796-a209-44ec-a160-4747ef7dc57c#success. Get involved on Zoom with a Meeting ID of 464 735 321

36] Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland activists will gather at 10:30 AM in Emmett Park near the Irish Embassy and Wed., Jan. 24. Then participants will visit several embassies to urge the ambassadors to get involved in promoting ratification of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. These states have voted for the TPNW but have not let ratified it.  Contact Lou Curran at 410-499-8899.

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