53] Peace vigil at the White House – May 24
54] Friday Power Lunch – May 24
55] Women in Black vigil – May 24
56] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire
– May 24
57] Organizing for Action – May 24
58] Birding
tour in Patterson Park – May 25
59] ETA
Victory Picnic – May 25
60] Community Wealth Building Fund canvass – May 26
61] Baltimore activist selling her home
62] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
63]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
64] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
65] Do you need a doctor?
66]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
67]
Do you
need any book shelves?
68] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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53] – There is a weekly vigil at the White House on Fridays from noon to 1
PM sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com
or call 202-882-9649.
54] – On Fri., May 24 at noon ET, join the Friday Power Lunch, a weekly show amplifying the voices of the Virginia Grassroots on politics, culture, and making change with the BADASS women of Network NOVA. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscumspzMoHtOe4-JRDrtezzQNNh9EhWEh#/registration
55] – 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 830 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.
56] – 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
57] – On Fri., May 24 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET, the Democratic National Committee will have a Fourth Branch Action discussion. These Friday events will continue through December 27. Fourth Branch Action is a national grassroots group organizing for action, supporting the Biden/Harris administration, and working through civic, electoral, and legislative action to achieve progressive goals. The group accomplishes this through advocacy, oversight, holding elected officials accountable to perform their jobs on behalf of their constituents; community engagement, civic education, and other events. Everyone is welcome to join in. Come and enjoy a friendly conversation among like-minded folks, get acquainted with others from across the country, and build a community to restore the soul of our nation. After you register for this event, you will receive an automated email with the Zoom meeting details: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual
58] – Please join Audubon Mid-Atlantic on Sat., May 25 from 8 until 9:30 AM for a birding tour in Baltimore’s Patterson Park. Meet on the southernmost end of the Boat Lake in Patterson Park, closest intersection is Eastern Ave. and South Rose St. From there, walk directly north into the park via the cobblestone path, approximately 100 yards. Email baltimore@audubon.org.
Over 200 bird species have visited Patterson Park, an important migratory stopover in Baltimore City! Audubon and Baltimore Bird Club experts will lead the search of avian friends! No experience necessary. RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/birdwatching-tour-patterson-park
59] – On Sat., May 25 at 2 PM ET, attend an ETA Victory Picnic at the Enclave Silver Spring Apartments, 11225 Oak Leaf Drive, Silver Spring 20901. Meet the people & celebrate the Tenant Safety Act & other important legislation! Enjoy a BBQ and other food and drinks. You are encouraged to bring a dish to share! The celebration also includes MUSIC & DANCING and ACTIVITIES for KIDS. LEARN about PROGRESSIVE MARYLAND & the ENCLAVE TENANT ASSOCIATION. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/621117/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
60] – On Sun., May 26, Progressive Maryland is doing a WuFu Canvass at the SOWEBO Arts and Music Festival, Hollins Market, Baltimore 21223. Come out to collect signatures, and select times you are available: noon to 1 PM, 1 to 2 PM, 2 to 3 PM, 3 to 4 PM, 4 to 5 PM, 5 to 6 PM, 6 to 7 PM or 7 to 8 PM ET A member from the WUFU coalition will confirm that you have everything you need after you RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/622015/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org You can find out about the training at bit.ly/wufutraining
61] – A home in Baltimore is for sale on a dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and one bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a reasonable amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her by text only at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number, and she will get back to anyone that reaches out.
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 410-721-70 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] – 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.
He 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 printed 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 be- 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.
64] -- 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.
65] – Yousef Zarbalian [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] – 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, and 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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