43] Peace vigil at the White House – May 10
44] Friday Power Lunch – May 10
45] Women in Black vigil – May 10
46] AFSC Action Hour for
ceasefire – May 10
47] Vigil for a ceasefire – May 10
48] Organizing for Action – May 10
49] WUFU canvass – May 11
50] Vote uncommitted – May 11 - 12
51] DC Labor History
Walking Tour – May 11
52] Peace vigil at the White
House – May 11
52] WUFU canvass – May 11
53] Commemorate
the Catonsville Nine – May 11
54] Baltimore activist selling her home
55] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
56]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
57] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
58] Do you need a doctor?
59]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
60]
Do
you need any book shelves?
61] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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43] – 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.
44] – On Fri., May 10 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
45] – 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.
46] – 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
47] – Join Baltimore Peace Action on Fri., May 10 (unless there is rain) at the corners of Pimlico Road and Northern Parkway (by the racetrack) as the group calls for a ceasefire and hand out leaflets. The set-up is at 3 PM, and the demo will end at 4:45 PM ET. Banners and signs are available. The BPA gatherings are quiet and peaceful. Contact Ronda Cooperstein [rondacooperstein@hotmail.com].
48] – On Fri., May 10 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
49] – Join a WuFu Canvass with No Boundaries Block Captains, hosted by Progressive Maryland on Sat., May 11 from 10 AM to 2 PM ET starting at the Baltimore Unity Hall, 1505 Eutaw Place, Baltimore 21217. Come collect signatures with the WuFu coalition! A member from the WUFU coalition will confirm that you have everything you need after you RSVP. You can find out about the training at bit.ly/wufutraining RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/622577/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org
50] – Maryland voters are saying loud and clear that President Biden can count us out in the May 14th Democratic Primary. We are selecting UNCOMMITTED on the ballot as a protest to let him know we won’t stand with him as he funds more war and genocide in Gaza. In order to reach as many voters as possible, we need to contact hundreds of thousands of Maryland voters. Before you get started, we'll reach out and schedule a quick training/intro call. Sign up for a shift on Sat., May 11 from noon to 2 PM & 2 to 4 PM and Sun., May 12 from 4 to 6 PM & 6 to 9 PM ET. Maryland voters are saying loud and clear that President Biden can count us out in the May 14th Democratic Primary. We are selecting UNCOMMITTED on the ballot as a protest, to let him know we won’t stand with him as he funds more war and genocide in Gaza. In order to reach as many voters as possible, we need to contact hundreds of thousands of Maryland voters. Before you get started, we'll reach out and schedule a quick training/intro call. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/listen-to-md-phone-bank-form?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-29-2024&email_referrer=email_2269582&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-5-2024
51] –The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] on Sat., May 11 at noon ET has organized a DC Labor History Walking Tour. Sign up for the Walking Tour, and then meet at Columbus Circle. 701 First St. NE, WDC 20002. Contact Zachary T. at 914-357-0696. The tour will go down to Pennsylvanian Avenue, then up towards Lafayette Square, and end at McPherson Square, roughly 2.4 miles of walking. The tour will conclude around 3 PM followed by a happy hour.
Visit several landmarks that pay tribute to the past and ongoing struggle of the American working class with a broad range of union organizers and labor experts as guides. Attendees will learn about the early rise of labor power, the violent state suppression of workers and corporate retaliation against unions that still impacts workers today, how workers fought back and won critical concessions through the Great Depression and how neoliberal international trade undercuts US labor — and much more. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/dc-labor-history-walking-tour-2?link_id=66&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-19-2024&email_referrer=email_2295615&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-26-2024
52] – Join the WuFu Canvass on Sat., May 11 at the Rem Fest, West 29th St. & Remington Ave., Baltimore 21211, hosted by Progressive Maryland. Come out and collect signatures with the Wufu coalition! A member from WUFU coalition will confirm that you have everything you need after you RSVP. You can find out about training at bit.ly/wufutraining You can sign up to join the canvass at any or all of these times: 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 & 7 to 8 PM ET.
53] –Ellen Barfield [ellene4pj@yahoo.com] wants you to know that on Sat., May 11 from noon to 2 PM ET the Baltimore Phil Berrigan Memorial Veterans For Peace will again commemorate the bold action of the chapter namesake and his eight colleagues by burning Viet Nam draft files. Gather in the Catonsville Knights of Columbus Hall parking lot at 1010 Frederick Ave., right across Beaumont Ave. from the Catonsville Library. Bring VFP flags and banners and wear VFP regalia. Consider reading material you wish to share by or about Phil or Dan Berrigan or any other of the Catonsville Nine.
54] – 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.
55] -- 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.
56] – 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.
57] -- 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.
58] – 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.
59] -- 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.
60] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
61] – 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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