53] Family art show – through June 29
54] Peace vigil at the White
House – June 21
55] Friday Power Lunch – June 21
56] Women in Black vigil – June 21
57] AFSC Action Hour for
ceasefire – June 21
58] Organizing for Action – June 21
59] Birdwatching Tour of Druid Hill Park – June 22
60] Pride Potluck in the Park – June 22
61] Frederick Pride – June 22
62] Power our schools -- June 22
63] Back Yard
Cook-Out – June 22
64]
Write
to anti-nuke protesters
65] Baltimore activist selling her home
66] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
67]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
68] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
69] Do you need a doctor?
70]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
71] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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53] – Ronda Cooperstein [rondacooperstein@hotmail.com] wants you
to attend a family art show We Will Be What We Want to Be from Baltimore to
Palestine at Area 405, 405 East Oliver St. It is curated by Quentin Gibeau, and
will be on display through June 29. See work by Zahi Khamis, Kim Jensen, Ahlam
Khamis and Besan Khamis.
54] – 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.
55] – On Fri., June 21 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
56] – 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.
57] – 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
58] – On Fri., June 21 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
59] – Join a Birdwatching Tour of Druid Hill Park on Sat., June 22 from 8 to 9:30 AM ET at Druid Hill Park, 3001 East Drive, Baltimore 21217. Druid Hill Park is Baltimore's oldest large park and is home to 745 acres of forests, fields, and a large lake. 189 species of birds have been documented here, including nesting Baltimore orioles and yellow-crowned night herons. Audubon and Baltimore Bird Club experts will lead the search of avian friends! RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/birdwatching-tour-druid-hill-park-2?ms=aud-email-_(midatl)_ama_md_programming_april_may_2024_-_cloned_-_cloned&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=_(midatl)_ama_md_programming_april_may_2024_-_cloned_-_cloned&emci=06764bc4-d328-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&emdi=78402457-302b-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&ceid=2504878 Email baltimore@audubon.org
60] – Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] on Sat., June 22 at 1 PM will be at the Pride Potluck in the Park in Malcolm X Park, 16th St. NW & W St. NW, WDC 20009. Bring a dish to share, games to play, your best pride-themed accessories, and a comfy chair or blanket to sit on. All are welcome! This event will be family-friendly. Look out for roses and Metro DC DSA merchandise! The location will be posted once the group sets up. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/pride-picnic-in-the-park?link_id=45&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-may-24-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2347123&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-7-2024
61] – Get over to Frederick Pride in Carroll Creek Park, Frederick 21701 on Sat. June 22 from 11 AM to 6 PM ET. Call 301-383-8787 or email pride@thefrederickcenter.org. Visit https://www.visitfrederick.org/event/frederick-pride/7198/?emci=1dff67ea-d32c-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&emdi=8de5dc40-ec2c-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&ceid=136680
62] – Join the South PG County Chapter of Progressive Maryland as it fights for better resources for our schools for the Power Our Schools Campaign launch. The Town Hall on Sat., June 22 from 2 to 3:30 PM ET will take place at the Oxon Hill Library, 6200 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill 20745. Come learn how we can fight for teacher salaries, after-school activities, mental health resources, and other community needs through Solar Panels! Come be a part of an organization that will bring direct change to our community’s problems! Join the fight against the developers and utility companies that have exploited our communities! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/629262/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org
63] – The Maryland CPUSA [md@cpusa.org] on Sat., June 22 from 6 to 9 PM ET are holding a Back Yard Cook-Out at 810 Winston Ave., Baltimore 21212. Bring food or drink to share with grilled food provided. RSVP at 443-413-8758. The rain date is June 23. Hear back from our delegates to the Chicago National Convention of the CPUSA. A hat will be passed to purchase a sound system for rallies.
64] – Two anti-US nuclear weapons in Germany activists are serving time in a German prison. Should you want to write the women, use these addresses: Susan Crane or Susan van der Hijden, JVA Rohrbach, Peter-Caesar-Allee 1 55597 Wöllstein, Germany. Visit this website -- www.noelhuis.nl/kernwapensweg
65] – 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.
66] -- 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.
67] – 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.
68] -- 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.
69] – 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.
70] -- 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.
71] -- 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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