Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 26 - 27, 2024

34] Apartheid and Genocide – June 26

35] Oppose gas plant – June 26

36] Team ENOUGH is a youth-led program – June 26

37] Fight for clean energy – June 26

38] Baptistland – June 26

39] Quaker change maker event – June 26

40] Gaza and the Rash of Resignations – June 26

41] Courageous voices – June 26

42] Disabilities Issue Organizing Team Call – June 26

43] Election Protection phone bank – June 27

44] Fundraiser for the Peace Walk – June 27

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34] – Sabeel presents Apartheid and Genocide on Wed., June 26 at 1 PM ET, as part of the Sabeel Jerusalem Conference. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrdeqvrTkjHdTckbMpKETguAcjhLeSWcmY#/registration

35] – The Appalachian Advocate [outreach@appvoices.org] on Wed., June 26 at 6 PM ET is promoting a Rally to oppose the Chesterfield Gas Plant. Oppose Dominion Energy’s plans for a new, polluting fossil fuel plant just before the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors meeting. Chesterfield, Va. Register, and the machine will email you your secure codes: https://www.friendsofchesterfield.org/event-details/june-26th-board-of-supervisors-meeting?link_id=27&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-national-mvp-gets-green-light-rare-spotted-skunks-wv-church-goes-solar&email_referrer=email_2360584&email_subject=national-mvp-gets-green-light-rare-spotted-skunks-wv-church-goes-solar

36] -- Are you a young person between 13 and 25 years old who is interested in taking action around preventing gun violence? On Wednesdays, including June 26, from 6 to 7 PM ET, join a Team ENOUGH welcome session to learn more about the different ways you can engage.  Team ENOUGH is a youth-led program whose mission is to educate young voices about gun violence and mobilize them to take meaningful action against it. Supported by Brady United, it harnesses the expertise and experience of today’s youth to advance intersectional work across the country. The following session takes place on July 10, and the series will continue through Dec. 18. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/425528/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

37] – Food & Water Action [act@messages.fwaction.org] is holding a virtual volunteer meeting on Wed., June 26 at 6 PM ET. Talk about the latest in climate, energy, and water news in the state! After failing to release a climate package for 100% clean energy in 2024, Governor Moore issued an executive order calling on government agencies to take another year to study how Maryland can begin implementing its climate pollution reduction plan. Unfortunately, we don’t have another year to waste. The time is now for Maryland to be tough on polluters and retire harmful fossil fuels. On the call, hear about the good and bad of this executive order as we continue the fight for 100% clean energy.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/fwa/event/637277/?utm_content=1892219&utm_source=moam_em_06202024_md-june-meeting&j=1892219&sfmc_sub=5823356&l=35&mid=100001791&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-06-20_FWA_c4_MD_Climate_June-Volunteer-Meeting_Event_em_nL_V_JL&ms=onor-em-06252024-2024-06-20_FWA_c4_MD_Climate_June-Volunteer-Meeting_Event_em_nL_V_JL&oms=onor-em-06252024-2024-06-20_FWA_c4_MD_Climate_June-Volunteer-Meeting_Event_em_nL_V_JL&eml_name=2024-06-20_FWA_c4_MD_Climate_June-Volunteer-Meeting_Event_em_nL_V_JL&eml_id=1892219&gs=&af=RA1%2BJp3N228aRV69knhQi6HdXOURCg1a8LjFy%2FqVNQ3Po1gpJ2TWtaez2njMlOuEAnWCHkgEsbpWshTz9SyXZHZ4ZBqwHCVVpKJ%2BZXlAWLacb63%2FRoc2LnTzwOYajykkj6GAU4DV%2BVRNbdSvoEs9eRGeefm3XUNuG8L3YjKxIMO8XP%2FKlDtV1awyZIOjt0QG

38] – Faithful America [mail@faithfulamerica.org] on Wed., June 26 at 6 PM ET will host a webinar: "Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation" with author Christa Brown.  Faithful America will be part of a whole series of author conversations during the summer. Brown is an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse in the church. When Christa first spoke out about the sexual abuse she endured in her Texas childhood church, she never imagined it would expose the ethical chasm at the core of the Southern Baptist Convention: male religious leaders so focused on institutional protection that they sacrifice the safety of children. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_an16a9mlSzmoNdHctNZzLQ#/registration

39] – FCNL [support@fcnl.org] is inviting you on Wed., June 26 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET for a virtual Quaker Change maker event. Join in for “Faith in Our Communities: Violence Interrupters at Work.” Gun Violence Awareness Month takes place every June to shine a light on the heartbreaking number of individuals and communities across the country that are harmed by gun violence. While mass shootings make headlines, community violence intervention and violence interrupter programs often do not. Yet efforts to stop the cycles of violence and address the root causes of systemic injustice are very important.

  Hear from two organizers working to empower their communities and build safer futures: Rev. Frederick LaMarr, pastor and grassroots organizer with Ministries 4 Movement in Columbus, OH, and Ashley Myers, who has spent the last nine months organizing in Denver, CO. Register at https://act.fcnl.org/event/quaker-welcome-center-events-watch-home/3293/signup/?akid=68437.152065.k0hpY-&rd=1&t=17&utm_campaign=event&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ak&utm_term=68437.152065.k0hpY

40] – Be at Unprecedented Dissension: a Conversation with Josh Paul and Tariq Habash about Gaza and the Rash of Resignations from the Biden Administration on Wed., June 26 from 6 to 8 PM ET at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW, WDC.  As public criticism of Biden’s support for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza grows, the number of federal official experts and Biden administration insiders resigning in protest of Biden’s policies is escalating to an unprecedented degree as well. Join us to gain valuable insights from Josh Paul, veteran State Department official prior to his resignation and U.S. arms transfers expert, and Tariq Habash, the only Palestinian-American Biden administration appointee in the Department of Education and the first Biden appointee to resign in protest of U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Learn more about what constitutes violations of international humanitarian law and U.S. foreign assistance requirements. Hear from these insiders about the growing trend of disillusion and anger behind the scenes throughout the federal government. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSek0mFZr3v_XHghMZRphd89Xo2tZqXZx9QDBkdSaD7IKCtvzg/viewform

41] – Witness against Torture [contact@witnessagainsttorture.com] wants you to know that Wed., June 26 is International UN Day to Support Survivors of Torture. On that day at 7 PM ET, the Center for Victims of Torture will hold a webinar Courageous Voices, Unbreakable Spirits: A Tribute to Survivors of Torture. Hear a special welcome from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards. The presentation of CVT’s annual Eclipse Award will go to Casa Alitas, a migrant shelter in Tucson, AZ working tirelessly to support families seeking asylum in the United States. RSVP at https://give.cvt.org/event/courageous-voices-unbreakable-spirits-a-tribute-to-survivors-of-torture/e571154

42] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] hope you will join in on Wed., June 26 and July 24 at 9 PM ET for a Disabilities Issue Organizing Team Call. Discuss issues, legislation, and actions we can all participate in to help make life better for all with disabilities. The Featured Speaker this month is Anthony Tusler who has been an advocate since 1972. A longtime wheelchair user, Anthony has championed disabled people in education, technology, the arts, and community. In his professional and personal activities his goal is to improve the lives of people with disabilities and encourage disability self-determination and culture. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdumvqDwoGNx6xKMg-liSlwcpK1dJ0jzb#/registration

43] – On Thursdays, get involved with State of Democracy, a Common Cause organized Election Protection phone bank. Phone bank on June 27 from noon to 2 PM & 4 to 6 PM and July 4 and 11 from 4 to 6 PM EDT. 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

44] -- Louis Curran <bmoreloulou@gmail.com> wants you to join him on Thurs., June 27 from noon to 2 PM ET for a fundraising luncheon for the VFP-initiated Maine-to-the White-House Peace Walk 2024.  Come to the Ambassador Dining Room, 3811 Canterbury Road, Baltimore 21218. Limited seating is $50 per person.

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

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