51] Northern Virginia DSA social – Aug. 22
52] Throwdown Thursdays – Aug. 22
53] Social Housing
organizing meeting – Aug. 22
54] Virtual postcard party – Aug. 22
55] Prison Labor and Prison
Conditions -- Aug. 22
56] Healthcare Crisis – Aug. 22
57] Northern Virginia DSA meeting – Aug. 22
58] Power Team Calls – Aug. 22
59] Climate Action Training 2024 – Aug. 22
60] Support Starbucks Workers United – Aug. 23
61] An American in Gaza – Aug. 23
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51] –
Get involved with the virtual State of
Democracy phone banks, hosted by Common Cause on Thursdays from noon to 2 PM
and 2 to 4 PM ET. 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! The first phone bank is on
Aug. 22 from noon to 2 PM & 2 PM to 4 PM ET. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
52] – On Throwdown Thursdays join a Virtual Phone Bank on Aug. 22 from 5 to 6:30 PM ET. With a critical and competitive Senate race this November, help to ensure a progressive victory. Play a crucial role in preventing a Republican takeover that would shift the balance of power in the Senate. Reach out to the community to raise awareness about the importance of this race, candidate agendas and encourage voters to help save the Senate. Register for more than one outreach opportunity and feel free to share the link with friends, coworkers, and neighbors: https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/641284/?emci=e46ae348-e942-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=6e2df1ab-ef42-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=136680
53] – The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about a virtual Social Housing Organizing meeting on Thurs., Aug. 22 at 6 PM ET. Email social.housing.wg@gmail.com. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/august-22-2024-social-housing-organizing-meeting?link_id=51&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-9-2024&email_referrer=email_2419862&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-16-2024
Join the Social Housing Working Group for its biweekly organizing meeting. Learn about its latest activities, what they're planning for the future, and how to get involved. The Social Housing Working Group seeks to educate Metro DC DSA chapter members and the general public about social housing and to facilitate collective action in support of the passage and implementation of the Green New Deal for Housing Amendment Act. The legislation proposes to create mixed-income, district-owned housing with market rate units that subsidize a larger number of affordable units. It's a pioneering approach that deepens affordability, invests surplus funds into the creation of more social housing, and locks-in financial sustainability. The bill also includes climate and labor standards and elected tenant boards with oversight over building management. This event is open to both DSA Members and supporters.
54] – Join the Black Voters Matter virtual postcard party on Thursdays Aug. 22 and Sept. 19 from 6 to 7 PM ET. Create personalized messages to remind individuals of the POWER that they hold in their communities. You will get a training and the platform for you to submit your message. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/blackvotersmatter/event/601254/
55] – The National Religious Campaign against Torture [nrcatlist@nrcat.org] is holding on Thurs., Aug. 22 at 6:30 PM a Freedom Summer Conversation: Prison Labor and Prison Conditions. NRCAT invites you to join for a virtual panel discussion, hosted by the Multifaith Initiative (MFI) to End Mass Incarceration. As a founding member of MFI, NRCAT is pleased to build on its collaboration for this important discussion, hosted by Johnny Perez, the Director of NRCAT's U.S. Prisons Program. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/freedom-summer-conversations-prison-labor-conditions-tickets-982373013127?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f93fa58f-4d6c-486d-9e1e-2f1aa82fe4fc
56] –MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] on Thurs., Aug. 22 at 7 PM will hold a webinar: Healthcare Crisis: Steward implosion and what to do about it. The disease that is marketplace medicine has been festering in Massachusetts for decades. Its boils have reached the surface and are now about to burst, bringing down the urban hospital Carney in Dorchester and the rural hospital Nashoba Valley in Ayer. Can we deliver the life-saving remedy in time? Where do we go from here? Get answers from Peter Knowlton, President Emeritus of the United Electrical Workers Union, Reverend Doctor Savina Martin, army veteran and lifelong activist and organizer from Massachusetts, and Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, a Distinguished Professor of public health at the City University of New York’s Hunter College and a Lecturer in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/AP5xElaYIUOPX9ALqi9e-w2?ms=email-240821&emci=80313c88-d45f-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&emdi=aa87cd36-d75f-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&ceid=269591
57] – The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] on Thurs., Aug. 22 at 7 PM ET will hold a Member Engagement Monthly Meeting. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/member-engagement-monthly-meeting?clear_id=true&link_id=18&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-172&email_referrer=email_2415850&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events Touch base about ongoing activities and help each other be accountable to the goals. To attend please make sure you are a member of one of the following teams: Community Builders, Member Onboarders or Mobilizers.
58] – On Thurs., Aug. 22 from 8 to 9:30 PM ET, get with Showing Up for Racial Justice for The Many Over The MAGA: Power Team Calls. Find a home with the Many over the MAGA Power Team this election season to keep Trump out of office! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/652442/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual
Every other week there will be holding Power Team Calls - open to new team members to get some fresh perspective on what is happening with the election that week or to get an understanding of the context of key swing states. Then, every other week, opposite the Power Team Calls, you will join one of our standing phone banks to call into one of the 6 swing states (WI, NC, GA, AZ, NV, and OH). The next Power Team call is on Thurs., Sept. 5, and the final call will be on Oct. 31.
59] – On Thursdays from 8:30 – 9:45 PM ET, get with this virtual event Build, Lead, & Win: Climate Action Training 2024. Join actor and activist Jane Fonda alongside top movement leaders like Stacey Abrams, Marshall Ganz, and Aru-Shiney Ajay to learn evidence-based techniques to influence hearts and minds, mobilize voters to the polls, and inspire others to join us in making a difference. Beyond practical skills, you’ll become part of a dynamic network, connecting and supporting each other in transforming knowledge into action. Email team@sunrisemovement.org
On Aug. 22, the training will focus on the POWER TO THE POLLS. Get insider insights and cutting-edge research with Executive Director of Sunrise PAC Aru Shiney-Ajay and Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell on the most effective tactics to mobilize climate and progressive voters to the polls. These trainings will continue through Sept. 12. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/greenpeaceusavotes/event/638322/?utm_campaign=sunrise&emci=c68d4fb9-f950-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&emdi=ba8a7783-0351-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&ceid=177631
60] – Starbucks Workers United [sbwu@wealsoherdcats.com] needs your support from Fri., Aug. 23 through Mon., Aug. 26: I pledge to show up for Starbucks workers at union stores during Red for Bread weekend. Right now, baristas at nearly 500 unionized Starbucks stores are making progress at the bargaining table. But before they head back at the end of the month, they are asking for solidarity from all of its allies!
Put on something red and stop by your local union Starbucks (map here) to order a beverage under the name “UNION STRONG.” While you’re at it, please share some words of encouragement to baristas who are more than RED-dy for a collective bargaining agreement! Sign the pledge at https://starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/i-pledge-to-be-red-for-bread
61] – UNRWA USA [info@unrwausa.org] on Fri., Aug. 23 at 10 AM will air Episode 25, a Q&A: An American in Gaza. Join Mara Kronenfeld, Executive Director of UNRWA USA, for an exclusive live Q&A with Scott Anderson, an American who is the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza. This is your chance to hear directly from UNRWA leadership about what it's really like on the ground in Gaza for Palestine refugees and how UNRWA is making a life-saving impact. RSVP at https://getinvolved.unrwausa.org/event/lets-talk-unrwa-ep-35-an-american-in-gaza-with-scott-anderson/e611955
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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