Baltimore Activist Alert -- August 30 - September 1, 2024

40] Peace vigil at White House – Aug. 30

41] Women in Black vigil – Aug. 30

42] Friday Power Lunch – Aug. 30

43] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire – Aug. 30

44] Knock on doors for Democrats – Aug. 30 - 31

45] Final Fridays – Aug. 30

46] Birdwatching Tour of Patterson Park -- Aug. 31

47] Angela/Johnny O campaign office -- Aug. 31

48] Canvass voters with Allies for Democracy -- Aug. 31

49] Celebration of Reading – Aug. 31

50] Lady Day Mass -- Sept. 1

51] High Traffic Canvassing -- Sept. 1

52] Write to anti-nuke protesters

53] Baltimore activist selling her home

54] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine

55] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"

56] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

57] Do you need a doctor?

58] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

59] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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40] – 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. 

41] – 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. The VFP peace walkers will join he vigil. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.

42] – On Fri., Aug. 30 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

43] – 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

44] – Knock on doors in Baltimore City and join the canvass, hosted by MD Victory.  Gather at the Baltimore Office, 2330 N. Howard St., Baltimore 21211. Knock on doors to elect Angela Alsobrooks to be the next United States Senator and Kweisi Mfume to be re-elected as the Congressperson from Maryland's 7th! First time volunteering? No worries. Each canvass shift starts with a training with an organizer who will be there to help you out. You will go out with a buddy so you can knock on doors together.

 You will need a smartphone so you can download the MiniVAN Touch app, the Democratic Party’s canvassing app. Download it on an iPhone or android. Also bring a full water bottle! Canvass on Fri., Aug. 30 from noon to 3 PM, 2 to 5 PM & 5 to 8 PM and Sat., Aug. 31 from 10 AM to 1 PM, noon to 3 PM, 2 to 5 PM & 3 to 6 PM ET.   The canvass will continue until Aug. 31 from noon 6 PM ET, RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/646353/

45] –Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to get together on Final Fridays on Fri., Aug. 30 from 6 to 8:30 PM ET at Hook Hall, 3400 Georgia Ave. NW, WDC 20010. Enjoy a Happy Hour.  RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/final-fridays-with-mdc-dsa-4?link_id=56&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

46] – Join a Birdwatching Tour of Patterson Park on Sat., Aug. 31 from 8 to 9:30 AM ET. Meet on the southernmost end of the Boat Lake in Patterson Park with the closest intersection being Eastern Avenue and South Rose Street. From there, walk directly north into the park via the cobblestone path, approximately 100 yards. 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-3 Email baltimore@audubon.org

47] – On Sat., Aug. 31  from 9:30 to 11:30 AM ET, come to a grand opening of a campaign office for Johnny O and Angela Alsobrooks at 301 Allegheny Ave., Towson 21204. Come for a fun morning with food and music and learn how to get involved with the campaign. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/670573/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

48] – Canvass voters in Maryland with Allies for Democracy on Saturdays from 10 AM to 3 PM ET -- Aug. 31, Sept. 28 & Oct. 26. Join in to build the blue wave in Maryland, where a critical Senate seat hangs in the balance. Talk to voters, which is the most effective way to mobilize people to participate in our democracy. Whether you're an experienced canvasser or brand new, you will make connecting with voters easy. Training, carpools, buddies, and camaraderie are always included! Meet at a central location in the Towson area. Get all the details when you sign up: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/610578/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

49] – People for the American Way [alerts@pfaw.org] on Sat., Aug. 31 from 10 AM to 2 PM ET are hosting a Celebration of Reading at the MLK Memorial Library at 901 G St. NW, WDC 20004  to bring together members of the community to tell Moms for Liberty hands off our books! Spread the joy of reading: gathering together to tune out the noise and focus on how important it is that every child sees themselves in the classroom. There will be a book and school supplies giveaway, as well as an exclusive Black History coloring book you can only get at the Celebration! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/peoplefor/event/652857/?utm_source=PeopleFor

50] – Chuck Michaels [cwmichaels@igc.org] indicates that PAX CHRISTI BALTIMORE is promoting a LABOR DAY MASS on Sun., Sept. 1 at 10 AM at St. Ignatius Church, 740 N. Calvert St. All working people, unions, and worker justice advocates are invited. Pastor Fr. Brian Frain, SJ, the parishioners at St. Ignatius, and the Maryland Catholic Labor Network are sponsoring this Mass. Fr. Ty Hullinger will be the homilist. Fellowship will follow.

51] – On Sun., Sept. 1 from 10 AM to noon and from noon to 2 PM ET, join the Chesapeake Climate Action Network / Action Fund with High Traffic Canvassing at the Mt. Washington Farmer's Market, 2101 W. Rogers Ave., Baltimore 21209. You will be set up with clipboards and forms, and teach you best practices for having high traffic canvassing conversations. The goal is 1000 new members this fall, so we your help is needed in reaching out. The canvassing will continue through November 3. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/655176/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

52] – 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

53] – 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. 

54] -- 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.

55] – 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. 

56] -- 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.

57] – 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.  

58] -- 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.

59] -- 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