Baltimore Activist Alert -- August 8, 2024

48] Bystander Intervention in the Workplace – Aug. 8

49] Cancer Alley – Aug. 8

50] Throwdown Thursdays – Aug. 8

51] Social Housing organizing meeting – Aug. 8

52] Lower Shore Progressive Caucus meeting – Aug. 8

53] Muslims for Just Futures – Aug. 8

54] Campaign to Victory Call – Aug. 8

55] Commemorate Nagasaki -- Aug. 9

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48] –The New Allies Solidarity Network, a new map feature to track hate and a program for Youth was launched to unite nonprofits during this election and beyond. This network's aim is to take action against identity-based hate, discrimination, harassment, and violence through an intersectional approach - an approach that is needed now more than any previous election. Register for a free training--Bystander Intervention in the Workplace on Thurs., Aug. 8 from 12:30 to 1 PM ET at https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/ There will be further trainings on Aug. 19, Aug. 20 and Aug. 22.

49] –Stop the Money Pipeline [info@stopthemoneypipeline.com] wants you to get involved on Thurs., Aug.  8 at 1 PM ET with the Frontline Dispatch Webinar Part 2. Hear about the latest with Rise St. James, also known as "Cancer Alley," a region along the Mississippi River in Louisiana. It has some of the highest cancer rates in the country due to its dense concentration of polluting industries. Despite this, there are plans to expand this chemical corridor with even more factories. Sharon Lavigne, the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, 2022 Laetare Medal recipient (The Laetare Medal is the most prestigious award given to American Catholics), and one of Times “The 100 Most Influential People of 2024” leads the charge against these expansions with her organization, Rise St. James. Learn how you can support the fight for environmental justice in your communities! RSVP at  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h8vG13GxTSe3zk-DuYBNLw#/registration?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-rsvp-thurs-88-frontline-dispatch-webinar-part-2&email_referrer=email_2403998&email_subject=rsvp-thurs-88-frontline-dispatch-webinar-part-2

50] – On Throwdown Thursdays join a Virtual Phone Bank on Aug. 8 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

51] – The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about a virtual Social Housing Organizing meeting on Thurs., Aug. 8  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-8-2024-social-housing-organizing-meeting?link_id=45&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-19-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2405605&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-2-2024

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.

52] –On Thurs., Aug. 8 at 6:30 PM ET, there will be a Lower Shore Progressive Caucus Communications Committee virtual meeting. Help decide what the progressive movement should do. These meetings will continue through Thurs., Dec. 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/603612/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

53] – Muslims for Just Futures [sana@muslimsforjustfutures.org] on Thurs., Aug. 8 at 7 PM ET are holding a member meeting to build local and national power.  Since October, Israel has murdered over 42,000+ Palestinians in Gaza including 16,000+ children, and thousands more are unaccounted for under the rubble. An estimated 1.5 million Palestinians have fled their homes and are sheltering in Rafah. They are facing violent Israeli bombardment and many are on the brink of starvation because Israel has blocked food, water, and medical supplies.  But the U.S. government is still arming Israel despite grave violations of U.S. and international law. The next meeting will be on Thurs., Sept., 19 at 7 PM ET.  Sign up at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUudOquqD4iHNeQrG3x1STJWYLwp3q3SJXB#/registration

54] – Mike Fox for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to participate on Thurs., Aug. 8 at 9 PM ET in the Campaign to Victory Call. Bring home victories for Squad Member Cori Bush and others. Simply put, we can't let what happened to Jamaal Bowman happen to Cori Bush. Raquel Teran is a brilliant young progressive first time congressional candidate we likewise need to help to make sure we rebound from Jamaal's seat being pulled to the right. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration

55] –Baltimore’s Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will gather on August 6 & 9 as part of Forty Years of Resistance to living with Nuclear Weapons. On August 9, an educational exercise will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 PM outside the Johns Hopkins Hospital on Broadway near the shuttle service between Orleans and Monument Streets. An information table will be set up, some participants will hold placards and others will leaflet students getting on and off the shuttle.  At 6:30 PM, there will be a community meal at a restaurant outside Baltimore’s Rotunda--18-8 Sushi, 727 W. 40^th Street, Suite 138, Baltimore 21211. The restaurant phone number is 410-889-1888. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

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