Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Baltimore Activist Alert -- September 18, 2024

38] Prayer service & press conference – Sept. 18

39] Latino Conservation Week – Sept. 18

40] Nuclear colonialism – Sept. 18

41] Confronting settler violence – Sept. 18

42] Migrants and climate change – Sept. 18

43] Ban fracking Sept. 18

44] Community Outreach Committee meeting -- Sept. 18

45] End the War on Yemen – Sept. 18

46] Superwomen Wednesday – Sept. 18

47] Rights of union members – Sept. 18

48] Uncommitted movement Sept. 18

49] Swing left – Sept. 18

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38] – Friends of Sabeel North America [friends@fosna.org] announced that on Wed., Sept. 18 at noon ET, in coordination with Sabeel’s Wave of Prayer, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), a Christian voice for Palestine, is hosting an on-line prayer service and press briefing to uplift the prayers and the stories of the people of Palestine, in particular in the West Bank who are now facing the same devastation and ethnic cleansing as their siblings in Gaza. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ As per the Stones Cry Out webinar series, right after the press conference at 1 PM ET,  join Doug Thorpe as he interviews Kairos USA's Mark Braverman and FOSNA Executive Director Jonathan Kuttab. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvduyorjkrEtKYcLisLn98z9mPpfVtKrrR#/registration

39] – The National Audubon Society [audubonconnect@audubon.org] is celebrating Latino Conservation Week through Sat., Sept. 21. Audubon chapters, centers, and offices, as well as other community, non-profit, faith-based, and government organizations will hold Latino Conservation Week events throughout the country.  For example, on Sat., Sept. 18 at 12:30 PM ET, join an Instagram Live interview with Debs Park Audubon Center Director Evelyn Serrano to learn more about the Los Angeles center’s collaborations with Latino Outdoors, why creating equitable access to the outdoors is so important, and what it means to foster community at our centers. Follow the Instagram page for updates.  Visit https://www.audubon.org/get-involved/latino-conservation-week?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-engagement_20240912_eng-email_lcw-ig-live&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=engagement_20240912_eng-email&utm_content=lcw-ig-live&emci=cc33be75-4e70-ef11-991a-6045bda8aae9&emdi=28bc3005-1571-ef11-991a-6045bda8aae9&ceid=2504878

40] – MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] wants you to attend a webinar on Wed., Sept. 18 at 1 PM ET End Nuclear Colonialism: Uranium Mining on Indigenous Land. This will be a full hour presentation with questions and discussion about the history and legacy of Uranium mining on Diné/Navajo Land in New Mexico from the 1940s in preparation for the building of the Atomic Bomb to the present opening of mining in the Grand Canyon Arizona land- traditional lands of the Havasupai, Diné, Hopi, Pueblo and other tribes. Tribal members will shed light on the increase of nuclear weapons and the misinformation that nuclear power is a “green alternative” for fossil fuels.

The speaker Leona Morgan is an anti-nuclear activist and founder of Haul No!, who has been fighting nuclear colonialism since 2007, who will update us on the impact of Navajo miners, the nationwide Church Rock spill, the inability of the government to clean up uranium tailings and the Navajo nation’s refusal to allow nuclear material to be hauled through their reservation.  The facilitator Hartman Deetz has been active in environmental and cultural stewardship for over 20 years. This stewardship is based on his spiritual foundation in his Native traditions that value the Earth as a living being.  RSVP at https://secure.everyaction.com/kNrOFZ5oL0KCUcgXI0KHFw2?contactdata=XbsDyRlV6KvlKZt8AXeq5ZlpXsmzelp4rKG7QFGVZ0vZBMqWCw8zOWyaX1AsuXWWlqTZo+LCjV0lYCi+fVfpWO4KgnTY70DZn+EKqtU6xkFcm4y+%2fyd4zJeSEKDbpdl3etuYS4OiFd2ZB%2fDjUY4VQdlZGYYhjIb+WL1NasCFI7FKEfoQB9tzueQCFXMWeh4fzaAEzN2BEREElnVfAC6jyMcMlYV94BdCt6W0XCUoV+f3CjT+lOOMcct2u+7BE+zWhBLi5jEIPPWacWXKZqsEBDTppbkwdPs6uUga6IuWhT7qSpd4mrI2DTCn2GuEYE8ScPIQBvv75hth2frCVwjnmA%3d%3d&ms=email-240906&emci=d217ba71-d76e-ef11-991a-6045bdd9e096&emdi=376d6f3c-2b71-ef11-991a-6045bda8aae9&ceid=269591

41] – American Friends of Combatants for Peace [lindsay@afcfp.org] on Wed., Sept. 18 at 2 PM ET is hosting a talk Forging a Shared Homeland: Confronting Annexation & Settler Violence. Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/H9gv_4YIyEWa6ES2BT6q7A2?contactdata=Vd+SiX1znMYbT1S+%2fHYO1whWmkRb3kj1V2%2fG8kPKbbA%2fg0s7UT%2f%2fntWw40zKTDZfPNjKULI25BJTUBWjoIZYkUj%2f5+UbWRlkdA7cH1vpumCrhLdEi8xpd1usR98nLe4mHxwsYM6t%2fynq3MFRrOueSsgV16JGU%2frpMLJp0i8n1KPOtOei8LkU2at0EnMd5zU8alHkxrlC4qREtz2DjPiww2lyQIbuHqYncyz72iT3l%2fM%2fYi%2f3K3+MnDGLQrN+Vns9PISSDY48xw7EoXJd3LugpA%3d%3d&emci=102bfa02-4771-ef11-991a-6045bda8aae9&emdi=e2d48495-4c71-ef11-991a-6045bda8aae9&ceid=8142762

  Hear from Israeli activists Itamar Feigenbaum and Elie Avidor, who provide critical support to the shepherds in the Jordan Valley. They will share their firsthand experiences, along with Mai Shahin and Jamil Qassas, who will discuss CfP's efforts to combat settler land theft and violence. Learn more about CfP's nonviolent resistance work and how you can support Palestinian families to remain steadfast in the face of increasing violence.

42] – Sojourners [sojoaction@sojo.net] is telling us that on Wed., Sept. 18 at 3 PM ET, there is a webinar "Climate Change, Displacement, & Conflict: Migrants Speak," by Immigration, Law & Justice Network. REGISTER at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1chvSKynTi-XZ1xOl7kxqw#/registration

 This webinar will explore the human impact of climate change, environmental degradation, and inadequate environmental protections on conflict and mobility, centering the voices of those most affected. Hear from environmental defenders, indigenous groups, and frontline communities as they share their powerful stories and confront the intertwined challenges of extractive industries, displacement, and the climate crisis. 

43] – Join Food & Water Action for a Livable Future virtual event, From New York to California: The Fight to Ban Fracking, on Wed., Sept. 18, from 3 to 4 PM ET. Ten years ago, Food & Water Watch and its allies won a fracking ban in New York, sparking a nationwide movement. Join in and discuss the legacy of this historic achievement and our plans for the future. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/627318/?ms=devo_em_09132024_NAT-fww/event/627318/&oms=devo_em_09132024_NAT-fww/event/627318/&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_email&utm_content=2024-09-13+FWW+c3+NAT+General+September-Livable-Future-Now-Monthly-Newsletter+Cultivation+em+nL+D+MC+-+Eastern+Time+Zone+-+[cc:+15633+:+Member]

44] – On Wed., September 18 at 7 PM ET, there is a virtual Community Outreach Committee meeting.  Plan with Progressive Maryland on how to grow the Progressive movement in the community. The next meeting will be on Sept. 18, and the monthly meetings will continue on Wednesdays through December 18.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/612498/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

45] – MD Baker [national@actioncorps.org] on Wed., Sept. 18 at 7 PM ET, join Action Corps for a talk on Ending the War on Yemen. RSVP at https://www.vermonthumanities.org/event/ending-the-us-saudi-war-on-yemen/?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-action-corps-vermont-for-talk-on-ending-the-war-on-yemen&email_referrer=email_2442600&email_subject=join-action-corps-for-hybrid-talk-on-ending-the-war-on-yemen

46] – Get with Superwomen Wednesday and join the virtual Phone Bank on Wed., Sept. 18 at 7 PM ET. Join Supermajority’s national team for weekly, action-packed hour sessions helping women make a plan to vote. Phone bank to women in North Carolina and Georgia who share the values (the Majority Rules) so their voice can be heard in the 2024 election. New to phone banking? Don’t fret! You will be trained. These Wednesday phone banks will continue October 30 at 7 PM ET.

47] – A workshop, the Democratic Rights of Union Members, hosted by Labor Notes, will happen on Wed., Sept. 18 at 7:30 PM ET. The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act provides union members a bill of rights, requires unions to publicly disclose certain details about their governance, and regulates union elections and trusteeships of local unions by international unions. Learn how to use the law to build rank-and-file power in your union, and how to defend that power once you’ve built it. A $10 donation is requested. RSVP at https://labornotes.org/events/2024/democratic-rights-union-members

48] – The Working Families Party [reply@workingfamilies.org] wants you to join the calls to build power for working people on Wednesdays Sept. 18 and Oct. 16 and Thurs., Nov. 7 at 8 PM ET.  Join the conversation with Abbas Alawieh and Layla Elabed of the Uncommitted National Movement. Uncommitted has registered and mobilized people of conscience to civically engage in this election around an anti-war agenda that specifically calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, an arms embargo, an end to the long-term siege on Gaza. They are using their platform to push voters to engage in November in a meaningful way to fight fascism and strengthen our democracy. We are united in our joint call for a ceasefire and an economy that puts working people first.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/workingfamilies/event/342586/?utm_source=NatEmail-20240813_rsvp&link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2417164&email_subject=rsvp-now-to-join-our-call-to-build-power-for-working-people

49] – On Wed., Sept. 18 from 8 to 8:30 PM ET, join Swing Left for a volunteer orientation. This orientation will continue on Sept. 4 at 8 PM ET. Take on MAGA extremism—and win—in 2024, and beyond! During the 30-minute orientation, share the most effective volunteer options. Extremism has taken root and is now thriving in the Republican Party. This emboldened GOP is attacking democracy itself—designing extreme legislative gerrymanders, rigging the courts, attempting to subvert election results, and stripping away the democratic voice of the people—in order to lock in permanent minority rule.   Swing Left has the tools, programs, and community infrastructure to help you get involved strategically in whatever way you can, no matter where you are on your civic engagement journey. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/616746/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual

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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