Baltimore Activist Alert - September 20- 22, 2024

67] World Beyond War conference – Sept. 20 - 22

68] Rake a Peace Garden – Sept. 20

69] Peace vigil at White House – Sept. 20

70] Women in Black vigil – Sept. 20

71] Friday Power Lunch – Sept. 20

72] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire – Sept. 20

73] Birdwatching Tour of Druid Hill Park in Baltimore – Sept. 21

74] Knock on doors in Pennsylvania -- Sept. 21

75] Caravan to PA/knock on doors -- Sept. 21

76] Vote no to Larry Hogan -- Sept. 21

77] Welcome Brandon Lee -- Sept. 21

78] Report back from trip to Japan -- Sept. 21

79] High Traffic Canvassing -- Sept. 22

80] Write to anti-nuke protesters

81] Baltimore activist selling her home

82] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine

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

84] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

85] Do you need a doctor?

86] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

87] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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67] – World BEYOND War [info@worldbeyondwar.org] on Fri., Sept. 20 through Sun., Sept. 22 will be holding its annual conference Resisting the USA's Military Empire! This year's hybrid conference is happening in four locations (Washington, DC; Sydney, Australia; Bogotá, Colombia; and Wanfried, Germany).  All sessions will be livestreamed on Zoom. Reserve your spot: https://worldbeyondwar.org/register-for-nowar2024/?link_id=5&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-wbw-news-action-its-worse-but-theres-more-to-do-about-it&email_referrer=email_2452494&email_subject=wbw-news-action-nowar2024-sept-20-22

68] – Yoshinobu Shiota [yshiota19@gmail.com] is inviting you to The Garden for Peace raking event on Fri., Sept. 20 at 9 AM at the Asian Garden at Towson University.

The garden is on the Osler side entrance and you can park behind the Center for the Arts building, off of Osler Drive. Use the turn lane after the Cross Campus Drive light. This event has been organized by the North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA) for the last 6 years. This year, over 27 Japanese dry rock gardens will rake a symbol for peace (Heiwa, by Toshiko Tanaka, an A-bomb survivor) in their garden gravel, to commemorate the UN’s International Day of Peace. 

69] – 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. 

70] – 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.

71] – On Fri., Sept. 13 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

72] – 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

73] – On Sat., Sept. 21 at 8 AM ET, join a birdwatching tour of Druid Hill Park, 3001 East Drive, Baltimore 21217. Druid Hill Park is Baltimore's oldest large park and is home to 745 acres of forests, fields, and a large lake. 189 species of birds have been documented here, including nesting Baltimore orioles and yellow-crowned night herons. Audubon and Baltimore Bird Club experts will lead a search of avian friends! No experience necessary. Meet at 3001 East Drive. RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/birdwatching-tour-druid-hill-park-baltimore-1  Email baltimore@audubon.org

74] – Mike Tidwell, CCAN Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] urges you to get to Pennsylvania on Saturdays.  Start on Sat., Sept. 21 from 11 AM to 3 PM ET at 2608 Chichester Ave., Boothwyn, PA 19061. This will continue through Sat., Nov. 2. The noted pollster Nate Silver just clarified the odds for the Presidential race. If Kamala Harris wins the state of Pennsylvania, she has a 91% chance of winning the White House. If Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania, he has a 95% chance of winning the presidential race. CCAN Action Fund will organize carpools and give you training and make it FUN. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/691894/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=ftv&utm_content=FTV-91+reasons-0924-c4+C

75] – On Saturdays Sept. 21 and Nov. 2 from noon to 4 PM ET at 403 Redland Boulevard, Rockville 20850 join a canvass for a Housing Justice Action for Alsobrooks. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/668829/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

76] – Join Progressive Maryland, tenant leaders, and other activists and knock on doors and rally community support to prevent Larry Hogan from flipping Maryland’s Senate seat. A vote for Hogan is a vote for Republican control of the U.S. Senate, which would jeopardize key issues like housing justice. While Hogan was governor, he vetoed legislation that would have helped tenants facing eviction by providing protections for those awaiting rental assistance.

77] –Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about an event on Sat., Sept. 21 at noon ET. Environmental and indigenous rights activist Brandon Lee to attend a Solidarity Conference for the people of the Philippines. Lee is an activist who survived an assassination attempt by the Philippine military in 2019 and continues to work to expose ongoing human rights abuses and build the campaign to end US military aid to the Philippines. RSP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb9TRJSmuNE_heqvxAc11GWrxjWQJMGlQolc4BfUrCnesEoA/viewform?link_id=21&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-30-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2441941&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-september-6-2024

78] – On Sat., Sept. 21 from 1 to 2:30 PM ET, get a Report Back from a delegation to Japan. Register to join Pax Christi New York State leader Rosemarie Pace for a report on last spring's delegation to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when Pax Christi members met with hibakusha (survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings), local peace activists, and church leaders.  Joining Rosemarie will be Alice Slater, UN NGO representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and Ann Suellentrop, fellow pilgrim to Japan and Project Director for Physicians for Social Responsibility Kansas City. Contact Rosemarie at nypaxchristi@gmail.com to register and to receive the Zoom link.

79] – On Sun., Sept. 22 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

80] – 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

81] – 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. 

82] -- 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.

83] – 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. 

84] -- 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.

85] – 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.  

86] -- 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.

87] -- 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