69] Phone bank to Wicomico County voters – Oct. 18 - 20
70] Peace vigil at White
House – Oct. 18
71] Women in Black vigil – Oct. 18
72] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire –
Oct. 18
73] Future of the ERA -- Oct. 18
74] Chat for
anti-imperialists under 30 -- Oct. 18
75] GOTV training -- Oct. 18
76] Phone bank for Democrats
-- Oct. 19
77] Caravan to PA/knock on doors -- Oct. 19
78] Direct Action training -- Oct. 19
79] Solidarity for Peace in Palestine conference -- Oct. 19
80] Deep Canvass program -- Oct. 19
81] World BEYOND War celebration
-- Oct. 19
82] High Traffic Canvassing -- Oct. 19
83] Write to anti-nuke protesters
84] Baltimore activist selling her home
85] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
86]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
87] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
88] Do you need a doctor?
89]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
90] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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69] – On Fri., Oct. 18, Sat., Oct. 19 and Sun., Oct. 20 from
9 AM to 1 PM, 3 to 5 PM & 6:30 to 8
PM ET, get with a phone bank and call
voters in Wicomico County. First time volunteering? No worries. Each Phone Bank
shift starts with training with an organizer who will be there to help you out.
74] – On Fri., Oct. 18 at 3 PM ET, join an informal CODEPINK Peace Collective Coffee Chat for anti-imperialists under 30. Together they will reflect on the past year of Palestine Solidarity Organizing. This is an informal space for young anti-imperialists to gather, reflect on our organizing, strategize for the future, and learn together. Grab a warm drink and kick off fall with fellow peacemakers! RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/pcoct?utm_campaign=october_member_newsletter_2024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink
75] – On Fri., Oct. 18 from 5 to 6 PM ET, join Progressive Maryland to get trained virtually as a mobilizer with the Empower App. You can earn money making sure your friends and family vote! Reply to your registration email to confirm your requirements or request more information. The trainings will continue through Wed., Oct. 30 at 5 PM ET. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/720345/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
76] – On Sat., Oct. 19 from 9 AM to noon, noon to 3 PM, 3 to 6 PM & 5 to 8 PM ET, join MD Victory and phone bank for Democrats Up and Down the Ballot in Baltimore City North. This phone bank will continue through Tues., Nov. 5 at 4 PM ET at Baltimore City, 2330 N. Howard St., Baltimore 21211. The phone bank training will begin promptly at the scheduled start time. Please arrive a few minutes early to get signed in. The more volunteers on the dialer, the more voters to speak with and turn out to the polls! Share this on social media using the hashtag #TeamMaryland RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/703283/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type
77] – Mike Tidwell, CCAN Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] urges you to get to Pennsylvania on Saturdays. On Sat., Oct. 19 from 11 AM to 3 PM ET knock on doors in Pennsylvania every Saturday until the election. Nothing is more effective than an in-person conversation with voters, and that's why Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund will be knocking on doors in Pennsylvania to help get Harris elected. More details will be provided upon registration. 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
78] – Join the DC4Palestine Teach-In Series for its interactive Direct Action Training in partnership with the Movement Infrastructure Project taking place on Sat., Oct. 19 from noon to 4:30 PM at 33 Grant Circle. You are encouraged to attend the training with a couple of people you already take action with and/or want to take more action with and also welcome folks individually! The training will cover a variety of topics including action roles and affinity groups, brainstorming, planning and strategy and decision making methods as well as break-out sessions focusing on specific areas like communications and media, health & safety tips, strategic tools and more! Light refreshments will be served during the training. Note that the space is not (yet) ADA accessible as it's up 2 flights of stairs. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXSireiARm19-yOE1r7RigwNwCw4qgMcngs23esm_VDifXyw/viewform
79] – Join a Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine conference: "Implementation of International Law to Stop the Genocide" on Sat., Oct. 19 at 1 PM ET. Join in for an urgent and transformative global conference, organized by Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine (GSPP) and facilitated by FOR's own Susan Smith. The event will bring together activists, peacebuilders, and human rights advocates from around the world to address the ongoing war in Gaza and the systemic oppression Palestinians are facing by Israeli occupation. Email david@worldbeyondwar.org. Register at https://actionnetwork.org/events/implementation-of-international-law-to-stop-the-genocide?clear_id=true
80] – Join the People’s Action Live event on Sat., Oct. 19 from 2 to 3 PM ET. The group is going all in to help elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz as the next president and vice president—and they need your help! Join their livestream event for exciting updates on the deep canvass program, live entertainment, and special guests like Chicago Alderman Andre Vasquez. Sign up at https://www.crowdcast.io/c/ourfuture/register?utm_source=AN&link_id=3&can_id=0525ce9797863073a2740f2fd0d88bdb&email_referrer=email_2492197___subject_3028934&email_subject=join-us-on-october-19th-for-a-livestream-event-fight-for-our-future&emci=3cb23677-358b-ef11-8473-0022483029fa&emdi=22fa65c0-3d8b-ef11-8473-0022483029fa&ceid=136680
81] – World BEYOND War [info@worldbeyondwar.org] on Sat., Oct. 19 at 3 PM ET will hold an online party to Celebrate its First 10 Years. The group believes it has had "tons of accomplishments behind us and, of course, massive struggles ahead." It is taking a 90-minute pause to enjoy each other's company and the sustaining happiness that comes from its experiences engaged together in moving the world toward peace and away from the madness of war.
Please wear your blue scarf or your peace shirt. Please bring your memories of the past decade and your resolutions for the decade ahead. Everyone should contribute 30 seconds at the open mic. RSVP at https://worldbeyondwar.org/join-the-world-beyond-war-one-decade-online-party/?clear_id=true&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-online-party-to-celebrate-our-first-10-years&email_referrer=email_2475949&email_subject=a-brief-pause-to-encourage-each-other
82] – On
Sun., Oct. 20 from 10 AM to noon and 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
83] –
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
85] -- 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.
86] – 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.
87] -- 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.
88] – 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.
89] -- 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.
90] -- 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
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