42] Peace vigil at White House – Nov. 22
43] Women in Black vigil – Nov. 22
44] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire –
Nov. 22
45] Everyday Counts – Nov. 22
46] Preach Palestine 2024 – Nov. 22
47] Social and Happy Hour – Nov. 22
48] Birdwatching tour of Patterson Park – Nov. 23
49] Anti-eviction canvass – Nov. 23
50] Socialist strategy – Nov. 23
51] Colombia Support Network – Nov. 23
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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42] – 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.
43] – 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.
44] – 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
45] – The Green New Deal Network
[info@e.greennewdealnetwork.org] on Fri., Nov. 22 at 4 PM ET is doing an Every
Day Counts Training Call. Push the White House and state leaders to use $$ they
already have for public transit! With just two months remaining of a Democratic
presidency, we are at a critical juncture to protect our climate and fight back
against the far-right's vows to Expand fossil fuel production and to Rollback
critical climate funding. Join in for
the Every Day Counts: Funding Public Transit Training call: https://act.greennewdealnetwork.org/signup/every-day-counts-funding-public-transit-training/?t=1&akid=3416%2E267200%2EqJGYXf
46] – Friends of Sabeel North America [friends@fosna.org] on
Fri., Nov. 22 at 5:30 PM ET will do Preach Palestine 2024, a movement call
announcement. Join the movement call and get involved with a national day of
action this December. Learn how you can preach Palestine this Advent, and hear
the announcement of a national day of action for the holy innocents of
Palestine and Lebanon. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrfu6uqDoqGdU5FCBiuMuQWUEd4hXoTkUG#/registration
47] – Get over to an AdCom Social and Happy Hour on Fri.,
Nov. 22 at 5:30 PM ET at the Dew Drop Inn, 2801 8th St. NE, WDC 20017. Come blow off some steam and have some happy
hour drinks with your AdComrades. You
can talk to department stewards about the work their teams do to keep the
chapter functioning smoothly and meet new people. AdCom helps coordinate things
like events, social media posts, website updates, member engagement, security,
technical operations, and more. The chapter can always use more people to keep
the administrative wheels of the chapter turning, so come out and meet your new
AdCom friends. RSVP a
thttps://actionnetwork.org/events/adcom-socialhappy-hour-2?link_id=20&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-8-2024&email_referrer=email_2530551&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-15-2024
48] – On Sat., Nov. 23 at 8 AM ET, join a birdwatching tour of
Patterson Park, Baltimore 21224. Meet on the southernmost end of the Boat Lake
in Patterson Park, closest intersection is 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 in search of avian friends! No experience necessary. Email baltimore@audubon.org. RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/birdwatching-tour-patterson-park-baltimore-1
49] – On Sat., Nov. 23 at 1:30 PM ET, Metro DC DSA’s tenant
organizing campaign, Stomp out Slumlords, will be kicking off its monthly
anti-eviction canvass. Every month, canvassing operations roll out to inform
tenants facing eviction of their rights in court and legal options, and to
solicit interest in organizing their building. The canvass will meet at
L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station, 650 D St. SW, WDC 20024 at the D Street exit at
1:30 PM. All levels of experience are invited to attend; newer participants
will have a quick training beforehand and be paired with someone more
experienced for training. Following the canvass, the crew will meet at Sonny’s
Pizza in Park View to debrief and socialize. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/sos-anti-eviction-canvas-november-2024-2?link_id=22&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-8-2024&email_referrer=email_2530551&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-15-2024
If you have a car,
please drive it down to the meeting spot! Cars are helpful for getting
canvassers to Metro-inaccessible areas. (Parking near L’Enfant Plaza is a bit
tricky, but doable!) If you’re interested in the work but can’t canvass, email
tenants@mdcdsa.org to learn about other ways to get involved.
50] – Reflect, Strategize, Unite is a Forum on Political
Conditions and Socialist Strategy on Sat.,
Nov. 23 from 3 to 5:30 PM ET at the Petworth Library, Meeting Room 1, 4200
Kansas Ave. NW, WDC 20011. As socialists, Northern Virginia
Democratic Socialists [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] often find themselves in
rapid-response mode, jumping from fight to fight. In the wake of the elections,
and with MDC DSA Local Convention coming up, take a moment to breathe and
discuss the bigger picture with your comrades. It’s a chance to come together,
share insights, and build towards a unified chapter analysis that will shape
the direction for the coming years. If you are unable to attend in person, a
virtual option will be available. Please RSVP for the Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/reflect-strategize-unite-a-forum-on-political-conditions-and-socialist-strategy?clear_id=true&link_id=14&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-186&email_referrer=email_2537082&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events
This hybrid event is open to both DSA
members and supporters. Consider joining DSA.
51]
--On Behalf Of Colombia
Support Network on Sat., Nov. 23
at 4 PM ET get with a conversation with Colombian Senator Clara López Obregón. Senator Clara López
Obregón has a degree in economics from Harvard University (magna cum laude),
and in law from the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; she studied financial and
tax law at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Her academic career includes
professorships at Universidad del Rosario and Universidad de los Andes.
In public life since 2003, she has been Colombia’s Auditor General, City
Controller and Acting Mayor of Bogotá, Minister of Labor, candidate for the
presidency, and is currently Senator representing the Pacto Historico coalition
for the 2022 -2025 term.
Look forward to a meaningful conversation with Senator Clara
López on topics such as changes the
first left-wing government in Colombia has made (or not made), and the outlook
for progress in Petro’s remaining term in office. Register using the form at the link below,
and you will be sent the Zoom link ahead of the meeting: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLu_c_PgOBZkaWzPb7XLJOq-p_k9RY4VWalzJNsBZMIUQvTQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
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
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