53] Peace vigil at White House – Dec. 13
54] Women in Black vigil – Dec. 13
55] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire –
Dec. 13
56] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – Dec. 13 - Dec. 14
57] Happy Hour to condemn Pepco – Dec.
13
58] Legislative Leadership
Day – Dec. 13
59] Peacebuilding next to Russia – Dec. 14
59] Canvass with tenants – Dec. 14
60] Anti-eviction canvass – Dec. 14
61] Environmental Justice -- Dec. 14
62] Abolition Solidarity Social – Dec.
14
63] Tenant Town Hall – Dec. 14
64] Write to anti-nuke protesters
65] Baltimore activist selling her home
66] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
67]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
68] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
69] Do you need a doctor?
70]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
71] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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52] – The Oil Change International [team@oilchange.org] on
Thurs., Dec. 12 at 2 PM ET will host a panel moderated by Amy Goodman with Rebecca Solnit and others for a
conversation on art and activism. Facts
and figures have never been enough to tilt the balance of power and bring about
transformational change. In every struggle for justice, whether it’s racial,
economic, or environmental, creativity has shaped the way we think, feel, and
act—and has been a driving force for change. Art can show us both the pain of
our world and the hope for what it could be. Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L83jCpkYSM6A9LI_qxu4Tg#/registration?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-tomorrow-join-me-amy-goodman-rebecca-solnit-and-others-for-a-conversation-on-art-and-activism&email_referrer=email_2557295&email_subject=tomorrow-join-me-amy-goodman-rebecca-solnit-and-others-for-a-conversation-on-art-and-activism
53] – 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.
54] – 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.
55] – 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
56] –Jewish Voice for Peace is doing a Power Half-Hour for
Gaza: Channel grief & outrage into action to stop a genocide. A year into the genocide in Gaza, we are
overwhelmed with sorrow and rage. There are no words to describe the
devastating pain of the past year in which the Israeli military has killed over
44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 17,000 children. The
International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court have both
declared that Israel must stop the genocidal acts being committed on the
Palestinian people. And the U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli
military as it wreaks devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza.
JVP continues to come together as a political community in its daily half-hour
to take action, Monday through Friday, for the past year. Join in and take
collective action to demand an arms embargo to Israel, immediate end to the
genocide, a lasting ceasefire and an end to Israeli siege, apartheid,
occupation, and oppression of Palestinians and Lebanon. All are welcome. All
are needed. Get involved at 3 PM ET on Fri., Dec. 13 and Sat., Dec. 14.
Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration
57] – On Fri., Dec. 13
at 6 PM ET for a WE Power DC happy hour at Sonny's Pizza, 3120 Georgia Ave. NW,
WDC 20010. Come discuss Pepco’s latest dirty deed (with the help of the
industry-captured Public Services Commission) — securing a $123 million rate
hike over the next 2 years, yanking money from the pockets of poor and working
class neighbors. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/we-power-dc-december-happy-hour/?link_id=21&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-29-2024&email_referrer=email_2551921&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-december-6-2024
58] – Join the ACLU
Grassroots Legislative Leadership Day on Sat., Dec. 14 from 11 AM to 12:30
PM ET. The future of Maryland is in our hands. Now more than ever, we need our
voices heard in our State Capital in 2025. Annapolis belongs to
everyone. Your voice matters in shaping our future. Your leadership is
crucial. Be part of the movement to protect civil liberties in Maryland! After you RSVP, you will receive the Zoom
link for the joining the event. RSVP at
https://www.aclu-md.org/en/events/grassroots-legislative-leadership-day-december-14-2024?initms_aff=md&initms_chan=eml&utm_medium=eml&initms=adv-feed-sail-gradead-md-241118_glld-civilliberties-grassrootsleadership-rsvp&utm_source=sail&utm_campaign=rsvp&utm_content=adv-feed-sail-gradead-md-241118_glld-civilliberties-grassrootsleadership-rsvp&af=RA1%2BJp3N228aRV69knhQi6HdXOURCg1a8LjFy%2FqVNQ3Po1gpJ2TWtaez2njMlOuEAnWCHkgEsbpWshTz9SyXZHZ4ZBqwHCVVpKJ%2BZXlAWLY9SUg1qbRF6XQ%2FGofdGh0uIrE%2BgrtlRDoZHWCwwg1ZrXmTDTeoAx%2B%2B4iu8YWTWyXa4EoSg7nGmN8x6HStwNOnh&ms_aff=md&ms_chan=eml&ms=adv-feed-sail-gradead-md-241118_glld-civilliberties-grassrootsleadership-rsvp
59] – World BEYOND War
[greta@worldbeyondwar.org] on Sat., Dec. 14 at noon ET is holding a webinar
Peacebuilding Next to Russia. Hear from
Finnish perspectives on peace. Finland and Russia not only share a 1,340-kilometer
(833 miles) border, but also a long history. There have been many conflicts and
disagreements, many of which have been resolved without violence and war. Now,
as tensions build, it is important to hear from advocates for peace, nonviolent
resolution to conflicts, and ways to reduce the tension. RSVP at
https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-peacebuilding-next-to-russia?clear_id=true&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-webinar-peacebuilding-next-to-russia-december-14&email_referrer=email_2543965&email_subject=webinar-peacebuilding-next-to-russia-december-14
60] – On Sat., Dec. 14 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM, join an SOS
Anti-Eviction Canvass at L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station, 650 D St. SW, WDC 20024.
RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/sos-anti-eviction-canvas-december-2024?source=direct_link&&link_id=63&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2551921&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-december-6-2024
Come
out and inform tenants facing eviction of their rights in court, how to get a
lawyer, and to see if they're interested in organizing their building. At 1:30
PM take a short training to explain why these canvasses are necessary, how to
talk to tenants about their upcoming eviction suits, and how to fill in
walk-sheets. If you have a car, please drive it down to the meeting spot! Cars
are helpful for getting canvassers to Metro-inaccessible areas. Email tenants@mdcdsa.org
61] – Environmental Justice Task Force End of Year
[info@progressivemaryland.org] on Sat., Dec. 14 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM ET wants
you to join a meeting at the Enoch Pratt Public Library in Cherry Hill to
Support the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act!
Join Progressive Maryland’s movement to end public funding for
incineration by advocating in support of the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of
2025. The group indicates that it is closer than ever to removing trash
incineration from the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard Program! Senate
President Bill Ferguson’s announcement has opened the door for transformative
action in the 2025 legislative session and we need your voice to help pass the
Reclaim Renewable Energy Act (RREA). At
this community event, discuss the plan for advancing the RREA during the
legislative session next month. You'll learn how to lobby effectively and
advocate for the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act, and deliver powerful testimony.
Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee member and community advocate Diana
Emerson will be the featured speaker to inspire frontline community members to
join us in Annapolis to testify in support of the RREA in early January.
Register at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/744497/?emci=0ee446dd-32b7-ef11-88d0-000d3a9d5840&emdi=d7c18fd7-36b7-ef11-88d0-000d3a9d5840&ceid=136680
62] – Get over to an Abolition Solidarity
Social [novabranch [at] mdcdsa [dot] org] on Sat., Dec. 14 from 3 to 5
PM ET at Detour Coffee, 946 N. Jackson St., Arlington 22201. Join the Northern Virginia DSA Abolition
Working Group for a cozy winter social! Help raise money for the Free Them All
VA commissary fund, and write letters to incarcerated folks. Masks encouraged
and provided. Event will take place outdoors, weather permitting. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/abolition-solidarity-social/?link_id=66&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-november-29-2024&email_referrer=email_2551921&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-december-6-2024
63] – Join a Huntington
Tenant Association Town Hall with Council Member Barry Jackson on Sat., Dec. 14
from 3:30 to 4:30 PM ET. Come to the Community/
Business Center Huntington at King Farm Apartments, 801 Elmcroft Blvd.,
Rockville 20850. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/744031/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org
64] –
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
65] –
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.
66] -- 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.
67] – 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.
68] -- 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.
69]
– 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.
70] -- 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.
71] -- 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
