Thursday, December 5, 2024

Baltimore Activist Alert -- December 6 - 14, 2024

43] Peace vigil at White House – Dec. 6

44] Women in Black vigil – Dec. 6

45] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire – Dec. 6

46] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – Dec. 6 through Dec. 14

47] Legacy of James Lawson – Dec. 6

48] Gaza writes back – Dec. 6

49] Canvass with tenants – Dec. 6

50] Apartheid Free-Communities – Dec. 6 - 7

51] Save Oak Flat – Dec. 6

52] Birds of Druid Hill – Dec. 7

53] Birds of Philadelphia – Dec. 7

54] Write to anti-nuke protesters

55] Baltimore activist selling her home

56] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine

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

58] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

59] Do you need a doctor?

60] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

61] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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43] – 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. 

44] – 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.

45] – 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

46] –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 Dec. 6 and Dec. 9--14.  Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

47] –Alan Minsky [alan@pdamerica.org] wants you to know about an event honoring the life and legacy of James Lawson, a legendary teacher of nonviolence. This event will be streamed live on Instagram on Fri., Dec. 6 at 3 PM ET at https://www.instagram.com/uclalaborsd/

48] –Check out the launch of Gaza Writes Back Memorial Edition on Fri., Dec. 6 at 4 PM ET. This online event marks the one-year anniversary of Israel's brutal killing of beloved Gaza-Palestinian teacher and writer Dr. Refaat Alareer. It also marks the release of the new Memorial Edition of the late Dr. Refaat's favorite work, "Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine." In this globe-circling conversation Electronic Intifada head Ali Abunimah and Just World books publisher Helena Cobban will be joined by four writers/intellectuals who had worked with Dr. Refaat to contribute stories to the original edition of the book when it came out in 2014. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_itlESZDCSymnWfBuE7kqUA#/registration

49] – Join Huntington Tenant Association Town Hall canvassing on Fri., Dec. 6 & Tues.. Dec. 10 from 5 to 8 PM ET and Sat., Dec. 14 from 11 AM to –2 PM ET.  Come to the Huntington at King Farm Apartments, 801 Elmcroft Blvd., Rockville 20850. Join leaders of the Huntington Tenant Association to knock on neighbors' doors to boost turnout for the December 14th meeting and town hall with Council Member Barry Jackson! Turn out whenever you can during each shift. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/744025/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

50] – Apartheid-Free Communities [apartheid-free-communities@googlegroups.com] are hosting an in person convening in Philadelphia on Fri., Feb. 6 and Sat., Feb. 7 continue to strategize how to work together to cut ties with Israeli apartheid. On Dec. 6 at 6:30 PM ET hear from keynote speakers focusing on post-election analysis vis-a-vis Palestine and how to strengthen the anti-apartheid movement. Rep. Cori Bush, Huwaida Arraf, and Rabbi Alissa Wise are featured guests. On Dec. 7 from 8 AM to 6 PM Apartheid-Free Community reps will strategize and envision ongoing work together. There will be times for networking, resource sharing, generating ideas, fostering collaboration, and partnering together, with specific attention to how we can increase our power to shift the narrative, change policy and engage in boycott and divestment. Omar Barghouti and Haider Eid will join us virtually. Register at https://afsc.org/registration

51] – Kathy Boylan [kathyboylan5@gmail.com] wants you on Fri., Dec. 6 at 7:30 PM to attend a Clarification of Thought gathering at Dorothy Day House at 503 Rock Creek Church Road, NW, WDC 20010. Protect Oak Flat and show support and solidarity with the Native American tribes as they resist corporate and governmental interests to expropriate their sacred lands in the greed and interest of mineral extraction that desecrates Mother Earth. The San Carlos Apache are struggling to protect Oak Flat, their sacred grounds in Arizona, from the Rio Tinto copper mining company. Hear from Kendra Moesle, Jodi-beth McCain & Merwyn De Mello.

52] – On Sat., Dec. 7 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

53] – The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club is doing a Bird Tour at the Discovery Center, 3401 Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia 19121 on Sat., Dec. 7 from 8 to 10 AM ET.  Join Audubon to welcome the Delaware Valley Club to look for over 170 species being spotted at the Center, including for nesting and migratory birds. All ages and birding abilities welcome. Binoculars are available for loan. RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/dvoc-bird-tour-discovery-center-philadelphia

54] 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

55] – 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. 

56] -- 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.

57] – 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

58] -- 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.

59] – 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.  

60] -- 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.

61] -- 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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