62] Pray for Peace in Sudan – April 11
63] Peace vigil at White House – April 11
64] Women in Black vigil – April 11
65] Ceasefire Now – April 11
66] Communicate through disagreements – April 11
67] Solidarity picket -- April 11
68] US invaded Iraq – April 11
69] Back to the Garden -- April 12
70] Strawberry Mansion Reservoir – April 12
71] Peace in the Congo – April 12
72] Peace Day 2025 –
April 12
73] PG DSA meeting – April 12
74] Tenant canvass – April 12
75] Federal Workers Rights
Training – April 12
76] The Facility – April 12
77] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout
project
78] Baltimore activist selling her home
79] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
80]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
81] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
82] Do you need a doctor?
83]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
84] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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62] – Pax Christi USA [dfrancis@paxchristiusa.ccsend.com] on
Fri., April 11 is organizing a World Day of Prayer for Peace in Sudan. Sudan is
currently facing one of the most severe and under-recognized humanitarian
crises in the world. Since April 2023, the war between the Sudanese Armed
Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has plunged the country into
devastation. The situation has been exacerbated by targeted attacks on
civilians, ethnic cleansing in Darfur, and the systematic obstruction of
humanitarian aid. International bodies, including the United Nations and the
African Union, have labelled Sudan as the worst humanitarian crisis globally.
In the spirit of faith and solidarity, Pax Christi International is launching
the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Sudan on Friday, April 11. RSVP at
https://paxchristiusa.org/2025/03/26/april-11-world-day-of-prayer-peace-in-sudan/
63] – 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.
64] – 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. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.
65] – 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
66] – Maya Berry [mayaberry@aaiusa.org] on Fri., April 11 from 4 to 5 PM ET will be joining with a colleague from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, for a session on breaking out of this paralysis and maintaining relationships in the process. The speakers will model tools for communicating despite potential conflicts and disagreements. Delve into the practice of holding conversations on challenging issues aimed at protecting our relationships and coalitions and of course, the value of justice that brings us to this work in the first place. This workshop was created by Georgetown University's Center on Faith and Justice to tackle this very issue. RSVP at https://events.zoom.us/ev/AqPjNIc9gGgpAO8HQzPFu09KN_uXm28lxkwTqMwv5vtEw5OPrN1M~AjRnbw0iAW_WekSYsG3eAT6ixoedLKg1s-FuLiCFBMxv9tbFf_5aj6iOcw?emci=bd09c58f-b613-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=
67] – On Fri., April 11 at 5:30 PM ET, join a Solidarity Picket at Le Diplomate, 1601 14th St. NW, WDC 20009. UNITE HERE Local 25 is holding pickets outside of Le Diplomate to tell STARR to stop their union busting tactics! Metro DC DSA's Labor Working Group is mobilizing the community and its members to come out for ongoing pickets in support of the restaurant workers leading up to May Day. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/solidarity-picket-at-le-diplomate-411?clear_id=true&link_id=23&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-04032025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2689706&email_subject=04102025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
68] – On Fri., April 11 at 6 PM ET, hear about “Deadly Betrayal: The Truth about why the US Invaded Iraq” with Dennis Fritz and Lawrence Wilkerson. Former Air Force command chief master sergeant Dennis Fritz and Colonel (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson will be speaking about this book which provides important context for current events happening in West Asia/Middle East. The book provides a detailed insider account of how a Pentagon cabal strategized to manipulate intelligence, pressure the United Nations, force a Congressional authorization for the use of force through political threats, and scare the American people after 9/11 into supporting an attack on Iraq. https://secure.everyaction.com/Krzw0cKx1UCoOvPhGbqgwQ2
69] –The Heathcote Community <events@heathcote.org> will organize a BACK TO THE GARDEN, BACK TO THE LAND, Community Day, on Sat., April 12 at 10 AM ET. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfP6VZf2ns69f2fDn5JEQSSzXBTxv7N20pPI2ozqM7RcUGbw/viewform Email Info@Heathcote.org or call 443-621-6607. Community Day is on the second Saturday of each month. COVID Policy: If you have symptoms or have tested positive for COVID please don't come.
70] – On Sat., April 12 from 10 AM to noon find out what's in the Strawberry Mansion Reservoir at the Discovery Center, 3401 Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia 19121. Join Bria from Audubon Mid-Atlantic in observing this aquatic ecosystem as the seasons change. Try the rotating activities of testing water chemistry, exploring micro-invertebrates, macroinvertebrate sampling during warmer weather, and observing the waterfowl that visits throughout the year. Data from this community science project will be collected and utilized for future management of the reservoir.
While visiting the center, you can also learn more about the history of the reservoir and its important connection to the people of the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, from providing drinking water to the community to offering acres of green space for all to enjoy. RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/whats-strawberry-mansion-reservoir-discovery-center-philadelphia-3
71] –The Fellowship of Reconciliation [info@fellowshipofreconciliation.ccsend.com] on Sat., April 12 at 1 PM for a virtual Views from the DRCongo: Prospects for International Solidarity and Peace. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IGrcc6xCQveLUJpDPBRXeQ#/registration This webinar with two Congolese women and one Congolese man will highlight personal narratives and rich perspectives on the solutions to conflict in the DRC.
72] – Peace Day 2025 is a chance for mutual aid groups from all 8 Wards to come together for mutual support, connection, and fellowship on Sat., April 12 from noon to 4 PM ET. Gather in Malcolm X Park, 16th & W Streets NW, WDC. Visit at https://freedcproject.org/event-list/peace-day-2025-a-mutual-aid-fellowship
73] – The Prince George's County DSA Branch is holding a hybrid General Meeting on Sat., April 12 from 1 to 3 PM at the Bladensburg Library - Large Meeting Room, 4820 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg 20710. Email pgdsa@mdcdsa.org. Join in-person or remotely for the April 2025 Branch Meeting. Share updates on the local political conditions in the county and discuss upcoming ways to get involved in branch activities. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/prince-georges-county-dsa-branch-general-meeting?link_id=77&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-28-2025&email_referrer=email_2683918&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-4-2025&&
74] – On Sat., April 12 at 1:30 PM get involved with Metro DC DSA Stomp Out Slumlords in a TOPA Canvass at 3030 14th St. NW, WDC 20009. Email tenants@mdcsda.org. Mayor Muriel Bowser's RENTAL Act would further decimate the rights guaranteed to Washingtonians by the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), stripping these rights from huge swaths of tenants in both new developments and covenanted affordable housing throughout the District. Stomp out Slumlords is organizing to defeat this attack on tenants' rights and save TOPA. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/topa-canvass?clear_id=true&link_id=39&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-03272025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2680596&email_subject=04032025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
75] – On Sat., April 12 from 3 to 5 PM, get with the Metro DC DSA Labor Working Group for a hybrid Federal Workers Rights Training: Fighting Back Against Trump's Illegal Purges. To attend in person, go to the MLK Library Conference Room 401-F, 901 G St. NW, WDC 20001. Contact Zachary T. (914-357-0696). RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/federal-workers-rights-training-2?clear_id=true&link_id=41&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-03272025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2680596&email_subject=04032025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
Are you worried about being illegally fired, transferred, unpaid leave, or furloughed? Trump, Musk, & DOGE want to take away your rights, but federal laws and union contracts still protect you in critical ways. This hybrid workshop will cover the key protections that you have to fight back with your co-workers. This is an opportunity to hear from, and ask questions to, experienced labor lawyers. This is part of a continuing series of “Know Your Labor Rights” workshops hosted by experienced labor lawyers and veteran organizers across the metro DC area.
76] – The Northern Virginia Branch Metro DC DSA [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] on Sat., April 12 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM will screen "The Facility," a documentary screening and liberation fundraiser at the Arlington Central Library Auditorium, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22201. Email nova-abolition@mdcdsa.org.
This is a hybrid film screening and panel discussion about the organizing led by migrants detained in the Irwin County Detention Facility at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel will include Nilson Barahona, a migrant community organizer who is featured in “The Facility", and other local Virginia community organizers. This screening is free to the public. If you are financially able, you are encouraged to make a donation to Free Them All and LaColectiva's Liberation Fund. This fund supports migrants affected by systems of detention and deportation with needs such as commissary, post-release support, and more. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-facility-documentary-screening-and-liberation-fundraiser/
77] – Hideaki Ito [silentfalloutproject.org@gmail.com] wants to give you an update about the Silent Fallout Project. It has been more than five months since Silent Fallout was screened in Baltimore. He wants to express his sincere gratitude to all who supported the project during its US tour and hosted screenings. The film was shown in 20 locations over 43 days to over 600 people. The film aims to raise awareness about the reality of radiation contamination across the American continent and how many Americans are unknowingly exposed. It helps people understand that they are impacted by this issue and then use the US as a starting point to spark a global conversation about radiation.
Currently, the project is facing a deficit of $100K, and its future is uncertain. However, Ito is determined to raise funds and continue its activities. In 2025, which marks the 80th year since the birth of the atomic bomb, there is a plan to embark on a European screening tour, produce a new film, conduct a second US tour, and host a large-scale event on August 6th. Make a donation at https://www.silentfalloutproject.org/donation
78] – 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.
79] -- 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.
80] – 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.
81] -- 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.
82] – Yousef Zarbalian [EastWestRheum@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.
83] -- 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.
84] -- 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
