Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 13 - 18, 2025

37] Take incineration out – Feb. 13

38] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – Feb. 13 – 14 & 17 - 18

39] NoVa DSA meeting – Feb. 13

40] National Fight Back call -- Feb. 13

41] Cut through disinformation – Feb. 13

42] PDA Victory Call – Feb. 13

43] Great Backyard Bird Count – Feb. 14

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37] – The Progressive Maryland Environmental Justice Task Force [info@progressivemaryland.org] will be in Lawyers Mall, State Circle, Annapolis 21401 on Thurs., Feb. 13 at 11 AM for a rally to show lawmakers that Marylanders demand bold action for environmental justice. For too long, polluters have gotten away with poisoning our communities while calling it “clean energy.”  The hearing happens right after the rally, so this is our chance to make sure legislators know where we stand. Gather to support The Reclaim Renewable Energy Act [SB10] which will remove incineration from the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, finally ending subsidies for pollution and shifting to real clean energy solutions. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/749568/?emci=3bd7e901-89e9-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=82faead0-89e9-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=136680

38] – 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 Thurs., Feb. 13, Fri., Feb. 14, Mon., Feb. 17 & Tues., Feb. 18.  Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

39] –There is a Northern Virginia DSA Branch Monthly Organizing meeting on Thurs., Feb. 13 at 6:15 PM ET at the Richard Byrd Library, 7250 Commerce St., Springfield, VA 22150. Email novabranch [at] mdcdsa [dot] org. New members are welcome to join the discussion of current actions and campaigns. As always, you can address any current issues from communities and allied organizations. You may join in person or virtually via zoom. The room will be provided when you RSVP.  The meeting theme will be Labor Activism and Passage of the Voting Rights Act. You must be vaxxed/boosted to join all in-person events. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-branch-monthly-organizing-meeting-feb-13th-615pm/?clear_id=true&link_id=8&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-197&email_referrer=email_2605564&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events

40] – Popular Democracy [cpd@populardemocracy.org] on Thurs., Feb. 13 at 7 PM ET will hold a National Fight Back call. Take a stand for the 14th Amendment—a cornerstone of Black liberation that was born to ensure nobody is treated as less than a human being.  Right now, extremists are trying to rip that foundation away to target immigrants, erase our communities, and unravel the progress we’ve fought generations to secure.  It’s time to be in community with one another, hear from elected leaders fighting for our rights like Rep. Nydia Velasquez, and recharge for the fight ahead with spoken word artist Camilo Montoya. These calls will continue each Thursday through December 18. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/cpda/event/550558/?ms=EM+NationalCallFeb132+PD&emci=1adcad8a-8ae9-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=1bdcad8a-8ae9-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=447376

41] – Women's March [info@womensmarch.com] on Thurs., Feb. 13 at 8 PM ET wants to Cut through disinformation.  Trump and his billionaire allies are unleashing a relentless barrage—executive orders, rollbacks, and disinformation—all designed to confuse, divide and wear us down. It’s chaos by design, a calculated power grab. We cut through the noise by organizing, fighting smarter, and refusing to back down. Sign up for a special edition of Digital Defenders at https://act.womensmarch.com/signup/DDCareIsCollective/?t=2&akid=22158%2E508952%2ErxfuqQ.

Hear from Dr. Heather Woods and Dr. Leslie Hahner, who will equip us with the tools to cut through disinformation, break through the chaos, and defend our digital communities—because our resistance is strongest when we have each other’s backs.  Learn how to spot and stop disinformation in your feeds.

42] – The Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Feb. 13 at 9 PM ET will hold a Campaign to Victory Call -- Working for Justice, Defending Democracy, and Bringing Home Important Wins .  Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration

Look for some good news in these dark times. Identify where PDA is succeeding, how to build upon that, and how to bring in victories in early year Special Elections. Discuss easy ways we all can make a real difference to help protect endangered communities, buttress the democracy we hold so dear, and ultimately defeat Trump, Musk, and the rest of MAGA, and make our future more progressive. .

43] – The National Audubon Society [audubonconnect@audubon.org] from Fri., Feb. 14 through Mon., Feb. 17 for the Great Backyard Bird Count!  Join the worldwide celebration of the 28th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). RSVP at https://www.birdcount.org/?emci=7be65efe-60e2-ef11-88f8-0022482a97e9&emdi=93e10b1e-bee4-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=2504878

To be continued. Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212.  Ph.: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.

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