Baltimore Activist Alert -- April 29 - May 1, 2025

31] Muskville – through May 9

32] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – April 29 to May 1

33] Testify about high gas bills – April 29

34] McKibben & Tidwell – April 29

35] Know your rights – April 30

36] What’s up for Ukraine? – April 30

37] Write effective op-eds – April 30

38] Doctors against Genocide testify – April 30

39] Safety Tips seminar – April 30

40] Congress and courage – April 30

41] Trafficking – April 30

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31] – Welcome to Muskville, a Solidarity City at Columbus Circle NE (Union Station), WDC running through May 9 from 9 AM to 8:30 PM. This in-person organizing space started on April 20 and provides support for displaced workers and demonstrate mutual aid, as well as provide political education and organizing for collective action. We'll offer daily programming from large event tents, launch collective actions, host art and cultural events, and build the networks that our movements need to challenge the actions of the Trump/Musk administration. Programming will include supportive services for fired federal workers and other community members, trainings, political education, performances, and more. For the daily schedule go to https://www.solidaritycity.org/schedule-1. Visit  https://www.solidaritycity.org/

32] – 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 Tues., April 29, Wed., April 30 & Thurs., May 1. Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

33] – On Tues., April 29 from 6 to 8 PM ET, Testify against a 12% increase in your DC gas bill in the PSC Hearing Room, 1325 G St. NW, Suite 800, WDC 20005. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/testify-against-a-12-rate-hike-on-your-gas-bill-2?link_id=95&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-11-2025&email_referrer=email_2702227&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-18-2025&&

Washington Gas is looking to increase gas rates by an average of 12%, or $15 per month for every customer. Meanwhile, 1 in 7 WGL residential customers are already behind on their bills. Email claire.liz.mills@gmail.com

34] – CCAN [info@chesapeakeclimate.org] on Tues., April 29 at 7 PM is promoting a conversation with Bill McKibben and Mike Tidwell. They will have a live conversation re Trump, climate, and new books. RSVP at  https://act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/82297/event/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=fundraising&utm_content=Mike+book+tour+-+McKibben+Fundraiser+REMINDER-0425-c3&ea.url.id=3529256‌On Zoom, you'll be able to hear a gripping conversation about challenges facing the climate movement, great new climate books, and so much more. Your $34 ticket includes a signed copy of Mike’s new book The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue. All proceeds benefit CCAN!

35] – ACLU People Power [peoplepower@aclu.org] on Tues., April 29 at 7 PM ET is holding a May Day Know Your Rights Training. Zoom info will be sent after you RSVP at https://act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-training-2#:~:text=One%20Struggle.,this%20training%20is%20for%20you.&text=At%20this%20Know%20Your%20Rights,free%20speech%20and%20immigrant%20communities

Thousands will be taking action this May Day. Join our Know Your Rights Training to make sure you’re ready. You will get help to prepare to assert your rights when protesting or confronted by law enforcement, protect yourself and others when approached by police, ICE, or other law enforcement and push back against unconstitutional attacks on free speech and immigrant communities 

36] – MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] on Tues., April 29 at 7 PM ET is hosting What's going on with Ukraine? The webinar features Ted Snider, sorting through the confusion around Ukraine. RSVP at https://masspeace.us/UkraineConfusion What on earth is going on in Ukraine and in Trump’s negotiations with Russia and Ukraine? What is the current military and political situation in Ukraine? What should we know about the origins of the Ukraine War prior to the Russian invasion in 2022? Note the invasions occurred well before 2022. What are the prospects for a negotiated settlement of the war? And what does all this mean for the U.S. peace movement?

37] – CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] on Tues, April 29 at 8 PM will hold a webinar: Op-Ed Writing effective Op-Eds. Join Media Relations Manager Melissa for an informative training on writing effective op-eds. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/mediatraining429?utm_campaign=op_ed_training_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

38] – Doctors against Genocide [info@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] on Wednesdays April 30, May 21 or June 25 will lobby on Capitol Hill. Sign up to join Doctors against Genocide on the Hill to demand justice and accountability for the genocide in Gaza. When filling out the form, please indicate who your representatives are and any relevant information you know about them, i.e. if you have spoken to them in person before, so that you can get help on the Hill. Sign up her https://actionnetwork.org/forms/hill-day-sign-up?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-updates-from-gaza-and-media-training-for-doctors-against-genocide-members-3&email_referrer=email_2703892&email_subject=updates-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank-medical-students-doctors-and-disability-advocates&&

39] – The GW Institute for Korean Studies [gwiks@gwu.edu] on Wed., April 30 at 11:30 AM ET is hosting a Safety Tips Seminar at 1957 E Street N. Elliott School of International Affairs, Room 505, 5th Floor.  Welcome to the Safety Tip Seminar for GWU Students by MPD's Asian Liaison Unit! This is a session filled with valuable information on staying safe on and off campus. Experts from the Metropolitan Police Department's Asian Liaison Unit will share essential tips and strategies to help you navigate the city with confidence. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your safety awareness and empower yourself with knowledge. Visit https://gwiks.elliott.gwu.edu/ or email gwiks@gwu.edu

40] – Sojourners [sojourners@sojo.net] on Wed., April 30 will bring together near the Capitol faith leaders to pray and act, calling on Congress to have moral courage to end the abuse of executive power.  Meetup at 11:30 AM outside the United Methodist Building at 100 Maryland Ave NE, Washington, D.C. and then walk over together to the nearby vigil site. Vigil from noon until 12:45 PM: Upper Senate Park, Area 2 (bounded by Constitution Ave NE; First St NE; Northeast Dr and the East Front Plaza), Washington, D.C. You are encouraged to urge your faith community to attend the final vigil on April 30, marking the end of the first 100 days in office, where Sojourners will be taking the concerns directly to members of Congress after the public Witness program. Diverse faith traditions teach all to care for the common good, stand up for justice, and protect the most vulnerable. And right now, that means standing up to prevent unchecked executive power. 

This witness—and that of millions of people across the country demonstrating, attending town halls, and calling their elected representatives—is having an impact. Over the last nearly 100 days of the Trump Administration, our nation has seen alarming acts of executive overreach—actions that attempt to sideline Congress and threaten the constitutional balance our democracy was built to uphold. RSVP for April 23 at https://act.sojo.net/page/79871/survey/1?ea.tracking.id=email and for April 30 RSVP at https://act.sojo.net/page/82039/survey/1?ea.tracking.id=email

41] – Freedom United [team@freedomunited.org] on Wed., April 30 at noon ET is hosting Dismantling the orphanage trafficking industry.  ‌ As Child Abuse Prevention Month comes to a close, participate in a panel event discussing Volunteers Needed the film, and dismantling the orphanage trafficking industry. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t7pmCjNUQUW9L2ZBrjZUXg?trk_msg=ON2OFJBVR92KF3SUCGTQROHHPG&trk_contact=CLM465Q1ION47L3FT15J0RGU94&trk_sid=6FI7MFT6K9SJ2SDN63U0MRFS0C&trk_link=H18NNN288RJKP8EB0QU1HHLIMG&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Online&utm_campaign=FU-EN-23APR25-WebinarInvite-US-Orphanage-Trafficking-active&utm_content=FU-EN-23APR25-WebinarInvite-US-Orphanage-Trafficking-active#/registration

  Volunteers Needed is an unreleased and award-winning film exposé on how children are trafficked into orphanages—not because they’re orphans, but because traffickers exploit donations and “voluntourism” to turn children into profit. Hear from the director of Volunteers Needed and leading experts in child protection and orphanage trafficking.

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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