29]
Being
Jewish – April 16
30] Crisis in Sudan – April 16
31] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – April 16, 17, 21
& 22
32] Baltimore
Sign Waves –
April 16
33] DC Emancipation Day – April 16
34] Solidarity Picket at Le
Diplomate – April 16
35] Meaning of Honesty in
Academe – April
16
36] Know your Rights as a
Student with ICE – April 16
37] Shore Progress Community Outreach Committee virtual meeting – April 16
38] Expose AI – April 16
39] The Powers That Be Book
Club – April 16
40] Disarming Earth Day – April 16
41] The Powers That Be Book Club – April 16
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29] – Scientists
for Palestine [admin@scientists4palestine.com] on Tues., April 16 at noon ET is
promoting Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. Professor Peter Beinart will be in
conversation with Assaf Khfoury, member of the BLS Steering Committee, for the
next installment of the Bisan Lecture Series. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5IYS_yguSDuhDH69WAPQcw#/registration
After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history, and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, Peter Beinart argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose story will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew? Peter Beinart is professor of journalism and political science at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is also editor at large of Jewish Currents, a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, an MSNBC political commentator, and a nonresident fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He writes the Beinart Notebook newsletter on Substack.com and is most recently the author of Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza.
30] – The crisis in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. As the world turns away, millions are suffering. We cannot stay silent. Join Emgage Action, No Business with Genocide, and the Sudan Peace Coalition for the Sudan Advocacy Week, where we will bring the voices of the Sudanese people to the halls of power. On Wed., April 16 from 1 to 2 PM & 7 to 8 PM, gather on Zoom to contact members of Congress. Online you will be able to obtain talking point and get answers to question. Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/XmTD2kXdp0-7W1Z3G60Wuw2
31] – 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 Wed., April 16, Thurs., April 17, Mon., April 21 & Tues., April 22. Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration
32] – On Wed., April 16 from 4:30 to 5 PM join Baltimore Sign Waves at West 40th St. & Roland Ave., Baltimore 21211. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/763996/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest
This will continue on Wednesdays through April 30. The Wednesday Movement launched on March 12, 2025 when disgruntled seniors took to the streets in Baltimore to make their feelings known. The Movement, a weekly Pro-Democracy, Anti-Trump, Anti-Putin vigil, gathers on a heavily trafficked Baltimore street corner. We invite others who feel the same way to join the Movement. You do not need to be old to join this movement.
33] – On Wed., April 16 from 5:30 to 9 PM ET, join Free DC for DC Emancipation Day at the Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M St. NW, WDC 20005. This event is about protecting Home Rule, saving federal jobs and services, and investing in local DC communities. RSVP at https://freedcproject.org/event-list/emancipation-day-speak-out
34] – On Wed., April 16 at 5:30 PM ET, join a Solidarity Picket at Le Diplomate, 1601 14th St. NW, WDC 20009. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/solidarity-picket-at-le-diplomate-416?link_id=66&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-4-2025&email_referrer=email_2692862&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-11-2025&&
UNITE HERE Local 25 is holding informational pickets outside of Le Diplomate to tell people about STARR’s 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.
35] – The Feinberg Series [feinberg@umass.edu] on Wed., April 16 at 6 PM ET will do the 2025 James Baldwin Lecture by Steven Salaita: The Meaning of Honesty in Academe. Salaita is the Professor of English and Comparative Literature, American University in Cairo. The professor will draw on his recent memoir, An Honest Living, to explore questions of honesty and dishonesty on campus. Is it possible for a professor to pursue an honest living? What might it look like? Conversely, are there forms of dishonesty that can be considered ethical or necessary amid the predominant cultures of academe? Salaita will consider these questions through analysis of labor, inequality, alienation, and political violence on and off campus. You can join in by Zoom: https://websites.umass.edu/feinberg/the-meaning-of-honesty/
36] – Council on American-Islamic Relations Maryland [mdoutreach-cair.com@shared1.ccsend.com] on Wed., April 16 at 6:30 PM ET is doing a webinar: Know Your Rights as a Student with ICE. This is a critical webinar on protecting your rights as a student who may be impacted by visa revocations or if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears on your campus. Learn what ICE can and cannot do, how to respond safely, and who to contact for support. Know your rights, stay informed, and empower yourself and others. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f_CtbdsBRnORNOS78MqVcQ#/registration
37] – Progressive Maryland [email.replies@newsletter.mobilize.us] on Wed., April 16 from 6:30 to 8 PM ET is alerting you to the Shore Progress Community Outreach Committee virtual meeting. The next meeting will be on May 21. Plan how to grow the Progressive movement in the community. These monthly meetings will continue through Dec. 17 from 6:30 to 8 PM ET. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/612498/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
38] – MediaJustice [info@mediajustice.org] on Tues., April 16 at 7 PM ET is inviting you to join Dr. Alex Hanna and MJ as We Expose AI’s REAL Harms. As AI creeps into every facet of our lives, it has REAL harms against our communities, both online and offline. Join for The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy with Hanna, Director of Research from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and co-author of The AI Con, to break down the real-world AI harms happening now in our communities. Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtTNGkc8G0&list=PL-wF0vCzYZMa5t3lz6Rm6vFIWekf7knhP
39] – MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] on Wed., April 16 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET is holding an online workshop To Win Our Survival: Building the Next Era of our Movements. RSVP at https://MassPeace.us/To-Win-Out-Survival
In this interactive workshop, facilitators Daisy Carter and Rebecca Harris from The Climate Mobilization Project will invite participants to reflect on the moment we’re in, and where movements for peace and climate justice can go from here. Building on Climate Mobilization Project’s work with food sovereignty, mutual aid, climate justice and anti-war groups in Kentucky and Virginia, we will share tools for participants to explore their role in supporting survival programs that expand access to climate disaster preparedness, food, care, and more while growing movements for climate, economic, and racial justice.
40] – On Wed., April 16 at 8 PM ET, join CODEPINK for Disarming Earth Day: Nuclearization, Mining, & Creating Peace. This is the third teach-in of the series leading up to Earth Day 2025 which will cover all aspects of nuclear build up and its cost on the planet and people of the world: the mining process of uranium, the reasons for nuclear build-up, the war-making and genocide that possessing nuclear weapons creates, and the devastating results of the usage of these weapons of mass destruction. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/earthday2025
Highlight the impact of U.S. war, militarism, and imperialism on people and the planet. Cover steps that can be taken to move the hand of the doomsday clock toward peace. In order to combat the climate crisis, we need to confront US militarism and imperialism. The U.S. military is the #1 institutional polluter in the world, with over 800 poisonous bases around the world, consistently building up pointless escalation and presence in every hemisphere. In moments of crisis at every level, we need to center our movements toward common targets and our collective futures.
41] – The Fellowship of Reconciliation [info@fellowshipofreconciliation.ccsend.com] on Wed., April 16 at 8 PM ET will have the 2nd Zoom meeting of The Powers That Be Book Club. This is the second meeting of Walter Wink and June Keener Wink Fellow, Dr. Iskander Abbasi's Powers That Be Book Club. Iskander, a protégé of Dr. Farid Esack, the “Father of Islamic Liberation Theology,” is a lecturer in the theology department at Fordham University in NYC. He teaches classes in Theology, Islamic Studies, and Religion and Ecology. His research interests include Contemporary Islam, Islamic Liberation Theology, Environmental Ethics, Decolonial Theory, and Islamophobia Studies. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oPxpUI6iTsmn18ZtounoGA#/registration
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/.
"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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