Baltimore Actvist Alert --- May 6 - 9, 2025

29] Sign wave against fascism – May 6

30] Muskville – through May 9

31] Medicare for All – May 6

32] Climate Narratives – May 6

33] Racial equity – May 6

34] FBI & ICE – May 6

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29] – On Tues., May 6 from 8 to 9 AM, join a Sign Wave at Loch Raven Blvd. and Taylor Avenue. Make some noise to let Trump know that you fighting fascism. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/778718/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

30] – 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/

31] – The Northern Virginia DSA Medicare for All Working Group [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] will be meeting virtually on Tues., May 6 from 6 to 7 PM ET. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-may-6th-at-6pm?link_id=63&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-25-2025&email_referrer=email_2719217&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-may-2-2025&&

 Discuss ongoing Medicare for All campaigns working towards universal healthcare in northern Virginia.  The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The meetings are open to the public for all who support healthcare as a human right.

32] – On Tues., May 6 from 7 to 8 PM ET, tune into Sierra Club Action Tapping into Your Story Training Series: Workshop 2: Climate Narratives & the Art of Storytelling. How can we use storytelling to help make radical change in our communities? Go over real-world examples found in the environmental justice movement, and how creative resistance has been used to connect and sustain meaningful change. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/762473/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual

33] – Get over to a Montgomery County Racial Equity and Policing Team meeting on Tues., May 6 from 7 to 8:30 PM. Jewish sacred texts declare that destroying even one life is akin to destroying a whole world. But here in Montgomery County, lives are destroyed every day, especially Black and brown lives, by systems of policing and school discipline. Discuss ongoing campaigns to transform public safety in the County. You will receive call-in instructions via email after you RSVP: https://jufj.org/event/mc-rep-5-6/?emci=7404ea96-f621-f011-8b3d-6045bded8cca&emdi=a0daf531-a223-f011-8b3d-6045bded8cca&ceid=3403859

34] – CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] on Tues., May 6 at 8 PM ET is holding a Congress Capitol Calling Party. Get educated, activated and mobilized for peace legislation! Hear from Chip Gibbons, Policy Director of Defending Rights & Dissent. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/cpc56?utm_campaign=may_2025_member_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

 People are disappeared and beaten for expressing solidarity with Palestine. Trump and Congress approve another tranche of 2,000 pound bombs for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, where Israel continues to block food, water and medicine. Trump’s latest executive orders unleash local police to assist in mass raids of immigrant communities, and encourage the Attorney General to pursue sanctuary cities with “legal remedies” against state and local officials for “obstruction” of law enforcement officers “carrying out their duties.” These are troubled times -- FBI, ICE & Domestic Repression. NK [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

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/.

"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