Baltimore Activist Alert -- July 28 - 31, 2025

19] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – July 28 - 31

20] Baltimore Sign Wave -- July 28

21] Protest ICE – July 28

22] Tenant organizing – July 28  

23] Phone bank for Democrats – July 28

24] Trans/Queer Liberation Campaign meeting – July 28

25] 80^th commemoration of H & N – July 28

26] Baltimore Sign Waves – July 29

27] Rush hour protest – July 29

28] Protest starvation in Gaza – July 29

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19] – 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. 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 Mon., July 28, Tues., July 29, Wed., July 30 & Thurs., July 31. Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

20] – Baltimore Sign Waves on Mondays, including July 28, from 4 to 5 PM will be at West Northern Parkway & Roland Ave., Baltimore 21210. This will continue through August 25. Join in the waving of pro-democracy signs! Bring your sign or just show up. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/793151/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

21] – The Takoma Park Mobilization [info@tpmobilization.org] is urging you to join a protest about the imprisoning of Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal, from Easton with no criminal history. He was followed by ICE after getting breakfast at McDonald's, detained this week without cause and sent to a dungeon in Louisiana.  On Mon., July 28 at 5:30 PM, join the mobilization to support Pastor Espinal at McKeldin Plaza on East Pratt Street in Baltimore. He was taken from Salisbury to the George H Fallon Building, the ICE detention center in Baltimore, before his shackled trip to the Dark South. Join multiple organizations at #EYESONICE to stand up for immigrant neighbors. There will be a march to the George H Fallon building at 6:10 PM.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblebaltco/event/819909/

The Trump Administration is cutting back many of this country's vital services, while at the same time ramping up ICE enforcement. They aim to spend $48 billion dollars to expand immigration detention, while firing federal workers, cutting vital community services and eliminating the Department of Education. We don’t want to live in their police state. We don't want a system that terrorizes and kidnaps our immigrant brothers and sisters, while it cuts and eliminates our vital education, nutrition and healthcare services!

22] –The Stomp out Slumlords all-hands meeting is on Mon., July 28 at 6:30 PM at MLK Library, 901 G St. NW, WDC 20001. Get involved in tenant organizing project, and share updates on the fight to stop the RENTAL Act and protect TOPA. Hear from various tenant leaders and organizers on the fights in their buildings, and discuss building-level organizing challenges. RSVP a https://actionnetwork.org/events/stomp-out-slumlords-all-hands-meeting-2/?link_id=46&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-18-2025&email_referrer=email_2824905&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-25-2025&&.

23] – On Mon., July 28 from 6:30 to 8 PM ET, Silver Spring Progressive Action will do a phone bank to Make VA Bluer – Elect Lily Franklin to the House of Delegates [HD-41] and Abigail Spanberger as Governor.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/811276/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

24] – On Mon., July 28 at 7 PM, get with a Trans/Queer Liberation Campaign biweekly virtual meeting. RSVP at  https://actionnetwork.org/events/transqueer-liberation-bi-weekly-meeting-monday-july-28th-7pm?link_id=87&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-11-2025&email_referrer=email_2817137&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-july-18-2025&&

A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP. Email bawg@mdcdsa.org. Discuss ongoing efforts such as Project Sanctuary, the Gender & Name Change Clinics, and more!

25] –On Mon., July 28 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET, check out Building for the 80th Commemoration of Hiroshima/Nagasaki hosted by the Boston-Hiroshima 80th Anniversary Coalition. Build from the Hibakusha wise warning that “Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.” Hear from Dr. Ira Helfand and Mari Inoue help us understand the importance of this anniversary and actions you can take to eliminate these omnicidal weapons. Helfand, is a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon, ICAN, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, and Past President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Inoue, Esq. was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. While working as an immigration attorney in New York since 2001, she has been active in grassroots movements to educate policy makers and elected officials of the costs, risks, and humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. She is a co-founder of the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, board member of Peace Action NYS, and an active member of Affected Communities and Allies Working Group. RSVP at https://masspeaceaction.org/event/why-were-building-for-the-80th-year-hiroshima-nagasaki-commemoration-and-beyond-webinar-with-dr-ira-helfand-and-mari-inoue/?ms=email-nl-250723&emci=809b2973-3867-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&emdi=b206fd44-0e68-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&ceid=320042

26] –  On Tues., July 29 from 8 to 9 AM, join Baltimore Sign Waves at Loch Raven Blvd. and Taylor Ave. to condemn the MAGA madness. This will continue through Aug. 26 RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/778718/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

 New Jewish Narrative [info@newjewishnarrative.org] on Tues., July 29 at 29 at 1 PM ET will host a webinar What’s Going on with Syria?  Israeli attacks in Syria once again made news this week amidst widespread instability. We all know that what happens in Syria has significant implications for broader regional stability, including the prospects for peace. NJN is teaming up with J-LINK (The International Progressive Jewish Network) for a webinar on the shifting dynamics in Syria and what they mean for diplomacy, stability, and Syria’s relationships with Israel and the West.  The speakers will include a former member of Syria’s parliament who is a leader in track-two diplomacy efforts, the former Director General of Israel’s foreign ministry, and the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jK6sqVk0R9-yZxUTn8HwYg#/registration?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5cbbc969-25c9-47a2-8437-b406ba3ef759

27] –  On Tuesdays, from 4 to 6 PM ET, gather with Indivisible at 9706 Gorman Road, Howard County 20723 for a Rush Hour protest at the I95 Gorman Road Overpass. This event will continue through August 12. Silence Gives Consent Continued. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/772050/

28] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., July 29 from 4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. to condemn the Israeli war crime of denying food to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.  Of course, Israel is involved in a plethora of war crimes both in Gaza and the West Bank. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.

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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