Baltimore Activist Alert -- August 25 - September 1, 2025

23] Support Kilmer – Aug. 25

24] Make Virginia Bluer – Aug. 25

25] Trans/Queer Liberation Campaign meeting – Aug. 25

26] Graduation Ceremony – Aug. 25

27] Israel tortures children – Aug. 26

28] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – Aug. 26 – Sept. 1

29] Rush Hour protest – Aug. 26

30] Redistricting info session – Aug. 26

31] Protest starvation in Gaza – Aug. 26

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23] – The Baltimore Rapid Response Network (BRRN) [info@baltimorerapidresponsenetwork.org] wants you to be there on Mon., Aug. 25 at 6:30 AM. Do not let them send Kilmar to Uganda. Rally and Vigil at his ICE check-in at the George H. Fallon Federal Building, 31 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore. Kilmar was released from a Tennessee jail and reunited with his family yesterday, after incredible support from CASA, his family, our community, and each of you.  But now, Trump's immigration officials say they intend to deport him to Uganda in 72 hours -- another vindictive move. It's likely they intend to take him into custody there. The easiest parking is Downunder iParkit, located under the building. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedxVNs0ZZy3aelaifmVNOavuAioPB2TeSTMfT-eizNVSP-YQ/viewform?emci=1b5796a0-5a80-f011-b484-6045bdeb7413&emdi=1f446d5b-6180-f011-b484-6045bdeb7413&ceid=4262660

24] – Join the virtual phone bank to Make VA Bluer on Mon., Aug. 25 from 6:30 to 8 PM ET– Elect Kacey Carnegie [HD-89]as Delegate and Abigail Spanberger as Governor, hosted by Silver Spring Progressive Action. Identify supporters, recruit local volunteers, and provide information. Fact sheets will be available. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/821784/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

25] – On Mon., Aug. 25 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-august-25th-7pm?link_id=94&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-8-2025&email_referrer=email_2849242&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-15-2025&&

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!

26] – CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] on Mon., Aug. 25 at 8 PM ET is holding a Graduation Ceremony with Keynote Speaker Medea Benjamin! https://www.codepink.org/summerenroll?utm_campaign=summer_school_6_follow_up&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

27] – Israel is the only country in the world that systematically detains, tortures, prosecutes, and imprisons children in a military detention system. Around 500 to 700 Palestinian children are targeted by this system each year, and the brutal abuse they face by Israeli forces has severely intensified since October 7, 2023. Now, Israeli forces are detaining, torturing, and disappearing Palestinian children from Gaza, with no accountability. On Tues., Aug. 26 from noon to 1 PM ET, attend a webinar to be trained on the basics of Israel's military detention system and how it targets Palestinian children to exert control over the Palestinian people. Attendees will hear directly from Defense for Children International - Palestine about the hurdles faced by lawyers trying to provide legal aid for child detainees. This training will also include actions to take in support of Palestinian child detainees from the United States, United Kingdom, and other places around the world. Email Miranda Cleland · advocacy@dcips.org. RSVP at https://www.dci-palestine.org/detained_tortured_disappeared_20250826?utm_campaign=august_webinar_invitation&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dcipalestine

28] – 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, Tues., Aug. 26, Wed., Aug. 27, Thurs., Aug. 28 & Mon., Sept. 1. Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

29] –  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 September 23. Silence Gives Consent Continued. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/772050/

30] – Plan to attend a Baltimore County Redistricting Information Session on Tues., Aug. 26 at 4 PM ET. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y0-6kj01T3OT1PVOel5q0w?fbclid=IwY2xjawMHONtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvRlgzNnU0THRuUTN1dTFRAR6sLRWXCIsMtwdPudKLlHP9JpYoghxUZVBtM0Xst5Ih4cn6sGL7hZOItPqxvA_aem_L7hw6PyG80eVCkiYHxozxg#/registration

 Thank you to Senator Charles E. Sydnor III and Sharonda Huffman, President of the Blue and Gold Democratic Club, for organizing this public information seminar with the Greater Baltimore Urban League. Baltimore County is one of those places where strong Voting Rights Act enforcement is needed most, given the County’s disgraceful history of locking Black and Brown people out of representative government. This is true now more than ever, given the perilous moment our democracy faces today. No matter what supporters of the Council’s map want us to believe, the Bill 55-25 map underrepresents 48% of the population, relegating people of color to 22% of the 9 districts. After ignoring the work and recommendations of their own Redistricting Commission, the Council has drawn a map that gives the shrinking 52% white population unbeatable majorities in 88% of the districts. And 26% - the majority - of minority residents, whose communities are found on both sides of the County, are ignored. This 2-0-7 map (2 majority-Black, zero majority-BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, which refers to all non-white racial and ethnic groups as reported in U.S. Census data], and 7 majority-white districts) violates the Voting Rights Act and fair representation.  Additional hearings will take place on Tues., Sept. 9 at 4 PM and Mon., Sept. 15 at 6 PM ET.

 31] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Aug. 26 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, and 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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