Baltimore Activist Alert -- December 22 - 27, 2025

20] Restaurant Worker Bystander Training – Dec. 22

21] Overpass Extravaganza -- Dec. 23

22] Sign Wave in Towson – Dec. 24

23] Sign Wave in Baltimore -- Dec. 24

24] Peace Parade – Dec. 26

25] Sign Wave in Bel Air – Dec. 27

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20] – Get over to a Restaurant Worker Bystander Training on Mon., Dec. 22 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM at a location in Petworth, WDC. Join fellow service workers to get trained to be an active bystander to any ICE or police presence in your restaurant and neighborhood! Pizza will be provided. The address will be sent via email after you RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5iRzjdQPg56zna8kpxLRghErNf_fFM0HhJnAcvALhPYhf4g/viewform?fbclid=PAb21jcAOwKUdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAafDzY04EtNG4xrbJ2QuSZhKIvdBj6maFpS8yE_bPiHUdta5PxbDZM76G2u-Bw_aem_rcvXeo4GKeOws98GBxXPvA&link_id=59&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_3027700&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-december-19-2025

21] – Get over to the Overpass Extravaganza for the holiday schedule on Tuesdays, Dec. 23 & 30 from 3 to 4:30 PM. The event is hosted by Chesapeake Indivisible at 599 Ridgely Ave., Annapolis 21401.

 Join in on the overpass with a huge message on the Ridgley Avenue Route 50 overpass which reaches about 40K commuters headed eastbound on Route 50 in Annapolis and wave signs for drivers traversing Ridgley Avenue. Starting January 8, join the extravaganza on Thursdays (and not Fridays until spring).RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/877423/

22] – Join a sign wave on Wednesdays, Dec. 24 & 31, from 5:30 to 6 PM ET at Woodbrook Church, 25 Stevenson Lane, [between Bellona Ave. & Charles St.] Baltimore 21212. Park in the church parking lot. This event will continue through December 31. This event will be canceled if raining hard. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/804632/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

23] –On Wed., Dec., 24 from 4 to 5 PM at Roland Avenue & West 40th St., Baltimore 21211, get with Baltimore Sign Waves. 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.  The sign wave will continue through June 29, 2026.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblebaltco/event/763996/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

24] –Phil Ateto [phil@backbonecampaign.org] on Fri., Dec. 26 at 1 PM is inviting you to attend the 4th Annual Peace Parade at the Military Bowl - rain or shine!  You can also contact Phil by texting/signal or calling 443.223.8202. The weather will be mild: mid 50s, partly sunny (subject to change).Dress for cool weather!

Meet up from 1 to 1:30 PM on Southgate Ave. near the intersection with West St., Annapolis 21401. Road closures will start at 2 PM. The official military bowl parade will begin at 2:30 PM. At about 2:50 PM, the official parade will end. The Peace Parade will walk out immediately behind final police cars. Do a .9 mile march, mostly flat along West St., ending up at State House at Lawyer’s Mall at 3:20 PM.  Take pictures and celebrate.

For bathroom access, there are shops along Southgate Ave. and all along the march route. Also go inside the State House if you have a government issued ID. There is a bench near the meetup point across the street and behind the official parade and concrete benches at the end point for those who may need to sit. At the end point, there will be a shuttle back to the beginning.

25] –  Join sign waving on Sat., Dec. 27 from 10 AM to noon at Harford Mall Macy’s parking lot, 696 Belair Road, Bel Air 21014. Park in the front of Macy’s. Create visibility with sign waving at the intersection of Belair Road and Rt. 24 in Bel Air. Bring your signs, costumes, noise makers and especially your voices to draw attention to this fascist regime. https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/840421/

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