62]
Peace
vigil at White House – May 8
63] Women in Black vigil – May 8
64] Support the people of Gaza – May 8
65] Mutual aid event – May 8
66] Amy Goodman doc at Charles Theatre – May 8 - 14
67] Nuclear Abolition – May 8
68] Silence gives consent – May 8
69] Peace vigil at Homewood Friends Meeting – May 8
70] Muddy Branch overpass – May 9
71] Harford Mall sign waving --
May 9
72] Tesla Takedown – May 9
73] MoCo DSA
Meeting -- May 9
74] Military spending soars – May 9
75] Canvass with Janeese – May 10
76] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout project
77]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
78] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
79] Do you need a doctor?
80]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
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62] – There is a
weekly vigil at the White House on Fridays from noon to 1 PM sponsored by the
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call
202-882-9649.
63] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Baltimore Women in Black vigil for peace with men and women who live in Roland Park. WIB invites all to join, and any peace sign is welcome, such as "Defuse Nuclear War." The vigil takes place outside Roland Park Place at 830 West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.
64] – The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action Hour every Friday at noon ET. You’ll get updates from AFSC staff in Gaza, hear what’s happening on Capitol Hill, and get resources for your activism. Together, contact Congress to demand an arms embargo on Israel, and fully funded humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at https://afsc.org/actionhour?emci=822f3fb8-241a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=20221eff-f41a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=764241
65] – On Fridays, including May 8, from noon to 4 PM, get over to the Mutual Aid Event at Pip Moyer Recreation Center, (Annapolis Recreation and Parks), 273 Hilltop Lane, Annapolis 21403. This event will next take place on May 15, and will continue through June 26. Join Chesapeake Indivisible and other local volunteers in helping to unpack, sort, bag food, help load packed food in cars and, optional, help deliver in your vehicle, food to families unable to come to the drive through. Meet at noon at Pip Moyer Center, and operation leaders will direct you to where help is needed. This event does not take place on the first Friday of the month. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesapeakeindivisible/event/913253/
66] – On Fri., May 8 through Thurs., May 14, you can see a documentary about Amy Goodman Steal This Story, Please! See it at the Charles Theatre, 1711 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21201: May 8 through May 12, 1 & 7 PM and at 1 PM, May 13 & 14.
67] – Alyn Ware [alyn@pnnd.org] on Fri., May 8 at 3 PM ET wants you to know that NuclearAbolitionDay.org will hold an in-person side event at the United Nations on Building traction for nuclear abolition through the UN Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Meet at Conference Room A. Visit https://www.abolition2000.org/event/building-traction-for-nuclear-abolition-through-the-un-day-for-the-elimination-of-nuclear-weapons/
68] – Join RESIST - Silence Gives Consent, a visibility event organized for Indivisible, will take place on Fridays, including May 8, from 3 to 5 PM. at on an overpass at 9706 Gorman Road, Laurel 20723. This event will next take place on May 15, and will continue through June 5. Protest this Trump administration and to protect our democracy. If you too feel a need to speak out and use your freedom to protest, then this is your opportunity to join like-minded people who believe in our constitution and in humanity. This is a fun way to do something useful - lots of honking and affirmation from the 20K+ cars below. Wear your character costumes. Bring your flags, small signs (for local traffic) and large signs for the 95 traffic below. Or just bring yourself and friends too of course. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/891474/
69] – Sarah Bur <clerk@homewoodfriends.org> wants you to know that a Peace Vigil will occur every Friday from 5 to 6 PM at Homewood Friends, 3107 N. Charles Street, Baltimore 21218. Signs are available. There is comfort and empowerment found in coming together as a community to witness against war. Children welcome.
70] – On Sat., May 9 from 10 to 11 AM ET, get over to the Muddy Branch Overpass, 363 Muddy Branch Road, Gaithersburg 20878. Help bring awareness to those traveling down I270 south (and maybe north) regarding what is happening in our country and to let others who can't always take action know that they aren't alone. The next vigil is at May 23.
Park in the Festival Shopping Center across from the new car wash that's currently under construction near India Bazaar, and walk up to the bridge. This location could be challenging for those with mobility issues. Dress for the weather, wear sunscreen and bring water, especially as we get into the warmer months. The bridge has minimal shade and can also be windy/cooler than off the bridge. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/940761/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
71] – On Sat., May 9 from 10 AM to noon at the Harford Mall, 696 Belair Road, Be Air 21014, do a sign waving to save democracy. There is parking closest to the intersection of Rt. 1 and Rt. 24. Join every Saturday at the Harford Mall in Bel Air, MD from 10AM-12PM. Park at the closed Macy’s parking lot close to the intersection at Rt.1 and Rt. 24. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/913370/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
72] – On Sat., May 9 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, get with a Tesla Takedown, Tesla Silver Spring, 2320 Broadbirch Dr., Silver Spring 20904. This nonviolent rally outside of the Silver Spring Tesla showroom is to remind the community that Elon's lawless actions are dangerous and won't be tolerated. This will continue each Saturday through June 27. https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/771738/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
73] – On Sat., May 9 from 3 to 5 PM, attend a MoCo DSA Monthly General Body Meeting. Join in person at Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library, 900 Wayne Ave., Silver Spring 20910 or via Zoom to get plugged into the latest with MoCo DSA. If you're brand new to DSA, this meeting is open to the public. A virtual link will be communicated before the event. Register at https://actionnetwork.org/events/moco-may-general-body-meeting?link_id=14&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-april-newsletter-221&email_referrer=email_3218038&email_subject=may-newsletter-issue-3&&
74] – The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), as part of the International Peace Bureau-led Global Campaign on Military Spending and annual Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GCOMS/GDAMS) https://ipb.org/events/gdams-2026/ has joined with World BEYOND War, the Weaponized Drone Ban Treaty Campaign, Pax Christi International, and the Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine network to convene a Zoom webinar on Sat., May 9 at 3 PM ET to discuss weaponized drone warfare against Palestine and Sudan, and the roles of the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, along with their allies and proxies, in perpetrating these mass slaughters. As tax-payers and voters in the United States, we are complicit and can take action to stop military spending. The fiscal year US military budget proposal seeks a historic $1.5 trillion in military funding, a 45% increase over fiscal year 2026! Register at https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-stop-using-drone-warfare-to-perpetrate-genocides-in-palestine-and-sudan/?clear_id=true
75] – On Sun., May 10 from 11 AM to 4 PM, Janeese Lewis George will canvass with the Labor Working Group at the Waterfront, 399 M St. SW, WDC 20024. If you can't make it to the launch right at 11 AM, feel free to come at 1 PM. Training will be provided — bring water, a portable charger, and good walking shoes! RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/510-janeese-lewis-george-canvassing?link_id=80&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-24-2026&email_referrer=email_3219482&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-may-1-2026&&
76] – Hideaki Ito [silentfalloutproject.org@gmail.com] wants to give you an update about the Silent Fallout Project. 2025 was a successful year. The film started streaming on Amazon in the US on March 10 this year -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0GD8QSDHZ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r?tag=usalinktagdefault-20&geniuslink=true
77] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. He has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Dave printed new copies of For All the Saints, a Protest Primer- 250+ pp w photos-therefore #'s 351-400 making it o so collectable with two Berrigan book reviews added. The books are signed, and the price remains $25. Will send free if need be- he is not in it for the money! If you want one, send him a check, or contact Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218 by email at 1941mireille@gmail.com.
78] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
79] – Yousef Zarbalian [EastWestRheum@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
80]- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
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/.
“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
