Baltimore Activist Alert -- January 15, 2026

52] AFSC’s exhibit opening – Jan. 15

53] Jones Falls Gateway meeting – Jan. 15

54] Celebrate no coal – Jan. 15

55] Baltimore History evenings – Jan. 15

56] Campaign for Victory – Jan. 15

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52] -- On Thurs., Jan. 15 at 6 PM ET, check out AFSC’s Exhibit Opening: "Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in Palestine." AFSC's exhibit in collaboration with Visualizing Palestine is opening at the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, DC. Check out https://visualizingpalestine.org/downloadable-exhibit/?emci=56442abc-42e0-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=a1009c61-1ff0-f011-8194-000d3a11f903&ceid=764241

 Join to see the full version of the exhibit, with all 38 panels, on display for the very first time. The exhibit includes visuals, archival photos, and excerpts from published stories, organized around the themes of (1) displacement, (2) fragmentation, and (3) return and future visioning. Get tickets for the exhibit opening: https://museumofpalestinianpeople.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F32997Visit

53] –Bikemore [omar@bikemore.net] on Thurs., Jan. 15 from 6:30 to 8 PM will hold the Jones Falls Gateway meeting at the MICA Lazarus Center Auditorium at 131 West North Ave., Baltimore 21201. Join and advocate for improvements to the Jones Falls Trail. RSVP at https://streetsofbaltimore.com/jonesfallsgateway?emci=aacf02a0-fcef-f011-8194-000d3a11f903&emdi=e7d56022-feef-f011-8194-000d3a11f903&ceid=9712492

54] – No Coal No Gas [info+no-coal-no-gas-info@email.actionnetwork.org] on Thurs., Jan. 15 at 7 PM will hold a celebration and storytelling evening. Bring your own fire and warm beverage. Then listen and share some stories. Also get an update on upcoming activities. Register for the call here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/celebrate-the-end-of-coal?source=direct_link&&link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_3041380&email_subject=coal-is-done-join-us-jan-15-for-telling-some-stories&

55] – William Barry [billbarry21214@gmail.com] is listing below the Baltimore History Evenings schedule for 2026.  We're pleased to announce the Baltimore History Evenings schedule for 2026. The line-up this year offers a stimulating variety of talks about our city’s rich past, from environmental history and labor history to McCarthyism, the fight for Black equality, and public arts activism.   

This free lecture-and-discussion series is held on the third Thursday of the month from January through June at The Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul St., with a reception at 7 PM and program start time is 7:30 PM. Thursday, January 15 / Ghost Rivers and Baltimore’s Buried Streams / Bruce Willen, artist, designer, and founder of Baltimore-based studio Public Mechanics/Thursday, February 19 / The Legacy of Trailblazing African American Attorneys of Baltimore City / Domonique Flowers, attorney and adjunct professor of American Legal History, University of Baltimore/Thursday, March 19 / Smash the Color Line: Interracial Working-Class Solidarity in 19th and 20th Century Maryland / Alexis Cathcart, Ph.D. candidate in History, Morgan State University/Thursday, April 16 / The Red Scare in 1950s Baltimore / Bill Barry, former director of Labor Studies at CCBC-Dundalk/Thursday, May 21 / From FOIA Lawsuits to Reparative Actions: An Archival Process of Uncovering and Confronting Legacies of Oppression / Andrea Conte, Baltimore-based filmmaker, writer, and public records researcher/Thursday, June 18 / The Graffiti Squad: From the Baltimore Mural Program to Graffiti Alley, 1975–Present / Menika Dirkson, associate professor of African American History, Morgan State University

56] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Jan. 15 at 9 PM ET will do a Campaign for Victory Team meeting. Join in and share good news about campaigns and candidates we can easily get involved with that will turn US politics around for a safer, more peaceful, more prosperous, and more generally-progressive world for us all. Register for the zoom meeting, and the machine will email you your secure codes: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc?emci=3b7a4b2d-80d4-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=484a0a5a-0dd5-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&ceid=2907617#/registration

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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