Baltimore Activist Alert -- January 22, 2026

51] Affordability debate – Jan. 22

52] Celebrate TPNW – Jan. 22

53] Informational picket at non-union restaurant – Jan. 22

54] ICE out of Maryland -- Jan. 22 

55] Hear comes the Sun – Jan. 22

56] Public School Strong organizing meeting – Jan. 22

57] What I saw in Palestine – Jan. 22

58] Campaign for Victory – Jan. 22

59] Watch Colbert – Jan. 22

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51] -- Economic Policy Institute [newsletter@epi.org] on Thurs., Jan. 22 at 3 PM ET is asking What's missing from the affordability debate?  Ev‌eryone is talking about affordability — and making the same mistake.  You can still be part of the discussion with Economic Policy Institute President Heidi Shierholz, Chief Economist Josh Bivens, Director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Valerie Wilson, and Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy Sam Sanders for a conversation about what’s missing from the current debate.  RSVP at https://www.epi.org/press/whats-missing-from-the-affordability-debate-join-webinar-with-epi-economists-and-policy-experts-on-thursday-at-3pm-et/

52] –Join in to celebrate the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at 33^rd & N. Charles Sts., Baltimore 21218 on Thurs., Jan. 22 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM ET. Call out Johns Hopkins University, the #1 School of Mass Destruction, to end weapons research. Email Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

53] –Join an Informational Picket at The Duck & The Peach, 300 7th St. SE, WDC 20003 on Thurs., Jan. 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM ET. Tell D.C. there is no union contract at The Duck & The Peach!  RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/informational-picket-at-the-duck-the-peach-122?link_id=71&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-24-2025-3&email_referrer=email_3055054&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-january-16-2026&&

54] –Statewide, the push to ban Maryland’s participation in the harmful federal 287(g) program is moving forward, with its first hearing on Thurs., Jan. 22 at 6:30 PM in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. This bill would stop local law enforcement from collaborating with ICE, helping restore community trust and making everyone safer.

Also on Thurs., Jan. 22 at 6:30 PM, the Annapolis Task Force is hosting its first virtual training of the session. If you want to plug in and learn how to take action during session, RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/887931/?emci=37de3325-2af6-f011-8d4c-0022482d279b&emdi=4ae86248-50f6-f011-8d4c-0022482d279b&ceid=136680

55] –Join the Educators Book Club: Bill McKibben & Here Comes the Sun on Thurs., Jan. 22 at 7 PM ET. Kick off the year with Third Act Educators and Bill McKibben for a conversation about hope, solar power, and climate action. RSVP at https://thirdact.org/educators/events/educators-book-club-bill-mckibben-here-comes-the-sun/?link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-upcoming-third-act-events-jan-2025&email_referrer=email_3041568&email_subject=upcoming-third-act-events

56] – On Thurs., Jan. 22 from 7 to 9 PM ET, check out a virtual Public School Strong organizing meeting.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/596321/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual

The next meeting is on Tues., Feb. 10 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET, and these meetings will continue through Nov. 10, 2026 ET.  This month we'll be joined by the journalist, author and podcaster for education justice Jennifer Berkshire! Dive in together on how we can learn from this year's struggles and organize to take back our democracy in 2026 and beyond.  Join public school families, educators and supporters from across the country to learn how to engage your community to get school boards and district leaders to speak up for equitable and fully funded public schools. Visit publicschoolstrong.org

57] – Christians for a Free Palestine [info+christians-against-genocide-info@email.actionnetwork.org] on Thurs., Jan, 22 at 8 PM ET will host a webinar What I saw in Palestine was shocking, heartbreaking, and inspiring.  The mandate from everyone in Palestine was “Come and see; go and tell!” On this community call hear from CFP’s national leadership team who will share about the recent trip to Palestine and how CFP plans on responding to Palestinian calls for “costly solidarity” — as well as how to connect the dots between the influence of white Christian Nationalism and U.S. empire in Palestine, in Venezuela, and on the streets of Minneapolis.  RSVP at https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/events/januarycall?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-last-nights-community-call-6&email_referrer=email_3044396&email_subject=what-i-saw-in-palestine-was-shocking-heartbreaking-and-inspiring&&

58] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Jan. 22 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

59] – On Thurs., Jan. 22 watch Maria Stephan on the Colbert Show. She is a world authority on strategic nonviolence at the Horizons Project, a member of the Advisory Council of Pax Christi International's Catholic Institute for Nonviolence, and the keynote speaker at last August's national conference. On CBS' "Late Night with Stephen Colbert" she will discuss the power of nonviolent strategies for social change. On CBS the show will air at 11:35 PM ET. The program is also recorded for more convenient viewing at other times. It should be available on YouTube the morning after the broadcast.

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