50] DSA Branch meeting – Jan. 8
51]
Bodily
Autonomy meeting – Jan. 8
52]
Peace vigil at White House – Jan. 9
53] Women in Black vigil – Jan. 9
54] Support the people of Gaza – Jan. 9
55] Enough is enough – Jan. 9
56] Witness against Torture – Jan. 9
57] Sign wave at Harford Mall – Jan. 10
58] Sign waving in Annapolis – Jan. 10
59] Tesla Takedown in Rockville – Jan. 10
60] Tesla Takedown in Silver Spring – Jan. 10
61] Legislative Summit for Climate – Jan. 10
62] Take a Baltimore Labor History course – Starting
on Jan. 14
63] Donations needed for the
Silent Fallout project
64] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"
65] Tell JHU president to renounce
nuclear weapons contracts
66]
Do you need a doctor?
67] Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
68] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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50] – The
Northern Virginia DSA Branch is holding a hybrid monthly meeting somewhere in
Fairfax City on Thurs., Jan. 8 from 6:15 to 7:30 PM. RSVP for the location at
https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-branch-general-body-meeting-january-8?clear_id=true&link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-12182025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_3037283&email_subject=01012026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&NoVA
Branch General Body Meeting - January 8
51] – Join the Launch Party for the Bodily Autonomy Working Group on Thurs., Jan. 8 from 7 to 9:30 PM at 500 8th St. SE (2nd Floor), WDC 20003. Email bawg@mdcdsa.org. Talk about what are the plans for the New Year, how you can get involved, answer any questions you have, and to celebrate! Come early. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/2026-launch-party-for-bodily-autonomy-working-group-thursday-january-8th-7pm?link_id=40&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-12182025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_3037283&email_subject=01012026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
52] – 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.
53] – 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.
54] – 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
55] – On Fri, Jan. 9 from 4 to 5 PM ET, join Indivisible to say Enough is Enough at the east side of 16th St. between 2nd Avenue and Grace Church Road, Silver Spring 20910. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/781857/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
Join your neighbors every Friday evening. Bring flags, signs, and energy. Make a stand for Democracy and the Rule of Law and signal to passing motorists that enough is enough!
56] –Witness against Torture invites you on Fri., Jan. 9 at 8 PM ET to a conversation between Jeremy Varon and Frida Berrigan who will discuss Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War: The movement to end the War on Terror. Jeremy wrote the book -- and Frida who reviewed it. Join in to discuss WAT's role in resisting the US War on Terror after 9/11. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81860968217?pwd=rdNgSWnhnjj0yuwi49zXlimckcYOgn.1&mc_cid=d79881847d&mc_eid=5ae22dbd02#success
57] – Join sign waving on Saturdays., Jan. 10, 17 & 24, 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/
58] – Chesapeake Indivisible [chesapeake.indivisible.group@gmail.com] is doing a Sign Waving protest on Sat., Jan. 10 from 11 AM to 1 PM near the Annapolis Mall sidewalks at the corner of Bestgate Road and 2082 Generals Highway, Annapolis 21401. This event will continue through March 28. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesapeakeindivisible/event/834849/
Trump launched military strikes and kidnapped Venezuela's president - without congressional approval. He's also threatened Cuba, Mexico, and Greenland. The Constitution requires congressional approval for war. Trump ignored it. The demands when Congress returns: Hold Trump accountable for violating the Constitution, and halt all further military aggression. Here is the mobilize link: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/880353/
59] – Get over to the Tesla Takedown on Saturdays, Jan. 10 through Feb. 21, from 11 AM to noon at the Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville 20852. Email maryland@thirdact.org. Musk is responsible for mass suffering and death. And he will cause more if we give him the chance to recover his reputation. Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. No violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of your First Amendment right to peaceful assembly. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/812078/
60] – Get over to the Tesla Takedown on Sat., Jan. 10, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Tesla Silver Spring, 2320 Broadbirch Dr., Silver Spring 20852. Email maryland@thirdact.org. Musk is responsible for mass suffering and death. And he will cause more if we give him the chance to recover his reputation. Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. No violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of your First Amendment right to peaceful assembly. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/771738/
61] – CCAN Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] on Sat., Jan.10 and Sun., Jan. 11 from 1 to 5 PM for a virtual summit to get ready for 2026 MD Climate Bills. Hear from key climate champions about MD's top climate bills. This is the 7th Annual Legislative Summit for Climate and Environment in Maryland. SIGN UP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7th-annual-legislative-summit-for-climate-and-environment-tickets-1636700046899?aff=oddtdtcreator
The Affordable Solar Bill sponsored by Delegate Lorig Charkoudian (District 20) will be discussed. You will also hear from 16 of climate and environment legislative champions, as well as four state agency representatives and other expert guest speakers on important topics such as Why is gas and electricity getting so expensive and how to advocate for solutions to the problem? Why is PFAS so dangerous and how can we phase it out of consumer products? Finally listen to the attention on legislation on data centers, transportation, plastic pollution and much more.
62] – William Barry [billbarry21214@gmail.com] will be teaching a new course for CCBC on Baltimore labor history, which will cover the range from early labor history to current organizing in Baltimore. This will be an exciting class with great guest speakers. The course is on Zoom, on Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30 PM, starting January 14, 2026. The cost is $88. To register, go to https://www.ccbcmd.edu/Programs-and-Courses-Finder/course/HST/287.html
63] – Hideaki Ito [silentfalloutproject.org@gmail.com] wants to give you an update about the Silent Fallout Project. 2025 was a successful year. Now there are plans for 2026. Make a donation at https://www.silentfalloutproject.org/donation
64] – 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.
65] -- 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.
66] – 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.
67]- 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.
68] -- A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-210-3886.
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
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