54]
Peace vigil at White House – Feb. 13
55] Women in Black vigil – Feb. 13
56] Support the people of Gaza – Feb. 13
57] Sign wave in Bowie – Feb. 13
58] Silence gives consent – Feb. 13
59] Enough is enough – Feb. 13
60] Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk will talk about her work – Feb. 13
61] Is Cuba next? – Feb. 13
62] Dump Musk Party – Feb. 14
63] Sign wave in Annapolis – Feb. 14
64] Tesla Takedown in Rockville – Feb. 14
65] Donations needed for the
Silent Fallout project
66] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest
Primer"
67] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear
weapons contracts
68]
Do you need a doctor?
69] Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
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54] – 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.
55] – 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.
56] – 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
57] – On Fridays, Feb. 13, 20 & 27, from 2 to 4 PM ET at 15202 Major Lansdale Blvd., Bowie 20716, join Indivisible Bowie for a Visibility Brigade sign wave on the pedestrian bridge over Route 50. If you can't make the full time, no worries, come when you can! Help bring attention to important issues and let your neighbors and commuters know they are not alone in fighting back against authoritarianism.
Parking is behind the Hampton Inn in the old theatre lot, please look for the sign. Follow the paved path through the chain-link fence, then turn left onto the pedestrian trail to reach the bridge. Approximately a 4-minute walk. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879056/
58] – Join RESIST - Silence Gives Consent, a visibility event organized for Indivisible, will take place on Fridays from 3 to 5 PM at on an overpass at 9706 Gorman Road, Laurel 20723. Join this event on Fri., Feb. 13, and it will continue through March 13. 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 warm clothes or 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/
59] – On Fridays, Feb. 13 & 20, 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 on a 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!
60] – Kim Coble, Maryland LCV [info@mdlcv.org] on Fri., Feb. 13 at noon will host a special guest: Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk. RSVP at https://click.ngpvan.com/k/125117109/600745806/-1736612218?contactdata=tjep8UNhJCT9iLGCP3nBK+eci4HoT0kz0V/iF23C2y1zv1jirMnoQ8L83m6hgWl0OmCFp56x+c1uEMSN3mq5k58nS7N8+TJ16m6zXHXMpSIN+rnj+LikewziOITkBOwuDnDM2i5LAvtZhIvQE2Lq+8sRADGeT/Fqc+rbNk48v//G+qtOcxHL7hJd2y0SsRmxNXeKPcCemRvrnxc48vbXpeCYcRkxu5khvLly1+LMZiSaRYg9px3n6C0gQ3BIi8gEkw9jgI+FMidsxaY7KUl+nw==&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9BVi9BVkxDVi8xLzcyMTUwIiwNCiAgIkRpc3RyaWJ1dGlvblVuaXF1ZUlkIjogImI5ZjQwM2MzLWIyMDYtZjExMS04MzJlLTAwMGQzYTE4OTQyZiIsDQogICJFbWFpbEFkZHJlc3MiOiAibW9idXN6ZXdza2kyMDAxQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0Ig0KfQ%3D%3D&hmac=WUduwPOt6sfPRXIvGNON39_BvnE15FkyW8RTgrc4sVU=&emci=54780c7d-1506-f111-832e-000d3a18942f&emdi=b9f403c3-b206-f111-832e-000d3a18942f&ceid=578562
Peña-Melnyk will engage in a conversation about her environmental priorities and the current legislative session. She is the first Afro-Latina and the first immigrant to hold the office of Speaker of the House. Maryland LCV is proud to have endorsed the Speaker for the 2026 election.
61] – Kathy Boylan [kathyboylan5@gmail.com] on Fri., Feb. 13 at 7:30 PM is inviting you to attend a Clarification of Thought program Cuba, next target of the US? It will take place at Dorothy Day House, 503 Rock Creek Church Road NW, WDC 20010. Cheryl LaBash, co-chair of the National Network on Cuba, will lead a discussion on the implications of the January 3 U.S. military action against Venezuela for Cuba. Cheryl will explore U.S.-Cuba relations, the ongoing economic blockade, the State Sponsors of Terrorism designation, and more. She has been active in Cuba solidarity work for decades and recently returned from Cuba, where she participated in protests against the January 3 U.S. aggression against Venezuela.
62] – TeslaTakedown [info+teslatakedown-2-info@email.actionnetwork.org] on Sat., Feb. 14 from 11 AM to 12:30 PM for the Dump Musk party! The party takes place at Tesla Owings Mills, 9428 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills 21117. Celebrate this WEEKEND which is the FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF TESLA TAKEDOWN! RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/one-year-anniversity-takedown-tesla-and-all-the-oligarchs-2?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-us-this-saturday-for-the-party&email_referrer=email_3095549&email_subject=join-us-this-saturday-for-the-party&&
63] – Chesapeake Indivisible is doing a Sign Waving protest on Sat., Feb. 14 from 11 AM to 1 PM at a new location Forest Drive, on the sidewalks near Safeway, 1796 Forest Drive, Annapolis 21403. This event will continue through March 28. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesapeakeindivisible/event/834849/
There are mountains of snow/ice along the Annapolis mall sidewalks, so instead of cancelling the weekly sign-waving protest, it has been moved. Once those sidewalks are well cleared and look safe, return to the Annapolis Mall area when the footing is safe.
64] – Get over to the Tesla Takedown on Saturdays, Feb. 14 and 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/chesapeakeindivisible/event/834849/
65] – 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
66] – 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.
67] -- 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.
68] – 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.
69]- 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
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