63] Peace vigil at White House – April 24
64] Women in Black vigil – April 24
65] Support the people of Gaza – April 24
66] Mutual aid event – April 24
67] Max and Janice at JHU Spring Fair – April 24
68] Silence gives consent – April 24
69] Peace vigil at Homewood Friends Meeting – April 24
70] Birdwatching Patterson Park – April 25
71] Canvass for Janeese Lewis George -- April 25
72] Progressive Wave – April 25
73] Meet School Board candidates -- April 25
74] DSA general body meeting –
April 25
75] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout project
76]
Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest
Primer"
77] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
78] Do you need a doctor?
79]
Donate books,
videos, DVDs and records
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63] – 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.
64] – 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.
65] – 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
66] – On Fridays, including April 24, 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 8, 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/
67] – Max and Janice will be at the JHU Spring Fair in the Freshman Quad on Fri., April 24 from noon to 7 PM and on Sat., April 25 from 11 to 6 PM. Get there early on Friday as the rain is to be there late afternoon. As rain will be heavy on Saturday. Get books, bumper stickers, buttons, vinyl and more items. Contact Max at 443-761-5899.
68] – Join RESIST - Silence Gives Consent, a visibility event organized for Indivisible, will take place on Fridays, including April 24, from 3 to 5 PM. at on an overpass at 9706 Gorman Road, Laurel 20723. This event will next take place on May 8, 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 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/
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., April 25 at 8 AM ET, join a birdwatching tour of Patterson Park, Baltimore 21224. Meet on the southernmost end of the Boat Lake in Patterson Park, closest intersection is Eastern Avenue and South Rose Street. From there, walk directly north into the park via the cobblestone path, approximately 100 yards. Over 200 bird species have visited Patterson Park, an important migratory stopover in Baltimore City! Audubon and Baltimore Bird Club experts will lead in search of avian friends! No experience necessary. Email baltimore@audubon.org. RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/birding-tour-patterson-park-baltimore-1
71] –Do canvassing for Janeese Lewis George on Sat., April 25 from 10 AM to 3 PM, starting at Comet Ping Pong in Chevy Chase, 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC 20008. Join Metro DC DSA to knock on doors alongside Union members for Janeese Lewis George in Chevy Chase for an immigrant justice focused canvass! Training will be provided -- bring a charged phone, water, and good walking shoes. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/425-janeese-lewis-george-canvassing?link_id=93&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-10-2026&email_referrer=email_3197038&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-april-17-2026&&
72] – On Sat., April 25 from 11:30 AM to 3 PM at West Cold Spring Metro Parking Lot, 4201 Wabash Ave., Baltimore 21215. Join Progressive Maryland's #ProgressiveWave in Baltimore to knock on doors for endorsed candidates! Training, snacks, and water will be provided. Come have fun, meet fellow members, and make a difference in this crucial primary election. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/938945/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
73] –Meet your School Board Candidates on Sat., April 25 from 2:30 to 4:30 PM at the Perry Hall Library, 9685 Honeygo Blvd., Perry Hall. Bring a nonperishable food item to support mutual aid in our community. Visit #BaltimoreCounty #EducationMatters #SchoolBoard #CommunityEngagement
74] – On Sat., April 25 from 2 to 4 PM at Prince George's Plaza Community Center, 6600 Adelphi Road, Hyattsville 20782, attend a general body DSA meeting. This is a hybrid (In-Person & Virtual Option) gathering. Go over campaign updates. A virtual link will be communicated before the event. RSVP at 4/25 – Chapter General Body Meeting (Hyattsville/virtual) https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-2026-general-body-meeting?clear_id=true&link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-04092026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_3195057&email_subject=04162026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
75] – 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
Now there are plans for 2026. Make a donation at https://www.silentfalloutproject.org/donation
76] – 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.
77] -- 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.
78] – 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.
79]- 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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