Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 26 - 28, 2026

51] Fight Fascism – June 26

52] Peace vigil at White House – June 26

53] Women in Black vigil – June 26

54] Support the people of Gaza – June 26

55] Mutual aid event – June 26

56] Workers Circle phone bank – June 26

57] Meet Veterans for Peace – June 26

58] Silence gives consent – June 26

59] Peace vigil at Homewood Friends Meeting – June 26

60] Bowie overpass demo – June 27

61] Harford Mall sign waving – June 27

62] Get ready for Fourth of July parade – June 27

63] National Mobilization in WDC – June 27

64] Tesla Takedown – June 27

65] PG DSA meeting – June 27

66] Protest Air Show – June 27 & 28

67] Nicaragua webinar – June 28

68] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout project

69] Poetry workshop  

70] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

71] Do you need a doctor?

72] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

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51] – Fight Fascism Fridays is a visibility event, organized for Indivisible on Fri., June 26 from 10 AM to noon at South Fountain Green Road & East Churchville Road, Bel Air South 21015.  Display the signs against fascism at various intersections across Harford County.  There are 20 antifascists’ signs, but you are welcome to bring your own! Music, water and friends are always there. RSVP to keep abreast of any changes that may happen due to weather, etc.: This a local Indivisible event which will continue through July 17! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/954716/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

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., June 26 from noon to 4 PM, get over to the Mutual Aid Event at Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library, 269 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403. 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/

56] – The Workers Circle <socialjusticeinfo@circle.org> on June 26 at noon ET is holding a phone bank to Black voters in Virginia ahead of the election on Tues., Aug. 4. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9yEtnPk7QsOtUOG-xHl8Nw?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-phone-bank-with-us-friday-3&email_referrer=email_3297972&email_subject=phone-bank-with-us-friday&&#/registration

Black voters are less likely to vote in election primaries because they face administrative hurdles and poll site closures. Your calls will meet up with ongoing, on-the-ground efforts to empower and mobilize Black voters. Other opportunities are as follows: June 29 at 7 PM, July 6 at 7 PM, July 10 at 1 PM, July 13 at 7 PM, July 17 at noon, July 20 at 7 PM, July 24 at noon, July 27 at 7 PM, July 31 at noon & Aug. 3 at 7 PM.

57] – Louis Curran <bmoreloulou@icloud.com> is inviting you to LUNCH on Fri., June 26 from noon to 2:30 PM at the Ambassador dining room, 3811 Canterbury Road in Baltimore.  The cost is $22 plus tax.  Meet the Veterans for Peace who organized No Military Air Shows. Contact Lou by noon to RSVP. 

58] – Join RESIST - Silence Gives Consent, a visibility event organized for Indivisible, will take place on Fri., June 26, from 4 to 6 PM, on an overpass at 9706 Gorman Road, Laurel 20723.  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 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. This event will continue on Fridays through Oct. 30. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/970066/

59] – 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. 

60] – Join Indivisible for a Route 50 Pedestrian Overpass demo, 15202 Major Lansdale Blvd., Bowie 20716 on Saturdays, June 27, July 4, 11 & 18, from 9 to 11 AM. Bring your love for Democracy and creativity and use it on the pedestrian bridge as a billboard for freedom. Bring large banners and posters with Letters over 15 inches to assure visibility to the cars below. Be prepared to wave encouragement to those reaching the beach this summer. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/941299/

61] – On Sat., June 27 from 10 AM to noon at the Harford Mall, 696 Belair Road, Be Air 21014, do a sign waving to save democracy.  There is parking closest to the intersection of Rt. 1 and Rt. 24. Join every Saturday at the Harford Mall in Bel Air, MD from 10AM-12PM. Park at the closed Macy’s parking lot close to the intersection at Rt.1 and Rt. 24. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/913370/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

62] – Indivisible Baltimore County will be participating in the 2026 Towson 4th of July Parade. On Sat., June 27 from 10 AM to noon, get over to the Towson Room in the Towson branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, 320 York Road, Baltimore 21204, to engage in creative collaboration and construction. The themes for the parade are “We the People” and “Community is Unity. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblebaltco/event/975671/?

If you wish to participate in the Towson 4th of July Parade you must register for the event: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblebaltco/event/975655/ . Critical information will be shared for those who are registered.

63] –Linda Sarsour, MPower Change [mailto:info@mpowerchange.org] on Sat., June 27 at 11 AM is hoping you will participate in the Next250 National Mobilization in WDC. As we witness ongoing attacks on voting rights, immigrants, civil liberties, labor protections, and marginalized communities, this moment requires more than outrage. It requires courage, imagination, solidarity, and collective action. This is an opportunity to declare not only what we are fighting against, but what we are building together. RSVP at https://www.next250.us/rsvp

64] – On Saturdays, June 27 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, get with a Tesla Takedown, Tesla Silver Spring, 2320 Broadbirch Dr., Silver Spring 20904. This nonviolent rally outside of the Silver Spring Tesla showroom is to remind the community that Elon's lawless actions are dangerous and won't be tolerated. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/771738/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

The rally is located on a mainly flat sidewalk, and the group will stay on the sidewalk and the public right of way. There is some grade in the sidewalk up towards Bournefield. Please cross only at the crosswalks at Broadbirch and Plum Orchard or Broadbirch and Bournefield Way.

65] –The PG DSA Branch Steering Committee <pgdsa@mdcdsa.org> will hold a general body meeting on Sat., June 27 from 1 to 3 PM. Reflect on successes and growth over the past year, and ideally have some electoral victories to savor in the county! Questions? Email pgdsa@mdcdsa.org. We'll see you soon! 

66] –YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN VETERANS FOR PEACE ON JUNE 27TH AND 28TH AT THE BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR. Banner holders and flyer distributors are needed on Sat., June 27 from noon to 4 PM at the Visitor's Center at 401 Light St. and Sun., June 28 from noon to 4 PM at the Canton Waterfront Park at 3001 Boston St. People are encouraged to carpool since parking spaces are limited.

67] – Nicaragua Webinars <nicaraguawebinars@gmail.com> is holding 40 Years of a Historic Ruling on Sun., June 28 at 12:30 PM ET. English and Spanish interpretation will be available. REGISTER at bit.ly/NicaJune28  

 The Hague Ruling in Favor of Nicaragua is an online lecture presented by Augusto Zamora. On June 27, 1986, the International Court of Justice ruled on the actions of the United States against Nicaragua. Zamora has served as Nicaragua’s ambassador to Spain. He has taught at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua and is a visiting professor at various universities in Europe and Latin America. He is a lawyer, a mediator in international conflicts, and author of numerous books and newspaper articles.

 68] – 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

 69] – 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. Dave hosts a virtual anti-war poetry. Contact him at 1941mireille@gmail.com  or 410-235-7507.  This workshop touches on art and music but the focus is poetry. See a video of the Blood Pouring: https://youtu.be/ZpR9_gio-AQ                

 Start with a short video of the Baltimore 4 blood pouring on draft files in 1967 with description of connection between art and radical anti-war action. Each participant will read listed poem and discussion will follow. The hosts will lead with pertinent biographical and analytical material.  The purchase of the anthology Against Forgetting by Carolyn Forche is recommended – as well Encyclopedia of Pacifism by Aldous Huxley. Begin with the progenitor, the first real specific anti-war poet Wilfred Owen, then consider roughly chronologically: 20 poems are listed on 50pp.  

 70] -- 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.

 71] – 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.  

 72] - 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