Baltimore Activist Alert – March 22 – 24, 2020
"I speak as an American
to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The
initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends,
this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the
auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send
contributions to BNC, 325 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Max
Obuszewski can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.
1] Books, buttons and
stickers
2] Web site for info on
federal legislation
3] Get involved with
NCNR
4] Sierra Club
cancels all meetings in March
5] George Washington
Institute for Korean Studies events
canceled until April
6] Lou Curran seeks info
on the murdered William Moore
7] National
Geographic Museum will be closed through March 31
8] Baltimore
Ethical Society closed March 22
9] Feed the Homeless
Charity Event -- Mar. 22
10] Healthcare Emergency
Virtual Town Hall – Mar. 22
11] ZOOM Meeting of the
Baltimore Green Forum – Mar. 22
12] Do a Bernie Phonebank – Mar. 22
13] Pentagon Peace Vigil – Mar. 23
14] Tibet Lobby Day 2020 -- Mar. 23
15] Palestine II - Art
Exhibition
-- Mar. 23 - 25
16] Emergency Food
Collection – Mar. 23
17] Food Truck Mondays – Mar. 23
18] “Unrigged” – Mar. 23
19] “Revolution of the
Heart: The Dorothy Day Story” – Mar. 23
20] Get Money Out – Maryland call – Mar. 23
21] Protest killer drone
research at JHU – Mar. 24
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1] – Buttons, bumperstickers and books are
available.
“God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at
410-323-1607.
2] –
To obtain
information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/. Congressional toll-free numbers
are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email
is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – THE ORGANIZING LIST will be the primary
decision-making mechanism of the National Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance
[NCNR]. It
will be augmented by conference calls and possibly in-person meetings as
needed. It will consist of 1 or 2 representatives from each local,
regional, or national organization (not coalitions) that wishes to actively
work to carry out the NCNR campaign of facilitating and organizing nonviolent
resistance to U.S. wars.
To
join the ORGANIZING List, please send your name, group affiliation, city and
email address to mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net. Different local
chapters of a national organization are encouraged to subscribe.
4] – The Sierra Club is
suspending all planned events of any size for the month, including all volunteer
and staff in-person meetings.
5] – Due to health concerns
related to COVID-19, upcoming George Washington Institute for
Korean Studies events have
been canceled until early April, at the very least.
6] – Lou Curran is looking to pick the memories of some venerable
activists who would have been conscious and attentive in 1963. He is
looking into which post office and in what capacity William Lewis Moore worked
as a postal employee when he was in Baltimore, prior to his murder while on his
solo walk/march in Mississippi. Moore was involved in a Center on E. 25th
Street. Lou would like to know which organizations were housed there.
7] - Due to concerns
related to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the National Geographic Museum will
be closed through March 31, 2020 and all live events will be cancelled through
April 30, 20205] – BreakThrough News launches
a special episode on the Coronavirus pandemic. It exposes the morbid
symptoms of the U.S. healthcare system, focusing on the politics of the
Coronavirus pandemic and the government's criminally negligent response. Watch
it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvyjUsGnQWo&feature=youtu.be.
BreakThrough is a new video platform for the movements
challenging the military-industrial complex and Wall Street capitalism.
8] - Usually,
the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21218, meets on
Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion at 10:30 AM.
However, there will not be a meeting on Sun., Mar. 22. Call 410-581-2322 or email ask@bmorethical.org.
9] -- On Sun., Mar. 22 from 1 to 4 PM, Feed The
Homeless Charity Event, hosted by Skylyne Foundation, 282 E. Madison St.,
Baltimore 21202-3710. Come to the Mount Vernon Marketplace, 282 E Madison
St. DO TO THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC, WE WILL HAVE MEDICAL GLOVES AND MASKS! Go
to https://www.facebook.com/events/515871766011911/.
10] – You’re
cordially invited to Progressive Democrats of America’s Healthcare Emergency
Virtual Town Hall / Webinar on Sun., March 22 at 4 PM ET. Find out what
PDA is doing in response to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, and how you can
help. Email MikeFox@PDAmerica.org to RSVP. Click here https://zoom.us/j/800169196 just before
the starting time to join the Webinar / Conference call using a smart phone,
tablet, or computer. You can also call-in on your phone: Dial in by your
location: +1 (646)-876-9923 US (East) or +1 (669)-900-6833 US (West) and use
this Meeting ID: 800 169 196.
11] - On Sun., Mar.
22 from 4 to 7 PM, attend the First ZOOM Meeting of the Baltimore Green Forum
at 1105 Providence Road, Towson 21286. The church is closed! The focus of
discussion will be a video of a March 16 interview with Nate Hagens, the main
teacher since Nov. 2019. He explains how the Coronavirus disruption
of the world will help us understand what he has been teaching. View and
discuss at least the last 10 minutes of the interview. The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt5dsD1z1R4.
And here again is a link to most of what Nate has been teaching: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800919310067.
Sam will be on at 3:30 PM. You are invited to test your ability to join
before the meeting starts at 4 PM. If you have problems joining after that, and
Sam may not be able to interrupt the meeting long enough to diagnose and fix
the problem. So call, text or email Sam to arrange an earlier test time between
now and 3:30 PM on Sunday. He can be reached at 410 935 8540 or sbh@hopkinsandassociates.com.
Here
are three ways for you to join this meeting: 1] Use your PC, then click on this
link: https://zoom.us/j/7031301919. 2] Use your Smart
Phone and click on this number: +19292056099,,7031301919#. 3] Use another phone
or a Smart Phone to connect ONLY to the audio of the meeting. Call 1 301 715
8592. If you are asked for a Meeting ID use this: 703 130 1919. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/668823610543051/.
12] - On Sun., Mar. 22 from 5 to 9 PM, do a Bernie
Phonebank, hosted by Sunrise Movement - DC Hub. Support Bernie from
home and make some calls during a virtual phonebook! Join in via Zoom and make
some calls with Alice!! For more information, join in at https://www.facebook.com/events/226442711813698
/.
13] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil
from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The
next vigil is Mar. 23, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic
Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com
or call 202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south
Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. By Metro, take
Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the
Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to
protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off
at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary
Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army
Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is
meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these
spots begin at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds.
Restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S.
Fern and Army Navy Dr.
14] – On Mon., Mar.
23 and Tues., Mar. 24 at 8 AM, check out Tibet Lobby Day 2020, hosted
by the International Campaign for Tibet. This year Tibetan-Americans
and friends of Tibet will come to Washington, DC for the 12th annual Tibet
Lobby Day. It is your opportunity to communicate directly with your
elected representatives and let them know that they have constituents who care
deeply about Tibet. This opportunity is particularly important in this time of
change among our elected representatives on Capitol Hill. Learn more and
sign up today at https://tibetlobbyday.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1500272350124153/.
15] – On Mon., Mar. 23
through Wed., Mar. 25 from 10 AM to 5 PM, get over to Palestine II - Art
Exhibition, hosted by the Institute for Palestine
Studies and Middle East Institute, 1763 N Street NW, WDC 20036.
This is an exhibition of artworks donated by Arab and Palestinian artists to
the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA. Email keywordpalestine2@palestine-studies.org
if you have any questions. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2441426146187974/?event_time_id=2474596006204321.
16] – On Mon., Mar.
23 from noon to 2 PM, get with an Emergency Food Collection, hosted
by Ascension Lutheran Church, 7601 York Road, Towson 21204, in its parking
lot. ACTC (Assistance Center of Towson Churches) will remain open to provide
for food insecure people in the community. During the upcoming weeks, the need
will be increasing and the supply of food will become greatly depleted. With
churches closed, it's difficult to collect food right now. Bring food for a
drop off. Place your food in the truck waiting for this purpose. Here are the
items needed: Apple sauce, Cereal, including oatmeal, Canned peas or carrots,
Canned diced tomato, Canned pasta meals, Canned hearty soups, Grape jelly,
Peanut butter, Spaghetti sauce, Pasta, dry, all shapes and sizes, and Paper
goods, or toiletries, You can make financial contributions to ACTC directly
online: http://www.actconline.info/. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/671655323664979/.
17] – On Mondays
from Mar. 23 through June 22 from 5 to 8 PM, get with Food Truck Mondays at Mt.
Zion, 1643 E. Churchville Road, Bel Air 21015. Each week will feature a few
different local food trucks. Proceeds will benefit Children of Zion Village in
Namibia. Weekly food truck lineups coming soon! Each event will be held rain or
shine... indoor seating will be available in inclement weather. Skip cooking
and come have dinner to support a great cause. Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/518593122133594/?event_time_id=518593125466927.
18] – On Mon., Mar.
23 at 7 PM, hear from David Daley who will discuss “Unrigged” at Politics and
Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC 20008. Daley, a senior fellow at
FairVote and the former editor of Salon, follows his revelatory report of how
Republicans have used redistricting for their own political ends. A frequent
media commentator on voting rights, Daley recounts how a group in Pennsylvania
used mathematical data to defeat a gerrymander, how a Michigan millennial
launched a statewide redistricting revolution with a Facebook post, and looks
at the work of the voting rights activists throughout the country who helped
realize the blue wave that swept Florida, Maine, Utah, and other states in
2018. This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is
available on a first come, first served basis. See https://www.facebook.com/events/3027043320747263/.
19] – See
the documentary, “Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story” on MPT-HD at
9 PM on Mon., March 23. The filmmaker is Martin Doblmeier, and he tells the
story of one of the greatest champions of the poor America has known and a
women who is being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church. Yet Day was
widely considered a radical and once made the FBI’s watch list as a “dangerous
American.” It contains rare archival photographs and film footage plus
interviews with Day’s granddaughters, writer Kate Hennessey and activist Martha
Hennessy; actor/activist Martin Sheen; public theologian Cornel West;
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine; author Joan
Chittister; Sojourners magazine founder and President Jim
Wallis; and others. Excerpts from Day’s autobiography, The Long
Loneliness, are read in the film by actress Susan Sarandon.
20] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland Teleconference on Mon., Mar. 23
from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. There are two ways to join the conference:
Dial 1 929 205 6099, and then use meeting ID: 512 862 260. Or Click on your
device if you have downloaded the app from Zoom. The focus will be on
organizational sign-ups, public relations, and logistics for lobbying in
Annapolis.
21] – Vigil to say "No Drone
Research at JHU" at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. on Tues., Mar. 24
from 5 to 6 PM. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or
410-323-1607.
To be continued.
Donations
can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. 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
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