Baltimore Activist Alert -- April 6 - 7, 2020

22] Hear from Rebecca Solnit – April 6

23] Get Money Out – Maryland call – April 6

24] "Faith in Activism: Freedom or Oppression?" – April 7

25] BlackRock's role in Amazon destruction – April 7

25] Tell JHU President Ron Daniels to renounce weapons contracts – April 7

26] Phone Banking for Bill – April 7

24] J Street hosts Sen. Chris Murphy on ending sanctions against Iran – April 7

28] Phone Banking for Bill – April 7

29] The Board of Estimates Taxpayer Night – April 7

30] Sunrise School kicks off Tuesday! – April 7

31] Sunrise Movement Baltimore's first online-only hub meeting – April 7

32] Palestinian children in Israeli prisons amidst the pandemic – April 7

33] Webinar on ending war – April 7

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22] – On Mon., April 6 from 8 to 9 PM, as part of P&P Live, hear from Rebecca Solnit with Soraya Chemaly, hosted by Politics and Prose Bookstore. Tickets are at www.crowdcast.io.  This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series In “Recollections of My Nonexistence,” Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. Solnit will be in conversation with award-winning writer, media critic, and director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project, Soraya Chemaly.  Tickets for this event are $5, or if you purchase the book from Politics and Prose, you will receive a coupon that grants you free entry.  Click here to purchase your book: https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780593083338. Click here to join the Live! Event: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/rebecca-solnit/register.  Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/834730257029975/.

23] – Join the Get Money Out of Maryland Teleconference on Mon., April 6 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.

24] – Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) led ten fellow senators in sending an urgent message to the Trump administration: Ease economic sanctions against countries where those restrictions are seriously hampering the response to COVID-19 -- specifically Iran and Venezuela.  “Helping these nations save lives during this crisis is the right thing to do from a moral perspective, but it is also the right thing to do from a national security perspective,” Senator Murphy and his fellow senators wrote.

J Street is hosting Sen. Murphy on Tues., April 7 at 1 PM EST for an online briefing on this urgent topic. Following remarks from the senator, the International Crisis Group’s Ali Vaez will speak with J Street's Director of Government Affairs Debra Shushan about the situation in Iran and how modifying the current US sanctions regime could help save countless lives.  Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lx8BuNRlQVeo3Dw46HD0Fg.

25] - On Tues., April 7 at 1 PM ET, Pendle Marshall-Hallmark will talk about BlackRock's role in Amazon destruction. Pendle is a climate campaigner at Amazon Watch. The webinar will take place over Zoom and Facebook Live at https://www.codepink.org/webinar. On Tues., April 7 at 1 PM ET, Pendle Marshall-Hallmark will talk about BlackRock's role in Amazon destruction. Pendle is a climate campaigner at Amazon Watch. The webinar will take place over Zoom at https://www.codepink.org/webinar.  Email nancymancias@codepink.org.

26] – There is a Webinar "Faith in Activism: Freedom or Oppression?" held in Partnership with Churches for Middle East Peace on Tues., April 7 at 1:30 PM EST.  Email Beth Schuman [mailto:Beth@afcfp.org].

27] – The Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. on Tuesdays from 5 to 6 PM is postponed until further notice. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.  You may consider contacting President Ron Daniels and telling him that the university should reject all military contracts, including those for killer drone and nuclear weapons research.  The president’s mailing address is Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University,
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218.  You can also reach his office by Phone: (410) 516-8068, Fax: (410) 516-6097 or email: president@jhu.edu.

28] – On Tues., April 7 from 5 to 8 PM, do Phone Banking for Bill, hosted by Friends of Bill Henry at 2801 Sisson St., Baltimore 21211-2902.  With a lot of voters in Baltimore City being renters, sometimes the only way a campaign can reach them is through phone calls. Please come out and make a few calls to voters to let them know why Bill Henry is the right choice for Comptroller.  You can sign up here at bit.ly/phonebankforbill. The phone banking will continue on April 9, 14, 16, 21 and 23.   Check out https://www.facebook.com/events/2645900688862464/?event_time_id=2645900745529125.

29] – The Preliminary Baltimore Budget FY21 is here: https://bbmr.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/fy21_prelim_web.pdf.  The Board of Estimates Taxpayer Night is online on Tues., April 7 from 6 to 8 PM.  Login at bit.ly/TaxpayersNight or Dial-in to 1-408-418-9388. Use access code 719 116 074.  Sign up to give testimony before and during the event at bit.ly/BOETestimony​. Testimony is limited to two minutes per speaker and only available to those joining through the virtual meeting. The Board of Estimates will all accept public testimony through April 10, 2020, via email (budget@baltimorecity.gov) or voicemail, 443-984-8910.

30] – Sunrise School kicks off Tuesday! Join this four-day, one-hour-a-day crash course to learn about Sunrise Movement's DNA, the Green New Deal, and how the climate crisis movement is pivoting as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. Register at https://www.sunrisemovement.org/sunrise-school?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-earth-day-live-sunrise-school-and-sunrise-baltimore-updates&email_referrer=email_768383&email_subject=april-hub-meeting-this-tuesday-via-zoom-from-sunrise-movement-baltimore. Note the 6-7 PM session on Tuesday will conflict with the hub meeting this week, so please avoid signing up for that session if you want to attend both Sunrise School and the monthly hub meeting Tuesday night.

31] – Make plans now to join Sunrise Movement Baltimore's first online-only hub meeting on  Tues., April 7 at 6:30 PM, via Zoom. Go to https://zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Mscu-qrD8qqCfXkmXeMfsuvZD68FXyOQ. Talk about the past month's activities and how the coronavirus is affecting everyone’s work, including Earth Day Live, growing the hub, supporting local partner organizations, election-related activities, and more. Be sure to download the Zoom software in advance if you don't already have it on your computer, and make sure your audio and camera are working before the meeting starts. Email sunrisemovementbaltimore@gmail.com if you get stuck!

32] –There is a webinar on Tues., April 7 at 8 PM ET. Share information on the situation of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. There will also be updates on congressional advocacy efforts concerning H.R. 2407.  Support Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) who introduced H.R. 2407, the "Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act." The bill prohibits U.S. taxpayer funding for the military detention of children in any country, including Israel.  Register for the webinar at https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/hr2407_webinar_20200407?utm_campaign=webinar_april_2020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dcipalestine.

33] - Tues., April 7 from 8 to 10 PM, tune in to a webinar on ending war.  It will be led by David Swanson. Contact Greta at greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

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