65] Flip the Senate
66] Phone bank for
progressive candidates
67] Mother’s
Day event – May 8
68] Food rescue – May 8
69] White House vigil – May 8
70] FreeThemAll
webinar – May 8
71] 2020 electoral mobilization effort – May 8
72] COVID-19 deaths are rising across Mexico – May 8
73] Friday Free Food
Distribution – May 8
74] Peace and justice vigil – May 8
75] Plowshares webinar – May 9
76] "Cultivating Young
Leadership" – May
9
77] Phone bank for Our Revolution Endorsed Candidates – May 9
78] DONT GIVE UP ON FREEDOM REACHING GAZA. – May 9
79] Sunrise
Movement DC Hub Book Club – May 9
80] KENT
STATE IT’S NOT JUST FOR REMEMBERING – May 9
81] Fight climate change -- May 9
82] Sierra Club 2020 Plan to Win – May 9
83] Do you need
a doctor?
84] Two Berrigan Books
still in print
85] Emergency
Demonstration against an attack on Venezuela or Iran
86] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
87] Do you need any book
shelves?
88] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
89] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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65] –
Progressive
Democrats of America (PDA) is working to flip the Senate by supporting strong
progressive challengers, and by keeping great incumbents in office. Corporate
Democrats oppose policies we need, like the Green New Deal, Medicare for All,
Climate Emergency Action, Clean Elections, Dignity for Immigrants, Ending
Corporate Rule, and Peace. Volunteer to Help PDA Build a Massive Progressive Wave
by emailing mikefox@pdamerica.org.
66] –
The Jews United for Justice Campaign Fund launched in Baltimore
two years ago to help elect progressive leaders who will tackle social
injustice in Baltimore and across Maryland and whose priorities align with its
Jewish values. JUFJ has endorsed Brandon Scott for Mayor, Shannon Sneed for
City Council President and Bill Henry for Comptroller. Sign up to phonebank and
text (from home!) with the JUFJ Campaign Fund. Email rianna@jufjcampaignfund.org
to say you want to help.
67] – Register for a Mother's Day event With 'Tears of a Mother's Cry'
featuring Rep. Lucy McBath on Fri., May 8 at 11 AM ET. For the last 13 years, the Baltimore-based
Tears of a Mother’s Cry has hosted a Mother’s Day brunch for mothers and
families impacted by gun violence. The event creates a space for mothers to
share stories about their lost loved ones and call attention to the violence
that plagues their communities. Brady is
partnering with Tears of a Mother’s Cry to host a virtual Mother’s Day. Go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0UzzNZOvQmipULJzSQZ6ug?emci=7b67bfb8-fc8e-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&emdi=364aaff6-a78f-ea11-86e9-00155d03b5dd&ceid=925735wn.
68] – On Fri., May 8 from
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, come to the Grace Baptist Church, 3201 The Alameda.,
Baltimore 21218, for a Food Rescue. Bring a bag, bring a friend, and take
delicious, nutritious, free rescued food. This will continue every Friday
through Sept. 4. See https://www.facebook.com/events/479389629278759/?event_time_id=479389689278753.
69] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White
House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., May 8 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649
or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
70] – On Fri., May 8 from noon to 1 PM, attend a
FreeThemAll webinar: Covid19 and Immigrant Detention Facilities (DMV), hosted
by Justice for the Muslims Collective. Go to us02web.zoom.us. Immigrants in detention are particularly
vulnerable and are being held in "tinderboxes" where their health and
safety is at risk. This webinar will provide updates on the organizing and
litigation landscape in the DMV region, including the latest updates on
litigation filed in Maryland and Virginia and organizing efforts relating to
the detention centers in both states. Involved will be the National Immigration
Project of the National Lawyers Guild and others. https://www.facebook.com/events/547333529144568/.
71] - J
Street is kicking off its 2020 electoral mobilization effort with a special
briefing from Wisconsin Democrats Chair Ben Wikler on Fri., May 8 at 2:30
PM. Last month, the Wisconsin Democrats
pulled off a stunning upset in the state's Supreme Court race by utilizing
virtual tools to make millions of voter contacts. Ben will discuss how those
tools will make all the difference in the fight to defeat Trump and transform
the Senate this November. You can begin using them right away to support
candidates in the races that matter most to you. Register for the briefing at
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jAWtC7wYTFa4SsT9fHUVeQ.
72] – COVID-19
deaths are rising across Mexico with scores of workers in foreign-owned border
factories becoming ill. Despite government orders to close all non-essential
firms, many such factories have continued operating–with little
consequence. Workers have begun to rise
up to defend their health and their lives. Yet the U.S. ambassador to Mexico
and hundreds of U.S. corporations and their lobbyists are demanding Mexico
prioritize their interests over the health and safety of Mexican workers -- by
opening other closed factories. Hear from Rep. Chuy Garcia (IL-04) and Mexico
Program Director at the Solidarity Center Gladys Cisneros on Fri., May 8 at 3
PM EST to learn more. RSVP at https://rethinktrade.org/actions/webinar-covid-19-the-new-nafta-workers-rights-vs-corporate-greed/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-workers-are-striking-as-covid-19-kills-in-us-firms-mexican-factories-4&email_referrer=email_796605___subject_1073439&email_subject=friday-webinar-in-support-of-mexican-workers-wrep-garcia.
73] –On Fri., May 8 from 4 to 6 PM,
get with Friday Free Food Distribution by A.I.R.S., 3701 Cottage
Ave., Baltimore 21215-7727. This will continue each Friday through May
29. This is a partnership with the Italian Cultural Center of Maryland
and their Be a Chef for a Day program to distribute free boxes of food every
Friday. Come to Restoration Gardens 1. One box will be given to a household. Go
to https://www.facebook.com/events/225129895461807/?event_time_id=225129908795139.
74] – There is usually a silent peace and justice vigil on
Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, sponsored by Homewood Friends Meeting, outside the
Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled
vigil is on May 8. Black Lives Matter.
75] – You are invited to a Zoom webinar on Sat., May 9 from
noon to 1 PM ET with the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 -- DISARM & DIVEST DURING
COVID-19. Join the webinar via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88907949724 with
a Webinar ID: 889 0794 9724. Or tune in by 1 301 715 8592. You can also watch the Webinar Livestream on
YouTube cosponsored by Code Pink on
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSTEGsYwuvPpwjtIufg7gzA?view_as=subscriber. Moderated by Norman Solomon, RootsAction
co-founder, author, & political columnist, you will hear from Medea Benjamin, Code Pink co-founder, author,
and global activist, and Jeremy Scahill,
The Intercept co-founder, investigative journalist, and author and Dr. Cornel
West, Harvard Divinity School, author, activist, and social critic, The panel will be discussing the need for
civil resistance disarmament actions such as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, the
continued build-up of militarism, and the destitute condition of our world before
and during the pandemic. They will also speak on divesting military funding to
serve human needs during COVID-19 and beyond.
76] – AMERICAN
FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE say war is not an act of fate. There is another
way! Check out "Cultivating Young Leadership" in collaboration with
Creativity for Peace on Sat., May 9 at noon EST. Visit https://afcfp.org/events/.
77] – Phone bank for Our Revolution Endorsed Candidates from
the Baltimore-area on Sat., May 9 from 12:30 to 2 PM. Sign up to help us make
calls at
https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/255566/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-phonebanking-for-local-or-candidates-covid-19&email_referrer=email_797673___subject_1075444&email_subject=covid-19-equity-and-building-a-more-just-world.
78]
– DONT GIVE UP ON FREEDOM REACHING GAZA. During May 2020 the Gaza Freedom
Flotilla Coalition is sponsoring a series of webinars to commemorate those
killed on the 2010 Gaza Freedom flotilla and the thousands of Palestinians in
Gaza, the West Bank and Israel that have been killed by the Israeli military
and the inhumane policies of the Israeli government. Over the past
12 years, international solidarity activists have made 18 voyages with over 30
boats sailing to break the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. The series begins on Sat., May 9 at 1
PM. Register https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1-qpTaVwQSO4K6EBbfjJfw.
79] - On Sat., May 9 from 2 to 3 PM, get with the Sunrise
Movement DC Hub Book Club. The book club will take place each Saturday
through May 23. The book club is reading “This is an Uprising” by Mark and Paul
Engler. Discuss Chapter 4. Check out the Book Club page on the website to
get the book and join #book-club channel in Slack! Look at https://www.facebook.com/events/2651331605123217.
80]
– KENT
STATE ITS NOT JUST FOR REMEMBERING is taking place on Sat., May 9 at 3 PM,
a webinar marking Peace and Civil Rights 50th anniversaries. Register here at http://www.vietnampeace.org/may-2020. Honor the victims; and Ask what's next for
today?
"Historically, enemies, both
foreign and domestic, are preferably people of color. Which is
part of what made the Kent State shootings such a shock. Later in the
month of May, 1970 two black students were killed and others wounded on
the campus of Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi. In
August of 1970, four Chicanos were killed and others wounded at a huge protest
in Los Angles. To this day, Kent State gets far
more attention than either Jackson State or the deaths at the Chicano
march. Same as it ever was. White lives matter more."......
81] – How
do you fight climate change when you have to social distance? Rally online! On
Sat., May 9 at 3 PM ET join Wenonah Haunter, Food and Water Watch founder and
executive director; Bill McKibben, environmentalist and founder of 350.org; and
Alexandria Villaseñor, co-founder of the U.S. Youth Climate Strikes and founder
of Earth Rising, to call for urgent climate action and an end to fossil fuel
use! RSVP at
82]
–Be part of the Sierra Club 2020 Plan to
Win from the start, which will make the movement stronger than ever to elect
climate champions up and down the ballot and defeat Donald Trump. Join a virtual event detailing this Plan on
Sat., May 9 at 5 PM ET. This election
will be determined by grassroots volunteers like you. Will you join us next
Saturday to hear about our plan and how you can take action to defeat Donald
Trump?
RSVP at
https://www.mobilize.us/sierraclubbattleground/event/267522/?utm_source=220EPLAN01&utm_medium=email.
83] – Yousef Zarbalian [mailto:yzarbali@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.
84] –Two books by
Fred Wilcox are still in print. The first one is “Fighting the Lamb's War
Skirmishes with the American Empire” by Philip Berrigan and Fred A. Wilcox
with a FOREWORD by Tripp York. It can be purchased by Wipf and
Stock: https://wipfandstock.com/fighting-the-lamb-s-war.html.
It is a Memoir in paperback/ISBN: 9781532660078/240 pages/republished
8/21/2018/ Retail Price: $26.00/and Web Price: $20.80.
The second one is
“Uncommon Martyrs The Berrigans, the Catholic Left, and the Plowshares
Movement” by Fred Wilcox, who profiles members of this anti-war movement,
whose Christianity compels them to acts of civil disobedience against the
military industrial complex. The ISBN is 0201522314/$6.50 for a
hardcover, and it can be purchased at Powell's Books. See https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews/view/7094/uncommon-martyrs.
85] –
The Trump Administration is again beating the war
drums. Most recently, the target is Iran. Should the Trump
administration initiate an act of war against Iran, consider joining us. It is a violation of U.S. law for the Trump Administration to attack a country that
has not attacked us, as only Congress can declare war. The Trump administration
is nevertheless beating the war drums for war against Iran and Venezuela.
Should a war criminal, John Bolton, convince Trump to attack either of these
countries, such a military strike would demand an immediate and unequivocal
response from us to show that we will not tolerate his abuse of power.
Let's mobilize to show
that we the people will not tolerate another military adventure, which would
be bound to have profound negative consequences. If a military strike
against Iran or Venezuela takes place, then meet at 33rd and N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218. If the attack
is before 2 PM local time, then the event will begin at 5 PM, local
time. If the attack occurs after 5 PM local time, then the event
will begin at 5 PM, local time, the following day. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot
net.
86] -- 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.
87] -- Can you use
any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
88] -- Join an
extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration.
A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of
nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees. This is an
historic window of opportunity. With momentum already building in favor
of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the
balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.
89] –
A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes
place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day,
since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org;
call 202-682-4282.
Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore
Nonviolence Center, 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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