17] War and the Environment – Part 2 – June 14
18] Moral Monday March on Manchin -- June 14
19] Who’s
Delaying Climate Action in Massachusetts? –
June 14
20] Organize to Win Call – June 14
21] Care Corner Food Pantry – June 15
22] United We Dream – June 15
23] Virtual
Art Build -- June 15
24] Protest JHU’s weapons
research – June 15
25] Sign the ICAN Pledge – June 15
26] CALL WEST VIRGINIANS. – June 15
27] Democracy Throw Down Phone Banks – June 15
28] Culinary Resistance in Palestine – June
15
29] Animal Bereavement Support Group – June 15
30] Take on Amazon – June 15
31] CODEPINK
China is Not Our Enemy – June 15
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17] – Sign
up for War and the Environment, an Online Course continuing on Mon., June 14
from noon to 1 PM EDT through Sun., July 18 from noon to 1 PM ET. This is a six week online course will
provide participants an opportunity to learn from, dialogue with, and
strategize for change with World BEYOND War experts, peer activists,
and changemakers from around the world. The cost is $100, but you can pay less
or more. Contact Phill at education@worldbeyondwar.org. Week #2 will be led by Elizabeth Gamarra.
Visit https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/event/war-and-the-environment-online-course-by-world-beyond-war/
18] – Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis [info@poorpeoplescampaign.org] are informing you that on Mon., June 14 at 5 PM ET there is a Moral Monday March on Manchin. Join the West Virginia Poor People's Campaign in Charleston, West Virginia. Go to https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/event/moral-march-on-manchin/ for more information. This is a socially distanced, outdoor rally and march! For those coming from further away, you will be able to join in online and call your friends in West Virginia and tell them to join in! Visit https://actionnetwork.org/events/moral-monday-march-on-manchin?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-moral-monday-march-on-manchin&email_referrer=email_1201879&email_subject=moral-monday-march-on-manchin.
We know that Senator Manchin's position on the filibuster is constitutionally inconsistent, historically inaccurate, morally indefensible, economically unsound, and politically unacceptable. Joe Manchin’s actions are not only hurting the 710,000 poor and low wealth people in his own state but millions upon millions of poor and low wealth voters of all races around the country. We need a full restoration of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, we support the vision of the For the People Act and expanded protections for our democracy, beginning with the right to vote for everybody. Manchin's cynical call for "bipartisanship" goes against the interests of poor and low-income people throughout the United States who desperately need living wages of at least $15 / hour, guaranteed health care, housing and an infrastructure plan that meets all of our needs.
20] -- Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] indicates there is some important news for the Monday organizing meeting on June 14 at 8:30 PM ET. This Organize to Win Call will feature US Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, on our strategy to get progressive priorities passed in Congress; newly-elected San Antonio City Councilor Teri Castillo on turning Texas blue; and West Virginia union leader Joe Gouzd on our campaign to hold Joe Manchin accountable! SIGN-UP at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/148017/?akid=1648.8252965.hcrL82&rd=1&t=8. Join the call at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/993867009 or join the Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/493143908744775/.
21] – On Tues., June 15 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM ET, get over to the Care Corner Food Pantry at the Pasadena United Methodist Church, 61 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena. This will continue each Tuesday through June 29. Food bags are available for individuals and families in need. Food bags are first-come, first-served each week. Volunteers are needed each week to help distribute the food. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0c49acae2b0-care. All COVID safety measures are followed, including outdoor distribution, mask-wearing and social distancing.
22] -- United We Dream [info@unitedwedream.org] wants you to attend on Tues., June 15 at noon ET DACA’s birthday in Lafayette Park. United We Dream wants you to know that there will be a march to Capitol Hill and to deliver thousands of petitions to Democrats in Congress. There will be chanting and demanding citizenship! Sign up here: https://action.unitedwedream.org/events/daca-versary-day-of-action-in-dc/?source=email_0610&link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1201458&email_subject=did-you-get-luzs-invite-___.
23] – Join the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival for a virtual art build with the Theomusicology and Cultural Arts team on Tues., June 15 at 1 PM ET. No special art supplies are required. Make some simple art to use as on June 21. Check out the art build toolkit to see what materials are recommended and what to create at https://actionnetwork.org/events/digital-art-build-for-june-21-2021?link_id=6&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-moral-monday-march-on-manchin&email_referrer=email_1201879&email_subject=moral-monday-march-on-manchin.
24] – There is a Vigil to say "No Drone Research at JHU" at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. on Tuesdays from 5 to 6 PM. 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.
25] – Check out the signing of the ICAN Pledge on Tues., June 15 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM EDT at Peace Park, Worcester, Pleasant S.t and Winslow St., Worcester, MA 01609. State Rep. Mary Keefe will publicly sign the ICAN Legislative Pledge. The event will include remarks from Nick Cantrell of NuclearBan.US along as well as a representative of the Center for Nonviolent Solutions. Email inquiry@nonviolentsolutions.org. Go to nonviolentsolutions.org.
26] – We Have a Do-or-Die, Time-Limited Chance to Defeat White Supremacy and Big Money. If you want equal protection so that every voter counts the same regardless of color, income, age, or neighborhood, now is the time to act. If you want freedom from the influence of big money, now is the time to act. In the next months, action by people like you can create a groundswell to pass three major bills (see details in box below). One of them (S. 1) would provide sweeping reforms to end special-interest corruption in our government. Congress must act early this summer or partisan redistricting – based on a flawed census – will have happened. The House of Representatives has the votes to pass these bills, and they can pass the Senate, too - but only if We the People let our senators know how we feel.
If these bills do not pass, action by some state legislatures will reduce the freedom to vote for targeted populations. Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM) founded For the People – Maryland with 20 other groups to fight for these principles in the U.S. Congress. Therefore, the filibuster rule will need to change to allow these bills to pass with a simple majority.
While there are several Senators who haven’t formally committed, people in-the-know say if we can convince WV Senator Joe Manchin, the others will come along. Opponents are putting lots of money into WV, and we need to fight back. WV residents tell us that Manchin is often willing to do a 180 degree turn if he gets enough pressure. Volunteers asking his constituents to contact him could trigger the biggest reform since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Make calls to WV residents on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Please sign up to call on Tues., June 15 from 5:30 to 8 PM ET and try to convince one friend to do so also! There is good training and support throughout! Go to https://www.mobilize.us/vopropros/event/389987/. CALL WEST VIRGINIANS.
27] – The 2020 election underscored the urgent need for transformational democracy reform. Across the nation, Americans experienced unprecedented voter suppression, historic levels of dark money spent to drown out the voices of everyday Americans, and rampant ethical abuses. And, we're continuing to experience this with voter suppression bills being passed across the country. One federal bill, the For the People Act (HR1/ S1), addresses many of these problems. To save our democracy, we need to make sure that the US Senate passes it (the House of Representatives already has). This bill will be put on the Senate floor during the last week of June. Make sure key US Senators know that we're all watching them, we're counting on them, and we expect them to pass this bill ASAP! Join phone banks into key states and talk to voters and get those voters to call their US Senators and make sure they know we need this done and we need it done now. On Tuesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 17 from 6 to 9 PM ET. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/peoplesaction/event/394520/.
28] – Helena Cobban, Just World Books [helena@justworldbooks.com] wants you to participate in Culinary Resistance in Palestine on Tues., June15 at 7 PM ET. Register at bit.ly/GK-Launch. Maggie Schmitt & Laila El-Haddad, launching the 3rd edition of their 'Gaza Kitchen' cookbook, explore the field of culinary/heritage resistance in Palestine... that they helped plant!
When Cobban first published The Gaza Kitchen back in 2012, this powerful book helped fuel the explosive growth seen in recent years of interest in Palestinian foodways... and in food sovereignty issues more broadly, in Palestine and worldwide. It also gave readers everywhere a connection with the lives and stories of Gaza's Palestinians that the corporate media have never, ever provided.
29] – On Tues., June 15 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET, get with the Animal Bereavement Support Group at the Baltimore Humane Society, 1601 Nicodemus Road, Reisterstown 21136. This will continue each Tuesday, through August 3. See https://www.facebook.com/BMOREHUMANE/. The loss of an animal can be a devastating blow. Our friends are often loved as a member of our family, and we believe their passing should be treated with the same respect. RSVP to vvanhof@bmorehumane.org.
30] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] is hosting author Alec MacGillis, who wrote the book Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, will take on Amazon on Tues., June 15 at 8 PM ET. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/391455/?akid=1623.8252965.pPqbXF&rd=1&t=8 to join the Virtual Discussion. Amazon is a prime driver of the labor crisis harming American workers and their local communities — between their starvation wages and worker suppression, Amazon is ravaging our cities and regions and is causing mass income inequality which will affect generations to come. MacGillis will talk about his expose of Amazon’s impacts on our country’s regional inequality and how corporate greed is shredding the fabric of our nation.
31] – On Tues., June 15 at 8 PM ET, CODEPINK Congress will feature two guests: Madison Tang, CODEPINK China is Not Our Enemy campaign coordinator; author, organizer, and educator against imperialism, militarism, and racial and gender-based violence; and Mel Gurtov, professor emeritus of political science, Portland State University; senior editor, Asian Perspective; co-author, Pentagon Papers. In response to the U.S. Senate’s disturbing passage of the anti-China “U.S. Innovation and Cooperation Act,” CODEPINK Congress will challenge the misguided framing of China as the nation’s greatest security threat. The Biden administration, lawmakers, and military contractors are using this framing to justify new weapons production, mock nuclear strikes in the East Pacific, and troop deployments that make the world less safe. The guests will discuss the importance of avoiding a military confrontation over the future of Taiwan. RSVP to receive the Zoom link: https://www.codepink.org/06152021. CONTACT Marcy Winograd · marcy@codepink.org.
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/.
"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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