62] White House vigil – July 16
63] Take on the oil industry
in depth – July 16
64] Help pass landmark legislation
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July 16
65] Making August Recess
Count
– July 16
66]
Peace and justice vigil – July 16
67] Celebrate 40 years of
antinuke organizing – July 16
68] The 1877 Railroad
Strike -- July 17
69] Food Pantry and Food Donation Center – July 17
70] CALL WEST VIRGINIANS -- July 17
71] Sign up for good
trouble – July 17
72] Save the
dates Aug. 6 & 9
73] Caregiver
needed for Eddie Smith
74] Jonah House
needs a car
75] Tell JHU no more
weapons contracts
76] Beauty
Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh
77] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest
Primer"
78] New Book:
“Confessions of a Radical Academic”
79] Two Berrigan Books
still in print
80] Do you need
a doctor?
81] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
82] Do you need any book
shelves?
83] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
84] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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62] – The Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., July 16 at noon. Contact
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
63] – Jane Fonda for Greenpeace [info@greenpeaceusa.org] wants you to tune in on Fri., July 16 at 2 PM ET to discuss how to take on the oil industry in depth with Congressperson Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Progressive Caucus and Representative for WA’s 7th District. Learn how we can use our collective power to eliminate billion dollars of subsidies to fossil fuel this year, the strategy to ensure that Congress passes a reconciliation bill of the size and scope necessary to meet the climate crisis instead of squandering this political moment by only focusing on a weak bipartisan infrastructure bill. Sign up at https://www.facebook.com/events/337620097873693?emci=75bef182-8de5-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=b074dc8a-8de5-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=1705696.
64] -- Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs [info@chn.org] is doing a one hour webinar on Fri., July 16 at 2 PM ET about moving the agenda forward when Congress is on recess. Significant progress has been made in addressing economic disparities for children, youth, and families with the passage of the American Rescue Plan in March. President Biden has proposed the American Jobs and American Families Plans which would extend short term investments and fight for the future―addressing deep-seated racial inequities in education, jobs, health, housing, and income, while making the rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes.
Learn what you can do to help pass landmark legislation that would advance racial equity, lift millions out of poverty, help all kids reach their potential, get workers better pay and benefits, and expand health coverage to millions of Americans. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTHU-gXdQhKDtiOds9of_A?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-webinar-rsvp-how-you-can-move-our-agenda-forward-when-congress-is-on-recess-2&email_referrer=email_1225796&email_subject=webinar-rsvp-how-you-can-move-our-agenda-forward-when-congress-is-on-recess.
65] – On Fri., July 16 at 2 PM ET, tune in to the webinar - Making August Recess Count: Building Support for Federal Recovery Legislation to Advance Racial Equity. This is THE moment for us to act together to ensure that the biggest, boldest, recovery package possible passes through Congress this fall. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTHU-gXdQhKDtiOds9of_A?emci=3fda38ca-45e3-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=a43af34d-59e3-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=136680. This means that between now and the end of the August Congressional recess, we have an ideal opportunity to build momentum for lasting change. Join the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Community Change, and the Coalition on Human Needs.
66] -- There is usually a Quaker Vigil for Racial Justice on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, hosted by the Baltimore Quaker Peace and Justice Committee (BQPJC) outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on July 16. Black Lives Matter. Stop the Killing. Physical distancing applies. Wear your face mask. Email homewoodfriends@gmail.com or call 410-235-4438. Quaker values call us to speak truth and to seek equality for all people. Aim to follow Bayard Rustin’s wisdom that “we need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers” and John Lewis’s call to “make good trouble.” See https://www.facebook.com/events/311508100243529/?event_time_id=311508113576861.3&akid=18263%2E3302379%2Ez6bJVQ.
67] – John
Steinbach [johnsteinbach1@verizon.net] wants you to attend on Fri., July 16
from 7 to 9 PM ET the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee 40th Anniversary
Celebration. The Committee is planning a virtual celebration of its
history. Everyone who worked with the Committee over the years are invited to
participate and share memories. The Celebration will be recorded and placed on
the Committee website <hiroshimapeacecommittee.net>. John will
present a brief history of the Committee, highlighting important events and
milestones. Dr. Arjun Makhijani will present the Occasion. Among those who plan
to participate in the program are: Setsuko Thurlow, Reverend Herbert Daughtry,
Rick Tingling-Clemmons, Professor Peter Kuznick, and MJ Park & Little Friends
for Peace. The Confederation of A & H Bomb Survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, will
give a solidarity message. All participants are encouraged to briefly share
their memories. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlce-hrj8rHd3cqU5eIZu1v3QzVGFi10Ch. After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the meeting. Call 703-822-3485.
68] – William Barry [billbarry21214@gmail.com] will offer an IN PERSON program on Baltimore workers history. On Sat., July 17 at 11 AM, learn about The 1877 Railroad Strike at The Irish Railroad Workers Museum, 918 Lemmon Street. The event is free and open to the public.
69] – On Sat., July 17 from noon to 2 PM EST, get over to the Food Pantry and Food Donation Center at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Madison St., Baltimore. This Food Pantry is open every Saturday. Get a grocery bag – breakfast, jelly and peanut butter (a good source of protein) for lunch, the makings for a balanced dinner such as beans and rice, pasta and sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit, and a paper goods. Also added is a little fun food, such as popcorn or cookies, for everyone enjoys a treat. Contributions of shelf stable foods can be brought to Reid Chapel every Saturday between noon and 2 PM. If shopping is difficult for you, monetary donations earmarked food pantry may be sent to the church. How else can you help? Volunteers are needed to help collect and distribute food. Contact the church office to volunteer. You can also help by spreading the word to those you know who are facing food insecurity. See https://www.facebook.com/firstfranklinbaltimore.
70] – 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 Sat., July 17 from 4 to 6:30 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.
71] – Ben Jealous, People For the American Way [alerts@pfaw.org] is asking us to sign up for good trouble on Sat., July 17 to honor John Lewis. Demand that Congress pass both the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. This is not an either-or discussion. This Saturday marks one year since the passing of Congressperson and civil rights hero John Lewis. Within that year, the Far Right’s attacks on voting rights have grown fiercer than at any time in modern memory, with a wave of racist state legislative attacks on the right to vote reminiscent of the Jim Crow era.
From 7 to 9 PM EDT, go to Jubilee Arts Lot, 1947 Pennsylvania Ave., Baltimore 21217. See https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/400526/. From 8 to 10 PM EDT, gather in Black Lives Matter Plaza NW, WDC 20006. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/399955/. From 8 to 9:30 PM EDT, meet in Mattie J.T. Stepanek Park, 1800 Piccard Drive, Rockville 20850. Visit https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/400572/.
72] – This year the 37th annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will act on August 6 and 9, and the theme will be to challenge JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY to renounce its nuclear weapons contracts. We will remember that 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.
74] – Jonah House [jonahhouse.md@gmail.com] is in need of a vehicle. After 18 years of service, and around 150,000 miles, the hybrid Honda Insight has given up the ghost! Do you have a car you are ready to part with, or know of anyone else who would be interested in supporting Jonah House by giving or selling your car? Contact Joe Byrne at 443-804-3410.
75] –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.
76] – Bad Attitude Publishers Announces the release of Beauty Fades /Stupid Lasts Forever and The Trial According to Alan Barysh. In light of the fascist/Q Annon/Truther/Alex Jones and Trump-inspired attack on the capital, Bad attitude Publications has released a photo essay by Alan Barysh. In the follow-up book to Sorry Truther, it was an OUTSIDE JOB Beauty Fades.... gives the reader an upfront look at the reactionary forces and the deadly beliefs these folks uphold. In pictures and texts, one gets a good look at the faces and ideas that pose a real threat to this country. The Trial According to Alan Barysh is a rewrite of the Kafka Classic The Trial. With pictures from the original movie, Alan Barysh rewrites this scathing satire with just a tad more cutting edge satire, and a different ending. The appendix to the book talks about the lonely uphill struggle of Tawanda Jones to get justice for her brother. This afterthought is included, because of the real Kafkesque struggle of the West Family to get justice for her brother. Both books can be purchased on Amazon.com. For every purchase of The Trial, Alan Barysh will give all of his royalties to the West Family. Just text a picture of the book to 443-239-5325.
77] – 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 has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Phil Berrigan’s wife, Elizabeth McAlister, is a member of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7.
Dave just printed the 5th edition of the book which is available for $25 by sending him a check: Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218. You can contact him at mozela9@comcast.net. He prefers that you DO NOT order the book from Amazon. Image 1 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. David Eberhardt; Image 2 of 2 for FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER; and FOR ALL THE SAINTS: A PROTEST PRIMER. This is a self-published book printed in 2017 with updates.
78] – Check out a New Book: “Confessions of a Radical Academic: A Memoir by Fred L. Pincus,” now available from Adelaide Books (https://adelaidebooks.org/collections/latest-releases/products/confessions-of-a-radical-academic) or from Amazon. Fred taught sociology at UMBC for more than 40 years and is on the board of Research Associates Foundation. His memoir details his struggles to have a successful career while keeping true to his radical principles and activism. One major theme is his struggle with race and racism both on and off campus. Go to www.fredlpincus.com.
79] –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, who’s 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.
80] – 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.
81] -- 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.
82] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
83] -- 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.
84] – 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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