Baltimore Activist Alert – Aug. 17, 2021
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.
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal
legislation
3] Get involved with NCNR
4] Volunteer with a Catholic Worker house
5] Max is looking for
tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.
6] House cleaner needed
7] Get Out the Vote in Virginia – through Sept. 18
8] What’s next
for Cross-Strait Relations? – Aug. 17
9] Rally and
march for immigrants -- Aug.
17
10] Earned Income Tax
Credit (EITC) program – Aug. 17
11] Protest JHU’s weapons research – Aug. 17
12] Phone bank
for the For the People Act! -- Aug. 17 - 22
13] Phone bank for an expansion of Medicare –
Aug. 17
14] Fair
Elections Taskforce – Aug. 17
15] US Should Pursue
Cooperation with China – Aug. 17
16] Redistricting
Summer Sessions – Aug. 17 & 21
17] Rebuild Baltimore – Aug. 17
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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] - Suzanne Fontanesi and Jeff Ross are in the beginning stages of renovating the basement of their house for purposes of bringing in a volunteer (targeting young adults in discernment mode), starting next fall. They are trying to grow a Catholic Worker House in Irvington (West Baltimore). In a nutshell, there is a lot that a volunteer could do in that neighborhood/Baltimore, in addition to prayer and daily community living and in addition to plugging into all the good work that people are already doing in and around Baltimore (and beyond). If you think you might know of anyone who might be interested in starting a conversation with them about becoming such a volunteer/community member, please contact Jeff/Suzanne at 443-690-6872.
5] – Max is in need of a garage or a storage space. Any suggestions would be welcome. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
6] – Is there a woman in the Baltimore area who does house cleaning? This assignment would be on an irregular basis with several hours per week. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
7] – Ben Betz, People For the American Way [alerts@pfaw.org] is asking you to Help Get Out The Vote in Virginia by signing up to write letters to voters in Virginia through September 18! Since the Virginia Vote Forward campaign launched last month, 120,000 people have committed to sending letters! The goal is to reach more than 500,000 voters Sign up to write letters to Get out the Vote at https://votefwd.org/pfaw.
Virginia is a crucial bellwether state vital to America’s political landscape, and its state elections this year will have a serious impact on the 2022 national midterms. People For is gearing up to be very active in this year’s state-level campaign, and it seeks national support to make sure that the progressive gains from 2020 continue in the former seat of the Confederacy this year. People For is thrilled to announce that we are once again partnering with Vote Forward, an exciting campaign to increase voter participation through letter-writing to key voters in battleground states and districts. Vote Forward’s letter-writing project is incredibly simple, as all you need are stamps, stationery, and a pen!
8] – On Tues., Aug. 17 at 8:30 AM ET, check out What’s Next for Cross-Strait Relations? Trends, Drivers, and Challenges, sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The speakers will be Chiu Chui-Cheng, Mainland Affairs Council, and Jude Blanchette, CSIS. Please join CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette for a discussion on the future opportunities and challenges that confront cross-Strait relations with Chiu Chui-Cheng, Deputy Minister of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council. Sign up at https://www.csis.org/events/whats-next-cross-strait-relations-trends-drivers-and-challenges.
9] -- The Squad at United We Dream Action [info@uwdaction.org] wants you to get involved on Tues., Aug. 17 at noon ET with a rally and march for immigrants. As part of Undeniable Week of Action, come to march starting at Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 16th Street NW, WDC 20001. DEMAND IMMEDIATE CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL IMMIGRANTS!
10] – The National Immigration Law Center [info@nilc.org] is inviting you on Tues., Aug. 17 at 3 PM ET for a webinar: "Building a Successful & Inclusive EITC Program." This event is part of the monthly Winning in the States webinar series. Each month delve into priority state-level policy challenges and strategies with leaders in the field. The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program is a critical tool with strong bipartisan support and a long track record of lifting families out of poverty. Recognizing the effectiveness of the federal EITC, 28 states and the District of Columbia have adopted state-level EITC programs to bolster this support. And Missouri and Washington have both passed legislation that will enact state EITC in 2023.
Unfortunately, both the federal EITC and most state-level EITCs exclude millions of immigrant workers and taxpayers in mixed-status immigrant families because they unfairly require that every person in the household, including all children, have a Social Security Number (SSN). This SSN requirement leaves out millions in families that include members with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). Visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2516549436285768971?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=78bee3ac-f8da-4492-b345-f14c62bb4874&sl_tc=WITSwebinar24.
11] – 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, and 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.
12] –Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of the For the People Act! The August deadline for 2022 is fast approaching! Our democracy is in crisis: with redistricting around the corner and hundreds of voter suppression laws being introduced in states across the country, we do not have time to wait. Every day we’re getting closer to a very real deadline to take action to pass the For the People Act (S.1): If the Senate does not overcome the filibuster and pass S. 1 by late August, states will not have enough time to implement the legislation’s regulations before the 2022 midterm elections! Join activists around the country at a virtual phonebank to urge voters in key states to demand their senators’ support of S. 1! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/376178/?utm_source=PFAW to call on Tues, Aug. 17 from 5:30 to 8 PM ET, Wed., Aug. 18 from 4 to 6 PM ET, Thurs., Aug. 19 from 3 to 6 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET, Fri.., Aug. 20 from 4 to 6 PM ET, Sat., Aug. 21 from noon to 2 PM ET or Sun., Aug. 22 from 6 to 8 PM ET.
13] – People's Action [info@peoplesaction.org] points out that the USA is “dead last” in health care. Phone bank on Tuesdays, August 17, 24, and 31 from 6:30 to 9 PM ET. The phone banking is to call for an expansion of Medicare. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/peoplesaction/event/404197/?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-us-tonight-to-phone-bank-to-expand-medicare-2&email_referrer=email_1256841&email_subject=dead-last-in-health-care. Because of the greed of health insurance corporations and Big Pharma, we rank last in access to care, equity, health outcomes, and administrative efficiency. Reconciliation is a special Senate procedure that requires only 51 votes for passage instead of the usual 60. Grow Medicare to include dental, vision, and hearing coverage; lower the eligibility age and out-of-pocket costs; and give Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.
14] –The Anne Arundel Fair Elections Taskforce will meet on Tues., Aug. 17 at 6:30 PM ET. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pduyqrT4sHdJGFOPv6Ol4VZWdR3iO64q8?emci=ca496eb4-4af9-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=63bdde80-4ef9-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=136680.
15] – The US Should Pursue Cooperation with China: Jeff Sachs on Tues., Aug. 17 from 7 to 8 PM EDT as an online event. “Cooperation is not cowardice, as American conservatives repeatedly claim,” wrote Jeff Sachs in a February 2021 article. “Both the US and China have much to gain from it: peace, expanded markets, accelerated technological progress, the avoidance of a new arms race, progress against COVID-19, a robust global jobs recovery, and a shared effort against climate change.” In other recent articles, Sachs argued that the Xinjiang genocide allegations are unjustified and that the recent US/China agreement to cooperate on climate change is an important and welcome development. Jeffrey Sachs is University Professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is one of the world’s leading experts on sustainable development, economic development, and the fight against poverty. He chairs The Lancet’s COVID-19 commission. Register at bit.ly/sachs-china.
16] – This summer and fall, there are opportunities for grassroots engagement on new district maps across the country, so All On the Line is hosting Redistricting Summer Sessions to ensure grassroots activists and volunteers have the tools they need to make their voices heard through the final stretch of the 2021 redistricting cycle. Grassroots Engagement Opportunities + Tactics will cover many of the ways grassroots activists can engage in their state’s redistricting process and how to prepare to participate. The sessions available are on Tues., Aug. 17 from 7:30 to 8:30 PM ET and Sat., Aug. 21 from 3 to 4 PM ET. REGISTER at https://www.mobilize.us/allontheline/event/398976/?utm_campaign=20210717_AOTL_O_resend_RUcalendar_ActivesXopeners&emci=5211a10c-5fe6-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=be8d0a56-ebe6-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=4818037.
17] – Steph Compton wants to see you on Tues., Aug. 17 at 7:30 PM ET as the Energy Justice Network will go live on the zero waste topic of deconstruction! Pre-register on zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdOmsqT4sGtGZasJ6ok12z3f_uL9LFW5Z. RSVP online and share with your friends on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2332295276902606.
Our city has 15,000+ vacant buildings. While some should be reused and remodeled for affordable housing, demolishing the rest would lead to toxics in the surrounding environment. This is where deconstruction comes in - where a building is taken down piece-by-piece, minimizing environmental impacts and maximizing economic value of the recovered materials. This reduces waste drastically, keeping more materials from incinerators and landfills, and facilitates numerous economic opportunities! Come learn more about what deconstruction looks like in Portland, OR, and what a deconstruction ordinance could look like in Baltimore! Hear from Councilwoman Ramos (District 14), followed by a Q&A session - all in one hour!
To be continued.
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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