48] Evolving Maritime Issues in the Indo-Pacific – Feb. 4
49] White House peace vigil
– Feb. 4
50]
Prevent and respond to sexual and domestic
violence -- Feb. 4
51]
DNC National Call Crew – Feb. 4 - 5
52] Voter Protection phone banks – Feb. 4 and 5
53]
Climate
justice organizing in Florida – Feb. 4
54] First Friday film and discussion – Feb. 4
55]
Stand Up to Racism –
Feb. 5
56] Krystal Oriadha Days of
Action – Feb. 5 & 6
57] Knock on doors for Brooke – Feb. 5
58]
Meet Wala Blegay – Feb. 5
59] Peace with Russia demos
– Feb. 5
60] Peace with Russia at the Liberty Bell – Feb.
5
61] Get
over to the food pantry – Feb.
5
62] Town Hall with a
Gubernatorial Candidate Ashwani Jain – Feb. 5
63] Brendan Walls is seeking a home/apartment to rent
64] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear
weapons contracts
65] Read Dave
Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"
66]
Do
you need a doctor?
67] Donate books, videos,
DVDs and records
68] Do you need any book
shelves?
69] Join the Global Zero campaign.
70] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
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48]
– On Fri., Feb. 4 from 8 to 9:30 AM
ET, check out Evolving Maritime Issues in the Indo-Pacific [Online]. This is a panel discussion on some of the
most urgent issues developing in the East China Sea. The security environment
in the East China Sea is under continuous scrutiny for these waters’ key
position in sea lanes and territorial disputes. Strengthening international
norms at sea is an increasing challenge for the U.S., Japan, and partners in
the region. In two consecutive panels, experts from Japan and the United States
will discuss the evolution of maritime law and the developments in the
strategic environment in the East China Sea.
The sponsoring group is the Stimson Center. Hear from multiple speakers
by signing up at
https://www.stimson.org/event/evolving-maritime-issues-in-the-indo-pacific/.
49] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Feb. 4 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
50] – Paola Fuentes Gleghorn, Sojourners [sojoaction@sojo.net] wants you to get involved on Fri., Feb. 4 at noon ET in a conversation about how to prevent and respond to sexual and domestic violence (SDV). RSVP to receive a Zoom meeting link and password at https://act.sojo.net/page/26935/survey/1. The conversation on Friday will be centered on looking ahead to the New Year, reflecting on our victories and struggles in 2021, and making new commitments to eliminate sexual and domestic violence and advocate alongside survivors. The Gender Justice Conversations are networking and community times to connect with other people of faith working to eliminate sexual assault and domestic violence, creating a space where we can encourage and advise each other to build the momentum needed to enact the changes we would like to see in congregations, communities, seminaries, and society at large.
51] – Make Calls virtually any time with the DNC National Call Crew – on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call to voters in battleground states to build strength for the 2022 Midterms. Please email digitalorganizing@dnc.org. Sign up for calls on Fri., Feb. 4 from 2 to 3 PM, 3 to 4 PM, 4 to 5 PM, 5 to 6 PM, and 7 to 8 PM ET and Sat., Feb 5 from 2 to 3 PM, 3 to 4 PM, 4 to 5 PM, 5 to 6 PM, 6 to 7 PM and 7 to 8 PM EST. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/388091/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
52] – Join in on Voter Protection phone banks with Common Cause on Fri., Feb. 4 from 4 to 6 PM ET and call Texas voters to recruit them to be poll monitors in the upcoming Texas primary and on Sat., Feb. 5 from noon to 2 PM, 1 to 3 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET call constituents in Republican states to connect them to their Senators to hold them accountable for blocking voting rights. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.
53] – Matt Nelson, Presente.org [info@presente.org] is inviting you to an event on Fri., Feb. 4 at 6:15 PM ET. Also joining in is the Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) and Alianza Americas for a conversation to discuss powerful climate justice organizing in Florida, across the country, and beyond borders. Now is the time to honor the voices and lived experiences of Black and brown immigrants in the movements. Florida, for example, is home to many climate change refugees, some of whom have been displaced from Haiti, other Caribbean countries, and Central America. RSVP to this joint Instagram Live Event at https://act.presente.org/signup/migrant-voices-leading-climate-justice-movement/?t=9&akid=13543%2E715238%2EW9hQt9.
54] – Nukewatch [nukewatch1@lakeland.ws] wants you to join in for a First Friday film and discussion on Feb. 4 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET. Sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed5LeL6oXmh-pwWvmHLUKxIk-Y1X7sdXp28YJYAH96cqKO9g/viewform?fbclid=IwAR27osV0t22EHtib1TTj9yGBI8VK-iBWUX5wl3T0_oAWMSbMn88pDbaeFFw. Two short documentary films will be shown: Jetline: Voices from the Flight Path, and When the Jets Fly: New Warplanes Turn US Towns into Sonic Hellscapes. Residents of Whidbey Island on the west coast & Burlington, Vermont on the east coast are being traumatized by US fighter jets. Madison, Wisconsin could be next. Learn what people are doing to resist the militarization of our communities. Register for Zoom Link to Film & Discussion at https://tinyurl.com/FebFilmNoF35.
55] – Register for the British Trades Union Congress and Stand Up to Racism, an anti-racist Trade Union Conference on Sat., Feb. 5 from 6 to 11 AM ET. Virginia Rodino from United against Hate is speaking. Email info@standuptoracism.org.uk. Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sutr-trade-union-conference-fighting-for-anti-racist-workplaces-tickets-217534169557.
56] – Join the Krystal Oriadha Days of Action for canvassing in District Heights, MD 20747 on Sat., Feb. 5 and Sun., Feb. 6 from 9 AM to 5 PM ET. Join Prince George's County Council District 7 candidate and her amazing team to reach out to voters! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemarylandneweraproject/event/439795/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.
57] --On Sat., Feb. 5 from 10 AM to noon ET, knock on doors for Brooke Lierman for Comptroller in Baltimore County starting at 3820 Fernside Road, Randallstown 21133. This will continue until Feb. 26. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/397538/. Canvass the community and share Brooke's vision to transform the Comptroller's office to work for every Marylander. Once you sign up the team will follow up with everything you need to knock on doors!
58] – Progressive Maryland endorsed Wala Blegay for Prince George’s County Council District 6. Meet her for Coffee & Conversation on Sat., Feb. 5 from 10 AM to 1 PM ET at PJ’s Coffee, 12530 Fairwood Parkway, Bowie 20720. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-and-conversation-with-wala-blegay-tickets-257784820337?emci=3208a0b3-ed82-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&emdi=86dadabe-f182-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&ceid=136680 and hear Wala’s vision for District 6!
59] – Justina Poskeviciute [justina@codepink.org]wants you to attend a Global Day of Action - Stop the War with Russia. The U.S. has already promised millions in weapons to Ukraine and is ready to send troops to Eastern Europe. All instead of engaging in diplomacy with Russia, something even some of the U.S. allies, like Germany, have been calling for. There is a Global Day of Action on Sat., Feb. 5 to resist war and demand that not a single bullet or gun be sent to Ukraine!
Would you be able to organize a local event as part of this broader initiative? This can be as simple as two of you standing on a busy corner. Or in front of your local media demanding they include the need for diplomacy not war in their reporting. Or at your member of Congress office, or house. List the details of your event here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fVjWRlaqz4fTNPRcyaNTLCMQT0K9JPKe7etWCe5i0Gg/viewform?ts=61f80736&edit_requested=true.
In Baltimore, gather at noon at North Ave. and Charles St. with an optional car caravan. Elsewhere in Baltimore, there is a demonstration at 1 PM at 33rd and North Charles Streets. In Washington, D.C. assemble at 2 PM in Lafayette Square/Peace Park.
60] – The Brandywine Peace Community on Sat., Feb. 5 from noon to 1:30 PM at the Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia will hold a No War on Russia Visibility Peace Vigil. YES to PEACE; NO to NATO EXPANSION & WAR with RUSSIA over UKRAINE. The Courthouse is located at 601 Market Street, in sight of the Liberty Bell, Philadelphia 19106. There will be a banner and poster display for a very visible Peace Vigil which will include a loud bell-tolling. Bring a folding chair if you wish to sit. Dress for a forecast of frigid cold. After the vigil, walk over to the LIBERTY BELL. Make History for Peace, War No More, and Nuclear Weapons Abolition. Visit www.brandywinepeace.com or call 215-843-4827.
61] – On Sat., Feb. 5 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.
62] – Jared Schablein [admin@lowershoreprogressives.com] is holding on Sat., Feb. 5 at 3 PM ET a virtual Town Hall with a Gubernatorial Candidate Ashwani Jain. Visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpc-iurTkqEtVh6rerbmmtBjnA21Uq-BX4?fbclid=IwAR1gFCPDeeq9v2vkEF7FPJQSP74loxHT1nbFdyojsRaHxYWOgso_9Ho92W8. The vital 2022 midterm election is just a few months away. This upcoming mid-term, the State of Maryland will elect a new Governor for the first time in Eight Years. This means we have an opportunity to elect a Progressive Governor who will fight for the Eastern Shore. With that being said, the group is continuing to introduce you to all the candidates running for Governor in 2022, so you can be informed when our organization holds our 2022 endorsement vote at the March Monthly meeting in 2022.
63] – A friend, Brendan Walls, has to move out of a rented home on March 1. So he is looking for housing and wants to live south of the Baltimore beltway, east of US 95 and north of Route 214. Do you know of a house or apartment in the Annapolis area with as much peace and quiet as I can get for no more than $1800 a month? He does not mind pet sitting, house sitting, keeping someone company or community living. Let me know if you have a lead on a home or apartment for Brendan to rent. Thanks for giving this your consideration.
64] -- 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.
65] – 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.
The price is $25 for a Spiral Bound, and Signed. This edition being what the publisher calls “The 4th edition (or first edition 4th state?) of this book (with “final” additions) has been printed by the firm of FEDEX numbered 150-200, signed by the author, February 2017.”This is copy 187 and is numbered and signed by David Eberhardt on the title page.~~While the bibliographical information is a bit head-spinning, this is an engaging memoir by David Eberhardt recounting his involvement with the Brothers Berrigan in the protests against the Viet Nam war, and his subsequent time as an inmate at the Lewisburg Federal Prison. There is Near Fine binding: Item #291479.
66] – 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.
67] -- 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.
68] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
69] -- 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.
70] – 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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