Sunday, June 12, 2022

Baltimore Activist Alert -- June 13 - 18, 2022

19] Get Out the Vote – for the June 14 primaries

20] Get with the Art Build for June 18 -- June 13 - 18

21] Promote the rally on June 18. – June 13

22] Door Knocking for Brooke – June 13 – 14

23] Election Protection webinar – June 13

24] William Barber at Busboys & Poets -- June 13

25] Break the Silence – June 13

26] Prepare for World Refugee Day – June 13

27] “District Attorneys & the Death Penalty” – June 14

28] Tell Putin stop the killing – June 14

29] Our Revolution phone bank – June 14, 15 and 16

30] Join a text bank for June 18 – June 14 & 16

31] Support Palestinian children's rights – June 14

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19] – Join the Progressive Democrats of America National Phone Team doing Get Out the Vote for the Tuesday, June 14 Primaries. Make easy calls from home to fellow PDA folks to ensure they're in the know about the election and our endorsed candidates. This will happen 7 days a week, so whenever is good for you is good for PDA. Sign up at mikefox@pdamerica.org.

20] – The Maryland Poor People's Campaign (MD PPC) [maryland@poorpeoplescampaign.org] needs your help from Mon., June 13 through Sat., June 18 for an Art Build. The Art Build will take place at the Greenpeace Warehouse in Hyattsville. Volunteers are needed to learn and help create art for a powerful visually unified Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on June 18th!  Sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTtSz5n9efRGjvaBvG1RK2EaHGunUoEC6m3gcfrSgY4Sq6Dw/viewform.

21] – The Maryland Poor Peoples Campaign is engaged in canvassing one more time to promote the rally on June 18.  On Mon., June 13 from 11 AM to 3 PM go to 808-8810 Bradford Road, Silver Spring. Continue to prepare for June 18 by distributing flyers while knocking on hundreds of doors in Montgomery County. Sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckz4vUWVHE7jvVWg0dQi_pA3sypX2Muz8dnKuhUTrccGqfKw/viewform.

22] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood on Mon., June 13 and Tues., June 14 from 2 to 4 PM ET!  This event’s address is private. Sign up for the details: https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/449990/?followup_modal_context=newsletter. Canvass in your community and share Brooke's vision to transform the Comptroller's office to work for every Marylander. YOU CAN DO THIS ON YOUR OWN TIME, SELECTING A DATE IS REQUIRED TO USE THIS FORM. YOU CAN KNOCK WHENEVER WORKS FOR YOU. Once you sign up the team will follow up with everything you need to knock on doors including materials, a t-shirt, stickers, and a quick training.

23] – The Emergency Election Protection Coalition is happening at 4:30 PM ET on Mon., June 13. Please submit any questions to: Solartopia@gmail.com. Sign up at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYldumtrjIiH9L7_KfcFV1n8ynuO3anTGwp. Progressive Democrats of America are part of the coalition.

24] – Maryland Poor People's Campaign (MD PPC) [maryland@poorpeoplescampaign.org]  wants you to attend on Mon., June 13 at 6:30 PM a talk by Rev. William Barber at Bus Boys And Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, WDC 20009. It will be an informative session where he will share information about the work that has been done to prepare for June 18 and to the polls. Go to https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-25165066/.

25] – The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative Media Workshop Part 2 - Coordinated Letters Training – will take place on Mon., June 13 at 7 PM ET. The U.S. media has been covering nuclear weapons more lately, but ignoring the TPNW! Join the campaign to put the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on the radar screen of the national media. This program will explain simple but very important things you can do - and you will get the tools and training you need for sending off coordinated Letters to the Editor.  The idea is to send a few hundred LTEs going to three major media outlets, urging them to include the TPNW in their reporting on the nuclear threat. Please register, spread the world, and join in this action Breaking the Silence: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEld-irrjgtE9N8pDrzdVow3OygXk6WXNtR.

26] – The Interfaith Immigration Coalition [media@interfaithimmigration.org] informs us that World Refugee Day in June 20.  Ahead of this day, join the coalition on Mon., June 13 at 7 PM ET to hear from directly-impacted leaders, people of faith, and advocates about the urgent need to restore welcome for all. From the refugee resettlement program to the asylum system, speakers will educate, inspire, and equip you to advocate for change.  Go to https://actionnetwork.org/forms/holy-voices-for-world-refugee-day-welcome-for-all/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/894662374635533/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A389991396420152%7D%7D]%22%7D.

27] –The Death Penalty Focus [information@deathpenalty.org] wants you to register on Tues., June 14 at 3 PM ET for a webinar on “District Attorneys & the Death Penalty.” Register https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7916528860532/WN_m1uYz8ovRSGe12w_PdXeNQ?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=07165cd0-de69-48b0-8d6a-adef4c5f663b.

28] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., June 14 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM ET for joining the CODEPINK call for support demonstrations for the people of Ukraine.  Gather at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout Europe.  Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons.  Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant.    People who believe in peace and justice should come forward and take the risks of peace. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.

29] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] would like you to phone bank on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET. There are more than 8 million voters across the country who identify as progressive. These numbers suggest progressives can win at every level of government, but the voters must go to the polls! Sign up to join the Our Revolution phone bank force at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/440081/?akid=2556.8252965.t1Ai8m&rd=1&t=11. Phone on June 14, 15 or 16.

30] -- The Maryland Poor People's Campaign [maryland@poorpeoplescampaign.org] will phone and text to Mobilize for June 18! Join a phone bank on Tues., June 14 and Thurs., June 16 from 7 to 8 PM ET. Don't worry if you've never phone or text banked before! Sign up for an upcoming phone or text bank session at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIU79mwih4PK6vnjS07O2R_EhOB6tydFCpCU-N90Bk_vVm1Q/viewform?&link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-md-ppc-weekly-update-get-on-the-bus-for-june-18-4&email_referrer=email_1547305&email_subject=md-ppc-weekly-update-get-on-the-bus-for-june-18. Email maryland@poorpeoplescampaign.org.

31] – Miranda Cleland [miranda.cleland@dcips.org] wants you to attend on Tues., June 14 at 8 PM ET a webinar hosted by the #nowaytotreatachild campaign for a webinar.  It will shine the spotlight on activism from around the U.S. in support of Palestinian children's rights and learning from advocates and researchers on how to sustain your advocacy for the long-term. Register at https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/nwttac_webinar_20220614?utm_campaign=june_2022_webinar_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dcipalestine.

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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