Thursday, October 13, 2022

Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 14 - 18, 2022

80] Canvass voters in Howard County – Oct. 14

81] Phone Bank for Brooke Oct. 14 – 15

82] Knock on doors for Brooke – Oct. 14 – Oct. 15

83] Defuse Nuclear War – Oct. 14

84] Dorothy Day Catholic Worker at the White House – Oct. 14

85] Film LIMBO – Oct. 14

86] NextGen Organizing – Oct. 14

87] Faith in Public Life – Oct. 14

88] Tweet Better Today – Oct. 14

89] Dems Day of Action to Knock on Doors Oct. 14 & 15

90] Fire Drill Friday Oct. 14

91] Training to Make Calls with the DNC -- Oct. 14 - 18

92] Our Democracy phone bank – Oct. 14, 16 & 18

93] Beto for Texas Letter Writing Party Oct. 14 - 18

94] Phone Bank for Beto Oct. 14 & 15

95] Information Session about Peace Education – Oct. 15

96] Canvas in Howard County Oct. 15

97] Take Action Canvass – Oct. 15

98] March to the Polls – Oct. 15

99] Get over to the food pantry – Oct. 15

100] Shut down Berks Oct. 15

101] Get out the Vote Text Banking Oct. 15

102] Maryland United for Peace and Justice meeting – Oct. 15

103] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine

104] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

105] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"

106] Do you need a doctor?

107] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

108] Do you need any book shelves?

109] Join the Global Zero campaign.

110] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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80] – Join the statewide coordinated campaign and the District 9B Team of Senator Katie Fry Hester and Delegate Courtney Watson to canvass voters in Howard County on Saturdays through Nov. 5! You will receive all the training and materials you need to be successful upon arrival. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/510076/. Meet at the Miller Library, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City 21042 and canvass from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET.

81] – On Fri., Oct. 14 and Sat., Oct. 15 from 10 AM to 8 PM ET, phone bank for Brooke Lierman for comptroller.  Can you spare a few hours to phone bank for Brooke? You can do it from your home and you will be sent a list and a script!  Once you sign up, an organizer will reach out directly to you and get you your phone book and a training if you need it! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/489251/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.OTH_VirtualConventionSignup_080822&t=4&akid=16578%2E508952%2EHQOuGi.

82] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood, hosted by Brooke Lierman for Comptroller.  Sign up for Fri., Oct. 14 through Sat., Oct. 15.  The door knocking takes place from 10 AM to 8 PM ET. 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. Once you sign up, the team will follow up with everything you will need to knock doors including materials, a t-shirt, stickers, and a quick training. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/484676/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_custom_marketing.

83] – On Fri., Oct. 14 from 11 AM to 3 PM ET, Baltimore peace activists have organized a car caravan in Baltimore, with stops for informational assemblies at each of the five offices of members of Congress who represent anyone in Baltimore. The message is that these activists are opposed to a nuclear conflict. At 11 AM, be at the office of Rep. Ruppersberger, 22 W. Padonia, Suite C141, Timonium. At noon, be at the office of Rep. Sarbanes, 600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 303, Towson. At 1 PM, be at the office of Sen. Van Hollen, 1900 N. Howard St., Suite 100, Baltimore. At 1:30 PM, be at the office of Rep. Mfume, 1010 Park Ave., Suite 105, Baltimore. At 2:30 PM, be at the office of Sen. Cardin, 100 South Charles St., Tower 1, Suite 1710, Baltimore. Email jlathey@comcast.net.

Silver Springs, Sat., Oct. 15 from noon to 1 PM, Farmers Market, 1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring.

Frederick, Sun., Oct. 16 from 2 to 3 PM, War Memorial Park, 2nd & Bentz Streets, Frederick. Vigil planned at War Memorial Park. Demonstration to urge action to defuse nuclear war. Initiated by Veterans for Peace and Peace Action.

84] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 14 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

85] – HIAS [info@hias.org] wants you to know about the book and film club on Fri., Oct. 14 from noon to 1 PM ET.  Join a discussion of Limbo, a wry and poignant fictional observation of the refugee experience set on a remote Scottish island. Limbo is a wry and poignant fictional observation of the refugee experience, set on a remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on a young Syrian musician who has carried his grandfather's oud all the way from his homeland.

The film is available on HBOMax, Hulu (if you have the HBO Max add on), and for rent on PrimeVideo, AppleTV, and YouTube. RSVP at https://www.hias.org/events/hias-book-and-film-club-october-2022?utm_medium=email&utm_source=hias.org&utm_campaign=220929_CENewsletter&utm_content=221007+CEMultiEvent+e2.

86] – Get involved with NextGen Organizing by joining a virtual text bank on Fri., Oct. 14 from 1 to 3 PM and 4 to 6 PM ET. Young people are more motivated than ever to get out and vote. Choose the shift that works for you, and you will provide the script, texting platform, resources, and a community to connect with other NextGen volunteers! https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/501401/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.

87] – Faith in Public Life [commongood@faithinpubliclife.org] is concerned about protecting democracy and is hosting a virtual panel on Fri., Oct. 14 at 1 PM ET -- Faith on the frontlines for democracy. Join in at https://fpl.actionkit.com/sign/catholic-democracy-panel-10-14/?t=9&akid=10785%2E87934%2EdGWfSu.   Hear from a panel of Catholic activists who will discuss systematic attacks on voting rights and how faith leaders can fight back.

88] – Netroots Nation [activist@netrootsnation.org] wants to help update your digital skills on Fri., Oct. 14 at 1 PM ET.  Tweet Better Today. This Twitter 201+ training will teach you to create powerful tweets and do rapid response work. Learn about strategies for hashtags, live-tweeting, building relationships, handling harassment and more. Go to https://www.newmediamentors.org/fallwintermenu?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-digital-skills&email_referrer=email_1684466___subject_2172265&email_subject=update-your-digital-skills.

89] – Join a Baltimore City phone bank in person with the MD Dems Coordinated Campaign, hosted by the Maryland Democratic Party on Fri., Oct. 14 & Sat., Oct. 15 from 1 to 4 PM, 4 to 7 PM and 6 to 8 PM ET.  Meet at 415 N Howard St., G 1, Baltimore 21201. Call to make the state blue. Trainings happen at 1 PM, 4 PM and 6 PM, from now through Election Day focused on making sure our voters are engaged and excited to vote for Wes Moore, Senator Chris Van Hollen, Brooke Lierman, Anthony Brown, and the rest of our democratic slate. Sign up for whichever shifts work best for your schedule. After you sign up, one of the organizers will reach out with further details. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/506539/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type.

90] –Jane Fonda for Fire Drill Fridays [info@greenpeaceusa.org] indicates that on Fri., Oct. 14 at 2 PM ET Brie Bella and Amy Moas will discuss wildfires in the west, and lots of places in the West will be off limits for residents.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/greenpeace/event/513187/?emci=5e71d0cc-4f4a-ed11-b495-002248258d38&emdi=8471d0cc-4f4a-ed11-b495-002248258d38&ceid=1705696.

91] – Do a Training to Make Calls with the DNC National Call-Crew organized by The Democratic National Committee.  Learn how to make calls to voters in battleground states. The DNC National Call-Crew brings volunteer power where it's needed most for the Midterms! In this Zoom-based training you will be taught how to make calls and get your questions answered through an amazing online community. The first half of the session we'll be getting you set up to call and join our online community, and the second half we'll be making calls to voters in battleground states. On Fri., Oct. 14 from 3 to 4 PM ET, Sat., Oct. 15 from 4 to 5 PM, Sun., Oct. 16 from 3 to 4 PM, Mon., Oct. 17 from 7 to 8 PM and Tues., Oct. 18 from 9 to 10 PM ET, do the training. Sign up at https://events.democrats.org/event/440875/.

92] – Join the Our Democracy phone banks, hosted by Common Cause on Fri., Oct. 14 from 4 to 6 PM, Sun., Oct. 16 from 6 to 8 PM & Tues., Oct. 18 from 4 to 6 PM EDT. The idea is to protect democracy.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.

93] – Sign up to join a Beto for Texas Letter Writing Party on Fri., Oct. 14 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET, Sat., Oct. 15 and Sun., Oct. 16 from 3:30 to 5 PM and Mon., Oct. 17 & Tues., Oct.18 from 7 to 8 PM ET. Letter writing parties are a great opportunity to meet other Beto for Texas volunteers and get trained on the letter writing process. After a brief training, write letters together! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/427673/?utm_source=ema20220817-203416.

94] – Beto for Texas [info@betoorourke.com] needs your help phone banking to help elect a new governor in Texas.  Sign up for a shift on Fri., Oct. 14 and Sat., Oct. 15 from 7 to 10 PM ET, and help make direct, personal contact with as many Texans as we can. You can join in from anywhere. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/438569/?utm_source=ema20220727-200206.

95] – World BEYOND War [education@worldbeyondwar.org] needs you on Sat., Oct. 15 at 9 AM ET for an Information Session about Peace Education and Action for Impact. Join the Rotary Action Group for Peace and World BEYOND War for Information Sessions to learn more about a youth-led, intergenerational, and cross-cross-cultural peacebuilding program, known as Peace Education and Action for Impact (PEAI). Register for this Info Session at https://actionnetwork.org/events/info-session-peace-education-and-action-for-impact-project-2/?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-youre-invited-information-session-about-peace-education-and-action-for-impact&email_referrer=email_1684900&email_subject=youre-invited-information-session-about-peace-education-and-action-for-impact.

The second will take place at 1 PM ET. Register for this Info Session at https://actionnetwork.org/events/info-session-peace-education-and-action-for-impact-project-3/?link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-youre-invited-information-session-about-peace-education-and-action-for-impact&email_referrer=email_1684900&email_subject=youre-invited-information-session-about-peace-education-and-action-for-impact.

96] – Join the statewide coordinated campaign and the District 9B Team of Senator Katie Fry Hester and Delegate Courtney Watson to canvass voters in Howard County on Saturdays through Nov. 5! You will receive all the training and materials you need to be successful upon arrival. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/510076/. Meet at the Miller Library, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City 21042 and canvass from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET.

97] – Get involved with a Take Action Canvass on Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM ET.  This event’s address is private.  This is an in-person door knocking to connect with voters who vote less frequently in mid-term elections to ensure they vote by November 8th for progressive candidates. Canvass in different locations each time. After signing up, an organizer will be in touch with you about the canvassing location and other details. Training and canvassing scripts will be provided. On Oct. 15, the canvass will be in Worcester County. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/519676/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.

98] – Maryland Poor People's Campaign (MD PPC) [maryland@poorpeoplescampaign.org] is calling on Sat., Oct. 15 at noon ET for a Statewide March to the Polls. Maryland will meet in the grassy area behind Westminster City Hall, 1838 Emerald Hill Lane, Westminster 21157. Parking is available off Locust St.  A few months ago, tens of thousands of people stood with us in the nation's capital, at the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, to demand immediate and transformative action to address systemic injustice in our nation. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/statewide-poor-peoples-march-to-the-polls?source=direct_link&&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_1693536&email_subject=md-ppc-oct-15-statewide-march-announcement.

99] – On Sat., Oct. 15 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.

100] – The Shut Down Berks Coalition [shutdownberks@gmail.com] will join the Peoplehood Parade in Philadelphia on Sat., Oct. 15 at 1 PM ET.  Convert the use of the facility into one that provides health and human services to the surrounding community instead of imprisoning people. There is no need for an immigrant women’s prison. Wear orange and join in a parade from the Paul Robeson House to Clark Park. For additional details, please visit www.spiralq.org.

101] – Claire Bohlen [admin@lowershoreprogressives.com] needs you on Sat., Oct. 15 from 1 to 3 PM ET to do texting. This is Get out the Vote Text Banking. Work to elect Progressive Candidates up and down the ballot in 2022.  Make sure voters are engaged and excited to vote for Lower Shore Progressive Caucus endorsed candidates. Text banking will continue every Saturday through Nov. 5. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/505112/.

102] – Paulette Hammond [phamm001@earthlink.net] is inviting you to a Maryland United for Peace and Justice meeting on Oct. 15 at 2 PM ET. Join Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83861950438?pwd=a042cmpCVi9BMGpIaWVoQzlja0lZQT09.  Contact Paulette to receive the agenda and a copy of the previous meeting’s minutes.

103] – If you are able to donate any kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please email Brendan.walls@seaseton.org or call 410-721-5770 x231.  There is a colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.

104] -- 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.

105] – 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. 

106] 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.  

107] -- 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.

108] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.

109] -- 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.

110] – 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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