85] Early Vote and Election Day Poll Coverage in Baltimore City – Oct. 28 - 29
86] Early Vote and Election
Day Poll Coverage in Baltimore County –
Oct. 28 - 29
87] ROK-China Relations: Challenges and Opportunities in the
Next 30 Years –
Oct. 28
88]
Phone Bank for Brooke – Oct. 28 – 29
89] Knock on doors for Brooke – Oct. 28 – 29
90] Phone Bank for Beto – Oct. 28 & 29
91] Dorothy Day Catholic Worker at the White
House – Oct. 28
92] NextGen Organizing – Oct. 28 - 29
93]
Dems
Day of Action to Knock on Doors – Oct. 28 & 29
94] Fire Drill Friday – Oct. 28
95] A Continent Erupts – Oct. 28
96]
Training to Make Calls with the DNC -- Oct. 28 – Nov. 1
97]
Our
Democracy phone bank – Oct. 28 & 30 and Nov. 1 - 3
98] Phone bank for John Fetterman – Oct. 28
99] SPLC author talk – Oct. 28
100] Birdwatching Tour – Oct. 29
101] Celebrate Peace – Oct.
29
102]
Open Borders Conference – Oct. 29
103]
Canvas in Howard County – Oct. 29
104] Take Action Canvass – Oct. 29
105] What’s happening in Burma? – Oct. 29
106] Get over to the food pantry – Oct. 22
107] Get out the Vote Text
Banking – Oct. 29
108] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
109] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
110]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
111] Do you need a doctor?
112]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
113]
Do
you need any book shelves?
114] Join the Global Zero
campaign.
115] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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85] -- There is a need for Early Vote and Election Day Poll
Coverage in Baltimore City on Fri., Oct.
28 and Sat., Oct. 29 from 7 AM to 1:30 PM and 1:30 to 8 PM. Sign up for a shift
to cover a polling location for Early Vote or on Election Day! Make sure people
know they should vote for Brooke to be Maryland's next Comptroller! Once you
select a shift, a member of the team will reach out to you to select a
location. You will get everything you need to be successful in advance of your
poll shift! Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/496159/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_near_you.
86] -- There is a need for Early Vote and Election Day Poll Coverage in Baltimore County on Fri., Oct. 28 and Sat., Oct. 29 from 7 AM to 1:30 PM and 1:30 to 8 PM. Sign up for a shift to cover a polling location for Early Vote or on Election Day! Make sure people know they should vote for Brooke to be Maryland's next Comptroller! Once you select a shift, a member of the team will reach out to you to select a location. You will get everything you need to be successful in advance of your poll shift! Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/brookeliermanforcomptroller/event/496161/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_near_you.
87] – The GW Institute for Korean Studies [gwiks@gwu.edu] welcomes you on Fri., Oct. 28 from 9 to 10:15 AM ET to an event ROK-China Relations: Challenges and Opportunities in the Next 30 Years. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rok-china-relations-challenges-and-opportunities-in-the-next-30-years-tickets-444247515277.
88] – On Fri., Oct. 28 and Sat., Oct. 29 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.
89] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood, hosted by Brooke Lierman for Comptroller. Sign up for Fri., Oct. 28 and Sat., Oct. 29. 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.
90] – 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. 28 and Sat., Oct. 29 from 10 AM to 1 PM, 1 to 4 PM, 4 to 7 PM & 7 to 10 PM ET, and help make direct, personal contact with as many Texans as we can. You can join in from anywhere through Nov. 8 Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/438569/?utm_source=ema20220727-200206.
91] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 28 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.
92] – Get involved with NextGen Organizing by joining a virtual text bank on Fri., Oct.28 from 1 to 3 PM and 4 to 6 PM and Sat., Oct. 29 from 1 to 3 PM and 3 to 5 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.
93] – Join a Baltimore City phone bank in person with the MD Dems Coordinated Campaign, hosted by the Maryland Democratic Party on Fri., Oct. 28 & Sat., Oct. 29 from noon to 3 PM, 1 to 4 PM, 4 to 7 PM and 6 to 8:30 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 focus 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.
94] – Jane Fonda for Fire Drill Fridays [info@greenpeaceusa.org] needs you on Fri., Oct. 28 at 2 PM ET for Fire Drill Friday. Jane is in Port Arthur, Texas, a community on the frontlines of environmental racism and the climate crisis. Hear from John Beard, Jr., founder and CEO of the Port Arthur Community Action Network, who is on-the-ground and knows what’s at stake. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/greenpeace/event/513187/?emci=45b70736-a554-ed11-819c-002248258e08&emdi=574f4c3c-a554-ed11-819c-002248258e08&ceid=1705696. Port Arthur, a predominantly Black community deep in the heart of oil country, is inundated with industrial pollution from oil wells, refineries, petrochemical plants, and now proposed fossil fuel export infrastructure.
95] – The Sigur Center for Asian Studies at GW is holding a book talk on Fri., Oct, 28 at 2 PM ET -- A Continent Erupts: A Book Talk with Prof. Ronald H. Spector. A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Post-War Asia, 1945-1955 is about what was happening in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, and Malaya, as these regions sought to completely sever the yoke of imperialism and colonialism with all-too-violent consequences. East and Southeast Asia quickly became the most turbulent regions of the globe. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-continent-erupts-a-book-talk-with-prof-ronald-h-spector-tickets-440377820917.
96] – 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. 28 from 3 to 4 PM, Sat., Oct. 29 from 4 to 5 PM, Sun., Oct. 30 from 3 to 4 PM and Tues., Nov. 1 from 9 to 10 PM ET, do the training. Sign up at https://events.democrats.org/event/440875/.
97] – Join the Our Democracy phone banks, hosted by Common Cause on Fri., Oct. 28 from 4 to 6 PM, Sun., Oct. 30 from 6 to 8 PM, Tues., Nov. 1 from 4 to 6 PM and Thurs., Nov. 3 from 5 to 7 PM ET. The idea is to protect democracy. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.
98] – Click here to join a Give No Ground GOTV phone bank party for John Fetterman with Gaslit Nation on Fri., Oct. 28 at 4 PM ET. Andrea Chalupa and Sarah Kendzior of Gaslit Nation will join Indivisibles from across the country to get out the vote in Pennsylvania. Indivisible Groups in PA have been doing incredible work supporting Fetterman this cycle. Sign up at https://indivisible.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAofuyoqDwiHtYf_ORHAdtqS-zKvkSAaFLv#/registration.
99] – The Southern Poverty Law Center [info@southernpovertylawcenter.org] is inviting you on Fri., Oct. 28 from 7 to 8 PM ET to an author talk. The SPLC’s Efrén Olivares will visit the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama, for a special conversation about his new book, “My Boy Will Die of Sorrow: A Memoir of Immigration from the Front Lines.” The event will be livestreamed. RSVP at https://www.splcenter.org/rsvp-efren-olivares-book-event-crmc. “My Boy Will Die of Sorrow” reflects on Olivares’ own immigrant experience, on what family separations at the border do to families, and how the act of separation itself adds another layer to the immigrant identity.
100] – In Patterson Park on Sat., Oct. 29 from 8 to 9:30 AM, attend a Birdwatching Tour of the Park. Meet at the fountain, closest to East Lombard Street and South Patterson Park Avenue. Over 200 bird species have visited Patterson Park, an important migratory stopover in Baltimore City! Audubon experts will lead the search of avian friends! No experience is necessary. Email baltimore@audubon.org. Register at https://patterson.audubon.org/events.
101] – Celebrate Peace: Build on our Past to Create our Future will happen on Sat., Oct. 29 from 9 AM to 3:30 PM ET. This is a hybrid thirty year celebration and assembly for Pax Christi Massachusetts. The guest speaker is PCUSA Executive Director Johnny Zokovitch. “We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own” – Saint Oscar Romero. Register at https://masspeaceaction.org/event/celebrate-peace-build-on-our-past-to-create-our-future/?emci=b66b7293-1e47-ed11-b495-002248258d38&emdi=c43a3e45-e047-ed11-b495-002248258d38&ceid=269591.
102] – Free Migration Project [fmp@freemigrate.org] wants you to participate on Sat., Oct. 29 at 9 AM ET in the Open Borders Conference! Taking place virtually, the Conference will feature two keynote talks and four panels. For 5 years, the Open Borders Conference has been bringing together people who are interested in creating a world where migration is safe and easy. Visit www.openbordersconference.org. Register at bit.ly/22obc-.
103] – 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.
104] – Get involved with a Take Action Canvass on Sat., Oct. 29 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.
The canvass will take place in Worcester and Harford counties. An organizer will be in touch with you about which one you want to attend. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/519676/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.
105] – The U.S. Campaign for Burma [info@uscampaignforburma.org] is continuing its "Right to Seek Safety" series on Sat., Oct. 29 at 10 AM ET. A panel will discuss the challenges and hurdles experienced by those challenging the military dictatorship in Kachin and Mon states, as well as the current on the ground situation in Burma. This will happen on Sat., Oct. 29 at 10 AM ET. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/MonKachin.
106] – On Sat., Oct. 29 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.
107] – Claire Bohlen [admin@lowershoreprogressives.com] needs you on Sat., Oct. 29 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/.
108] – 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.
109] -- 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.
110] – 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.
111] – 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.
112] -- 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.
113] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
114] -- 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.
115] – 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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