Baltimore Activist Alert – October 30 – November 5, 2022
"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send contributions to Max Obuszewski, BNC, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212. Max can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2] Web site for info on federal legislation
3] Get involved with NCNR
4] Max is
looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.
5] Support the Pratt Workers United
6] Get the book Surely
Goodness and Mercy by Murphy Davis
7] Get the book Male
Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois
8] Early Vote and Election Day Poll Coverage – Oct. 30 – 31
9] Phone bank for Brooke –
Oct. 30 – Nov. 5
10] Knock on doors for
Brooke – Oct. 30 – Nov. 1
11] Make calls for Beto –
Oct. 30 - Nov. 1
12] Canvas for Question H –
Oct. 30
13] Hear from
Russ Feingold –
Oct. 30
14] Baltimore City phone
bank -- Oct. 30 – Nov. 1
15] Blue Wave
by phone banking –
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1
16] Contact Next Gen voters
– Oct. 30 – Nov. 1
17] Global Town Hall – Oct.
30
18] End the US Blockade on Cuba – Oct. 30
19] Training to make calls
– Oct. 30, Nov. 1 - 5
20] This Is What Democracy Looks Like? – Oct. 30
21] PDA Town Hall -- Oct. 30
22] Phone bank for Mandela
Barnes – Oct. 30
23] The Great Migration –
Oct. 30
24] Metro
DC DSA Internationalism Working Group meeting -- Oct. 30
25] Yes, it is apartheid --
Oct. 30
26] Make calls for
progressive candidates – Oct. 30
27] Election Day Poll Observer Training – Oct. 30
28] Voting Rights film –
Oct. 30
29] Elect socialists --
Oct. 30
31] Protest at the Pentagon – Oct. 31
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1] – Buttons, bumper stickers 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] – 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.
5] – The workers at the Enoch Pratt Free Library have started a drive to organize a union calling themselves Pratt Workers United. Go to https://www.prattworkersunited.org/. There is a letter of support for community members to sign at https://www.prattworkersunited.org/community-letter-support.
"Pratt Library workers are forming a union, Pratt Workers United. We are seeking pay equity for all, safer working conditions, benefits for part-time workers, and a voice in decisions that affect our work.”
6] – Consider getting HOSPITALITY, the newsletter of OPEN DOOR: A prophetic discipleship community honoring the Black Jesus, Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. The September/October 2022 issue contains a wonderful review by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy of Surely Goodness and Mercy by Murphy Davis, reprinted from The Catholic Worker, March-April 2022. Davis, a co-founder of the Open Door Community, died in 2020. You can subscribe to the newsletter or buy a copy of the book by calling 404-290-2047 or by emailing opendoorcomm@bellsouth.net.
7] – Another book to consider purchasing is Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois. His new book is both memoir and position-paper, and it makes the case that the Roman Catholic Church is a corrupt system that spits out truth-tellers. The crime he was excommunicated for was attending the ordination ceremony of Janice Sevre-Duszynska in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2008. The ordination was under the auspices of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. The Vatican’s response has been to excommunicate any woman who has the audacity to see herself as a priest equal to a male priest. You can purchase a copy from Amazon or by Kindle.
Here are two quotes to contemplate: “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men. She is to keep silent.” – Timothy 1, 2:12-13. “If the patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die.” – Roy Bourgeois.
8] – There is a need for Early Vote and Election Day Poll Coverage in Baltimore City on Sun., Oct. 30 from 7 AM to 1:30 PM and 1:30 to 8 PM and Mon., Oct. 31 from 7 AM to 1:30 PM ET. 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.
9] – On Sun., Oct. 30 through Sat., Nov. 5 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.
10] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood, hosted by Brooke Lierman for Comptroller. Sign up for Sun., Oct. 30 through Tues., Nov. 1. 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.
11] – 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 Sun., Oct. 30 through Tues., Nov. 1 from 10 AM to 1 PM, 1 to 4 PM, 4 to 7 PM and 7 to 10 PM. Help make direct, personal contact with as many Texans as you can. You can join in from anywhere. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/betofortexas/event/438569/?utm_source=ema20220727-200206.
12] – Molly Amster [molly@jufjcampaignfund.org] indicated that Jews United for Justice are endorsing Question H which will return the Baltimore Police department back under the city’s control. Canvass for Question H on Sun., Oct. 30 from 10 AM to 5 PM ET. JUFJ is opposing Question K to ensure Baltimore City voters choose our elected officials, and not big money special interests. Question K would limit voters’ ability to select leaders who represent our values. Sign up at https://jufj.org/events/category/canvass-for-local-control/?emci=078cb56b-5e51-ed11-819c-002248258e08&emdi=bf01613e-7151-ed11-819c-002248258e08&ceid=3403859.
13] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 2521 St. Paul St., Baltimore 21218, meets on Sundays, and generally there is a speaker and discussion at 10:30 AM. On Sun., Oct. 30, catch an All Society Platform with former Senator Russ Feingold, and current president of the American Constitution Society (ACS). Feingold will speak about the ACS, a national network of over 250 lawyer and law student chapters who are working together to offer platforms for discussion, opportunities for networking and mentoring, and working at the federal, state, and local levels for a progressive vision of the law. Through grassroots working groups in states across the country, ACS is working closely with the Biden-Harris Administration and other state and local elected officials to recommend qualified and diverse candidates for judicial and other legal positions. ACS is engaged in efforts to protect democracy, advance truth and justice, and transform our laws and legal systems to protect the lives of all people – not just the special interests of a few.
Prior to joining the ACS, Senator Feingold is perhaps best known for his bipartisan effort, with John McCain, to reform campaign financing through the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. Russ was the only senator to vote against the initial enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act during the first vote on the legislation and was well-known for his opposition to the Iraq War and as the Senate’s leading opponent of the death penalty. Email President@BEMOREthical.org for ZOOM login information.
15] – Join Maryland Democrats in Baltimore County to ensure a Blue Wave by phone banking on Sun., Oct. 30, Mon., Oct. 31 & Tues., Nov. 1 from noon to 3 PM, 1 to 4 PM, 4 to 7 PM and 6 to 8:30 PM ET. The phone banking will continue through Nov. 8. Make sure voters are engaged and excited to vote for Wes Moore, Senator Chris Van Hollen, Brooke Lierman, Anthony Brown, and the rest of the democratic slate. In addition to phone from home options, there will also be in-person phone banks at the same time at the office, located at: 301 Allegheny Ave., Towson 21204. If you would like to come into the office to make calls, please bring your cell phone and a laptop, if possible. After you sign up, one of the organizers will reach out with further details. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/506547/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest.
16] – Get involved with NextGen Organizing by joining a virtual text bank on Sun., Oct. 30 from 1 to 3 PM and 3 to 5 PM, Mon., Oct. 31 & Tues., Nov. 1 from 1 to 3 & 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.
17] – Metta Spencer [project@tosavetheworld.ca] is inviting you on Sun., Oct. 30 from 2 to 4 PM ET to a Global Town Hall. Join in at https://zoom.us/j/9108970203. On the last Sunday of every month, there is a meeting on Zoom for activists worldwide who are addressing issues of militarism (especially nuclear weapons), global warming, famine, pandemics, radioactive contamination, and/or cyber risks. Visit https://tosavetheworld.ca.
18] – Join in on Sun., Oct. 30 from 2 to 4 PM at the Gorman Bridge Road over I-95 in Howard County. Join many organizations in the US and other parts of the world calling for an end to the US Blockade on Cuba. The UN General Assembly’s annual vote demanding an end to “the Economic, Commercial and Financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba” – the blockade – will take place on November 2 and 3, 2022. This will be the 30th consecutive vote in which the world community will once again condemn the cruel, unjust, and illegal blockade against Cuba! Email cuba_is_hope@comcast.net.
19] – 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 get set up to call and join the online community, and the second half make calls to voters in battleground states. On Sun., Oct. 30 from 3 to 4 PM, Tues., Nov. 1 from 9 to 10 PM, Wed., Nov. 2 from 7 to 8 PM, Thurs., Nov., 3 and Fri., Nov. 4 from 3 to 4 PM and Sat., Nov. 5 from noon to 1 PM & 4 to 5 PM ET, do the training. Sign up at https://events.democrats.org/event/440875/.
20] – “This Is What Democracy Looks Like? A Cross-National Comparison” will take place on Sun., Oct. 30 from 3 to 4:30 PM ET. REGISTER at bit.ly/NicaOct30. This will be a 90-minute comparison of democracy as experienced in Nicaragua, the Northern Triangle, the United States, and the United Kingdom. How much voice do the people of each country have in their governments and in their everyday lives? How do elections contribute to that voice?
21] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to attend on Sun., Oct. 30 at 4 PM ET the Progressive Town Hall. Let's Win the Midterms with guest Derek Marshall. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4.
Discuss how we can
deliver a historic victory for Democrats and Progressives in the Nov. 8 midterm
elections with Marshall, the PDA-endorsed candidate for Congress (CA-23). Sen. Bernie Sanders is crisscrossing the nation
this week because Bernie understands what PDAs understand—the progressive
message is the winning message. So, if you want to defeat
Trumpism and the right-wing courts and win a brilliant victory for the people
and the planet, join the Progressive Town Hall!
22] – Get involved with a phone bank for the Wisconsin Senate election by joining a Deep Canvass to Win, hosted by People's Action on Sundays and Wednesdays. Phone bank on Sun., Oct. 30 from 4 to 6:30 PM ET and on Wed., Nov. 2 from 6 to 9 PM ET. Help send U.S Senate candidate Mandela Barnes to Congress! This is a great opportunity to elect a progressive champion, who is powered by people and running a movement politics campaign. You will receive training on how to phone bank during the session. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/seedthevote/event/467902/?utm_source=JVPA&emci=637c4957-ce53-ed11-819c-002248258e08&emdi=89fbdbad-da53-ed11-819c-002248258e08&ceid=237778.
23] – On Sun., Oct. 30 at 4 PM ET, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson in conjunction with the museum’s new exhibit, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration. Wilkerson, author of the award-winning books The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (2010) and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020), will share her perspectives on the Great Migration and its relevance to present-day migration, followed by conversation with Jessica Bell Brown, co-curator of the BMA’s exhibit and Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art at the BMA. This event is part of the Open Society Institute’s Talking about Race series, which first featured Wilkerson in 2011.
Wilkerson will give her talk via Zoom which will be shown in the BMA Auditorium as part of the museum’s Community Day activities. The event is free but registration is required to attend the in-person broadcast in the BMA Auditorium or to watch online. Register at https://artbma.org/event/isabel-wilkerson-virtual-lecture/.
24] – Come to the monthly meeting of the Metro DC DSA Internationalism Working Group on Sun., Oct. 30 from 5 to 6:30 PM ET. Join in to hear report-backs from various teams, including the Cuba campaign and Palestine BDS, and to pitch ideas for new actions and campaigns. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon your RSVP to https://actionnetwork.org/events/internationalism-working-group-monthly-meeting-5?link_id=41&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-oct-21-2022&email_referrer=email_1719527&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-oct-28-2022.
25] – Just World Ed [helena@justworldeducational.org] wants to inform you about an event on Sun., Oct. 30 at 5 PM ET. Katie Halper & Miko Peled will speak at Busboys & Poets, 450 K St., WDC. Halper is the gutsy commentator and analyst who was abruptly fired in late September from her gig as a video commentator for The Hill because she came out swinging in defense of U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Tlaib's very well-authenticated view that Israel is an Apartheid state. Peled is the son of an Israeli general. Participants will see a 9-minute clip from the upcoming movie that Jordan Karr-Morse of Eyes&Ears video is making about Miko and his journey into Palestine. Jordan's clip has some haunting footage of Miko visiting the ruins of the ancient Palestinian village of Lifta (destroyed by Zionist militias in April 1948), along with Palestinian-Israeli documentarian Omar al-Ughbeiri of Zochrot. https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events-list/.
26] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] wants you to make calls on Sun., Oct. 30 and Tues., Nov. 1 from 6 to 10 PM & 9 to 11:30 PM. Join to make calls for progressive champions all across the nation. These are the phone bank campaigns. Re-Elect Keith Ellison MN Attorney General, Elect Megan Ellyia Green President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Elect John Fetterman US Senator from PA (Wednesdays), Elect Mandela Barnes US Senator from WI (Thursdays), Elect Nebraska progressives & Arizona Corporation Commissioners. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/435743/?akid=3571.8252965.3WRmJY&rd=1&source=OR_EM_EN_30SP_20221018_1_1&t=15.
27] – Get involved with an Election Day Poll Observer Training, hosted by PA Democratic Voter Protection on Sun., Oct. 30 from 6 to 8 PM ET. There will also be a training on Thurs., Nov. 3 at 6 PM. Poll Observers are the eyes and ears on the ground at polling places across PA on election day. They assist voters and ensure that every eligible voter can cast a ballot. They play an absolutely vital role in protecting the vote.
At this training, you will get all of the information and resources you'll need to be a Poll Observer on Election Day. At the Sunday training, MARC ELIAS, Democratic Elections Lawyer will be present, and at the Thursday training, SENATOR BOB CASEY will show up. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/477219/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
28] – See the film Voting Rights: The Struggle to Be Counted on Sun., Oct. 30 from 7 to 8 PM ET. The future of our democracy hangs in the balance. Photographer, film producer and social justice activist. Phil Portlock is presenting his timely 25-minute film, “VOTING RIGHTS: THE STRUGGLE TO BE COUNTED.” With creative use of music, powerful images and narration by his wife Pat Sloan, the film traces the long and often brutal struggle by African Americans to gain and maintain the unrestricted right to be counted at the ballot box. The film is Phil’s response to the U.S Supreme Court’s June 5, 2013 5-4 decision in the Shelby County v Holder Voting Rights Case that declared Sections 4b and 5 of the historic 1965 Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. The decision has led to the enactment of hundreds of voter suppression/restrictive laws that voting rights all over the nation. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/537913/.
29] – The NoVA Democratic Socialists [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] on Sun., Oct. 30 from 7 to 8 PM ET will be organizing to elect socialists in Northern Virginia. Join the electoral call on Sun., Oct. 30 from 7 to 8 PM ET. Go to https://actionnetwork.org/events/novadsa-electoral-monthly-mtg-sun-oct-30-7pm/?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-64&email_referrer=email_1712793&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events.
30] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Oct. 31 and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begins at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located inside Marriott Residence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.
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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