Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 6 to 8, 2022

58] Maryland invests in coal – Oct. 6

59] Phone bank for Brooke – Oct. 6 – Oct. 8

60] Knock on doors for Brooke – Oct. 6 – Oct. 8

61] Get out the Vote – Oct. 6

62] Make Medicines Affordable -- Oct. 6

63] Light in Gaza book tour – Oct. 6

64] Surge voters – Oct. 6

65] Pass a Local Resolution – Oct. 6

66] Love letters to animals – Oct. 6

67] Take Action phone bank – Oct. 6

68] Protest homophobia in Virginia -- Oct. 6

69] Cuba Campaign Committee – Oct. 6

70] Our Revolution phone bank – Oct. 6

71] Social Media Power Hour with Team Fetterman – Oct. 6

72] Midterms Victory Team Call – Oct. 6

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58] – Mike Tidwell, CCAN [info@chesapeakeclimate.org] wants you to join a webinar on Oct. 6 at 9:30 AM -- MD pensions are investing in coal. Sarah Bloom Raskin, former US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, tells how to fix it! Wildfires out of control! Hurricanes devastating the Gulf Coast! And yet Maryland’s State Retirement and Pension System still invests in COAL – lots of it. Hear from top leaders in the national divestment movement as well as local Maryland activists and legislators who will explain the next steps in the Maryland divestment movement. RSVP at https://act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/44322/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_mdce&utm_content=MD-Divest+webinar-0922-c3+B&ea.url.id=1437288.

59] – On Thurs., Oct. 6 through Sat., Oct. 8 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.

60] – Do some Door Knocking for Brooke in Your Neighborhood, hosted by Brooke 2Lierman for Comptroller.  Sign up for Thurs., Oct. 6 through Sat., Oct 8.  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.

61] – The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival [more@poorpeoplescampaign.org] hopes you will join the national text banking program to unleash the power of our vote! This is a 50-day final push with the national voter outreach program to ensure that the poor and low-income voters are a deciding factor in the upcoming midterm elections. Volunteer to make phone calls, send texts, knock on doors and canvass neighborhoods to make sure that poor & low-income people both have the tools they need to register to vote & have a voting plan. On Thursdays, this will happen from Oct. 6 through Nov. 3 starting at 10 AM ET. Sign up at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsd-mtrzgtGt0ozqpSPYwUBKYN1xJ0vDwG?_x_zm_rtaid=qxqcjRovQfOp0F3ea-RJxg.1663802971544.44089f98f4edf66fdbb0e6f9c40744a5&_x_zm_rhtaid=465.

62] – There is a Make Medicines Affordable Day of Action on Thurs., Oct. 6 from noon to 1 PM ET at the Bartholdi Fountain at U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 First St. SW, WDC 20534.  Drug companies and their CEOs are making billions of dollars while everyday people are struggling to pay for their medicines. The Inflation Reduction Act provides much needed relief and ways to curb Rx prices and drug company price gouging. More relief is possible without having to wait for Congress! Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra can use Executive Action to cut prices and expand access to life-saving medications. Urge Secretary Becerra to meet with the Make Meds Affordable campaign advocates and to hear from people who are being hurt by high Rx prices. The rally will be at the Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave. SW. See https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/510240/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations.  If you're not able to join in-person, register with People's Action for a Zoom link to tune in virtually: ppls.ac/mma_day.

63] –The AFSC [actioncenter@afsc.org] thinks you may be interested in an event on Thurs., Oct. 6 at 1 PM ET -- "Light in Gaza" book tour.  Join Mosab Abu Toha, Refaat Alareer, and AFSC’s Jehad Abusalim for the launch of the book, “Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire” as they imagine the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and apartheid.  RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/light-in-gaza-writings-born-of-fire-tickets-427433664597?ms=EMA22EI1003&emci=96822df2-f83f-ed11-b495-00224832e4ca&emdi=8d07a9c5-5143-ed11-b495-002248258d38&ceid=764241.

64] – Maria Robalino [info@ourfinancialsecurity.org] will be involved in a webinar on Thurs., Oct. 6 at 2 PM ET with experts at Data for Progress and United for Respect to discuss tested messaging from a new statewide survey of “surge voters” in Georgia and learn what we all need to know about how to message this important issue: Inflation. Inflation. Inflation. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W9sEz_YdQ2uh5axlkGyv0A?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-me-tomorrow-18&email_referrer=email_1690885&email_subject=join-me-tomorrow. Surge Voters” are base voters, especially younger voters and voters of color who turned out for the first time in 2018 and 2020. Many were motivated by the racial justice protests over the summer of 2020 and an aversion to Donald Trump. We need these often harder-to-reach voters to show up again in 2022.

65] – Learn How to Pass a Local Resolution in Response to the January 6 Investigation, a Virtual Meeting, hosted by January 6 Hearings on Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:30 PM EDT.  Passing local resolutions helps build momentum on a local, state and national level to protect our freedom to vote from ongoing efforts by Trump and MAGA Republicans to sabotage our elections.

  The bipartisan January 6th Select Committee has shown that Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a criminal conspiracy to overturn an election they knew they’d lost. Trump and his MAGA allies continue to work to sabotage future elections by changing state laws, threatening state officials and packing election administration offices so that they can have the final say over election results – even when they lose. This event will continue through Nov. 17.  Sign up for the Oct. 6 webinar at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/482504/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.

66] – The Endangered Species Coalition [action@endangered.org], in this time of accelerating species loss, is making time to express the love we have for the natural world.  This is an important way to reconnect to the wildlife, plants, and ecosystems. On Thurs., Oct. 6 at 5:30 PM ET attend Love Letters Art + Science Workshop.  In partnership with interdisciplinary artist Valerie Constantino, the Coalition is offering a new, free, creative art and science workshop that will provide you with space to reconnect to the wild. The workshop is called Love Letters. We’ll build off of the traditional concept of a love letter - a written expression of one’s love for another - and explore through words and images the emotions that arise in response to the endangerment of particular species. Visit endangered.org/loveletters.

67] – Progressive Maryland wants you to do a Take Action Phone Bank on Thurs., Oct. 6 from 6 to 8 PM. The next phone bank will take place Tues., Oct. 11 and will continue through Nov. 7 to call or text for one of the endorsed candidates! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/416692/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.

68] -- The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about a rally on Thurs., Oct. 6 at 6:15 PM ET for LGBTQIA2S+ Students in Fairfax Co Schools – School Board Meeting. Be at the Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Fall Church, VA 22042. Email novabranch [at] mdcdsa.org. Trans people in Virginia are under attack in Richmond! The Youngkin/Schultz Department of Education has written a falsely named Model Policy that rewrites the Virginia Human Rights Act for schools to exclude LGBTQIA+ people, and effectively makes being safe or welcomed in a public school in Virginia impossible for transgender and non-binary students and staff. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-lgbtqia2s-students-in-fairfax-co-schools-school-board-meeting-106-615pm?link_id=42&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-sep-16-2022&email_referrer=email_1675834&emai.

69] – Get with a Social Media Power Hour with Team Fetterman, organized by John Fetterman for Senate on Thurs., Oct. 6 from 6:30  to 7:30 PM ET. It will also take place on Oct. 13 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET. Get a messaging update from the campaign, a light training to hone social media skills, and some fun prompts. Every week's power hour will have a unique theme you're not going to want to miss. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/500498/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_more_events_of_type.

70] – 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. Sign up for Thurs., Oct. 6.  

71] – On Thurs., Oct. 6 at 7 PM, write Letters to Voters with Vote Forward! This is virtual Letter Writing, and volunteer organized for Vote Forward. Use this award-winning, proven tactic to reach potential voters in important upcoming elections. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/pfaw/event/517205/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_near_you. Vote Forward is a pioneering and innovative program using letters to help volunteers turn out voters.

72] – Mike Fox for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] believes the Democrats can win the House and the Senate and is inviting you to participate on Thurs., Oct. 6 at 9 PM ET in a Campaign Team Call. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErce-oqT8rG9PRICnRbQtiUuwswuQxZPYq.

To be continued.

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