Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Baltimore Activist Alert -- January 26 -- February 2, 2023

47] Protest the MD Restaurant Association -- Jan. 26

48] The Near Crisis Project -- Jan. 27

49] Peace vigil at the White House Jan. 27

50] Women in Black vigil -- Jan. 27

51] Get involved in climate action – Jan. 27

52] Election Protection phone bank – Jan. 27, 29 & 31 & Feb. 2

53] Support a local business in need of help -- Jan. 27

54] Birdwatching Tour of Patterson Park -- Jan. 28

55] Hope Story Circles Jan. 28

56] Get over to the food pantry – Jan. 28

57] EUROPEAN PEACE MOVEMENTS – Jan. 28

58] Environmental Justice Task Force meeting – Jan. 28

59] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine

60] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

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

62] Do you need a doctor?

63] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

64] Do you need any book shelves?

65] Join the Global Zero campaign.

66] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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47] – Our Revolution Maryland [barrie@ourrevolutionmd.com] wants you to know about a rally on Thurs., Jan. 26 from 11:30 AM to 1 PM ET.  Maryland's powerful Restaurant Association is fighting hard to keep tipped workers down. Get over to their offices at 6301 Hillside Court, Columbia 21046.  Justice for workers is a core element of a free and fair society. In America today, though, a few hundred families are pocketing billions off of the hard work of millions of workers - whom they frequently pay a pittance. Join the Fight for Worker Justice at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/548843/?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-baltimore-mayor-brandon-scott-for-lunch-monday&email_referrer=email_1797034&email_subject=rally-thursday-in-columbia-for-one-fair-wage. Trying to survive in the hospitality industry can be especially challenging because many are expected to supplement starvation pay with tips from customers. Low-price sit-down restaurants like Denny's and IHOP are particularly tough places to earn a living. One Fair Wage is aiming to change this by guaranteeing servers and bartenders the same coverage under minimum wage laws as any other worker.

48] – On Fri., Jan. 27 at 10 AM ET, check out The Near Crisis Project: Why What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, hosted by the Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St. NW, 12th Floor, WDC 20005. Join the Scowcroft Center’s Forward Defense program for a public conversation in person and via Zoom. This event will feature a panel of distinguished speakers from the University of Utah’s Near Crisis Project. Why do some near-crises escalate to crises and others defuse? How can policy makers in Washington DC and beyond manage the risk of escalation? And how can the United States and its allies predict when a crisis could—or will—occur? In a new research initiative, a multi-university team advance the concept of ‘near crisis.’ When there is a perceived threat to basic values and a finite time to respond (though no large-scale military hostilities for the moment), the dispute has not yet tipped into a full-blown crisis. At a time when the United States and its allies are faced with Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, an increasingly aggressive China, and North Korea’s launch of missiles over Japan, these researchers provide new tools and insights to help policymakers identify and de-escalate potential flashpoints around the globe. Register at https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/why-what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-you/.

49] – The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Jan. 27 at noon.  Contact the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or artlaffin@hotmail.com.

50] –Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Baltimore Women in Black vigil for peace with men and women who live in Roland Park. WIB invites all to join, and any peace sign is welcome, such as "Defuse Nuclear War."  The vigil takes place outside Roland Park Place at the corner of West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.

51] – EDF Action President [takeaction@email.edfaction.org] is holding a virtual kickoff on Fri., Jan. 27 at noon ET.  This is an opportunity for you to learn how you can join the movement for bold, powerful climate action! RSCVP at https://www.mobilize.us/edfaction/event/547679/.

52] – On Fri., Jan. 27 from 4 to 6 PM, Sun. Jan. 29 from 6 to 8 PM, Tues., Jan. 31 from 4 to 6 PM ET and Thurs., Feb. 2 from 5 to 7 PM ET, there is a Common Cause organized Election Protection phone bank.  These phone banks will continue until April 2, 2023.  Work together to demand bold changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not big corporations or special interests. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations. Register for a shift to make calls to recruit poll monitors to support nonpartisan Election Protection efforts in the GA Run-Offs.  Join in to make calls Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and/or Sundays.

53] – Jared Schablein [admin@lowershoreprogressives.com] wants you to know that Chef Shy and her business, Take Your Pick, are going under some serious financial hardships and might have to close their doors without assistance. Take Your Pick is a Black owned business in our community. Small Businesses like this are the lifeblood of the economy and Take Your Pick has been a source of an irreplaceable amount of support and assistance to the community. Take in a dinner on Fri., Jan. 27 at 6:30 PM ET at Take Your Pick Restaurant, 923 Mt Hermon Road, Salisbury 21804 to show support and much needed love to a fantastic community business.  Help keep the lights on at the restaurant. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Restaurant. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/548317/?referring_vol=5317062&rname=pamela&timeslot=3833191&referring_participation=22621749&referring_data_signature=v1-e12c5ee12dcae20a&share_medium=copy_link&share_context=signup-form-modal.

54] – Go on a Birdwatching Tour of Patterson Park on Sat., Jan. 28 from 8 to 9:30 AM ET. Meet at the fountain, closest to East Lombard St. and South Patterson Park Ave. Over 200 bird species have visited Patterson Park, an important migratory stopover in Baltimore City! Audubon experts will lead the search for avian friends! No experience necessary. If you would like to borrow binoculars, please check the box on the registration form or email baltimore@audubon.org.  Register at https://patterson.audubon.org/events.

55] –The Peace Alliance [info@peacealliance.org] is holding Hope Story Circles on Sat., Jan. 28 at noon ET. The idea for this gathering came from a discussion between two Peace Alliance board members and its Practicing Peace in School Leadership Council lead just as the world was going into lockdown as the pandemic was spreading in early 2020. The question on everyone’s mind was how can we stay connected when the scientists were telling us to separate for the good of our health? Go to www.peacealiance.org.

56] – On Sat., Jan. 28 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.

57] – The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security [jgerson80@gmail.com] is hosting a webinar on Sat., Jan. 28 from 2 to 3:30 PM ET -- EUROPEAN PEACE MOVEMENTS.  In unity there is strength. Peace movements in Europe are working for a ceasefire and negotiations to end the Ukraine War. They are organizing to oppose deployment of new U.S. nuclear weapons under the cover of NATO’s Nuclear Sharing doctrine and working in support of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They are deeply critical of NATO expansion and are working to cut their nations’ military budgets and ambitions to fund their health care and education systems. And they are challenging their governments’ racist responses to their immigration crises. I hope the Europeans realize that Russia invaded Ukraine, and the invaders are committing horrific war crimes.  If you do not condemn a war of aggression, how can you say you are part of a "peace" movement?  Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvd-iprTMoHdTzWjVQQfWE9aDjR9Z7OPiP.

58] – The Environmental Justice Task Force is holding a meeting on Sat., Jan. 28 from 3 to 4:30 PM ET at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Cherry Hill Branch, 606 Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore 21225. Join Progressive Maryland at this meeting. Since 1985, the Baltimore Trash Incinerator’s health-harming toxins have reduced life expectancies for generations of black communities in south Baltimore. Additionally, the pernicious effects of the incinerator have caused some of the highest levels of asthma-related hospital visits in the country. During the 2023 Maryland General Assembly Session, legislation will be introduced to remove trash incineration from the states renewable portfolio standard. What’s more, if this legislation is passed, the trash incinerator would lose its renewable energy credits: this would significantly reduce its profitability. Come learn and be a part of the discussion:https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/546901/?referring_vol=5603154&share_context=dashboard-event-details&sharer_role=SharerRole.ORGANIZER.

59] – 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.

60] -- 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.

61] – 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.  

  Dave just printed 50 new copies of For All the Saints, a Protest Primer- 250+ pp w photos-therefore #'s 351-400 making it o so collectable with two Berrigan book reviews added. The books are signed, and the price remains $25. Will send free if need b- he is not in it for the money! If you want one, send him a check: or contact Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218 by email at 1941mireille@gmail.com . 

62] – 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.  

63] -- 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.

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

65] -- 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.

66] – 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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