28] Trash incineration is an environmental disaster -- Feb. 28
29] Election
protection phone bank – Feb. 28 & March 2, 4 and 5
30] Russia out of Ukraine -- Feb. 28
31] “MLK: THE LIFE OF A SERVANT” – Feb. 28
32] Election Protection forum -- Feb. 28
33] Letter
to the editor party – Feb. 28
34] Collective Action
Training -- Feb. 28
35] Frida Berrigan on her father --
Feb. 28
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28] – The Progressive Maryland Environmental
Justice Task Force indicates there is a hearing date for the house & senate
bills that would remove trash incineration from the state’s Renewable Portfolio
standard program. The Senate Bill 0590 hearing date is scheduled for Feb.28 at 1 PM and House Bill 0718 hearing is scheduled for March 9th at 1 PM ET. Contact SirJames if you would like to write testimony or learn more about these
bill measures.
sirjames@progressivemaryland.org.
29] – On Tues., Feb. 28 from 4 to 6 PM, Thurs. March 2 from
5 to 7 PM, Sat., March 4 from 4 to 6 PM and Sun., March 5 from 6 to 8 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.
30] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Feb. 28 from 4 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout Europe. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons. Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. People who believe in peace and justice should come forward and take the risks of peace. The burial sites continue to expose ruthless war crimes by the invaders, Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.
31] – On Fri., Feb. 28 from 7 to 8 PM ET, join DC photographer, film producer and social justice activist Phil Portlock and his wife Pat Sloan as they present, “MLK: THE LIFE OF A SERVANT,” a 30 -minute film tribute to the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 94th year of his birth, and the 60th anniversary of the historic March on Washington August 28, 2023. On Sunday, March 31, 1968, a young 26-year-old Phil Portlock was in attendance at DC’s National Cathedral to hear Dr. King deliver a sermon entitled, “Remaining Awake through A Great Revolution,” less than a week before his tragic death in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. King's life and tragic death has had an enormous impact on Phil's photography, writing, film production and social justice activism. As we mark the 60th anniversary of the historic march on Washington, when Dr. King spoke to 250, 000 black and white citizens at the Lincoln Memorial and the nation about the inequality faced by millions of black American citizens and his hope to see their lives improved. In early 1965, one of Dr. King’s last and greatest crusades for justice, took place when he and a coalition of religious leaders, social justice organization and voting rights activists, led a successful 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery for Black voting rights. The effort led to the August 6, 1965, signing of the historic Voting Rights Act by President Lyndon B. Johnson. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/548989/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest.
32] – SMART Elections is hosting an #ElectionProtection forum on Tues., Feb. 28 from 7 to 8 PM ET which is a vibrant, revealing forum that encourages dialogue on election security, disability issues, voting rights, and election reform. Discuss the problems with our elections & what's needed to improve them, all considered from perspectives across the political spectrum. Find out about our upcoming forums: https://smartelections.us/home#51cd7d22-2ef6-4e1f-b155-d531192ee07c. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/306187/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual.
33] – Join the Letter to the Editor Party: People over Politics and the Importance of Moore v. Harper, hosted by Common Cause on Tues., Feb. 28 from 8 to 9 PM ET. Join Common Cause and write letters to local media outlets about issues facing our country, from voting rights to ending mass incarceration. Go over tips, and get tools to quickly send a letter to all local news outlets. Sign up https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/418654/?followup_modal_context=newsletter.
34] – Greenpeace USA [info@greenpeaceusa.org] is hosting a Collective Action Training series. On Tues., Feb. 28 at 8 PM ET, join the first installment and learn how to Build Power with Tiana, an inspiring Greenpeace Action Pod Leader based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Activists Nationwide. Register at mobilize.us/greenpeace. Real change only happens when people get organized. Hear from Greenpeace USA Executive Director, Ebony Martin, Global Project Lead, Anusha Narayanan, and Actress / Activist Jane Fonda. Be part of the Earth Day cohort and train, organize, and mobilize for an Earth Day of Action!! Now is the time to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the earth we inhabit. Greenpeace USA is hosting a 6-week training series, culminating in a nation-wide collective action around Earth Day.
35] – Scott Mathern-Jacobson <scottmathernjacobson@gmail.com> is inviting you to 100 Years of Fighting the Lamb’s War: The Life and Legacy of Phil Berrigan on Tues., Feb. 28 at 8 PM ET via Zoom. The cost is a free will offering to the Presentation Prayer Center, 5300 12 St. S., Fargo, ND, 58103: Venmo @PresentationPrayerCenter. RSVP to Scott at presentationprayercenter@gmail.com.
In this online presentation, Frida Berrigan will remember her late father [1923-2002], a former Catholic priest, author, anti-war and anti-nuclear weapons activist. She will share stories and reflect on the abiding relevance of Phil’s life of steadfast resistance and holy sacrifice. Frida Berrigan lives in New London, CT, with her husband and three kids. She is a community activist, organizing around affordable home ownership with the regional community land trust, and against the ever stretching shadow of militarism in Southeastern Connecticut. She is the author of many essays on nuclear weapons, militarism, the war on terror, climate catastrophe, and parenting and her byline often appears in publications like tomsdispatch.com and Waging Nonviolence. She is the author of the 2015 book “It Runs in the family: On Being Raised by Radicals and Growing into Rebellious Motherhood” (OR Books).
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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