Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 15 - 21, 2024

45] Pilgrimage for Peace – through Feb. 21

46] Stop the attack of Kurds Feb. 15

47] Help register Pennsylvania voters – Feb. 15

48] NOVA DSA social meetup Feb. 15

49] Fight for Fair Maps – Feb. 15

50] Two ceasefires Feb. 15

51] Moms Demand Action meeting -- Feb. 15

52] WFP Welcome Gathering -- Feb. 15

53] Climate Hawks Vote phone bank – Feb. 15

54] Indivisible National Campaigns Call Feb. 15

55] Campaign to Victory call – Feb. 15

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45] Jennifer Salan [communications@aaiusa.org] wants you to know that the Pilgrimage for Peace left Philadelphia on its way on Thurs., Feb. 15 to Chester, PA ending in Wilmington, DE, Fri., Feb. 16 Wilmington, DE to Newark, DE, Sat., Feb. 17 Newark, DE to Perryville, MD, Sun., Feb. 18 Havre Grace to Joppa, Mon., Feb. 19 Joppa to Baltimore, Tues., Feb. 20 Baltimore to Laurel and Wed., Feb. 21 Laurel to Washington, D.C. Help Stop Genocide with a diverse group of activists, artists, and faith leaders calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, a halt of weapons funding for Israel, and unfettered humanitarian access to Gaza. Some of the participating organizations are the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, IfNotNow, Faith for Black Lives, Jews for Ceasefire, Red Letter Christians, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, Dream Defenders and many more for one or all of the days of the pilgrimage.  REGISTER TO JOIN THE PILGRIMAGE FOR PEACE FOR AN HOUR, A DAY, OR ALL WEEK! Meals, water and a shuttle service will be provided. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/pilgrimage-for-peace

46] On Thurs., Feb. 15 at 2 PM ET, tell the White House to stop the bombing of Rojava and support the release of Abdullah Öcalan. Join the Emergency Committee for Rojava to protest Turkey’s escalating war (conducted with US F-16 fighter jets and complicity) against the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, commonly known as Rojava, and to call for the release of Abdullah Öcalan who is beginning his 25th year of political imprisonment in Turkey. Rojava is one of the most striking socialist projects in the world, aiming to create a horizontalist, feminist and ecological democracy in the ashes of the Syrian Civil War, and exists as part of the interrelated struggle for a Kurdish homeland free of Turkish, Iraqi and Syrian oppression. RSVP https://www.defendrojava.org/events/c9kr893i8y3o0c647wpfa5n9h3u3h1?link_id=29&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-2-2024&email_referrer=email_2200197&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-9-2024

47] – On Thurs., Feb. 15 from 4 to 6 PM ET, join a Field Team 6 phone bank to help register Dems in Pennsylvania 07 to Elect Susan Wild.  Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/581992/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

 You will be contacting eligible voters (likely Democrats) in Pennsylvania!  Make sure people are registered to vote, and that they can vote safely from home, is a super-effective way to make a difference. Turn voices into votes! All training provided!

 48] – The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] are holding the Third Thursday Social Meetup on Thurs., Feb. 15 at 6:30 PM ET at the Quincy Beer Hall, 4001 Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/social-meetup-nova-branch-dsa-feb-2024/?clear_id=true&link_id=14&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-138&email_referrer=email_2184282&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events

 The site is one BLOCK FROM BALLSTON-MU METRO STOP or four BLOCKS FROM VIRGINIA SQUARE-GMU METRO STOP. You must have the latest booster to attend. You do not need to be a DSA member to attend.

49] – Public Citizen [action@citizen.org] on Thurs., Feb. 15 from 7 to 8 PM ET is inviting you to join Attorney General Eric Holder in the fight for fair maps. Many politicians are more concerned with getting re-elected than with making sure everyone is represented. Every ten years, politicians across the country sit down and figure out how to use census data to design Congressional districts for themselves where they’re very likely to be re-elected.  Some states are fighting back by removing politicians from the redistricting process. But in others, unfair districts are being decided through the courts. Holder will provide the latest update on redistricting cases around the country and how you can take action to create a democracy where we all truly have a voice.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/602760/?utm_source=PCea&emci=e7c290d3-b8ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=c20a8160-d4ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=24639284

50] – MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] is inviting on Thurs., Feb. 15 at 7 PM ET to Two Ceasefires: a Call for a Ceasefire and Negotiations 0m Gaza and Ukraine.  Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/iu2_8-xboEi2ZhY9vAqA2w2?contactdata=ZKaJN04FgHGFTCd0eecvV3xUjCrMoJFd22uVkYAjhkRoapzn1gtOPbFVNVzFrjMmC7s6DCNxDKYZo7zQ+XOPc8OKHXoskk5Wfmo3jIC4K2uiACKdtWB6XTvY8WQMftTyeHm0vhOZi6TqmOWiwuKLxyP1wHrJF+PFMQtMG4JofLBiKwwDkVLr+de3b6gNjD62pzru5mo0xgGpof6uIhVaAz2LdLGvbuWiis9wTM1L8Cs%3d&emci=fe18e29d-c0c3-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=b9a2f7d2-a0ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=320042

 As the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine and the beginning of the 5th month of the attack on Gaza approaches, the peace movement's call for a ceasefire in Gaza continues to grow. Perhaps this growing public support for a ceasefire in Gaza can be built on and extended to the deadly war in Ukraine where casualties are soaring and nuclear confrontation threatens. The speakers are Medea Benjamin, Stephen Kinzer, Dennis Kucinich and Phyllis Bennis.

 51] – Alison Rodner [maryland@momschapterleaders.org] needs you on Thurs., Feb. 15 at 7 PM for the MD Moms Demand Action virtual chapter meeting.  Get updates on the work from all over the state and talk about upcoming events and actions. RSVP at https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/58028/signup?emci=33f90afd-28bd-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=4186203f-17c1-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=1738958

52] – Team Working Families Party [reply@workingfamilies.org] wants you to attend on Thurs., Feb. 15 at 7 PM the first national WFP Welcome Gathering of 2024!  Welcome Gatherings are your space to meet other WFP members and activists, and learn how together to build the country and the party of our dreams. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/workingfamilies/event/428362/?utm_source=NatEmail-20240213&link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2205616&email_subject=your-political-home

53] – Climate Hawks Vote [info@climatehawksvote.com] needs you to participate in a phone bank on Thursdays, Feb. 15 & Feb. 29 from 7 to 9 PM ET.  For Climate hawk candidates in deep blue districts the election that matters is in just a few weeks. Laura Friedman is one such climate hawk, and you can join a phone bank to help her.  Friedman is a state legislator, where she’s led on climate bills: phasing out single use plastics, transportation, parking, building decarbonization and more. But don’t just listen to us; listen to the Los Angeles Times, which has provided an early endorsement of Laura: she “has built a reputation as a smart, thoughtful, and principled policymaker who takes on difficult issues–such as…climate change–to solve problems, not to score political points.”  California’s 30th Congressional District, covering Burbank and Hollywood, is a deep blue open seat (its current representative, Adam Schiff, is running for Senate). A dozen or so candidates have shown interest in running, but only a few of them are top-tier – and only one, Laura Friedman, is the stand-out climate hawk.  Ballots go out February 5 and the last day to vote in the primary is March 5. Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/climatehawksvote/event/594140/?emci=976b1203-c1bf-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=19309a1e-41c0-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=13143726

54] – Indivisible is hosting its first National Campaigns Call of the year on Thurs., Feb. 15 at 8 PM ET. Get a preview of its 2024 strategy alongside Indivisibles from across the country.  Learn about the tools, tactics, and messaging that are going to make sure the group wins in November. And, hear from its first endorsee of the 2024 cycle, Andy Kim. RSVP at https://indivisible.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YLucpPN2Riazk5TvnmADBA#/registration

  Indivisible is launching Project 2024: Majority over MAGA to build a new Democratic trifecta, reelect President Biden, and mobilize a majority against the anti-democracy, anti-abortion politics of MAGA! Join to learn about new targets and strategy.

55] -- Mike Fox for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Feb. 15 at 9 PM ET wants you to participate in the Campaign to Victory call.  Celebrate/debrief the huge win in the Special Election in NY-03, organize for the CA primaries (vote by mail ballots NOW), the early primaries in IL and TX, and more. You'll leave energized and organized. Invite your progressive friends! RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration

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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