Baltimore Activist Alert -- May 14 - 15, 2024

31] ACLU election hotline – May 14

32] Get on Zoom to prepare for March on Washington – May 14

33] Learn how to fight climate chaos – May 14

34] Get Press for Peace Activists – May 14

35] Community Run Renewables – May 14

36] Community Run Renewables – May 14

37] Green & Just Transitions – May 15

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31] –ACLU of Maryland [info@aclu-md.org] will be active on Primary Election Day is here! Its hotline is open, if you need it – 667-219-2625.

32] –Bishop William J. Barber, II, D. Min. [revbarber@poorpeoplescampaign.org] needs you on Tues., May 14 at 6 PM ET via Zoom to get organized for the June 29 March on Washington. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscOmqrDspEtY5AZjNwB0HDwWoO4PT0hAk#/registration?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-me-via-zoom-to-get-organized-for-the-629-march-on-washington&email_referrer=email_2310436&email_subject=join-me-via-zoom-to-get-organized-for-the-629-march-on-washington

33] – CCAN [info@chesapeakeclimate.org] on Tues., May 14 at 6:30 PM ET wants you to learn how to fight climate change by developing a story that communicates values that called you to get involved in the climate movement at this time. Join an Organizing 101 training miniseries via Zoom.  Did you know that YOU have the power to make real change in the world? Through grassroots organizing, people can motivate others to join in taking action to fight climate change.  

  Meet on four consecutive Tuesdays ending May 21 at 6:30 PM ET. RSVP at https://act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/65849/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=Membership-Organizing+miniseries-0424-c3+A&ea.url.id=2476991

34] –MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] on Tues., May 14 at 7 PM ET check out The Military-Industrial-Media Complex: How to Get Press for Peace Activists. This is an online Teach-In with Norman Solomon and Kathy Kelly.  Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/098i_6wYEUi3e4A_3b4C0A2?contactdata=2UpMg9VjQM39qZAl1ibKSjaPF4gbtLu%2f8QlKZA+9IxApTvdqh9dxU3osJQQyEaZwwnpL6qHIPjz6%2ffSnUPyWAsnK4giZSO8+3Pukwp0f5MEB5n4bYDOZO9cJNIQtSqkuhqO2LMj5ru+TMMGzhowmc4MQmhXPIVkIcJ5HXOoWWRvnurqJTQiculwspjC4GpQJLNY5TWwCk2tZhvjKL3Wenjysl3wXVzb9Ji0%2f1pbQlXcCWUavcP7sWG0Mvp33fkzmnz2cWyY7+MYDCT4+60k6bGmN7Si2HObpQGosfqBsTEw+kJHWX7BS4+mrF7Db08tbq4Fpx9dMGH9H4Ls7NgVjfg%3d%3d&ms=email-240512&emci=3cf153c9-9410-ef11-96f3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=da054063-9810-ef11-96f3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=269591

 I think this is rather presumptuous: “Make War Visible . . . and End It.” Nevertheless, hear what these authors and activists Norman Solomon, whose book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine was published last year, and Kathy Kelly, whose work with Voices in the Wilderness has brought her to Iraq, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Gaza; all during wartime

 35] – Taylor Smith-Hams, 350.org [350@350.org] thinks you will be interested in an event on Tues., May 14 at 7 PM ET – Community Run Renewables.   RSVP at https://350org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvf-yoqDMpG9PbGKzmWbXzeNvV680rx_8x?source=em2024M0419-1-120-MD-us#/registration

 Join every Tuesday at 7 PM ET to dive deep into utility campaigning! Each session will feature different guest speakers who will share their expertise and then lead attendees in interactive breakout sessions through July 16. The 350 Network Council is also hosting a special session on Thursday, May 23 at 7 PM.

36] – Listen to Maryland [contact@listentomaryland.org] is excited to announce there will be Tues., May 14 at 8 PM ET a celebration of the Uncommitted Vote at Busboys & Poets, 6251 Mango Tree Road, Columbia 21044. Watch the results with Hiruy Hadgu, who is currently running for Howard County Board of Education District 4.  Around 9 PM, hear remarks from Maryland Vote Uncommitted organizers and from Hiruy about all of the work we’ve put in so far and sustaining our organizing beyond this election. RSVP at https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-39977442/

37] – Oxfam America [action@oxfamamerica.org] is holding a virtual webinar   “Green and Just Transitions” on Wed., May 15 at noon EST. Discuss the need to center the communities most impacted by the climate crisis—especially Black and Brown people—to facilitate the U.S.’s transition to clean renewable energy. RSVP at https://oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZnKN4y9EQn6JV_bIl_z98A?utm_campaign=FY25-Webinars&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9djMotFKkf0f0pn3rT0FST2D-fkiOLDjnDsNKCdEqfUy9Fzvs2uI4-T_AvDsOOLv5MZ4Vpb7LHR5s8pEpXNVlul2jKfvFIWcdyaElgjRXq1PtladU&_hsmi=306170203&utm_content=306170203&utm_source=hs_email#/registration

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/.

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