Sunday, July 7, 2024

Baltimore Activist Alert -- July 4 - 11, 2024

41] March with Democrats in a 4th of July Parade – July 4

42] Honor Phil & Liz – July 4

43] Election Protection phone bank – July 4 & 11

44] Lower Shore Progressive Caucus meeting – July 4

45] PeaceWalk to D.C. – July 5

46] Peace vigil at the White House July 5

47] Women in Black vigil July 5

48] Friday Power Lunch – July 5

49] AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire – July 5

50] Organizing for Action July 5

51] No to NATO, Yes to peace July 6 & 7

52] Build socialist power July 6

53] Write to anti-nuke protesters

54] Baltimore activist selling her home

55] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine

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

57] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

58] Do you need a doctor?

59] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

60] Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil

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41] –March with Democrats in a 4th of July Parade, hosted by Maryland Democratic Party on Thurs., July 4 from 9 AM to 5 PM ET.  Sign up to join Democrats at a 4th of July parade around the state. Email to find out where parades are taking place and the times: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/630385/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

 

42] – The Baltimore Nonviolence Center is honoring Phil Berrigan & Elizabeth McAlister from the Jonah House for organizing the first protests at the National Security Agency. Honor Phil & Liz on the Fourth of July, Interdependence Day, by joining a protest at the NSA from 11 AM to noon.   Enter Fort Meade at the Canine Road entrance, and park in the visitor parking lot.  Max & Janice will be at the bottom of Wyman Park at 10 AM.  Consider meeting them there before driving to the NSA.  Email Max at mobuszewski2001@Comcast.net

 

43] – On Thursdays, July 4 & 11 from 4 to 6 PM ET, get involved with State of Democracy, a Common Cause organized Election Protection phone bank. 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 for a shift to make calls and help strengthen the phone bank team to protect our democracy. These shifts will also always include training for first-timers before you make calls, so if this is your first time, no worries! Register at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

 

44] –The Lower Shore Progressive Caucus is holding its monthly meeting virtually on Thurs., July 4 from 6:30 to 8 PM ET. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/617690/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org

 

45] – On Fri., July 5 at 8:30 AM, the PeaceWalk van will shuttle people from the College Park Metro Station to walk starting point. Parking is available at College Park Metro Station. Contact Elyse Gilbert at (516) 521-3684 or imtbeau8@gmail.com. At 9 AM the Walk kicks off from 34th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NE, Mt. Rainer, MD.  Walk to the White House to join the noon vigil. At 6 PM ET, come to Busboys & Poets, 450 K St. NW, WDC to celebrate the conclusion of PeaceWalk 2024, and welcome activists to town for the No to NATO, Yes to Peace events July 6 and 7. Visit at https://peacewalk2024.org/washington-d-c/

 

46] – There is a weekly vigil at the White House on Fridays from noon to 1 PM sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649. 

 

47] – 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 830 West 40th Street and Elm Street. The VFP peace walkers will join he vigil. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.

 

48] – On Fri., July 5 at noon ET, join the Friday Power Lunch, a weekly show amplifying the voices of the Virginia Grassroots on politics, culture, and making change with the BADASS women of Network NOVA. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscumspzMoHtOe4-JRDrtezzQNNh9EhWEh#/registration

 

49] – The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action Hour for a Cease-fire Now every Friday at noon ET. Join AFSC staff to hear updates from Gaza. Then, take action by contacting elected officials and call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241

 

50] – On Fri., July 5 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET, the Democratic National Committee will have a Fourth Branch Action discussion.  These Friday events will continue through December 27. Fourth Branch Action is a national grassroots group organizing for action, supporting the Biden/Harris administration, and working through civic, electoral, and legislative action to achieve progressive goals. The group accomplishes this through advocacy, oversight, holding elected officials accountable to perform their jobs on behalf of their constituents; community engagement, civic education, and other events.   Everyone is welcome to join in. Come and enjoy a friendly conversation among like-minded folks, get acquainted with others from across the country, and build a community to restore the soul of our nation.  After you register for this event, you will receive an automated email with the Zoom meeting details: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual

 

51] –RootsAction Team [info@rootsaction.org] is asking you to participate on Sat., July 6 in a "No to NATO / Yes to Peace" summit in Washington, D.C  and rally at the White House on Sun., July 7. These events are happening just prior to the NATO summit that begins on July 9.  You can take part in-person in Washington at an all-day symposium at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, on Capitol Hill. Visit https://nonatoyespeace.org/agenda/

 

Visit at https://nonatoyespeace.org/attend-events/?clear_id=true&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=766d36e4-e150-46f4-8bae-8979dee0c2e2  Or you can watch live online. July 6 will be livestreamed at youtube.com/worldbeyondwar, and July 7 will be livestreamed at numerous social media channels of the organizations involved, including at youtube.com/user/rootsaction

 

52] – The Metro DC DSA [mailto:info@mdcdsa.org] Street Team is meeting on Sat., July 6 at 4 PM ET.  Build socialist power in the DMV and join the Metro DC DSA Street Team by attending the monthly meeting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, WDC, room 401-E. This event is for anyone interested in getting active in the chapter’s newly formed Street Team, organized by the Metro DC DSA Political Education Working Group. The Street Team hosts and attends community events to connect Metro DC DSA and its campaigns with the community in the DMV in order to expand the chapter’s base and build a more democratic society. Talk to DMV residents to hear what is going on in their everyday lives and talk about how many of these issues connect to DSA campaigns. In this meeting the Metro DC DSA Street Team will be discussing summer events with a happy hour to follow. All are encouraged to attend in person,  RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/monthly-street-team-meeting-building-dsa-base?link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-21-2024&email_referrer=email_2371964&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-june-28-2024

 

53] Two anti-US nuclear weapons in Germany activists are serving time in a German prison.  Should you want to write the women, use these addresses: Susan Crane or Susan van der Hijden, JVA Rohrbach, Peter-Caesar-Allee 1 55597 Wöllstein, Germany. Visit this website -- www.noelhuis.nl/kernwapensweg

 

54] – A home in Baltimore is for sale on a dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and one bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a reasonable amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her by text only at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number, and she will get back to anyone that reaches out. 

 

55] -- 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 410-721-70 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.

 

56] – 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.

 

He 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 printed 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 be- 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

 

57] -- 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.

 

58] Yousef Zarbalian [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.  

 

59] -- 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.

 

60] -- 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, and 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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