Baltimore Activist Alert – September 22 – 28, 2024
"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Friends, this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send contributions to Max Obuszewski, BNC, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212. Max can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.
1] Books, buttons and stickers
2]
Web
site for info on federal legislation
3]
Need
help in archiving activist material
4] Get
the book A Bag of Stones
5] Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An
Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois
6] Baltimore activist selling her home
7] Dictator Smicktator! – Sept. 22
8] Support baristas at
Starbuck's – Sept. 22
9] BMA goes indigenous – Sept. 22
10] Phone bank for Angela Alsobrooks – Sept. 22 - 28
11] Organizing to Win
Elections – Sept. 22
12] Free Palestine for “Back
to School” – Sept 22-25
13] Protest at the Pentagon – Sept. 23
14] The
Stones Cry Out – Sept. 23
15] Prevent nuclear war talks – Sept. 23
16] Leaflet about JHU’s complicity with genocide – Sept. 23
17] Postcard Writing for
Gun Sense Candidates –
Sept. 23
18] Banned Books Week – Sept. 23
19] Election Protection Zoom – Sept. 23
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1] – Buttons, bumper stickers and books are
available. “God Bless the Whole World, No
Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
2] –To obtain information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/. Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – Janice Sevre-Duszynska needs some assistance in archiving her activist material. If you are interested in this project, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
4] – Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are making available “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to pre-order your copy. Your donation will provide a needed financial boost for the printing costs. The suggested donation is $20 for one copy; and $30 for your copy and an additional copy for a prisoner or someone in need. Any donation is appreciated. More or less you will receive the book. Barry and the team have spent over two years putting this book together. It begins with outlines and notes found in the boxes of materials Murphy left when she ascended. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.
5] – Another book to consider purchasing is Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois. His new book is both memoir and position-paper, and it makes the case that the Roman Catholic Church is a corrupt system that spits out truth-tellers. The crime he was excommunicated for was attending the ordination ceremony of Janice Sevre-Duszynska in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2008. The ordination was under the auspices of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. The Vatican’s response has been to excommunicate any woman who has the audacity to see herself as a priest equal to a male priest. You can purchase a copy from Amazon or by Kindle.
Here are two quotes to contemplate: “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men. She is to keep silent.” – Timothy 1, 2:12-13. “If the patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die.” – Roy Bourgeois.
6] – 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.
7] – Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore 21202, meets on Sundays, and at times there is a platform address at 10:30 AM ET. On Sept. 22, get with a hybrid meeting about Dictator Smicktator! The late great Groucho Marx is reputed to have said that when a country is becoming a totalitarian state, the first thing to vanish is comedy and comics. The speaker has taken this maxim to heart, constantly observing the state of comedy in the United States as a bellwether. During the rise of modern fascism, Hollywood produced feature comedy films that satirized the inflated egos of dictators. Films like the Marx Brothers “Duck Soup”, the Three Stooges “You Nazty Spy”, and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” broke new ground in humor as a weapon against dictatorship.
A generation after World War II, American television dipped into Nazism with the popular series “Hogan’s Heroes” and the ambivalent feelings we might have about it today. Great Britain’s entry of the 1980s “Allo’ Allo’ “, about a hapless Occupied French cafe owner will be introduced. Finally, a brief mention will be made about the 2017 comedy, “The Death of Stalin,” about the sheer chaos a dictator’s death leaves behind. To receive a Zoom invitation, please email president@bmorethical.org
8] – On Sun., Sept. 22 from 12:30 to 2 PM ET, the Maryland Catholic Labor Network has agreed to host a leafletting for the Starbuck's baristas to show support as they attempt to negotiate their first union contract. Gather at the Mt. Vernon Starbuck's, 1209 N. Charles St., Baltimore. Join to lend encouragement to the baristas at this Starbuck's, the first to unionize in Baltimore. Email Chuck Michaels [cwmichaels@igc.org]
9] – The Baltimore Museum of Art [bmasocial@artbma.org] on Sun., Sept. 22 from 1 to 5 PM ET will Celebrate Native Artwork & Dance--Preoccupied: Indigenizing the Museum Community Day. On Sunday it is Free Admission. Visitors of all ages are invited to an afternoon of festivities to celebrate a major initiative that centers Native artwork, perspectives, and histories throughout the BMA galleries and beyond.
Don't miss two special performances by Baltimore-based Native American dance company Uhwachi-Reh Dance Troupe and join a tour of the exhibition Dana Claxton: Spark led by the artist. Native artists and organizations from the Baltimore region will share and sell their work in Antioch Court; artist Nina Gover Brooks will teach the art of Native American beadwork; and Mark Tayac, Chief of the Piscataway Indian Nation, will give a tour of his artwork on view in Finding Home.
10] – MD Dems [maryland@momschapterleaders.org] wants you to do phone banking for Angela Alsobrooks on a series of days through Fri., Oct. 18. Sign up for these days and times: Sun., Sept. 22 from 2 to 5 PM and 4 to 7 PM, Mon. through Fri., Sept. 23 – 27 from 6 to 8 PM and Sat., Sept. 28 from 11 AM to 2 PM ET. Talk to voters and help win races up and down the ballot in a virtual statewide phone bank. No experience is necessary. RSVP with the campaign: https://www.mobilize.us/mdvictory/event/668790/
11] – Alan Minsky for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Sun., Sept. 22 at 4 PM ET is alerting you to a Town Hall about Organizing to Win Elections. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration
The Town Hall will address the most important question of the moment: What Can We Do To Win This Election (and save our democracy)? One of the most important factors is the organization of grassroots supporters.
12] – Christians for a Free Palestine [info+christians-against-genocide-info@email.actionnetwork.org] is going back to school for skill-building! As students across the country return to the classroom, you are invited to join members of Christians for a Free Palestine from Sept. 22-25 for a “Back to School” week of theological learning, organizing and direct action skill-building, leadership development, and community connection. With the State of Israel’s “scholasticide” in Gaza destroying the educational system there, and student activists in the U.S. facing stronger repression, now is a time to build our skills in solidarity with the future we believe in with a Free Palestine. RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvc-mgpjIiH9VVsbCsIiEqN25IYdscuvDt#/registration?link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-our-first-response-is-care-and-thats-what-makes-us-strong-2&email_referrer=email_2438351&email_subject=its-time-to-go-back-to-school-with-cfp
The nightly sessions from 8 to 9:30 PM ET will be facilitated by an all-star line-up of organizers and educators, including Rev. Jen Bailey, Founder and Executive Director of the Faith Matters Network; Nichola Torbett, Associate Director of the Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center; and Minister Candace Simpson, voice of the popular Fish Sandwich Heaven podcast. Explore topics such as mapping community power, understanding movement ecosystems, ritual design for action, and resourcing our movements
13] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Sept. 23, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro.
By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr., and there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begins at 8 AM. No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located inside Marriot Providence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.
14] – The Stones Cry Out: Palestine solidarity actions from Mon., Sept. 23 through Wed., Sept. 25 in Washington D.C. On Mon., Sept. 23, gather at the Washington City Church of the Brethren, 337 North Carolina Ave. SE, WDC 20003. It will also be livestreamed.
On Tues., Sept. 24 at 11 AM ET meet at Washington City Church of the Brethren. From 2 to 3 PM get over to the Museum of the Palestinian People, 1900 18th St. NW, WDC 20009. Then at 6 PM, go to Busboys and Poets, 450 K St. NW, WDC 20001.
On Wed., Sept. 25 at 10 AM, join a Direct Action March. At 2 PM, visit Dar Alhurriya, Palestine House of Freedom, 650 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 50 with the door under the Palestinian flag. AT 7 PM, get with an Interfaith Gathering at the Washington City Church of the Brethren. For more information and to register, email dthorpe@spu.edu. Visit
15] – The Baltimore Nonviolence Center wants you to know that on Mon., Sep. 23 from noon to 1 PM ET Dr. Ira Helfand will speak at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Wolfe Street Building/W1020 (Becton Dickinson). Dr. Helfand, a leader in Nobel Peace Prize-winning campaigns, will discuss the medical and public health consequences of nuclear war and how we can take action to prevent it. He will tell you that We Must Prevent What We Cannot Cure. Register for this hybrid event at https://publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2024/09/23/seminar-medical-and-public-health-consequences-of-nuclear-war-we-must-prevent-what-we-cannot-cure
Chesapeake PSR was involved in bringing Dr. Helfand to Baltimore. Contact Dr. Gwen DuBois [info@chesapeakepsr.org] for more information.
Dr. Helfand will also speak at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Campus from 5 to 6:30 PM in Remsen Hall 101. RSVP at https://krieger.jhu.edu/east-asian/event/medical-and-public-health-consequences-of-nuclear-war-we-must-prevent-what-we-cannot-cure/?emci=bdf155b9-0967-ef11-991a-6045bdd9e096&emdi=25348f3e-986b-ef11-991a-6045bdd9e096&ceid=185524
16] – Members of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center as part of the International Day of Peace will leaflet outside Remsen from 4:30 to 5 PM. They will hand out a document outlining JHU’s financial and academic participation in the ongoing Palestinian genocide.
17] – MD Moms Demand Action [maryland@momschapterleaders.org] on Mon., Sept. 23 from 1 to 2:30 PM ET invite you to Postcard Writing for Gun Sense Candidates at the R House, 301 W 29th St., Baltimore 21211. The next Postcard Writing event will be on Sept. 25. This project will continue through Sept. 30. RSVP at https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event/62669/signup/?emci=e95c9b7b-365e-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&emdi=c827b36a-9360-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&ceid=1738958
18] – On Mon., Sept. 23 from 3 to 5 PM ET, join an online webinar. During Banned Books Week, City Lights and PEN America bring human rights advocates and legal experts to discuss the alarming rise in book bans across the country. They share insights, observations, and methods to counter the suppression of books that address issues pertaining to race, gender, and sexuality. Ever timely, their conversation is a powerful call to action to stand up for the freedom to read. https://pen.org/event/from-howl-to-now-book-bans-in-the-u-s/?utm_source=Communications&utm_campaign=f2f85c1953-EMAIL_PENNews_2024_09_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e98639ab83-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=f2f85c1953&mc_eid=f996b749cd
19] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to participate with the Green Grassroots Emergency Environment and Election Protection (GREEP) Zoom on Mon., Sept. 23 at 5 PM ET. Hear from leading activists, elected officials, and others committed to union organizing as well as cleaning up our elections and the environment, and other critically important issues. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration
To be continued
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/.
"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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