Monday, January 20, 2025

Baltimore Activist Alert -- January 21 - 22, 2025

19] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – Jan. 21

20] Meet Baldemar Velasquez -- Jan. 21

21] Organize to Win – Jan. 21

22] Medicare for All meeting – Jan. 21

23] Climate legislation update – Jan. 21

24] Doctors & Taxpayers against Genocide -- Jan. 21

25] Green New Deal -- Jan. 21

26] Back from the Brink – Jan. 21

27] Resist with AFSC -- Jan. 21

28] Award ceremony – Jan. 22

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19] –Jewish Voice for Peace is doing a Power Half-Hour for Gaza: Channel grief & outrage into action to stop a genocide.  A year into the genocide in Gaza, we are overwhelmed with sorrow and rage. There are no words to describe the devastating pain of the past year in which the Israeli military has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 17,000 children. The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court have both declared that Israel must stop the genocidal acts being committed on the Palestinian people. And the U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli military as it wreaks devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza. JVP continues to come together as a political community in its daily half-hour to take action, Monday through Friday, for the past year. Join in and take collective action to demand an arms embargo to Israel, immediate end to the genocide, a lasting ceasefire and an end to Israeli siege, apartheid, occupation, and oppression of Palestinians and Lebanon. All are welcome. All are needed. Get involved at 3 PM ET on Tues., Jan. 21 through Fri., Jan. 24.  Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

20] – The Fellowship of Reconciliation [info@fellowshipofreconciliation.ccsend.com] on Tues., Jan. 21 at 4 PM ET is inviting you to hear Baldemar Velasquez: Organizing through Faith, and Facing the Ongoing Deportation and Detention Crisis. Velasquez, a prolific activist, labor organizer, and man of faith, is a highly respected national and international leader in both the farm labor movement and the Latino and immigrant rights movements.  Velasquez will provide insights from his extensive organizing experience — including his founding of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) with his father in 1967, and his friendship with co-founder of Farm Workers United, and FOR member in his day, Cesar Chavez.  RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KyEQgBjQTzGPQ1Ykgp0rZw#/registration

 21] – Get with Rising Organizers for Organizing to Win: A Practical Introduction on Tues., Jan. 21 from 6 to 8:30 PM at MLK Library, 901 G St. NW, WDC 20001. Email info@risingorganizers.org One quick note: A reporter from the Washington Post will be attending and reporting on this training. No quotes will be attributed to an individual without express permission from you. If you have questions about this or anything else, please reach out to elyssa@risingorganizers.org.

 Learn how to activate yourself and people you may know that feel fired up and ready to fight, but don't know what next steps they can take. Take a deep dive into the core principles of community organizing, talk about building people power, and brainstorm ways to move people from inaction to action. Learn how to activate yourself and people you may know that feel fired up and ready to fight, but don’t know what next steps they can take. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/organizing-to-win-a-practical-introduction/?fbclid=PAY2xjawHRbBpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABpmd0Ypcc_-0k_1-0BS62Q8BMyLKvxxdE4mKI5U8ypvPg0hlesSfviwR0VA_aem_1zi2XzPW6SBoKAgUhwu0Ug&link_id=53&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-january-10-2025&email_referrer=email_2586273&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-january-17-2025

22] – The Northern Virginia DSA Medicare for All Working Group [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] will be meeting virtually on Tues., Jan. 21 from 6 to 7 PM ET. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-january-21-at-6pm?link_id=79&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-january-10-2025&email_referrer=email_2586273&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-january-17-2025

Discuss ongoing campaigns working towards universal healthcare.  The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The meetings are open to the public for all who support healthcare as a human right.

23] –CCAN [info@chesapeakeclimate.org] on Tues., Jan. 21 at 7 PM ET is holding a virtual Action Member Meet-up. Come get brief updates on the legislative session and learn how you can to take action! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/749543/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_membership&utm_content=MD-Jan+Action+Member+Meetup+SINGLE-C3+15:21:54

The Maryland General Assembly's 2025 legislative session is well underway and moving quickly. It’s time for YOU to help build power and tell your legislators to do their jobs and pass climate bills!

24] –CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] on Tues., Jan. 21 at 8 PM ET is doing a chat with peacemakers and experts about Doctors & Taxpayers against Genocide.  ‌Doctors against Genocide and Taxpayers against Genocide are demanding accountability and justice for the victims of the US-backed genocide in Gaza. Doctors against Genocide is a global coalition of healthcare workers dedicated to succeeding where global governments have failed in confronting and preventing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Their “Not another Child, Not Another Hospital Campaign” invites medical institutions to take a long overdue stand–with vigils and press conferences– against genocide in Gaza–and to demand the release of Palestinian Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.

Taxpayers against Genocide (TAG) is plaintiffs in a lawsuit representing 600 constituents charging northern California lawmakers "illegally abused their tax and spend authority when they voted to allocate $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel on April 20, 2024," and that by doing so, they violated the U.S. Constitution, the Genocide Convention, and federal laws.” The complaint has been filed under the Ninth Amendment of the Constitution, which protects rights not otherwise stated in the Constitution. RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/cpc121?utm_campaign=cpc_1_20_unopens&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

25] –The Green New Deal Network [info@e.greennewdealnetwork.org] on Tues., Jan. 21 at 8 PM ET believes that in the face of the incoming administration’s dangerous agenda, it is imperative the climate justice movement remains united and continues to resist, build solidarity, and demand bold, transformative climate action. This is the moment to rally, strategize, and show the world that our movement is not just resilient—it is leading the charge toward a just and sustainable future. RSVP at https://act.greennewdealnetwork.org/signup/whats-next-for-climate/?source=gndnemail&t=1&akid=3530%2E267200%2EEgioUg

26] – Back from the Brink [info@preventnuclearwar.org] on Tues., Jan. 21 at 8 PM ET is holding its monthly organizing meeting. Back from the Brink is here to help you with tips and tools to inform, empower, and motivate you. You can start with our 2025 Menu of Actions which includes things you can read, things you can share, and things you can do. Don’t have a lot of time? That’s fine. Want to take your activism to the next level? Do you prefer to do things by yourself or with others? Whatever works for you!   RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctcuGupzgrG92btSg1nrq3yCn-d_WiP4WZ?emci=8ec6d911-bad0-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&emdi=cf17e074-77d2-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&ceid=23606274#/registration

27] – AFSC [actioncenter@afsc.org] on Tues., Jan. 21 at 8 PM ET will Protect, Resist, and Build with AFSC. Support your community while advocating for lasting social change.  Join this monthly webinar series every third Tuesday of the month through Dec. 16. Hear directly from AFSC staff and partners and learn concrete ways we can all take action for migrant rights, economic justice, and peace. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/afsc/event/746944/?referring_vol=4406684&share_context=dashboard-event-details&sharer_role=SharerRole.ORGANIZER&utm_source=weekendreading0118&utm_medium=email&ms=EMA25WR0118&emci=7be863fb-e1d4-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&emdi=1be74552-a0d5-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&ceid=764241

28] –UNFOLD ZERO [info@unfoldzero.org] is inviting you on Wed., Jan. 22 at noon ET for the PACEY Award Ceremony.  Nine finalist youth projects on peace, climate action and nuclear disarmament, selected from 117 nominated projects, will be presented. Participants at the event will get to vote for the winners.  Listen to presentations from the nine finalists and then vote for the three winners - one for a European Youth Project and two for Youth Projects beyond Europe. Register at https://baselpeaceoffice.org/article/2025-pacey-award-ceremony

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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