Baltimore Activist Alert -- January 7 to 10, 2024

27] Peter Yarrow is leaving us

28] Jimmy Carter and Indochina at Home and Abroad – Jan. 7

29] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – Jan. 7 – 10

30] Whistleblowing in the Age of Trump – Jan. 7

31] Medicare for All – Jan. 7

32] Rockville Rent Stabilization campaign – Jan. 7

33] Peace on Earth game – Jan. 8

34] Support climate legislation in Annapolis – Jan. 8

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27] – Peter Yarrow was a force of nature for peace and reconciliation during and after the era of Peter, Paul and Mary. He is currently in family hospice "in the last stages." Hundreds of tributes have been posted here https://www.peteryarrow.net/ If you want to add your own, go here https://www.bethanyyarrow.com/peteryarrow This is what I wrote: Thank you Peter for the music, the memories and your fortitude in a very long quest for peace with justice.  I suspect you have inspired thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands or even millions.  May Puff be with you on your current journey.

28] – The Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee [vnpeacecomm-gmail.com@shared1.ccsend.com] on Tues., Jan. 7 at 11 AM ET is hosting a webinar Jimmy Carter and Indochina at Home and Abroad. Speaker bios, resources and registration, click here and share this link https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2025/01/carter-and-indochina-at-home-and-abroad.html Or register directly by clicking here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1fNo0VktTzijf6WauEE2bg

29] – 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. 7 through Fri., Jan. 10.  Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

30] – Join PEER [publicemployeesforenvironmentalresponsibilitypeer@mailman.bloomerang-mail.com] to attend a webinar: Whistleblowing and Anonymous Activism in the Age of Trump at 4 PM on Tues., Jan. 7. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2517343626505/WN_B-PxU56GTXSkbE5Kv8kz6g?blm_aid=235761#/registration This interactive webinar will delve into the challenges that government employees who work on environmental, natural resource management, and public health issues are likely to face under the incoming administration. . 

31] – The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about an event on Tues., Jan. 7 from 6 to 7 PM ET -- Northern Virginia DSA Medicare for ALL working group meeting. 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-7-2025-AT-6PM/?CLEAR_ID=TRUE&LINK_ID=33&CAN_ID=6419B24AA3D074E27F8EAAB921FF3BE4&SOURCE=EMAIL-NOVA-BRANCH-DSA-UPCOMING-ACTIONS-AND-EVENTS-191&EMAIL_REFERRER=EMAIL_2569123&EMAIL_SUBJECT=NOVA-BRANCH-DSA-UPCOMING-ACTIONS-AND-EVENTS

Discuss Medicare for All organizer training and public education campaigns in northern Virginia and plan other actions to ensure healthcare as a human right. The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month, and the meetings are open to all who support healthcare as a human right.

32] – On Tues., Jan. 7 at 7:30 PM, join the Montgomery County DSA’s Rockville Rent Stabilization campaign for a planning meeting to discuss upcoming actions and opportunities to organize tenants in the campaign for rent stabilization in Rockville, MD. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/rockville-rent-stabilization-planning-meeting?link_id=62&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-192&email_referrer=email_2572342&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events

33] – Peace on Earth by 2030 will be starting a new Peace on Earth Game in January (January 29 to March 25 –https://poe.earth/2025-01).  Go to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1arS7L8fkp2DgKgfuD3GOAxykugYm3TwGusaZ8Zw5ZA4/edit?tab=t.0 to get specific info on Wed., Jan. 8. Another info session will take place on Wed., Jan. 22

34] – CCAN Action Fund [info@ccanactionfund.org] on Wed., Jan. 8 from 11 AM to noon come to Lawyer's Mall in Annapolis on the first day of the 2025 legislature to tell fossil fuel polluters to clean up their climate mess!

 But we should expect more from fossil fuel companies. For decades, they have released massive CO2 pollution into the atmosphere that has directly led to an increase in the number and intensity of extreme weather events, causing widespread devastation and sometimes tragedy in our own backyards. These companies need to be held accountable.  Welcome the MD legislators back to session by urging them to pass the RENEW Act in order to get fossil fuel companies to clean up their mess. The Responding to Emergency Needs and Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act would require the largest, most polluting fossil fuel companies to pay a one-time assessment for their retroactive emissions to help Maryland adapt to the impacts of climate change. The money from these payments would go into a Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation fund run by the Department of the Environment where municipalities and other entities could access the money for resiliency and adaptation projects.

Also call on Maryland legislators to reduce household emissions through greater efficiency, thereby improving public safety and health, by passing the Better Buildings Act. This bill would require that we electrify all new buildings in Maryland. Additionally, call on the legislature to pass the Affordable, Abundant Clean Energy Act, so Maryland can invest in building as many clean energy resources as possible within the state to increase our energy independence. RSVP https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/746333/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=mdce&utm_content=MD-CE-FDOS-1224-c4+C

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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