Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 10 - 13, 2025

18] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – March 10 – 13

19] Union Night – March 10

20] Phone Wisconsin voters -- March 10

21] Meet Dr. Rupa Marya – March 10

22] Labor Town Hall – March 10

23] Pray together in Lent – March 11

24] Tree Survey -- March 11 - 13

25] Interfaith Immigration Coalition day of action – March 11

26] Support Ukraine, not Trump – March 11

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18] – 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 Mon., March 10, Tues., March 11, Wed., March 12 & Thurs., March 13.  Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

19] – On Mon., March 10 at from 6 to 8 PM, get over to Union Night for a rally in Lawyer’s Mall, 90 State Circle, Annapolis. RSVP at https://charmcitylabor.org/events/union-night-annapolis-1?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-calls-petitions-actions-including-phone-zap-today-to-tax-marylands-wealthy-dont-cut-our-public-services&email_referrer=email_2645103&email_subject=calls-petitions-actions-phone-zap-today-to-tax-marylands-wealthy-instead-of-cutting-our-public-programs-services

20] – On Mon, March 10, 13, 17 & 20 at 7 PM, the Silver Spring Progressive Action will do a virtual phone bank to activate Wisconsin Dems & win the Wisconsin Supreme Court! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/756640/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

The April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election will have huge effects on voting access in Wisconsin.  Who wins in WI in 2026 could easily determine Congressional majorities. Help elect Judge Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate! Join these phone banks to activate Wisconsin Dems. Call people who have volunteered in the past and invite them to help out again – to canvass, phone bank, and spread the word to their neighbors as well as WI voters. Absolutely no experience required – these are very low-tech phone banks!

21] –On Mon., March 10 at 8 PM ET, check out CODEPINK’s Missing Peace Monday with Dr. Rupa Marya,  a renowned physician and professor of medicine at UCSF, who is on administrative leave for simply asking that the university examine the implications of inviting students with military backgrounds to join academic and health care institutions without accountability or screening. We need doctors like her ringing the alarm about blatant attacks on medical staff in Palestine! RSVP at https://www.codepink.org/missingp310?utm_campaign=march_iwwd_member_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink

22] – Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] on Mon., March 10 at 8:30 PM ET is holding a Labor Town Hall: Trump’s War on Workers. Trump is actively dismantling the Department of Labor, firing federal workers, trying to privatize the Postal Service, and going after agencies that protect workers' rights and safety. Strategize with labor leaders like former National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, former Secretary of Labor Julie Su, American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimonstein, and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-3). It will be co-hosted by Our Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese and Board Chair Larry Cohen. RSVP at https://act.ourrevolution.com/signup/OTW-Mar10?akid=7815.8252965.6bOnG9&rd=1&source=email20250307&t=10

23] –Pax Christi USA [jcoode@paxchristiusa.ccsend.com] is inviting you to pray together in Lent. Join Pax Christi USA for a 30-minute prayer service each Monday in Lent -- March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7 and April 14 from 8:30 to 9 PM ET. Use this link to register with Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QbvRGEK1Qx6AnRFrCVUfuA#/registration

24] – The Chesapeake Climate Action Network / Action Fund on Tues., March 11 from 9 to 10 AM ET, 10 to 11 AM ET, Wed., March 12 from 9 to 10 AM & 10 to 11 AM & Thurs., March 13 from 9 AM to 10 AM & 10 AM to 11 AM ET is doing a Community Tree Survey in the Browning's Grove Neighborhood Park, 5909 Nicholson St., East Riverdale, MD 20737. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/758561/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org

Join Meredith from CCAN to walk around the neighborhood and collect data about invasive vines around East Riverdale Park. When you arrive for your shift, you will receive a list of streets to walk and note survey data where you see invasive vines threatening trees using a simple electronic form. Each list should take about an hour to complete. This activity is physically suitable for anyone who is able to stand and walk for 1 hour. This event is for volunteers who attended the Community Tree Survey Virtual Training on February 24th or March 5th.  However, if you did not attend the training and still want to join, you must watch the recording ahead of time. Please email meredith@chesapeakeclimate.org to receive the recording.

25] – Join the hybrid National Interfaith Vigil and Day of Action on Capitol Hill on Tues., March 11 starting at 1 PM, organized by the  Interfaith Immigration Coalition, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 301 A St., S.E. on Capitol Hill in D.C., either in-person or with an online option, featuring local and national Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith leaders.   As Congress works to appropriate funding in the next few weeks for mass deportations, mass detention, border militarization, aid rollback, while contemplating the refugee resettlement halt and the expansion of cruel policies against people on the move, the time cannot be more critical to stand up for the right values.  Call on members of Congress to protect immigrant rights with humane policies and adequate funding.   After the vigil, many will participate in meetings with several members of Congress.  RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L5AernsxSdSrt6PRG_uXoQ?mc_cid=1f4e9661af&mc_eid=d394bc79a0#/registration

26] – Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., March 10 from 4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. to condemn the invasion of Ukraine and the Trump/Vance team which supports Putin’s war crimes. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of nuclear weapons.  And he knows that Trump appreciates how he got Trump elected in 2016. Rather than support Ukraine, Trump hoped to steal Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.  Let us hope that the European Union will provide further support for the Ukrainian people. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.

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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