Baltimore Nonviolence Center -- April 30 - May 13, 2025

42] Stop the execution of two Kurdish women

43] Courage, not Compliance – April 30

44] Welcome to Muskville – through May 9

45] Moral Witnesses against Trump’s budget – April 30

46] Webinar about Vietnam – April 30

47] NPT meeting – April 30

48] Power Half-Hour for Gaza – April 30, May 1, 12 & 13

49] Sign Waves – April 30

50] Climate justice – April 30

51] Baltimore Grassroots Action Team meeting – April 30

52] Baltimore May Day rally – May 1 

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42] –The Islamic regime in Iran is using execution verdicts as a desperate act to suppress peaceful demonstrations and protests due to the disastrous economic condition in Iran.  The judicial system in Iran executes innocent activist and individuals by forced confessions, torture and sham trials.  The unjust death sentences for Pakhshan Azizi and Varisheh Moradi is another act of desperation by the Islamic Republic’s use of capital punishment to suppress members of minority communities and terrorize Iranian women who are fighting tirelessly for their rights as equal citizens of Iran.  You are asked to show your urgent support for contacting the United Nations Human Rights office and Iranian mission at United Nations to demand the Islamic republic of Iran stop the unjust execution verdicts for both women and hundreds of other prisoners on death row in Iran. These prisoners must receive fair trials according to international judicial standards, including the right for all prisoners to independent counsels. 

Contact the permanent mission of Iran, 622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, NEW YORK, NY 10017 -- https://geneva.mfa.gov.ir or Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Palais Wilson, 52 rue des Pâquis, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland -- ohchr-InfoDesk@un.org

43] – On Wed., April 30 from 7:15 to 10 AM, join Courage not Compliance, a demonstration to take up space through downtown DC. Meet us at 7:15 AM at Samuel Gompers Memorial Park (Massachusetts Ave & 11th St NW). Free DC will have a delegation participating in this event. Bring your bucket drums, noisemakers, signs and banners to make it clear that DC communities reject the actions of this administration. Visit https://freedcproject.org/event-list/courage-not-compliance

44] – Welcome to Muskville, a Solidarity City at Columbus Circle NE (Union Station), WDC running through May 9 from 9 AM to 8:30 PM. This in-person organizing space started on April 20 and provides support for displaced workers and demonstrate mutual aid, as well as provide political education and organizing for collective action. We'll offer daily programming from large event tents, launch collective actions, host art and cultural events, and build the networks that our movements need to challenge the actions of the Trump/Musk administration. Programming will include supportive services for fired federal workers and other community members, trainings, political education, performances, and more. For the daily schedule go to https://www.solidaritycity.org/schedule-1. Visit  https://www.solidaritycity.org/

45] – The Maryland Poor People's Campaign (MD PPC) [events@marylandppc.org] on Wed., April 30 at 11 AM ET wants you to know about the Moral Witnesses Stand against a Budget that Destroys People. Please join Bishop William Barber for the third “Moral Witness Wednesday” at the U.S. Supreme Court, 1 First St. NE, WDC.  Clergy, faith leaders, and people of moral conscience will gather to stand against federal budget proposals that destroy people and lives. They believe budgets are moral documents and are united in their moral resistance against injustice, corruption, and oppression in any form. Register to attend in-person: https://breachrepairers.org/get-involved/events/moral-witness-wednesday-moral-witnesses-stand-against-a-budget-that-destroys-people/?mike.ppc@yahoo.com&link_id=5&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-march-with-bishop-barber-in-dc-rally-in-annapolis-this-week&email_referrer=email_2697404&email_subject=rise-up-in-baltimore-april-26-pack-rockville-courtroom-april-16 or online via the Repairers of the Breach livestream page: https://breachrepairers.org/get-involved/live/

46] –The Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee [vnpeacecomm-gmail.com@shared1.ccsend.com] on Wed., April 30 at 11 AM ET will do a webinar with the US delegation in Viet Nam. Get Eyewitness Reports on the 50th Anniversary of Peace and Reunification in Viet Nam. RSVP at https://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/2025/04/webinar-from-vietnam.html

 A delegation of US peace activists traveled to north, central and south Viet Nam for an anniversary with great meaning in both countries. Their eyewitness accounts and photos will be shared as the day of April 30 ends in Viet Nam and begins in the US. The visit amplified the importance of ongoing people to people engagement when the New York Times reported that the Trump Administration barred US embassy involvement with Vietnamese commemorations of the 50th anniversary and with participating American delegations.

47] –UNFOLD ZERO [info@unfoldzero.org] on Wed., April 30 at 1:30 PM ET is inviting you to join in from the NPT meeting in New York. Jackie Cabasso (Abolition 2000), Bill Kidd (Member, Scottish Parliament. PNND Co-President) and Alyn Ware (PNND/World Federalist Movement) and Ivan Siluianov (Youth Fusion) will provide a live update from the 2025 Non-Proliferation Treaty Prep Com in New York. Speaking from the UN, where the diplomatic deliberations are taking take place, the speakers will give a short update on the deliberations – the good, the bad and the ugly – plus the main civil society proposals that are gaining traction at the Prep Com. As this will be on zoom, the audience will be able to ask questions through the question box and chat box. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kAmLEyL_RuCRIpzcvk0u4Q#/registration

48] – 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 Wed., April 30, Thurs, May 1, Mon., May 12 & Tues., May 13. Visit https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=8L0JUS3pQkenMGtx9ha3mQ.1732760660364.03949df73aedc7035fc618f76c52fc75&_x_zm_rhtaid=249#/registration

49] – On Wednesdays, including April 30, from 4:30 to 5 PM join Baltimore Sign Waves at West 40th St. & Roland Ave., Baltimore 21211. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/763996/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

The Wednesday Movement launched on March 12, 2025 when disgruntled seniors took to the streets in Baltimore to make their feelings known. The Movement, a weekly Pro-Democracy, Anti-Trump, Anti-Putin vigil, gathers on a heavily trafficked Baltimore street corner. We invite others who feel the same way to join the Movement. You do not need to be old to join this movement. Contact Anne George, 443-831-7528 for more information on initiating a sign wave in your area.

50] –Stop the Money Pipeline [info@stopthemoneypipeline.com] on Wed., April 30 at 7 PM ET will host a first workshop in a three-part series -- Immigration Justice Must Be a Climate Fight, Too. RSVP here to get the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/m6P9pwEwSmSyxToMFRBmQg?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-immigration-justice-must-be-a-climate-fight-too-join-us-weds-430-2&email_referrer=email_2715998&email_subject=tomorrow-immigration-justice-must-be-a-climate-fight-too-workshop-1&&#/registration

 This webinar is designed to provide climate advocates with a basic understanding of the complex links between climate and migration and the critical intersection of these movements in responding to the current authoritarian moment.  Over the last three months, communities from across the country have shown up for each other in so many inspiring ways in defense of their communities and the planet.

51] – On Wed., April 30 from 7 to 8 PM ET, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network / Action Fund is promoting a meeting with the Baltimore Grassroots Action Team meeting.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/779315/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org

The action team meetings are a chance for all of the new and seasoned volunteers to debrief monthly events and activities, give workgroup updates, discuss new opportunities, brainstorm ideas, and strategize for the upcoming month.

52] –Baltimore Rapid Response Network [info@baltimorerapidresponsenetwork.org] on Thurs., May 1 at 5:30 PM is announcing a massive May Day rally.  There will be 7 feeder marches coming from different spots across the city. All the marches will end at the unified MAIN RALLY at 5:30 PM at McKeldin Plaza (on the corner of Pratt & Light Streets, where Occupy Baltimore was). Bring your ponchos just in case! Forecast is calling for scattered thunderstorms, but we’ll be there rain or shine. 

Join a feeder march: March for Palestine at 4 PM @ McKeldin Plaza (Pratt & Light St.) March departs at 5 PM, and circle back and return to McKeldin for the Main Rally. Hands off Our Students & Faculty March at 4 PM at Penn Station (1500 N. Charles St.) with marching at 4:45 PM. 99% vs 1% March at 4 PM at Baltimore City Hall (100 Holliday St). Depart at 4:30 PM.  Cultural Workers’ March at 4 PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (400 Cathedral St.) Depart at approximately 5 PM. Migrant Justice: ICE out of Baltimore at 4:30 PM at Columbus Park (300 S. President St., Harbor East) Depart at 5 PM sharp. Stop the Billionaire Takeover at 4:30 PM at Camden Yards (Eutaw & Camden St. entrance). Depart at 5:15 PM. Family & Kids March. Meet at 4:30 PM at Rash Field Park (201 Key Hwy., by the Science Center). Depart at 5:15 PM. 

There will be a Bus Caravan from Baltimore Teachers Union’ Office, 5800 Metro Drive, 21215 for sign making and a rally. Meet at 3:30 PM ET. Depart at 5 PM, and return to BTU after the main rally.  Email BmoreMayDay2025@proton.me. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/baltimore-may-day-2025/

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/.

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