Baltimore Activist Alert -- October 9, 2025

31] Funding Mutual Aid – Oct. 9

32] What’s the plan? – Oct. 9

33] Overpass demo – Oct. 9

34] End the genocide – Oct. 9

35] Sign-making Happy Hour – Oct. 9

36] Banned Books literary salon – Oct. 9

37] Art build – Oct. 9

38] What to do webinar – Oct. 9

39] National Fight Back call – Oct. 9

40] Peter Yarrow in Vietnam -- Oct. 9

41] Labor for democracy – Oct. 9

42] Campaign to Victory Call – Oct. 9

-----

31] – Benjamin Curran [benimon@hotmail.com] wants you to know that the Center for Disaster Philanthropy is hosting on Thurs., Oct. 9 at 1 PM an online conversation Funding Mutual Aid. Explore how mutual aid operates in disaster contexts, what distinguishes it from charity, and how funders can support these models. The panelists are Stacie Fugate, director, Appalachians for Appalachia and Chenier “Klie” Kliebert, executive director, Imagine Water Works.  Register at https://disasterphilanthropy.org/events/solidarity-in-times-of-crisis-funding-mutual-aid/

32] –What’s the Plan? A virtual Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s co-founders takes place on Thursdays, including Oct. 8, from 3 to 4 PM ET. The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back. Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan. The event will continue through Dec. 18. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/773746/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=_20250728

33] –On Thursdays, Oct. 9, 16, 23 & 30, from 4 to 5:30 PM, join an Overpass Extravaganza at Ridgley Ave. Overpass, 599 Ridgely Ave., Annapolis 21401, hosted by Chesapeake Indivisible. Help hoist a huge message on the Ridgley Avenue Route 50 overpass to reach about 40K commuters headed eastbound on Route 50 in Annapolis, and wave signs for drivers traversing Ridgley Avenue. This event will continue through Thurs., October 30. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/824306/

34] –Ronda Cooperstein [rondacooperstein@hotmail.com] wants you to attend a vigil and information sharing event on Thurs., Oct. 9 from 4:30 to 6 PM at the corner of Park Heights and Slade Ave. Please do not bring flags. This is organized by World beyond War, Baltimore Chapter. Visit www.baltimore@proton.me

35] –On Thurs., Oct. 9 and Tues, Oct. 14  from 5 to 7 PM ET, Baltimore Sign Waves will do Sign-Making Happy Hours at the Union Craft Brewing, 1700 W. 41st St., #420, Baltimore, MD 21211. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/792347/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

Grab a few of the tools, and get to work on your signs for upcoming protests, including the No Kings Day 2.0 here in Baltimore. Make your voice heard! On Oct. 18, wave your sign in multiple locations along the Baltimore Running Festival route. Come protest against the erosion of our rights and freedoms. Bring: Cardboard/Foam Core, Printed Illustrations & Ideas & Creativity.  Available will be markers and other supplies, including a list of slogans, in case you need them. And don't forget: you can donate your sign if protesting isn't your thing.

36] –PEN America [dc@pen.org] on Thurs., Oct. 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM ET is holding a Banned Book Literary Salon at Open Gov Hub, 1100 13th St. NW, Suite 800, WDC 20005. Read books in honor of Banned Book Week 2025. Join in community to share drinks and light snacks, and celebrate free speech and books of all kinds! If you feel inclined, come to share an excerpt from a banned book or bring a poem or other short reading about censorship and freedom. PEN America DC's Literary Salon provides an opportunity to celebrate literature’s role in cultivating community and protecting democracy in turbulent times. This event is co-hosted with the Open Gov Hub. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWRlwhPF4SJkAinXaMBqhdCYp08J-sn2YGZsavPz4UD9pC8w/viewform

37] –The With Us For Us Coalition [loraine.arikat@1199.org] on Thurs., Oct. 9 from 6 to 8:30 PM ET is holding at Red Emma’s, 3128 Greenmount Ave., Baltimore 21218 for a community Art Build in preparation for the Oct. 15th rally! Four movements — Baltimore Abolition Movement, Bmore Against DSAI, JHU-Labor Roundtable, and the With Us For Us Coalition — are coming together to create powerful signs and posters demanding justice, accountability, and democracy from Johns Hopkins University & Hospital System. Bring Baltimore together to hold Hopkins accountable to its workers and community. With a $13 billion endowment and executives making millions, Hopkins has used extractive and non-democratic practices that harm residents, workers, and the environment. Rise up to fight back.  All materials for the art build will be provided — just bring your creativity, your voice, and your commitment to a fair and thriving Baltimore. Let’s make bold art that speaks truth to power! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/856140/

38] – The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security [joseph@cpdcs.ccsend.com] is holding a WEBINAR on Thurs., Oct. 9 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET. We are living through an ugly and increasingly dangerous time. From the genocide in Gaza to the grinding Ukraine war, the kidnapping of innocent immigrants on our streets to the assaults on our electoral system, people are killed and abused, human rights and democracy under attack. Midst massive and disorienting geopolitical changes we are also in the midst of a new Cold War and escalating many sided arms races. BUT, resistance is strong. Millions of people are joining rallies and standouts. Students and faculty resisting MAGA and corporate take overs of their universities. Nonviolent interventions to protect immigrants. A younger generation insisting on the end to genocide and respect for Palestinian rights. Opposition to increasing military spending, support for the Back from the Brink disarmament campaign. Court case after court case. Base building for the 2026 elections. What are and should be their priorities? RSVP https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h-7yyLY8Rl2mFFqvgjsyyQ#/registration

39] – Popular Democracy [cpd@populardemocracy.org] on Thurs., Oct. 9 at 7 PM ET will hold a National Fight Back call. Get trained in EMPOWER, a powerful relational organizing tool that can multiply your reach. Learn about which districts and members of Congress we'll be focusing on as we push back on the new administration's right-wing, extremist agenda. Get connected on strategic opportunities to take action at home and in DC. These calls will continue on Thursday through December 18, and the next one will be on Oct. 16. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/cpda/event/550558/?ms=EM+NationalCallFeb132+PD&emci=1adcad8a-8ae9-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=1bdcad8a-8ae9-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=447376

40] – The Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee [vnpeacecomm-gmail.com@shared1.ccsend.com] on Thurs., Oct. 9 at 7 PM ET will show a video of Peter Yarrow in Vietnam, His Memorial & the Vietnamese program for 30th anniversary. Thanks to the help of trip photographer Ted Lieverman, the Committee is able to share privately the rough cut of a never released video made by Don North about Peter's first performance tour to Viet Nam in 2005. It is a moving reminder of Peter's special contribution and of how different Viet Nam and relations with the US were twenty years ago. To participate virtually in Peter's memorial program, RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peter-yarrow-celebration-tickets-1664178866789?aff=oddtdtcreator

41] – Labor for Democracy [info@laborfordemocracy.org] on Thurs., Oct. 9 at 8 PM ET will hold a Zoom call about Labor Unions having a long history of standing strong in the face of injustice. Hear from the mayors of Chicago & Los Angeles on how they're meeting this moment as well as organizers on the ground across the country. This is the time for us to stand together and hit the streets on Oct 18th. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/854229/?can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2922453&email_subject=how-will-labor-meet-the-moment&link_id=1

42] –Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Oct. 9 at 9 PM ET will hold its weekly Campaign to Victory Call.  With the ongoing MAGA attacks on our economy, the social safety net, our liberties, democracy, and rule of law, no question it can be easy to get depressed. But the good news is - there's good news. Hear about the win for Progressive Aftyn Behn in TN-07 which took place on October 7. Behn won in her Special Election Primary for Congress by walking a neighborhood, making calls, donating, or any other way. Hear about the next steps for the huge No Kings Pt. 2 rallies taking place across the country on October 18. Register and the machine will email you your secure codes: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc?emci=8f694435-437d-f011-b481-6045bda9d23e&emdi=c064c03a-ce7d-f011-b481-6045bda9d23e&ceid=2907617#/registration

To be continued.

Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, and 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, M 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