Baltimore Activist Alert – November 2 – 3, 2025

Baltimore Activist Alert – November 2 – 3, 2025

"I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther King Jr.

Friends, this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center.  Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com. 

If you appreciate this information and would like to make a donation, send contributions to Max Obuszewski, BNC, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212.  Max can be reached at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net.

1] Books, buttons and stickers

2] Web site for info on federal legislation

3] Need help in archiving activist material

4] Get the book A Bag of Snakes

5] Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois

6] Canvass for DSA member – Nov. 2

7] Canvass for Omodamola – Nov. 2

8] Friends meeting – Nov. 2

9] Memes -- Nov. 2

10] Doctors against Genocide – Nov. 2

11] Win in Virginia/New Jersey -- Nov. 2-3

12] Abolition Working Group meeting – Nov. 2

13] Organizing skills -- Nov. 2

14] Peace vigil at the White House – Nov. 2

15] Hear from Ro Khanna – Nov. 2

16] DSA Electoral working group meeting – Nov. 2

17] Vigil at the Pentagon – Oct. 27

18] Baltimore Sign Wave – Nov. 3

19] Hear from journalists abducted by Israel – Nov. 3

20] Grassroots protection for the vote – Nov. 3

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1] – Buttons, bumper stickers and books are available.  “God Bless the Whole World, No Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.

2] –To obtain information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.  Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.

3] –  Janice Sevre-Duszynska needs some assistance in archiving her activist material.  If you are interested in this project, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.

4] – Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are making available “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to pre-order your copy. Your donation will provide a needed financial boost for the printing costs. The suggested donation is $20 for one copy; and $30 for your copy and an additional copy for a prisoner or someone in need. Any donation is appreciated. More or less you will receive the book.  Barry and the team have spent over two years putting this book together. It begins with outlines and notes found in the boxes of materials Murphy left when she ascended. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.

To order by postal mail, make your check to Open Door Community.  Send it to Open Door Community, PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234.  For any questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org.

5] – Another book to consider purchasing is Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois. His new book is both memoir and position-paper, and it makes the case that the Roman Catholic Church is a corrupt system that spits out truth-tellers. The crime he was excommunicated for was attending the ordination ceremony of Janice Sevre-Duszynska in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2008. The ordination was under the auspices of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests.  The Vatican’s response has been to excommunicate any woman who has the audacity to see herself as a priest equal to a male priest. You can purchase a copy from Amazon or by Kindle.

Here are two quotes to contemplate: “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men. She is to keep silent.” – Timothy 1, 2:12-13.  “If the patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die.” – Roy Bourgeois.

6] – Join the Frankie Fritz for Greenbelt City Council Canvass on Sun., Nov. 2 from 9:30 AM to 1 PM. Meet at the Greenbelt Metro Station, 5717 Greenbelt Metro Dr., Greenbelt 20770. Call 301-501-0485. You will be provided literature and a list number for MiniVAN. Please indicate in your RSVP if you are able to drive to the metro to transport other volunteers to a canvass location. Bring a water bottle, a tote bag and sunscreen. Make sure your phone is charged and that you have installed the MiniVAN app and also the Signal app. Check out the Frankie for Greenbelt website at frankieforgreenbelt.org for key talking points. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/frankie-for-greenbelt-last-chance-canvass-nov-2-930am-2?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-24-2025&email_referrer=email_2959227&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-31-2025&&

7] –  On Sun., Nov. 2 starting at 10 AM, canvassing will begin in hourly shifts through 6 PM. Car pools are available at 10 AM from Ward 1 in D.C. Get over to the Omodamola for Gaithersburg City Council Canvass at the Gateway Apartments, 925 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg 20877. Call 240-855-7846. Join the Montgomery County DSA for canvassing for MDC DSA member and endorsed candidate Omodamola Williams for Gaithersburg City Council. Omo is running to get rent stabilization in the city, increased police accountability, giving municipal workers the right to collectively bargain and more! Meet in the parking lot for a brief training and list gathering. Then go to the many homes in the neighborhood. Lastly, please make sure you have miniVAN and Signal installed on your phone with full charge before arriving. The Signal group link is here: https://signal.group/#CjQKIGP-vRz6kxvBQ8hRVj3vmyyDfLeWTGQAswDutKsDh5UYEhCaJ-S14BLJFIqGcc_8aBfU

If you have questions or need a ride contact Demitrius at 240-855-7846.  RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/112-omodamola-for-gaithersburg-canvass-10am?link_id=10&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-24-2025&email_referrer=email_2959227&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-31-2025&&

8] – Homewood Friends Meeting [homewoodfriends@gmail.com] gathers for worship on Sundays at 10:30 AM at 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218 and on Zoom.  A simple lunch will take place after the 10:30 AM worship. Call 410-235-4438. To join by Zoom, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/255867065?pwd=UDNxVnlVSkZQOHlXWlc3NHpHeHdhZz09#success

9] – The Baltimore Ethical Society invites you on Sundays at 10:30 AM for a platform presentation on Zoom or at the Impact Hub Baltimore, 10 E. North Ave., Baltimore 21202. Email president@bmorethical.org. Masks are optional. On Sun., Nov. 2, check out The Simpsons, Fellas and Vatniks: the Meme Information War for Ukraine--Humor in a Dark Time is a virtual platform on Sun., Nov. 2 at 10:30 AM with Terilee Edwards-Hewitt, adjunct professor in Anthropology at Montgomery College, and a Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Studies at George Mason University.  Memes often a unique way to communicate on social media as they are rapidly dispersed, containing compressed information, and easily understood. While memes are a newer form of war related visual media, there are in the tradition of posters and artwork done to generate public feeling. However, different than information and propaganda prior to social media, pro-Ukrainian memes often use parody and employ popular culture references and are created by people in Ukraine and elsewhere. Frequent US popular culture references are included in pro-Ukrainian memes include The Simpsons, Game of Thrones, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as remixing other well-known memes. The use of these popular culture references helps demonstrate the cultural connections to people’s lives off-line and online. Like propaganda posters by US government in during World War II, even the official Ukrainian Defense Ministry has used Twitter memes to share their perspective on the possible large-scale invasion of Ukraine (before February 24, 2022) and the war itself. People are using memes to discuss a military conflict and the ramifications of it in new ways. While the use of memes should not detract from the horrors of warfare, these memes are ways to show support and solidarity, in addition to being a form of resistance by those inside or from Ukraine and at the same time showing the power of popular culture.  RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/bmorethical/events/311264456/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

10] – Doctors against Genocide [leadership@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] on Sun., Nov. 2 at noon want you to know about the Expanding Medical Frontline against Genocide in the Sudan. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUUzycRDSwaem750Nc6iFg?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-beyond-survival-healing-and-humanity-in-times-of-genocide&email_referrer=email_2949752&email_subject=from-iags-to-the-un-the-expanding-medical-frontline-against-genocide&&#/registration

11] – On Sun., Nov. 2 from noon to 3 PM & 3 to PM and Mon., Nov. 3 from 6 to 8 PM, Indivisible has organized Let's Win in Virginia and New Jersey! This includes virtual phone banking for Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/823024/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type

Join in to help Abigail Spanberger become the next Governor of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill the next governor of New Jersey. Join the friendly, expert phone banking crew at J Walkers Action Group and Indivisible Montgomery (MD); you will receive all the training you need prior to making calls. Bring your computer, phone and a smile in your voice! You will need to have an Action ID account before using this phone system. Set one up for free here: https://www.ngpvan.com/actionid/. The next phone bank will be on Nov. 1, and this event will continue through Nov. 3.

12] – On Sun., Nov. 2 from 1 to 4 PM, the Abolition Working Group will be hosting a training and canvass to build awareness of the brake light clinic. At the training, volunteers will learn how to change a brake light (1 to 2 PM). Volunteers will then embark to canvass in local neighborhoods (2 to 4 PM) and invite residents to the brake light clinic. The meeting spot for the training and canvassing will be in the AutoZone parking lot, 955 Longfellow St. NW, WDC 20011. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/brake-light-clinic-training-canvassing-2/?link_id=20&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-24-2025&email_referrer=email_2959227&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-october-31-2025&&

13] -- On Sundays, Nov. 2 and Dec. 7, from 2 to 3:45 PM, get with a virtual Evergreen Organizing Skills: The Hard 1:1, hosted by the Sunrise Movement. Much of activism is devoted to trying to spread the word and "visibility" of an issue. But the step between agreement and action is a huge one! How do you convince someone who isn't already on your side, is skeptical, or even hostile to join your cause? Learn about and practice the skills needed to have a Hard 1:1 (aka a structured organizing conversation). RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/794334/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org

14] –Abraham Bonowitz // Death Penalty Action [info@deathpenaltyaction.org] on Sun., Nov. 2 at 2:30 PM wants you to know that there is a Vigil for Peace at the White House. This event is a coalition effort on a variety of issues, one of which is the death penalty.  DPA can only take a position on the Death Penalty, and we are proud to stand in solidarity with others on that issue.  Besides Death Penalty Action, the event is co-sponsored by the Catholic Worker Movement, Consistent Life Network and Rehumanize International.

15] –Join the virtual Progressive Town Hall, hosted by Progressive Democrats of America, on Sun., Nov. 2 from 4 to 5:30 PM ET. The guest is Ro Khanna, who has been traveling the country, speaking with Americans from all walks of life and from all political persuasions.  Hear what he has learned. Americans embrace progressive economics! Indeed, if engaged sincerely and respectfully, Ro has learned that Americans want a progressive America!

So, if Trump, Stephen Miller, and the cast of goons and villains in the current administration have been getting you down, join in this Sunday for a blast of hope! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/855174/

16] – The Northern Virginia DSA Electoral working group meeting is on Sun., Nov. 2 from 7 to 8 PM!  A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-electoral-monthly-working-group-meeting-1102?clear_id=true&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-10232025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2957431&email_subject=10302025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&

Join in #nova-electoral on Slack, and fill out the interest form. Also, feel free to reach out to @Alex Yarkosky on Slack with any questions about electoral work. 

17] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop.  The next vigil is Nov. 2, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649.  The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. 

By Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across to protest area. By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr.,  and there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begins at 8 AM.  No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located inside Marriot Providence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.

18] –  Baltimore Sign Waves on Mon., Nov. 2 from 7:30 to 8:30 AM will be at West Northern Parkway & Roland Ave., Baltimore 21210. Join in the waving of pro-democracy signs! Bring your sign or just show up. This event will continue through Nov. 24. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/793151/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest

19] – Defending Rights & Dissent [updates@rightsanddissent.org] on Mon., Nov.  3 at noon wants you to hear from journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas. In this live webinar, co-hosted by Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) and Defending Rights & Dissent, examine what it means for press freedom when journalists are punished for bearing witness. Hear directly from all three U.S. journalists who were detained after joining humanitarian flotillas bound for Gaza.

Alex Colston of Drop Site News, Emily Wilder of Jewish Currents and Noa Avishag Schnall, independent journalists, who faced silence and inaction from their own government in the aftermath of their abduction, will share their experiences while detained and discuss what drove them to take this risk while so many reporters are self-censoring. RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__E3WEj9YSO-NiwSrq7NyDQ?emci=f79d4eae-7fb6-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=bb05fa2e-88b6-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=2461345#/registration

20] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to participate with the Grassroots Election Protection Coalition/ALLIANCE 4 GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY Zoom on Mon., Nov. 2 at 5 PM ET. Hear from leading activists, elected officials, and others committed to union organizing as well as cleaning up our elections and the environment, and other critically important issues. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration

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/.

"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