Baltimore Activist Alert – August 2 – 3, 2026
"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.
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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] Contact the White House
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]
Labor
History Project
7]
Friends
meeting – August 2
8]
Poetry
Salon – August 2
9] Doctors against genocide – August 2
10] Join Indivisible Bowie on the bridge – August
2
11] Weekly PDA Town Hall –
August 2
12]
History of
Gaza – August 2
13] Vigil at the Pentagon – August 3
14]
Public land
working group – August
3
14]
Moral Monday – August 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] –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.” Your donation will provide a needed financial boost to 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. Barry and the team 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 book 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. He was excommunicated for 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] – William Barry [billbarry21214@gmail.com] has a request. As the country begins to celebrate our 250th anniversary, our history is complicated, but one thing is certain--labor history is always deleted. So he created the MD250 Labor History Project and hopes you will participate by sending in labor history materials, and by sharing it with your friends, as part of creating a union movement. Go to https://www.md250laborhistory.org/
"We are either part of the solution or part of the problem." "The only reason an organization has dead wood is that management either hired dead wood or it hired live wood and killed it." - W. Edwards Deming
7] – 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
8] – The Baltimore Ethical Society Sunday meetings are held at 10:30 AM on Zoom every week and hybrid (Zoom and In-person) approximately twice a month at The Impact Hub, 10 E. North Ave., Baltimore. To receive a Zoom invitation, please email president@bmorethical.org. On Sun., Aug. 2, enjoy the third annual Baltimore Ethical Society poetry salon. It will be hosted by Kirk Mullen, BES member, former BES president & chair of the Caring Committee. Enjoy the beauty of the spoken word. After the reading, participate in discussing what the poem evoked in you. Mullen spent 33 years working with impoverished rural and urban youth prior to retiring as a school psychologist and educator. Visit https://www.meetup.com/bmorethical/events/315688666/?eventOrigin=group_events_list
9] – Doctors against Genocide [leadership@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] will hold its weekly webinar on Sun., Aug. 2 at noon. RSVP at https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/
10] – On Sun., Aug. 2, from 1 to 3 PM ET at 15202 Major Lansdale Blvd., Bowie 20716, join Indivisible Bowie for a Visibility Brigade sign wave on the pedestrian bridge over Route 50. Come when you can! Help bring attention to important issues and let your neighbors and commuters know they are not alone in fighting back against authoritarianism.
Parking is behind the Hampton Inn in the old theatre lot. Follow the paved path through the chain-link fence, then turn left onto the pedestrian trail to reach the bridge. Approximately a 4-minute walk. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/873914/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations
11] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Sun., Aug. 2 at 4 PM will hold its weekly Town Hall. Join in for a Conversation with Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate and Hartzell Gray for Congress. The next two Tuesdays could be a defining moment for the progressive movement. This Tuesday, PDA is on the verge of winning the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Michigan with last week’s Town Hall guest, Abdul El-Sayed. Then, on Tues., Aug. 11, progressives have a real opportunity to win the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary with Francesca Hong. These are two critical swing states, and two opportunities to elect bold progressive leaders.
There is a spotlight on one of the most important races on the August 4 ballot: Hartzell Gray for Congress in Missouri. Hartzell is a PDA leader and a frequent participant in our town halls. His campaign is about more than one district—it’s about proving that voters can overcome partisan gerrymandering and help open the door to a Democratic wave in the 2026 midterm elections. Also hear from Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate. Running in challenging political terrain in Florida, Angie has earned the strong support of the progressive and labor movements. Recent polling suggests she could be the strongest Democratic candidate to take on the Republican nominee this fall.
12] – On Sun., Aug. 2 at 6:30 PM, enjoy a discussion "THE MODERN HISTORY OF GAZA" with Imam Anwar Arafat at the Qahwa Cafe, 46903 Sugarland Road, Sterling, VA 20164. At 7:30 PM, there will a social service. The presentation by an Imam who lived in Gaza will deal with misconceptions and the blatant misinformation in the media. Register at https://adamscenter.org/events/
13] – There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. However, the Pentagon police, presumably on the orders of President Trump, have made it impossible to protest on the reservation. Now it will take place on the corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr. in Arlington, VA. The next vigil is Aug. 3, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649.
