56] Peace vigil at White House – April 10
57] Women in Black vigil – April 10
58] Support the people of Gaza – April 10
59] Mutual aid event – April 10
60] Silence gives consent – April 10
61] Documenting Immigration Enforcement – April 10
62] Peace vigil at Homewood Friends Meeting – April
10
63] AFSC plenary – April 10
64] Birdwatching Patterson Park
– April 11
65] Patterson Park clean up – April 11
66] Apartheid Israel – April 11
67] Film THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB – April 11
68] Harriet's House Community Hub Launch Party – April 11
69] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout project
70] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest
Primer"
71] Tell JHU president to renounce
nuclear weapons contracts
72]
Do you need a doctor?
73] Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
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56] – There is a weekly vigil at the White
House on Fridays from noon to 1 PM sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic
Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or
call 202-882-9649.
57] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Baltimore Women in Black vigil for peace with men and women who live in Roland Park. WIB invites all to join, and any peace sign is welcome, such as "Defuse Nuclear War." The vigil takes place outside Roland Park Place at 830 West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.
58] – The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action Hour every Friday at noon ET. You’ll get updates from AFSC staff in Gaza, hear what’s happening on Capitol Hill, and get resources for your activism. Together, contact Congress to demand an arms embargo on Israel, and fully funded humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at https://afsc.org/actionhour?emci=822f3fb8-241a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=20221eff-f41a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=764241
59] – On Fridays, April 10, from noon to 4 PM, get over to the Mutual Aid Event at Pip Moyer Recreation Center, (Annapolis Recreation and Parks), 273 Hilltop Lane, Annapolis 21403. Join Chesapeake Indivisible and other local volunteers in helping to unpack, sort, bag food, help load packed food in cars and, optional, help deliver in your vehicle, food to families unable to come to the drive through. Meet at 12 noon at Pip Moyer Center, and operation leaders will direct you to where help is needed. This event does not take place on the first Friday of the month. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesapeakeindivisible/event/913253/
60] – Join RESIST - Silence Gives Consent, a visibility event organized for Indivisible, will take place on Fridays, including April 10, from 3 to 5 PM. at on an overpass at 9706 Gorman Road, Laurel 20723. This event will continue through June 5. Protest this Trump administration and to protect our democracy. If you too feel a need to speak out and use your freedom to protest, then this is your opportunity to join like-minded people who believe in our constitution and in humanity. This is a fun way to do something useful - lots of honking and affirmation from the 20K+ cars below. Wear your warm clothes or your character costumes. Bring your flags, small signs (for local traffic) and large signs for the 95 traffic below. Or just bring yourself and friends too of course. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/891474/
61] – On Fri., April 10 at 3:15 PM ET join a workshop Documenting Immigration Enforcement as a Tool for Community Self-Defense and Self-Representation. This workshop will explore documentation techniques that the AFSC US-Mexico Border Program has honed over decades of community self-defense work against inhumane immigration enforcement. This workshop will highlight strategies our team has used to document and archive ICE and Customs/Border Patrol misconduct–while telling community-centered stories of resistance. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/afscfriendsengagement/event/922031/?emci=4dccb6c8-5933-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&emdi=1a064ed3-2434-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&ceid=764241
62] – Sarah Bur <clerk@homewoodfriends.org> wants you to know that a Peace Vigil will occur every Friday from 5 to 6 PM at Homewood Friends, 3107 N. Charles Street, Baltimore 21218. Signs are available. There is comfort and empowerment found in coming together as a community to witness against war. Children welcome.
63] – AFSC [alumni@afsc.org] on Fri., April 10 at 6:30 PM ET is inviting you to a virtual AFSC Corporation Plenary. The plenary address will be made by Anton Flores-Maisonet. You are invited to join in online. Anton is the founding director of Casa Alterna, an Atlanta-based ministry under the care of Atlanta Friends Meeting. Casa Alterna provides short and long-term housing to immigrant communities and cultivates supportive spaces for healing and new beginnings. A social worker, spiritual director, and author, Anton has spent decades building intentional communities. His life and work remind us that hospitality is resistance, faith is expressed through solidarity, and love knows no borders. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/afscfriendsengagement/event/921959/?emci=4dccb6c8-5933-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&emdi=1a064ed3-2434-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&ceid=764241
64] – On Sat., April 11 at 8 AM ET, join a birdwatching tour of Patterson Park, Baltimore 21224. Meet on the southernmost end of the Boat Lake in Patterson Park, closest intersection is Eastern Avenue and South Rose Street. From there, walk directly north into the park via the cobblestone path, approximately 100 yards. Over 200 bird species have visited Patterson Park, an important migratory stopover in Baltimore City! Audubon and Baltimore Bird Club experts will lead in search of avian friends! No experience necessary. Email baltimore@audubon.org. RSVP at https://md.audubon.org/events/birding-tour-patterson-park-baltimore-1
65] –Join a Habitat Team in Patterson Park on Saturdays, April 11 or May 2, from 8 to 9:30 AM at the Patterson Park Habitat Gardens, South Rose St. & Eastern Avenue, Baltimore21224. Help build bird habitat in Audubon’s native plant gardens in Patterson Park! Need volunteers to make sure they remain healthy habitats for the park’s birds and butterflies, as well as safe spaces for learning and exploring. Come to weed, mulch, and/or plant while spending the morning outdoors with friends, family, and Audubon. For questions, email baltimore@audubon.org. Meet at the wetland garden, uphill & northwest of the boat lake in Patterson Park. Please note, there is no driving in the park. RSVP ay https://www.mobilize.us/audubon-mid-atlantic/event/906415/?emci=7032b97e-ed0c-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&emdi=4dae1a51-0f0d-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&ceid=2504878
66] – On Sat., April 11 at 2 PM ET, join the Apartheid-Free Movement: How Quakers are Working Together to End Israeli Apartheid. In 2023, AFSC launched the Apartheid-Free campaign, asking communities of all types to make a public commitment to work to cut ties with Israeli apartheid. This workshop will highlight the goals of Apartheid-Free as an effective tool for education and discernment and share specific ways Quakers are taking action within the larger Apartheid-Free network. Register at https://www.mobilize.us/afscfriendsengagement/event/922035/?emci=4dccb6c8-5933-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&emdi=1a064ed3-2434-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&ceid=764241
67] – On Sat., APRIL 11 at 2 PM at the North Baltimore Mennonite Church, 4615 Roland Avenue, Baltimore 21210, watch and discuss THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB. Email wbw.baltimore@proton.me
68] – There is a Harriet's House Community Hub Launch Party on Sat., April 11 from 5 to 9 PM. This event's address is private. Celebrate Harriet's Wildest Dreams’ 5th anniversary at their new home! Learn about what they've been up to, meet some of their community partners, and center Black joy through dance, food, and fellowship. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/hwd/event/923852/You are formally and cordially invited to Harriet’s House, the grand opening of the physical embodiment of the Harriet’s Wildest Dreams Community Defense Hub. Harriet’s Wildest Dreams is the epitome of a freedom dream fulfilled. Join in for a night of music, dinner, dancing and above all else community. Visit wbw.baltimore@proton.me
69] – Hideaki Ito [silentfalloutproject.org@gmail.com] wants to give you an update about the Silent Fallout Project. 2025 was a successful year. Now there are plans for 2026. Make a donation at https://www.silentfalloutproject.org/donation
70] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison. He has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Dave printed new copies of For All the Saints, a Protest Primer- 250+ pp w photos-therefore #'s 351-400 making it o so collectable with two Berrigan book reviews added. The books are signed, and the price remains $25. Will send free if need be- he is not in it for the money! If you want one, send him a check, or contact Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218 by email at 1941mireille@gmail.com.
71] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
72] – Yousef Zarbalian [EastWestRheum@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
73]- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
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/.
“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
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