Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Baltimore Activist Alert -- April 22 - 23, 2026

48] Make polluters pay – April 22

49] Sign wave in Lauraville – April 22

50] Sign Wave in Baltimore – April 22

51] Towson sign wave – April 22

52] Health care town hall April 22

53] Webinar on Cuba – April 22

54] PDA Disabilities Issues call – April 22

55] Vigil at ICE headquarters – April 23

56] What’s the Plan? – April 23

57] On the overpass – April 23

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48] – Fossil Free Media [info@fossilfree.media] on Wed., April 22 at 1 PM will hold a Make Polluters Pay Press Conference and on Thurs., April 23 from 5  to 7:30 PM is inviting you to a Happy Hour at the Tabbard Inn. At the press conference at the Senate Swamp with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Ro Khanna hear about the Windfall Profits tax. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/big-oil-rakes-in-profits-while-gas-prices-surge-tax-big-oil-billionaires/?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-join-us-for-dc-climate-week-make-polluters-pay-happy-hour&email_referrer=email_3187341&email_subject=join-us-for-dc-climate-week-make-polluters-pay-press-conference-and-happy-hour&&

 These events are an opportunity to connect and take action alongside others who care about climate justice and holding major polluters accountable. Share updates on the fight to make polluters pay and ways to plug in and make an impact. Bring a friend, spread the word, and help build momentum during DC Climate Week.  RSVP here for the Happy Hour: https://luma.com/swpll1dk?can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_3187341&email_subject=join-us-for-dc-climate-week-make-polluters-pay-press-conference-and-happy-hour&link_id=1&source=email-join-us-for-dc-climate-week-make-polluters-pay-happy-hour

49] – Join the Sign Wave with Northeast Neighbors (Lauraville) on Wednesdays, including April 22 & 29 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at Harford Road & Parkside Drive, Baltimore 21214. The Wednesday Movement launched on March 12, 2025 when disgruntled seniors took to the streets at 40th Street and Roland Avenue in Baltimore to make their pro-democracy, anti-Trump, anti-Putin views known. Note this event will be held in a drizzle but maybe not in a downpour and definitely not with thunder/lightning in the forecast. Contact Anne George, 443-831-7528, for more information on initiating a sign wave in your area. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/baltimoresignwaves/event/784682/

50] – Join Sign Waves with the Wednesday Movement from 4:30 to 5:30 PM on Wednesdays, including April 22, at Roland Avenue & West 40th St., Baltimore 21211. The Movement, a weekly Pro-Democracy, Anti-Trump, Anti-Putin vigil, gathers on a heavily trafficked Baltimore street corner.  This will continue through June 24. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/baltimoresignwaves/event/763996/

51] – Get over to the Stevenson Lane Sign Wave on Wednesdays, April 22 & 29, from 5:30 to 6 PM at Woodbrook Church, 25 Stevenson Lane, Baltimore 21212.  Park in church parking lot, and feel free to stop by even if you can't stay the whole time! This event will be canceled if raining hard. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/baltimoresignwaves/event/804632/

52] – Progressive Maryland [info@progressivemaryland.org] wants you to know on Wed., April 22 from 6 to 8 PM, there is a health care town hall at the Greater Mt. Nebo African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1001 Old Mitchellville Road, Bowie 20716 with Wala Blegay, candidate for Congress District 05 Maryland. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/934820/?emci=69b0c0a2-d23c-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&emdi=2f6a4846-d33c-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&ceid=136680

53] – Ken Jones [info+war-industry-resisters-network-info@email.actionnetwork.org] on Wed., April 22 at 8 PM ET is inviting you to a webinar on Cuba. Hear from Medea Benjamin and Danny Valdes. Register at https://masspeaceaction.org/event/cuba-si-bloqueo-no-a-wirn-webinar/

This webinar will address the nature of the US war on Cuba and the humanitarian efforts now happening on behalf of the Cuban people. It will be a call to action to stand with and speak out for our brothers and sisters in this beautiful neighboring nation. The US has been sanctioning the people of Cuba for well over 60 years now. It has been an illegal, unwarranted, and immoral act of war and has crippled the Cuban economy with deadly results. Now, with the fuel blockade, conditions have worsened considerably, with severe shortages in fuel, food, medicines, and electricity. Recently, a CODEPINK delegation 6,300 pounds of urgently needed medicines and medical supplies, including neonatal equipment, analgesics, catheters, and other critical hospital materials. The supplies, valued at $433,000, were collected by Global Health Partners

54] – On Wednesdays, April 22 or May 27, at 9 PM ET, join a Progressive Democrats of America Disabilities Issue Organizing Team call. Discuss how we fight back as we stand up for the Disabilities Community and benefits that most of us will need before we pass. Special focus will be on legislative and electoral campaigns that we can all get involved with to bring about real change. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdumvqDwoGNx6xKMg-liSlwcpK1dJ0jzb?emci=60cf6a5a-3311-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&emdi=177b4617-9111-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&ceid=2907617#/registration

55] -- Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore [info@paxchristimdcb.org] on Thurs., April 23 from 8:30 to 9 AM is holding a prayer service outside ICE headquarters, 500 12th ST. SW, WDC.  The closest Metro is L’Enfant Plaza [Exit C, 9th St.] or Smithsonian [SW corner, 12th St. at Independence Ave.] All are invited to a prayer service in support of our immigrant brothers and sisters, especially for Haitians who are facing the revocation of their Temporary Protective Status. Also commemorate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on what would have been his 97th birthday.  This is what Pax Christi shared: "As Catholics and people of deep faith, we reject the culture of fear and silence that dehumanizes, and we choose instead to stand with migrants. We defend the innate human dignity of our neighbors, family members, fellow parishioners, classmates, coworkers, and friends."

56] -- On Thurs., April 23 from 3 to 4 PM ET, check out virtually What's the Plan with Leah and Ezra. The chaos out of the White House is meant to overwhelm us. The antidote is community. Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin to break down the week’s biggest political stories, answer your questions, and map out strategies for taking action. This is people-powered politics in real time. Questions can be submitted via the Q&A function during the live event. This event will next happen on April 23 and will continue through Dec. 17. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/874938/

57] – On Thursdays, including April 23, 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. Contact Nora Terres at noratprotests@gmail.com. This will continue each Thursday, and end on May 28. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/929425/

To be continued

Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 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

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