Baltimore Activist Alert -- April 3 - 4, 2026

59] Peace vigil at White House – April 3

60] Women in Black vigil – April 3

61] Support the people of Gaza – April 3

62] Silence gives consent – April 3

63] Peace vigil at Homewood Friends Meeting – April 3

64] Enough is enough – April 3

65] An organizer’s view of endless wars – April 3

66] Canvass for Josie Caballero – April 4

67] Meet and Greet with Mark Conway – April 4

68] Northern Virginia Fiber Arts Group meeting – April 4

69] Sign Wave & Food Pantry collection – April 4

70] Brake light clinic – April 4

71] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout project

72] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"

73] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

74] Do you need a doctor?

75] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

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59] – 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. 

60] – 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. Email wibbaltimore@peacepath911.org

61] – 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

62] – Join RESIST - Silence Gives Consent, a visibility event organized for Indivisible, will take place on Fridays, including April 3, 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/

63] – 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. 

64] – On Fridays, including April 3, from 5 to 6 PM ET, join Indivisible to say Enough is Enough at the east side of 16th St. between 2nd Avenue and Grace Church Road, Silver Spring 20910.  RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/781857/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

65] –  Kathy Boylan [kathyboylan5@gmail.com] is inviting you on Fri., April 4 at 7:30 PM at the Dorothy Day House, 503 Rock Creek Church Road NW, WDC 20010 for a Clarification of Thought: An Organizer's View of Endless War$ & Rule by Chaos Theory with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator and co-founder of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He has been active in peace and justice movements for many years, including organizing large protests against nuclear weapons and space militarization. A Vietnam-era Air Force veteran, he has long been involved in anti-war and labor organizing efforts.

66] – Join a Canvass for Josie Caballero on Sat., April 4 from 10 AM to 2 PM at Jesup Blair Park, 900 Jesup Blair Drive, Silver Spring 20910. MoCo DSA has endorsed candidate Josie Caballero for Montgomery County Council At-Large! Knock on doors to tell them all about Josie and her tireless support for teachers. Jesup Blair Park is an 18 -minute walk from the Silver Spring Metro stop. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/canvass-for-josie-caballero-sunday-44?link_id=92&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-20-2026&email_referrer=email_3164804&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-27-2026&&

67] – Join a Meet & Greet supporting Mark Conway, candidate for Congress MD seventh hosted by Friends of Mark Conway for Congress on Sat., April 4 from 10 AM to noon.  The Meet & Greet will take place at /Roland View Towers, 3939 Roland Ave., Floor 1 meeting room, Baltimore 21211.  RSVP at bit.ly/ConwayApril4

68] – On April 4 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM, the Northern Virginia Fiber Arts group will meet at the Mary Riley Styles Library, (main level conference room), 20 N. Virginia Ave., Falls Church, VA 22046. Please post questions to the discussion board.

This group aims to promote, celebrate, and build community around the fiber arts, including knitting, crocheting, sewing, embroidering, felting, and needle-punching. This group is a way for members to develop fiber skills, mitigate burnout, and connect organizers who normally work in different realms. A fiber arts community strengthens our bonds as organizers and community members while curating a low-barrier space where organizers can exchange ideas and be creative. We are knitting/crocheting things (hats, blankets, etc.) to donate!

Everyone is encouraged to bring their current projects. If you don't have a current project, crochet plastic yarn for mats with us! Extra supplies provided! Please bring any items to be donated and/or for fundraising (finished hats, blankets, socks, hygiene items, non-perishable food, etc.) for the next Mutual Aid distribution event. https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-2026-nova-fiber-arts?clear_id=true&link_id=28&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-03262026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_3173825&email_subject=04022026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&

69] – Chesapeake Indivisible is doing a Sign Wave and Food Pantry collection on Saturdays, including April 4, from 11 AM to 1 PM at the sidewalks of Annapolis Mall, the corner of Bestgate Blvd. and Generals Highway in Parole. Bring shelf-stable food donations, and/or donations for the Women’s and Infants Pantry at the library in the Annapolis Mall! RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesapeakeindivisible/event/834849/

70] – Get over to the Brake Light Clinic for training & canvassing on Sat., April 4 from 1 to 4 PM at the Autozone Parking Lot, 519 Rhode Island Ave. NE, WDC 20002. Emil abolition@mdcdsa.org.  RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/brake-light-clinic-training-canvassing-1

MDC DSA’S Abolition Working Group is holding the training to help prep for future events. Afterwards join a happy hour at Metrobar.

71] – 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

72] – 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. 

73] -- 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.

Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218.  Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.

74] – 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.  

75]- 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