Baltimore Activist Alert -- May 15 - 21, 2026

48] Peace vigil at White House – May 15

49] Women in Black vigil – May 15

50] Support the people of Gaza – May 15

51] Mutual aid event – May 15

52] Amy Goodman doc at Charles Theatre – May 15 - 21

53] Nakba remembrance – May 15

54] Silence gives consent – May 15

55] Peace vigil at Homewood Friends Meeting – May 15

56] Harford Mall sign waving -- May 16

57] Anti-nuke vigil -- May 16

58] No nukes for faith leaders – May 16

59] Tesla Takedown – May 16

60] End wars and occupations – May 16

61] No Lies, No War & No ICE -- May 16

62] Community Care picnic – May 16

63] Donations needed for the Silent Fallout project

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

65] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts

66] Do you need a doctor?

67] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records

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48] – 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. 

49] – 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.

50] – 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

51] – On Fridays, including May 15, 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. This event will next take place on May 15, and will continue through June 26.  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 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/

52] – On Fri., May 15 through Thurs., May 21 at 1 PM, you can see a documentary about Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now Steal This Story, Please! See it at the Charles Theatre, 1711 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21201.  

53] – Combatants for Peace [office@cfpeace.org] are asking What does Sumud look like today? On Fri., May 15 at 1 PM, join in for the 7th Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony. Hear personal stories of Sumud, reflections from Palestinian and Israeli speakers, and experience powerful artistic expression throughout the evening. This year’s Nakba Ceremony is centered on Sumud in Humanity - but what does Sumud mean to us? In places like Susya, Umm al-Khair, Bardala, and the villages of Masafer Yatta, Sumud is shaped by the conditions people are living under. Where building is restricted, it means rebuilding homes after demolition. Where land is under threat, it means continuing to farm and stay connected to it despite repeated settler attacks and pressure to leave. Register for the Joint Nakba Ceremony: https://www.cfpeace.org/

54] – Join RESIST - Silence Gives Consent, a visibility event organized for Indivisible, will take place on Fridays, May 15, 22. 29 & June 5, from 3 to 5 PM, at on an overpass at 9706 Gorman Road, Laurel 20723.  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 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/

55] – 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. 

56] – On Sat., May 16 from 10 AM to noon at the Harford Mall, 696 Belair Road, Be Air 21014, do a sign waving to save democracy.  There is parking closest to the intersection of Rt. 1 and Rt. 24. Join every Saturday at the Harford Mall in Bel Air, MD from 10AM-12PM. Park at the closed Macy’s parking lot close to the intersection at Rt.1 and Rt. 24. This event will continue through June 20. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/913370/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

57] – John Whitehead [jwwhiteh@yahoo.com] wants you to know that the next anti-nuclear peace vigil will happen on Sat., May 16 from 10 AM to noon. Assemble in Pershing Park, just off 15th Street (close to the White House). If you are coming from the Metro Center or Farragut North Metro stations, walk over to 15th St and then down to 15th & E, where the park is.

58] – Pax Christi USA [jcoode@paxchristiusa.ccsend.com] on Sat., May 16 from 10 to 11:30 AM ET is inviting you to attend a faith leaders’ summit dialogue on nuclear abolition. The Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (PCAN) will hold the first of four virtual summits, each featuring Catholic and other faith leaders, who will give brief presentations, exchange ideas, and field moderated questions from the Zoom audience on how to most effectively harness our collective efforts for nuclear disarmament. The summit will include Pax Christi USA 2022 Teacher of Peace Marie Dennis; ICAN's Dr. Ira Helfand; Giulia Bordin from Pax Christi International; David Cortwright from the University of Notre Dame; and Maria Udalova from Students for Nuclear Disarmament.

The three other sessions will be held on May 31 from 3 to 4:30 PM, June 6 from 2-3:30 PM and June 14 from 7 to 8:30 PMET. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSphHuQQefqPBPtaoL8yFT6ptE4e2npnKqS2qPNsNlwhPgpA/viewform

59] – On Sat., May 16 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, get with a Tesla Takedown, Tesla Silver Spring, 2320 Broadbirch Dr., Silver Spring 20904. This nonviolent rally outside of the Silver Spring Tesla showroom is to remind the community that Elon's lawless actions are dangerous and won't be tolerated. This will continue each Saturday through June 27. https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/771738/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendationsOn Sat., May 16 from 11:30 AM to 3 PM, Progressive Maryland will gather at the Enoch Pratt Free Library - Edmondson Avenue Branch, 4330 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore 21229. Join Progressive Maryland's #ProgressiveWave to knock on doors for the endorsed candidate, Malcolm Ruff! Training, snacks, and water will be provided. Come have fun, meet fellow members, and make a difference in this crucial primary election. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/945131/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org

60] – Dan O'Neal [dan@pdamerica.org] on Sat., May 16 at noon ET wants you to join a Progressive Democrats of America Zoom call to End Wars and Occupations.  You are invited to Zoom with the End Wars Working Group. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87687044345?pwd=SsFlGb9GqwHoeA3aGbFa6gvAe2oA84.1

61] – On Sat., May 16 from 1 to 2 PM, check out No Lies, No War, No Ice at McLean Central Park, 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22101. Come out to remind all that silence is not an option until all Americans are treated equally, billionaires pay taxes and the MAGA regime is just a bad memory. Come with signs, your voice and a commitment to positive change on the corner of Dolley Madison and Old Dominion.  RSVP at Accessibility https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/947754/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations

62] –The Baltimore DSA [baltimoredsa@gbdsa.org] on Sat., May 16 from 4 to 6 PM is inviting you to a Community Care Picnic. This will be a potluck style picnic, so bring a dish, snack, or beverage! Baltimore Abolition Movement, Baltimore Baby Fund, and the Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America are partnering to host this event at the Annex of Patterson Park, S. Ellwood Ave. & Gough St. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNRtTTLvnoxmbnJQwG5FPKgDaPEPfM3ENVvZ6XwCULOLpP_g/viewform?link_id=6&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-baltimore-dsa-newsletter-april-2026&email_referrer=email_3233836&email_subject=baltimore-dsa-newsletter-may-2026

63] – Hideaki Ito [silentfalloutproject.org@gmail.com] wants to give you an update about the Silent Fallout Project. 2025 was a successful year. The film started streaming on Amazon in the US on March 10 this year -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0GD8QSDHZ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r?tag=usalinktagdefault-20&geniuslink=true

Now there are plans for 2026. Make a donation at https://www.silentfalloutproject.org/donation

64] – 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. 

65] -- 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.

66] – 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.  

67]- 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