Baltimore Activist Alert – July 26 – 28, 2026

 Baltimore Activist Alert – July 26 – 28, 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.

 

Friends, this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center.  Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com. 

 

If you appreciate this information and would like to donate, 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 – July 26

8] The habitat – July 26

9] Doctors against genocide – July 26

10] Join Indivisible Bowie on the bridge – July 26

11] Weekly PDA Town Hall – July 26

12] Vigil at the Pentagon – July 27

13] Mass in solidarity with the Haitian community – July 28

14] No to Nuclear – July 28

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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 for 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. More or less you will receive the book.  Barry and the team have 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. This 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. "Homegrown National Park" by Rosalie Donatelli - a BES Virtual Sunday Platform - will take place on July 26 at 10:30 AM.  What if the largest national park began right where we live? The future of biodiversity isn’t determined only in national parks and wilderness areas—also depends on the choices we make where we live. As natural habitats continue to disappear, the green spaces around us have become increasingly important in rebuilding the healthy ecosystems that sustain pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.

 

Drawing on the principles of Douglas Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park movement, Donatelli shares practical, science-based ideas for creating habitat and restoring biodiversity. Whether you have a large yard, a small garden, or just a few pots on a patio or balcony, discover how millions of small actions, taken together, can become one of the largest grassroots' conservation efforts in history. Donatelli has been a member of the Baltimore Ethical Society for about 15 years and has served as Treasurer for the past five years. A lifelong environmental and peace activist, she has been a Certified Master Gardener and volunteer educator for more than 20 years, first with Rutgers University Extension and now with the University of Maryland Extension, where she promotes native plants, organic gardening, and sustainable landscaping.

 

9] – Doctors against Genocide [leadership@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] will meet on Sun., July 26 at noon.  RSVP at https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org

 

10] – On Sundays, July 26 & 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. If you can't do full time, no worries, 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, please look for the sign. 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., July 26 at 4 PM will hold its weekly Town Hall and host Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate. Election Day in Michigan is August 4.  Of all the Democratic primaries between a progressive populist and establishment liberal this year, the Michigan Senate contest could be the most consequential in mapping the party's future. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4?emci=d92fd342-d866-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b640&emdi=889b4b12-3067-f111-8fcb-000d3a14b640&ceid=2907617#/registration

 

12] – 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 July 27, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker.  Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call 202-882-9649. 

 

By car from D.C. area, take 395 South and get off at Exit 8A-Pentagon South Parking. Take slight right onto S. Rotary Rd. at end of ramp and right on S. Fern St. Then take left onto Army Navy Dr. You can "pay to park" on Army Navy Dr. or there is meter parking one block on right on Eads St. Payment for both of these spots begins at 8 AM.  No cameras are allowed on Pentagon grounds. The restrooms are located inside Marriot Providence Inn on corner of S. Fern and Army Navy Dr.

 

13] – All are welcome to join a Mass in solidarity with the Haitian community on Tues., July 28 at 6 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows church in Takoma Park, 1006 Larch Ave. The Haitian community has faced tremendous strains recently: According to the Quixote Center, approximately 350,000 Haitians currently living in the US under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are under threat of seeing their status revoked and becoming deportable to a country that is unsafe. Haitian TPS holders have become integral and beloved members of communities across this country.

Principal celebrant for Tuesday evening's Mass will be Cardinal Chibly Langlois, the bishop of Les Cayes, Haiti. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 2014 by Pope Francis, and is the first Haitian named as a cardinal. Concelebrants will be Miami's Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Cincinnati's Archbishop Robert Casey, and Charleston's Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune. Email info@paxchristimdcb.org

 

14] – Hear Linda Pentz Gunter, founder of Beyond Nuclear, speak alongside Dr. Vincent Intondi about her new book, No to Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War on Tues., July 28 at 6 PM at the Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore. No To Nuclear blasts aside the industry's claims to be safe and green, demonstrating that nuclear power is too slow, too expensive, too dangerous and too integrally connected to the nuclear weapons complex, to serve as a rational energy choice. It considers the impact of nuclear power on the lives of Indigenous peoples and communities of color, and asks: is the way we devalue nature and the environment costing us the chance of a genuinely just energy transition?

 

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