tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68754736886370858092024-03-17T23:02:47.145-04:00Baltimore Nonviolence CenterDonations can be sent to BNC at Max Obuszewski, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212 . Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast [dot] net.Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.comBlogger12556125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-16489282727166846352024-03-17T20:03:00.001-04:002024-03-17T20:03:24.953-04:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 18 - 19, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">23]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Rally for a Fair Share of taxes – March 18</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">24]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Honoring the strength
of refugee women<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> – March 19<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">25]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Back from the Brink meeting – March 19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">26]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Gaza, a litmus test for international law – March 19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">27] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear from a spiritual advisor to death row –<span style="color: black;"> March 19</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">28] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Meet Rabbi May Ye <span style="color: black;">– March 19<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">29] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Russia out of Ukraine <span style="color: black;">– March 19<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">23] –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The Progressive Maryland Team
[info@progressivemaryland.org] wants you to attend on Mon., March 18 at 6 PM in
Lawyers Mall, 100 State Circle, Annapolis 21401 a rally to Demand Fair taxation
for Maryland!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you tired of seeing
wealthy corporations and millionaires dodge their fair share of taxes? Urge the
Maryland General Assembly to pass the #FairShareMd Act. This critical
legislation will ensure that the burden of taxation is distributed equitably,
holding wealthy corporations and millionaires accountable to contribute their
fair share to our community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/fair-share-maryland-rally?source=direct_link&"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/fair-share-maryland-rally?source=direct_link&</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">24] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">HIAS
[info@hias.org] is inviting you on Tues., March 19 at noon ET for a webinar --
Honoring the strength of refugee women.
March 8 was International Women's Day — a day dedicated to honoring
women's achievements and raising awareness about the ongoing issues that affect
them. Celebrate the Diversity and Strength of Refugee Women and Survivors of
Gender-Based Violence. Register at <a href="https://hias.org/events/celebrating-diversity-and-strength-refugee-women-and-survivors-gender-based-violence/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EngagingNetworks&utm_campaign=240311_IWD-Purim_Invite_e1&utm_content=240311+IWD-Purim+Invite+e1"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://hias.org/events/celebrating-diversity-and-strength-refugee-women-and-survivors-gender-based-violence/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EngagingNetworks&utm_campaign=240311_IWD-Purim_Invite_e1&utm_content=240311+IWD-Purim+Invite+e1</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">25] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back from the Brink
[info@preventnuclearwar.org] is meeting virtually on Tues., March 19 at 1 PM ET
to discuss local organizing, congressional news, Hub updates, nuclear weapons
in the media, and introducing the media & communications consultant. RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86434879139?pwd=OERHYTFyeEpyalBVNEZQNlNBUmFmQT09&emci=c0f57b86-c5df-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=b99eb43a-6ce0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=13712990#success"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86434879139?pwd=OERHYTFyeEpyalBVNEZQNlNBUmFmQT09&emci=c0f57b86-c5df-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=b99eb43a-6ce0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=13712990#success</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">26] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Scientists for Palestine
[admin@scientists4palestine.com] are inviting you on Tues., March 19 at 2:30 PM
ET to a webinar: "Gaza, A Litmus Test for International Law and the
Responsibility of the International Community.” RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdOCopzstH9VAabiqqW5qcFZc7Eg9bLd3#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdOCopzstH9VAabiqqW5qcFZc7Eg9bLd3#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Three speakers will discuss the current situation in Gaza,
its legal and humanitarian obligations. They are as follows: Shawaan Jabarin,
director of Al-Haq, Amjad Shawa, director of the Palestinian NGO Network,
Gaza and Raji Sourani, director general of the Palestinian Centre for
Human Rights.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">27] – </span></b><b>Death Penalty Focus
[information@deathpenalty.org] will hold a conversation on Tues., March 19 at 3
PM ET about a spiritual advisor's book after decades on death watch: The book is “Too Close to the Flame, With the
Condemned Inside the Southern Killing Machine” by Joseph B. Ingle who
spent 45 years on death watch in prisons throughout the South. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0t2gUD8NR5G4QIoldfYLiA?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=7b34d733-5646-4c61-866f-57ad5c6d4d43#/registration</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">28]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Fellowship of Reconciliation
[info@fellowshipofreconciliation.ccsend.com] is holding a virtual March 2024
Gathering Voices with Rabbi May Ye on
Tues,, March 19 at 4 PM ET. Rabbi Ye is
a Chinese-American Jew; a weaver of tradition and fashioner of new liturgy and
ritual, she seeks to center and highlight the experiences of those who have
been disenfranchised and marginalized from Judaism and Jewish spaces. A
passionate activist, she explores how to decouple Judaism from Zionism and is
an ardent supporter of Palestinian liberation. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>Since October 7, 2023, Rabbi May, has
been working tirelessly, often while in handcuffs, with Jewish Voice for Peace
and Rabbis for Ceasefire to stop the bloodshed taking place in Gaza and achieve
liberation for the Palestinian people. We will discuss with her how this work
is aligned with and in the tradition of Christian theologian Walter Wink.
Register
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItdu6grzwtHdT2qwCdlSFziBky3n9ZHcSt#/registration</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">29] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., March 19 from
4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The
invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout
Europe. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use of
nuclear weapons. Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the
contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are
stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in
Europe. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or
410-323-1607.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-82888811020120310842024-03-17T01:15:00.009-04:002024-03-17T01:15:54.854-04:00Baltimore Activist Alert – March 17 to 18, 2024<p><b>Baltimore Activist Alert – March
17 to 18, 2024</b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends, this list and other email
documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore
Nonviolence Center. Go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" title="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com</span></a></span>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> If you appreciate this information
and would like to make a donation, 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">1]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Books,
buttons and stickers</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">2]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Web
site for info on federal legislation</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">3]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Need
help in archiving activist material</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">4]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">5]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book A Bag of Stones <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An
Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">7]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Baltimore activist selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">
</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">8] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">House cleaner needed</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">9] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Meadow Planting -- </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">March 17</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">10] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Israel-Hamas war – March 17 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">11] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm38X-GR6yFACW1kBTLR7D_NI1Hbrb-sCCYeBfkrYZtf678IHFVOkTBjI3knEVrIwmEKsPAWfXHelMVS-VWaT2GdanQ4NkETIDbMeP8MRvkghwjdWGvTjRLtdsh9hNbyyqZCVq3PtgIy9ZpeGtZj-3uC3GzhlePaHysmEBl15wfz8NQXbqESjnts2S-wLp5hC7l6j4UjrBvZCCj4NskZtv9hPRagmqP7DcWjd_f3yP1RHArahbJraVYrWtxcQrYpga2GlBDEfvMav1EkNa-0M2jhbjg0v8B4hcFJ1ke_Lj_5eGLv_gLfD77UEbE11H7qMPPSIDDIE35_H_tKaOZovqWg2/44o/Ali_w4WdT2SDgSqc_aO2aQ/h47/h001.Cb07DSxw4QA-HjxgyHrVFFHGK4qdS--GtmKpsnJhdcU"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Prince George’s
Branch General Body Meeting</span></a> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– March 17</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">12] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gaza, Protest,
Repression and Germany's Conundrum – March 17</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">13] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Senate candidate David
Trone opens office <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 17<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">14] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Virtual </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PDA Town Hall <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 17<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">15]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Action for Assange at
White House </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– March 17</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">16] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Election Protection phone bank </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 17<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">17] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Christians for a Free Palestine</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> call </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">18] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">IfNotNow meeting -- </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">March 17</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">19] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Protest at the Pentagon <span style="color: black;">– March 18<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">20] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Testify for environmental justice – March 18 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">21] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Congress can fix
unemployment insurance<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: black;">– March 18</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">22] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Election Protection </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 18<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">-------</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">1] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Buttons, bumper stickers and books are
available.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> “God Bless the Whole World, No
Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">2] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">To obtain
information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://thomas.loc.gov/</span></a></span>. Congressional
toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White
House Comment Email is accessible at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/" title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">3] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">4] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is in
need of a garage or a storage space. Any suggestions would be
welcome. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot
net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">5] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are
finishing up “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death
Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed
indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to
pre-order your copy. 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. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of
the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Bag of Snakes will be available at a gathering at First Iconium
Baptist Church. Celebrate the life of Murphy Davis and The Open Door Community
along with presenting the book. Also enjoy an Open Door Supper—vegetarian
chili, Willie Dee Wimberly cornbread, salad and chocolate chip cookies.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">To order by postal mail, make your check to Open Door
Community. Send it to Open Door
Community, PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">For any
questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or <a href="mailto:davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">6] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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. The crime he was
excommunicated for was 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">7] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A
h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale on a
dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and one
bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and
quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a reasonable
amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her by text only
at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number, and she will
get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">8]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Is there a woman in the Baltimore area who does house
cleaning? This assignment would be on an irregular basis with several
hours per week. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:mobuszewski2001@comcast.net"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">9] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sarah Morse <</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="mailto:morsekathan@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">morsekathan@gmail.com</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">> tells us that there will be a Meadow Planting on Sun., March 17 from 10 AM to noon ET. Join the
Little Falls Watershed Alliance at 5301 Yorktown Road and Little Falls Branch
in Bethesda to plant native plants at its Green Acres Habitat Restoration
Project. It’s a great opportunity to see what can be done with all
native plants. Register at </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.lfwa.org/events/green-acres-workday-march-17-2024" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.lfwa.org/events/green-acres-workday-march-17-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Wear long pants and closed toe shoes and
bring plenty of water to drink. Visit</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.lfwa.org/meadow-green-acres" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.lfwa.org/meadow-green-acres</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">10] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Usually, the
Baltimore Ethical Society, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore 21202, meets on Sundays,
and usually there is a platform address at 10:30 AM ET. On March 17, <a name="_MailAutoSig">the
meeting will be by Zoom, and the theme is </a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">“The Israel-Hamas
War: Causes, Dynamics, Consequences.” Dr. Robert O. Freedman, a noted scholar
on the politics of the Middle East, will discuss the nature of Hamas and its
links to Iran. Then he will examine Hamas’ tactics of October 6 and Israel’s
massive intelligence failure. Israel had concentrated its forces on its
northern border and the West Bank to protect settlers. Prime Minister
Netanyahu’s situation is also critical. He has been distracted by his upcoming
corruption trial and the pushing through of unpopular “judicial reforms”. Also
he was under the assumption that Hamas could be bought off with the right
financial inducements. Israel’s strategy now is to bomb suspected Hamas
positions and tunnel infrastructure, with ground forces to follow. Hamas’
strategy appears to be to hang on until international pressure forces Israel
into a cease fire. Finally, is there a possible peace plan? To receive a Zoom invitation, please email </span></b><a href="mailto:president@bmorethical.org"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;">president@bmorethical.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.
Visit </span></b><a href="https://bmorethical.org/"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;">https://bmorethical.org</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">11] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">The
Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to attend on Sun., March 17 from 1 -3 PM ET </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm38X-GR6yFACW1kBTLR7D_NI1Hbrb-sCCYeBfkrYZtf678IHFVOkTBjI3knEVrIwmEKsPAWfXHelMVS-VWaT2GdanQ4NkETIDbMeP8MRvkghwjdWGvTjRLtdsh9hNbyyqZCVq3PtgIy9ZpeGtZj-3uC3GzhlePaHysmEBl15wfz8NQXbqESjnts2S-wLp5hC7l6j4UjrBvZCCj4NskZtv9hPRagmqP7DcWjd_f3yP1RHArahbJraVYrWtxcQrYpga2GlBDEfvMav1EkNa-0M2jhbjg0v8B4hcFJ1ke_Lj_5eGLv_gLfD77UEbE11H7qMPPSIDDIE35_H_tKaOZovqWg2/44o/Ali_w4WdT2SDgSqc_aO2aQ/h47/h001.Cb07DSxw4QA-HjxgyHrVFFHGK4qdS--GtmKpsnJhdcU"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Prince George’s
Branch General Body Meeting</span></a> </span></b><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt; padding: 0in;">at
the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">Greenbelt
Public Library, 11 Crescent Road, Greenbelt 20770. Discuss the</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">
housing campaign and community outreach efforts to push for a ceasefire in
Palestine. RSVP at </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/pg-county-dsa-branch-meeting?link_id=48&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2244383&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-15-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/pg-county-dsa-branch-meeting?link_id=48&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2244383&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-15-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">12]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">United for Peace
& Justice [contact@unitedforpeace.org] on Sun., March 17 at 1 PM ET wants
you to attend a panel discussion Gaza, Protest, Repression and Germany's Conundrum. It will feature grassroots insights from
movement leaders in Germany and the U.S. Register at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsceGrrTwvGtyMph3oVdC7L8r0PTfBPCZA"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsceGrrTwvGtyMph3oVdC7L8r0PTfBPCZA</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">13] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Sun., March 17 at 3 PM ET, Congressperson Trone's
Annapolis Campaign Office will host an Opening Celebration on Sun., March 17
from 3 to 4:30 PM ET at 32 West St., Annapolis 21401. This event will take
place after the Annapolis St. Patrick's Day Parade. Food will be served. RSVP
at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/610804/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/610804/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">14</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Progressive
Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] are holding its weekly virtual Town
Hall on Sun., March 17 at 4 PM ET. It will feature</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
a discussion on what promises to be two of the most contentious, and therefore
election-deciding, issues of 2024: immigration and social media regulation. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">PDA is unwavering in
its support for the human rights of all people. As such, it stands in
solidarity with the immigrants who flee desperate situations seeking a
better life in the United States. However, PDA is not yet strong enough to
sway national public opinion in this regard; and, at present, the issue
of immigration is threatening to damage the coalition that is the
contemporary Democratic Party. Then, focus on the issue of social
media regulation: more specifically, to the absurd spectacle playing out in
Congress, as it moves to outlaw the most popular platform with America's youth,
TilkTok. A representative from Young Progressive Democrats of America will
address social media regulation.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">15] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">DC
Action for Assange will gather on Sun.,
March 17 from 4 to 5 PM ET near the White House sidewalk.
The DC Action group has decided to split the monthly vigils - between AG
Merrick Garland's residence and the White House. One vigil will be held at each
location, per month. C</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ontact</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Martha
Allen at <a href="mailto:marthaleslieallen@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">marthaleslieallen@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>16] – </b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">On Sun., March 17 from 6 to 8 PM ET, Tues., March 19
from 4 to 6 PM ET, Thurs., March 21 from 5 to 7 PM ET and Fri., March 22 from 4
to 6 PM ET there is a Common Cause organized Election Protection phone
bank. Work together to demand bold
changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not
big corporations or special interests. Register for a shift to make calls and
help strengthen the phone bank team to protect our democracy. These shifts will
also always include training for first-timers before you make calls, so if this
is your first time, no worries! Register at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">17] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Christians for a Free Palestine</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> a group
organizing Christians in the U.S. to take nonviolent direct action for Gaza and
Palestine and to create a strong and public Christian voice against Christian
Zionism. Join a Mass Call on Sun., the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/events/marchmassmobilization" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;">registration link</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> March 17
at 8 PM ET. The call will feature Linda Sarsour, Rev. Alba Onofrio, and musical
guest Rev. Sekou and the Valley and Mountain Fellowship, and will convene
Christians strategically and spiritually to take action. RSVP at <a href="https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/events/marchmassmobilization"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/events/marchmassmobilization</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There is Call to Action on Tuesday,
April 9</span> for Christians to come to Washington, DC, to take nonviolent action
against Christian Zionism during the season of Easter. Training will be
provided on Monday, April 8.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">18] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">IfNotNow
Baltimore [info@ifnotnowmovement.org] is holding a virtual chapter meeting on
Sun., March 17 at 8 PM ET. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/ifnotnow/event/608413/?sourceid=1051385&emci=3881a1b4-b5d6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=5e39e711-c0d6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=30868439"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/ifnotnow/event/608413/?sourceid=1051385&emci=3881a1b4-b5d6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=5e39e711-c0d6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=30868439</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">19] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on
Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is March
18 and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a></span> or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">By
Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go
to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across
to protest area. 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., and 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">20] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif;">The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] is calling on you to testify on
Mon., March 18 sometime from 9:30 AM to
6 PM ET in support of the DC Council Environmental Justice legislation. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif;">The DC Council has
scheduled a <a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.SNYHID0cgDJeR88MOfSMubh-xWlt-KQqVYsVXmMxlpSjy_GaD7SYPXWCYLEy1ijT83NGs8PQpcW77t-inEDXhR195qjxzdA2iqRg8sNrbx63hQxE4ZSgJVXebmZ9BWJWXGF0jgIDd8TKBlFTMe19oMW2u5AEC5vISlQgJY6bGrEsay7u_sXubOcgp3I5JiGuavaUrPgYLqZCdu-7myW5Vzojoi5gQTqEsnDb0XSk6tz_U41M4bb6j1PfIG8bUDgLUs5M8WwVn1dOUjoHuo1cBhdTQ-IW0FZX46VNM2qx3uVl4PKjHJDbcr-if8vw2p3LEDzYitHY_NX38ihHHEhQF4IUZ2-3OwkonIw2s_8jndLFttidcFsFCSBRsFE0VOY-7Vbzs5FV8Tm82dpKLhBojr-7pdNSrz0O6sYPO4HrxvU/44o/Ali_w4WdT2SDgSqc_aO2aQ/h2/h001.Bbt1JW3vbBji8ZrDkwCCSniciJxrQdzOthHLd8u_qSU"><span style="background: white; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">hearing</span></a>
on the Environmental Justice Amendment Act of 2023, and submitting written
testimony can help to get the bill across the finish line. <a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.SNYHID0cgDJeR88MOfSMubh-xWlt-KQqVYsVXmMxlpT2dlBzNr2hoaKmGJz-brXl6WBiJPQP4ceJt_vICG01KjIAvUqu2aDwpzH4w8yXP59babkfcJZ71PIgkZ-MyXd06x5o1-q1vr4T0vKjkhGxzwnrAyfCD8mVEFCo4BsCPImvX2Sj88o7ZcoOqtKJ2kaawR03-J1e7hm0qO5n4SEjqVqPxH7Q2eWuNRe0ehID88jHfo4guhv4OPUe1LaHIcXngbA7xw445ul4AZpYqvCTX3cWL75m_uWPaHuwjaqBTENeYBj2QyLF44WrpegCVJG34O8kENnIdK9HvsJq5c3JQYTgUn8gQxRNdPRJaWGHJgM/44o/Ali_w4WdT2SDgSqc_aO2aQ/h3/h001.FJsnxRIwshS-e2t9Pjqb-XmkFJ95UKEaK8lO4WX-5rs"><span style="background: white; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">This
bill</span></a> is a crucial piece of environmental justice legislation, which
was co-written by We Power DC and <a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMf8h2pCcX_3U0RCNh4cfJio3mcTIs0bKMpz_pVQ5kvRdjMlSXTlHj0lonOjJh4tLTni4ST9g_0v2zC-cBMDfiO7dLYVvwE29pGLhBOtEDLPt5fVaK_aG1dHac2tdNC-U3EHOrk9jEM8-2WFleL5oVbS37Pi_wwEXPzgiuyxhBtqGVD6tlHUO3TYSlaycPNDvNsMRP8xmJLozxmBBx6IH2WnVOUCS-2aD6xHywuMbP8kzBirsW_UGT1Kbr3Q00n09XFSoARtoKmdRfs7gWSLjdRr3RGRAOkvSVdGQRwM6_eOfQ_kNU7aCZVCPy7d4laj0f0mFaFRCN3zNVE0k72LJp6-0EkQhbnuRxNfBAynlgZru/44o/Ali_w4WdT2SDgSqc_aO2aQ/h4/h001.umP5iPeIAS7AMjuhvfRb04sO6XUL1ELGyMda794EaVQ"><span style="background: white; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">introduced
in November by Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker</span></a>. If passed, it
will provide much-needed protections to overburdened communities by making it
more difficult to build, expand or re-permit polluting facilities and
infrastructure in neighborhoods that are unduly exposed to pollution and on the
frontlines of the climate crisis. RSVP at </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/54228/Hearing_Notice/B25-0564-Hearing_Notice1.pdf?Id=185338&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2244383&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-15-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/54228/Hearing_Notice/B25-0564-Hearing_Notice1.pdf?Id=185338&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2244383&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-15-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">21] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">The
Economic Policy Institute is holding a webinar on Mon., March 18 at 3 PM ET --
How Congress can fix unemployment insurance. The Unemployment Insurance
Modernization and Recession Readiness Act offers crucial fixes for unemployed
workers. Join EPI's Sam Sanders for a deep dive on this legislation in a
National Employment Law Project webinar. Register at <a href="https://nelp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6ffDmdYQSziWB548nBpRZg?mc_cid=578d6b2d4b&mc_eid=72ea77dbdd#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://nelp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6ffDmdYQSziWB548nBpRZg?mc_cid=578d6b2d4b&mc_eid=72ea77dbdd#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">22] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Progressive
Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] want you to participate with the </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Green
Grassroots Emergency Environment and Election Protection (GREEP) Zoom on Mon., March
18 at 5 PM ET. Hear from leading activists, elected officials, and others
committed to union organizing as well as cleaning up our elections and the
environment, and other critically important issues. RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-35754806811696944072024-03-15T00:20:00.010-04:002024-03-15T00:20:51.898-04:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 15 - 16, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">46]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Friday
Power Lunch – March 15</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">47] P</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">eace vigil at the
White House </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 15</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">48]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Women in Black vigil – March
15</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">49]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire –<span style="color: black;"> March 15</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">50]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Shut down Scotiabank –
March 15<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">51] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Maryland’s Climate
Pollution Reduction Plan<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> –</span> March
15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">52] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Vigil for a ceasefire –
March 15</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">53] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Power Half-hour for Gaza </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 15</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">54] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Combat Islamophobia –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 15</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">55] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fourth Branch Action discussion</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> –<span style="color: black;"> March 15</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">56]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Film Festival –<span style="color: black;"> March 16 & 23</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">57] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Community Wealth Building Fund </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> March 15<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">58]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Bring the
rainbow back to Russia <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 16</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">59] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Bird dog David Trone –<span style="color: black;"> March 16<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">60]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Rent Stabilization
Canvass</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> –<span style="color: black;"> March 16<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">61] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Vigil for a ceasefire </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 16</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">62] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Bird dog David Trone –<span style="color: black;"> March 16<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">63] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Prison Capital –<span style="color: black;"> March 16<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">64] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Activist is selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">65] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">66]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">67]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Read
<span style="color: black;">Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">68]</span> </b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you need a doctor?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Caliban Std";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">69]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">70]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do
you need any book shelves?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">71]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Roboto;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">46] – </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Fri., March 15 at noon ET, join t</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #232333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">he Friday Power Lunch,
a weekly show amplifying the voices of the Virginia Grassroots on politics,
culture, and making change with the BADASS women of Network NOVA</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Word/RSVP"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">RSVP </span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">at <span style="color: #202020;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscumspzMoHtOe4-JRDrtezzQNNh9EhWEh#/registration"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscumspzMoHtOe4-JRDrtezzQNNh9EhWEh#/registration</span></a></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">47] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on
Fri., March 15 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or <span style="color: #0563c1;"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a>.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">48] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 <a href="mailto:annvinup@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">annvinup@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">49] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action
Hour for a Cease-fire Now every Friday at noon ET. Join AFSC staff to hear
updates from Gaza. Then, take action by contacting elected officials and call
for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected
officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at <a href="https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">50]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">The</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Canadian BDS Coalition [coalition@bdscoalition.ca] is
calling on Fri., March 15 at noon ET for a SHUT DOWN of GENOCIDE PROFITEERING!
Shut down Scotiabank, and find a location near you, or book your own. RSVP at <a href="https://bdscoalition.ca/2024/03/02/march-15-shut-down-genocide-profiteering-shut-down-scotiabank/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://bdscoalition.ca/2024/03/02/march-15-shut-down-genocide-profiteering-shut-down-scotiabank/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The Canadian
BDS Coalition endorses the call from member group the Canada
Palestine Association to “adopt” a Scotiabank branch and shut it down! Why
is the gap between the sentiments of the mass of people and that of the
political establishment so wide? Because the Canadian ruling class is
totally invested in Israel. They rely on Israel to act as an armed
outpost of the Anglo-American imperialist alliance, of which they are a part.
They do $2 billion+ in annual trade with Israel via the Canada Israel Free
Trade Agreement. And the big Canadian banks, the cornerstone of Canadian
imperialism, have billions invested in Israel, and particularly in its military
and ‘security’ industries. Scotiabank with its $500 million investment in
Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems is Exhibit A of Canadian capital’s
genocide profiteering.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>51] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Maryland
LCV [info@mdlcv.org] needs you on Fri., March 15 at noon ET to attend a webinar
to discuss its work to implement Maryland’s Climate Pollution Reduction
Plan. The webinar will be hosted by Kim Coble, Maryland LCV’s Executive
Director, joined by special guests Laura Wood, the Director of Development, and
Kristen Harbeson, the Policy Director. Together, they will provide insights
into Maryland LCV's priorities and the strategies to employ to get crucial
bills across the finish line. Register
at
https://www.mdlcv.org/event/friday-digest-3-15-24?emci=0fcb67cd-dddf-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=b7a86e30-81e0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=578562</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">52] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join Baltimore Peace Action on Fri., March 8 (unless there is
rain) at the corners of Pimlico Road and Northern Parkway (by the racetrack) as
the group calls for a ceasefire and hand out leaflets. The set-up is at 3
PM, and the demo will end at 4:45 PM ET. Banners and signs are
available. The BPA gatherings are quiet and peaceful. Contact </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ronda
Cooperstein [rondacooperstein@hotmail.com]. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">53] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jewish Voice for Peace [info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org]
is doing Power Half Hours for Gaza every day, Monday through Friday, at 3 PM
ET. Sign up to take collective action toward a ceasefire alongside hundreds of
other people like you. RSVP at <a href="https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration</span></a> If the Zoom room is full, go to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> There are no words to describe the
devastating pain of the last four months, in which the Israeli military has
killed over 29,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 11,500 children.
The highest court in the world has named Israel’s actions as plausibly a
genocide. And the U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli military
as it wreaks devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">54]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">CAIR Daily News [info@action.cair.com] wants you to
know that on Fri., March 15 at 7 PM U.S., Global Muslim Groups to Mark UN's
International Day to Combat Islamophobia. Over a dozen groups plan to call for
action to address hotspots of anti-Muslim bigotry. The Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and
advocacy group, plans to unite with a coalition of more than a dozen Muslim
civic organizations around the world to mark the UN’s Second International
Day to Combat Islamophobia by issuing a joint statement highlighting key
hotspots of Islamophobia around the globe. Journalists should expect to see a
joint international statement and social media posts commemorating the
day. Contact CAIR Research and Advocacy
Director Corey Saylor, 202-384-8857, csaylor@cair.com; CAIR Research and
Advocacy Coordinator Farah Afify, <a href="mailto:fafify@cair.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">fafify@cair.com</span></a> Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting and
reflection, began this week. During the latter part of Ramadan, CAIR plans
to release “Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate,” the 2024 edition
of its annual report on the status of Muslim civil rights in the U.S.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">55] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On
Fri., March 15 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET, the Democratic National Committee will
have a Fourth Branch Action discussion.
These Friday events will continue through December 27. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fourth
Branch Action is a national grassroots group organizing for action, supporting
the Biden/Harris administration, and working through civic, electoral, and
legislative action to achieve progressive goals. The group accomplishes this
through advocacy, oversight, holding elected officials accountable to perform
their jobs on behalf of their constituents; community engagement, civic education,
and other events. Everyone is welcome
to join in. Come and enjoy a friendly conversation among like-minded folks, get
acquainted with others from across the country, and build a community to
restore the soul of our nation. After
you register for this event, you will receive an automated email with the Zoom
meeting details: <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">56] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">World BEYOND War [greta@worldbeyondwar.org] is
doing a film festival with three films continuing on Sat., March 16 and concluding
on March 23. Get tickets at <a href="https://worldbeyondwar.org/2024filmfest/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-announcing-this-years-film-fest-2&email_referrer=email_2219875&email_subject=film-fest-starts-next-week"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://worldbeyondwar.org/2024filmfest/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-announcing-this-years-film-fest-2&email_referrer=email_2219875&email_subject=film-fest-starts-next-week</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s theme is
“Women & War” and the films explore the intersection of women, war, and
militarized masculinity. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Each Saturday, there
will be a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and
special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the
films. The purchase of one ticket gets you access to all three films and three
discussions. You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own
time leading up to the Zoom discussions.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">The films are as follows: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Released in 2023, Israelism uniquely explores how
Jewish attitudes towards Israel are changing dramatically, with massive
consequences for the region. Two young American Jews – Simone Zimmerman and
Eitan – are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the
Israeli military. Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s
college campuses. When they witness Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian
people with their own eyes, they are horrified and heartbroken.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> Naila and The Uprising (2017) takes place
during the First Intifada in 1987. A woman in Gaza must choose between love,
family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine
network of women in an inspiring story that weaves through the most vibrant,
nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">The hour-long
documentary Power on Patrol (2022) from the Women’s International League for
Peace & Freedom (WILPF) sheds light on the concept of militarized
masculinities as a key driver of this conflict and aggression, the ways it
manifests itself in conflict societies, how it is sustained and spotlights the
stories of the male allies doing vital work alongside female activists to
achieve equitable peace. As news reports
remind us on a daily basis, violence and war are having a devastating effect on
countries, communities, and individuals across the world. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">57] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yuri
Guaiana [projects@allout.org] is asking us on Sat., March 16 to bring the
rainbow back to Russia. As the situation for LGBT+ people in Russia grows
increasingly perilous, your support is more vital than ever. Since Russia's
crackdown on the "international public LGBT+ movement" as extremist,
the danger for many in the community has escalated. It's become too risky for
many LGBT+ Russians to stay. Join the Global Speak Outs where hundreds will
gather in cities around the world in solidarity with the Russian LGBT+
community. Visit <a href="https://campaigns.allout.org/globalspeakout/?akid=101676.5849845.5rohDI&rd=1&t=3&utm_campaign=globalspeakout&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://campaigns.allout.org/globalspeakout/?akid=101676.5849845.5rohDI&rd=1&t=3&utm_campaign=globalspeakout&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">58] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">On Sat., March 16 and
March 23 at 10 AM ET, join Casa and members of the WUFU Coalition to collect
signatures for a ballot initiative that will create a people powered Community
Wealth Building Fund! Meet at 2707 Pulaski
Hwy., Baltimore 21224. For any questions or additional information please reach
out to Loraine Arikat at <a href="mailto:loraine.arikat@1199.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">loraine.arikat@1199.org</span></a>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">59] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Sat., March 16 at 10:30<span style="color: blue; mso-no-proof: yes;"> AM ET at 150 E.Bay View Drive, Annapolis get over to a </span>Meet & Greet with David Trone,
hosted by Sharon Blugis & D30 Democratic Club.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/607921/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/607921/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">60] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] is
holding a Rent Stabilization Canvass on Sat., March 16 at noon ET at the
Eaves Washingtonian Apartments, 9600 Marathon Terrace, Gaithersburg 20878. Email montgomerycountydsa@gmail.com.
The Montgomery County Council is currently considering regulations to implement
rent stabilization. Join Montgomery County DSA to talk to tenants about the
regulations and urge the County Council to pass the regulations as soon as
possible and not to weaken the proposed rules.
RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/rent-stabilization-canvass-8?link_id=51&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/rent-stabilization-canvass-8?link_id=51&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">61] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">
The </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">NoVA Democratic Socialists
[novabranch@mdcdsa.org] is promoting a VIGIL FOR a CEASE-FIRE at the Alexandria
City Hall, 301 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314 on Sat., March 16 at 5 PM
ET. Alexandria for Palestine is hosting
the vigil, and participants will hear stories, poems, and speeches from
Alexandria neighbors about demanding that the City Council pass a ceasefire
resolution. Please bring signs and keffiyeh!
Visit https://bit.ly/ARLHU to RSVP for this event, and
https://linktr.ee/ArlingtonM4A if you’d like to get involved with this
campaign.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">62] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get over to a Meet & Greet with David Trone,
hosted by the Calvert County Democrats at the Calvert Library, Fairview Branch,
8120 Southern Maryland Blvd., Owings, MD on Sat., March 16 from 1:30 3:30 PM ET. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/607925/?followup_modal_context=email_post_shift_future_timeslots_other_events"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/607925/?followup_modal_context=email_post_shift_future_timeslots_other_events</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">63] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">On Sat., March 16 at 6 PM
ET, as part of the hybrid Socialist Night School, the Metro DC DSA’s Political Education
working group will discuss at the <span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;">Cleveland
Park Neighborhood Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW, WDC 20008, </span>Lydia Pelot-Hobbs
book Prison Capital: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition
Democracy in Louisiana. Louisiana had the highest per capita rate of
incarceration in the nation (and thus, the world) every year during 1998 to
2020 except for one. Understanding Louisiana’s carceral crisis extends our
understanding of the interplay between the crises of mass criminalization and
racial capitalism while highlighting the conditions of possibility for
dismantling carceral power in all its forms. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/prison-capital-socialist-night-school?link_id=22&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024&email_referrer=email_2235665&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-8-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/prison-capital-socialist-night-school?link_id=22&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024&email_referrer=email_2235665&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-8-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>64] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
A h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale
on a dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and
one bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and
quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a
reasonable amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her
by text only at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number,
and she will get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">65] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are able to donate any
kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please
email <a href="mailto:Brendan.walls@seaseton.org"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">Brendan.walls@seaseton.org</span></a>
or call 410-721-5770 x231. There is a
colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped
every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and
Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">66] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 -- <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:president@jhu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">president@jhu.edu</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>67]
– </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yousef
Zarbalian [<a href="mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">yzarbali@gmail.com</span></a>] started his own
medical practice in December before the pandemic hit.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>68] --</b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">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 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://comcast.net/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">comcast.net</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">69] --</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Can
you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">70] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette
Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://prop1.org/"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">http://prop1.org</span></a></span>;
call 202-682-4282</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">“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</span></b></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-43033959579224120612024-03-13T23:07:00.000-04:002024-03-13T23:07:03.892-04:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 14, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">38] Coffee with David Trone </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">– March 14</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">39] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">COVID Memorial <span style="color: black;">– March 14<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">40] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Apartheid Israel <span style="color: black;">– March 14</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">41] Healthcare Now </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">42] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Film Tomorrow’s Freedom </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 14<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">43] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">D</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">SA meeting <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 14<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">44] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Oppenheimer: Sins of
Omission<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: black;">–
March 14<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">45] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Campaign to Victory
call – March 14<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-------</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">38]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Consider getting over to Coffee with David Trone in
Leisure World, Clubhouse I, 3700 Rossmoor Blvd., Maryland Room, Silver Spring
at 11 AM on Thurs., March 14. RSVP at
https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/604721/?followup_modal_context=email_post_shift_future_timeslots_other_events</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">39]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Our Revolution [info@ourrevolution.com] on Thurs.,
March 14 at 2 PM ET wants you to join Bernie, Ro Khanna, and workers for a
special Covid Memorial event hosted by One Fair Wage. Honor frontline service
workers who were lost and those who survived the pandemic. Our Revolution has
fought alongside One Fair Wage for higher pay for all service workers which means
a livable wage with tips on top. Last year, these efforts won wage increases in
Washington, DC and Chicago, with many more states likely to follow. As service
workers were hard hit on the frontlines during Covid, One Fair Wage was able to
provide relief payments to 50,000 workers. RSVP to get a Zoom link: <a href="https://act.ourrevolution.com/signup/OFW_wBernie/?akid=5466.8252965.XwZle1&rd=1&source=email-20240313&t=12"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://act.ourrevolution.com/signup/OFW_wBernie/?akid=5466.8252965.XwZle1&rd=1&source=email-20240313&t=12</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">40]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The AFSC is hosting a webinar on
Thurs., March 14 at 1 PM ET What’s Apartheid Got to Do with it? Understanding
the Violent Structures behind Israel’s War on Gaza! Learn about Israeli
apartheid, how it relates to Gaza, and what we can do to help dismantle root
causes of violence from our guest speakers Diana Buttu and Ahmed Abofoul.
Abofoul is a Gaza-born attorney who works as a legal research and advocacy
officer at Al-Haq, the oldest Palestinian human rights organization. Buttu is a
Palestinian human rights lawyer, who also presented her work before the ICJ in
2004 in a legal team that won the case which ruled that Israel’s separation
wall in the West Bank is illegal under international law, this case inspired
the historic call for the BDS Movement. RSVP at <a href="https://afsc.org/events/whats-apartheid-got-do-it-understanding-violent-structures-behind-israels-war-gaza"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://afsc.org/events/whats-apartheid-got-do-it-understanding-violent-structures-behind-israels-war-gaza</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>41] – </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Healthcare-NOW!
[email@healthcare-now.org] is doing a training about the healthcare system on
Thurs., March 14 at 2 PM – Connecting with Your Base. Learn how storytelling is
critical to building a movement for Medicare for All and practice talking about
your own experiences with the healthcare system. These trainings will continue
through April 4. REGISTER at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/</span></a></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">42] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Come out to Friends Place on Capitol Hill, 515 East
Capitol St. SE, WDC 20003 or via Zoom on Thurs., March 14 at 6 PM ET for a
screening and discussion of Tomorrow’s Freedom — a critical film in the
conversation about peace in Palestine and Israel. Made over the course of five
years, the film provides an intimate look into the lives of the family of
imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouthi. Through the
Barghouthi family and in-depth interviews from the people who know Marwan
best, Tomorrow’s Freedom takes you on a brutally honest,
transformative journey into the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict,
featuring the voices of both Palestinians and Israelis. RSVP at <a href="https://www.friendsplacedc.org/event/tomorrows-freedom-marwan-barghouthi-documentary-screening?link_id=36&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024&email_referrer=email_2235665&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-8-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.friendsplacedc.org/event/tomorrows-freedom-marwan-barghouthi-documentary-screening?link_id=36&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024&email_referrer=email_2235665&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-8-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">43]
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Northern Virginia DSA
[novabranch@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know that there is a hybrid organizing
meeting on Thurs., March 14 at 6:30 PM ET at the Arlington Central Library,
Bluemont Room, 2nd floor, 1015 North Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22201. Join in
at the monthly meeting, and welcome new members and discuss current actions and
campaigns. You may join in person or virtually via Zoom. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-branch-monthly-organizing-meeting-feb-2024/?clear_id=true&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-138&email_referrer=email_2184282&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-branch-monthly-organizing-meeting-feb-2024/?clear_id=true&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-138&email_referrer=email_2184282&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> New
members are welcome. In-person attendees must wear masks & social distance.
You must be vaxxed/boosted to join all in-person events</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">44] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] on
Thursday, March 14 at 7 PM ET is holding a webinar – Oppenheimer: Sins of
Omission. The award-winning blockbuster film, Oppenheimer, is a biography of
one person who facilitated the building of a weapon that could destroy the
earth. Despite its wide acclaim, Oppenheimer fails to tell the full
story—the impacts of the Bomb and the nuclear industry on human beings then and
now. The film never attempts to talk about the victims of the bombs dropped on
Japan in 1945, nor the victims of the first atomic test in New Mexico, nor the
victims of those that worked in uranium mines on the Navajo Reservation, nor
the displacement of people—primarily Indigenous —who lived on the present site
of Los Alamos National Laboratories, nor the contamination of water and land of
the Southwest.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The nuclear power industry has been and
continues to be a disaster and has never been a Green alternative. The industry
is trying to turn New Mexico, “Land of Enchantment”, into a nuclear sacrifice
zone. Hear from Tina Cordova, Tularosa
Basin Downwinders Consortium, Leona Morgan – Haul No!, Talavi
Denipah Cook – Tewa Women United and Lilly Adams – Union of
Concerned Scientists, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Advocate. RSVP
at
https://secure.everyaction.com/Ht5-Wvs7sE6XEdTAePbtQA2?contactdata=Kh0KWvNSRSr81VdEJBQkdtKylD9o9t%2fbh4ZZSamudOmfG9YxqOElFBMdi07KXtMmKkhkm90WcjE%2fXVV1iKY4zLqHKsQxQiC5aZx6fuFJjQCCLJgiqpP3LqI22BuSH2vrlgyD1++gCecRhufFjwOmWDln7HR9Nd+1SsuvyEYJmjqeeN1haIT66di+hI1wxvGfXRdDmY5rWK0ao3bZmFPwmShdXPGPFSXWvl06r+pVAIA7nAAA3sYNRgmYBsAkFYitbPCTkkfyF8zasMaaPJnxeyhFUZP2A3Z0ZnTuGeCTztVVb1ppN5yZDQmDPUi%2fER+8CG+JTutlNOF+vg23Ecuysw%3d%3d&ms=email-03-12&emci=50a6e096-e8df-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=253992fb-93e0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=269591</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>45] –</b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Progressive Democrats of
America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., March 14 at 9 PM ET for the Final
Campaign to Victory call before the March 19 primaries. Register here and the
machine will email you your secure codes: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Continue to defend incumbent progressive champions in Congress,
and pile on for endorsed challengers. Be
laser-focused on bringing those wins home, but also preview our efforts for
Squad Member Summer Lee, who is facing a massive AIPAC pushback</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PDA wants you to know that Trump is not the Answer. Defend
Democracy, and Defeat Trump and the MAGA Authoritarians. </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Trump
pretends to be a champion of working people while scapegoating millions of
hard-working Americans. He has made a habit of mocking those with disabilities,
and as he becomes more desperate and deranged on the campaign trail, he has
even begun to mock President Biden’s lifelong stutter. <em><span style="font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">The
Atlantic</span></em> writer John Hendrickson sums up Trump’s appeal succinctly:
More than Trump’s ugly taunt, one thing stands out to me about these moments:
the sound of Trump’s supporters laughing right along with him. This is a
building block of Trumpism. The man at the top gives his followers permission
to be the worst version of themselves.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-52435236670677561022024-03-12T23:00:00.004-04:002024-03-12T23:00:30.486-04:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 13, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">29] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Support the EmPOWER law – March 13</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">30] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Makes calls to end genocide – March 13 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Persuasion conversations <span style="color: black;">– March 13<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">32] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Join Team ENOUGH – March 13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">33] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Local Peace Economy – March 13</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">34] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Private health care </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> March 13<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">35] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Join DSA --<span style="color: black;"> March 13<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">36] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Letter to the Editor
Party<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: black;">– March
13<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">37] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Year in Review</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 13</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">29] –</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help push and pass the sweeping EmPOWER law in
Maryland with</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the Maryland Sierra Club and coalition partners
in Lawyers Mall, 100 College Ave., Annapolis 21411 on Wed., March 13 from 11:30
AM to 12:30 PM. <a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.HV-T5b9C6Y6Pisqo-P4Pm7zFILeSpbAvxRRau2LxU-HrcyNWGIu4d9a2dpdbNvN_ioNWrCzztPUgVBGt_z5mrNO-lBxlNpMi27gl2_sx9bzchY4Qxcta-xg5xtpYvIBF55MR3KIdb2G-gkCKyxCQwBDlTKVWzTff2DICjxrULZ1l-74PfsopCWDgYBM9zO4oqnKbjay3FbsG4acic-GZxqXj0pmaMXGB4DDo-8UTAJkt6Em6P8maNLLVQatKcbQaDawDnHwOb_K7wweLkTQz81AxGK6pcYzWx5aA2zy9DWwG3Bu206SxiFXqntl_HcYbiRuahc0a-w1pDDkeDDOg4yBMwbY1rZZV48N1x3k0nrE/44h/gdMcbRQ1SeO27EnaL4gs0g/h35/h001.e8DUz0Poeb8nqGT-WORHxId6wldjV0_ytdkaeOg_NRU"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">EmPOWER</span></a>,
established in 2008 to enhance statewide energy efficiency, needs support to
reach its full potential. If passed, <a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.A3cd-kVlFz1CzUMSYeTvVcLt_iBW0vVpD3RRnaurOq9et03GAecrVWVQPD790VYGliiEEAAp8KimZYlZMAd_imJ_TYdjpW-KNM58NA-CCSsjBmhPpRzk-6K5t6HZZtUqYZgz66YteGbVAw6ECI3MOk5B9I2CCtTH3E-SOVz_BLjnt9F2JrFv8imCmpJ5qoi4FNc-i753ZhqTp4ptRzlgl5I3qB67AHbgjMDa9yKi5KA0SE8etMr9w2zBHezfsy99EMYS0QHieA0mOTTbKBZzFi9rcXfs1QBqllBUgzsa6WIaTm4Q-GTDNKC9_msPQQ7ksU0s2HNrE48vwYYSVCkZPaJY2ohyM3zxghgtwWwFUug/44h/gdMcbRQ1SeO27EnaL4gs0g/h36/h001.P-y1HGAzeS2Q8p8rb_egkkZiP2rUZzjQ6oWQrNVGxf0"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">HB864</span></a>
would align the program with state greenhouse gas reduction goals, increase
funds for improvements in homes and multi-family buildings, mandate
multilingual outreach for inclusivity and enhance transparency and
accountability requirements for utilities. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">RSVP at </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pumped-to-strengthen-empower-emocionados-de-reforzar-empower-tickets-849585542227?can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-8-2024&email_referrer=email_2235665&link_id=39</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">30] –</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #232333; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">USCPR Action
[contact@uscpr.org] wants you to get involved on Wed., March 13 at 2 PM ET with
the Uncommitted campaigns. The Uncommitted movement has secured multiple
delegates to the Democratic National Convention, sending a strong message that
the people won’t support Biden’s genocidal policies. The pressure has forced
the Biden administration to call for a six-week pause, and to consider
conditioning military funding if Israel storms Rafah. But Biden needs to cut
off that funding to stop the killing now, not after a brutal massacre.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> On
the Zoom call, pick up the strategies behind Uncommitted campaigns from key
organizers. Uncommitted Minnesota lead organizer Asma Nizami and Uncommitted
Colorado organizers Andrew Thompson and Grace will break down the tactics their
campaigns used to gain significant percentages of the Democratic presidential
primary vote in their states. Then, you’ll get to make your calls to Congress
and the White House using the latest action tool. Demand a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE
NOW and funding care for our communities instead of killing: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3817101890108/WN_AUhEFAgTTq-mW1ZKYKuQRg?emci=17dd5821-9ee0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=d68fde2f-aee0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=5467956#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3817101890108/WN_AUhEFAgTTq-mW1ZKYKuQRg?emci=17dd5821-9ee0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=d68fde2f-aee0-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=5467956#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">31] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Powering Progress campaign is teaming up with the
Indivisible Truth Brigade to bring you the best strategies for fighting
disinformation in 2024. If you haven’t heard of the Indivisible Truth Brigade
before, they are frontline fighters against the disinformation poisoning the
minds of people all across the country. Come to the next Persuasion to
Power training series event: Combatting Disinfo through Education in Persuasion
Conversations with Dr. David Campt on Wed., March 13 at 6:30 PM ET.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Did
you know the most effective way to counter disinformation is through compassionate
conversation? Many people in our communities who fundamentally support the
benefits of government-supported affordable health care and clean energy might
even join our cause if they hadn’t been fed misinformation. Join in for White
Ally Toolkit Workbook author Dr. David Campt’s hands-on instruction in the
R.A.C.E method to open persuadable hearts and minds–and even to heal divisions
among friends–through dialogue. You’ll learn WHO to talk with, practice HOW to
have pragmatic conversations, and leave with the confidence to bring people along
with us. RSVP at <a href="https://indivisible.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctce-srDgvHNTIRmNXv4-xnGNhi0YqPR_w#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://indivisible.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctce-srDgvHNTIRmNXv4-xnGNhi0YqPR_w#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">32]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Are you a young person between 13 and 25 years old who is
interested in taking action around preventing gun violence? On Wednesdays,
including March 13, from 6 to 7 PM ET, join a Team ENOUGH welcome session to
learn more about the different ways you can engage. Team ENOUGH is a youth-led program whose
mission is to educate young voices about gun violence and mobilize them to take
meaningful action against it. Supported by Brady United, it harnesses the
expertise and experience of today’s youth to advance intersectional work across
the country. It will continue through Dec. 18. RSVP at</span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></strong><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/425528/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/425528/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest</span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">33] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Local Peace Economy [peaceeconomy@codepink.org]
session will happen on Wed., March 13 at 8 PM ET. Learn more about Cultivating Peace NOW! Stories
have so much power. They shape how we relate to each other, ourselves, and the
world around us. Humans have been telling stories since we’ve existed on this
planet. The war economy tells us a story that isn’t true - that there is
not enough for all of us, that we must compete against each other, that we are
fundamentally different and at odds. But we can tell another story, an ancient story,
which reveals a different reality and makes space for new possibilities for how
we live together. RSVP at <a href="https://www.codepink.org/lpe313?utm_campaign=lpe_3_13_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.codepink.org/lpe313?utm_campaign=lpe_3_13_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">34] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Having
health insurance should mean we get the care we need when and where we need it.
It’s time to crack down on private health insurers who are denying our
care! Tune in for a national live stream on Wed., March 13 at 8 PMET with
People’s Action about this issue. UnitedHealth
doesn't care. Register for UnitedHealth (Doesn't) Care: Demand United Put Care
Over Cost! Register at <a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/c/careovercost?link_id=2&can_id=fb619e9689086ee8dbe545102135%5b%E2%80%A6%5dus-online-for-unitedhealth-doesnt-care-on-313-at-8pm-eastern&emci=f2de5e4f-dedf-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=2ed9c8e6-eadf-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=136680"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.crowdcast.io/c/careovercost?link_id=2&can_id=fb619e9689086ee8dbe545102135%5b%E2%80%A6%5dus-online-for-unitedhealth-doesnt-care-on-313-at-8pm-eastern&emci=f2de5e4f-dedf-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=2ed9c8e6-eadf-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=136680</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">35] –</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #232333;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif;">The
Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know
about Why You Should Join DSA / New Member Orientation on Wed., March 13 at 8
PM ET. Curious about DSA? If so, this event is for you! You'll learn about DSA,
and how you can get involved in the fight for a brighter future. You will find
out about chapter's structure and campaigns, branches, and caucuses. This
chapter covers the DMV area, including the District, Northern Virginia, and
Montgomery County and Prince George's County in Maryland. RSVP for Zoom link at
https://actionnetwork.org/events/why-you-should-join-dsa-new-member-orientation-122?link_id=49&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">36] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Wed., March 13 at 8 PM, Common Cause
is holding a Letter to the Editor Party: Freedom to Vote. The freedom to have a
say in decisions that impact our lives - from curbing the pandemic to creating
jobs to making health care affordable. For months, the American people have
been calling for national standards to protect our freedom to vote and have an
equal voice in our government. In July of 2023, the Freedom to Vote Act was
reintroduced in the Senate. The Freedom to Vote Act is an extremely necessary
reform. This important legislation will protect our right to vote, end partisan
gerrymandering, counter undemocratic and dangerous election sabotage efforts,
and help eliminate the undue influence of dark money in our elections. Learn how to use our easy-to-use tool to
draft a short letter and automatically send it to your local papers and make
your voice heard! RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/418654/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/418654/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">37] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Join Common Cause on Wed., March 13 at 8 PM ET
for an exclusive webinar, "A Year in Review." Take a journey through
the year's triumphs and challenges, where seemingly impossible battles were
turned into victories for democracy. From the successful challenge of lawless
lawmakers in Moore v. Harper to a steadfast defense of democracy in statehouses
across the country, the ACLU has been at the forefront of defending the
principles that underpin our democracy. An unwavering commitment to justice led
to Donald Trump's indictment, and a major hedge fund's attempt to take over
local news was thwarted, ensuring diverse voices continue to be heard.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Visit <a href="http://commoncause.org/"><span style="color: #4642ff; text-decoration-line: none;">commoncause.org</span></a> to
join the webinar and continue the journey toward a more just and accountable
democracy!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-9636219633074357822024-03-11T22:54:00.003-04:002024-03-11T22:54:51.096-04:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 12, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">23] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Rally to save tenant rights in D.C. – March 12</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">25] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fair Share for Maryland Working Group </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">26] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Michael Luttig on January 6 – March 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">27] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Breaking through Propaganda –<span style="color: black;"> March
12 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">28] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">A Regional War in the Middle East? <span style="color: black;">–
March 12<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">23]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Metro DC DSA
[info@mdcdsa.org] wants you join a rally with Stamp out Slumlords on Tues.,
March 12 at 10 AM to protect Tenant Rights at the Wilson Building,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20004. TOPA
[Tenant Opportunity Purchase Assistance], which gives tenants a seat at the
table when their building is up for sale, is currently under attack from
landowners as the real estate industry is ramping up efforts to roll back the
protections tenants in D.C. have won over the last 50 years. Tell the council
to resist the landlord lobby’s biggest attack on tenants’ rights in DC history.
Developers (and the mayor) are plotting to hack away at TOPA, and tenants at a
recent city-wide meeting determined that they would resist any drawdown of
tenant protections in the city. Fight back — tenants and socialists demand TOPA
for all, fully funded and with no cuts or loopholes. Register here and email
tenants@mdcdsa.org to plug into the fight: <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-save-topa?link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024&email_referrer=email_2235665&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-8-2024"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-save-topa?link_id=4&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024&email_referrer=email_2235665&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-8-2024</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">24]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Friends of
Sabeel North America [friends@fosna.org] presents on Tues., March 12 at 6:30 PM
ET A Political Education Primer: Christian Zionism, B.D.S., and the Pursuit of
a Christ-Centered Response to Apartheid, Dispossession, and Genocide in the
Holy Land. Register at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcOGvqDMvGtDCD8y_7qrETYp26nlWFJwx#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcOGvqDMvGtDCD8y_7qrETYp26nlWFJwx#/registration</span></a>
or bitly/3V6qFhK</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">25] --</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jews United for Justice [info@jufj.org] want you to join
on Tues., March 12 at 6:30 PM a </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Fair Share for Maryland
Working Group to help pass the Fair Share for Maryland Plan so corporations and
the wealthiest pay their fair share. Jewish tradition teaches that in a just
world, all people — regardless of race, income, or zip code — would have what
the Torah calls dei machsoro, resources sufficient for their needs. Visit</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.jufj.org/events/category/baltimore/">https://www.jufj.org/events/category/baltimore/</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">26]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Committee for the Republic
[events@committeefortherepublic.org] is hosting Michael Luttig on Tues., March
12 at 7 PM ET -- An Expert’s Expert On
January 6th. The Committee is hosting former federal appellate judge Mike
Luttig to discuss the January 6 insurrection and its legal ramifications for
former President Donald Trump. Judge Luttig is a lawyer’s lawyer. His
reputation for getting the law right is reminiscent of Boston Red Sox slugger
Ted Williams calling balls and strikes.
The salient issues Judge Luttig will address include Mr. Trump’s
eligibility to serve in the White House under Section 3 of the Fourteenth, his
claim of absolute presidential immunity from criminal prosecution after leaving
office for any acts done while President, (including assassinating political
opponents) and the 91 felony charges Mr. Trump currently confronts in four
jurisdictions. For questions or requests, email <a href="mailto:events@committeefortherepublic.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">events@committeefortherepublic.org</span></a> To join the event on line, register at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_crVi2lkeReajtwsS5gnLtg#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_crVi2lkeReajtwsS5gnLtg#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">27] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] on Tues., March 12 at 8
PM ET wants you to join in for Breaking Through the Propaganda with Norman
Solomon. As the US continues to fund genocide in Gaza and
carnage in Ukraine, those of us demanding a radical shift in our foreign policy
face a corporate media that manufactures consent for endless war. How do
we break through the propaganda? How do
we reframe our arguments to bring more people over to the side of peace with
justice? Join CODEPINK Congress for a discussion of how activists and
organizations can be more effective in media messaging to stop state-sponsored
violence, advance ceasefires in Gaza and Ukraine and demilitarize our society.
Review terms to avoid, like “defense budget” or "precision bomb” and
choose words that are accurate like war budget and missile attack. Words
matter! RSVP at <a href="https://www.codepink.org/cpc035?utm_campaign=cp0312_unopens&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.codepink.org/cpc035?utm_campaign=cp0312_unopens&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">28] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common
Security [joseph@cpdcs.ccsend.com] is announcing that the Wellstone Democratic
Renewal Club on Tues., March 12 at 9 PM ET is holding a webinar THE DANGER OF
REGIONAL WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. The
conflict in Gaza threatens to engulf the Middle East in a wider war with
flashpoints including Lebanon, the Red Sea, Iraq and Syria. The US is
being drawn into these escalating conflicts. Since October, the US has launched
airstrikes in Yemen and has bombed Iraq and Syria numerous times. Three US
soldiers stationed in Iraq have lost their lives, leading to some calls for
even greater US intervention in the region. Richard Falk, a scholar of
international law and international relations, and Joe Gerson, executive
director of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, will
discuss the current tensions and the possibilities for preventing further
escalation. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85497589812?pwd=K3h1cHlGNUxJVk1UNktIUzVQOXp1dz09&link_id=1&can_id=3d7a549793b95c64a9a8a473bbbc5c75&source=email-danger-regional-war-seminar-mar12&email_referrer=email_2226889&email_subject=danger-of-regional-war-wellstone-club-seminar-march-12#success</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-81881594235928854382024-03-10T17:21:00.003-04:002024-03-10T17:21:26.874-04:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 11 - 12, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">19]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Community Listening Circle – March 11</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">20]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Missing Peace Monday – March 11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">21] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Phone bank for Uncommitted –<span style="color: black;">
March 11 - 12</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">22] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Russia out of Ukraine <span style="color: black;">– March 12<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">------</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">19] – </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Pacem
in Terris [info@depaceminterris.org] is holding a community listening circle on
Mon., March 11 at 6:30 PM ET in the Pacem office at Hanover Presbyterian
Church, 1801 N. Jefferson St., Wilmington, DE 19802. Advance registration is
required. Call (302) 656-2721. REGISTER at <a href="https://airtable.com/app95wvBkM9MUEFxG/shrSckChc5ZQeUioY"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://airtable.com/app95wvBkM9MUEFxG/shrSckChc5ZQeUioY</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">20] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] wants you to join in
Mon., March 11 at 8 PM for Missing Peace Monday Community Hour -- How to
Continue Staying Visible for Palestine during Ramadan. Continue
discussing how to be visible for Palestine during the Holy Month of Ramadan, a
time when the Israeli military typically intensifies violence against
Palestinians. Because Ramadan is beginning next week, CODEPINK will be moving
MPM to a biweekly schedule so that it’s easier for folks observing and breaking
their fast at sunset. Next week’s MPM will be the same as usual, and then we
will meet again on March 25. RSVP at <a href="https://www.codepink.org/missingp311?utm_campaign=mpm_3_11_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.codepink.org/missingp311?utm_campaign=mpm_3_11_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">21] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The DSA National Electoral Commission
[nec@dsacommittees.org] needs your help to phone bank to voters in Minnesota
urging them to vote Uncommitted. In Minnesota, Uncommitted won 19.6% of votes
and 4 delegates. Voters around the country are telling Joe Biden and the
Democratic establishment that they stand in solidarity with Palestinians and
there must be a permanent ceasefire to end Israel's genocidal war on the people
of Gaza. Next up for the Uncommitted
campaign is the Washington presidential primary on Tues., March 12th. Phone bank on Mon ., March 11 from 9 to 11:30
PM. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/wa-uncommitted-phonebank-march-11/?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire&email_referrer=email_2232682&email_subject=uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/wa-uncommitted-phonebank-march-11/?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire&email_referrer=email_2232682&email_subject=uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Then
on Tues., March 12 from 3 to 6 PM ET, RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/wa-uncommitted-textbank-march-12?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire&email_referrer=email_2232682&email_subject=uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/wa-uncommitted-textbank-march-12?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire&email_referrer=email_2232682&email_subject=uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">22] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., March 12 from
4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The
invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout
Europe. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use
of nuclear weapons. Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the
contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are
stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in
Europe. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or
410-323-1607.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-75765733221211877942024-03-09T23:57:00.000-05:002024-03-09T23:57:15.108-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 10 - 11, 2024<p><b>Baltimore Activist Alert – March
10 to 11, 2024</b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends, this list and other email
documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore
Nonviolence Center. Go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" title="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com</span></a></span>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> If you appreciate this information
and would like to make a donation, 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">1]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Books,
buttons and stickers</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">2]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Web
site for info on federal legislation</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">3]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Need
help in archiving activist material</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">4]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">5]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book A Bag of Stones <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An
Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">7]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Baltimore activist selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">
</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">8] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">House cleaner needed</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">9] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Humanist reproductive rights – March 10 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">10] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: #0e1634; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– March 10</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">11] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Support </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Councilmember
Janeese Lewis George </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– March 10</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">12] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">History of Tenant
Rights</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 10</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">13]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">How the Peace Was Lost </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– March 10</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">14] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concert/Fundraiser for Palestinian Refugees </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">15] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">PDA
Town Hall </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">16] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Meet and Greet </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">with
Senate candidate David Trone <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 10<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">17] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Protest at the Pentagon <span style="color: black;">– March 11</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">18] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Election Protection </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 11<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">-------</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">1] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Buttons, bumper stickers and books are
available.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> “God Bless the Whole World, No
Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">2] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">To obtain
information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://thomas.loc.gov/</span></a></span>. Congressional
toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White
House Comment Email is accessible at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/" title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">3] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">4] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is in
need of a garage or a storage space. Any suggestions would be
welcome. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot
net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">5] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are
finishing up “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death
Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed
indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to
pre-order your copy. 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. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of
the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Bag of Snakes will be available at a gathering at First Iconium
Baptist Church. Celebrate the life of Murphy Davis and The Open Door Community
along with presenting the book. Also enjoy an Open Door Supper—vegetarian
chili, Willie Dee Wimberly cornbread, salad and chocolate chip cookies.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">To order by postal mail, make your check to Open Door
Community. Send it to Open Door
Community, PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">For any
questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or <a href="mailto:davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">6] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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. The crime he was
excommunicated for was 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">7] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A
h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale on a
dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and one
bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and
quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a reasonable
amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her by text only
at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number, and she will
get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">8]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Is there a woman in the Baltimore area who does house
cleaning? This assignment would be on an irregular basis with several
hours per week. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:mobuszewski2001@comcast.net"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">9] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Usually, the Baltimore Ethical Society, 830 E. Pratt St.,
Baltimore 21202, meets on Sundays, and usually there is a platform address at
10:30 AM ET. On March 10, <a name="_MailAutoSig">the meeting will be hybrid, and the theme is </a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">“Humanist
Reproductive Rights.” Ethical Humanists strive to make the world a better place
by minimizing suffering and enhancing the dignity and autonomy of all people.
On the issue of reproductive justice, Ethical Culture has long defended the
right of women to control their own bodies and opposed draconian religious and
sexist assaults on this principle. As we continue our defense of women’s
reproductive rights, what secular political tactics should we employ? Should we
promote reproductive choice as part of humanists’ religious freedom? Hugh
explores these questions and more.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; padding: 0in;">Hugh Taft-Morales, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Leader of
the Philadelphia Ethical Society and the Baltimore Ethical Society, will
explore these question and more</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">. To receive a Zoom invitation, please email </span></b><a href="mailto:president@bmorethical.org"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;">president@bmorethical.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">. Visit </span></b><a href="https://bmorethical.org/"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;">https://bmorethical.org</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">10] – </span></b><b><span style="color: #0e1634; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Join
AFT for its March AFT Book Club session featuring AFT President Randi
Weingarten and renowned author Ruth Ben-Ghiat who will discuss her book <i>Strongmen:
Mussolini to the Present</i>. Engage with Weingarten and Ben-Ghiat as they
explore the themes of power, personality and politics that define the era of
strongmen and authoritarian leaders throughout history. Gain insights into the
past and present, to better understand how history can inform our future. This
is a must-attend event for anyone interested in history, politics and the
lessons we can learn from the past. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Register
at <a href="https://www.aft.org/bookclub?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-lets-talk-about-gun-violence-prevention-2&email_referrer=email_2205120&email_subject=join-me-at-the-afts-next-virtual-book-club"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.aft.org/bookclub?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-lets-talk-about-gun-violence-prevention-2&email_referrer=email_2205120&email_subject=join-me-at-the-afts-next-virtual-book-club</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">11]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is
running for re-election for District Council in Ward 4, but she is being
targeted by both the police union and Mayor Muriel Bowser for the strong
stances she has taken as a socialist in office. <a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.RNKlYhK-gnABEpCnH88uwDqi2OWBQ-YLbqhEpGG7XEcWbx2ou6gZMwMAjDMiPhJ0AfJPJ3E6QEBt0U9r1PhuwB61w4HBCXA7zWw5WpGjlLYMl3N4tG4INYDr32zoauMxd2nQeDG6go_quwzVxlI4DeflZecljGrUcfz6jiYn0kCZEy6SO0vZVO2eQl352g2scT7Z9TOQKeesdmR5ymjEyqt-9FYUkYYcc4C0AnXVmdsXNfIlxwn7kQ6kI0SnV5YLodD9GPgC8OVWJO5aQz1EsP1L61KW9ux9PaCuY72ZwIVLrbE4K2cmsITHIwxkhCaQVsssVCpny9yg49kfcscLUA/44h/gdMcbRQ1SeO27EnaL4gs0g/h7/h001.KWzRDML5kPjBS1FWZljrPO80E1JdPhksV2tZDwNzu5o"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Metro DC DSA is organizing to
defend her seat</span></a>. While in office, Councilmember Lewis George has
introduced legislation to bring a Green New Deal for Social Housing to DC,
advocated to expand rent control and raise the minimum wage for tipped workers,
fought to claw back the carceral state and much more. There are many ways to
volunteer as a socialist, including research and communications support. DSA
will also be holding canvasses every
weekend for Janeese, including on Sun., March 10 from 1 to 4 PM at the
Shepherd Park Community Center. Sign up at <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5vu934ogdtMJgXmOBcwhzFfkmNC7te1i3WL9R_WzSMuOtWQ/viewform"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5vu934ogdtMJgXmOBcwhzFfkmNC7te1i3WL9R_WzSMuOtWQ/viewform</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">12] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] is doing a walking
tour on Sun., March 10 at 1 PM about the History of Tenant Rights. <span style="background: white; color: #202124;">The tour will meet in the center of
Columbia Heights Civic Plaza, and the tour will adjourn at 2:45 PM around the
intersection of Sherman St. NW and Lamont St. NW after 2 miles of walking. There will be a happy hour afterward at
Midlands Tavern. Snacks and water will be provided on the tour. The Walking Tour
is hosted by Metro DC DSA’s Political Education Working Group and Stomp out
Slumlords campaign.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The
event will take attendees on a walking tour through Columbia Heights, exploring
the past, present and future of tenant rights in the area. The tour will
explore how Columbia Heights tenants could and have previously come together to
demand rent control and better housing conditions, buy their buildings from
landlords and form cooperatives, organize tenant unions and exercise their
power to get the DC Council to pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase (TOPA)
Act. The Walking Tour will be led by Professor Amanda Huron, organizers with
the Stomp out Slumlords campaign and tenant organizers in Columbia Heights.
Sign up at <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoc-XYG3UpZAWx4ZC7iC6JL7bu3Idyp9GS0klbqYq-oHc9jw/viewform"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoc-XYG3UpZAWx4ZC7iC6JL7bu3Idyp9GS0klbqYq-oHc9jw/viewform</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">13] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rich </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] is holding a webinar
on Sun., March 10 at 1 PM ET -- How the Peace Was Lost with Richard Sakwa. Come hear the prolific chronicler of recent
Russian history, Richard Sakwa, describe how the post-Cold-War peace was “lost”
due to U.S. pursuit of unipolarity under the moral banner of “liberalism
contesting with autocracy.” Sakwa explores both the continuities and
discontinuities since the end of the Second World War, but particularly since
1990, around this tension between a security order centered in the West, on the
one hand, and one based on the UN Charter and sovereign internationalism, on
the other. After the recent eruption of both cold and hot wars out of that
tension, is a peace agenda possible and realistic?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Richard Sakwa is Professor Emeritus of
Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, England. He has
written extensively on the Putin regime (The Putin Paradox; Putin and the
Oligarchs), Ukraine (Frontline Ukraine: Trouble in the Borderlands), and Russian
relations with the West (Deception). His most recent book, The Lost Peace:
How the West Failed to Prevent a New Cold War, explores the crucial issues of
“liberal hegemony,” UN Charter internationalism, and the realistic path to
creating a secure and peaceful world. RSVP at <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/fTXtz6q-oEmsAqECW1kvZA2?emci=ba20e395-9fdc-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=def30cba-a1dc-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=320042"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://secure.everyaction.com/fTXtz6q-oEmsAqECW1kvZA2?emci=ba20e395-9fdc-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=def30cba-a1dc-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=320042</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">14] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rich Forer
[richforer@gmail.com] wants you to know about Concert/Fundraiser for
Palestinian Refugees on Sun., March 10 from 4:30 to midnight ET in Denver.
However, the event will be livestream so anyone can see it and donate. Y</span></b><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">our tax-deductible donations
will go to <i>Beirut and Beyond</i>, </span></b><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">an established non-profit. Every cent they receive will go
toward humanitarian assistance for Palestinian refugees, who have been
grievously harmed by Israel's oppressive policies.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">You can purchase tickets to the live event at
https://holdmyticket.com/event/428362.
Or you can donate directly at </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://beirutandbeyond.org/how-to-give" target="_blank"><b><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">BeirutandBeyond.org</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #1c1e21;">. Just type in “Concert” in the <i>Special
Instructions</i> section before you complete your donation. </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">15</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Progressive
Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] are holding its weekly virtual Town
Hall on Sun., March 10 at 4 PM ET. It will feature Congressional Candidate
Qasim Rashid plus strategy and tactics for moving forward. RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Rashid is challenging "moderate"
incumbent Bill Foster in the March 19 primary. In less than two weeks, no
fewer than five PDA-endorsed Congressional candidates are running in
Illinois' primary. Three of these are running unopposed: Jan Schakowsky,
Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson. A fourth incumbent, Jesus 'Chuy"
Garcia, is facing a conservative challenger! PDA's one
non-incumbent endorsed candidate is Qasim Rashid (IL-11), a human
rights lawyer, is an across-the-board PDA progressive. Also, in contrast
to Foster, he supports a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. He puts the climate
crisis, human rights, and guaranteed healthcare front and center in his campaign.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">16] – Join
Congressperson David Trone for a Meet and Greet in Prince George's County,
hosted by the Nguyen Family, Beth Wong, Nagender Madavaram, & Mayur
Mody..on Sun., March 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni
Center, 7801 Alumni Drive, College Park 20742. RSVP at
https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/604211/?followup_modal_context=email_post_shift_future_timeslots_other_events&timeslot=4157761</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">17] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on
Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is March
11 and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a></span> or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">By
Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go
to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across
to protest area. 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., and 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">18] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Progressive
Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] want you to participate with the </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Green
Grassroots Emergency Environment and Election Protection (GREEP) Zoom on Mon., March
4 at 5 PM ET. Hear from leading activists, elected officials, and others
committed to union organizing as well as cleaning up our elections and the
environment, and other critically important issues. RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-86290676780696998382024-03-08T23:07:00.000-05:002024-03-08T23:07:43.431-05:00Janice and Max go to the Israeli embassy to commemorate Aaron Bushnell!<p><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Janice
and Max go to the Israeli embassy to commemorate Aaron Bushnell!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> The
ANSWER Coalition and other groups called for a Hands off Rafah Global Day of
Action on March 2. Rallies took place around the country, including in
Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Janice and I decided to attend the rally
at the Israeli embassy off Van Ness Avenue on International Drive. It was an
easy call, as we had to be there to honor the action taken by Aaron
Bushnell. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Through
Chris Hedges, we read Divine Violence by Eunice Wong. She described his
immolation as<span style="color: #404040;"> “divine violence against radical
evil.” Then she let him speak for myself:</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">“I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage
in an extreme act of protest. But compared to what people have been
experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at
all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We drove from Baltimore, and once we got near the embassy we saw
lots of protesters and a huge police presence around the 1 PM starting
time. After we parked and walked down Connecticut Avenue, we saw many
more placard carrying activists. Because of the crowd, we set up with our
placards on Van Ness and announced we were there because of the ongoing
genocide, war crimes and slaughter of the children. There were many
speakers, many chants and some music which animated a lively crowd dominated by
youth. Biden better beware as the youth are visibly perturbed by his
ignorant support for the Israeli genocide. One sign caught Max’s attention:
IrrePRESSible. I am sure the holder is aware that the Israeli Defense
[sic] Force sees a journalist wearing a PRESS notice as a target. At least 88
journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip. Max hopes to organize a visit
to The Baltimore Sun so that it recognizes the Israeli attack on journalists.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">One of the chants was the From the river to the sea, Palestine
will be free. This chant is considered anti-Semitic by the
right-wing. However, it can be interpreted as a call for a State with
equal rights for all. At the beginning of the rally, there was a moment
of silence for Aaron Bushnell, followed by the usual attacks on capitalism and
imperialism. Janice kept shouting that the weapons contractors were
profiting from the destruction of the Gaza Strip. She was also upset that
there was no criticism of AIPAC from the stage. A small segment of the
crowd started shouting a vulgar refrain about Biden. I said to Janice that it
was disrespectful. One of the youth near me criticized my observation. I
appreciated her vigor in condemning Biden, but my complaint was about the use
of a vulgarity in a crowd with many children. Biden deserves to be called
a war criminal, and Max plans to vote Uncommitted in Maryland’s primary
election.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Around 2:30 PM, we left the gathering which was still
happening. In fact, lots of people were just getting to the area. As we
headed towards Connecticut Avenue, we picked up leaflets from various groups.
One document had three different groups listed on it: BAMN, Movement for
Justice and the International Trotskyist Committee. There was a
condemnatory notice of groups supporting “Israel’s genocidal occupation of
Gaza—including phony ‘pacifist’ look-the-other-way policies.” This reminded us
of the Hermann Goering quote: “</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The people can always be brought to the bidding
of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being
attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the
country to danger.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We went to the Flavor Garden on Connecticut
Avenue for lunch. Two Metropolitan Police officers entered the
establishment, and Janice told them that her sister Joyce was the first female
police officer in Wisconsin. They appreciated the information. I
asked them about the size of the crowd. One of them indicated they
expected 500 people. The other estimated the turn-out to be anywhere from
two to three thousand activists.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> In the midst of our lunch, we heard a
lot of voices outside so we grabbed our signs and stood just outside the
restaurant’s door. The rally goers were marching up Connecticut Avenue,
and some of them stopped to photograph us. Soon thereafter, two of the
restaurant employees came out to photograph the march. We felt good that
we selected a restaurant with employees who supported the marchers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">One of the marchers came over and videotaped
Janice. She then joined us for lunch and nibbled on the carrots and
hummus. Lina was a Lebanese-American from Pittsburgh who wants to be a
journalist. She is taking an International Studies course at George
Washington University, and one of her teachers is a former CIA analyst.
Janice told her about crossing the line at Fort Benning in a protest against
the School of the Americas. I reminded Janice that she was also arrested
at Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing. We explained to Lina that Haspel
was involved in the Bush administration’s torture program. Prior to her
confirmation, she destroyed the torture tapes. The GW student was also
told about our arrests at the CIA protesting killer drones, and Max’s
involvement in a human rights delegation to Israel/occupied Palestine during
the First Intifada. We appreciated very much that this Muslim woman was
quite knowledgeable about US injustices and wished her the best in her future
endeavors. </span></b><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">As we walked to our vehicle, Max thought again about Aaron
Bushnell and what Eunice Wong wrote about divine violence. She related that she
was in Prague in 1989 for the commemoration of the self-immolation of a
20-year-old university student named Jan Palach. He lit himself on fire in
Wenceslas Square in 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion of
Czechoslovakia. When candlelight vigils took place at his grave,
communist authorities dug up the body, cremated it and gave the ashes to his
mother. By 1989, however, posters of Palach’s face were everywhere in
Prague. Thousands marched to the Square of Red Army Soldiers and renamed it Jan
Palach Square. Maybe someday the road to the Israeli embassy will be renamed
Arron Bushnell Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">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 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" target="_parent"><span style="color: blue;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">"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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-27102084744808534262024-03-07T22:32:00.002-05:002024-03-07T22:32:11.862-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 8 - 23, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">46]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Conversations
on Indian Democracy – March
8</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">47]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Fridays with Steve<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span>– March 8</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">48] P</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">eace vigil at the
White House </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 8</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">49]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Women in Black vigil – March
8</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">50]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire –<span style="color: black;"> March 8</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">51] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Meet </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1c1e27; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">Rise Up Brazilian leader Marília Moreira</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">52] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Environmental
Concern of Data Centers </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 8</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">53] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Striving for Peace,
Preparing for War –<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> March 8<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">54] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Vigil for a ceasefire –
March 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">55] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Power Half-hour for Gaza </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 8</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">56]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">DSA Happy
Hour <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 8</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">57] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fourth Branch Action discussion</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> –<span style="color: black;"> March 8</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">58]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Film Festival </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 9, 16 & 23 </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">59] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Swing Left Baltimore –<span style="color: black;"> March 9<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">60] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Support renter rights </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 9</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">61] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Bird dog David Trone –<span style="color: black;"> March 9<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">62] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Activist is selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">63] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">64]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">65]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Read
<span style="color: black;">Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">66]</span> </b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you need a doctor?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Caliban Std";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">67]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">68]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do
you need any book shelves?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">69]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Roboto;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">46]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hindus for Human
Rights [info@hindusforhumanrights.org] want you to know about an event on Fri.,
March 8 at 10:30 AM ET. Join Friends of Democracy for the first installation of
their new series, "Conversations on Indian Democracy". These fireside
chats bring together academics with Indian politicians who are facing unique
challenges amidst the upcoming 2024 elections. These elections will be the
largest in the world, and already opposition leaders are facing financial,
legal, and physical harassment, including investigations, blackmail, and even
arrests. This series delves into these challenges, among others, and uncover
the futures that India’s diverse political opposition envision. Register at
https://bridgingventures.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3TasPtAdRVyccAKNyo43fw?emci=91675d4f-0adb-ee11-85f9-002248223197&emdi=084c1218-f4db-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=467469#/registration </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">47] – </span></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">On
Fri., March 8 at noon ET, join Steve Phillips and the self-described “badass
women of Network NOVA” for their Friday Power Lunch, where Steve will be
talking about <i>How We Win</i> and this year's elections. </span></b><b><span style="color: #007c89; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/RSVP%20"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">RSVP </span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">at <span style="color: #202020;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscumspzMoHtOe4-JRDrtezzQNNh9EhWEh#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscumspzMoHtOe4-JRDrtezzQNNh9EhWEh#/registration</span></a></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">48] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on
Fri., March 8 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or <span style="color: #0563c1;"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a>.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">49] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 the corner of West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP
or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at <a href="mailto:annvinup@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">annvinup@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">50] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action
Hour for a Cease-fire Now every Friday at noon ET. Join AFSC staff to hear
updates from Gaza. Then, take action by contacting elected officials and call
for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected
officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at <a href="https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>51] –</b><b><span style="color: #1c1e27; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">Celebrate International Women's Day on Fri., March 8 at noon ET
with </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://e.p.credomobile.com/c2/883:65de7e1c0f8b0373b907fd40:ot:5d1d24aa1802c8c524330fb0:1/ae8ae4d8?jwtH=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9&jwtP=eyJpYXQiOjE3MDkyOTc0ODQsImNkIjoiLnAuY3JlZG9tb2JpbGUuY29tIiwiY2UiOjg2NDAwLCJ0ayI6ImNyZWRvIiwibXRsSUQiOiI2NWRmYTAzMjc4NDE2NTkzNWUwNjQ0M2YiLCJsaW5rVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5jcmVkb2RvbmF0aW9ucy5jb21cL29yZ2FuaXphdGlvbnNcL3Jpc2UtdXBcLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWNvcmRpYWwmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MDMwMTI0X2FhbF9ldmVudHNfZW0mY2FtcGFpZ25pZD05MDAyMzAmcHJvZmlsZWlkPTVmZDUyNWEyMmMxODAwOTJhN2E1MDU1MzM4MTQzMTVhODlmMWE3NDdjNWIwNTFiODM4NWY0NjcwMDVkMWE1ZjIifQ&jwtS=15Ga7NT-cFGu-Yel4D3JsMm-A1lwXKYkbJiTZp-1sGk"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Rise Up</span></a></span></b><b><span style="color: #1c1e27; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> – a
global organization that advances women’s rights around the world – for a
special live conversation featuring Rise Up Brazil Leader Marília Moreira. <strong>You
can join Rise Up at @riseupforgirls</strong> as Marília shares her
inspiring journey and her vision for International Women's Day as a call to
action. Follow @riseupforgirls to participate in the conversation. Marília is
part of Rise Up’s global network of 800+ local leaders advancing gender equity
in their countries with training and funding from Rise Up. She is a Black
woman, journalist, and the Director of Operations at the AzMina Institute in
Brazil working to strengthen support for gender-based violence survivors.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">52] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Maryland
LCV [info@mdlcv.org] is taking a deep dive in the Environmental Concern of Data
Centers in Maryland on Fri., March 8 at noon ET. Data centers are a vital and important part
of our data-driven lives yet a significant source of environmental challenges.
The Maryland General Assembly is currently considering legislation aimed at
enhancing our tech infrastructure; however, it currently skirts around
essential community engagement and environmental oversight. Maryland LCV is
working to strike a balance that will welcome data centers to Maryland while
minimizing their environmental impacts. Register at <a href="https://www.mdlcv.org/event/friday-digest-3-8-24?emci=5c31ba10-52da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=ba2c3284-10db-ee11-85f9-002248223197&ceid=578562"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mdlcv.org/event/friday-digest-3-8-24?emci=5c31ba10-52da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=ba2c3284-10db-ee11-85f9-002248223197&ceid=578562</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">53]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Ploughshares Fund [events@ploughshares.org] wants you to
know about Striving for Peace, Preparing for War scheduled for Fri., March 8 at
1 PM ET. Around the globe, women have spent decades protesting, advocating, and
leading local and global nuclear disarmament movements and peace initiatives in
countless ways. The current geopolitical context and the growing number of
nuclear-related and nuclear-adjacent conflicts feel both unprecedented and all
too familiar. The calamitous situation in the Gaza Strip, the risk of a wider
war in the Middle East, the threat of a nuclearized Iran, and the global rise
of authoritarianism are forcing the need for a widespread reckoning and
reorientation of domestic and foreign policies. Yet our leaders consistently
fail to provide genuine security or productive diplomacy, using the same old
compass that has only one direction – with the needle invariably pointing
towards war.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This International Women’s Day, Equity
Rises again turns its full attention towards women who are challenging the
prevailing views on the necessity of threats, force, and war to resolve
conflicts: Sara Haghdoosti, Executive
Director of Win Without War and Win Without War Education Fund, Dr. Nancy
Okail, President and CEO of the Center for International Policy and Dr. Emma
Belcher, President of Ploughshares Fund. RSVP at <a href="https://internationalpolicy.org/event/international-womens-day-striving-for-peace-preparing-for-war/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://internationalpolicy.org/event/international-womens-day-striving-for-peace-preparing-for-war/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">54] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join Baltimore Peace Action on Fri., March 8 (unless there is
rain) at the corners of Pimlico Road and Northern Parkway (by the racetrack) as
the group calls for a ceasefire and hand out leaflets. The set-up is at 3
PM, and the demo will end at 4:45 PM ET. Banners and signs are
available. The BPA gatherings are quiet and peaceful. Contact </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ronda
Cooperstein [rondacooperstein@hotmail.com]. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">55] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jewish Voice for Peace [info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org]
is doing Power Half Hours for Gaza every day, Monday through Friday, at 3 PM
ET. Sign up to take collective action toward a ceasefire alongside hundreds of
other people like you. RSVP at <a href="https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration</span></a> If the Zoom room is full, go to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> There are no words to describe the
devastating pain of the last four months, in which the Israeli military has
killed over 29,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 11,500 children.
The highest court in the world has named Israel’s actions as plausibly a
genocide. And the U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli military
as it wreaks devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">56] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] is
holding a chapter happy hour on Fri., March 8 from 5:30 to 8 PM ET at Aslin
Brewing, 1740 14th St NW, WDC 20009. Celebrate International Women’s Day with
comrades at DC’s newest union brewery. Catch up with comrades you know, meet
new comrades, get plugged into our chapter’s work on the Trans Rights and
Bodily Autonomy National Campaign, and support union beers. Register at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/mdc-dsa-chapter-happy-hour?link_id=8&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/mdc-dsa-chapter-happy-hour?link_id=8&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">57] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On
Fri., March 8 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET, the Democratic National Committee will have
a Fourth Branch Action discussion. These
Friday events will continue through December 27. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fourth
Branch Action is a national grassroots group organizing for action, supporting
the Biden/Harris administration, and working through civic, electoral, and
legislative action to achieve progressive goals. The group accomplishes this
through advocacy, oversight, holding elected officials accountable to perform
their jobs on behalf of their constituents; community engagement, civic
education, and other events. Everyone
is welcome to join in. Come and enjoy a friendly conversation among like-minded
folks, get acquainted with others from across the country, and build a
community to restore the soul of our nation.
After you register for this event, you will receive an automated email
with the Zoom meeting details: <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">58] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">World BEYOND War [greta@worldbeyondwar.org] is
doing a film festival with three films starting Sat., March 9, continuing March
16 and concluding on March 23. Get tickets at <a href="https://worldbeyondwar.org/2024filmfest/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-announcing-this-years-film-fest-2&email_referrer=email_2219875&email_subject=film-fest-starts-next-week"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://worldbeyondwar.org/2024filmfest/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-announcing-this-years-film-fest-2&email_referrer=email_2219875&email_subject=film-fest-starts-next-week</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s theme is “Women
& War” and the films explore the intersection of women, war, and
militarized masculinity. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Each Saturday, there
will be a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and
special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the
films. The purchase of one ticket gets you access to all three films and three
discussions. You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own
time leading up to the Zoom discussions.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">The films are as follows: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Released in 2023, Israelism uniquely explores how
Jewish attitudes towards Israel are changing dramatically, with massive
consequences for the region. Two young American Jews – Simone Zimmerman and
Eitan – are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the
Israeli military. Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s
college campuses. When they witness Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian
people with their own eyes, they are horrified and heartbroken.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> Naila and The Uprising (2017) takes place
during the First Intifada in 1987. A woman in Gaza must choose between love,
family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine
network of women in an inspiring story that weaves through the most vibrant,
nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">The hour-long
documentary Power on Patrol (2022) from the Women’s International League for
Peace & Freedom (WILPF) sheds light on the concept of militarized
masculinities as a key driver of this conflict and aggression, the ways it
manifests itself in conflict societies, how it is sustained and spotlights the
stories of the male allies doing vital work alongside female activists to
achieve equitable peace. As news reports
remind us on a daily basis, violence and war are having a devastating effect on
countries, communities, and individuals across the world. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">59] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
Sat., March 9 from noon to 3 PM, join Swing Left Baltimore in Letter Writing.
The group will begin planning to ensure the House flips BLUE in the 2024
election. Enjoy PIZZA AND BEVERAGES in the Wilson Room, Towson Branch,
Baltimore County Public Library, 320 York Road, Towson 21204. Upon entering the
Library, simply ask the front-desk for directions on finding the room.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Write
letters using an award-winning, proven tactic to reach potential voters in
important upcoming elections. Hop on to <span style="color: #4472c4;">votefwd.org/swingleft </span>and make an account;
download twenty letters; and you will learn how to write them at the party! If
you are unable to bring your own materials, do not worry. There will be
letter-writing materials available at the event for you to use. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/604754/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/604754/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">60] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Progressive Maryland Team
[info@progressivemaryland.org] has a tip for you. Join in on Sat., March 9 from 2 to 4 PM with
the Enclave Tenant Association in Silver Spring for a rally to continue
holding corporate landlords accountable and fighting for policy that protects
renters. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/602892/?referring_vol=6120608&share_context=dashboard-event-details&sharer_role=SharerRole.ORGANIZER"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/602892/?referring_vol=6120608&share_context=dashboard-event-details&sharer_role=SharerRole.ORGANIZER</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Come to the Enclave Silver Spring Apartments,
11225 Oak Leaf Drive, Silver Spring 20901. Hear from REP. JAMIE RASKIN,
COUNCILMEMBER KRISTIN MINK and COUNCILMEMBER WILL JAWANDO who will demand to
livable conditions for tenants and renters rights. Tell the contracted buyers
of the Enclave, Beach Hill Capital, that tenants won't take the continuation of
unlivable and unsafe conditions lying down and that tenants will not be
displaced or abused without a fight.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">61] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Get
over to a Howard County Meet and Greet with Congressperson David Trone on Sat.,
March 9 from 5 to 7 PM at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center, 7246 Cradlerock
Way, Columbia 21045. Delegates Mike
Rogers, Gary Simmons, Chao Wu, and Natalie Ziegler will host the candidate for
U.S. senator. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/604517/?followup_modal_context=email_shift_followup_other_events"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/604517/?followup_modal_context=email_shift_followup_other_events</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>62] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
A h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale
on a dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and
one bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and
quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a
reasonable amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her
by text only at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number,
and she will get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">63] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are able to donate any
kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please
email <a href="mailto:Brendan.walls@seaseton.org"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">Brendan.walls@seaseton.org</span></a>
or call 410-721-5770 x231. There is a
colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped
every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and
Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">64] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 -- <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:president@jhu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">president@jhu.edu</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>65] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> 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 <a href="mailto:1941mireille@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">1941mireille@gmail.com</span></a>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>66]
– </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yousef
Zarbalian [<a href="mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">yzarbali@gmail.com</span></a>] started his own
medical practice in December before the pandemic hit.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>67] --</b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">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 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://comcast.net/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">comcast.net</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">68] --</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Can
you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">69] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette
Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://prop1.org/"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">http://prop1.org</span></a></span>;
call 202-682-4282</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">“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</span></b></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-4805821754636604652024-03-06T23:07:00.005-05:002024-03-06T23:07:56.270-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 7, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">35]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">India
under Modi – March 7</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">37] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">US South Korea Alliance <span style="color: black;">– March 7</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">38] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reclaim
Renewable Energy Act</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/78891748/454787078/-915153167?ys=2024RS&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNTVAvMS81OTc5NCIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIwNzQ4NjRkZS0wMGNhLWVlMTEtODVmOS0wMDIyNDgyMjM3OTQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogIm1vYnVzemV3c2tpMjAwMUBjb21jYXN0Lm5ldCINCn0%3D&hmac=g1cmBpESpzm6lJJxuXPhr0Wuo3_Qv13fnFWrQ1bnnmQ=&emci=380eea98-f7c9-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=074864de-00ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680"><span style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> (HB166</span></a><span style="color: #555555;">) </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 7</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">39] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medicare for All <span style="color: black;">– March 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">40] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Call </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pennsylvania voters <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 7</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">41] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">S</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">tate of the Union rally
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">42] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lower Shore Progressive
Caucus meeting </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">43] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Seeking Women’s Health
Justice <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">44] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Campaign to Victory
call – March 7<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">45] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Joi</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">n DSA phone bank for
Uncommitted <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-------</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">35]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where is India, the World’s Largest Democracy, headed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As India gears up for the May elections, the
prevailing sentiment suggests Narendra Modi’s reelection is imminent,
reaffirming his statesmanship and aspirations for great-power status. However,
beneath the surface lies a historic narrative of political and cultural
pluralism being overshadowed by the populist majoritarian ideology. On Thurs.,
March 7 at 8 AM ET, Reset Dialogues will host an online roundtable which aims
to dissect the implications of Modi’s triumphalism, the erosion of India’s
federal system, and how this will this impact India’s international
aspirations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kLFW0qp_QC6v2joy3VeAtA?emci=91675d4f-0adb-ee11-85f9-002248223197&emdi=084c1218-f4db-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=467469#/registration"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kLFW0qp_QC6v2joy3VeAtA?emci=91675d4f-0adb-ee11-85f9-002248223197&emdi=084c1218-f4db-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=467469#/registration</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">36]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Jews United for Justice [info@jufj.org] need your help
on Thurs., March 7 starting at 8 AM to join a Phone Zap For Justice. Urge state
leaders to say NO to Fox News fearmongering. Youth Justice is on the line in
Annapolis as current anti-youth justice bills advance in the Senate. One of
those bills – SB744/HB184 – would undermine youth justice reforms like the
Juvenile Justice Reform Act that our partners fought hard for in previous
years. However, legislators still have an opportunity to amend the bill to work
toward youth justice, instead of rolling back crucial protections for children.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Join the “Phone Zap”,
a day of action where elected officials are called as much as possible (think
every 10 minutes) and put pressure on them to amend SB744/HB814. Sign up for a call time and check out the
call script here: <a href="https://www.slottr.com/sheets/18282501?emci=a6739041-cedb-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=bf250234-e4db-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=3403859"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.slottr.com/sheets/18282501?emci=a6739041-cedb-ee11-85fb-002248223794&emdi=bf250234-e4db-ee11-85fb-002248223794&ceid=3403859</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">37]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The GW Institute for Korean Studies [gwiks@gwu.edu] is
inviting you to a Korea Policy Forum, The United States-South Korea Alliance on
Thurs., March 7 at 12:30 PM. This is a hybrid Book Talk with Scott Snyder at
Elliott School for International Affairs, Room 505, 1957 E ST NW,
WDC. You can also join by Zoom: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/korea-policy-forum-the-united-states-south-korea-alliance-tickets-847587405747?aff=oddtdtcreator"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/korea-policy-forum-the-united-states-south-korea-alliance-tickets-847587405747?aff=oddtdtcreator</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">38]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Round 2 of the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/78891748/454787078/-915153167?ys=2024RS&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNTVAvMS81OTc5NCIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIwNzQ4NjRkZS0wMGNhLWVlMTEtODVmOS0wMDIyNDgyMjM3OTQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogIm1vYnVzemV3c2tpMjAwMUBjb21jYXN0Lm5ldCINCn0%3D&hmac=g1cmBpESpzm6lJJxuXPhr0Wuo3_Qv13fnFWrQ1bnnmQ=&emci=380eea98-f7c9-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=074864de-00ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680"><span style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration-line: none;"> (HB166</span></a><span style="color: #555555;">) </span>has a hearing date on </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "arial,geneva"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Thurs., March 7 at 1
PM </span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">before the Economic Matters Committee
chaired by CT Wilson. To gain press attention around this event, and garner
community support, the RREA coalition will host a Press Conference/Rally
at </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "arial,geneva"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">11 AM </span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">at Lawyers Mall. If you would like more
information about this, please reach out to</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="mailto:sirjames@progressivemaryland.org"><span style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration-line: none;">SirJames</span></a> at <span style="color: #555555;"><a href="mailto:sirjames@progressivemaryland.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">sirjames@progressivemaryland.org</span></a></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">39] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Healthcare-NOW!
[email@healthcare-now.org] is doing a training about the healthcare system on
Thurs., March 7 at 2 PM – Medicare for All. Learn how storytelling is critical
to building a movement for Medicare for All and practice talking about your own
experiences with the healthcare system. These trainings will continue through
April 4. REGISTER at <a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>40] – </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Thurs., March 7 from 4 to 6 PM ET, join a Field
Team 6 phone bank to help register Dems in Pennsylvania 07 to Elect Susan Wild.
This will continue through March 28. This
Sign up at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/581992/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/581992/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> You
will be contacting eligible voters (likely Democrats) in Pennsylvania! Make sure people are registered to vote, and
that they can vote safely from home, is a super-effective way to make a
difference. Turn voices into votes! All training provided!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">41] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jewish Voice for Peace [info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org]
will join a mass rally on Thurs., March 7 at 6 PM ET at the White House during
the State of the Union. Biden will probably affirm U.S. support for the Israeli
government’s unspeakable genocide of Palestinians. The rally will reject
Biden’s support for genocide and demand a permanent ceasefire now. RSVP at <a href="https://www.peopledemand.org/?sourceid=1002772&emci=23a4d01e-edd7-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=6c4cda7e-03d8-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=237778"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.peopledemand.org/?sourceid=1002772&emci=23a4d01e-edd7-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=6c4cda7e-03d8-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=237778</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">42]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Lower
Shore Progressive Caucus [admin@lowershoreprogressives.com] is holding a
meeting on Thurs., March 7 at 6:30 PM ET.
Members will have the chance to cast their endorsement vote for several
key races in Maryland. While members vote, they will have the chance to hear
from two special guests to speak on vital women's rights legislation happening
in Maryland: Delegate Edith Patterson, Chair of Women Legislators of Maryland,
and Mary Ann Gorman, Maryland National Organization for Women. You can join in person at the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship in Salisbury or attend virtually. RSVP at <a href="https://bit.ly/RSVPMonthlyMeeting"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://bit.ly/RSVPMonthlyMeeting</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">43] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] is holding
a webinar on Thurs., March 7 at 7 PM --
Seeking Women’s Health Justice - At the Crossroads. RSVP at <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/wtaywHx4WEq3rUiif35u1A2?contactdata=4plL9ZnaOzFqWTDlH3ISqQHKXtWhbDfkPSWZTmxwgPpov2iSYnm8+6SjnvOtvs%2fNkcgUZdfSL4eO91cRa8oiK%2fnBtnRbYmriQkdPRt7maoNTJt3F5pY%2fdgZgx45hxIynu50zrRpdFNpn4XXbY6h4s4nKnDSO9yxHbH65tEj1HLdQRQfyAmBQ4bNFX9ZhzpjZNCPQabUtk9I2X+V5rRK2YIDJe93RDUnEG6VTM8KtUbMF+B1une+LSP5MgUCNuJljF0MvkhBndxmL8aT4Cwml74zTAL83mkQ%2fzum8yGm7KxXbyXM0kcR3GVidK%2fFwOajcO3odQBQ1ahh3BsdmtGDV1w%3d%3d&emci=605fa470-58cb-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=f4739066-09db-ee11-85f9-002248223197&ceid=269591"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://secure.everyaction.com/wtaywHx4WEq3rUiif35u1A2?contactdata=4plL9ZnaOzFqWTDlH3ISqQHKXtWhbDfkPSWZTmxwgPpov2iSYnm8+6SjnvOtvs%2fNkcgUZdfSL4eO91cRa8oiK%2fnBtnRbYmriQkdPRt7maoNTJt3F5pY%2fdgZgx45hxIynu50zrRpdFNpn4XXbY6h4s4nKnDSO9yxHbH65tEj1HLdQRQfyAmBQ4bNFX9ZhzpjZNCPQabUtk9I2X+V5rRK2YIDJe93RDUnEG6VTM8KtUbMF+B1une+LSP5MgUCNuJljF0MvkhBndxmL8aT4Cwml74zTAL83mkQ%2fzum8yGm7KxXbyXM0kcR3GVidK%2fFwOajcO3odQBQ1ahh3BsdmtGDV1w%3d%3d&emci=605fa470-58cb-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=f4739066-09db-ee11-85f9-002248223197&ceid=269591</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The federal budget for women’s health is
negligent. This is because our government is more concerned with manufacturing
crises so they can continue building endless weapons of war than addressing the
actual security concerns of Americans, namely the crumbling of our public
health infrastructure that prevents health professionals from doing their jobs.
If we want to achieve equitable health services for women, we must address and
dismantle the rampant militarization of our society. From the current confusing
hodgepodge of women’s health care, we see that women have never had the role of
power deciders. It is time for women’s health advocates to re-energize to
combat all barriers to women’s health justice.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>44] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Progressive
Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] is holding a <strong>Campaign to
Victory Call on</strong></span></b><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thurs., March 7 at 8 PM ET.
Do a Debrief of Super Tuesday, Revel in the Wins, and Lay Out the Plans
for the Next Victories Coming March 17. RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All Progressive Caucus </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">members (Lloyd Doggett, Greg Cesar, Jasmine Crockett,
Veronica Escobar, Sylvia Garcia Joaquin Castro, and Sheila Jackson-Lee) will be
on the ballot in the general in November! A perfect sweep, there, and several
of the Democratic primary winners look like
Dems we can work with, even if they aren't full-throated Medicare for All,
Green New Deal, 21st Economic Bill of Rights, or Ceasefire supporters YET.
And Caucus members Valerie Foushee and Alma Adams in
NC will also be on the ballot in November!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">And while it's still too early to call several of the races in California,
Progressive Caucus members John Garamendi, Mark DeSaulnier, Jimmy Panetta, Judy
Chu, Brad Sherman, Ted Lieu, Linda Sanchez, Mark Takano, Maxine Waters, Nanett
Barragan, Sara Jacobs, Juan Vargas, Mike Levin, and future Caucus member Derek
Marshall have all made it through the primary as of this writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">45]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The DSA
National Electoral Commission [nec@dsacommittees.org</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">] i</span><strong><span style="color: #3b3838; font-size: 11.0pt;">n</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">formed us that<span style="color: #3b3838;"> </span>in <span style="color: #3b3838;">Minnesota, Uncommitted won 19.6% of votes and 4
delegates.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #3b3838; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></strong><b><span style="color: #3b3838; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Voters around the country are telling
Joe Biden and the Democratic establishment that they stand in solidarity with
Palestinians and there must be a permanent ceasefire to end Israel's genocidal
war on the people of Gaza.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> Next
up for the <span style="color: #3b3838;">Uncommitted campaign</span> i<span style="color: #3b3838;">s t</span>he<span style="color: #3b3838;"> </span></span></b><strong><span style="color: #3b3838; font-size: 11.0pt;">Washington presidential primary on Tues</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">.<span style="color: #3b3838;">, March 12th.</span> P<span style="color: #3b3838;">hone</span> <span style="color: #3b3838;">bank</span> o<span style="color: #3b3838;">n </span>Thurs.,
March 7 from 9 to 11:30 PM. RSVP</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "arial\,geneva"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> at </span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/wa-uncommitted-phonebank-march-7/?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire&email_referrer=email_2232682&email_subject=uncommitted-momentum-builds-phonebank-with-dsa-to-tell-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-79949197756581289522024-03-05T22:41:00.002-05:002024-03-05T22:41:33.063-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 6, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">29] Watch a clemency hearing </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Freedom to Leave Act – March
6</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">30] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Free Guantanamo prisoners <span style="color: black;">– March
6<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unauthorized Support of Israeli Settlement
Activity hearing </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–
March 6</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">32] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Join Team ENOUGH – March 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">33] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">NoVA Abolition working
group meeting –<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> March 6<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">34] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Progressive Issues Activism </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> March 6<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">29] –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #232333; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Watch
Michael Smith's Clemency Hearing in Oklahoma on Wed., March 6 at 10 AM ET. To
attend by </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #505050; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zoom, go to <a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.yjJN_MEbNx94PLaWzZ6hW6ycit8I9vhgVrHoBR1GrmPKoHhYkygwL7Lj7ltFvitJY-LQFym7p7USGdYKRUkOZBEpFPVJQwGw0vUXEEyuSEAsnpGfu2z7wzwTq6To7JtUpGKPPyrPn0l1ITcrFz_TwDPX70uH2yZrkhFyXw4lg02pMLzyDp5NZQwsV8lYbaTp6OlKc_MCi88OFK45f9pNc-GDc4Mbb6UrXjEPgcn3q832aD6ojM9SftO7cil_8iRpPAVr5TdfKJhsVAOpTRhVS6CiKY74gchj4D0ZvTWmf6SPkXc2uiF43GjwT9sq-yoRN_9ImD4B2Kz_caPJgmn4Lg/44e/FWf3sShYQBiIki1qWq9VYA/h8/h001.iXZEZztiZICZ1fZHdUuy37_ok7R8l1gvYBI0fih5XMA" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://doc-ok.zoomgov.com/j/1606586811</span></a>
The w<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ebinar ID is</span> 160 658 6811.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">30] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Helen Schietinger [h.schietinger@verizon.net] is inviting
you to an event on Wed., March 6 at 11 AM on Pennsylvania Avenue at the White
House to Free Guantanamo Prisoners.
Witness against Torture is calling out for folks to join the
international monthly vigil to free all Guantanamo prisoners cleared for
release and demand justice for all Muslim men ever held in Guantanamo prison.
Go to <a href="https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/07/held-for-1000-days-since-being-approved-for-release-from-guantanamo-uthman-abd-al-rahim-muhammad-uthman/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/07/held-for-1000-days-since-being-approved-for-release-from-guantanamo-uthman-abd-al-rahim-muhammad-uthman/</span></a>)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">31] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Check out
this Invitation for a Zoom
Meeting about HB1124 - Civil Actions -
Nonprofit Organizations - Unauthorized Support of Israeli Settlement Activity
(Not on Our Dime Act) to be heard by the Judiciary Committee on Wed.,
March 6 at 1 PM. Please click the Zoom
link below to access the committee meeting: <a href="https://zoom.us/j/82766995368"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F82766995368&data=05%7C02%7C%7C543571a3359e4263e34d08dc3d19eaef%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638452428728398188%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2B39mOFEC0UHvPdHqivzq7%2BvGVJv3tbuOITCBjPoxTVc%3D&reserved=0</span></a> Please review the Committee Witness
Guidelines for the Judiciary Committee.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">32]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Are you a young person between 13 and 25 years old who is
interested in taking action around preventing gun violence? On Wednesdays, including
March 6, from 6 to 7 PM ET, join a Team ENOUGH welcome session to learn more
about the different ways you can engage.
Team ENOUGH is a youth-led program whose mission is to educate young
voices about gun violence and mobilize them to take meaningful action against
it. Supported by Brady United, it harnesses the expertise and experience of
today’s youth to advance intersectional work across the country. It will
continue through Dec. 18. RSVP at</span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></strong><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/425528/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/425528/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">33] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists of America [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] want
you to know about the NoVA Abolition working group which works to challenge
oppressive institutions and imagine the capacities for community care. It meets every other Wednesday. If you’re
interested in getting involved with this work, the next working group meeting
is on Wed., March 6 at 7 PM ET. Please fill out the interest form in advance
and you will be plugged in: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEcShQX51IL2Z1sNff7bqiYz68vAtPjUxpTuIrfvAK8iBDqA/viewform"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEcShQX51IL2Z1sNff7bqiYz68vAtPjUxpTuIrfvAK8iBDqA/viewform</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">34] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Wed., March 6 from 8 to 9 PM ET,
People Power United is meeting to discuss Progressive Issues Activism. RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcOquqDMtG9QvSbJ08teq4zp3WfyHCVgi?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcOquqDMtG9QvSbJ08teq4zp3WfyHCVgi?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Discuss what is the issue, what's at
stake, and how to propel action for Voting Rights, Gun Safety Reform,
Healthcare, Human Rights, Equal Rights, End Corporate Rule, Stop Global
Warming, Voter Access Protection & Election Integrity, Economic and Social
Justice. This is a group of people who believe in the possibility of change and
work to make it happen.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-30275881789423568402024-03-04T22:37:00.002-05:002024-03-04T22:37:17.627-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 5 - 6, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">24] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vote Uncommitted campaign</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> – March 5</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">25] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Palestine in Focus – March 5 - 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">26] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Abolition Working Group biweekly meeting</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – March 5<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">27] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Criminal justice legislation – March
5 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">28] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Free Guantanamo prisoners – March
6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">24]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
DSA National Electoral Commission [nec@dsacommittees.org] endorses the Vote
Uncommitted campaign. On Tues., March 5
from 1 to 8 PM ET, join a phone bank to tell Minnesota voters to cast a ballot
for Vote Uncommitted for a Ceasefire in the presidential primary to send a
message to Joe Biden: Ceasefire NOW! The Minnesota primary is March 5th. Sign
up at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/minnesota-uncommitted-phone-bank-primary-day?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-urgent-join-a-phonebank-to-tell-michigan-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire-3&email_referrer=email_2230331&email_subject=urgent-join-a-phonebank-to-tell-mn-and-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/minnesota-uncommitted-phone-bank-primary-day?link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-urgent-join-a-phonebank-to-tell-michigan-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire-3&email_referrer=email_2230331&email_subject=urgent-join-a-phonebank-to-tell-mn-and-wa-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">25]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends of Sabeel North America
[friends@fosna.org] wants your involvement on Tues., March 5 at 6 PM ET for
Palestine in Focus at Busboys and Poets, 450 K St. NW, WDC 20001. The Stones
Cry Out is an interfaith call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire by faith
leaders who have recently returned from Palestine. These leaders and organizers
have publicly demanded a change to US policy and immediate end the genocide in
the Gaza Strip. The faith leaders will also call for the release of all
hostages and a massive infusion of humanitarian relief for the suffering
Palestinians and the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip without a future military
occupation by Israel. Visit at <a href="https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-38284559/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-38284559/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Then on Wed., March 6 at noon at the White
House, gather with the Stones Cry Out Delegation as it returns from Palestine.
The Stones Cry Out Delegation is a group of 23 American church leaders and
activists, including FOSNA board members Diane Dulin and Mary Segall,
representing a dozen different Christian denominations turning witness into
action. After the vigil, meet with members of Congress. Lastly, gather for an interfaith service
of Lament at Calvary Baptist Church,<span style="background: white; color: #202124; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124;">755 8th St. NW, WDC 20001</span> at 7 PM ET. Congresswoman
Rashida Tlaib will be there.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">26] --</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] on Tues., March
5 from 6 to 7 PM ET is holding an Abolition Working Group biweekly meeting. A link to attend this virtual event will be
emailed upon RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/abolition-working-group-biweekly-meeting-352024?link_id=45&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/abolition-working-group-biweekly-meeting-352024?link_id=45&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Discuss strategy and planning. This event is open
to both DSA Members and supporters. Email <a href="mailto:abolition@mdcdsa.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">abolition@mdcdsa.org</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">27]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Progressive Maryland’s
Returning Citizens Task Force & Black Workers Center are following the </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">legislative
session in Annapolis as there are quite a few bills addressing the criminal
justice system and reentry needs. Some of these face opposition, all of
them need support. The next RCTF meeting is on <strong>Tues., March
5 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Discuss these
bills and how best to support them. Join </strong>via</span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<a href="https://click.everyaction.com/k/80301692/458957619/774257881?pwd=b2hvV2VNY1poWWJiY2RTR0pKUHhoQT9&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNTVAvMS81OTc5NCIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICI3NjAwNDFiMi03NWRhLWVlMTEtODVmOS0wMDIyNDgyMjM3OTQiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogIm1vYnVzemV3c2tpMjAwMUBjb21jYXN0Lm5ldCINCn0%3D&hmac=Hi67YDWFRFbvrcsf3bNSnjPTv6iSiP2oOV4qtgtvbDc=&emci=0bbdef54-67da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=760041b2-75da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680"><strong><span style="color: #0068a5; text-decoration-line: none;">Zoom</span></strong></a>
at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89023836339?pwd=b2hvV2VNY1poWWJiY2RTR0pKUHhoQT9&emci=0bbdef54-67da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=760041b2-75da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680#success"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89023836339?pwd=b2hvV2VNY1poWWJiY2RTR0pKUHhoQT9&emci=0bbdef54-67da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=760041b2-75da-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680#success</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">28] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Helen Schietinger [h.schietinger@verizon.net] is inviting
you to an event on Wed., March 6 at 11 AM on Pennsylvania Avenue at the White
House to Free Guantanamo Prisoners.
Witness against Torture is calling out for folks to join the
international monthly vigil to free all Guantanamo prisoners cleared for
release and demand justice for all Muslim men ever held in Guantanamo prison.
Go to <a href="https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/07/held-for-1000-days-since-being-approved-for-release-from-guantanamo-uthman-abd-al-rahim-muhammad-uthman/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/07/held-for-1000-days-since-being-approved-for-release-from-guantanamo-uthman-abd-al-rahim-muhammad-uthman/</span></a>)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"The master class </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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</span></p></div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-59857300539026755342024-03-03T20:45:00.001-05:002024-03-03T20:45:16.038-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 4 - 6, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">18]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Get a report on Virginia’s general assembly – March 4</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">19]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Missing Peace Monday – March 4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">20] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Russia out of Ukraine <span style="color: black;">– March 5<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">21]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Migrant Justice meeting – March 5</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">22]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medicare for All meeting<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> – March 5</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">23] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Free Guantanamo prisoners –<span style="color: black;"> March
6</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">------</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">18] –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Virginia
Interfaith Power & Light <</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="mailto:contactus@vaipl.org"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">contactus@vaipl.org</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">>
wants you to stay active throughout Virginia’s General Assembly session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">Meet with Policy
Director, Benjamin Hoyne for a weekly legislative briefing call. The last
call is on Mon., March 4 at 6 PM, and it will be quick and informative. This is
a way to stay informed and engaged with your legislator. Register at <a href="https://vaipl.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?id=217&reset=1"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://vaipl.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/info?id=217&reset=1</span></a></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">19] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] is hosting MISSING PEACE
MONDAY on March 4 at PM ET -- How to Stay Visible for Palestine during Ramadan.
RSVP at <a href="https://www.codepink.org/missingp34?e=bd65d633cc8ce57352e78dd768fcdbd5&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpm_3_4_invite&n=4"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.codepink.org/missingp34?e=bd65d633cc8ce57352e78dd768fcdbd5&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpm_3_4_invite&n=4</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> In times like these, staying connected and
sharing strategy is crucial in uniting to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and an end
to the Israeli occupation in Palestine.
Discuss how to be visible for Palestine during the Holy Month of
Ramadan, a time when the Israeli military typically intensifies violence
against Palestinians. Also hear updates as cities across the country call for a
ceasefire in Gaza, as well as other actions happening in the halls of Congress,
locally and online.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">20] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., March 5 from
4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The
invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout
Europe. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use
of nuclear weapons. Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the
contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are
stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in
Europe. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or
410-323-1607.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">21] –</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists of America
[novabranch@mdcdsa.org] on Tues., March 5 at 6 PM ET is holding a virtual NOVA
Migrant Justice working group meeting: "Migrant Justice Starts at Home:
How Local Action Can Help Thwart ICE's Deportation Machine." Join via
Zoom to learn about the role of city and county governments, sheriff's
departments, and police within ICE's deportation pipeline, and to hear how
migrant-led coalitions have successfully built power in recent years to
challenge ICE at the local level. This event is open to all. If you're
interested in learning more about the current immigration landscape in the US,
migrant justice wins of the past few years that point the way forward, and how
to get plugged into our ongoing work in NoVA, this meeting is for you! Register
here to attend <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-migrant-justice-workgroup-open-meetingpoli-ed/?clear_id=true&link_id=27&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-143&email_referrer=email_2219049&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-migrant-justice-workgroup-open-meetingpoli-ed/?clear_id=true&link_id=27&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-143&email_referrer=email_2219049&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">22] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Tues., March 5 from 6 to 7 PM ET, the Northern
Virginia DSA </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[novabranch@mdcdsa.org] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">will
hold a virtual Medicare for All Working Group Meeting. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-march-5th-6pm?clear_id=true&link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-143&email_referrer=email_2219049&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-march-5th-6pm?clear_id=true&link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-143&email_referrer=email_2219049&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Join the M4All Alexandria Working Group and
discuss plans for furthering the M4All petition in Alexandria and Arlington, an
upcoming movie screening and more. The group meets the first and third Tuesday
of the month.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">23] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Helen Schietinger [h.schietinger@verizon.net] is inviting
you to an event on Wed., March 6 at 11 AM on Pennsylvania Avenue at the White
House to Free Guantanamo Prisoners.
Witness against Torture is calling out for folks to join the
international monthly vigil to free all Guantanamo prisoners cleared for
release and demand justice for all Muslim men ever held in Guantanamo prison.
Go to <a href="https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/07/held-for-1000-days-since-being-approved-for-release-from-guantanamo-uthman-abd-al-rahim-muhammad-uthman/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/07/held-for-1000-days-since-being-approved-for-release-from-guantanamo-uthman-abd-al-rahim-muhammad-uthman/</span></a>)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-86482393153639931122024-03-02T23:47:00.004-05:002024-03-02T23:47:53.131-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 3 - 4, 2024<p><b>Baltimore Activist Alert – March
3 to 4, 2024</b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends, this list and other email
documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore Nonviolence
Center. Go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" title="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com</span></a></span>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> If you appreciate this information
and would like to make a donation, 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">1]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Books,
buttons and stickers</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">2]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Web
site for info on federal legislation</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">3]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Need
help in archiving activist material</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">4]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">5]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book A Bag of Stones <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An
Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">7]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Baltimore activist selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">
</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">8] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">House cleaner needed</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">9] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Free the Trees – March 3 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">10] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">L</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">unch with Senate
candidate David Trone <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 3<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">11] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Crash course in union organizing </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– March 3</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">12] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">D.C. Action for Assange </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– March 3</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">13] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Metro DC DSA branch m</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">eeting –
March 3</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">14]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pre-Super Tuesday Town
Hall </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">–
March 3</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">14] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Electoral
Working Group meeting </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">15] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Protest at the Pentagon <span style="color: black;">– March 4</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">16] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Election Protection </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 4<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">-------</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">1] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Buttons, bumper stickers and books are
available.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> “God Bless the Whole World, No
Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">2] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">To obtain
information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://thomas.loc.gov/</span></a></span>. Congressional
toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White
House Comment Email is accessible at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/" title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">3] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">4] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is in
need of a garage or a storage space. Any suggestions would be
welcome. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot
net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">5] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are
finishing up “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death
Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed
indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to
pre-order your copy. 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. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of
the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Bag of Snakes will be available at a gathering at First Iconium
Baptist Church. Celebrate the life of Murphy Davis and The Open Door Community
along with presenting the book. Also enjoy an Open Door Supper—vegetarian
chili, Willie Dee Wimberly cornbread, salad and chocolate chip cookies.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">To order by postal mail, make your check to Open Door
Community. Send it to Open Door
Community, PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">For any
questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or <a href="mailto:davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">6] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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. The crime he was
excommunicated for was 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">7] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A
h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale on a
dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and one
bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and
quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a reasonable
amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her by text only
at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number, and she will
get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">8]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Is there a woman in the Baltimore area who does house
cleaning? This assignment would be on an irregular basis with several
hours per week. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:mobuszewski2001@comcast.net"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net</span></a></span>.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">9]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sarah
Morse <morsekathan@gmail.com> is seeking volunteers to Free the Trees on
Sun., March 3 from 1 to 3 PM ET with the Little Falls Watershed Alliance on the
Capital Crescent Trail at the Brookeway Entrance in Bethesda. Remove non-native
vines and shrubs which are killing the native trees. Gloves and tools
will be distributed. The entrance to the Capital Crescent Trail is via a
path at the end of the cul-de-sac of Brookeway Drive. Walk up
the path to the first bench, where people will meet. Visit
www.LFWA.org to register and get more details.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> 1</o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">0] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Sun., March 3 at 1 PM ET, check out a talk
Investing in Jobs and the Economy and enjoy lunch with Senate candidate David
Trone at the IBEW Local 24, 2701 W. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore 21230. Savor
Pizza John's pizza and dessert, then take in an expert panel discussion on job
training, job creation, and future investments in the Baltimore economy. RSVP
at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/606543/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/606543/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">11] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Join the Metro DC DSA Labor Work Group and veteran
union organizer Chris Townsend for a Labor Organizing School crash course in
union organizing on Sun., March 3 from 2 to 5 PM ET at the Labor Federal Hall,
4536 John Marr Dr., Annandale, VA 22003. Contact John Sherman at <a href="mailto:shermanj841@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">shermanj841@gmail.com</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Chris Townsend is a retired Amalgamated
Transit Union (ATU) and United Electrical Workers (UE) organizer. With over 30
years of experience in union organizing, his knowledge proves invaluable for
experienced and aspiring organizers alike. If you are looking to get into
organizing, have been organizing for a while, or are just curious about labor
join in at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-organizing-school?link_id=41&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-organizing-school?link_id=41&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">12] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">DC Action for Assange will do a vigil for Assange on
Sun., March 3 from 4 to 5 PM ET at the home of US Attorney General Merrick
Garland in the 5000 block of Edgemoor Lane in Bethesda, two blocks from the
Metro. Email </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Martha Allen </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:marthaleslieallen@gmail.com"><b><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">marthaleslieallen@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Visit </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.assangedefense.org/"><b><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">www.assangedefense.org</span></b></a><b>. An additional vigil for US political prisoner Leonard Peltier
precedes the Assange vigil, from 3 to 4 PM ET.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">13]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Metro DC DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] is
holding a branch m</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">eeting on Sun., Mar. 3 from 2 to 3 PM ET. </span></b><b><span style="color: #434343; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This meeting will be
fully virtual! Go over updates from our rent stabilization, Decriminalize MoCo,
and Palestine solidarity campaigns. If you have any questions, email <a href="mailto:montgomerycountydsa@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">montgomerycountydsa@gmail.com</span></a>. RSVP at </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-branch-meeting-3?link_id=40&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">14] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org]
wants you to attend on Sun., March 3 at 4 PM ET for a pre-Super Tuesday Town
Hall with PDA-endorsed candidates Angelica Duenas (CA-29) and Ahmed Mostafa
(CA-16), and advocates for the Vote Ceasefire/Uncommitted campaigns in 16
states with presidential primaries, plus a surprise cameo or two! Moreover,
progressives are ascendant following the spectacular result of over 100,000
MIchiganders voting "Uncommitted" to demand President Biden support
an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Duenas
will give an update on her race in the San Fernando Valley, and remind us why
her unwavering drive not just to advocate for progressive policies, but to
demand they be put into practice, serves the hard-working people of CA-29.
Mostafa joins in from another valley in California, the one that rules our
world more than any other region on planet Earth, Silicon Valley, to give us
the low-down on his race in CA-16. Also get updates on Barbara Lee's campaign for
the U.S. Senate in California, and from one of last week's guests, David
Mandel, who is running to unseat moderate (i.e.,. conservative) Democrat Doris
Matsui in CA-7. RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">15] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] will hold an
Electoral Working Group meeting on Sun., March 3 from 7 to 8 PM ET. A link to attend this virtual event will be
emailed upon RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-electoral-working-group-meeting-sunday-february-8th-7pm?link_id=42&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-electoral-working-group-meeting-sunday-february-8th-7pm?link_id=42&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024-2&email_referrer=email_2226721&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-march-1-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> The meeting will focus on getting ready for
the work in 2024! Fill out an interest form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzwJ8ZGVvzyX8OUo1VySzedRPnyKDlKb8JcltvrnAzndksqQ/viewform?link_id=41&can_id=3fcd7916f2ff367c3b859d45270fd1d5&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-117&email_referrer=email_2042256&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events
Reach out to @Alex Yarkosky on slack with any questions about
electoral work</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">16] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on Mondays,
since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is March 4,
and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a></span> or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">By
Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go
to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across
to protest area. 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., and 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">17] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Progressive
Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] want you to participate with the </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Green
Grassroots Emergency Environment and Election Protection (GREEP) Zoom on Mon., March
4 at 5 PM ET. Hear from leading activists, elected officials, and others
committed to union organizing as well as cleaning up our elections and the
environment, and other critically important issues. RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-64439786144252153112024-02-29T22:54:00.005-05:002024-02-29T22:54:29.867-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- March 1 -2, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">58]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Fridays with Steve – March 1</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">59] P</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">eace vigil at the
White House </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 1</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">60]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Women in Black vigil – March.
1</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">61]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire –<span style="color: black;"> March 1</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">62] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Environmental justice in permitting process –<span style="color: black;">
March 1</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">63] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Vigil for a ceasefire –
March 1 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">64] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Power Half-hour for Gaza </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> March 1</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">65]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Meet a war resister –<span style="color: black;"> March 1 </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">66] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Democratic National Committee discussion</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> –<span style="color: black;"> March 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">67] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">March in D.C. to end poverty </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– March 2</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">68] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Rally in Annapolis to end poverty –<span style="color: black;"> March 2<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">69] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dress for success –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 2</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">70] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Protest at Israeli embassy</span></b><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> March 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">71] Trone opens office in Baltimore</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– March 2</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">72] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Activist is selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">73] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">74]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">75]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Read
<span style="color: black;">Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">76]</span> </b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you need a doctor?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Caliban Std";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">77]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">78]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do
you need any book shelves?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">79]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Roboto;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">58] – </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Steve Phillips
[info@democracyincolor.com] hopes you will tune in on Fri., March 1 at noon ET
to Fridays with Steve. He will share three reasons to stay optimistic about
Democrats’ chances to hold the White House and win back Congress. RSVP at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/7013585088718563/7013585112051894/"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.facebook.com/events/7013585088718563/7013585112051894/</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">59] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on
Fri., March 1 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or <span style="color: #0563c1;"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a>.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">60] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 the corner of West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP
or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at <a href="mailto:annvinup@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">annvinup@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">61] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action
Hour for a Cease-fire Now every Friday at noon ET. Join AFSC staff to hear
updates from Gaza. Then, take action by contacting elected officials and call
for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected
officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at <a href="https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>62] – </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Maryland LCV [info@mdlcv.org] has a priority for
the 2024 session: grant the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) the
authority to consider environmental justice (EJ) in its permitting process,
using established tools like the MDE EJ Screen mapping tool for better-informed
decisions. The group testified in support with amendments in the House Environment
and Transportation committee on HB24: Environment - Impact of Environmental
Permits and State Agency Actions, otherwise known as MDE Permitting Authority.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> On Fri., March 1 from
noon to 12:30 PM ET, join for a discussion on the Environmental Justice Review
for Agency Permitting. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mdlcv.org/event/friday-digest-3-1-24?contactdata=cSnpb9j2SqyRcc9XakIe2%2f%2f21sLITWlllzeDaB9jjThLpmlGYT3FcsE+Z1kLsbjoc2UxHXDOhxCZrVl+18q8cuyYwysRh4C9UBrH9R+IbmE9LpuQGGlTvcBMFRIeLR9wS%2ft6pae420dp4ZcrVlh9dFuMvcGyCGcfvGebhw656Mok2Lp95KBptJZuPE2bOgCM7yPcP1cmCDLJZcorMCXLDpgWfFcHrvnExtP4vuy3BRC7R9hMaCZbvo28pQBdrg1TG7c5MB9nHnsR2oqzaHwpmQ%3d%3d&emci=c464b7c5-b5d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=6b65adda-45d6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=578562"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mdlcv.org/event/friday-digest-3-1-24?contactdata=cSnpb9j2SqyRcc9XakIe2%2f%2f21sLITWlllzeDaB9jjThLpmlGYT3FcsE+Z1kLsbjoc2UxHXDOhxCZrVl+18q8cuyYwysRh4C9UBrH9R+IbmE9LpuQGGlTvcBMFRIeLR9wS%2ft6pae420dp4ZcrVlh9dFuMvcGyCGcfvGebhw656Mok2Lp95KBptJZuPE2bOgCM7yPcP1cmCDLJZcorMCXLDpgWfFcHrvnExtP4vuy3BRC7R9hMaCZbvo28pQBdrg1TG7c5MB9nHnsR2oqzaHwpmQ%3d%3d&emci=c464b7c5-b5d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=6b65adda-45d6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=578562</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">63] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join Baltimore Peace Action on Fri., March 1 (unless there is
rain) at the corners of Pimlico Road and Northern Parkway (by the racetrack) as
the group calls for a ceasefire and hand out leaflets. The set-up is at 3
PM, and the demo will end at 4:45 PM ET. Banners and signs are
available. The BPA gatherings are quiet and peaceful. Contact </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ronda
Cooperstein [rondacooperstein@hotmail.com]. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">64] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jewish Voice for Peace [info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org]
is doing Power Half Hours for Gaza every day, Monday through Friday, at 3 PM
ET. Sign up to take collective action toward a ceasefire alongside hundreds of
other people like you. RSVP at <a href="https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration</span></a> If the Zoom room is full, go to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> There are no words to describe the
devastating pain of the last four months, in which the Israeli military has
killed over 29,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 11,500 children.
The highest court in the world has named Israel’s actions as plausibly a
genocide. And the U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli military
as it wreaks devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">65] –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kathy
Boylan [kathyboylan5@gmail.com] wants you to attend o<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">n </span>Fri., March 1 at 7:30 PM a Clarification of Thought gathering at
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503 Rock Creek Church Road NW, WDC 20010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The theme is a Courageous Journey in
Resisting War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The war resister Josie
Guibeau served 17 years as an intelligence officer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Motivated by her convictions, she resigned
from the military and now protests and lobbies in Washington, D.C. Hear from
Josie, and t</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">hen
participate in a lively discussion. Call 202-882-9649.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">66] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On
Fri., March 1 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET, the Democratic National Committee will have
a Fourth Branch Action discussion. These
Friday events will continue through December 27. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fourth
Branch Action is a national grassroots group organizing for action, supporting
the Biden/Harris administration, and working through civic, electoral, and
legislative action to achieve progressive goals. The group accomplishes this
through advocacy, oversight, holding elected officials accountable to perform
their jobs on behalf of their constituents; community engagement, civic
education, and other events. Everyone
is welcome to join in. Come and enjoy a friendly conversation among like-minded
folks, get acquainted with others from across the country, and build a
community to restore the soul of our nation.
After you register for this event, you will receive an automated email
with the Zoom meeting details: <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">67] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Join the Mass Poor People's and
Low-Wage Workers' Assembly on <span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;">Sat., March 2
at 10 AM</span></span></b><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #909090; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> at the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Church of the Epiphany<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">, </span>1317 G St. NW, WDC 20005. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From there march to 13th St. NW and
Pennsylvania Ave NW. <span style="letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This is a resurrection, not an insurrection. Email</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #909090; letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="mailto:washingtondc@poorpeoplescampaign.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">washingtondc@poorpeoplescampaign.org</span></a></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Saturday,
March 2</span>, in DC and states all across the nation the Poor People's
Campaign will bring its demands to Main Street. March to lift up the issues of
poor and low wealth people. Center the demands, and mobilize poor and
low-income people and low wage workers to the polls. Refuse to accept poverty as the fourth
leading cause of death in America, and declare that our votes are power to demand
living wages, voting rights and other policies to save lives, and save this
democracy. Visit </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/dc-mass-poor-and-low-income-peoples-assembly?link_id=35&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/dc-mass-poor-and-low-income-peoples-assembly?link_id=35&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">68] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Maryland Poor People's Campaign (MD PPC)
[march2info@marylandppc.org] wants to see you in Annapolis for the MASS POOR
PEOPLE'S & LOW-WAGE WORKERS' MORAL MARCH TO STATE HOUSE ASSEMBLIES,
starting at 11 AM on Sat., March 2 followed by an assembly at noon. You can
park at the Calvary United Methodist Church, 301 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis 21401.
Shuttle buses will be available from 9:45 to 11:45 AM to take you to Lawyers
Mall, the location of the assembly. The return shuttle trip will depart at 2:25
PM.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> B</o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">uses
will transport you to Annapolis. Bus riders must wear masks. Masks will be
available as you board. Consider donating $50 at mdppc.org/give to cover the
cost if you can; or accept a free seat! Free seats are available if needed, but
they are limited to 2 free per booking.
Buses will travel from two areas: Montgomery/PG: Rockville/Silver
Spring/Greenbelt/Bowie -- <a href="https://rally.co/md-ppc-moral-march-to-state-house-assembly-bus-2/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://rally.co/md-ppc-moral-march-to-state-house-assembly-bus-2/</span></a>
or Baltimore/AA: Rosedale/Baltimore City/Windsor Mill/Glen Burnie -- <a href="https://rally.co/md-ppc-moral-march-to-state-house-assembly-bus-1/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://rally.co/md-ppc-moral-march-to-state-house-assembly-bus-1/</span></a> These buses are scheduled to depart after the
event at 2:25 PM.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">69] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Immigration Outreach Service Center
[mary-ioscbaltimore.org@shared1.ccsend.com] indicates that on Sat., March 2
from 10 AM to noon ET, there will be a Dress for Success event. This will allow
men and women in the community to come and browse clothes meant for
professional interviews! You will be asked for a donation on a pay-as-you-can
basis but no one will be turned away! Come to the IOSC dining room, 5401 Loch
Raven Blvd., Baltimore 21239 to participate in the clothing market. Contact <a href="mailto:Quincy.iosc@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Quincy.iosc@gmail.com</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">70] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The ANSWER Coalition
[info@answercoalition.org] is encouraging you to attend on Sat., March 2 a
Hands off Rafah Global Day of Action! Rally at 2 PM ET at Baltimore’s City Hall
and at 1 PM at the Israeli Embassy, 3514 International Drive NW, WDC. Email
at <a href="mailto:dc@answercoalition.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">dc@answercoalition.org</span></a> to find other
rallies, go to <a href="https://www.answercoalition.org/rafah_protest?utm_campaign=demo_list_update&utm_medium=email&utm_source=answercoalition"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.answercoalition.org/rafah_protest?utm_campaign=demo_list_update&utm_medium=email&utm_source=answercoalition</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">71] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Malcolm Bates [mbates@davidtrone.com] wants you to know of
an office opening on Sat., March 2 from 6 to 8 PM for David Trone, candidate
for US Senate. Join in to celebrate at City House Baltimore, 1001 N. Charles
St. Enjoy music </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">and food
from a local caterer Taste This. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/607313/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/davidtrone/event/607313/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>72] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
A h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale
on a dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and
one bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and
quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a
reasonable amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her
by text only at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number,
and she will get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">73] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are able to donate any
kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please
email <a href="mailto:Brendan.walls@seaseton.org"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">Brendan.walls@seaseton.org</span></a>
or call 410-721-5770 x231. There is a
colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped
every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and
Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">74] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 -- <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:president@jhu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">president@jhu.edu</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>75] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> 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 <a href="mailto:1941mireille@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">1941mireille@gmail.com</span></a>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>76]
– </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yousef
Zarbalian [<a href="mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">yzarbali@gmail.com</span></a>] started his own
medical practice in December before the pandemic hit.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>77] --</b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">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 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://comcast.net/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">comcast.net</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">78] --</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Can
you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">79] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette
Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://prop1.org/"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">http://prop1.org</span></a></span>;
call 202-682-4282</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">“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</span></b></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-57062727422005066422024-02-28T21:22:00.009-05:002024-02-28T21:22:55.533-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 29, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">50] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Global Histories of
Coexistence – Feb. 29</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">51] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Burning Trash is not
Renewable Energy! <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 29</span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">52] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Racial Equity & Medicare
4 All <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">--</span> Feb. 29</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">53] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Phone bank t</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">o Pennsylvania voters --<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Feb. 29<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">54]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Silencing Dissent in Israel </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 29</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">55] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PREVENTING CLIMATE
CATASTROPHE and NUCLEAR WAR<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> -- Feb. 29</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">56]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Climate Hawks Vote phone bank </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– Feb. 29</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">57] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Campaign to Victory
call -- Feb. 29<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-------</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">50]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Berkley Center
<a href="mailto:berkleycenter@georgetown.edu"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">berkleycenter@georgetown.edu</span></a> is hosting a
webinar on Thurs., Feb. 29 from 9 to 10 AM ET -- Global Histories of
Coexistence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the first of three
webinars in advance of the Georgetown Global Dialogues (GGD).
In conversations with GGD fellows and other leading thinkers, Pankaj
Mishra is exploring some of the questions to be addressed on campus in April in
their wider historical context.<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Many of today's global divides along national,
ideological, cultural, religious, racial, and ideological lines have deep
historical roots. At the same time, history reveals many periods of
constructive coexistence—from Al-Andalus in Iberia to phases of the Ottoman and
Mughal empires, and beyond. A better understanding of the historical
dynamics of coexistence can help us think through and cope with the deep
divisions in our contemporary world. What have been the preconditions for
constructive coexistence in the past? Do different world regions hold
different historical lessons? Can we draw on historical experience—as
well as the resources of our diverse traditions—to imagine and implement
effective and peaceful ways to deal with inevitable differences on a global
scale? Leading international intellectuals Mohsid Hamid, Ranjit Hoskote,
and Ece Temelkuran will reflect on these questions in an online conversation
moderated by Pankaj Mishra, renowned author, essayist, and literary
critic. RSVP for the webinar at <a href="https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hepJTjOWTdWJ-WAN8fVBeA?utm_source=Berkley+Center+Master+List&utm_campaign=746b9506d3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_02_26_10_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-746b9506d3-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hepJTjOWTdWJ-WAN8fVBeA?utm_source=Berkley+Center+Master+List&utm_campaign=746b9506d3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_02_26_10_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-746b9506d3-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">51]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Food
& Water Watch will hold a rally on Thurs., Feb. 29 from 11:30 AM to 12:30
PM ET in Lawyer's Mall, 100 State Circle, Annapolis 21401. Join in a press event and rally to get trash
incineration out of Maryland’s renewable energy program. For years, community,
social justice, and environmental groups have fought to stop trash incineration
from receiving millions of dollars in subsidies meant for actual renewable
energy like wind and solar power. In 2022 alone, Maryland wasted $24.7 million
to help fund trash incineration instead of putting that money towards real
renewable energy projects. Call on your legislators to pass the Reclaim
Renewable Energy Act (HB166/SB146) to remove trash incineration from Maryland’s
renewable portfolio. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/604510/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/604510/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">52] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Healthcare-NOW!
[email@healthcare-now.org] is doing a training about the healthcare system on
Thurs., Feb. 29 at 2 PM – Racial Equity & Medicare 4 All. Learn how
storytelling is critical to building a movement for Medicare for All and
practice talking about your own experiences with the healthcare system. These
trainings will continue through April 4. REGISTER at <a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>53] – </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Thurs., Feb. 29 from 4 to 6 PM ET, join a Field
Team 6 phone bank to help register Dems in Pennsylvania 07 to Elect Susan Wild.
This will continue through March 28. This
Sign up at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/581992/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/581992/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">You
will be contacting eligible voters (likely Democrats) in Pennsylvania! Make sure people are registered to vote, and
that they can vote safely from home, is a super-effective way to make a
difference. Turn voices into votes! All training provided!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">54] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">MAPA [info@masspeaceaction.org] on Thurs.,
Feb. 29 at 6:30 PM ET is hosting a webinar: Silencing Dissent - Israeli civics
teacher and a member of Knesset speak out.
Challenging dominant narratives in Israeli society can sometimes get you
into trouble. Meir Baruchin is an Israeli high school civics teacher who was
arrested for sharing posts on his Facebook page of Palestinians who had been
killed in Gaza. MK Ofer Cassif is a member of the Knesset (Parliament) where
his colleagues tried to expel him because he voiced support for the South
Africa case at the ICJ (International Court of Justice). Both of them will talk
about the repression that they faced as well as the overall repressive
atmosphere in Israel and why that is happening. Note there will be an empty
chair for the Palestinians that were invited who cannot participate out of fear
of retaliation or repression. RSVP at <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/W3ZofVmwmkatGNE6aVQJ9Q2?contactdata=uzgHYtGGluZxeEBQ7%2fakTmMf0urZNklxTQ2rVnqUzw0Kqju+zlZtkq5ibii0DB6RXCFGID+7a1igSBVu+opfFsJ1efGtj0oaA6fbonZWOAUunxS6HXD9uGUOfAYA+p3H60aXFPko7RHvLQ4kZxAZZ0h7vJg%2fq6Hxio1agTVDLGS2mseUKxvOU2Xym6xfaXNkvPVczNvl77i3dkNF4o3Vw6TZ8Q2KZEqoH4bA6R%2fDM4DsBOdpz6vmQZ%2fW6ViXIqQWd0+YvkVYDHoE72TpWSHSWqgzRRMKTpRPnxEZSADfz6X9JBQFQdG3CyrGI2EYcytlEahxSVfPPr5%2fvnZ1PhtEQA%3d%3d&emci=b514e461-68cb-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=66e3bbe0-86d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=269591"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://secure.everyaction.com/W3ZofVmwmkatGNE6aVQJ9Q2?contactdata=uzgHYtGGluZxeEBQ7%2fakTmMf0urZNklxTQ2rVnqUzw0Kqju+zlZtkq5ibii0DB6RXCFGID+7a1igSBVu+opfFsJ1efGtj0oaA6fbonZWOAUunxS6HXD9uGUOfAYA+p3H60aXFPko7RHvLQ4kZxAZZ0h7vJg%2fq6Hxio1agTVDLGS2mseUKxvOU2Xym6xfaXNkvPVczNvl77i3dkNF4o3Vw6TZ8Q2KZEqoH4bA6R%2fDM4DsBOdpz6vmQZ%2fW6ViXIqQWd0+YvkVYDHoE72TpWSHSWqgzRRMKTpRPnxEZSADfz6X9JBQFQdG3CyrGI2EYcytlEahxSVfPPr5%2fvnZ1PhtEQA%3d%3d&emci=b514e461-68cb-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=66e3bbe0-86d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=269591</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Meir
Baruchin, PhD, has been a high-school history and civics teacher for over 30
years. His doctoral thesis was on “Congressional Involvement in the Use
of Armed Forces Abroad: The Clinton Administration.” Fun fact: he
was declared an Honorary Texan by Gov. George W. Bush!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">MK
Dr. Ofer Cassif represents the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash)
in the Knesset since 2019. MK Cassif is part of the Communist Party of Israel
(MAKI) political bureau, the sole shared Jewish-Arab party in Israel, for which
Hadash acts as its parliamentary wing. He holds a PhD in political science from
London School of Economics. Prior to his election to the Knesset he taught in
the Hebrew University and Sapir College.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">55] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Check out on Thurs., Feb. 29 at 7 PM ET a
webinar: PREVENTING CLIMATE CATASTROPHE and NUCLEAR WAR, presented by the
Veterans For Peace Nuclear Abolition Working Group. Hear from two major
anti-nuclear activists speaking on climate and nuclear weapons: Dr. Ivana
Hughes and Dr. Timmon Wallis. They will speak on why both issues must be
addressed with equal urgency, and then discuss how together we can build mass
movement that can put an end to these threats. Register at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-6tqDkpHdZwxJ7-s5BnWvpnlHdLYeIe#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-6tqDkpHdZwxJ7-s5BnWvpnlHdLYeIe#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes is President of
the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and a Senior Lecturer in the Discipline
of Chemistry at Columbia University. Her work on ascertaining the radiological
conditions in the Marshall Islands has been covered widely. Dr. Hughes
currently serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Group to the Treaty on
the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Dr.
Timmon Wallis is Executive Director of NuclearBan.US and coordinator of
the national Warheads to Windmills Coalition.
His book, Disarming the Nuclear Argument, contributed to the
negotiations which led to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and
earned ICAN its Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. His most recent book, Warheads to
Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe and Nuclear War was published in
December 2023</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>56] – </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Climate Hawks Vote [info@climatehawksvote.com]
needs you to participate in a phone bank on Thurs., Feb. 29 from 7 to 9 PM
ET. For Climate Hawk candidates in
deep blue districts the election that matters is in just a few weeks.
Laura Friedman is one such climate hawk, and you can join a phone bank to help
her. Friedman is a state legislator,
where she’s led on climate bills: phasing out single use plastics,
transportation, parking, building decarbonization and more. But don’t just
listen to us; listen to the Los Angeles Times, which has provided an early
endorsement of Laura: she “has built a reputation as a smart, thoughtful, and
principled policymaker who takes on difficult issues–such as…climate change–to
solve problems, not to score political points.” California’s 30th
Congressional District, covering Burbank and Hollywood, is a deep blue open
seat (its current representative, Adam Schiff, is running for Senate). A dozen
or so candidates have shown interest in running, but only a few of them are
top-tier – and only one, Laura Friedman, is the stand-out climate hawk. Ballots went out February 5 and the last day
to vote in the primary is March 5. Sign up at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/climatehawksvote/event/594140/?emci=976b1203-c1bf-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=19309a1e-41c0-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=13143726"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/climatehawksvote/event/594140/?emci=976b1203-c1bf-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=19309a1e-41c0-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=13143726</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">57]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mike Fox for
Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Feb. 29 at 9
PM ET wants you to participate in the Campaign to Victory call. C<span style="background: white; color: #232333;">elebrate/debrief
the huge win in the Special Election in NY-03, organize for the CA primaries (vote
by mail ballots NOW), the early primaries in IL and TX, and more. You'll leave
energized and organized. Invite your progressive friends! </span>RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-58484564141176787722024-02-27T23:06:00.000-05:002024-02-27T23:06:03.401-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 28, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">38] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Uncommitted campaign – Feb. 28</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">39] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mayoral debate </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 28</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">40] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Support tenants <span style="color: black;">– Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">41] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">T</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">rip to Israel/occupied
Palestine <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 28</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">42] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Baltimore Climate
Action Team meeting <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">43] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">What’s wrong with </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">South
Prince George's County? </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;">
Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">44] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Rev. Barber’s Teach-In – Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">45] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Joi</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">n DSA <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">46]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Disabilities
Issues Organizing Team Call <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–
Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">47] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Local Peace Economy –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">48] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">N</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">ational strategy call
for Medicare for All activists </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">49]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Burning
Trash is not Renewable Energy! <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 29</span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">38] –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">James
Zogby [jzogby@aaiusa.org] wants you to join him on Wed., Feb. 28 from 2 to 2:30
PM ET for Coffee and a Column. He will joined by Abbas Alawieh, who is leading
the 'Uncommitted' campaign for the Democratic ticket in Michigan. Alawieh will
report on discuss the results of Tuesday’s Michigan primary election. Zogby
will open the call with a brief discussion of this week’s column reflecting on
how every president in recent history faced unexpected Middle East challenges
and the role that failed US policies have played in how they have dealt with
these crises. Read Why the US Continues to Fail in the Arab
World/https://www.aaiusa.org/library/why-the-us-continues-to-fail-in-the-arab-world?emci=b0b2dc86-7cd5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=ad6edf43-89d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=389907<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Register at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uce-qqzkuG9CtFkQJub5C-lYnKtMCke74?emci=b0b2dc86-7cd5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=ad6edf43-89d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=389907#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uce-qqzkuG9CtFkQJub5C-lYnKtMCke74?emci=b0b2dc86-7cd5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=ad6edf43-89d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=389907#/registration</span></a> after you register, you
will automatically get the dial-in information for the call. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">39] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">Maryland
LCV [info@mdlcv.org] is informing us there will a mayoral debate about the
candidates environmental proposals on Wed., Feb. 28 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM ET at
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, 2812 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore 21215. Join Baltimore’s top mayoral candidates as
they discuss environmental issues affecting Baltimore City. This is your chance
to hear directly from the mayoral candidates about their visions for addressing
critical environmental and climate issues in Baltimore City. Register to
attend in order to secure a seat at the forum. There are virtual options also
available. Register at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mayoral-candidate-environmental-forum-tickets-814194978097?emci=71ad9989-89d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=e89214c8-aad5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=578562"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mayoral-candidate-environmental-forum-tickets-814194978097?emci=71ad9989-89d5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=e89214c8-aad5-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=578562</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">40] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Metro DC
DSA [info@mdcdsa.org] is asking this question on Wed., Feb. 28 at 6:30 PM ET:
Can tenants from all walks of life unite to defend an existential threat to
tenant power? Attend a regional tenant
organizing meeting with DC Jobs with Justice to discuss the attacks on the
Tenant Opportunity to Purchase (TOPA) Act and the plan to fight back. This
event will take place at The Festival Center in Adams Morgan, 1640 Columbia Road
NW, WDC. RSVP at <a href="https://mdcdsa.org/chapterupdate/24-02-23/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://mdcdsa.org/chapterupdate/24-02-23/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">41]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">FCNL [support@fcnl.org] on Wed., Feb. 28 at 6:30 PM ET
attend a special Quaker Change Maker event and hear about a by FCNL’s General
Secretary Bridget Moix and Hassan El-Tayyab, legislative director for Middle
East policy. Register at <a href="https://act.fcnl.org/event/quaker-welcome-center-events-watch-home/3285?akid=56220.152065.ihqDMs&rd=1&t=16&utm_campaign=event&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ak&utm_term=56220.152065.ihqDMs"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://act.fcnl.org/event/quaker-welcome-center-events-watch-home/3285?akid=56220.152065.ihqDMs&rd=1&t=16&utm_campaign=event&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ak&utm_term=56220.152065.ihqDMs</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">42] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">CCAN
[info@chesapeakeclimate.org] is holding a Baltimore Climate Action Team meeting
on Wed., Feb. 28 at 7 PM ET at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Fight for climate
justice in Baltimore and statewide, and enjoy pizza, coffee, good people, and
ways to take action. You can also join by Zoom. Things are getting busy in the
General Assembly on key climate justice campaigns, and YOU can hear all about
it. RSVP at <a href="https://act.ccanactionfund.org/page/63663/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=MD-Baltimore+meetup+REMINDER-0224-c3&ea.url.id=2362734"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://act.ccanactionfund.org/page/63663/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=MD-Baltimore+meetup+REMINDER-0224-c3&ea.url.id=2362734</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">43] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">There
will be a South Prince George's County People's Committee meeting on Wed., Feb.
28 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET. This event’s
address is private. Sign up for more details at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/605653/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/605653/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> It is believed that elected officials have
failed South Prince George's County.
Come to the South Prince George's County People's Committee meeting to
make your voice heard and demand that this group be heard. Establish the issues that matter! Explore how
we are going to make change! Take action on the issues of our community!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">44] –</span></b><b> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Washington DC Poor People's
Campaign Coordinating Committee [washingtondc@poorpeoplescampaign.org] tells us
that on Wed., Feb. 28 at 7 PM ET that Rev. Dr. Barber II Teach-in at John
Wesley AME Zion Church. Hear about the program that has been designed
especially for those who want to influence the moral narrative in 2024. RSVP at
<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/bishop-william-j-barber-ii-teach-in-john-wesley-amez-228-7pm-et?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-new-rev-dr-barber-ii-teach-in-john-wesley-amez-228-7pm&email_referrer=email_2217629&email_subject=new-rev-dr-barber-ii-teach-in-john-wesley-amez-228-7pm"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/bishop-william-j-barber-ii-teach-in-john-wesley-amez-228-7pm-et?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-new-rev-dr-barber-ii-teach-in-john-wesley-amez-228-7pm&email_referrer=email_2217629&email_subject=new-rev-dr-barber-ii-teach-in-john-wesley-amez-228-7pm</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">45] –</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #232333;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of
America [info@mdcdsa.org] wants you to know about Why You Should Join DSA / New
Member Orientation on Wed., Feb. 28 at 7 PM ET. Curious about DSA? If so, this
event is for you! You'll learn about DSA, and how you can get involved in the
fight for a brighter future. You will find out about chapter's structure and
campaigns, branches, and caucuses. This chapter covers the DMV area, including
the District, Northern Virginia, and Montgomery County and Prince George's
County in Maryland. RSVP for Zoom link at
https://actionnetwork.org/events/why-you-should-join-dsa-new-member-orientation-119?link_id=67&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-january-12-2024&email_referrer=email_2175898&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-january-19-2024</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">46] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Mike Fox for
Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to join in on Wed.,
Feb. 28 at 8 PM ET for a Disabilities Issues Organizing Team Call on
State-Based Single Payer Healthcare. Register and the machine will email you
your secure codes: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdumvqDwoGNx6xKMg-liSlwcpK1dJ0jzb#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdumvqDwoGNx6xKMg-liSlwcpK1dJ0jzb#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">47] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The CODEPINK Local
Peace Economy [peaceeconomy@codepink.org] will hold a call on Weds. Feb. 28 at
8 PM ET. CODEPINK claims this is true: The war economy intentionally keeps us
distracted - including from our grief - so that our attention is not available
for what really matters. With less distraction, we would see through the lies
of the war economy and bring our attention to creating new ways of living
together that meet our needs in community. When or where do you notice yourself
becoming distracted continuously? What purpose is that distraction serving? Are
you willing to commit to one moment of attentiveness each day where there has
previously been distraction? The group wants you to pivot to peace. RSVP <a href="https://www.codepink.org/lpe228?utm_campaign=lpe_2_28_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.codepink.org/lpe228?utm_campaign=lpe_2_28_invite&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">48] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Healthcare NOW [info@healthcare-now.org] wants you to
know that the National Nurses United are hosting a national strategy call for
Medicare for All activists on Thurs., Feb. 28 at 8 PM ET. Learn more about the
national organizing the nurses have planned for this year and get more
information about how you can get involved if you aren't already. For more info about this event, contact the
organizers directly at <a href="mailto:info@medicare4all.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">info@medicare4all.org</span></a> RSVP at <a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KPFbNJ3aTbKVH6Fi1R0QAw?akid=205777.80152.28Reke&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2215330&email_subject=national-m4a-strategy-call-next-week&link_id=0&rd=1&source=email-national-m4a-strategy-call-next-week&t=2#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KPFbNJ3aTbKVH6Fi1R0QAw?akid=205777.80152.28Reke&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&email_referrer=email_2215330&email_subject=national-m4a-strategy-call-next-week&link_id=0&rd=1&source=email-national-m4a-strategy-call-next-week&t=2#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">49] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">SirJames Weaver
[info@progressivemaryland.org] wants you to know about a rally and a press
conference on Thurs., Feb. 29 at 11:30 AM at Lawyer's Mall, 100 State Circle,
Annapolis 21401. The point to make is
that Burning Trash Is Not Renewable Energy! Get trash incineration out of
Maryland’s renewable energy program. In 2022 alone, Maryland wasted $24.7
million to help fund trash incineration instead of putting that money towards
real renewable energy projects. Call on your legislators to pass the Reclaim
Renewable Energy Act (HB166/SB146) to remove trash incineration from Maryland’s
renewable portfolio. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/604510/?emci=4c0a8a40-b3d1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=c0d49fdd-b5d1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/604510/?emci=4c0a8a40-b3d1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=c0d49fdd-b5d1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-18564680413795106162024-02-26T22:54:00.001-05:002024-02-26T22:54:33.034-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 27, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">27] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Book bans – Feb. 27</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">28] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Russia out of Ukraine <span style="color: black;">– Feb. 27<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">29] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Anne Frank Revisited <span style="color: black;">– Feb. 27<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">30] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Freedom to Leave Act – Feb. 27<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ira Helfand on nukes – Feb. 27</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">32] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gaza: Health and Human
Rights Consequences of the War -<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Feb. 27<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">33] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Wall Street funds climate chaos –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Feb. 27</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">34] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Understanding our
immigration process<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span>--<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Feb. 27<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">35]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Progressive Harford
County meeting</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 27<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">36] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">F</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">amily-friendly policies</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> are needed</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Feb. 27</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">37] </span></b><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">LIVE California GOTV
Rally</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.5pt;"> --</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Feb. 27<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">-------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">27]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> –</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Tues., Feb. 27
at 3 PM ET, PEN experts will discuss the organization’s engagement at New
College, the state of censorship efforts in K-12 public education, and recent
and proposed Florida legislation undermining our public education system. Hear
about PEN’s efforts at the state capital and in the courts, all while building
a movement for organized and strategic local and state level advocacy to defend
and protect our First Amendment liberties. RSVP at <a href="https://pen.org/event/the-making-of-a-movement-unifying-to-protect-free-expression-and-democracy-in-florida/?utm_source=Communications&utm_campaign=e73d9637fb-EMAIL_PENNews_2024_02_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e98639ab83-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=e73d9637fb&mc_eid=f996b749cd"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://pen.org/event/the-making-of-a-movement-unifying-to-protect-free-expression-and-democracy-in-florida/?utm_source=Communications&utm_campaign=e73d9637fb-EMAIL_PENNews_2024_02_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e98639ab83-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=e73d9637fb&mc_eid=f996b749cd</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">28] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Feb. 27 from
4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The
invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout
Europe. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use
of nuclear weapons. Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the
contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are
stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in
Europe. Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or
410-323-1607.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">29]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Anne Frank Center USA <<a href="mailto:info@annefrank.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">info@annefrank.com</span></a>>
is inviting you on Tues., Feb. 27 at 5
PM to "Anne Frank Revisited" presented by TOLI: The Olga
Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights. This special program
features Dina Kraft, co-author of the NY Times bestselling book, "My
Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking Story of Best Friends Torn
Apart and Reunited against All Odds.” The narrative is by the late Hannah
Pick-Goslar, who tells the story of her special friendship with Anne, including
their shared childhood experiences of innocence; the trauma of Nazi persecution
in Holland; and of their last, tragic encounter, starving and near death at the
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The book provides a new perspective on
the most recognizable victim of the Holocaust, and a searing look at what
countless children endured at the hands of the Nazis. Register at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EEDrMiPmQA6_ONvTI1hn9g#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EEDrMiPmQA6_ONvTI1hn9g#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">30]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Councilmember Jawando introduced a
bill to ban consent searches in Montgomery County: the Freedom to Leave Act
(Bill 2-24). The MD Attorney General released an opinion saying that the
Council could not pass the STEP Act’s provision to prohibit minor traffic stops
(for now). Jawando introduced the bill to move forward with the STEP Act's ban
on consent searches. Banning consent searches will remove one of the reasons
that officers stop drivers and reduce racial disparities in traffic
enforcement. MoCo DSA will be testifying
alongside its Decrim MoCo coalition partners in support of the Freedom to Leave
Act at the public hearing on this bill on Tues., Feb. 27 at 7 PM ET. Come on
out to the hearing and support this important legislation at the Council Office
Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville 20850! RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/freedom-to-leave-act-hearing?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-support-the-freedom-to-leave-act&email_referrer=email_2215759&email_subject=support-the-freedom-to-leave-act"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/freedom-to-leave-act-hearing?link_id=0&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-support-the-freedom-to-leave-act&email_referrer=email_2215759&email_subject=support-the-freedom-to-leave-act</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">MoCo
DSA will meet up for dinner on the first floor at 6 PM. Then the group will
head into the council office building chamber on the 3rd floor for the hearing.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">31] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
Ellsberg Initiative [ellsberginitiative@eipad.org] is inviting you on Tues.,
Feb. 27 at 7 PM ET to hear from Activist-in-Residence Dr. Ira Helfand on THE
GROWING DANGER OF NUCLEAR WAR and WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT IT. Dr. Helfand, the inaugural Ellsberg
activist-in-residence, is an experienced nuclear abolitionist, a skilled
organizer, and a physician. Register at <a href="https://eipad.org/activist-in-residence/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://eipad.org/activist-in-residence/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">32] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">World BEYOND War [info@worldbeyondwar.org] is getting
very upset about Genocide in Gaza. So the group is organizing a webinar Update
on Gaza: Health and Human Rights Consequences of the War on Tues., Feb. 27 at 7
PM ET. Author, filmmaker, and physician Alice Rothchild has traveled to Gaza
four times, the last visit in August 2023. She will give a brief background on
Gaza and then a detailed description of the current destruction of much of the
infrastructure and health care system and the impact on civilians in the
ongoing war.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Email Greta, the host, at <a href="mailto:greta@worldbeyondwar.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">greta@worldbeyondwar.org</span></a> RSVP at </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-update-on-gaza?clear_id=true&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-another-push-to-en"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/webinar-update-on-gaza?clear_id=true&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-another-push-to-en</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">33] --</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In 2024 the battle to stop the climate
crisis rages on. Activists across the globe are fighting the construction of
new fossil fuel projects. Mass movements in the US are using the election to
demand climate solutions from our politicians. Climate Defenders are going
after the war chest of the fossil fuel industry: Wall Street. Join a call on
Tues., Feb. 27 at 7:30 PM ET for a Summer of Heat onboarding call. This call
will lead to a sustained campaign of nonviolent civil resistance that takes on
the companies bankrolling the climate crisis. In the coming months, bring the
chaos of the climate crisis to Wall Street. Sign up at <a href="https://secure.everyaction.com/eK6kC8HrNUmAwz8HnhGCHQ2?contactdata=7FeLzAqnfjS0zax16lVTRfmbImI1Kdfbtn9Zsb5yUOWPcD52PvImb8rRPTkKL5zNXiG8JUqGHg%2fxvWjNu0tyw02N8ZLW0mGJepd+LVeZZbNkpSp2980AOn35cVcLQEurAaHCPhXwRoP1PHAkNE5qhJRmjFGmrtzjiAs+EbfsrOEVK7tBAUVhvqu1Z3ZkApRDsmOa9+RZvz3962lKSBzERg%3d%3d&emci=a379ee1a-f3cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=2bc0f993-10cd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=723654"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://secure.everyaction.com/eK6kC8HrNUmAwz8HnhGCHQ2?contactdata=7FeLzAqnfjS0zax16lVTRfmbImI1Kdfbtn9Zsb5yUOWPcD52PvImb8rRPTkKL5zNXiG8JUqGHg%2fxvWjNu0tyw02N8ZLW0mGJepd+LVeZZbNkpSp2980AOn35cVcLQEurAaHCPhXwRoP1PHAkNE5qhJRmjFGmrtzjiAs+EbfsrOEVK7tBAUVhvqu1Z3ZkApRDsmOa9+RZvz3962lKSBzERg%3d%3d&emci=a379ee1a-f3cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=2bc0f993-10cd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=723654</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">34] --</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">AFSC [actioncenter@afsc.org] on Tues. Feb.
27 at 7 PM ET is hosting Understanding our immigration process. <span style="color: #333333;">Join AFSC for the
second installment of a webinar series to learn about the U.S. migration
system—and how we can protect migrant rights in these times. Examine the legal
pathways for migrants to enter the U.S. as well as the challenges they face.
Also discuss how we can work toward a future where all immigrants and migrants
are treated with dignity and respect. Register at </span>https://afsc.org/events/understanding-our-immigration-process?ms=EMA24WR0224&utm_source=weekendreading0224&utm_medium=email&emci=74824596-79d2-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=dce717cd-18d3-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=764241</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">35]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Progressive Harford County is holding a
virtual meeting on </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tues.,
Feb. 27 from </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">7 to 8 PM ET.
Review the latest initiatives with the chapter. Del. Steve Johnson will
also join to inform Progressive Harford members on how to support his
legislative bills in Annapolis this session.</span></b><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> RSVP at</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="color: #666666;"><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/604144/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/604144/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">36] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">MomsRising.org [reply@petitions.moveon.org] is very
upset as some members of Congress refuse to protect children in the USA. On
Tues., Feb. 27 at 8:30 PM, talk about the CTC, WIC, and the challenges facing
family-friendly policies in Congress during the #KeepMarching online call.
During this online meet-up, you’ll hear personal stories about how the CTC and
WIC have helped families. Then, MomsRising’s own Elyssa Schmier, Vice President
of Government Affairs and the National Budget, will lead participants through
the current state of CTC and WIC. Also uncover how the chaos in Congress is
holding back the progress of family-friendly policies. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/momsrising/event/607631/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/momsrising/event/607631/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">37] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Our Revolution
[info@ourrevolution.com]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> is holding a </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">LIVE California GOTV Rally</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> on Tues., Feb. 27 at 9 PM ET with </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Peace Candidate Barbara Lee</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> for U.S. Senate, Barbara’s campaign chair U.S. Rep. </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Ro Khanna,</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> CA Assemblyman </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Ash Kalra,</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and </span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;">Alex Mohajer</span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> for State Senate (District 37), and other special guests! RSVP at </span></b><b><span style="color: #364350; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.5pt;"><a href="https://act.ourrevolution.com/signup/CA_GOTV/?akid=5364.8252965.xtuLoP&rd=1&source=revreport&t=11"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://act.ourrevolution.com/signup/CA_GOTV/?akid=5364.8252965.xtuLoP&rd=1&source=revreport&t=11</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 <a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56;">.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">"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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-52090872495285360532024-02-25T23:44:00.000-05:002024-02-25T23:44:44.156-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 26, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">18]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ploughshares Fund report – Feb. 26</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">19]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Meet Angela Alsobrooks – <span style="color: black;">Feb. 26</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">20] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Speak Up for our Right
to Healthcare <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 26<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">21]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Get rid of the filibuster – Feb. 26 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">22]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">CCAN Power Hour – Feb. 26</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">23] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Clean Water
Justice Act</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
--<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 26</span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">24] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Housing team meeting – Feb. 26<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">25] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tenant organizing meeting -- Feb. 26<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">26] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Plan a response to genocide in Gaza Strip – Feb. 26</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">------</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">18] – </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
Ploughshares Fund [events@ploughshares.org] is rolling out a new organizational
strategy called Field Building. On Mon., Feb. 26 at 6 PM ET, join Ploughshares
Fund president Dr. Emma Belcher on Zoom to hear about her vision, its future,
and how you can be involved. You’ll also meet the new Field Building Director,
Habib Bako! Register at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SW1XOJX1R62B6JmC02OcBQ#/registration"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SW1XOJX1R62B6JmC02OcBQ#/registration</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">19] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">On Mon., Feb. 26 at 6:30 PM, the </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Southwest
Democrats are hosting County Executive Angela Alsobrooks at the Arbutus
Library, 855 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus, MD 21227. She is a candidate for
U.S. senate. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">20] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Patty
Snee [info@progressivemaryland.org] wants you to Speak Up for our Right to
Healthcare on Mon., Feb. 26 at 6:30 PM ET. Progressive Maryland, organized
labor, community groups, advocates and the End Medical Debt Campaign Maryland
will gather at the State Capitol to demand passage of legislation that will
make a difference in our lives! For example, expand the work of the state
Prescription Drug Affordability Board to lower Rx prices, crack down on health
insurance care denials, give access to the state health exchange to
our immigrants residents and protect frontline healthcare workers, trans
Marylanders, and people who depend on financial assistance for hospital
care. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/602825/?emci=0a3cdd73-1fcd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=2b7084b9-20cd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/progressivemaryland/event/602825/?emci=0a3cdd73-1fcd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=2b7084b9-20cd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=136680</span></a>CCAN
[info@chesapeakeclimate.org] wants to grow the people-powered climate
movement. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">21] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An Indivisible Project’s special event
book conversation on Filibustered! by Sen. Jeff Merkley takes place on Mon.,
Feb. 26 at 7 PM ET. Join Indivisible’s Co-Executive Director Ezra Levin as he
digs into Filibustered! by Sen. Jeff Merkley and the fight to remove one of the
largest obstacles to saving American democracy in Congress. The first 50 people
to submit questions for the conversation will receive a free copy of
Filibustered! RSVP at <a href="https://indivisible.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jyrJJmfPSvqExUy9yoQVtg#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://indivisible.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jyrJJmfPSvqExUy9yoQVtg#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">22] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Join
a CCAN Power Hour on Mon., Feb. 26 at 7 PM ET to build the climate
movement. RSVP at <a href="https://act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/63187/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=VA-Membership-Power+Hour-0224-c3+B&ea.url.id=2338089"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://act.chesapeakeclimate.org/page/63187/data/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=membership&utm_content=VA-Membership-Power+Hour-0224-c3+B&ea.url.id=2338089</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">23] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Waterkeepers Chesapeake
[info@WaterkeepersChesapeake.org] are rallying on Mon., Feb. 26 at 7 PM ET for
the Clean Water Justice Act. Learn more at <a href="https://waterkeeperschesapeake.org/clean-water-justice-act/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://waterkeeperschesapeake.org/clean-water-justice-act/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Maryland
has an opportunity to ensure that communities harmed by water pollution can
enforce state law. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court removed a majority of
wetlands and streams from federal Clean Water Act protection. Good news is
these waterways are protected by Maryland. However, unlike the Clean Water Act,
Maryland law does not provide the right for public enforcement. This access to
the courts is crucial, because a law is only meaningful when it is enforced.
Hear from Del. Sara Love, Waterkeepers and community members about why it is
critical that communities have access to justice, and learn how you can take
action and provide testimony to support the Clean Water Justice Act. The
hearing for SB653 is on Tues. Feb. 27 at 1 PM in EEE, and for HB1101 on Fri.,
March 1 at 1 PM in E & T. Register at <a href="https://bit.ly/CWJARallyFeb26"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://bit.ly/CWJARallyFeb26</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">24] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">There is a Montgomery County Housing Team meeting
of Jews United for Justice on Mon., Feb. 26 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET. Jewish sacred
texts recognize that having safe, stable housing is key to a healthy society.
Join in the meeting to get updates about the fight to implement permanent rent
stabilization and take action together. You will receive call-in instructions
via email after you RSVP. RSVP at <a href="https://jufj.org/event/mc-housing-feb-26-2/?emci=cd57b007-9dc6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=02cf28c4-a9c6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jufj.org/event/mc-housing-feb-26-2/?emci=cd57b007-9dc6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=02cf28c4-a9c6-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">25]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Northern Virginia DSA Tenant
Organizing working group On Mon., Feb. 26 at 7 PM at Funger Hall, 2201 G St.
NW, WDC 20052, Stomp Out Slumlords will be hosting an anti-eviction canvass
coordination meeting. The meeting is being held to plan the next few canvasses,
solicit volunteers to help with on-site coordination and administrative support
and discuss the future direction of anti-eviction canvassing and ways to fight
for tenants’ rights. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/anti-eviction-canvas-planning-meeting?link_id=15&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/anti-eviction-canvas-planning-meeting?link_id=15&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">26] – </span><strong><span style="font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Brenna
Cussen</span></strong></b><b> <<a href="mailto:brennacussen@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">brennacussen@gmail.com</span></a>> </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">wants you to know
that <a href="https://christiansforafreepalestine.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Christians for a
Free Palestine</span></a> has invited Christians all over the U.S. to
stand up against genocide in Gaza as Christians, publicly, on March 18. So Catholic Workers are
gathering online to discuss and organize a response to this call to action. If
you identify as a Catholic Worker, you have ideas to bring, and you are
interested in helping to organize a CW response to the genocide in Gaza, please
get on a Zoom call on Mon., Feb.
26 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET at</span> <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8785034261" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8785034261</span></a></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-35604512739272428562024-02-24T22:04:00.003-05:002024-02-24T22:04:56.854-05:00 Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 25 to 26, 2024<p><b>Baltimore Activist Alert – February
25 to 26, 2024</b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends, this list and other email
documents which I send out are done under the auspices of the Baltimore
Nonviolence Center. Go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" title="http://www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com</span></a></span>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> If you appreciate this information
and would like to make a donation, 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">1]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Books,
buttons and stickers</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">2]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Web
site for info on federal legislation</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">\<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">3]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Need
help in archiving activist material</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">4]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is looking for tips on a garage or a storage suggestion.</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">5]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book A Bag of Stones <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An
Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">7]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Baltimore activist selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">
</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">8] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Vigil commemorates two years of war on Ukraine – Feb. 25</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">9] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">A</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">nti-eviction canvass <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 25 </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">10] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">DSA Happy
Hour </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">– Feb. 25</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">11] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">DSA Internationalism
working group meeting </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– Feb. 25</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">12] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Meet candidate Trone <span style="color: black;">– Feb. 25<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">13] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Town Hall with Rep.
Jamie Raskin<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">– Feb. 25</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">14] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Protest at the Pentagon <span style="color: black;">– Feb. 26<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">15] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Economics of Nuclear
Aggression<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> – Feb. 26<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">16] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Press freedom briefing on Assange <span style="color: black;">–
Feb. 26 </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">17] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Election Protection </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 26<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">-------</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">1] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Buttons, bumper stickers and books are
available.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> “God Bless the Whole World, No
Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">2] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">To obtain
information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://thomas.loc.gov/</span></a></span>. Congressional
toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. The White
House Comment Email is accessible at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/" title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">3] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">4] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Max is in
need of a garage or a storage space. Any suggestions would be
welcome. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot
net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">5] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Barry Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are
finishing up “A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death
Penalty by Murphy Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” Ed
indicates the book will be available for sale on April 13, and is asking you to
pre-order your copy. 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. The work is a work of love, and all involved are proud of
the fruit borne by seeds nourished in good soil.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Bag of Snakes will be available at a gathering at First Iconium
Baptist Church. Celebrate the life of Murphy Davis and The Open Door Community
along with presenting the book. Also enjoy an Open Door Supper—vegetarian
chili, Willie Dee Wimberly cornbread, salad and chocolate chip cookies.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">To order by postal mail, make your check to Open Door
Community. Send it to Open Door
Community, PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">For any
questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or <a href="mailto:davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">6] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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. The crime he was
excommunicated for was 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">7] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A
h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale on a
dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and one
bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and quiet
setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a reasonable
amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her by text only
at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number, and she will
get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">8]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Baltimore Nonviolence
Center is hosting a </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Vigil to commemorate two years of war against
Ukraine</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> on Sun., Feb. 25 from noon to 1 PM
at 2401 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore 21224 in Patterson Park across from St.
Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church. T</span></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">he Russian invasion of Ukraine is a violation of
international law, as it is a war of aggression. This has been affirmed by the
United Nations</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The war is continuing to wreck horrific impacts on human
lives, public infrastructure, cultural & residential property and the
environment in Ukraine, as well as severe impacts on civil liberties in Russia
and Belarus. The Baltimore Nonviolence Center believes it is important to speak
out against Putin’s aggression. So a few activists plan to vigil.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Contact
Max at mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net or 443-761-5899.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">9]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Northern Virginia Tenant Organizing working group
will be embarking on an anti-eviction canvass in Alexandria on Sun., Feb. 25 at
1 PM ET. Canvassers will inform tenants facing eviction of their rights in
court and gauge interest in new building organizing. Canvassers will meet at
the Shops at Mark Center, 1468 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 223110 in the
parking lot in front of Starbucks. Before heading out to canvass, there will be
a short training to explain why these canvasses are necessary, how to talk to
tenants about their upcoming eviction suits, and how to fill in
walk-sheets. RSVP at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvhthflteVEDuhdydbqrUMw7hze-j3JLyEFTroltVnNV5BJg/viewform?link_id=44&can_id=3fcd7916f2ff367c3b859d45270fd1d5&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-117&email_referrer=email_2042256&email_subject=</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">10]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Socialists and workers will convene
for a happy hour on Sun., Feb. 25 at 2:30 PM ET. Metro DC DSA’s labor working
group will be hosting a Labor Notes happy hour at Sonny’s Pizza, 3120 Georgia
Ave. NW, WDC 20010. Workers and
socialists will be discussing and sharing organizing tactics in the DMV area,
connect with fellow workers, and also fundraise scholarships for local workers
planning to attend this year’s upcoming Labor Notes conference. Members of
Metro DC DSA, members of regional labor unions, or those interested in
organizing their workplace are invited to attend. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/labornotes-happy-hour?link_id=12&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/labornotes-happy-hour?link_id=12&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Labor
Notes has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back
in the labor movement since 1979. The Labor Notes Conference is the
largest gathering of labor activists in the country, and this year it is expect
that more than 4,000 will attend with over 250 workshops and panels and plenty
of opportunities to meet with activists from across the labor movement in the
US and beyond!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">11]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Metro DC DSA Internationalism working group is
meeting on Sun., Feb. 25 from 3 to 4 PM ET. Comrades interested in being part
of restarting the chapter’s Internationalism working group are invited to join
a virtual meeting, where the vision for the working group will be discussed and
interested volunteers can sign up to be part of a coordinating crew. Discuss
the vision for the working group, and seek volunteers to be part of a
coordinating crew. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/mdc-dsa-internationalism-regrouping?link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/mdc-dsa-internationalism-regrouping?link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-16-2024&email_referrer=email_2217264&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-23-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">12] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Candidate
David Trone will be in Towson on Sun., Feb. 25 from 3 to 4:30 PM ET. Join the Blue & Gold Democratic Club for
a "Love of Democracy" party!
The special guest, Congressperson David Trone, will be taking questions
at the Baltimore County Democratic Party HQ, 301 Allegheny Ave., Towson 21204. For
questions, email <a href="mailto:info@blueandgolddems.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">info@blueandgolddems.com</span></a>.
RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/volunteerblue/event/605833/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/volunteerblue/event/605833/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">13] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Alan
Minsky for Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to
attend on Sun., Feb. 25 at 4 PM ET a Town Hall with Rep. Jamie Raskin, one of
the most influential progressives in Congress. Raskin, is not only a
progressive champion and one of the leading defenders of American
democracy, he is also an incisive analyst of American society. Jamie doesn't minimize the threat that Trump
and MAGA represent.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> In the second hour of
the Town Hall, meet David Mandel, a PDA-endorsed candidate running for the U.S.
House of Representatives in California's 7th district.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">RSVP <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">14] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">There is a weekly Pentagon Peace Vigil from 7 to 8 AM on
Mondays, since 1987, outside the Pentagon Metro stop. The next vigil is Feb.
26, and it is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a></span> or call
202-882-9649. The vigil will be outside the Pentagon's south Metro
entrance and in the designated "protest zone" behind
bicycle fences across from the entrance to the Metro. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> By
Metro, take Yellow Line and get out at the "Pentagon" stop. Do not go
to the Pentagon City stop! Go up south escalators and turn left and walk across
to protest area. 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., and 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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">15] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">ICAN
[admin@icanw.org] needs you on Mon., Feb, 26 at 10 AM ET for Beyond the
Mushroom Cloud: the Economics of Nuclear Aggression. RSVP at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/events/beyondthemushroomcloud-theecono7163171053299580929/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.linkedin.com/events/beyondthemushroomcloud-theecono7163171053299580929/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">16] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Catch an urgent press freedom briefing with Amnesty International
Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, on</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Mon., Feb. 26 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET in the Cannon House Office
Building, Room 401, WDC. This briefing will focus on press freedom
issues in the United States. The
in-person briefing brings international experts to the U.S. to advise Congress
on the human rights and press freedom costs of prosecuting Julian Assange.
This briefing comes at a critical time as a UK court just concluded hearing
final extradition appeals. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Callamard
currently leads Amnesty International and serves as the human rights
organization’s primary spokesperson. She previously served as the United
Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions. In
that role, she investigated the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Also appearing will be </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jennifer
Robinson, a h</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">uman rights attorney who is a member of Assange’s legal team
and Jodie Ginsberg, Committee to
Protect Journalists. Email </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sue Udry</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> at<<a href="mailto:sue@rightsanddissent.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">sue@rightsanddissent.org</span></a>>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">17] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] want
you to participate with the </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Green Grassroots Emergency Environment and Election
Protection (GREEP) Zoom on Mon., Feb. 26 at 5 PM ET. Hear from leading
activists, elected officials, and others committed to union organizing as well
as cleaning up our elections and the environment, and other critically
important issues. RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-66191645915946755132024-02-22T21:57:00.003-05:002024-02-22T21:57:35.723-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 23 - 29, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">59] </span></b><em><b><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Serving People from All
Places </span></b></em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Feb. 23</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">60]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Fridays with Steve<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Feb. 23</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">61] P</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">eace vigil at the
White House </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">--</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Feb. 23</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">62]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Women in Black vigil – Feb.
23</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">63]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">AFSC Action Hour for ceasefire –<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 23</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">64] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Election in El Salvador –<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 23</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">65] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">P</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">rayer vigil for Ukraine</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">–
Feb. 23<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">66] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Vigil for a ceasefire – Feb. 23<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">67] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Power Half-hour for Gaza </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 23</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">68]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Election Protection
phone bank –<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 23 & 29 </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">69] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Film </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Where the Wind Blew</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Feb. 23</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">70] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Democratic National Committee discussion</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> –<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 23<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">71] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Columbia Democratic
Club Candidates Forum <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 24<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">72] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Bayard Rustin legacy
forum <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 24</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">73] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medicare for All training – Feb. 24</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">74] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Activist is selling her home</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">73] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">74]</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">75]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Read
<span style="color: black;">Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">76]</span> </b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you need a doctor?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Caliban Std";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">77]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">78]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Do
you need any book shelves?</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">79]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Roboto;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">59] –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Interfaith Immigration Coalition
[media@interfaithimmigration.org] wants you to know about a v</span></b><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">irtual workshop:
Serving People from All Places on Feb. 23 at 11:30 AM ET.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://interfaithimmigration.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e7d9c3b12b71fdbff0e3f6fe&id=525d21b70c&e=fe37ba19bb" target="_blank"><span style="color: #811f26; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Join
the CCDA Immigration Network</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to gain a basic understanding
of the U.S. immigration system. Learn more about the differences between the
refugee and the asylum process, what is happening at the southern border, and
more. RSVP at <a href="https://ccda16.wildapricot.org/event-5581907"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://ccda16.wildapricot.org/event-5581907</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">60] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Steve Phillips
[info@democracyincolor.com] hopes you will tune in on Fri., Feb. 23 at noon ET
to Fridays with Steve. He will share three reasons to stay optimistic about
Democrats’ chances to hold the White House and win back Congress. RSVP at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/7013585088718563/7013585112051894/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/events/7013585088718563/7013585112051894/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">61] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
will host a peace vigil at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC, on
Fri., Feb. 23 at noon. Contact the Dorothy Day
Catholic Worker: 202-882-9649 or <span style="color: #0563c1;"><a href="mailto:artlaffin@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">artlaffin@hotmail.com</span></a>.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">62] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 the corner of West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP
or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at <a href="mailto:annvinup@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">annvinup@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">63] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action
Hour for a Cease-fire Now every Friday at noon ET. Join AFSC staff to hear
updates from Gaza. Then, take action by contacting elected officials and call
for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Our elected
officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at <a href="https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now?ms=EMA24EI1103&emci=17faec34-887a-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&emdi=9695a439-f87c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73&ceid=764241</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>64] –</b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Get
in-depth analysis on the elections in El Salvador - and how they were rigged
from the start - when CISPES program director Yesenia Portillo and one of our
international observers join the Latino Media Collective for an interview on
the DC Pacifica station, WPFW.</span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "arial,geneva"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://default.salsalabs.org/T31103433-740e-494c-9f5f-6c15021337da/da2b553a-7aeb-45f6-b405-921a696e0cb1" target="_top"><span style="color: #e70303; text-decoration-line: none;">Listen here</span></a></span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "arial,geneva"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "arial,geneva"; font-size: 11pt;">on Fri., Feb. 23 at 1 PM ET:</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <a href="https://wpfwfm.org/radio/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3aa29de3-aabb-42a3-b781-59678ce87390"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://wpfwfm.org/radio/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3aa29de3-aabb-42a3-b781-59678ce87390</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">65] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Fri., Feb. 23 from 1 to 2 PM ET, join
an online prayer vigil to commemorate the second anniversary of the war in
Ukraine. The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL, the Quakers),
along with the Episcopal Public Policy Network, have organized an online prayer
vigil to commemorate the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Pax Christi
USA Ambassador of Peace Mary Yelenick, who also serves on the Pax Christi
International board and represents Pax Christi International at UN in New York,
will be one of the speakers. Pray
together and to lament the human harm caused by violence and conflict. Offer
prayers for the people of Ukraine, Russia, and across the region, and for those
displaced, and for a peaceful resolution to the crisis that prevents further
human suffering. Go to this livestreaming link: <a href="https://www.fcnl.org/events/interfaith-faith-vigil-peace-ukraine"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.fcnl.org/events/interfaith-faith-vigil-peace-ukraine</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">66] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ronda Cooperstein <<a href="mailto:rondacooperstein@hotmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">rondacooperstein@hotmail.com</span></a>></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> wants you to know that BALTIMORE
PEACE ACTION will gather on Fri., Feb. 23 from 3 to 4:45 PM ET
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">at the four corners of
Pimlico Road and Northern Parkway. There
are many banners and signs available -- CEASEFIRE NOW, NO MORE DOLLARS FOR WAR,
NEGOTIATION NOT ANNIHILATION, ISRAEL OBEY THE ICJ, JEWS FOR PEACE, & STOP
GENOCIDE.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">This event will be quiet and peaceful. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">67] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jewish Voice for Peace [info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org]
is doing Power Half Hours for Gaza every day, Monday through Friday, at 3 PM
ET. Sign up to take collective action toward a ceasefire alongside hundreds of
other people like you. RSVP at <a href="https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jvp-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Un0Lupy1SFObVVXJaZO5UQ?_x_zm_rtaid=J9kaFJwuR9e7Mh6JBKOREg.1708646266475.2a692d3bfd22320e6c703079034c64f4&_x_zm_rhtaid=813#/registration</span></a> If the Zoom room is full, go to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams</span></a>.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are no words to describe the devastating
pain of the last four months, in which the Israeli military has killed over
29,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 11,500 children. The highest
court in the world has named Israel’s actions as plausibly a genocide. And the
U.S. government is actively supporting the Israeli military as it wreaks
devastation on the over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">68] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">On Fri., Feb. 23 from 4 to 6 PM ET and Thurs., Feb. 29 from 5
to 7 PM ET, there is a Common Cause organized Election Protection phone
bank. Work together to demand bold
changes to our democracy to create a government that represents all of us, not
big corporations or special interests. Register for a shift to make calls and
help strengthen the phone bank team to protect our democracy. These shifts will
also always include training for first-timers before you make calls, so if this
is your first time, no worries! Register at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/376178/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">69] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">Consider
attending the DC Independent Film Forum to see screening of Where the Wind
Blew, followed by a panel discussion of director Andre Singer's 2016
documentary chronicling the experiences of a rural town in Kazakhstan during
the USSR's open-air and underground nuclear weapons tests, alongside American
stories affected by testing in Nevada.
The event will be held at the JCC, 1529 16th St. NW, WDC on Fri., Feb.
23 from 5:30 to 8 PM ET. Start the night with drinks, followed by the showing
and a panel discussion expected to feature a former Assistant Secretary of
Defense [sic] for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs, a
representative from Navajo Nation, and an international journalist with
experience covering nuclear armament issues. Visit <a href="https://dciff-indie.org/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://dciff-indie.org/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">70] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On
Fri., Feb. 23 from 7:30 to 9 PM ET, the Democratic National Committee will have
a Fourth Branch Action discussion. These
Friday events will continue through December 27. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fourth
Branch Action is a national grassroots group organizing for action, supporting
the Biden/Harris administration, and working through civic, electoral, and
legislative action to achieve progressive goals. The group accomplishes this
through advocacy, oversight, holding elected officials accountable to perform
their jobs on behalf of their constituents; community engagement, civic
education, and other events. Everyone is
welcome to join in. Come and enjoy a friendly conversation among like-minded
folks, get acquainted with others from across the country, and build a
community to restore the soul of our nation.
After you register for this event, you will receive an automated email
with the Zoom meeting details: <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/373917/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_most_popular_virtual</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">71] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On
Sat., Feb. 24 from noon to 4 PM ET, the Maryland Democratic Party will host a
Columbia Democratic Club Candidates Forum at Elkridge Branch - Howard
County Library System, 6540 Washington Blvd., Hockley Room, Elkridge 21075.
Learn more about the 2024 Democratic candidates for Maryland Congressional
District 3 and the Howard County Board of Education. This is a free, public
event. Due to space considerations, pre-register for the event here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/columbia-democratic-club-candidates-forum-tickets-832045930777?aff=oddtdtcreator"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/columbia-democratic-club-candidates-forum-tickets-832045930777?aff=oddtdtcreator</span></a>
Email <a href="mailto:columbiademclub@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">columbiademclub@gmail.com</span></a> Visit columbiademclub.org</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">72] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The AFSC [actioncenter@afsc.org] on Sat., Feb. 24 at 1
PM will be doing a virtual Bayard Rustin legacy forum. This virtual symposium on the legacy of
Quaker civil rights leader Bayard Rustin is presented by the BlackQuaker
Project and Swarthmore College’s Department of Peace and Conflict Studies.
You'll hear from BlackQuaker Project founder Hal Weaver; Palestinian-American
Quaker scholar-activist Sa’ed Atshan; Terrence Wiley, Haverford College
Africana and Religious Studies scholar; and Laura Brownlee, administrator of
Friends Council on National Legislation. It is recommended viewing the 2023
biopic "Rustin" on Netflix before the event. RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ejLCWRumRe-3zOFhPfWKRA?utm_source=weekendreading0210&utm_medium=email&ms=EMA24WR0210&emci=f240b937-65c7-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=ff6afc78-18c8-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=764241#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ejLCWRumRe-3zOFhPfWKRA?utm_source=weekendreading0210&utm_medium=email&ms=EMA24WR0210&emci=f240b937-65c7-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=ff6afc78-18c8-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=764241#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">73] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Th</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">e
Northern Virginia DSA [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] is holding a MEDICARE 4 ALL
virtual teach-in and organizer training on Sat., Feb. 24 at 5 PM ET to help new
organizers and activists learn about the dysfunctional US healthcare system,
how Medicare For All would work to fix our broken system, and how to join
campaigns in support of universal healthcare for all, <span style="background: #F7F9FB; color: #434343;">including efforts to pass Medicare For All resolutions
in </span><a href="https://linktr.ee/alexandriam4a" target="_blank"><span style="background: rgb(247, 249, 251); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #cd3a18; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Alexandria</span></a><span style="background: #F7F9FB; color: #434343;"> and </span><a href="https://linktr.ee/arlingtonM4A"><span style="background: rgb(247, 249, 251); border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #cd3a18; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">Arlington</span></a>. RSVP at</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/m4a-101-medicare-for-all-organizer-training-workshop/?clear_id=true&link_id=20&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-141&email_referrer=email_2211947&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/m4a-101-medicare-for-all-organizer-training-workshop/?clear_id=true&link_id=20&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-141&email_referrer=email_2211947&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>74] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
A h</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ome in Baltimore is for sale
on a dead-end street in the Lauraville neighborhood, with three bedrooms, and
one bath. The yard backs into a field and then a forest. There is a serene and
quiet setting with an abundance of wildlife. The owner will be asking a
reasonable amount for the property but it will not be overpriced. Contact her
by text only at 443 500 6733. On the text, leave your name and phone number,
and she will get back to anyone that reaches out. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">75] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are able to donate any
kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please
email <a href="mailto:Brendan.walls@seaseton.org"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">Brendan.walls@seaseton.org</span></a>
or call 410-721-5770 x231. There is a
colleague whose father is a medic on the front line. One container is shipped
every month to the Donbass region. Donations can be picked up in Baltimore and
Columbia every Thursday, and on other days in Annapolis and Crofton.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">76] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 -- <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:president@jhu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">president@jhu.edu</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>77] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> 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 <a href="mailto:1941mireille@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">1941mireille@gmail.com</span></a>. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>78]
– </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Yousef
Zarbalian [<a href="mailto:yzarbali@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">yzarbali@gmail.com</span></a>] started his own
medical practice in December before the pandemic hit.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>79] --</b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">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 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://comcast.net/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">comcast.net</span></a>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">80] --</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Can
you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at
comcast.net.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">81] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette
Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://prop1.org/"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">http://prop1.org</span></a></span>;
call 202-682-4282</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">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 <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a></span>.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">“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</span></b></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-18294195353913408772024-02-21T23:15:00.000-05:002024-02-21T23:15:06.609-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 22, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">47] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">S</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">top trash incineration – Feb. 22</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">48] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fair Share hearing </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 22<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">49]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medicare for
All Mythbusters<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> –<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 22</span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">50] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Alternatives to Detention</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–</span> Feb. 22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">51] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">No Money for Massacres <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">phone bank – Feb. 22<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">52] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">P<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">rotest the Uyghur
Genocide </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">--</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Feb. 22</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">53] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">T</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">own hall with
Congressional Candidate Blessing Oluwadare <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 22<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">54]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Freedom to Vote </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 22</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">55] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Meet Kina Collins -- Feb. 22</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">56]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Climate Hawks Vote phone bank </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– Feb. 22</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">57] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Seek a permanent ceasefire –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Feb. 22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">58] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Campaign to Victory
call -- Feb. 22</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-------</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">47]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Food
& Water Watch will hold a rally on Thurs., Feb. 29 from 11:30 AM to 12:30
PM ET in Lawyer's Mall, 100 State Circle, Annapolis 21401.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Join in a press event and rally to get trash
incineration out of Maryland’s renewable energy program. For years, community,
social justice, and environmental groups have fought to stop trash incineration
from receiving millions of dollars in subsidies meant for actual renewable
energy like wind and solar power. In 2022 alone, Maryland wasted $24.7 million
to help fund trash incineration instead of putting that money towards real
renewable energy projects. Call on your legislators to pass the Reclaim Renewable
Energy Act (HB166/SB146) to remove trash incineration from Maryland’s renewable
portfolio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/604510/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/604510/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">48] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Elianna Cooper
[info@jufj.org] Indicates that Jews United for Justice need you on Thurs., Feb.
22 at 1 PM ET for a Fair Share for Maryland House hearing in person or on Zoom.
RSVP at <a href="https://jufj.org/events/category/md-economic-justice/?emci=8f3112c6-3fcc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=0b020bd9-53cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jufj.org/events/category/md-economic-justice/?emci=8f3112c6-3fcc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=0b020bd9-53cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">49] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Healthcare-NOW!
[email@healthcare-now.org] is doing a training about the healthcare system on
Thurs., Feb. 22 at 2 PM – Medicare for All Mythbusters. Learn how storytelling
is critical to building a movement for Medicare for All and practice talking
about your own experiences with the healthcare system. These trainings will
continue through April 4. REGISTER at <a href="https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.healthcare-now.org/trainings/</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">50]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The Detention Watch Network
[program@detentionwatchnetwork.org] is holding a workshop on Thurs., Feb. 22
from 5 to 6:30 ET -- “Alternatives to Detention.” Learn about the history of “Alternatives to
Detention” (ATDs) and the current forms that the government uses to restrict
and surveil immigrants. Also hear from individuals who have experienced these
kinds of electronic incarceration and learn about ongoing organizing against
ATDs and for true liberation. The workshop will be held on Zoom, and you can
register at bit.ly/learndetention5</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">51] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">DSA No Money for Massacres [nec@dsacommittees.org]
wants you to join a phone bank on Thurs., Feb. 22 at 5:30 PM ET. Join a phone bank to tell Michigan Voters,
Vote Uncommitted for a Ceasefire. Call on Michigan Democrats and encourage them
to vote "uncommitted" in the presidential primary to send a message
to Joe Biden: Ceasefire NOW! DSA is proud
to endorse Listen to Michigan's "Vote Uncommitted" campaign--an
effort to encourage Michigan voters who support a ceasefire to vote
"Uncommitted" in the state's February 27th Democratic presidential
primary. Show Joe Biden and the Democratic establishment how many Democratic
voters in a key swing state are willing to withhold their votes from Biden
until there's a permanent ceasefire to end Israel's genocidal war on the people
of Gaza. The final phone bank is happening Mon., Feb, 26 at 5:30 PM ET. Sign up for the DSA phone at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-listen-to-michigan-phonebank-for-vote-uncommitted-3/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-urgent-emergency-phonebank-to-stop-military-aid-to-israel&email_referrer=email_2211060&email_subject=urgent-join-a-phonebank-to-tell-michigan-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-listen-to-michigan-phonebank-for-vote-uncommitted-3/?link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-urgent-emergency-phonebank-to-stop-military-aid-to-israel&email_referrer=email_2211060&email_subject=urgent-join-a-phonebank-to-tell-michigan-voters-vote-uncommitted-for-a-ceasefire</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>52] –</b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Karen Guberman <<a href="mailto:krguberman@gmail.com"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">krguberman@gmail.com</span></a>>
is reminding us to join Protest the
Uyghur Genocide on Thurs., Feb. 22 at 6 PM ET at the corner of Van Ness
and International Drive by the Chinese Embassy. Let the Ambassador know that
you say "NO" to genocide. Bring a colleague, a friend, anyone
who may be interested.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> This event is organized by the Adas Israel Uyghur
Crisis Response Team.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>53] –</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Join the Lower Shore Progressive Caucus for a virtual
town hall with Congressional Candidate Blessing Oluwadare on Thurs., Feb. 24 at
6:30 PM ET. The event will be hosted on Zoom, Facebook Live, Twitter, &
YouTube this week to discuss & learn about Blessing’s vision for District
One. You can RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-Ggqz8sEtRdJ75EPcEax8j1wK8y9iZ7#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-Ggqz8sEtRdJ75EPcEax8j1wK8y9iZ7#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>54] --</b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On Thurs., Feb. 22 from 7 to 8:30 PM ET, Common
Cause is hosting a virtual Letter to the Editor Party: Freedom to Vote. In
America, we value our freedom. The freedom to have a say in decisions that
impact our lives - from curbing the pandemic to creating jobs to making health
care affordable. For months, the American people have been calling for national
standards to protect our freedom to vote and have an equal voice in our
government. In July of 2023, the Freedom to Vote Act was reintroduced in the
Senate. The Freedom to Vote Act is an extremely necessary reform. This
important legislation will protect our right to vote, end partisan
gerrymandering, counter undemocratic and dangerous election sabotage efforts,
and help eliminate the undue influence of dark money in our elections.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The last time the Freedom to Vote Act was
introduced, all 50 Senate Democrats twice voted to advance major voting rights
legislation, and all Senate Republicans twice voted against even allowing
public debate on the bill, causing a filibuster. If we don’t get the Freedom to Vote Act
passed, then millions of Americans will likely find it harder to have their
voices heard as states continue to pass voter.
To join in writing letters, go to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/418654/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalition/event/418654/?followup_modal_context=organization_newsletter_custom_recommendations</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">55] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Peace Action [info@peaceaction.org] is supporting
progressive candidates. On Thurs., Feb. 22 at 7 PM ET, meet Kina Collins [IL-7]
who is running for Congress on “a pro-peace agenda, a pro-justice agenda, a
pro-liberation agenda, and an agenda that promotes diplomacy.” Growing up in the West Side of Chicago, Kina
witnessed the impact of systemic poverty firsthand, so she became an organizer
for gun violence prevention and health care, fighting to better the communities
most in need. Unsurprisingly, Kina has called for an immediate ceasefire in
Gaza since the very beginning, as well as assistance to address the
increasingly worsening humanitarian crisis.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Kina’s opponent, incumbent Danny Davis, has
yet to take a pro-ceasefire stance, and Kina is not letting him off the hook.
In early November, she pointed out that Davis “is making a policy choice to
fund the killings of innocent Gazans every day he doesn't call for peace.”
Shortly after being put on the spot, Davis called for a humanitarian pause in
hostilities. ESVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ct_zVtIvTymGIpHYnqkmEg?emci=b9486784-24d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=f9c3fc5a-27d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=218683#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ct_zVtIvTymGIpHYnqkmEg?emci=b9486784-24d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=f9c3fc5a-27d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=218683#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>56] – </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Climate Hawks Vote
[info@climatehawksvote.com] needs you to participate in a phone bank on Thurs.,
Feb. 22 from 7 to 9 PM ET. For Climate
hawk candidates in deep blue districts the election that matters is
in just a few weeks. Laura Friedman is one such climate hawk, and you can join
a phone bank to help her. Friedman is a
state legislator, where she’s led on climate bills: phasing out single use
plastics, transportation, parking, building decarbonization and more. But don’t
just listen to us; listen to the Los Angeles Times, which has provided an early
endorsement of Laura: she “has built a reputation as a smart, thoughtful, and
principled policymaker who takes on difficult issues–such as…climate change–to
solve problems, not to score political points.” California’s 30th
Congressional District, covering Burbank and Hollywood, is a deep blue open
seat (its current representative, Adam Schiff, is running for Senate). A dozen
or so candidates have shown interest in running, but only a few of them are
top-tier – and only one, Laura Friedman, is the stand-out climate hawk. Ballots went out February 5 and the last day
to vote in the primary is March 5. Sign up at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/climatehawksvote/event/594140/?emci=976b1203-c1bf-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=19309a1e-41c0-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=13143726"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/climatehawksvote/event/594140/?emci=976b1203-c1bf-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=19309a1e-41c0-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=13143726</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b>57] – </b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The IfNotNow team
<info@ifnotnowmovement.org> is holding a national call on Thurs., Feb. 22
at 8 PM ET to seek a lasting ceasefire. Last week, the Israeli military
launched a brutal assault on Rafah, where over 1.4 Palestinians are sheltering
after being forcibly displaced by months of bombardment. Now, the Israeli
government is openly preparing for a ground invasion, leaving Gazans with
nowhere to go. Now is the time to act. Join in <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/ifnotnow/event/606283/?utm_source=EA220invite&sourceid=1051385&emci=d5ce283a-1dd0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=75c24bc8-24d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=16795595"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/ifnotnow/event/606283/?utm_source=EA220invite&sourceid=1051385&emci=d5ce283a-1dd0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=75c24bc8-24d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=16795595</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">58]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mike Fox for
Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] on Thurs., Feb. 22 at 9
PM ET wants you to participate in the Campaign to Victory call. C<span style="background: white; color: #232333;">elebrate/debrief
the huge win in the Special Election in NY-03, organize for the CA primaries
(vote by mail ballots NOW), the early primaries in IL and TX, and more. You'll
leave energized and organized. Invite your progressive friends! </span>RSVP at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrcuGgrDItHdeYV7F9QQsruFMypvcMt5Fc#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-37487321473865077652024-02-20T23:22:00.000-05:002024-02-20T23:22:04.012-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 21, 2024 <p> </p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">37] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pilgrimage for Peace <span style="color: black;">– Feb. 21</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">38] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Phone zap – Hands off Rafah <span style="color: black;">– Feb.
21</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">39] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Oxfam report on the Gaza Strip </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 21</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">40] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Assange extradition hearing <span style="color: black;">– Feb.
21<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">41] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Revoke the Free Pass to
Pollute<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: black;">–
Feb. 21</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">42] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Join Team ENOUGH – Feb. 21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">43] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fair Share for Maryland
Senate hearing </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 21</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial bold",serif;">44] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Abolition working group – Feb. 21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">45] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Inflation Reduction Act
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 21<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">46]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dept. of
Peacebuilding Campaign Call <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–
Feb. 21<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-----<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">37]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jennifer
Salan [communications@aaiusa.org] wants you to know that the Pilgrimage for
Peace left Philadelphia on its way to Washington, D.C. On Wed., Feb. 21 the march
will reach Washington, D.C., and I believe the group will gather at 1 PM to
call for a Ceasefire. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help Stop Genocide
with a diverse group of activists, artists, and faith leaders calling for a
ceasefire in Gaza, a halt of weapons funding for Israel, and unfettered
humanitarian access to Gaza. Some of the participating organizations are the
U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, IfNotNow, Faith
for Black Lives, Jews for Ceasefire, Red Letter Christians, the National Council
of Churches of Christ in the USA, Dream Defenders and many more for one or all
of the days of the pilgrimage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>REGISTER
TO JOIN THE PILGRIMAGE FOR PEACE FOR AN HOUR, A DAY, OR ALL
WEEK! Meals, water and a shuttle service will be provided. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/pilgrimage-for-peace"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/pilgrimage-for-peace</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">38] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The US
Campaign for Palestinian Rights [contact@uscpr.org] needs you on Wed., Feb. 21
& Thurs., Feb. 28 at 2 PM ET to Zap
the phone lines to stop arming Israel! Mobilize to escalate the tactics, defend
Rafah from Israel's latest genocidal assault, and stop “THE DEADLY DEAL,” a $95
billion spending package that just passed the Senate. The Deadly Deal includes
$14 billion in weapons to Israel for arming genocide, and the elimination of
all humanitarian funding to the UNRWA aid agency for Palestinian refugees,
permanently. The U.S. government continues to back Israel's horrific massacres
and forced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Demand that your elected
officials call for a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE NOW and stop arming Israel! Join this event to hear about how you can
escalate your tactics, with a short skill share on creative ideas like car
caravans. RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1117068964680/WN_gc2VdV14Sdes077F3mVssg?emci=d79e93ab-1ec5-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=b51aa71a-25c5-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=5467956#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1117068964680/WN_gc2VdV14Sdes077F3mVssg?emci=d79e93ab-1ec5-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=b51aa71a-25c5-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=5467956#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">39] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Oxfam [action@oxfamamerica.org] wants you to know that
the president is back from Israel & the Occupied West Bank. On Wed., Feb.
21 at 2 PM ET, join the virtual call to hear Abby Maxman reflect on her
trip. More than four months into the
armed conflict in Gaza, we are witnessing a complete collapse of health and
sanitation systems, resulting in a humanitarian catastrophe. Abby met with
partners and staff in Israel and the West Bank, and will be joined in this
conversation by Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam Policy Lead in Ramallah, to share her
experience living and working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Abby’s
visit prioritized meeting with families, community leaders, and leaders of
Palestinian and Israeli organizations. She was present to bear witness to their
experiences and map out plans to expand Oxfam's response when it is safe to do
so. RSVP at <a href="https://oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/register/7017071597986/WN_t4jYXHlkRx2Va3paHdOC5w?utm_campaign=FY24%20OPTI&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=293782711&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BJuIKaqRuIbwDF875IFcWb_pbTEPtoOvCC3AJk_HLpi2hs0vUe-8ri9O0-ITacwcmnr6d0Pax2ZA33RFpGK19Xu5mnTmnINSmjH2XX5mO28--8A8&utm_content=293782711&utm_source=hs_email#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/register/7017071597986/WN_t4jYXHlkRx2Va3paHdOC5w?utm_campaign=FY24%20OPTI&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=293782711&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BJuIKaqRuIbwDF875IFcWb_pbTEPtoOvCC3AJk_HLpi2hs0vUe-8ri9O0-ITacwcmnr6d0Pax2ZA33RFpGK19Xu5mnTmnINSmjH2XX5mO28--8A8&utm_content=293782711&utm_source=hs_email#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">40] – </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Defending Rights & Dissent
[updates@rightsanddissent.org] is in London to cover Julian Assange’s extradition
hearing. On Wed., Feb. 21 at 5
PM ET. Livestream at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rightsdissent?sourceid=1082741&emci=3caf45e4-03d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=e7d2ceb3-07d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=2461345"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/rightsdissent?sourceid=1082741&emci=3caf45e4-03d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=e7d2ceb3-07d0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=2461345</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">41] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Food
& Water Watch [act@messages.fwaction.org] thinks you will be interested in
an event on Wed., Feb. 21 at 3 PM ET -- Using the Courts to Revoke the Free
Pass to Pollute. RSVP at <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/600543/?utm_content=1835870&utm_source=moam_em_02052024_Feb-LFL-FF-court&j=1835870&sfmc_sub=5823356&l=420&mid=100001791&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&ms=onor-em-02202024-2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&oms=onor-em-02202024-2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&eml_name=2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&eml_id=1835870&gs=&af=RA1%2BJp3N228aRV69knhQi6HdXOURCg1a8LjFy%2FqVNQ3Po1gpJ2TWtaez2njMlOuEAnWCHkgEsbpWshTz9SyXZHZ4ZBqwHCVVpKJ%2BZXlAWLZyR%2BzfO2QzqSyd2JPeL%2BzCwsk6jgcMJb7Pj3wbBih8ImqkfiHWDev%2BgezUDN3cgbh1mDCeaXiPKbkB9fKqQpGU"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/600543/?utm_content=1835870&utm_source=moam_em_02052024_Feb-LFL-FF-court&j=1835870&sfmc_sub=5823356&l=420&mid=100001791&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&ms=onor-em-02202024-2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&oms=onor-em-02202024-2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&eml_name=2024-02-05_FWW_c3_NAT_Food_February-LFL-Factory-Farms-Email-Invite-1_Event_em_nL_D_MC&eml_id=1835870&gs=&af=RA1%2BJp3N228aRV69knhQi6HdXOURCg1a8LjFy%2FqVNQ3Po1gpJ2TWtaez2njMlOuEAnWCHkgEsbpWshTz9SyXZHZ4ZBqwHCVVpKJ%2BZXlAWLZyR%2BzfO2QzqSyd2JPeL%2BzCwsk6jgcMJb7Pj3wbBih8ImqkfiHWDev%2BgezUDN3cgbh1mDCeaXiPKbkB9fKqQpGU</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b> For too long, polluters – particularly factory farms – have gone
unmonitored and unregulated, and our water and rural communities have suffered
as a result. Food & Water Watch’s team of legal experts is dedicated to
breaking this cycle by challenging regulatory agencies in court to force them
to update critical pollution regulations. These cases have a direct impact on
air and water quality for communities across the country.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">42] –</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #232333; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Are you a young person between 13 and 25 years old who is
interested in taking action around preventing gun violence? On Wednesdays,
including Feb. 21, from 6 to 7 PM ET, join a Team ENOUGH welcome session to
learn more about the different ways you can engage. Team ENOUGH is a youth-led program whose
mission is to educate young voices about gun violence and mobilize them to take
meaningful action against it. Supported by Brady United, it harnesses the
expertise and experience of today’s youth to advance intersectional work across
the country. This event will continue through Dec. 18. RSVP at</span></b><strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></strong><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/425528/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/425528/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">43] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Elianna
Cooper [info@jufj.org] Indicates that Jews United for Justice need you on Wed.,
Feb. 21 at 6:30 PM ET for a Fair Share for Maryland Senate hearing on Zoom.
RSVP At <a href="https://jufj.org/events/category/md-economic-justice/?emci=8f3112c6-3fcc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=0b020bd9-53cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jufj.org/events/category/md-economic-justice/?emci=8f3112c6-3fcc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=0b020bd9-53cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">44] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists of America [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] want
you to know about the NoVA Abolition working group which works to challenge
oppressive institutions and imagine the capacities for community care. It meets every other Wednesday. If you’re
interested in getting involved with this work, the next working group meeting
is on Wed., Feb. 21 at 7 PM ET. Please fill out the interest form in advance
and you will be plugged in: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEcShQX51IL2Z1sNff7bqiYz68vAtPjUxpTuIrfvAK8iBDqA/viewform"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEcShQX51IL2Z1sNff7bqiYz68vAtPjUxpTuIrfvAK8iBDqA/viewform</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">45] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Climate Hawks Vote [info@climatehawksvote.com]
will break down the Inflation Reduction Act on Wed., Feb. 21 at 7 PM ET. The
Inflation Reduction Act is touted as “the biggest investment in climate since
ever.” But too many voters don’t know what’s in the IRA. They don’t know how it
benefits them and their communities. Elected officials aren’t much help either;
they just say “we passed the largest climate bill since ever!” and move
on. Get a break down on the IRA so that you know exactly how it works, and
can share with friends, family, and voters. Sign up for our webinar
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 7 PM Eastern/ 4 PM Pacific. RSVP at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscO6hpzopHdIRJSf0NHB4ptjUOn_qpGz0?emci=37e11c50-1bc1-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=47e11c50-1bc1-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=13143726#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscO6hpzopHdIRJSf0NHB4ptjUOn_qpGz0?emci=37e11c50-1bc1-ee11-b660-002248223197&emdi=47e11c50-1bc1-ee11-b660-002248223197&ceid=13143726#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">46] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">There
is a Peace Alliance Dept. of Peacebuilding Campaign Call on Wed., Feb. 21 at 8
PM ET with Dr. Thomas Clough Daffern as the speaker. Celebrate the Season for Nonviolence by
listening to Dr. Daffern who will speak on Building Bridges to Peace: The
Transformative Power of Government Policies of Peacebuilding. Dr. Daffern
is a distinguished scholar in many different disciplines and has a long history
of working for world peace in many different ways and space. Join the
Zoom at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/464735321?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=4c280796-a209-44ec-a160-4747ef7dc57c#success"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/464735321?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=4c280796-a209-44ec-a160-4747ef7dc57c#success</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
</div>Max Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-71817678856026314032024-02-19T23:01:00.000-05:002024-02-19T23:01:05.518-05:00Baltimore Activist Alert -- February 20 - 25, 2024<p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">25]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">A
PILGRIMAGE FOR PEACE – through
Feb. 21</span></b></p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">26] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">LAW n</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">ot war – Feb. 20 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">27] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">DC Action for Assange <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">–<span style="color: black;"> Feb. 20<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">28] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">International solution to Climate Chaos </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– Feb. 20 </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">29] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Back from the Brink meeting <span style="color: black;">– Feb.
20<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">30] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Assange hearing – Feb. 20 - 21</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">31] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Russia out of Ukraine <span style="color: black;">– Feb. 20
& 25<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">32] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Medicare for All </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Feb. 20<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">33]</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Abolition
Working Group meeting <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb.
20<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">34] </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fair Share for Maryland
Working Group meeting <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– Feb. 20<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">35] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sing a Song, Belafonte film –</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Feb. 20</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">36] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">CODEPINK Congress </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">--<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Feb. 20<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">-------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">25]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
–</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Jennifer
Salan [communications@aaiusa.org] wants you to know that the Pilgrimage for
Peace left Philadelphia on its way to Washington, D.C. On Tues., Feb. 20 march
from Baltimore to Laurel and on Wed., Feb. 21 march from Laurel to Washington,
D.C. Help Stop Genocide with a diverse group of activists, artists, and faith
leaders calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, a halt of weapons funding for Israel,
and unfettered humanitarian access to Gaza. Some of the participating
organizations are the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition, IfNotNow, Faith for Black Lives, Jews for Ceasefire, Red Letter
Christians, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, Dream
Defenders and many more for one or all of the days of the pilgrimage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>REGISTER TO JOIN
THE PILGRIMAGE FOR PEACE FOR AN HOUR, A DAY, OR ALL WEEK! Meals,
water and a shuttle service will be provided. RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/pilgrimage-for-peace"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/pilgrimage-for-peace</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">26] -- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Alyn Ware [ware@wfm-igp.org] is inviting you on Tues.,
Feb. 20 at 10 AM ET to an online meeting of participating organizations
involved with LAW not War. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">The increasing public attention to the International
Court of Justice (ICJ) over the <a href="https://mailchi.mp/unfoldzero/law-not-war-update-icj-cases-on-climate-and-genocide"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">current genocide cases and climate change case</span></a>, are
indications of the value of the LAW not War initiative. Register at </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0td-GvqjMjHtQP0yVf1PAyXZBbC-GzbIhS#/registration"><b><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0td-GvqjMjHtQP0yVf1PAyXZBbC-GzbIhS#/registration</span></b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><strong><span style="background: white; color: #454545; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> The current
cases in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on allegations of genocide
(The Gambia v Myanmar, Ukraine v Russia and South Africa v Israel) as well as
the ICJ case on The Responsibilities of States with regard to Climate Change,
are generating considerable political and public attention. The ICJ, one of the
principal organs of the United Nations, provides a vital mechanism for States
to resolve their international disputes peacefully, prevent escalation to war
and/or end armed conflicts. Despite this, only 1/3 of UN Member States
currently accept compulsory (unrestricted) ICJ jurisdiction, which they do
through submission to the ICJ of a declaration accepting jurisdiction for
unresolved conflicts between them and other States which have made similar
declarations.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">27] --</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">DC Action for Assange and other area
supporters of Julian Assange are planning a rally at the Department of Justice,
for "Day X." Day X is the date of Assange's appeal hearing, in
the High Courts of London; and the appeal will begin on Feb 20 and is
scheduled to last for two days. Groups all over the world are planning
solidarity rallies and vigils, as part of "Day X." In DC, the
rally will be on Tues., Feb 20 from noon to 2 PM at the US Department of
Justice, 950 Constitution Ave. NW, WDC.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The rally will include speakers, "open
mic" opportunities, and singing. Banners and signs related to
Assange's case will be available. Contact Martha Allen at (<a href="mailto:marthaleslieallen@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">marthaleslieallen@gmail.com</span></a>).</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">28] --</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Team 350 [350@350.org] is coming together on Tues.,
Feb. 20 at noon ET to present “Why Internationalism Matters.” Global solutions are needed to tackle the
climate crisis. The U.S. is already seeing the effects of
the climate crisis, from deadly wildfires and flooding to more frequent and
more intense storms and droughts. And now that we’ve crossed this threshold,
it’s only going to get worse, especially for countries in the global south. For
decades, rich countries like the U.S. have been profiting off the exploitation
of the planet while countries in the global south suffer the most from the
climate crisis. <a href="https://350org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1LcIWV2GTOSdHsvck-6DrA?refcode=em20240215-1-subs-us&amount=3#/registration"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://350org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1LcIWV2GTOSdHsvck-6DrA?refcode=em20240215-1-subs-us&amount=3#/registration</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">29]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
-- </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Back from the Brink [info@preventnuclearwar.org] is
meeting virtually on Tues., Feb. 20 at 1 PM ET. The agenda items include
opportunities related to Academy Award nomination of Oppenheimer. Register at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86434879139?pwd=OERHYTFyeEpyalBVNEZQNlNBUmFmQT09&emci=515e683a-93ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=6278f015-a2ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=13712990#success"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86434879139?pwd=OERHYTFyeEpyalBVNEZQNlNBUmFmQT09&emci=515e683a-93ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=6278f015-a2ca-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=13712990#success</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">30]</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">Defending Rights
& Dissent [updates@rightsanddissent.org] wants you to attend virtually on
Tues., Feb. 20 and Wed., Feb. 21 at 1 PM a high stakes Assange hearing. You can watch a livestream each day by going
to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rightsdissent?sourceid=1082741&emci=7827968d-09cd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=b80c1617-0ecd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=2461345"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/rightsdissent?sourceid=1082741&emci=7827968d-09cd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=b80c1617-0ecd-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=2461345</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">31] – </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">Join the Baltimore Nonviolence Center on Tues., Feb. 20 from
4:30 to 5 PM ET at 33rd and N. Charles Sts. The
invasion of Ukraine has the potential to become a war extending throughout
Europe. Putin has destroyed Aleppo and Grozny and has threatened the use
of nuclear weapons. Russian soldiers were sent into the area around the
contaminated and still radioactive Chernobyl nuclear plant. Now they are
stationed in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.
Contact Max at mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net or 410-323-1607.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> Also note, o</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">n Sun., Feb. 25 from noon to
1 PM, there will be a vigil at 2401 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore 21224 in
Patterson Park across from St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church. The Ukrainian people have now been under
Putin’s boot for two years. Show support for the people of Ukraine and the
Ukrainian diaspora, as well as for the brave people of Russia who have
condemned the invasion. Regardless of the situation, t</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">he Biden administration should remove US nuclear weapons
from Europe, and try to engage in negotiations with Russia about nuclear
weapons disarmament. The United Nations must use its influence to
convince Russian authorities to withdraw its forces from Ukraine.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">32]
– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Th</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">e
Northern Virginia DSA</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
[novabranch@mdcdsa.org] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">is holding a Medicare for All meeting to
give an update about the work in Alexandria and Arlington on Tues., </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Feb</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">20</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> at 6 PM
ET.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP at </span></b><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-february-20th-6pm/?clear_id=true&link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-139&email_referrer=email_2195398&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-medicare-for-all-working-group-meeting-tuesday-february-20th-6pm/?clear_id=true&link_id=9&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-139&email_referrer=email_2195398&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Discuss
plans for furthering the M4All Resolutions in Alexandria and Arlington - as
well as other ideas. The group meets the first and third Tuesday of the month.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">33] --</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;">The Metro DC DSA
[info@mdcdsa.org] on Tues., Feb. 20 at 6 PM ET is holding an Abolition Working
Group biweekly meeting. A link to attend
this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP at <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/abolition-working-group-biweekly-meeting-2202024?link_id=62&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-2-2024&email_referrer=email_2200197&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-9-2024"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://actionnetwork.org/events/abolition-working-group-biweekly-meeting-2202024?link_id=62&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-2-2024&email_referrer=email_2200197&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-february-9-2024</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif;"> Discuss strategy
and planning. This event is open to both DSA Members and supporters.
Email <a href="mailto:abolition@mdcdsa.org"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">abolition@mdcdsa.org</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">34] </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Elianna
Cooper [info@jufj.org] Indicates that Jews United for Justice need you on
Tues., Feb. 20 at 6:30 PM ET for a Fair Share for Maryland Working Group
meeting on Zoom. RSVP At <a href="https://jufj.org/events/category/md-economic-justice/?emci=8f3112c6-3fcc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=0b020bd9-53cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://jufj.org/events/category/md-economic-justice/?emci=8f3112c6-3fcc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=0b020bd9-53cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=3403859</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">35] –</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maryland CPUSA [md@cpusa.org] on Tues., Feb. 20 at 7 PM ET
will show the film </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sing Your Song. </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Honoring this year’s Black History Month’s theme,
“African Americans and the Arts,” the Baltimore Marxist Study Group pays
tribute to Harry Belafonte who died April 25, 2023 at the age of 96. Watch the
2011 biographical film, <i>Sing Your Song</i>, narrated by Belafonte himself,
to relive the calypso and folk music with which Belafonte enriched U.S.
culture. Watch documentary footage of key hallmarks of the civil rights
and peoples’ movements of the 1960s through the first decade of the 21<sup>st</sup>
century (when the film was made) in which Belafonte was a leading force
challenging U.S. imperialism abroad and racism at home.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> These are the stalwarts Belafonte was inspired
by and whom he inspired: Paul Robeson, Huddie Ledbetter, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Tom Mboya, Cora Weiss, Nelson Mandela, Mariam Makeba, John Lewis,
Sekou Toure, Fannie Lou Hamer, Buffy St. Marie, Quincy Jones, Marian Wright
Edelman, Ruby Dee, to name a few, are all included in the narrative. For those
who wish to discuss the film or the movements it portrays, stick around for the
discussion afterwards. Register in
advance at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqf-yorzorGN2X_ECbPWPZJx3mSFZnpKHn" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqf-yorzorGN2X_ECbPWPZJx3mSFZnpKHn</span></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "arial\,geneva";">36] –</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto;">
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">CODEPINK [info@codepink.org] is meeting on
Tues., Feb. 20 at 8 PM ET to discuss Supplemental Bills! For example, the
Senate bill also includes a prohibition against US funding for UNRWA, the
lifeline for water and food to Gaza, to threaten mass starvation for over two
million people. Finally, there’s a provision that allows President Biden to
send unlimited weapons to Israel without the legally-required notification to
Congress. There is a need for a ceasefire and negotiated peace settlements in
both Gaza and Ukraine, not more war funding! Hear from peacemakers about
the supplemental bills. RSVP at <a href="https://www.codepink.org/cpc220?utm_campaign=cpc_02202024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.codepink.org/cpc220?utm_campaign=cpc_02202024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman Bold",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To be continued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">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 </span><a href="http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_parent"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 31.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">"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</span></p>
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