56] Volunteer at Howard
County Fair – Aug. 9 - 10
57] Nagasaki witness at White House – Aug. 9
58]
Women
in Black vigil – Aug. 9
59] Friday Power Lunch – Aug. 9
60] AFSC Action Hour for
ceasefire – Aug. 9
61] Knock on doors for Democrats – Aug. 9
& 10
62] Come to Nagasaki commemoration and a community dinner – Aug.
9
63] Northern
Virginia DSA meeting -- Aug. 10
64]
Peace vigil
against nuclear weapons -- Aug. 10
65] Fast to end genocide in Gaza – Aug. 10
66]
Baltimore
is for citizens in Baltimore -- Aug. 10
67] Nuclear Weapons and
Climate Change – Aug. 10
68]
Silence
is complicity – Aug. 10
69] Write to anti-nuke protesters
70] Baltimore activist selling her home
71] Medical supplies are needed in Ukraine
72]
Read
Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a
Protest Primer"
73] Tell JHU president to renounce nuclear weapons contracts
74] Do you need a doctor?
75]
Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
76] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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56] – On Fri., Aug. 9 and Sun., Aug. 10 from 10 AM to 10 PM
ET, volunteer with the Maryland Democratic Party Booth at the Howard County
Fair. It's a terrific opportunity to meet people in the community, register
voters, and sign up volunteers. The booth will be open each day from 10 AM to
10 PM ET through Sat., Aug. 10. Also
consider joining the parade on Sat., Aug. 10 at 5 PM ET. Visit https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/641678/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type
Get over to the Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Road, West Friendship, MD 21794. Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050E4AACAC2AA3F49-50000418-2024#/
57] – There will be a Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Peace Witness at the White House on Fri., Aug... 9th from noon to 1 PM. The protest is sponsored by the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Contact Art Laffin <artlaffin@hotmail.com>
There is a
weekly vigil at the White House on Fridays from noon to 1 PM sponsored by the
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com or call
202-882-9649.
58] – 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. The VFP peace walkers will join he vigil. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.
59] – On Fri., Aug. 9 at noon ET, join the 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. RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscumspzMoHtOe4-JRDrtezzQNNh9EhWEh#/registration
60] – 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 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
61] – Knock on doors in Baltimore City and join the canvass, hosted by MD Victory. Gather at the Baltimore Office, 2330 N. Howard St., Baltimore 21211. Knock on doors to elect Angela Alsobrooks to be the next United States Senator and Kweisi Mfume to be re-elected as the Congressperson from Maryland's 7th! First time volunteering? No worries. Each canvass shift starts with a training with an organizer who will be there to help you out. You will go out with a buddy so you can knock on doors together.
You will need a smartphone so you can download the MiniVAN Touch app, the Democratic Party’s canvassing app. Download it on an iPhone or android. Also bring a full water bottle! Canvass on Fri., Aug. 9 from 2 to 5 PM & 5 to 8 PM and Sat., Aug. 10 from noon to 2 PM, 2 to 5 PM, 3 to 6 PM ET & 5 to 8 PM ET. The canvass will continue until Aug. 31 from noon 6 PM ET, RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/646353/
62] –Baltimore’s Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee gathered on August 6 as part of Forty Years of Resistance to living with Nuclear Weapons. On August 9, rain or shine, an educational exercise will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 PM outside the Johns Hopkins Hospital on Broadway near the shuttle service between Orleans and Monument Streets. An information table will be set up, some participants will hold placards and others will leaflet students getting on and off the shuttle. At 6:30 PM, there will be a community meal at 18-8 Sushi, 727 W. 40th Street, Suite 138, Baltimore 21211. The restaurant phone number is 410-889-1888. Contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
63] – On Sat., Aug. 10 from 1 to 2 PM ET, the Northern Virginia DSA [novabranch@mdcdsa.org] will hold a hybrid monthly organizing meeting at the Arlington Central Library, Quincy Room, 1st FL, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22201. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/nova-branch-monthly-organizing-meeting-aug-2024/?clear_id=true&link_id=18&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events-169&email_referrer=email_2397684&email_subject=nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events
You must be vaxxed/boosted to join all in-person events. There is extra hand sanitizer and face masks provided at all branch meetings. The meeting will be followed by a summer picnic at nearby Quincy Park.
64] – John Whitehead [jwwhiteh@yahoo.com] indicated that there will be peace vigil against nuclear weapons on Sat., Aug. 10 at 10 AM outside the White House. Having the vigil this weekend should be a good cap to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversary events earlier in the week. Signs will be available for people, but please feel free to bring your own peace-/anti-nuclear-themed signs. There will also be a sound system and opportunities for anyone who wishes to speak to do so.
As we mark the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki next week, Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore will again team up with Consistent Life Network and Rehumanize International at the White House (Pennsylvania Avenue side) in echoing the call of Pope Francis and countless others for nuclear weapons abolition. The world's attention remains focused on wars being waged by Israel and Russia, both of whom reserve the right [SIC] to use nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, the United States and other nuclear-weapons countries continue to pour billions of dollars into "modernizing" their nuclear arsenals, rather than living up to their obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to undertake serious negotiations leading to comprehensive disarmament.
65] – Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War [info@worldbeyondwar.org] wants you to know that Extreme Measures are called for. World BEYOND War, and a growing coalition of peace groups welcomes you to join a fast and days of action in New York City from August 10 – 15, 2024, as an assembly of peace activists delivers to various Missions to the United Nations an online email letter signed by thousands of people from around the world. Gather each weekday across from the United Nations at the Isaiah Wall, (First Avenue and 41st St.) at 10 AM.
The world has watched in horror as Israel has unleashed its ferocious and unlawful assault on the Palestinian people in Gaza, with a declared intent, from the very beginning, to stop food, electricity, water, and other basic goods from entering this occupied territory. On July 9, 2024, UN Experts declared that the recent deaths of more Palestinian children due to hunger and malnutrition leaves no doubt that famine has spread across the entire Gaza strip. In the past seven months the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has been systematically dismantled. According to OCHA, 24 hospitals in Gaza, Palestine are now out of service, while 493 health workers have been killed. There is no telling what the indirect human cost in deaths and long-term injuries will be as a result of aid and treatment having been denied. According to the United Nations, a staggering 1.7 million people, constituting approximately 75% of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents, are internally displaced. This displacement has given rise to formidable challenges affecting the population and straining the humanitarian response, particularly in the areas of shelter, food, sanitation, and health. RSVP at https://worldbeyondwar.org/when-nothing-else-works-to-end-israeli-genocide-of-gaza-urge-governments-to-use-un-general-assembly-res-377-uniting-for-peace-for-peace-in-palestine/?clear_id=true&link_id=1&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-extreme-measures-are-called-for&email_referrer=email_2385501&email_subject=extreme-measures-are-called-for
66] – On Sat., Aug. 10 from noon to 4 PM ET, Progressive Maryland indicates that the Sandtown Neighborhood Union Campaign Launch will take place with a Block Party against the Renew Baltimore Ballot Question. Come to 2304 Pennsylvania Ave., Baltimore 21217. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/644373/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org
Progressive Maryland's Sandtown Neighborhood Union is organizing a campaign to get Sandtown and all of West Baltimore to show up to the ballot box in November and vote “NO” against a ballot question which seeks to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to public schools, sanitation, public safety, and other essential services our neighborhood needs! Gather at the Resurrection Church to learn about the campaign and how you can join to help elect the neighborhood union's leaders and enjoy some delicious food and great music at our Block Party!
67] – Back from the Brink [info@preventnuclearwar.org] on Sat., Aug. 10 from 1 to 2:30 PM ET is hosting a virtual "Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change: A Youth Forum." Come together to discuss the intersection of the two greatest existential threats to humanity: climate change and nuclear weapons. Back from the Brink is co-sponsoring the event with Students for Nuclear Disarmament.
Hear from Dr. Ira Helfand about what a nuclear war would actually look like and the growing risk of one occurring, then from Dr. Alan Robock and Dr. Lili Xia about the terrifying consequences of nuclear-induced climate change. These presentations will be followed by collective brainstorming on ways to take action. High school, college, and graduate students are strongly encouraged to attend. This forum is meant to center youth voices. RSVP at https://www.students4disarmament.org/forum?emci=ea39bb9d-3245-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=7a5212c5-0150-ef11-86c3-6045bdee6681&ceid=13712990
68] – Catch a talk Silence is Complicity: A Palestinian Call to Action on Sat., Aug. 10 at 10 PM ET virtually with Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac. At this moment, heed Rev. Isaac's voice and witness to raise all voices, engage in direct action and advocacy, and help build global bonds of solidarity together with our Palestinian siblings. Register at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/6d787f63-cdc5-40c4-bab7-afbc3fe1e370?emci=a6c24577-4153-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&emdi=f96dd213-2654-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&ceid=764241
69] – Two anti-US nuclear weapons in Germany activists are serving time in a German prison. Should you want to write the women, use these addresses: Susan Crane or Susan van der Hijden, JVA Rohrbach, Peter-Caesar-Allee 1 55597 Wöllstein, Germany. Visit this website -- www.noelhuis.nl/kernwapensweg
70] – A home 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.
71] -- If you are able to donate any kind of surplus medical supplies for field hospitals in eastern Ukraine, please email Brendan.walls@seaseton.org or call 410-721-70 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.
72] – David Eberhardt was a member of the Baltimore Four with Father Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis and Rev. James Mengel. The group poured blood on draft files on October 27, 1967. They would be convicted and sentenced to prison.
He has written a book "For All the Saints- a Protest Primer"- documenting the Baltimore Four action and many others up to and including the most recent Plowshares action – Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Dave printed new copies of For All the Saints, a Protest Primer- 250+ pp w photos-therefore #'s 351-400 making it o so collectable with two Berrigan book reviews added. The books are signed, and the price remains $25. Will send free if need be- he is not in it for the money! If you want one, send him a check, or contact Dave Eberhardt, 4 Hadley Square North, Baltimore, MD 21218 by email at 1941mireille@gmail.com.
73] -- This is A PLEA TO CONVINCE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL LAW. The world reached a historic milestone on January 22, 2021: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [TPNW] entered into force and become binding international law -- https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty.
Prevent Nuclear War/Maryland has called attention to the growing danger of nuclear war and the outrageous $1.7 trillion dollars we are spending to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. On July 18, 2017, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Navy - affiliated research center received a seven-year, $92 million contract to continue its systems engineering and research-and-development services for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Help convince JHU to renounce nuclear weapons contracts. Contact the president, Ron Daniels, to urge him to reject all nuclear weapons contracts: Office of the President, 242 Garland Hall, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218. Call his office at (410) 516-8068 or email president@jhu.edu.
74] – Yousef Zarbalian [yzarbali@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
75] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs, records, tarps and table cloths, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or mobuszewski2001 at comcast.net.
76] -- 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 http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, and 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212. Ph: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
“One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan
To be continued.
Donations can be sent to Max Obuszewski, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Apt. 206, Baltimore, MD 21212. Ph.: 410-323-1607; Email: mobuszewski2001 [at] comcast.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
