"I
speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in
this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours." -Martin Luther
King Jr.
Friends,
this list and other email documents which I send out are done under the auspices
of the Baltimore Nonviolence Center. Go to www.baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com.
If
you appreciate this information and would like to 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.
1]
Books,
buttons and stickers
2]
Web
site for info on federal legislation
3]
Need
help in archiving activist material
4] Get
the book A Bag of Snakes
5] Get the book Male Supremacy in the Catholic Church: An
Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois
6] Pilgrimage around Laudato Si’ – through Oct. 4
7] Friends meeting – Sept. 7
8] Recovering from religion -- Sept. 7
9] Medicare for All – Sept. 7
10] Doctors against
genocide – Sept. 7
11] DSA canvas for a member – Sept. 7
12] Metro DC DSA Montgomery
County Branch member – Sept. 7
13] Boycott Chevron – Sept. 7
14] Evergreen Organizing Skills – Sept. 7
15] Occupied DC Teach-in – Sept. 7
16] Phone bank for gun sense – Sept. 7
17] Be the change – Sept. 7
18] Beyond Resistance – Sept. 7
19] DSA meeting – Sept. 7
20] Israeli refuser – Sept. 7
21] Vigil at the Pentagon – Sept. 8
22] Baltimore Sign Wave – Sept. 8
23] Grassroots protection
for the vote – Sept. 8
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1] – Buttons, bumper stickers and books are
available. “God Bless the Whole World, No
Exceptions” stickers are in stock. Call Max at 410-323-1607.
2] –To obtain
information how your federal legislators voted on particular bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.
Congressional toll-free numbers are 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or
800-426-8073. The White House Comment Email is accessible at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.
3] – Janice
Sevre-Duszynska needs some assistance in archiving her activist material.
If you are interested in this project, contact Max at 410-323-1607 or
mobuszewski2001 at Comcast dot net.
4] – Barry
Lee Burnside, a gaggle of great writers and copy editors are making available
“A Bag of Snakes: Selected Writings on Prisons and the Death Penalty by Murphy
Davis and Eduard Loring. Edited by Barry Lee Burnside.” 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.
To order by postal mail,
make your check to Open Door Community. Send it to Open Door Community,
PO Box 10980, Baltimore 21234. For
any questions, contact David Payne at 404-290-2047 or davidpayne@opendoorcommunity.org.
5] – Another book to consider purchasing is Male Supremacy in the
Catholic Church: An Insider’s View by Roy Bourgeois. His new book is both
memoir and position-paper, and it makes the case that the Roman Catholic Church
is a corrupt system that spits out truth-tellers. 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.
Here
are two quotes to contemplate: “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority
over men. She is to keep silent.” – Timothy 1, 2:12-13. “If the
patriarchy that dominates the church is not dismantled and women are not
treated as equals, the church will continue to diminish and, eventually, die.”
– Roy Bourgeois.
6] – Join thousands of Catholics in an unprecedented effort
to lift a unified voice around Laudato Si’ and the importance of care
for creation in the United States and the Catholic Church. 120+ Catholic
communities across the United States are organizing local pilgrimages as sacred
opportunities to pray for the grace to encounter Christ in Creation and renew
relationships with God, the Earth, and one another. Join a Pilgrimage of Hope
for Creation during the Season of Creation—September 1 to October 4. Sign up at
https://catholicpilgrimsofhope.org/how-to/?utm_source=ISN+Updates+List&utm_campaign=d58dbcde1e-NEWS_VOICES_020720_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f721035495-d58dbcde1e-257628616&mc_cid=d58dbcde1e&mc_eid=6d27546950
7] – Homewood Friends Meeting [homewoodfriends@gmail.com] gathers for worship on Sundays at 10:30
AM at 3107 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21218 and on Zoom. There is a heat
policy when temperatures exceed 90 degrees. Thus the meeting will be in
the dining room. A simple lunch will take place after the 10:30 AM worship. Call 410-235-4438. To join by
Zoom, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/255867065?pwd=UDNxVnlVSkZQOHlXWlc3NHpHeHdhZz09#success
8] – The
Baltimore Ethical Society invites you on Sundays at 10:30 AM for a platform
presentation
on Zoom or at the Impact Hub Baltimore, 10 E. North Ave., Baltimore 21202.
Email president@bmorethical.org. Masks are optional. On Sun., Sept. 8 it will be a
virtual gathering entitled "Recovering from Religion: The Struggle is Real”
by Darrel Ray, Ed.D. Register at https://www.meetup.com/bmorethical/events/310210972/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events
Religion
infects people in ways they do not understand. Religious beliefs cause harm in
many ways. The symptoms may look quite “normal” until you look behind the behavior
to understand the beliefs. For example, a person may have persistent symptoms
of anxiety. This may seem like a response that any human might have until we
scratch below the surface and find religiously motivated beliefs that underpin
the anxiety. Perfectionism seems like a common and “normal” behavior but
perfectionism is often rooted in religious childhood training. In this talk, he
will explore these and other ideas and how they relate to religious recovery. Dr.
Ray is a psychologist and author of four books including, The God Virus:
How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture (IPC Press, 2009) and Sex and God:
How Religion Distorts Sexuality (IPC Press 2012). Dr. Ray has spoken at dozens of conferences
and on hundreds of podcasts, TV and radio programs about the psychological
impact of religion on emotional and sexual health and development.
9] – On Sun., Sept. 7 from 10:30 AM to noon, come to the
Fairlington Community Center, 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington 22206. Join
volunteers from the DSA NoVA Branch Medicare For All Working Group and the M4A
coalition partners. Gather petition signatures and hand out flyers near the Community
Center to build support for the Medicare for All Resolution Campaign. A
link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/petition-drive-972025-at-the-fairlington-community-center/?link_id=7&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-08282025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2873089&email_subject=09042025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
10] – Doctors
against Genocide [info@doctorsagainstgenocide.org] on Sun., Aug. 31 at noon ET
wants you to check out the upcoming
webinar “Global Structures Driving Genocide and Starvation,” which will address
urgent health crises in regions facing famine, displacement, and systemic
violence. This session will include critical medical guidance on starvation,
refeeding syndrome in famine conditions, and sexual violence in Congo and Sudan. Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUUzycRDSwaem750Nc6iFg
11] – Join the Frankie Fritz for Greenbelt Canvass
on Sun., Sept. 7 from noon to 3
PM. Meet at the Greenbelt Metro Station,
5717 Greenbelt Metro Dr., Greenbelt 20770. Call 301-501-0485. You will be provided literature
and a list number for MiniVAN. Please indicate in your RSVP if you are able to
drive to the metro to transport other volunteers to a canvass location. Bring a
water bottle, a tote bag and sunscreen. Make sure your phone is charged and
that you have installed the MiniVAN app and also the Signal app. Check out the
Frankie for Greenbelt website at frankieforgreenbelt.org for key talking
points. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/frankie-for-greenbelt-canvass-september-7?link_id=98&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-22-2025&email_referrer=email_2866069&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-29-2025&&
12] – The Metro DC DSA Montgomery County Branch will hold a
hybrid General Body meeting on Sun., Sept. 7 from 2 to 4 PM at the Gaithersburg
Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg 20879. RSVP to see the
Zoom link at https://actionnetwork.org/events/montgomery-county-branch-september-general-body-meeting?link_id=100&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-22-2025&email_referrer=email_2866069&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-29-2025&&
13] – The
Metro DC DSA’s Internationalism Working Group BDS Research Party will take
place on Sun., Sept. 7 from 2 to 4 PM at the MLK Library, 901 G St. NW, WDC
20001. In support of DSA IC’s Chevron boycott escalation #StopFuelingGenocide,
the Internationalism Working Group will strategize next steps for mobilizing in
the DMV area. Participants will get background on the campaign and learn about
victories achieved by other DSA chapters. Then break into groups to research
several areas of potential focus, including sponsorships and partnerships with
local organizations, boycotts of Chevron products at local auto shops, and
mapping Chevron’s political priorities in DC. The full group will evaluate next
steps and make an action plan. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/metro-dc-dsas-internationalism-working-group-bds-research-party?link_id=99&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-22-2025&email_referrer=email_2866069&email_subject=metro-dc-dsa-weekly-newsletter-for-august-29-2025&&
14] – On Sundays, including Sept. 7, from 2 to 3:45 PM, join
the Sunrise Movement's virtual training
Evergreen Organizing Skills: The Hard 1:1. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/794334/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_from_org
Much of activism is
devoted to trying to spread the word and "visibility" of an issue.
But the step between agreement and action is a huge one! How do you convince someone who isn't already
on your side, is skeptical, or even hostile to join your cause? Learn about and
practice the skills needed to have a Hard 1:1 (aka a structured organizing
conversation). This training will continue each month through Dec. 7.
15] – Occupied
DC is doing a hybrid Teach-in: How policing got us here and what we can do
about it on Sun., Sept. 7 from 2 to 4 PM at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library. 901 G St. NW, 401-E, WDC 20001. The presence and danger of federal and
local police has been constant throughout DC and the DMV area long before this
current crisis. While the urgency and danger of this moment can't and shouldn't
be denied in many ways DC has always been an occupied city. Join for a teach-in
on the current federal takeover, how we can understand it in the context of
policing and criminalization in DC, and what we can do about it.
This crisis did not
arise in a vacuum, and DC communities are not helpless to respond. The
coalition that led the fight against Secure DC is organizing on the status of
the federal takeover, how DC got here, and what can be done to fight back.
Register to attend https://actionnetwork.org/events/occupied-dc-how-policing-got-us-here-and-what-we-can-do-about-it
16] – Moms
Demand Action [info@everytown.org] on Sun., Sept. 7 from 3 to 5 PM hopes you will
phone bank to voters in New Jersey and make a difference in this year's
elections, even if you can't vote in them. This election could change
everything. Help elect Gun Sense Candidates in key states this year. In
November, New Jersey and Virginia have the chance to vote for a new Governor
and state lawmakers who will stand up to Trump and the gun lobby's interests.
The results of this election will have a ripple effect all over the
country—which is why, even if we don't live in these states, we need to take
action. There will also be a phone bank on Wed., Sept. 10 from 6 to 8 PM to
voters in Virginia. SIGN UP TO PHONEBANK:
https://forms.everytown.org/a/gotv-with-gsan-2025?akid=314689.6235915.fmcDUD&rd=1&sourceid=1000305&t=18
17] – On Sun., Sept. 7 from 4 to 5 PM at Stony Run Friends Meeting, 5116
N. Charles St., Baltimore
21210, get with Be the Change Bmore. It is part of Indivisible's
One Million Rising! Join your Be the Change friends and share information about
how to increase activism in our communities. RSVP to https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/826653/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_more_events_of_type
18] – Progressive Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org]
on Sun., Sept. 7 at 4 PM at its weekly Town Hall: Beyond Resistance with
Anthony Flaccavento & Aftyn Behn for Congress. The way to vanquish fascism and renew
American Democracy is by implementing a positive political program that
improves the lives of working- and middle-class Americans. Two years ago,
Anthony Flaccavento of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative, Dave Alba from the
Progressive Democrats of America, and Alan Minsky co-authored a Rural New Deal
proposal that put forward an unapologetically progressive set of policies
addressing the endemic problems facing rural and small-town communities across
the country. Namely, the progressive
programs in the Rural New Deal directly address the primary economic concerns
of a broadly dissatisfied public and propose appealing solutions - more so than
anything on offer from centrist Democrats and Republicans alike. The Rural Urban Bridge Initiative's new
project, that PDS is endorsing. It's called "Beyond Resistance: Reclaiming
Our Nation for the Workers Who Built It."
Aftyn Behn, who is running for Congress in a
special election in Tennessee's 7th district to replace Rep Mark Green, a GOP
Congressman who left Congress after voting to defund Medicaid and critical
safety net protections in Trump's awful bill.
Though Nashville is a progressive place and the economic driver of the
state, MAGA statehouse officials sliced it into three congressional districts
in one of the most extreme forms of Republican gerrymandering to date. Instead
of being represented by a Democrat or two in Congress, Nashville has three
different extremist MAGA Republicans who all live far outside the city limits.
TN-7 is one of those districts, and if Aftyn can win the race, she will make
history by overturning this undemocratic gerrymandering. RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceuhrzsvHdymeeZRwb-i7X50FJa-HMR4?%2fregistration=&emci=abff68d8-1c8b-f011-b484-6045bdeb7413&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=#/registration
19] – The Northern Virginia Democratic Socialists
[novabranch@mdcdsa.org] want you to know that there is a monthly working group
meeting on Sun., Sept. 7 at 7 PM! It
will be a chance to go over work researching the 2025 general elections in NoVA
and VA. Join in #nova-electoral on Slack, and fill out the interest form. Feel
free to reach out to @Alex Yarkosky on Slack with any questions about electoral
work. Sign in at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzwJ8ZGVvzyX8OUo1VySzedRPnyKDlKb8JcltvrnAzndksqQ/viewform?link_id=52&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-07312025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_2839671&email_subject=08072025-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events
20] – Ariel
Gold, Fellowship of Reconciliation
[ariel@fellowshipofreconciliation.ccsend.com] wants you to hear from Atalya
Ben-Abba on Sun., Sept. 7 at 7 PM at Busboys and Poets, 450 K St., WDC. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is
collaborating with the Refuser Solidarity Network (RSN), an organization that
mobilizes Israeli citizens who are taking a stand against endless war. The goal
of this tour is to build partnerships between American communities and the
Israeli conscientious objector, and explore possible paths towards a just peace.
The tour’s central program will consist of conversations with Israeli Refuser
(conscientious objector) Atalya Ben-Abba.
RSVP at https://forusa.org/israelirefusers/
21] – 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 Sept. 8, and it is sponsored by
the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker. Email artlaffin@hotmail.com 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.
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.
22] – Baltimore
Sign Waves on Mon., Sept. 8 from 7:30 to 8:30 AM will be at West Northern
Parkway & Roland Ave., Baltimore 21210. Join in the waving of pro-democracy
signs! Bring your sign or just show up. RSVP at
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/793151/?followup_modal_context=nonexclusive_newsletter_closest
23] – Progressive
Democrats of America [info@pdamerica.org] wants you to participate with the Grassroots Election Protection
Coalition/ALLIANCE 4 GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY Zoom on Mon., Sept 8 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 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfuygpjIiHtc20uIOxdeqYRiAicjSLWUc#/registrationo be
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"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
