37] Peace vigil at White House – Jan. 30
38] Women in Black vigil – Jan. 30
39] Support the people of Gaza – Jan. 30
40] Mutual Aid event – Jan. 30
41] The environment – Jan. 30
42] December Wave – Jan. 30
43] Happy Hour – Jan. 30
44] Tesla Takedown in Rockville – Jan. 31
45] Training the trainers – Jan. 31
46] Threat of Nuclear War – Jan. 31
47] ICE out – Jan. 31
48] Donations needed for the
Silent Fallout project
49] Read Dave Eberhardt’s book "For All the Saints- a Protest
Primer"
50] Tell JHU president to renounce
nuclear weapons contracts
51]
Do you need a doctor?
52] Donate
books, videos, DVDs and records
53] Peace Park
Antinuclear Vigil
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37] – 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.
38] – Every Friday from noon to 1 PM, Baltimore Women in Black vigil for peace with men and women who live in Roland Park. WIB invites all to join, and any peace sign is welcome, such as "Defuse Nuclear War." The vigil takes place outside Roland Park Place at 830 West 40th Street and Elm Street. Parking is free at RPP or at the Rotunda across the street. Contact Ann Vinup at annvinup@gmail.com.
39] – The American Friends Service Committee holds an Action Hour every Friday at noon ET. You’ll get updates from AFSC staff in Gaza, hear what’s happening on Capitol Hill, and get resources for your activism. Together, contact Congress to demand an arms embargo on Israel, and fully funded humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us. RSVP at https://afsc.org/actionhour?emci=822f3fb8-241a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=20221eff-f41a-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=764241
40] – Get over to a Mutual Aid Event at Pip Moyer Recreation Center, 273 Hilltop Lane, Annapolis 21403 on Fri., Jan. 30 from noon to 4:30 PM. Join Chesapeake Indivisible and other local volunteers in helping to unpack, sort, bag food, help load packed food in cars and, optional, help deliver in your vehicle, food to families unable to come to the drive through. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/chesapeakeindivisible/event/888023/
41] – Maryland LCV [info@mdlcv.org] on Fri., Jan. 30 from noon to 12:30 PM is urging you to meet the Maryland House of Delegates speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk. Hear about her connection to the environment. Register at https://www.mdlcv.org/event/friday-digest-1-30-26?contactdata=XOFl3MB0QWG0Lb1MBzg+amDtmWpHv8cAthZ1T2kOUJdvKI2PC5JaLyix6GI5PUtTP8EL4BNZ%2fStRNbWJIZDp5mTYKOnqDmU+Y1yWvPQmd6I79mY44QaIeKSuqjVCQeqvbcX8OnbRfID31rtvF6XGDtEfvR22Le2wPwg3NUBIOCP7a6qDmCYZols57fJKT9%2fjPG5vBQOTpGiIXTUuDkvXwI45FunFQN8Z%2f%2fpP5d4nRMsilLnD9oY9kmuKMfhNZgVBSfC%2fJyH9ebdvl%2frDg+f9eA%3d%3d&emci=863dfb80-83fc-f011-8d4c-0022482d279b&emdi=dfe8ca52-23fd-f011-832f-000d3a1f0e4c&ceid=578562
42] – Join a Friday Indivisible Visibility Brigade Democracy Wave on Route 50 on Jan. 30 from 2 to 4 PM at 15202 Major Lansdale BLVD., Bowie 20716. It will continue through Feb. 27. This event was inspired by other Sign Waves that make their pro-democracy, anti-Trump, and anti-Putin views known. RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879056/
What you can bring: water, wind gear, ear plugs, hand warmers and a chair. It will be cancelled for any precipitation and wind above 15 mph during these winter months. Watch for emails. Do not bring small hand-held signs because they can't be read from a distance or at 55 mph, and nothing should be left behind on the bridge.
43] – Get with a Final Fridays Happy Hour on Fri., Jan. 30 from 6 to 9:30 PM at Franklin Hall, 1348 Florida Ave. NW, WDC 20009. Welcome to Final Fridays with Metro DC DSA for the monthly chapter-wide happy hour. Look for roses and folks in Metro DC DSA merchandise! RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/january-2026-final-fridays-happy-hour?clear_id=true&link_id=2&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-01222026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_3074153&email_subject=01292026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
44] – Get over to the Tesla Takedown on Saturdays, Jan. 31 through Feb. 21, from 11 AM to noon at the Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville 20852. Email maryland@thirdact.org. Musk is responsible for mass suffering and death. And he will cause more if we give him the chance to recover his reputation. Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. No violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of your First Amendment right to peaceful assembly. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla RSVP at https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/812078/
45] – Take an Electoral Deep Dive: Training the Trainers on Sat., Jan. 31 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM and on Sun., Feb. 1 in Van Ness. If you RSVP, you will be sent the address. Metro DC DSA is gearing up to win big for the 2026 election cycle! This two-day Electoral Training Intensive is designed to grow the bench of organizers, build real skills, and bring together DSA members, allied organizations and movements, and new folks into meaningful, sustained participation throughout what is shaping up to be a critical point in our nation’s history. Over the next six months, Metro DC DSA will be carrying out an ambitious electoral project designed to rally, and then anchor, working-class power in regional governments. Building power also means building relationships. Throughout the weekend, there will be intentional opportunities to meet people, connect across experience levels, and make friends. RSVP at https://actionnetwork.org/events/electoral-intensive-day-1?clear_id=true&link_id=3&can_id=4b9d4061aec5469758759317ac0f5285&source=email-01222026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&email_referrer=email_3074153&email_subject=01292026-nova-branch-dsa-upcoming-actions-and-events&&
46] – The Institute for People's Engagement [jaking@mit.edu] on Sat., Jan. 31 at 3 PM ET is holding a conference: Invest in Minds not Missiles--Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War. Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/crDHlSwmE0CjsFIDMiZqGQ2?ms=email-260109&emci=3e77298e-0fec-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=3e51f190-d2ef-f011-8194-000d3a11f903&ceid=62173 https://secure.everyaction.com/crDHlSwmE0CjsFIDMiZqGQ2?ms=email-260109&emci=3e77298e-0fec-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=3e51f190-d2ef-f011-8194-000d3a11f903&ceid=62173
47] – Maryland CPUSA [md@cpusa.org] on Sat., Jan. 31 at 3:30 PM is urging you to attend ICE out of Our Communities - Rally and Training at Baltimore City Hall. Learn what to do if you see ICE and how to get your community prepared.
48] – Hideaki Ito [silentfalloutproject.org@gmail.com] wants to give you an update about the Silent Fallout Project. 2025 was a successful year. Now there are plans for 2026. Make a donation at https://www.silentfalloutproject.org/donation
49] – 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.
50] -- 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.
51] – Yousef Zarbalian [EastWestRheum@gmail.com] started his own medical practice in December before the pandemic hit. It is called East-West Medicine and Rheumatology, and its website is EastWestMD.com. Yousef is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. He is doing primary care as well as rheumatologic care (focusing on joint problems and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and sjogren's). He is offering telemedicine visits, and he has very reasonable rates for uninsured individuals. He makes use of herbs (which can be sent directly to patients from the herbal dispensary) as well as prescribing medications to their local pharmacy if needed.
52]- 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.
53] -- 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 202-210-3886.
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
