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Greater Baltimore Residents for Ceasefire -- Public Letter to Our Congressional Delegation
All Baltimore-area organizations and residents are invited to sign this letter to Senator Cardin, Senator Van Hollen, Rep. Sarbanes (MD-03), and Rep Ruppersberger (MD-02). We thank Rep Mfume (MD-07), who has already publicly called for a Ceasefire.

This letter was published openly and delivered to our congressional members on December 7, 2023.

WE ARE STILL ADDING SIGNATURES! Please sign as an individual & encourage any organizations you work with to sign on! 200+ local organizations and businesses have signed as of 01/25/2024.

LETTER TEXT:

To Maryland’s Congressional Delegation,

We are organizations and small businesses representing more than 200,000 Baltimore-area residents. We urge you to call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Palestine.

We grieve for the 1,200 killed during Hamas’ October 7th attack and the more than 19,000 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military – almost half of whom have been children – since then. These deaths include the relatives and loved ones of Maryland residents. 

Israel has cut off water, electricity, fuel, and supplies to Gaza. Residents are on the brink of starvation. Up to 1.9 million Gazans have been displaced. But even as UN experts warn of a “grave risk of genocide” in Gaza, the Biden Administration says it has drawn “no red lines” for the Israeli military, while the majority of Americans – including up to 80% of registered Democrats – support a ceasefire.

We are deeply concerned that billions of tax dollars have been so easily provided to support Israel’s military assault on Gaza, while we struggle for public resources to meet the basic needs of our communities.

We applaud Rep. Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) for calling for a ceasefire. 

As our representatives, we urge you to publicly and unequivocally call for an immediate ceasefire, to sign onto or introduce a Ceasefire resolution, and to do everything in your power to pressure the Biden administration to do the same. 

Signed, 

1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East MD/DC

350 Montgomery County, LLC

Ad-Duha Institute

All Bodies Heal; Acupuncture and Therapeutic Massage

Almano, LLC

Anti-Imperialist Action UMBC

Asanka

B.Willow

Baltimore 350

Baltimore Abortion Fund

Baltimore Action Legal Team

Baltimore Beat

Baltimore Bicycle Works

Baltimore Boom Bap Society

Baltimore City Green Party

Baltimore Collective Healing

Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network

Baltimore Furniture Bank

Baltimore NAACP

Baltimore Nonviolence Center

Baltimore Palestine Solidarity 

Baltimore Peace Movement

Baltimore Phil Berrigan Memorial Veterans For Peace

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Asian Student Union

Baltimore Renters United

Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy

Baltimore Student Union

Baltimore Youth Arts

Beer and Ballet

Beyond Video

Black Collagists

Black Collar Screen Printing

Black Theology Project

Black Zine Archive

Bloom Collective

Bloomberg School of Public Health Students for Justice in Palestine

Blue Bear Tree Care

Blue Light Junction

BMORE BLXCK

Bmore Empowered

Bmore Liberated

Bmore Transform

BmoreBloc

Bottle Of Bread

By Peaceful Means

Cajou Creamery

Calamansi Counseling

Carroll County Kids for Equity

Cay Ceramics

CCBC Muslim Student Association

Charm City Labor Chorus

Cloud House Bodywork

Coalition Against Prejudice

Common Ground Cafe Cooperative

Community Play Project

Copper Sexual Wellness, LLC

Coppin State Section of the National Council of Negro Women Inc.

Corvus Landing Botanicals

Council on American Islamic Relations MD

Crafted Hair Studio

Current Space 

Direct Action Everywhere - Baltimore

Doctors Against Genocide

Done Construction

Earth-Bound Building

Echotopia LLC

Empowered for Equity Consulting

Erin Bowman Counseling & Consulting

Fearlessly Loving Yourself, Inc.

Femme Prints LLC

Food Not Bombs Baltimore

Free Baltimore Yoga

FreeBlackMamasDMV

Fruit Camp Studios

Glass Recovery and Sustainable Systems Baltimore 

GoodKids MadCity

Great Blue Co.

Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America

Greater Baltimore Residents for a Ceasefire

Greedy Reads

Guardian Baltimore gym

Hands of Chiron

Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl

HoneyB Wellness

Hopkins Justice Collective

Howard County for a Free Palestine

Ideal Design Co.

IfNotNow Baltimore

Immigration Outreach Service Center

Impact Hub Baltimore

Inky Cap Artist Co-op

International Society for Peace and Justice

Inti Design Studio

Intuitive Growth Counseling

Islamic Circle of North America, Baltimore Chapter

Islamic Community Center of Laurel

James Cole Abrams Therapy, LLC

Jewish Voice for Peace Baltimore

Jinji Chocolate

Johnny Rad's Pizzeria Tavern

Jonah House

June and July Therapy

Justice For All

Koshary Corner 

Larada Counseling Services, LLC

Lawal food services

Le Comptoir du Vin

Le Mondo

Loam

Lotus Embodied Counseling

Lucy’s on Bellona

MakingSpace_Bmore

Malaya Movement Baltimore

Marwas

Maryam Yasmin Therapy & Consulting

Maryland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines

Mera Kitchen Collective

Metta Integrative Wellness Cooperative

MICA Disability Rights, Education, Activism and Mentorship

MICA Organizers & Activists

Mind of Fire

Motzi Bread

Muslim Family Center

My Mamas Vegan

NAACP Howard County Branch #7020

Neopol Savory Smokery

Nirvana Rainbow Loft

NLife

No Name Plant Collective

NoMuNoMu

Normals Books & Records

Of the Glass

Olive Jar Arts

Onyx Marketplace Collective

Organizing Black

Oremi LLC

Other Side Studio

Our Art Room

Our Revolution Howard County

Our Time Kitchen

Party Girl Entertainment 

Pax Christi Baltimore

Peace Action Baltimore

Peace Action Maryland

Pigtown Climbs

Plied Yarns

Present Company

Pro-Choice Maryland

Progressive Democrats of Howard County

Public Justice Center

Red Emma's Cooperative

Resource Generation Baltimore

Reviving Islamic Societal Expression

Rise Bmore

Robert W. Deutsch Foundation

Runners 4 Justice

Scan the Police

Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore

Socialist Party USA - Baltimore Local

Sophomore Coffee

South Carrol High School Gender and Sexuality Alliance

Spoons Cafe

St Vincent de Paul Society

Station North Tool Library

Stellarium Jewelry

Stoop Shop

Strange Fox Fighting Arts

Students and Labor Against Police

Students for Justice in Palestine, UMBC

Sweet Leenie 

Teachers and Researchers United UE Local 197

The Bentley BRVND

the brat haus

The Compound

The Cornerstone Project

The Everyday Lawyer

The Foundation 4 Change, Inc.

The Growth Center: A Feminist Counseling Collective

The Maryland Food & Prison Abolition Project

The Menial Collection

The Neighborhood Design Center

The Nerdware Store

The Noor Center

Tola’s Room

Towson Freedom School

Towson University Young Democratic Socialists of America 

Transfiguration Catholic Community

Tubman House

Under the Covers Antique and Vintage Books

UNITE HERE Local 7

United Maryland Muslim Council

United Workers

Valle Creative Consulting

Van Damned LLC

VERSION Baltimore

Village of Love and Resistance (VOLAR)

Waller Gallery

West Coalition

Westminster Suzuki Strings

Wolf Therapy and Wellness

Women Leading Baltimore

Za Gualay Consulting

Zephyr Illustration

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