Charm City Craftivists

12/07/2025

Need a gift for your doula, childbirth educator, midwife, or labor and delivery nurse? Birth Words birth-themed poetry magnets to the rescue! Only $29.99 and includes free shipping!

11/28/2025

Need a gift for your doula, childbirth educator, midwife, or labor and delivery nurse? Birth Words birth-themed poetry magnets 50% off through 12/2 as part of Etsy's Cyber Monday Sale! Price includes free shipping.

04/13/2025

This craftivist designed a set of poetry magnets for people interested in birth! Available in my Etsy shop. Makes a great gift for your midwife, doula, childbirth educator, labor and delivery nurse, or for expectant parents! Over 200 words that will stick to any metal surface. Find them at baltimoresoaps.etsy.com.

02/24/2022

https://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2022/02/24/ywca-hanover-drag-queen-story-time-event-prompts-peaceful-protest/6907922001/?fbclid=IwAR1rnIL9gYwzaJYKYgSdZkOHVIhxzac89iIjT37Ulqcs3RcIaldo_d2owzE

Drag Queen Story Hour is an event hosted all across the United States, in which drag queens read stories to children in libraries and schools.

02/17/2022

Please help us create a Wall of Love this Sunday at the YWCA Hanover, PA! This is a counter protest event for the groups protesting Amie Vanité and the Drag Queen Story Hour.
Location: YWCA Hanover, 23 West Chestnut Street, Hanover, PA 17331
When: Sunday, February 20, 2022 from 12:00PM-4:00P

12/03/2021

My local NPR station interviewed the coordinator of this program this morning and I promptly purchased this year's Xmas CD. Cost with shipping was just under $25. Individual artists in Harrisburg donate their time and studios donate studio space. Proceeds benefit two homeless programs in Harrisburg, PA - an area with rapidly rising housing costs and a large homeless population.

This poem by theologian and civil rights leader Howard Thurman captures the meaning of this project, and is the text for the closing song on the original Joy To The Burg 2019 album by Susquehanna Chorale. At Christmas, Christians reflect on the gift of Jesus bringing hope and proclaiming peace on ea...

12/02/2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/90-year-old-lesbian-expelled-air-force-1955-finally-gets-n838516?fbclid=IwAR28zeRT-6HZFayOM0fIuhWfaipANeXrO5ZALCyU6wCJlp4qhnpLsKs_4v0

“I’m still trying to process it,” military veteran Helen Grace James said upon receiving the long-awaited news.

10/22/2021

Hi everyone - just a heads up that a woman in the Baltimore area named Mariglynn Edlins has stolen our group's name and created a Facebook group with the same name. I've asked her to change her group's name since our group existed for years before hers was created but instead of doing so she blocked me. I have reported her group to FB for copyright violations.

10/14/2021

What craftivism have you participated in recently?

05/02/2021

I don't know how to paste this email in a way that makes the links work so here is the link to the organization that sent out the info below https://mdpestnet.org/ Also, the office is required to let residents know before spraying is done.

"Greetings!

Hope you are all enjoying the beauty of Spring's burst of green trees, shrubs and flowers and you are finding time to be outdoors and partake in this season of planting and growing. If so, you might find some of this month's articles of interest.

And mosquito season has arrived!
Last month we alerted our readers to our finding that the pesticide, used by Md. Dept. of Agriculture (MDA) for mosquito control in over 2,000 communities and by some private Md mosquito management services, Permanone 30-30 contains high levels of toxic PFAS, aka "forever chemicals." The Maryland Pesticide Education Network, in collaboration with the national organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, ordered the lab test after a similar pesticide used for mosquito control in Massachusetts was found to be contaminated with PFAS. Read more about it here.

As a result of our efforts in alerting EPA, MDA and the public to the Permanone testing findings, MDA has been asked by EPA to stop using Permanone.

MDA has decided to replace Permanone with BioMist 30-30 this season, while EPA investigates Permanone, however the product BioMist 30-30 is untested for PFAS. BioMist 30-30's active ingredients are the same as Permanone 30-30.

Nationally, EPA paused the use of the Massachusetts mosquito control product after the pesticide was found to be contaminated with PFAS. EPA is now assessing whether Permanone was contaminated with PFAS from its container or if PFAS was added to the pesticide as an inert ingredient.

You can opt out of the State's spraying. If your community has opted into the state's mosquito control program, consider sharing this information with your HOA and neighbors. Your community has a choice as to its exposure to the endocrine disrupting BioMist 30-30 pesticide, which may also contain PFAS. Here's how your community can opt out of the State program. There are effective non-toxic ways to manage mosquitoes.

Dr. Ichniowski, Md Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, alerts us in this Baltimore Sun opinion piece about the life-long dangers from exposure to PFAS forever chemicals (especially for children) and his concern about our exposure to Permanone 30-30 during mosquito season. Read here.

There are safer ways to protect yourself and your family from mosquitoes! Don't let mosquitoes spoil your fun! Download the 2021 fact sheet. Enjoy!

Please help support our work to protect our babies, bees, and the Bay!"

11/01/2020

COVID bored? This article includes some very unique ways to volunteer online including translating TED Talks, transcribing historical documents or recording audiobooks.

Find ways to still make a difference in your community by volunteering online or remotely without ever having to leave your home. There are many ways to still make an impact digitally.

08/13/2019

I recently reviewed a local grocery store on Google for having extreme fragrance levels in their restrooms and the hallway leading up to them. The manager called me and said he agreed and so they had removed one of the two wall mounted units in both restrooms. Here is an article from NPR letting us know that even the doughy smell at your local Subway is fake. Please let businesses you patronize know that you do not wish to be exposed to toxic, synthetic fragrances when you visit a store or restaurant.

Can you lift the mood of a public space with a fragrance? Smell and taste researcher Dr. Alan Hirsch talks with NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer about the practice and its effects on mood and behavior.