Events
11 / 18
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11 / 19
Start: 11:00 am
Support community-based child care providers and keep quality, affordable child care available in our communities! The City has cut $22 million from the Child Care Subsidy Program budget & implemented policies that are declining enrollment at community-based centers. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:52 pm
The DC Council will be taking a first vote on legislation that would protect schools, libraries and parks from being sold for private profit. Help pack the hearing room to show support. Bring photo ID to enter. More info: Parisa@empowerdc.org or (202) 234-9119. Can't make it for the vote? Take action by emailing the Council: Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 11/19/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 11/20/2009 - 10:59am
This Spring, PEPCO filed an application for a rate increase of $51.7 million, the second increase in 2 years. If approved, PEPCO's revenue will rise by 14% despite having consistently failed to provide reliable service. This hike means higher utility bills for poor and working people. Sign up to testify before the commission by calling (202) 626-5150 at least 3 days before the hearing. If you unable to attend, written statements may be submitted by November 17th. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will hold their final public hearing to provide District of Columbia residents the opportunity to express their opinions related to affordable housing, special needs housing, homelessness and community development and public service activities in the District of Columbia over the next five years (fiscal years 2011 - 2015). The Hearing will be held on Thursday, November 19 @ 6:30 PM at the Reeves Center, 2000 14th Street, Northwest - 2nd Floor.
District of Columbia residents who would like to present oral testimony are encouraged to register in advance either by e-mail at www.dhcdevents@dc.gov, or by calling (202)-442-7200. Please provide your name, address, telephone number, and organization affiliation, if any. | ||
11 / 20
End: 10:59 am
Start: 11/19/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 11/20/2009 - 10:59am
This Spring, PEPCO filed an application for a rate increase of $51.7 million, the second increase in 2 years. If approved, PEPCO's revenue will rise by 14% despite having consistently failed to provide reliable service. This hike means higher utility bills for poor and working people. Sign up to testify before the commission by calling (202) 626-5150 at least 3 days before the hearing. If you unable to attend, written statements may be submitted by November 17th. | ||
11 / 21
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11 / 22
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11 / 23
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11 / 24
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Learn how to empower your base and sustaining Your organization through grassroots fundraising. Training is free and open to the public.
Register online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Share strategies for building a grassroots funding base, help your organization grow in a sustainable way and learn about successful case studies. Part of the on-going Gerry Brittain Education Project and DC Jobs with Justice. Free and open to the public, but advance registration required. Register online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d For more information contact 202.974.8281 Ruth Castel-Branco 888 16th St, NW suite 520 | ||
11 / 25
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11 / 26
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11 / 27
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11 / 28
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11 / 29
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11 / 30
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Call/Email the City Council on November 30th & Urge Them to Hold a Vote and Support the Tenant Access to Justice Reform Act of 2009, Bill 18-104! On November 30th at 11:00 am the DC Council Committee on Housing and Workforce Development will hear testimony about a crucial bill, 18-0104 the Tenant Access to Justice Reform Act of 2009 introduced by Mary Cheh. The Act will allow tenants to sue landlords in Landlord-Tenant Court in order to get court orders requiring the landlords to make necessary repairs to fix poor housing conditions. There is currently NO other way for tenants to do this which creates a horrible distortion in access to justice. | ||
12 / 1
Start: 12:00 pm
Expose the systems failure (mismanagement of resources, Sponsored by DC Fights Back and the Positive Places subcommittee of the Metro Washington Public Health Association. For more information: positiveplacesdc.weebly.com | ||
12 / 2
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Boards of Directors, Advisory Councils, Steering Committees: We've all heard about these forms of volunteer leadership before, but what do they really mean, and how do they help bring about social change? Join us to hear Robert Eggers, Gabriela Schneider, and Shelley Moskowitz discuss the different ways they contribute to changing the world. You'll find out the most valued qualities they look for in board members and advisers, and how to find the right place for you to share your skills. Robert Egger is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen, the nation's first "community kitchen", where unemployed men and women learn marketable culinary skills while donated food is converted into balanced meals. Robert has been on the Non Profit Times "50 Most Powerful and Influential Nonprofit Leaders" list in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Gabriela Schneider is the Communications Director of the Sunlight Foundation. She has co-directed Net2SquaredDC: Where social change and technology Meetup. | ||
12 / 3
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12 / 4
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm
a cappella, facing East Church of the Pilgrims building Gothic building with large rainbow "welcome" banner on west side of 22nd St between P & Q Sts, NW. Enter around to the left side of the main entrance through the stairs down marked "Fellowship Hall." 6:45 pm services; 8:15 pm veggie potluck Human Rights Shabbat dvar tikkun Directions here | ||
12 / 5
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12 / 6
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:30 pm
Join Moishe House Silver Spring and The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society as we Welcome the Stranger on Sunday, December 6, from 11am to 12:30pm Welcome the Stranger is an interactive program that gets participants thinking about immigration from a historical and values perspective. We will explore the history of immigration in our nation and among the Jewish people and learn about contemporary issues facing immigrants to America. The event is open to people of all ages - so come, and bring friends or family. A brunch, featuring bagels and cream cheese, will be served. Please contact Benjamin Bechtolsheim (BenBech@gmail.com) to RSVP or for more information. | ||
12 / 7
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12 / 8
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12 / 9
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12 / 10
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
As we get ready to celebrate the holidays with our friends, families and loved ones, workers at Wings Enterprises will be entering their second month on strike. This fall, amid the current economic crisis, the strikers walked off the jobsite in a brave move to fight against low pay, an abusive work environment, lack of drinking water and health insurance. "I believe in the eyes of God we are all equal, and these types of injustices do not please God," said Cristian, one of the striking workers. "We need your support." Tell Wings to sit down with the striking workers and bring this strike to a resolution http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Support_Striking_Workers_in_the_District . Wings is one of the largest rebar subcontractors in the DC-Metro area and has worked on numerous government-funded projects in partnership with well known contractors such as Clark Construction Group and Miller and Long. | ||
12 / 11
Start: 7:00 am
End: 10:30 am
You are cordially invited DC Jobs with Justice Holiday Party Friday, December 11th 2009. La Casa, 1436 Irving St NW Suggested Donation: $10-$50, no one will be turned away Host Committee: Arturo Griffiths, Carl Gentil, Dan Blumenthal, James Ploeser, Joseph Tso, Lelia Gomez, Linda Leaks, Mackenzie Baris, Rebecca Wasserman, Robert Mayfield,Ruth Castel-Branco, Severina Rivera, Tony Perez Walda Katz Fishman. Ruth Castel-Branco 888 16th St, NW suite 520 | ||
12 / 12
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12 / 13
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Putting human rights back into Hanukah! | ||
12 / 14
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Join DC Clergy United for Marriage Equality and JUFJ in calling on the DC City Council to enact full marriage equality in 2009. Stand on the side of love at the Family, Faith, & Fairness Rally for Marriage Equality at the Kennedy Recreation Center on Monday, 12/14, at 7:00 pm. Rally will feature the voices of community activists, clergy leaders, local politicians, choirs and more. The Kennedy Rec Center is at 1410 7th St, NW, near the Mt. Vernon/Convention Center Metro stop. To learn more about DC Clergy United, see their webpage here. | ||
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12 / 18
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Friday, Dec 18 - circle seating, with instruments Shabbat Hanukkah and TLStival! Church of the Pilgrims building 2201 P St NW Gothic building with large rainbow "welcome" banner on west side of 22nd St between P & Q Sts, NW. Enter around to the left side of the main entrance through the stairs down marked "Fellowship Hall." 6:45 pm services; 8:15 pm veggie potluck | ||
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