Events
02 / 10
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh and Chairman Vince Gray have introduced the Healthy Schools Act of 2009. This is a terrific bill that tackles obesity in DC school kids by raising nutritional standards, introducing locally-grown food to school meals, and expanding physical education. It also expands gardening, recycling, composting, and other environmental programs in DC schools. Come share your views about this bill and how to make it better next Wednesday, Feb 10 at 10AM at the DC Council hearing room (Room 412 of the John Wilson building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave). Learn more about it here. | |||
02 / 11
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02 / 12
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02 / 13
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02 / 14
Start: 11:00 am
End: 9:00 pm
Our City Film Festival screens films that are about or take place in Washington, DC in order to bring communities together and promote pride in "our city". This year's films range in topics from a man's love affair with the Anacostia River, to a biography on the famous DC chef, Nora Pouillon, to a feature documentary about the history of Go-Go music, to a short documentary about the history of Jewish Washingtonians. There is something for everyone! Check out a full listing here. | |||
02 / 15
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02 / 16
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02 / 17
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Every day working people in our city have their hard-earned wages skimmed or outright stolen from them. Employers withhold tips, force people to work off the clock, pay less than the minimum or prevailing wage, pay less than promised, and sometimes run off without paying at all. For poor and working people who already struggle to make ends meet, even a small theft of wages can be disastrous for their families. Cumulatively, employers steal billions of dollars from millions of workers - money that is lost to families and communities, exacerbating the current economic crisis. Please join DC Jobs with Justice on Thursday, Feb. 18th to learn more about this hidden crime wave and how you can fight it. Workers' Rights Board Hearing Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Come to our latest Fair Purple Line Campaign meeting. This meeting will include a presentation from Cheryl Cort of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. RSVP to Rabbi Elizabeth Richman at rabbi@jufj.org | |||
02 / 18
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02 / 19
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm
6:45 pm services; 8:15 pm veggie potluck dvar tikkun Miriam Grossman, Center for Employment Training Directions here | |||
02 / 20
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02 / 21
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02 / 22
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02 / 23
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Learn the basics of how DC government works, including who's who in DC politics, how a bill becomes a law, the budget cycle, and how to advocate for your issues! Part of the Gerry Brittain Education Project, is an initiative of DC Jobs with Justice designed to strengthen local organizing and build power among working people in the District of Columbia. Pre-register online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d | |||
02 / 24
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02 / 25
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02 / 26
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02 / 27
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Click here for full information about what to bring, and what to wear! Directions here 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."7:30 pm services Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Join us at TLS' Erev Purim celebration. Please come in costume for a whimsical, instrumental maariv (evening) service, followed by a full Hebrew chanting of Megillat Esther. Plan now to spontaneously but unobtrusively liven up the reading with sound effects, visual gags, and other shtick! We'll have plenty of opportunities to celebrate, give tzedekah, and learn about important issues affecting DC residents. | |||
02 / 28
Start: 1:00 pm
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. | |||
03 / 1
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. | |||
03 / 2
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Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union of The Nation's Capital in cooperation with AYUDA, the Latino Federation of Greater Washington, the DC Latino Action Coalition, the Rights Working Group, the National Immigration Project of the NLG, and the National Day Labor Organizing Network invite you to a Forum on the Secure Communities Program Featured Panelists:
We have also invited the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) For more information, contact Johnny Barnes at (202) 457-0800 or at Johnny.Barnes@aclu-nca.org Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Our friends over at Sixth & I, in conjunction with Dvar Tzedek fellow Rachel Farbiaz, are organizing a three-part workshop investigating the meanings and methods of creative interpretation. They will explore what it means to interpret a central text, concept, or object. How do we use our interpretive faculties to make meaning in our lives? How can the interpretive traditions of religion and art inform each other and our creative and spiritual lives? In conjunction with Torah text study, we will engage with works of conceptual art and particularly the "instructional art" practiced by artists like Sol LeWitt. Tuesdays March 2, 9 & 16 at 7:00 p.m. | |||
03 / 3
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Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 9:30 am
End: 11:00 am
Join Restaurant Opportunities Center and Rep. Donna F. Edwards in | |||
03 / 4
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. | |||
03 / 5
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Each year the DC Council holds oversight hearings to hear from the public about how city agencies are performing. This Friday there will be hearings on both the Dept. of Employment Services - responsible for protecting workers - and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education - responsible for early childhood education. Join the Union de Trabajadores in the 5th floor hearing room to demand that the city do more to protect workers and recover stolen wages OR join Empower DC on the 4th floor to speak out against proposed cuts to child care subsidies for working parents. | |||
03 / 6
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 10:00 pm
Start: 03/06/2010 - 10:00pm
End: 03/07/2010 - 2:00am
Take over the Heritage Center, celebrate independent films, and support the struggle for social justice over a cocktail or a beer at this year's Indie Film Dance Party.
Music, dance and an open bar. Drinks for all flavors... * juice It's time to reclaim this building, take over their bunker! $10-25, sliding scale. Proceeds will go to the DC Independent Film Festival and DC Jobs with Justice. To RSVP or for further details, contact rcastel@dclabor.org |
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03 / 7
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. End: 2:00 am
Start: 03/06/2010 - 10:00pm
End: 03/07/2010 - 2:00am
Take over the Heritage Center, celebrate independent films, and support the struggle for social justice over a cocktail or a beer at this year's Indie Film Dance Party.
Music, dance and an open bar. Drinks for all flavors... * juice It's time to reclaim this building, take over their bunker! $10-25, sliding scale. Proceeds will go to the DC Independent Film Festival and DC Jobs with Justice. To RSVP or for further details, contact rcastel@dclabor.org |
Start: 2:30 pm
Sunday, March 7 Are you a homeowner? Chances are that professional weatherization Fabrangen, Ohev Sholom, Tifereth Israel, and three other area congregations have joined together to invite neighborhood homeowners to a Weatherization Workshop. Learn how you can save energy, help create good jobs through a local Laborers' training program, and shrink your carbon footprint at the same time! In particular, you'll have a chance to learn about Weatherize DC, a new organization that is working to integrate environmental justice, economic justice, and communal ownership of the environmental impact of our actions. The Weatherize DC program coordinates efforts to ensure that green jobs training is made available to underserved communities, while simultaneously mobilizing communities of homeowners to create demand for weatherization, in turn creating jobs for those who need them most. (Learn more at www.weatherizedc.org) Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
A of former union coal miners from the United Mine Workers of America discuss the strikes they took part in and their current work to stop Mountain Top Removal, the destruction of environment, community, economy, and culture of Appalachia by blowing off mountaintops to extract coal. Cosponsored by: DC Radical Space Collective, the RRENEW Collective, DC Rainforest Action Network | ||
03 / 8
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
On April 11th, Jews United For Justice's Labor Seder will once again highlight a major economic justice issue in DC -- the protection of the social safety et. This comes at a crucial time, as the DC government is contemplating deep cuts to essential services that help working families and low-income DC residents stay in their homes, keep their lights on, and keep food on the table. Help us make sure the economic downturn is not paid for by cutting services to DC's neediest! Help us plan the largest event this spring focusing on DC's safety net. | |||
03 / 9
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
Obscenely high rate hikes, hundreds of millions of dollars in profits sent to parent companies, 100's of executives earning $1 m+ salaries, millions more spent on lavish executive "retreats". This has to STOP! AHIP, the big insurance lobby, comes to town next week to lobby Congress against health reform and for the right to continue to screw plan members. Join 5,000 union members, community activists, and faith leaders to tell big insurance "we're sick of it!" Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Interested in Community Organizing but Don't Know Where to Start? Find out how to build collective power to achieve your goals, how to identify targets and develop action plans, and learn about the role of the organizer. Part of Empower DC's Empowerment Circles series. Special Guest Facilitator: Longtime DC community organizer and DC JwJ chair Roger Newell. RSVP to Linda at (202) 234-9119. | |||
03 / 10
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
In order to better educate the community about the Secure Communities | |||
03 / 11
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
JUFJ's next Fair Purple Line working group meeting will be Thursday, March 11 at 6:45 pm in downtown Silver Spring (location TBA). We will debrief developments from the last few weeks (there are many of them!) and lay out a strategy for the next six months. For more information or to RSVP, email rabbi@jufj.org. | |||
03 / 12
(all day)
Start: 02/28/2010 - 1:00pm
End: 03/14/2010 - 3:00pm
Sundays, February 28, March 7, March 14 2/28 - The Visitor 3/7 - The 800 Mile Wall 3/14 - 9500 Liberty The screenings are free and open to the public. | |||
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