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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
End: 2:00 am
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 | ||
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