Events
Our next working group meeting will be Wednesday, May 26 at 6:45 in downtown Silver Spring/Takoma Park. Please RSVP to linz.morris@gmail.com if you plan to come, and stay tuned for location details!
** Come Support DC's Restaurant Workers!**
Thursday, May 27th
6 - 9 PM
1850 M Street, NW 11th Floor
(Suggested Donation - $15)
Please RSVP at:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHBnSmd2Uld3S1pHdGEzTHlXRmdCUVE6MQ
You are cordially invited to attend the kick-off of the ROC-DC GRUB Sessions, a series of how-to-do workshops on food and drinks. The Restaurant Opportunities Center of Washington, DC (ROC-DC), is a multiracial worker-led center for restaurant workers - fighting to improve standards in the restaurant industry.
Our own ROC-DC members, as experts in the hospitality & restaurant industry, are offering these workshops to show you how to add some new tricks to your culinary arsenal!
For ROC-DC GRUB Session 1- come and learn how to make bright innovative cucumber mixed drinks for the spring season, light and delicious Vietnamese fresh spring rolls, and a variety of tasty dipping sauces!
Since February 2009, workers at the Sheraton Crystal City have been campaigning for justice and demanding a fair and democratic process to decide on unionization without management intimidation. After a year of struggle including intimidation, supply shortages, protests, and the firing of a union supporter, the owner, HEI, has still not accepted the demand for a fair, democratic process. Workers have now taken the dramatic step of calling for a boycott of their own hotel.
Join DC Jobs with Justice for our 8th Annual "I'll Be There" Awards!
Thursday, June 10th
5:30-7:30pm
AFL-CIO Samual Gompers' Room
815 16th St NW
Join them as they honor labor and community leaders for their commitment to solidarity and building a movement for economic and social justice in Washington, DC. Honorees include former director of American Rights at Work Mary Beth Maxwell, ACLU-NCA Executive Director Johnny Barnes, and the Justice at Wings Campaign and Fair Budget Coalition's Kristi Matthews.
For more information go to www.dcjwj.org
circle seating, with instruments
Pride Shabbat
6:45 pm services; 8:15ish pm dinner
dvar tikkun Andrew Barnett, Jason Maglaughlin, Sexual Minority Youth
Assistance League (SMYAL)
Universalist Nat'l Mem'l building
(16th & S Sts NW) 1810 Sixteenth St NW
Directions here.
Enter around back from the alley off of S St.
Join JUFJ and allies for a June 15 film screening and dessert reception!
Long before Arizona, Virginia's Prince William County became ground zero in America's explosive battle over immigration policy when it started requiring police to question anyone they had "probable cause" to suspect of being an undocumented immigrant. The acclaimed film, 9500 Liberty, documents the debate and profound effects of this policy on communities in our region. The documentary follows the national anti-immigration forces who frighten and intimidate local lawmakers and citizens, and the residents who resist by using YouTube videos and virtual townhalls to set up a real-life showdown in the seat of county government.
Jews United for Justice shares information about events & opportunities sponsored by JUFJ allies, or information about local Jewish or inter-faith events and opportunities which concern local social justice issues, local anti-poverty work, or religious teachings about social justice issues.
It is up to our discretion whether or not to list a particular event or opportunity. No events will be listed which take place outside of the greater DC area, or which focus primarily on international issues. We may choose not to publicize events which take place on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath - from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday), or on Jewish holidays.
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