Events
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Join Respect DC in a door to door canvassing in the area around the proposed Fort Totten site.
The event is on Sunday, February 5, from 10am-1pm, and Respect DC is meeting up at the Fort Totten metro (again!).
Contact Mike Wilson at (202) 255-7974 or organizer@respectdc.org with any questions or concerns.
Want more tools for your social justice needs? Join us on our first Activist Sunday School for a strategy and tactics skill-share with Nadine Bloch of the Ruckus Society and Andrew Batcher of Nonviolence International.
To RSVP, click here!
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
The next Respect DC coalition meeting is this Monday, February 6th.
We will be discussing the many events we have planned for the coming month, including community meetings in each of the 4 wards Walmart is planning to enter; restarting canvassing around the city;and a bus tour to the Capitol Plaza Walmart site. In addition we will be discussing potential actions around the ballot initiative to ban corporate funding of elections in DC and how to begin putting more pressure on the developers of the proposed Walmart sites.
Contact Mike Wilson at (202) 255-7974 or organizer@respectdc.org with any questions or concerns.
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Celebrate the Jewish new year for the trees—DC eco-justice style!
Etz Chayim DC is partnering with local Jews to host multiple DC-relevant Tu B’Shvat sederim. We’ll explore the symbolic meaning of the seven species of the mid-Atlantic region, DC urban trees, and sustainability in our community. The seder content is inspired by Hazon, with a District flair and ideas for making a difference here at home.
Sederim will be located in: Adams Morgan (including Moishe House), Takoma, Woodley Park, and Rockville (Moishe House), Shepherd Park (Tifereth Israel).
$10 suggested donation (suggested wine donation for Moishe House DC).
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Celebrate the Jewish new year for the trees—DC eco-justice style!
Etz Chayim DC is partnering with local Jews to host multiple DC-relevant Tu B’Shvat sederim. We’ll explore the symbolic meaning of the seven species of the mid-Atlantic region, DC urban trees, and sustainability in our community. The seder content is inspired by Hazon, with a District flair and ideas for making a difference here at home.
Sederim will be located in: Adams Morgan (including Moishe House), Takoma, Woodley Park, and Rockville (Moishe House), Shepherd Park (Tifereth Israel).
$10 suggested donation (suggested wine donation for Moishe House DC).
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Celebrate the Jewish new year for the trees—DC eco-justice style!
Etz Chayim DC is partnering with local Jews to host multiple DC-relevant Tu B’Shvat sederim. We’ll explore the symbolic meaning of the seven species of the mid-Atlantic region, DC urban trees, and sustainability in our community. The seder content is inspired by Hazon, with a District flair and ideas for making a difference here at home.
Sederim will be located in: Adams Morgan (including Moishe House), Takoma, Woodley Park, and Rockville (Moishe House), Shepherd Park (Tifereth Israel).
$10 suggested donation (suggested wine donation for Moishe House DC).
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Celebrate the Jewish new year for the trees—DC eco-justice style!
Etz Chayim DC is partnering with local Jews to host multiple DC-relevant Tu B’Shvat sederim. We’ll explore the symbolic meaning of the seven species of the mid-Atlantic region, DC urban trees, and sustainability in our community. The seder content is inspired by Hazon, with a District flair and ideas for making a difference here at home.
Sederim will be located in: Adams Morgan (including Moishe House), Takoma, Woodley Park, and Rockville (Moishe House), Shepherd Park (Tifereth Israel).
$10 suggested donation (suggested wine donation for Moishe House DC).
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
One City is not just a logo or a slogan. It is the recognition that all District residents, no matter their differences, are bound together by a common destiny and a shared desire to make the city even better for the people who live here. The One City Summit will offer District residents the chance to offer imput on important decisions that will shape the city for years to come.
The Our City Film Festival is the only festival that showcases DC-focused films. We encourage filmmakers to make films that will bring our communities together and celebrate the rich cultures, stories and scenes that make up Washington, DC.
Started in 2008 by Yachad, a DC non-profit committed to affordable housing and community development, the festival acts as an outreach effort and is now entering its fifth year. Since 2008 the Our City Film Festival has launched filmmakers' careers, helping them gain audiences, press attention, cash prizes and television deals and our loyal audience looks forward to our festival every year. We welcome everyone to Our City.
Join Yachad and Our City for the opening night party or one of many local film screenings! Click here for the schedule and tickets.
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
The Our City Film Festival is the only festival that showcases DC-focused films. We encourage filmmakers to make films that will bring our communities together and celebrate the rich cultures, stories and scenes that make up Washington, DC.
Started in 2008 by Yachad, a DC non-profit committed to affordable housing and community development, the festival acts as an outreach effort and is now entering its fifth year. Since 2008 the Our City Film Festival has launched filmmakers' careers, helping them gain audiences, press attention, cash prizes and television deals and our loyal audience looks forward to our festival every year. We welcome everyone to Our City.
Join Yachad and Our City for the opening night party or one of many local film screenings! Click here for the schedule and tickets.
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Join CNHED and Housing for All for a 5-week training course!
Gain skills to be a powerful voice for affordable housing with our training course for new advocates. We will cover all the basics to help you become a great advocate for yourself and your community. The sessions help you tell your own story, testify at a hearing, and talk to the press. Every session will include time to practice and ask questions. Each week also builds on the last one, so please plan to attend all 5 weeks.
January 18 – Advocacy Basics
January 25 – Telling your story
February 1 – Giving testimony
February 8 – Meeting with elected officials or agencies
February 15 – Talking to the media
Please RSVP. Questions? Contact Elizabeth: efalcon@cnhed.org or 202-745-0902 x205
Over a year after proposing to build a Wal-Mart at 5929 Georgia Avenue NW, Foulger-Pratt this week began tearing down the site to make way for a big box store, Wal-Mart. Come join concerned voters and residents of Ward 4 in saying no to the entry of Walmart into the area.
Over a year after proposing to build a Wal-Mart at 5929 Georgia Avenue NW, Foulger-Pratt this week began tearing down the site to make way for a big box store, Wal-Mart. Come join concerned voters and residents of Ward 4 in saying no to the entry of Walmart into the area.
Islam and Judaism 101:
A new play, “Can’t Scare Me: The Story of Mother Jones,” after a successful run at Washington, D.C.’s Atlas Performing Arts Center will run again at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts Feb. 17, 2012, at 2pm. Written and performed by OBIE Award-winner Kaiulani Lee, it portrays labor activist Mother Jones and the early days of the American Labor Movement. Mother Jones “was called ‘the most dangerous woman in America,’ and “educated, agitated, and organized on behalf of child laborers, coal miners, steel workers, and all working people.” She is the inspiration and namesake of the contemporary magazine by the same name.
Special UNION deal: half-price tickets are available for all union members. On-line purchasers may use the code UNION to receive tickets for only $15 plus service charge, half off the $30 ticket price.
A new play, “Can’t Scare Me: The Story of Mother Jones,” after a successful run at Washington, D.C.’s Atlas Performing Arts Center will run again at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts Feb. 17, 2012, at 8p. Written and performed by OBIE Award-winner Kaiulani Lee, it portrays labor activist Mother Jones and the early days of the American Labor Movement. Mother Jones “was called ‘the most dangerous woman in America,’ and “educated, agitated, and organized on behalf of child laborers, coal miners, steel workers, and all working people.” She is the inspiration and namesake of the contemporary magazine by the same name.
Special UNION deal: half-price tickets are available for all union members. On-line purchasers may use the code UNION to receive tickets for only $15 plus service charge, half off the $30 ticket price.
Calling all Peace & Justice related organizations and persons in the DC area! Come out and see what else is happening in the world of Peace & Justice. Mix it up with PJSA!
Meeting for our ongoing Anti-Racism initiative.
Join the Washington Peace Center to bring together the lefty/progressive/radical community to do shared planning for spring and summer. This is envisioned as a seasonal calendar check in and to follow up on work of the DC Metro Social Forum to assess the needs and strengths of the DC activist community and discuss possible collaborations & future projects.
The agenda will include conversations on:
-How has movement building changed in DC since Occupy?
-Review spring DC calendar [including building towards out-of-town mobilizations: G8, RNC, DNC]
-Review DC Social Forum assessment of DC organizing resources & DC Peoples Assembly Priorities
-Discussion: Could the needs identified in assessment be addressed through organizing on upcoming events?
-Are there projects people are interested in? perhaps small group break outs.
The event is this Thursday, Feb 23, 6-9pm at St Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton ST NW in the dining room in the basement.
Tikkun Leil Shabbat is a songful, soulful Shabbat service featuring a teaching about a social justice issue and followed by a potluck vegetarian dinner. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.
Circle seating, with instruments
6:45pm services, 8:15ish pm potluck dinner
Directions: Gothic building on west side of 22nd Street between P & Q Streets, NW. Enter around to the left side of the main entrance down the stairway marked "Fellowship Hall." (Enter from South side of the building.)
Learn more about Tikkun Leil Shabbat by visiting them at http://tikkunleilshabbat.blogspot.com/.
Shukree will be the guest for "Coffee and Conversation" at the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center followed by a screening in Theater J, the main theater and a Q&A with E. Ethelbert Miller, poet, literary activist and director of Howard University's Afro-American Studies Research Center.
You can find out more information here.
Meet Bertina Jones:
Bank of America and Freddie Mac have manipulated, misled, and mistreated Bertina, and now they want to kick her out of her home. Inspired by the nationwide Occupy Our Homes movement, Occupy DC is standing up to Freddie Mac on Monday to demand that they let Bertina keep her home.
This is a difficult time for many families. With unemployment rates in our communities at record highs, the NAACP has put together a national effort to provide better economic opportunities for all Americans.
Please come out to a rally against Wings Construction on Tuesday February 28th at 12:30pm at Catholic University*. Wings Enterprises is a DC based construction company with a history of labor and safety violations-yet they are benefiting from public and private project like Catholic University's project at Monroe Street Market.
Please join religious leaders, students, DC JwJ, Iron Workers Union 201, as they deliver letters signed by striking workers to President John Garvey. For more information contact Lillian at 202-543-1543 or Lillian@dcjwj.org.
*Use the entrance on 620 Michigan Ave. NE
Come and join The Jewish Farm Bill Working Group and other leading Jewish organizations for a timely discussion on domestic and international issues of critical importance to the American Jewish community in the upcoming Farm Bill as well as for the release of the Jewish Platform for a Just Farm Bill.
John Judge, a founding member of the National Network Opposed to Militarization of Youth, has worked to change school policies relating to recruiter access, student privacy and other tools like JROTC and ASVAB testing. He will be speaking on counter-recruitment work going on in the DC area.
Our Paid Sick Days For All Campaign is about to launch! Join other JUFJ leaders as the core team for our campaign meets for the first time. You will have the opportunity to be part of a leadership team and learn how a campaign runs from the very beginning. Plus, you will get to know other wonderful volunteers looking to make a difference in their communities. To RSVP and to get location details, please email monica@jufj.org
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