Defeat Poverty DC invites you to join us at a Community Forum 

A Conversation with the Leading Candidates for Mayor and Council Chair -

Mayor Fenty, Council Chair Gray, Councilmember Brown, and former Councilmember Orange

In Co-sponsorship with The Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, the D.C. Appleseed, D.C. Vote, Consortium of Universities, the ACLU-NCA, the NAACP, the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, andthe Access to Justice Commission

Speakers:       Adrian Fenty (invited)
                        Vincent Gray (confirmed)
                        Kwame Brown (confirmed)
                        Vincent Orange (confirmed) 

PROGRESSIVISM ON TAP is a lecture and discussion series from the Progressive Studies Program at the Center for American Progress, focused on the history and intellectual traditions of progressivism and liberalism.

PROGRESSIVISM ON TAP provides an informal forum for budding activists and professionals to explore the political values and theoretical debates within the broader progressive tradition and to apply those lessons to contemporary political discourse.

Click here to register to attend.

At noon on Tuesday, July 20, there will be an interfaith gathering for lament, hope, and action on behalf of Mother Earth at Upper Senate Park on the Senate side of the United States Capitol in Washington. Visit http://www.theshalomcenter.org/node/1738 for more information.  RSVP to Vinny Prell at LamentandHope@gmail.com

Learn tricks and techniques for educating for social change. Part of the monthly Gerry Brittain Grassroots Education training series. $10 suggested donation but no one is turned away. Pre-register online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d

Support the "Secure Communities Act of 2010," which will protect DC's sanctuary status and keep DC from becoming another Arizona by preventing police from sharing arrest information with ICE. Hearing will go on into the evening, so come after work! Bring photo ID to enter building.

Verbal Gymnastics presents a new play where broke actors tell rich stories about the realities of today's economic conditions on the lives of Washingtonians. Order tickets online at http://www.verbalgymnastics.com/merchandise for the Saturday evening or the Sunday matinée showings.            

Join ONE DC and Take Back the Land to demand affordable housing in Shaw while enjoying free food, music, and family fun! Event will end with 4pm Press Conference on our Human Right to Housing! RSVP to Rosemary at (202.232.2915) or rndubuizu@onedconline.org

Trendy new restaurant The Reserve owes former employees nearly $10,000 in back wages. Owner Moe Hamdan has not only ignored summons by the DC Office of Wage and Hour, but has called to police on workers who try to collect their pay. Tell The Reserve that wage theft is unacceptable in DC!

This workshop would go over basics of media work ranging from how to make and sustain contact with media people to how to put together a Press Release and Press Statement or how to coordinate a Press Conference.    

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.