Community Event

Defeat Poverty DC Candidate Forum

07/29/2010 - 6:30pm
07/29/2010 - 8:00pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
The University of the District of Columbia, UDC Auditorium, Building 46E, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. (Van Ness/UDC Metro Station - Red Line) (Paid Parking Available in UDC Garage)

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) 

The Rise of a Global Labor Movement? Progressivism on Tap with Harold Meyerson

07/21/2010 - 6:00pm
07/21/2010 - 7:30pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

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.

Honor Earth, July 20 at US Capitol: Lament, Hope, Act to Heal Mother Earth

07/20/2010 - 12:00pm
07/20/2010 - 2:00pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
Upper Senate Park

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

Ward 1 Candidate Forum

07/29/2010 - 6:30pm
07/29/2010 - 8:30pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
True Reformer Building, 1200 U St., NW

Your questions, their answers. 

Ward 1 Councilmember Candidate Forum

Jim Graham (incumbent)
Jeff Smith
Bryan Weaver 

Thursday, July 29, 2010

6:00-8:30p.m.

(Program will start promptly at 6:30p.m.)

True Reformer Building, Lankford Auditorium, 1200 U Street NW

(One block from U St metro station)

The forum is free and open to the public. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions.

Childcare and accommodations, including sign language interpretation, provided upon request by Friday, July 23rd.

Please contact Ben at ben@empowerdc.org, 202-234-9119, ext. 4 

Workshop: Popular Education

07/27/2010 - 6:30pm
07/27/2010 - 8:30pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St NW, (Columbia Heights Metro, S2/S4 bus)
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 Immigrant Rights Legislation

07/12/2010 - 4:00pm
07/12/2010 - 7:00pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
John Wilson Building, room 500, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
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.

"Unemployment Lines"

07/10/2010 - 7:00pm
07/10/2010 - 9:00pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
H street Play House, 1365 H St NE (X2 bus)
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.            

ONE DC Community Block Party

07/10/2010 - 12:00pm
07/10/2010 - 5:00pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
7th & S Streets, NW (Shaw-Howard Metro)
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

Picket The Reserve restaurant

07/09/2010 - 5:00pm
07/09/2010 - 6:30pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
Vermont and L St, NW
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!

Effective Ways to Use the Media to Build the Movement

07/13/2010 - 6:30pm
07/13/2010 - 8:30pm
Etc/GMT
Location: 
St. Stephen's Church Auditorium 1525 Newton Street, NW Washington, DC 20010
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.    
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