Community Event
The DC Learning Collective's Activist Sunday School Presents: More Tools for your Toolbox: Strategy and Tactics
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.
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Join Respect DC in asking Walmart Board Members and CEO to meet with the Organization United for Respect at Walmart
On Wednesday, February 1st at noon, Respect DC will be doing another visit to Arne Sorenson, the Marriott President who is also a Walmart board member, to deliver a letter asking that he meet with representatives from the Organization United for Respect at Walmart, and ask Walmart CEO Mike Duke and Board Chair Rob Walton, to do the same.
If you are interested in signing on to the letter, or joining us in our trip to Bethesda to deliver it, please contact Mike Wilson at 202-255-7974 or organizer@respectdc.org
Join Respect DC for a Canvass in the Fort Totten Community
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.

Join Respect DC at the Fort Totten Metro
On Friday, February 3, from 7:30am-9, Respect DC will be handing out leaflets about the proposed Walmart site in the Fort Totten community.
Meet-up is at the Fort Totten metro.
Contact Mike Wilson at (202) 255-7974 or organizer@respectdc.org with any questions or concerns.

Join Respect DC at the Ward 4 Democrats Candidate Forum and Endorsement Vote
Join Respect DC at the Emery Recreation Center February 1 at 7 pm.
The Ward 4 Democrats will be holding their candidates forum and endorsement vote. Our coalition partners, Ward 4 Thrives, are encouraging people to turn out to help them leaflet outside in opposition to the Walmart proposed at Georgia and Missouri.
Contact Mike Wilson at (202) 255-7974 or organizer@respectdc.org with any questions or concerns.

Join Respect DC in asking Walmart Board Members and CEO to meet with the Organization United for Respect at Walmart
Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 1st at noon, Respect DC we will be doing another visit to Arne Sorenson, the Marriott President who is also a Walmart board member, to deliver a letter asking that he meet with representatives from the Organization United for Respect at Walmart, and ask Walmart CEO Mike Duke and Board Chair Rob Walton, to do the same.
If you are interested in signing on to the letter, or joining us in our trip to Bethesda to deliver it, please contact Mike Wilson at organizer@respectdc.org or 202-255-7974.

Respect DC Coalition Meeting
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.
Quality Education Campaign Empowerment Circle - "Using Media Before it Uses You"
Quality Education Campaign Empowerment Circle- "Using Media Before it Uses You"
Join Empower DC for their upcoming Empowerment Circle on how to effectively create and use media, Lianne Scott from their Grassroots Media Project will lead this interactive training.
At a time when the traditional public school system is under attack we must be prepared to tell the truth about how students, parents and community members are directly affected by policies and reform efforts that affect our community.
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