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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 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.

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 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.

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.

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 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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