Police state? Surveillance Society? Sneak & Peak? Entrrapment? Infiltration? Pre-crime Trial.

Do you want to know about what federal agents are doing in your community? What your rights are? What to do when asked for an interview? Search warrants? Subpoenas? Fusion Centers? No fly lists? Guantanamo at home? Ask the experts!

Join Town Hall Meeting on MLK DAY. Hosted by the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms

To RSVP Contact: events@civilfreedoms.org

For more information: www.civilfreedoms.org

This year, make MLK Day more than a day off. Grab your hammer and help make a difference with Yachad as we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s belief in justice and community.

We'll paint, plaster, and repair the home of Mrs. Smith, 77, a homeowner and beloved neighbor in Northeast DC for 23 years. Over the years, her family’s low-income has left the house in disrepair. We will work side-by-side with her family to make her house a home again. 

Morning shift: 10:00 am -1:00 pm
Afternoon shift: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The house is a 15-minute walk from the closest metro station, so we will be meeting at Sixth & I (9:00 am and Noon) and taking a public bus together. You may also provide your own transportation. Space is limited. This project is for participants ages 14 years or older.

The RAC is co-hosting the next Brickner Rabbinic training work, offering area rabbis a skills training program on new media. Topics will include:

• Overview presentation on using new media to spread synagogue messages
• Implications of public and private uses of new media
• Engaging congregants of different generations
• Creating a good congregational blog (aesthetics and content management)

Please RSVP to Allison Porton (aporton@rac.org) by December 29. Thank you to the RAC’s Balfour Brickner Fund which has supported this program.

Learn the basics of grassroots fundraising from community organizers. Part of the on-going Grassroots Leadership Education Project, a monthly training series provided by DC Jobs with Justice and Empower DC. All trainings free and open to the public.  
 
Find more information, contact Lillian Walker Shelton at 202-974-8281 or lshelton@dclabor.org.

OCCUPY FAITH DC, an interfaith coalition supporting the Occupy movement in Washington, is meeting to discuss the future of Occupy Faith DC as we continue to build and expand throughout the region!

Metro stops:  Orange & Blue Lines - McPherson Square
                    RED, Orange & Blue Lines - Metro Center
To RSVP, email nspwashingtondc@gmail.com
 
Who We Are: We are a coalition comprised of representatives,members and leaders of Mosques, Temples, Churches, Synagogues, Interfaith and Ecumenical bodies, and other faith-based institutions & organizations who have come together to stand with the OccupyMovement as it works towards the goals of economic justice & inclusion for everyone.  We support and work with both Occupation encampments, McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC.

Our Purpose: To create an active faith-based support network for the Occupy movement located in Washington, DC.

This meeting will cover:

Help ensure that workers never have to chose between paying their bills and going to work sick. Join us to launch our Earned Paid Sick Leave Campaign! The event will feature workers' testimonials, campaign training, and dinner.

Hosted jointly with the Restaurant Opportunities Center, and the Employment Justice Center. RSVP here or email monica@jufj.org for more.

Find out how to use legislative research, Freedom of Information Act, Audits and the tools of DC's #1 Watchdog to get the information you need to make your case and demand accountability!

Guest speakers Victor Bonett, Legislative Affairs & FOIA Officer for the Office of the Attorney General for DC; Ingrid Drake, Analyst, Office of the DC Auditor; and Dorothy Brizill, Executive Director, DC Watch. RSVP to Sequnely at (202) 234-9119 or sequnely@empowerdc.org.

Limited child care available, please request by Nov 11th.

Minnesota Ave Metro/Orange Line - Parking available

Join us for an Empowerment Circle on setting priorities for the 2011-2012 school year:  Building Parent Power!

·     DCPS new Parental Engagement initiative
·     School Closures
·     Too much Testing
·     Transparent School budgets
·     Privatization of our Public School System

Organized Parents with a clear direction can certainly change our school system for the better!

If you will need childcare or have any questions or concerns please contact Daniel del Pielago at 202-234-9119 xt. 104 or via email at daniel@empowerdc.org

Cherie Brown did a great training for the Jeremiah fellows this year, and now JUFJ's Anti-Racism Initiative is bringing her back to do a training open to all members of JUFJ! She is the founder and executive director of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), an internationally recognized nonprofit leadership training organization. NCBI has trained over 10,000 people to combat prejudice, resolve intergroup conflict and launch activist-based coalitions.

At the training, we will discuss race and racism, gain skills for combating oppression and explore what it means to fight racism as Jews. Space is limited, so please RSVP here by Monday, July 18th to let us know you can make it. You can also e-mail Lizzie (lizzie@jufj.org) to learn more or hear about future trainings.